It was very mixed, in my opinion. Most of the Wii U games shown during the Nintendo Direct are not going to be released until 2014. Super Mario 3D World looks great but disappoints me at the same time. It doesn't look like an AAA title like Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze looks awesome and was honestly the best surprise at Nintendo's E3. Everything else I already knew about.

The message I got from E3 is that the Wii U is going to be very irrelevant until 2014. NSMBU proves that it's going to take more than run-of-the-mill Mario platformers to make the console sell. I'm sure X, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros. will help sales greatly.

The Wii U also needs a price cut because it pales in comparison to the PS4, which is only $50 to $100 more expensive. And the lack of third party support is a complete and utter disaster. It's just like the Wii fiasco except with awful sales.

With Nintendo going in the right direction but being ridiculously slow about it and Microsoft doing everything wrong, it's pretty obvious that Sony has a good chance of dominating this generation.

This is probably the best looking Wii U game I have seen except for X. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

This looks so awesome! Nice to see that Retro Studios are the ones developing this.

Having all of your games tied to a single account would be the best thing Nintendo has ever done.

The lack of Dream Drop Distance is severely disappointing.

My body is effing ready for both versions!

60 FPS is way more important than 3D, so this is wonderful news.

It's probably Mario & Sonic All-Stars Racing developed by Sumo Digital.

Oracle games and PXZ demo for me!

Microsoft has made the ultimate nightmare of a device. I cannot call such a POS a gaming console, because it's not a gaming console. It's essentially a multimedia DRM nightmare of a brick that is probably the most anti-consumer product I have ever seen in my life.

Your console has to be connected to the internet once every day? Utter BS. I remember my internet going down for a few days back when I was playing Donkey Kong Country Returns on my Wii, and I was able to play it despite my internet being non-existent.

Blocking used games is also utter BS. A person should have the right to buy games new and used. I buy games used because some of them are just not worth a whopping $60. I try to buy as many games new as possible, but most people like myself don't have endless amount of money.

Lending or giving your copy of a game that you bought to your friend being even remotely compared to piracy is utter foolishness. You bought the game, and so it's your right to do whatever you want to said copy.

The entire ''you should feel like a criminal if you bought the game used'' is such a wrong mentality that it will probably be one of the reasons why the gaming industry may eventually crash.

To everyone that is planning to buy a Xbox One, I have no respect for you whatsoever. You're essentially giving up your rights as a consumer and don't care if you are treated unfairly simply because you like to buy games. You're willing to basically buy a device that will become a brick if you don't connect to the internet once a day, blocks used games, and basically kills off retail games. I cannot consider you even a gamer at all, because you're not if you buy a Xbox One. It's just a device that has games as a bonus.

And the sad part is that I would have possibly bought a Xbox One had Microsoft not included all of this anti-consumer BS within it. Sony better not even think about going down Microsoft's route, or I can also skip the PS4. I can just stick with a Wii U, 3DS, and Vita for my eight generation needs. Because combine that with the massive amount of previous generation games that I still have to play or complete, and I can potentially game like this for years to come without ever buying another console.

Microsoft doesn't seem to care about their customers, so why should I care about their brick...oh I mean ''new console''?

Why hello there, Sonic X-treme.

LMAO, this is so hilariously perfect that I don't know what else to say!

BC actually is useful because you can play your older games on your new system or handheld while you are waiting for new games to come out. I have so many seventh generation games to play that it's not even funny. The reason I'm not holding it against Sony with the PS4 is because of the new system architecture, which is a legitimate excuse.

But Microsoft is just not including BC because they are being cheap while pulling sh*t out of their a**. Thank you Microsoft for making me not wanting a Xbox One more and more.

Kinect Sports 3.

I watched most of the PS4 reveal and plan on buying it. I already own a Wii U. I might watch the Next Xbox reveal, but Microsoft is really going to have to go all out in order to convince me to buy their next console.

I really would buy this if NOA wasn't so foolish...

Well, the ''older'' versions aren't exactly old to begin with, you know.

I'll probably be playing Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario All-Stars Wii version), Toki Tori 2, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.

Serious lack of Sega support in Wii U VC is disappointing. I hope that changes soon.

The RetroN5 still sounds better.

Why are people making such a big deal about the length of the game? If it contains as much replay value as Star Fox 64, then I'll sure as hell buy it.

The GTA games are awesome. There's a reason that the series is so popular, believe it or not. Even though I will likely buy this on PS3 or PS4, the Wii U needs more third party support like this, and Nintendo only gamers need to buy it.

Saying you want third party support and yet not buying the third party games that do come out for the Wii U (Black Ops II for example) isn't going to encourage third party developers to jump ship on the Wii U. The fact that Rockstar has possibly considered a Wii U version is a miracle in itself.

Best news ever!

Now if Mario Super Picross was released here in NA, I would actually have a new Wii U VC game to buy. But knowing Nintendo, it will remain in Europe for some d*mn reason.

Lame launch list is beyond lame, but I'm not surprised.

Kind of ironic because I just started playing this yesterday.

Would be ironic if SSB4 was released before this.

I can't wait to get my hands on Earthbound and all of those GBA games!

This is one of those games that never gets old. Even though I own this game in every possible form except for the GBA remake, I still bought this version. After all, thirty cents is a steal for this game.

The extra levels alone makes this port worth buying.

The only good thing I can say about the Wii U's launch is that it at least launched with a good Mario game...and that's it.

Sweet, I can't wait to get my hands on this!

It sounds like I better just stick with the Wii U version.

I might buy this if it has online multiplayer.

Stay classy, Capcom.

Very good article. This is why I don't fund Kickstarter projects, even if said project looks awesome.

Seeing World of Illusion on the Wii U VC would be epic.

Rockstar is probably making a Grand Theft Auto and Batman crossover...

Unless the Wii U version offers something extra and worthwhile, then I'll likely just buy the PS3 version down the road.

YES! Now we just need World of Illusion!

Extra content? I might have to double dip after all...

This is actually a good thing.

Happy Anniversary, NL! Have I really been on here THAT long?

Bravely Default and Final Fantasy Type-0 localization announcement or GTFO, Square Enix.

Hopefully Star Fox 64 3D, Mega Man, and New Super Mario Bros. U.

''Zelda hasn't been exciting since Ocarina.''

i can't take anyone who says crap like this even remotely seriously, so what a waste of a letter.

I don't really care for Harvest Moon but is Legend of the River King any good? It looks interesting...

I still need to play my copy of Moon...

That pun was bad and you should feel bad.

Still, I might look into getting this game.