Originality all the Way

This week’s Under Your Radar has been delayed to next week due to simply not being in the mood for it. I was also working on a YouTube video, but I appear to have caught a cold, so ‘ll have to wait on that.

Instead, I want to think aloud about something about Turtles all the Way that’s been bothering me. I believe I’ve said in the past that the only somewhat unique thing about it is the Sync mechanic. I was wondering whether or not that’s actually the case, as it makes sense to think about such a possibility when the coding’s gotten as far as it has. I mean, the story and characters are most certainly original (though perhaps not in a good way), but what of the gameplay?

Wii U Launch and Bayonetta 2

We have full information about the worldwide Wii U launch. Earlier today, Nintendo made several good announcements to push their new system, including their two different versions, one of which comes with a whole slew of extra stuff for $50 more (who wouldn’t go for that?). A $300/$350 launch is completely fair for the Wii U, especially since the Xbox 360 with Kinect cost $300 until just after the announcement.

It even seems to have a fairly decent launch library, yet people are still disappointed, mainly because it’s a Nintendo system in the first place – they’ve already decided that the system was bad and wouldn’t have anything of note on it.