Tens of the Gen - The Bear and Badger

AJ

Double Dash was my favourite until 8.

AJ

Fnnngh!

Diluted Dante

retroking1981 wrote:

Double Dash is the worst one imo, never got on with it for some reason. It has some great tracks though.

No, that's Wii.

LivDiv

Frosty wrote:

Wii u is not current gen. They don't even make them anymore, it's a dead console.

Came out a year before Xbox One and hung around for another 3-4 years.
Definitely more this gen than last, gen is defined by birth not death. If someone born in the 80s died today they wouldn't suddenly be a baby boomer.

retroking1981

Well put.

Current gen is 3DS, Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch.

Yossarian

AJ wrote:

Double Dash was my favourite until 8.

Double Dash and 8 are the only two Mario Karts I’ve owned and I struggle to separate the memories of the two in my mind.

regmcfly

Then it's MARIO MAKER JESUS CHRIST

Yossarian

Never heard of it.

regmcfly

It's a cool game for cool guys

Moot_Geeza

That's Super Circuit.

regmcfly

Done here in going to get my ears scraped out

Diluted Dante

Frosty

LivDiv wrote:

Frosty wrote:

Wii u is not current gen. They don't even make them anymore, it's a dead console.

Came out a year before Xbox One and hung around for another 3-4 years.
Definitely more this gen than last, gen is defined by birth not death. If someone born in the 80s died today they wouldn't suddenly be a baby boomer.

Nah. They'd be replaced by their children who are the next generation.

Wii U is not current gen. There are no games coming out for it. Nintendo follows its own cycle of gens and as its successor is out and has been out for two years you can't say its current gen.

Mega drive is more current gen than wii u. It at least had a game released this year.

bad_hair_day

For the location, freedom, graphics, music, paint shop, physics, structure and longevity - the FNF fam are still playing it four years later...

Forza Horizon 2 is a

Yossarian

I think I’d probably pick 4za over 2, myself. The seasons plus the simple moments of recognition just about give it the edge, IMO.

Frosty

The dumb avatar dances make 4 the best*

*the only one I've played.

retroking1981

Frosty wrote:

LivDiv wrote:

Frosty wrote:

Wii u is not current gen. They don't even make them anymore, it's a dead console.

Came out a year before Xbox One and hung around for another 3-4 years.
Definitely more this gen than last, gen is defined by birth not death. If someone born in the 80s died today they wouldn't suddenly be a baby boomer.

Nah. They'd be replaced by their children who are the next generation.

Wii U is not current gen. There are no games coming out for it. Nintendo follows its own cycle of gens and as its successor is out and has been out for two years you can't say its current gen.

Mega drive is more current gen than wii u. It at least had a game released this year.

So what generation is it a part of?

[Deleted User]

Frosty wrote:

Wii U is not current gen. There are no games coming out for it.

Having games coming out for something isn’t part of the definition of which generation something belongs to. Games stopped being released for the Gizmodo long before that generation ended. That doesn’t somehow magically transport it to the previous gen. (Insert joke here about XB1 never being in this gen to start.)

Frosty wrote:

Nintendo follows its own cycle of gens and as its successor is out and has been out for two years you can't say its current gen.

Marching to the beat of their own drum does muddy the waters, but the WiiU was considered same gen as XB1 and PS4 before Switch was announced. Again, a change in circumstances doesn’t move it back a generation.

The Wii was 7th generation. So, if it’s successor now occupies the 7th generation, by your own logic it gets pushed back to the sixth. And that’s nonsense.

Frosty wrote:

Mega drive is more current gen than wii u. It at least had a game released this year.

Jumped the shark there.

LivDiv

Let's Dance 2019 came out on Wii but not WiiU so if we are going off last game release then Wii is current gen and WiiU last gen.

Rev

Moot_Geeza wrote:

revelthedog wrote:

Skyforce Reloaded

This was on sale recently, £3ish on PSN and £6ish on Switch. Might still be cheap. I played the Anniversary game on Vita; good but not quite great due to grinding. Is this one great then? How's the grind? Also Hi Rev.

It's a great game for tuning in and then just chilling out. Brilliant to waste time if you want to play something but no necessarily with any point. The grind is there if you want it, but you can defocus and just enjoy the shooting.

RedDave2

Is it a fair point that if the Wii u had not been such a disaster we would not have seen the switch last year, or even at all?

ChopperByrne

I think the Wii U would have been more successful if they had called it a different name.

In terms of Nintendo 1st/2nd party output, it's one of their best ever consoles.

RedDave2

I got a second hand one there a while back and the second screen was what convinced me to get a switch to be honest. Some great software on the Wii u, it's catalogue getting remastered for switch is much appreciated (still plenty of solid games they could do)

LivDiv

Better name.
Higher end feel.
Ability to turn the screen off and more freedom early on for 3rd parties to not use it.
A 3D Mario or Zelda at launch.
Extended range for the screen, either anywhere in an average house or even better, WIFI streaming.

Basically the Switch.

Gamermike

We've got my son a switch for his birthday in 3 weeks. It means I've got to pack away the Wii U... not sure i'm ready to do this yet. Its a flawed console with some great games.

Moot_Geeza

regmcfly wrote:

Correct. My current gotg splatoon 2 is inherently different due to the fact there's a campaign and an expansions campaign and then an MP. I think the former is enough to entice anyone to play it if they have love if Mario Galaxy, but the latter is where I live.

Does the Galaxy comment stand if we're just talking standard campaign? I haven't really dabbled yet, assumed all the good stuff was in the Octo dlc (thought sp on the cart was just a series of proficiency tests maybe). Will get on it if it's a proper campaign - I ended up really enjoying Tennis Aces in sp, which is supposedly iffy (and was in places).

mistercrayon

Gamermike wrote:

We've got my son a switch for his birthday in 3 weeks. It means I've got to pack away the Wii U... not sure i'm ready to do this yet. Its a flawed console with some great games.

I won’t really be happy until they make Nintendo land 2 (specifically new donkey Kong tractor courses)

Vela

I want Balloon Trip Gale

ChopperByrne

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a ten for me.

It's an even better Castlevania III.

Verecocha

I can only think of 4 off the top of my head,

-RDR2
-BotW
-GoW
-Destiny

Destiny 2 looks on course for joining them if it continues its upward trajectory.

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