@ajmetz Yeah, those two games fall into the "so bad it's good" category of games.

@DrSlump the star catalogue is still better than the coins one.

AWWWWW YISSSSS

I'm so disappointed there's no Mario 64 3DS version. I want to play that on the go

@Prof_Elvin_Gadd Too bad he peaked at the end of the Gamecube cycle. It starts with an idea yes, but Shigeru hasn't had a thought that he hasn't already come up with since he originally came up with the idea of "new" super mario bros.

Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe Pokemon has jumped the shark.

Did he just subtly call us all idiots?

So what I got out of this is that there are no plans to make this DLC or a patch for the PC version?

Meanwhile, the really awesome releases of things in North America are:

I'm going to file this one under: "In other news, the sky is blue".

Call of Duty is to Activision as Assassin's Creed is to Ubisoft as Battlefield is to EA as Pokemon/Mario/Zelda are to Nintendo.

I'd love to have those soundtrack CDs that club Nintendo JP has. Heck, I'd love to see ANYTHING on the club Nintendo NA that isn't the crap we have right now. Anything decent is always limited edition and gone by the time I learn of its existence.

I can't speak for others, but I haven't bought a WiiU because of the insane lack of software.

Mature games: Mass Effect 3, Batman...oh wait I beat those before the system came out...

Blockbuster games: Article claims New Super Mario Bros, I say the only blockbuster title is ZombiiU.

Upcoming first party Titles: Pikmin 3 (YAY). A new 3D Mario game (when?), Smash Bros 4 (when?)

So I'd effectively buy a system for 4 games. One came out on launch, the other isn't out yet, two have almost nothing known about them. Nintendo, why didn't you learn from the 3DS launch about first party titles? Pikmin 3 and the 3D mario game should have been LAUNCH titles.

It's like they forgot about that other platform they have...what was it called again? The 4DM?

Reminds me of when EB Games had decent preorder bonuses like that. They haven't had anything decent since they stiffed me on the shadow the hedgehog preorder beanie hat.

Yes, the WiiU innovates, I can't deny that. I would have bought the console if there were game worth playing that took proper advantage of it. ZombiiU was a ton of fun to play but right now that's it. Why didn't they have a killer app that really showed something the console could do at launch? Pikmin 3? Mario Kart? Anything?

Look at past consoles and the highlights from their launch titles:
NES: Donkey Kong, Clu Clu Land, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Super Mario Bros, Wild Gunman, Wrecking Crew
SNES: Super Mario World, F-Zero, Gradius III, SimCity
N64: Super Mario 64, Pilot Wings 64
Gamecube: Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, Stars Wars Squadron 2: Rogue Leader
Wii: Wii Sports, Excite Truck, Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

Each console had a major franchise/name in it like Mario or Zelda. Each had reasons to buy it. WiiU had the 5th NSMB title which did what exactly? Copy a SNES launch title as opposed to continue the trend of doing something relatively new. Marketing helped to make sales poor, but no self respecting person buys a computer without worthwhile software to run on it.

If Miiverse is a killer app then this really is Nintendo's last console.

Truth be told I'm not surprised. There are only so many times you can release a console with nothing but things that resemble the killer apps from the last console which had nothing but games which resembled the last console.....

Protip: when you make a new console, you might want to invest a fair bit in a few original IPs to show that it really is a new console or at least make a massive change in an existing IP (ie Metroid Prime) to show that it is in fact a new console.

Looks great. Can't wait. Single card means no star tracking or unlockables though

One thing that peeved me about this video: "I wonder who Luigi is? Yeah who names themselves Luigi?"

Hurrr durr the game isn't out how many people could possible have it?

If they played this in a theatre during the previews, I'd believe it's real. I'm not sure if that should be a complement to the makers of the video or an insult to the current state of Hollywood movies. I'm going to say both. It was really well made.

> Easy money for capcom with a re-release

> They're not taking it

What the hell capcom. You release a new version of every other game you have every 8-12 months but you won't go Ace Attorney?!

I don't believe this. I have seen absolutely no evidence that Nintendo is willing to do anything BUT give players the same experience over and over.

Damn. I'm missing an Action Replay.
My guess is that they're bloody expensive.