Wii U Discussion

[CaptainZombie]

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Yeah the Madden has me intrigued. Looking at the videos it "seems" like you can draw any route and not pre-drawn ones. The play calling also looks very streamlined and user friendly.

Skyboxer, please provide impressions if you end up getting Madden. Very interested to hear how well it works with drawing routes and how well the play calling works.

[Flawless]

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Nintendo restrictions: can't show more than 30 consecutive seconds of gameplay.

[Flawless]

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About to show Madden.

[Skyboxer]

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Skyboxer, please provide impressions if you end up getting Madden. Very interested to hear how well it works with drawing routes and how well the play calling works.

Will do! If in fact you can draw exact routes you want, that would be awesome.
Edit: It does say "Custom Hot routes" hmmm...

[mestevo]

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Wonder if that was usual Madden framerate stuff or if that was a dropout on the stream from the console to the tablet.

Also, that ZombiU embargo is strange.

The overall flow of information about the Wii U has been really interesting, to say the least.

[Skyboxer]

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From a Madden Wii U QA:

What’s your personal favorite feature for “Madden” on the Wii U that isn't found in the other versions of the game?

A lot of people say drawing the routes, and I use it all the time, but for me, honestly, I love the playbook. Everything is laid out in front of you and I can quickly just tap through everything and still have the ability to change my mind, tap back and substitute my guys. It’s really resonated with our hard-core guys in play test, and I can see why because it’s just quick. That’s one of the main things we were trying to accomplish with this. We were looking at ways we could bring these elements into the Wii U space and make it a much quicker experience. So you can do all of this through the regular controls now. But how can we enhance that? Redesigning the playbook so can just tap your way through is one of those ways. Drawing your own hot routes where you don’t have to pick from a predesigned series of hot routes is another. We give you that top-down view of both the offense and defense so you can quickly disseminate how the defense is setup, and then draw a route to take advantage of their weaknesses. Then on defense, if you play “Madden,” you know you only have a couple of seconds before that ball is snapped, and to actually hot route your defenders on the other consoles, you have to switch to that guy, you have to open the menu, press a button, then switch over to the next guy and repeat. It’s a little, I don’t want to call it clunky, but it’s cumbersome. Here: tap, drag, tap, drag. If you know what you want to do, it’s really quick and it’s really easy.

[CaptainZombie]

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About to show Madden.

LOL! Did I miss something, they only showed a few screens.

Will do! If in fact you can draw exact routes you want, that would be awesome.
Edit: It does say "Custom Hot routes" hmmm...

That really would be a cool feature if true.

[mrprice33]

Wonder if that was usual Madden framerate stuff or if that was a dropout on the stream from the console to the tablet.

Also, that ZombiU embargo is strange.

The overall flow of information about the Wii U has been really suspicious, to say the least.

FIFY

Anybody see the ign wiiu review? Did you guys know about the voice chat thing?

[Skyboxer]

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FIFY

Anybody see the ign wiiu review? Did you guys know about the voice chat thing?

Yeah had an earlier discussion about it. IF you're talking about the "no connection on pro controller" issue. Which for me isn't an issue as I don't plan on using anything but the gamepad and the fact I rarely need to chat as I don't play much online.

[dbeth]

Just was in Walmart and they already had about 8 WiiU games on the shelf. Madden and FIFA were there, no NBA yet...

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[Skyboxer]

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I really don't need a second Madden game but the ability to make custom hot routes and what they say is a very easy and fast method of hot routing the D is making it hard to not jump.

Also I know the launch/system isn't going to be perfect but I'm still pretty excited to get real time with it. There's always going to be those that will down whatever they can especially if they have no intention of getting it, but for me it's all about new things and new experiences.

Just wish Rayman was releasing faster as the demo was really fun. Lol...

[ChaseB]

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Why stop at buying one copy of Madden for Wii U. Why not buy 10?

[Skyboxer]

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Why stop at buying one copy of Madden for Wii U. Why not buy 10?

As soon as I get a winning lottery ticked I will!!
I think I'm caving and will be picking it up. Just to intrigued by the touch screen stuff.
I am so freaking weak.....

[Spongedaddy]

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I am really curious to see how 3rd party uses the touch screen going forward. Release dates being equal, I would have gotten Arkham City on the Wii U. I still may replay it. The Madden thing seems interesting. Luckily I have the Blue pass from Blockbuster and will be able to rent Madden and give it a try. I still love my PS3 though.

[Skyboxer]

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I am really curious to see how 3rd party uses the touch screen going forward. Release dates being equal, I would have gotten Arkham City on the Wii U. I still may replay it. The Madden thing seems interesting. Luckily I have the Blue pass from Blockbuster and will be able to rent Madden and give it a try. I still love my PS3 though.

Wish we had a place around here to rent. 3rd party support using the pad in new ways is key. Either way I'll have the Nintendo games that I mainly got system for.
1 more day!