@Red_Kinetic Not really a reply to you, but love the Gobusters avatar.

As far as I see it, Pachter is simply speaking out of sheer ignorance - the Wii already had the 'Classic Controller' and the Gamecube Controller to use for more conventional games. Nintendo are simply foreseing that there may be new gamers coming to the market that DON'T own a gamecube... a shocking idea of course but this may happen.

Nintendo making a controller for more conventional third party games... they did it for the Wii, so why does the Wii U getting one mean industry pressure? Pachter just doesn't know what he's on about.

Perhaps they'll be making some 3DS specific modifications? Obviously Rovio will be adding 3D into the mix so that the 3DS' prime gimmick doesn't go to waste - but that about a 3DS specific modes, challenges & even a "birds eye" POV?

I must admit I do like Andry Birds as the perfectionist in me loves to collect the stars... but unless something pretty AMAZING is added into the mix, I can't see myself repurchasing the same games over again.

@BenAV Something tells me that Ninty wouldn't allow Rovio to pump the game full of game destroying adverts inorder to keep the game free as they do for the iPhone and Android markets. Unfortunately companies rarely release games out of the kindness of their hearts alone.

Propeller Shoes???

Worst advert ever, using those cheap flash animations instead of footage from the series makes me think the game isn't going to be up to much. A shame considering that the series itself is actually VERY good (especially compared to Cybertron & Energon).

I'll reserve final judgement until there is some actual ingame video, but considering the rich & complex background in the TF world there is no excuse for a bad game.

@eryan64 I said something similar (though your explaination is superb as well), of course there is also the mystery of the final Team Plasma member on top the dissapearance of N. As I've reiterrated a couple of times, I believe that B2&W2 are games made at the same time or just after the originals in order to fill time until Gen 6.

This would buy Gamefreak enough time to work on a new graphics & game engine for when Pokémon hits the 3D screen.

Actually they have been adding more & more complex sounds to pokémon cries since the GBA & DS versions were released, most of the newest ones are MORE complex than a nameshout. The main reason they've not moved to the "nameshout" is because for every big animé fan they please they'll probably annoy or alienate the same amount of hardcore fans of the game. I for one have played Pokémon since the start, but find the animé a complete disgrace to television & shivver at the thought of my Alakazam shouting his name out like a backwards Kris Angel instead of his oldskool hiss.

That's the problem with playing to the fans, not all fans want the same thing & it's easier to stick with what you have.

Everyone complaining about these games not being on the 3DS should relax, Nintendo (well, Gamefreak actually) have a habit of bringing out filler games to space out the bigger new versions. I think it likely that they started Black & White vr2 at the same time as the originals (story will continue from end of B&W but possibly new trainer) and are releasing it now so there is not such a HUGE wait until the next gen - which will be on the 3DS.

I can also understand any decision to release an update to the 5th gen on the DS, surely you want to save the 3DS for a well designed & thought through 6th gen to make it look even MORE revolutionary instead of creep onto the 3DS with a sloppy graphically updated Pokémon gray?

It's going to be National Pokédex 3D, and a kick in the face.

Actually the problem for Game is that despite them making a profit, the boom in over-the-net downloads has meant they're not making as much as expected... and banks don't want to lend them money (most companies get loans to cover expenses based on projected profits). A rise in illegaly downloaded games hasn't helped either.

All this talk of "WUT they can't afford to put games on the shelf? I'm not buying from them" talk is a little counter-intuitive isn't it? Surely when one of the great British games stores (one of VERY few specialists left) is in trouble it needs support instead of attack? Game put on a lot of specialist gamer events, especially for Pokémon players in the UK... I hope they survive the current troubles or else HMV will have a virtual monopoly on gaming prices.

@Bass_X0 You sir are a genius!! I loved my NeoGeo Pocket Color, SNK must release SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millennium immediately!!

Is this any good? Looks a little like the best game Sonic the Hedgehog never starred in. Hope it's good'un!

Well considering that it has both Capcom & co sitting in petri dishes inside a freezer I'm guessing it must be Resident Evil related (grown virus' etc)... so I'm hoping it's Resident Gundam. You control the Gundam of your choice through a massive 3D universe fighting the forces of Zeon, Umbrella, zombie mobile suits and Pacman makes a cameo.

Seriously, it all looks good except the Namco part.

Game related messages? "All your bases are belong to us"?

I love Marvel but I think I'll pass, I've never been a fan of pinball games as I find the real ones much more fun. Maybe if they stuck some pokémon on it I might be more tempted!

@Zergling & Grumblebuzz, I'm deperate for a release date now... Crossing is the whole reason I bought the 3DS in the first place.

On the other hand there are some good looking games on Nintendo Direct, Spirit Camera looks great!

@Krishnaa Well in general, Streetpass trading would simply consist of someone placing multiple pokémans they want to trade in a "box" with some basic instructions such as Miltank:<Lv50... if someone with such a pokémon pass by it sends the data through.

Obviously it would be very rare that this works, but then surely that would mean a special event could be activated. Plus considering that you could, say, fill this "tradebox" with version exclusives... and someone with the opposite version would likely do the same, it wouldn't be impossible.

This would be in addition to other trading methods of course.

@theblackdragon Great idea! How about their "secret bases" and other information jumping across too? I really enjoyed the tower in B&W where you could meet people from around the world that you'd traded with. A more localised Streetpass version would be awesome.

How about NPC pokémon trainers that actually STAY a challenge, even when you've got your team to Lv100? I'd even go as far as saying that they should have much better AI so the ones that come up to you are not pre-set... how about NPCs walking around the city have AI which makes business men ignore you during the morning, answer you for a battle during the day & actually chase after your during the night? Obviously change this for children, clowns etc?

Plus if you have a pokémon following you around as in SS/HG, why not some Lv100 trainers that ignore you until you have at least one in your team? It makes sense (as they can see if your pokémon looks weak) and it would mean that walking through towns doesn't become a chore 3 hours in.

@grimbldoo It's unlikely your starter would die as every pokémon game since Red & Blue has made the learning curve generously easy. By the time anything strong enough to kill your starter turns up you'll have captured at least a dozen more pokémon. If you're playing an online match and you only have 3 pokémon, maybe there should be a "surrender" button so you don't lose your last prized pokémon (counts as a loss).

@Percentful I agree actually, but that's not always the case, there is also a lot of fun in EV training Plusles & thashing newer players... which is why I also suggested perminently dropping about 400 pokémon. If everything was either useful or a potential killing machine I'd certainly spend more time "catching them all". Plus I feel that was how it was always meant to be.

@Linkuini I disagree, all the best games have a gameplay level for casual players... and a huge amount of depth for those that want to obsess. If anything they should keep it complex but introduce a system that only allows players of similar ability play each other.

Loved the trailor, but I fell out of love with Tekken after Tekken 3 - they slowed all the characters down (including Yoshimitsu) so I can't out speed my opponent any more. Though I have given it 3 more chances since then.

But how could you possibly play Hwoarang's 3 stances with only 2 shoulder buttons??

@60 because we no speaky good English?

@Percentful, normally when Gamefreak add the "bunch of crap" pokémon into the game, they're there for allowing hardcore gamers to creatre breeding chains for moves or IV/EV training. Though there are STILL a large amount that could be culled & not missed.

I like a lot of the suggestions, but my main gripe is that Gamefreak should just grow some pokéballs and drop about 400 pokémon perminently and do a REAL overhaul of the graphics... while I know they want to keep them familiar for long term players like myself... maybe taking that final step into a 3D world won't be all that hard?

Oh... and finally, what about a Fire Emblem-like "perminant death" system... if a pokémon takes a OHKO from a pokémon with attack/special attack/speed etc more than twice it's defense, it STAYS gone from the team (or becomes a GHOST type)?

@CerealKiller062 to be honest us animéfans are just getting tetchy about the term "cartoon" because any crappy old European/American cartoon studios are releasing cartoons with 'pointy hair' inorder to try and ride the success by Japanese studios. The term animé distinguishes the animation by it's origin which to some (us) is important & usually denotes quality... pokémon aside.

@BulbasaurusRex, you can't force breed a pokémon but you can keep it in a darkened ball for 24hrs a day? -chuckle-

@36 Ash isn't smart enough to EV train... that's why he'll never win! have you ever seen him trying to force breed Pikachu with an Alakazam for Thunderpunch?

Awww sons of biscuits!!! I need to be American quick! Anyone got a flag, a gun & a dentist????

Does this mean that if I glue thw Wii U controller to my HD TV I can have the DS HD that I always wanted!? Awesome! I can't wait to get out there and start bumping into them lamp posts! Again...

Has Nintendo really learned it's lesson? There are effectively 8/9 months until any pre-christmas launch would have to take place and the Wii U has no confirmed specs, hardware, name, features, software, and on and on and on. Unless Nintendo have been lying to us so far... I think there may be a big dissapointment on the cards.

-On his knees- Please Miyamoto, please let there be a solid launch line-up!

A joke just for the UK guys... I heard they were going to combine "Wii" and "Tablet" and the fact it goes soft of you pour hot milk on it. It'll be called the WII TABIX. Ho ho!!

Okay, this may sound controversial but...

Nintendo Entertainment System Three. NEST.

Hmm, lucky they didn't write "I P MOCCA: DENTIST LION REVERSES VEAL". Heh, spent a whole 3 minutes to get that out of the Resi letters... it only would have taken Capcom 1 minute to spell the name right first time.

They could aim it at the hardcore gamer & call it the "Nintendo FPS", or maybe go with something for the adults... the "Nintendo ^21".

@SteveW You have a good point, a lot of people forget that the Gamecube could out-muscle the Playstation 2 when it came to graphics due to it's much larger assigned memory and built in visual shortcuts. All in all it was more comparable to the original Xbox. The problem is that a lot of people are lazy and will jump onto the latest stereotypes. For example, the Gamecube and Wii have been home to a lot of games aimed for older players such as Mad World, Resi 4 (which started off as a GC exclusive), Manhunt, Phantasy Star Online, yet it gets the moniker "for kids" purely out of ignorance.

Given that, it IS very hard to launch first & stay the most powerful console... what we're really going to see is whether Sony & Microsoft DARE to make their consoles much more powerful. If MS really do make their next Xbox 6 times as powerful as the 360, how much will they have to charge for games? £70 ($1,000,000)?

@REN To be honest 720p is technically HD and actually as good as most people's eye will see. Over the age of thirty a very high percentage of the population would need finely tailored glasses or eye surgery to get anything out of a top notch screen. I am 30 and will attest that I don't need glasses to read/drive/paint Warhammer... but can not see in full HD. Oh, and I got my phone's stats wrong as you guessed.

I would state that HD gaming is tempting but wholly empty, I have a Playstation 3 and a HD television yet spend less than a third the time on it that I do my handhelds. Pretty is good, FUN is better... though I guess that's something you need to experience to understand. And as for "adult content"... what content are you after? Thw only really amazing games I've played on either the PS3 or Xbox360 are Disgaea 3 & Gundam Dynasty Warrior 3. If you like COD, DOW etc, you walk forward and shoot.. looking pretty is a necessity to make it look like the game is different from the one before.

@Usagi-san I saw a Nintendo ninja once, I tried to hand him my resumé but I ended up passing it to a log. How'd that happen?

I'm hoping that this isn't really a mistake, but an adanced hint that Proffessor Layton will be a playable character via DLC. nods

@Gamesake Hush! I won't hear a word against them, next you'll say they can't protect their own network or some such slander!

What about the "Jumbo Entertainment System Unqualified Success". I can't see that being controversial at all.

How about the "N720"? Might be good idea to register that trademark early.

@CerealKiller062 It actually depends on your definition of HD, my mobile can run app games in 720p (this can only be done on screens of over 4 inches at the moment due to pixel density)... but the only games that make any use of that kind of definition are sprite based games. sigh If only the Sega Saturn was around now.

Also, if HD graphics needed the kind of power you're talking about - does that mean the PS Vita is telling fibs about it's computing/polygon power? As it manages a good 4hrs battery life (supposedly) with near enough PS3 graphics.

Well if it's anything like the Wii, Nintendo will give it a name that translates badly in every country except Japan & then tell us to live with it. How about the "Nintendo Spankmatter"? Or the "Nintendo Perveté"?

Well one thing I think Nintendo has learned is that no matter WHAT kind of gimmick/mcgubbin the Wii U launches with, it had better have a SOLID line-up... Nintendo so badly dropped the ball on the 3DS release (and I'm speaking as a really big handheld gamer) that it seriously hit the company.

Well if the information that I've filtered through the news article is right, the Wii U will come with integrated ninja assasins. Or is that too easy?

The main reason may developers would have been annoyed to find out that the Wii U is much more powerful than they originally expected is because the more powerful the console, the more detailed the graphics are... the more man-power and expense it takes to make the games. If you imagine that it can take a huge team of people almost 2 years to make something like God of War 3 on the PS2, imagine something that will need 6 times the work?!

Plus I've had a PS3 & a 360... I've never had as much fun with them as I had with my Nintendo DS. Graphics power is nothing without the fundamentals of gameplay behind them, which is something Nintendo is yet to forget.

Woo, almost spoiled FF7 for me in that trailer! I'm almost at that cut scene & I'm sure Aerith is going to propose to Cloud! Hope they get married & live happily ever after. ;D

Amazing! I'll be able to add to my small, but growing game collection! It's hard being an oldskool gamer with only 3 games. :3