Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Foggle]

5000 sales isn't just a bomb, though. The game may as well not have been released at all. We can only hope that NA and EU pick up the slack, or Nintendo might not be willing to work with P* again after Bayo2.

I played the demo at John's house, btw. It was amaaaaazing!

[Spark Of Spirit]

5000 sales isn't just a bomb, though. The game may as well not have been released. We can only hope that NA and EU pick up the slack, or Nintendo might not be willing to work with P* again after Bayo2.

It also had a low print run, so it probably wasn't that big of a hit as if it was a Mario game or something. Plus, it might have legs and there's always the holiday season. Also, the Wii-U hasn't taken off yet, so I'd give it some time. Nintendo is fully aware that Platinum Games releases aren't huge sellers, as they said in the Iwata Asks, so that they gave it a low print run probably means they knew it wouldn't take off.

But if you read the Iwata Asks with Platinum, the two companies really seem to get along with each other. I would say another collaboration is probably already in the pipeline, they'll just have to pick a better collaboration that would attract bigger audiences.

Like StarFox!

[Rynnec]

Soul Calibur II HD not being on Wii U.   

[Spark Of Spirit]

Agreed. No Link is just lame.

[Rynnec]

Especially since they were able to get Spawn back. Putting it on Wii U so all 3 guest characters can be in should've been a no-brainer.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Sweet! I didn't even know this was coming out. Now I can have a match between Heihachi and Spawn, which was never possible before when they were both only exclusive characters.

As for the game not being on the Wii-U, well....you guys are already getting an exclusive Bayonetta 2, so excuse me if I'm not the most sympathetic person to your bitching.

In all seriousness, though, it doesn't really make sense that this game doesn't come to the Wii-U as well. Maybe Nintendo doesn't want to give NamcoBandai the rights to use Link again on the HD port/re-release (though if that were the case, I couldn't see the logic behind it), but with or without Link as a playable character, there's no reason that SC2 shouldn't get a release on the Wii-U unless NB just doesn't want to make some extra (easy) money.

Still, being that this is releasing on a console that I actually own, I'd be glad to re-buy the best 3D fighting game ever.

[Eddy]

It makes zero sense for Soul Calibur II HD to not come to Wii U and include Link in the roster. According to Namco-Bandai there are no plans for a Wii U version because there's "no demand" for it. What? Wasn't the GCN version of SC2 by far the most popular and best selling? People love Link. Link was the whole reason I took notice of Soul Calibur 2 way back when. Trust me, there's a demand for a Wii U version.

Everywhere I've seen news of this game the comments are always filled with people saying something like "sucks we won't get to be Link, he was great in the GameCube version."

[Spark Of Spirit]

It really makes no sense. Especially when games on the eshop are apparently selling really well. Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams is apparently selling on par with the other console versions... on a console with WAY less userbase.

They're just being lazy.

[talonmalon333]

Link was a bit overpowered in SCII, but he was still pretty fun to play. Shame the Wii U won't get a release of this game. It's still one of my all time favorite fighting games.

[Eddy]

Especially when Namco/Bandai are working so closely with Nintendo on Smash Bros. This seems like it'd be a no brainer.

[Foggle]

Sega bought Atlus. None of their games aside from Persona will be seeing an English release ever again.

[Spark Of Spirit]

That depends. What happens to Atlus USA?

Maybe they can force them to make a sequel to Rockin' Kats. The best platformer Atlus ever made that never got a sequel for no discernible reason.

[gunswordfist]

Hmmm, the last MGS5 gameplay video looks great but it looks like there will be no health bar and regenerative health in the game....

[Foggle]

Hmmm, the last MGS5 gameplay video looks great but it looks like there will be no health bar and regenerative health in the game....

Well, that somehow managed not to kill Deus Ex HR for me, so we'll see how it goes, I guess.

[GaryPotter]

I love playing Soul Calibur II on the Xbox. It's one of the few games that supports 720p, and it looks positively gorgeous.