Release 2.0 on the WII U!

[Dragon]

Im fine with that. I have a killer body

Yeah, I'm sure you do have a killer body... all 300lbs of you.

[Mushy]

That'd be one thing; just wait until we're forced to use our real-life images as the basis of our ingame avatar. .-. YUCK!

Yeah, I'm sure you do have a killer body... all 300lbs of you.

Final Fantasy Online: Call of Warcraft Edition - where no effort is needed to have an awesome character; there are no levels, just you and your character with all the abilities you could ever want so you can grind away at your endgame raids without ever having to see the light of day again.

something tells me my description of you was spot on. you seem to be the only one concerned with your looks. then I read your signature about never seeing the light of day. Spot on I say. now apologize for calling him 300lbs

[Malakhim]

I don't see why they wouldn't release the game on the Wii U. For starters, they're already developing the game with console play in mind, so at most, you're just going to be using a controller and a keyboard, and that keyboard is really just for typing. The Wii U gamepad would put both devices together and eliminate the need for more clutter. Imagine just having a touch screen for typing on the pad, using the gamepad for inventory management and other such things. The experience could be pretty comfortable.

That being said, there are several things that could work against the system's favor, primarily the cock block that would be known as "Wii U limitations"(or rather "console limitations" as the PS3 would be there as well). MMOs like this grow and can do more and more things, which is why a PC that can be continuously upgraded will always win out to static console specs, and make no mistake, the Wii U if anything is only marginally technically better than both the PS3 and 360. If we said the 360 and PS3 used 2005/2006 tech, the Wii U would be around 2008 at best, which is still lagging behind current PC hardware. Admittedly, most PC games have been bottlenecked due to games developed with consoles in mind, but most of those games are static and unchanging anyway. MMOs are quite a different beast.

Second, your idea(and mine ideally) would be to have a Wii U because it takes up less space in the living room, but if you're dealing with an external HDD(why Nintendo can't at least put an empty drive bay in the system for us to add to it is beyond me), then you're dealing with another box and more cables. That kind of defeats the purpose.

Finally, Square-Enix could very well develop on the Wii U(regardless of the "limits" issue), but I don't know that they'd be willing to do so until they see sales numbers and other relevant stats on the system. Me thinks they'll be watching Dragon Quest X very, very closely once it releases on the system, of course there are plenty of other factors to consider like spillover among other things.

Further review is needed.

Until then, you can either buy a PS3(for $250 with a 160gb HD), or you can man up and just set up a PC in your living room on your TV. It isn't rocket science, doesn't require anymore wire clutter than a console, and the game will look better anyway.

[Dragon]

Final Fantasy Online: Call of Warcraft Edition - where no effort is needed to have an awesome character; there are no levels, just you and your character with all the abilities you could ever want so you can grind away at your endgame raids without ever having to see the light of day again.

something tells me my description of you was spot on. you seem to be the only one concerned with your looks. then I read your signature about never seeing the light of day. Spot on I say. now apologize for calling him 300lbs

Okay, you got me.
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I'm really a super-galactic spy from Mars sent here to disguise myself as a "basement dwelling nerd" in order to spy on you humans while creating a super league of special humans that'll help me overtake the Guardians through genetic adaptation.

Happy now?

[Majidah]

Why would they release it on the wiiU? Why would anyone buy the wiiU? Why are we talking about the wiiU!?

[Mushy]

I agree Malakhim, but again this isn't about the PC. It's about the game running with the wii-u's controller which I think would be great. If it was just about me wanting to play this game from my couch I would be doing it already. Like I said they originally intended for the ps3 and xbox360 to have the game. So they knew their limits from the start. The new engine is supposed to be scalable for lower end PCs(and consoles) and higher end PCs to both take better advantage of the game. Its a wider user base.

I owned the PC and ps2 version of FFXI. I would be on PC and my girlfriend behind me on the bed on the ps2 version. It was fun. I am not concerned about one version having worse graphics, I dont really care about the graphics all that much... I was thinking the unique controller could make it a lot of fun to play with. I already have a keyboard and mouse, and a ps3 controller. So I already have THAT experience. I would like to have the other.

[Elexia]

I'd say yes if in the coming 5 yaers we wouldnt be faced with limitations that renders us unable to get anymore expansions.

Irony: SE stated PS2 isn't stopping them from doing it with XI, they're just not doing it lol. None of the new systems are even near close to being as limited as a piece of 1999 hardware, which even your Ipod is more powerful than.

Bring on the WiiU support.

[Mushy]

Why would they release it on the wiiU? Why would anyone buy the wiiU? Why are we talking about the wiiU!?

Same reason they are releasing it on ps3.. more people playing(paying for) the game? what do you have against the wiiu?

[Raynar]

Okay, you got me.
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I'm really a super-galactic spy from Mars sent here to disguise myself as a "basement dwelling nerd" in order to spy on you humans while creating a super league of special humans that'll help me overtake the Guardians through genetic adaptation.

Happy now?

That made my morning.

But seriously Wii U? Square hasn't even push PS3 version out first. I did recall that they weren't going to port the game to any other system until after PS3 version was release. Also to kinda approve a point about getting it on PS3 vs Wii U. Why spend like 300 or 350 on system that running against current systems. When you can buy a new or use PS3 for half the price. Plus you'll get game regardless. Mind you I'm run the game a mid tier PC but I got my PS3 used for fact of running XIV just like I did with FFXI for PS2, and XBOX360.

[Malakhim]

Why are we talking about the wiiU!?

I'd consider buying it if I could play all my Wii games upscaled in HD(like Dolphin), if they'd just do a massive dump of their NES, SNES, N64, GC, and Wii catalog on the Virtual Console and finally create full unified accounts between all their current hardware(Wii U, 3DS), embrace digital distribution or at least let me install games to an HD WITHOUT having to have the disc in the game(serious kick to the balls from MS, that was), much better online integration, communities, etc., and really make good on their deal of getting great 3rd party support.

A lot of those things in terms of online they've started with the Nintendo Network and the 3DS, but it all needs to be on par with or better than what the leader(Xbox Live) is capable of. I'd also prefer if the online space was as unobtrusive as possible(why am I paying $60 or so a year for XBL Gold if I'm going to be riddled with ads everywhere?).

In my opinion, Nintendo has really been the only platform maker to really try to innovate and shake up the gaming space in the last 7 or so years, whereas Sony is cool with the status quo(they're good at it for the most part at least), and all MS wants is to take over your living room in any and every which way possible, however even with a laundry list of quality first party titles, Nintendo still has a relatively low market share among "hardcore" gamers. I think the Wii U is another attempt at shaking up the gaming space, but they REALLY need to at least be up to speed with their competitors, if this new HD Wii is to be the big deal.

I think if all the conditions are met, FFXIV could do well on the Wii U.