Nope, not happy. I already own a 3DS (and its an XL!) so where's my free game Nintendo? I have no idea why we couldn't just get Europe's promotion.

I'm glad the movies are returning, they were the awesome part about Subspace Emissary!

Can't wait, but I need to know: does the sea map display on the GamePad screen while you are sailing? If not, they missed a great opportunity to improve the sailing.

Damn you Aonuma, stop messing with me already! I need Majora's Mask 3D. If you need to put your soul into it, just think of the Song of Healing and it will come naturally.

Woohoo, more pink pieces for me!
EDIT: Nope, just Konno

When I caught the end of the reveal in the horrible stream, I actually thought it was a 3DS game until it said Wii U. I'm a bit sad they based it off SM3DL which wasn't the best Mario game. HOWEVER the game does look really neat, they've incorporated bits from several different games and multiplayer is an amazing concept for a 3D Mario!

It's actually really hard to choose a piece I wanted. I could've gone for the last regular piece in the DKCR puzzle that's been evading me for months, I could've gone for a piece of a NEW puzzle I don't have yet (one of the ones from before the pink piece's invention) but I eventually settled with a pink piece in my Super Mario 3D Land puzzle (only 3 more to completion!) as I just can't pass up opportunities for pink pieces.

Gonna have to upgrade my 16GB SD Card soon enough, only have 28,000 blocks left (but I do have 4 retail downloads, 30+ VC games, 15 download only games, and dozens of demos/videos.) Still, bring on downloadable Animal Crossing!

@Bluezealand
Sorry, but you're way off. Australia's eShop charges $69.95 for most 3DS games, and some retailers will discount it to around 50-60 dollars. Wii U games charge $79.95 on the Wii U eShop, with perhaps a few retailers dropping it to around $60. (clearance sales aside)
The Premium Wii U retails for $430, that is just a big sale.
Compare these prices to America, where the dollar is almost equal to theirs (and was higher up until recently) and this is why we complain.

Switching regions isn't that simple either, you can't use the funds you have on your Aussie account towards a Euro purchase, eShop cards don't register in overseas eShops, and you might get charged foreign transaction fees with credit/debit cards. And I'm not entirely sure it's possible to swap regions on the Wii U, I've tried to change it but it automatically defaults to Australia with no way of changing it (does anyone know how to do it?)

But, prices do seem to be going down slowly. With DKCR 3D's release and I believe Animal Crossing too, the RRP has dropped to $59.95. It wasn't too long ago that Wii games retailed for $99.95 but now Wii U games are $20 cheaper. We still have a long way to go. And yes, our Club Nintendo sucks compared to yours. I've got 6500 stars lying around with nothing to spend them on.
So yeah, I wouldn't be looking at Australia with envy.

Boring week in terms of NEW content. Permanent Wii U discounts are a good thing, just that I don't care for ZombiU no matter how much it costs. I have the Tetris cart already too. Wii U VC continues to be absolutely useless for yet another week. Good thing I'm addicted to Oracle of Ages from last week and I've still got DKCR 3D to play through. Hopefully E3 will bring some positive news for WiiU VC (N64 games!) otherwise it will never come.

I would've got this if it came to Australia. Beats anything we have on our stars catalogue. I've got 6500 stars rotting away with nothing to buy.

It was hard to pick one title I'm looking forward to the most. I opted for Super Mario 3D, as I'm extremely excited to see what Nintendo have got in store this time after the Galaxy games. But I'm also very excited for Wind Waker HD and Mario Kart, as these will be just as amazing. Sonic and Rayman have also got my interest and I look forward to their arrival. Woo 2013 looks to finish off very strongly for Wii U, wouldn't have thought that in January!

Both Oracle games for me (yay discounts!) Yet another week where the Wii U VC is completely ignored by me for being terrible. It's a joke that games are still releasing on Wii VC while Wii U is slowly playing catch up. And it's about time Chasing Aurora got a permanent discount, it goes on sale at least once a month

While I should be studying for my exams beginning on Monday, I will undoubtedly spend most of the weekend playing DKCR 3D!

I certainly made use of the Wii's backwards compatibility, since I never had a GameCube, and got into some of the system's great games. Granted, I haven't used it much on Wii U/3DS, as I had both a Wii/DS, and felt like I'd played it's games to death (which is why I was upgrading to a new console.) Still, I'd be annoyed to not have it included. Also, there's something about that guy that is just very off but I can't quite place it...

I'm curious to see what Microsoft does but not interested in buying it. I'm hoping some of the doom and gloom will go away after seeing what Microsoft is doing (seriously, the graphics can't be that much better than Wii U.)

I had to turn mine on for it to initiate the automatic download process and then restart the console to update it after it downloaded. I don't think that's how standby downloads are meant to work...

Just DK for me. Good to see VC discounts happen in Europe (now they just need to release some games I actually want)

@evanescent_hero
So, Nintega?

Seriously though, it would be cool to see Sonic in Mario Kart, as long as it doesn't turn into a half Sonic-half Mario roster. Having him in SSBB was cool, but not every Sonic character needs to appear. He'll certainly fit in a lot better than the Miis ever did!

Despite my all digital policy, I'll be grabbing both, because I can't pass up a limited edition box! Looking forward to playing it in a month, unlike everyone else waiting an extra 1-2 months.

I couldn't be more excited to see all 3 titles in HD!

This is the first Nintendo Direct to disappoint me in while. They should be at least 30 minutes long or it feels like a wasted opportunity. Still, looking forward to Sonic and NSLU and of course the main course at E3 is just a few weeks away!

Well, at least they went out on a high (NFS:MWU)

I'm buying it again, mainly because the Wii version was too hard, so I shall be welcoming easy mode. 3D, lack of waggle and new levels are just a bonus.

Nintendo does always seem to manage pulling off some amazing amounts of hype with these broadcasts (just look at how amazing the last Direct was) so I'm fairly confident they won't disappoint this time. However, I'm not too sure what they will actually announce. There's not too many games awaiting release dates and I don't see too many new announcements incoming with E3 a month away. I guess they will just have to surprise me (again!)

Interesting, never seen the "buy a game and get another game discounted" type promotions on a Nintendo console before. Would like to see some more of this, though it does seem to further kick people like me who've bought the Wii VC versions of these games and having to pay an upgrade fee when newcomers can buy the cheaper version of SMW and then benefit from a discounted SMB2. Perhaps they could offer free upgrades when they do this type of promotion.

I'll be downloading Super Metroid just because it's 30c and the RE Demo just because it's free (even though I hated the 3DS demo.) Other than that, there's nothing to interest me. SMB2 I have on Wii VC, but I won't be upgrading it. Try SMB3 and you've got a deal Nintendo. Good to see some more retail reductions, hopefully first party downloads will be cheaper in the future. Still not happy with Wii U VC though. 2 regular priced games a week is pathetically slow and we need some high profile releases other than SMW and (debatedly) SMB2. As for Runner 2, release it in Australia and I might look into it.

I'm assuming the update has already been installed thanks to the recent system update?

The drip-feeding of 2 re-releases a week is what annoys the hell out of me. After waiting 6 years for titles to never arrive on Wii VC, am I expected to wait another 6 years in the hope these titles might get released? If there were 2 quality releases each week from the SNES/N64, it would be a much better situation than re-releasing NES titles seen recently on the 3DS and much less popular titles like Solomon's Key. Honestly, I'm glad to see other systems from the Wii VC haven't been announced as it means more SNES/N64 games can be released in a shorter space of time, without endless years of re-releasing the same garbagey titles that I've never heard of. As for GameCube titles, I'd love to see it happen, but IF it ever does, I'm not expecting it for a few years. In fact, I'd have preferred Nintendo to delay the VC further and launch it with a proper set of titles and proper support each week, rather than a situation even worse than the Wii.

If it wasn't for Mario and DK, I'd be getting nothing this week. Another week of appallingly slow re-releases I don't want for the Wii U VC, wake me up when some N64 games hit the service.

I've lost all interest in this title due to the lengthy delays and broken promises. The fact it still doesn't have a release date means I'm not holding my breath for it to arrive soon. They should at the very least give us a decent sale on the game.

@Sekuiya
The SNES says hello.

Not interested in any of these I'm afraid. It's going to be a long while until they re-release any games I actually want (Super Mario World is the only one I've re-purchased), especially with only 2 releases a week. And even longer before a NEW VC game comes out.

Why do people need to argue about retail vs downloads? Good for you for still buying retail carts. But do you need to attack downloads because they don't suit you? I'm fairly certain Nintendo once said they were planning to implement an account system in the future. Do you really think they will abandon all their customers buying retail downloads just because their console broke? The Wii proved that Nintendo can transfer over your VC games to a new system and they even let you transfer them over to Wii U.
As for the article, I'll be downloading DKCR. Though I may need to look at upgrading my 16GB SD Card soon. Think I've got about 50000 blocks left.

I bought the London tour, as I've been there before and it was cool to see it all again (especially the night scenes) The quality wasn't too bad (its not even that noticeable on the GamePad) although it was hard to hear the tour guide clearly. I doubt I will buy the others, perhaps the birds one but its only 5 min long? The London tour was nearly 10 minutes.

I was hoping we'd get at least 4 games a week. This is a worrying sign, especially since Japan always gets more.

I was hoping we'd get at least 4 games a week. This is a worrying sign, especially since Japan always gets more.

I hope this is the first Wii U game to introduce 6 player multiplayer by bundling a second GamePad with the game (or at least selling them at retail.) How amazing would that be? Even if you only had 3 players, each person could have their own screen! I don't think it's being rushed, I'm sure the 2 years between MK7 and MKU is plenty of time to make it good. I'm certainly excited to be playing more Mario Kart by the years end.

The best thing about this update is being able to delete up to 30 messages at once! Makes it so much easier to clean out my inbox.

This had better work in Australia! I've got LM2, and am getting AC:NL and DKCR so the only problem I'll have is picking a freebie. (not too interested in the rest)

Rayman of course for me. Might also pick up Bit.Trip, have never seen that around (I didn't even know it got a PAL release!) Not sure what they're doing with the VC so I don't know if I'll be getting anything.

I thought people had gotten over the pricing in the 4 months this has been known for. It annoyed me at first but I got over it. I'm certainly not rebuying every VC game I bought, just the good ones that deserve it. I realised that Nintendo has to reprogram each game individually to work with Wii U so it was never going to be free. The only valid point I see is that newcomers can get the games cheaper than us, which shouldn't be the case. Then again, we were willing to pay for the games 6 years ago without these features, so it shouldn't really be expected to get these features now.

I just want Nintendo to finish what they started and release some more N64 games: Mario Party 1, Mario Party 3, DK64, Banjo Tooie, Banjo Kazooie to name a few. Then they can think about releasing GCN and GBA games.

@LDXD
I'm sorry, does my opinion not fit with you so you have to resort to making childish statements degrading other people?

@evanescent_hero
Sure, releasing a new Zelda before Majora's Mask would be fine except that I wanted to see a 3D Zelda. The 3DS would be awesome for it, as already seen by OOT3D. MM3D is probably years away now if they ever decide to do it.

Not too impressed by this. I'm pretty sad now that Majora's Mask 3D is practically impossible as I've been hoping for a remake for years. But it's not just that, I don't like 2D Zelda's so making an ALTTP sequel is the worst decision Nintendo could have made for me. Not too sure if I'll end up buying it or not. If it was an open world 3D Zelda I would be perfectly happy.

I would've loved to see Mario Party 10 as a deluxe version containing multiple boards and loads of minigames from each entry in the series with every character playable. Plus new boards and all that and some sort of online mode. Would've also been a great time to end the series on a high note. As it is, this one looks too similar to Mario Party 9 which lacked the feel of a Mario Party game, so it will likely disappoint me (but I will still collect it!) They've never been able to match the classic fun of the N64 titles, long live Mario Party 3! (maybe they can finally release it on Wii U VC?)

You forgot the bit where you can turn the Wii U off and still download games. (something that is greatly appreciated for large sized retail games) I'm hoping it doesn't take forever for the VC to rollout all of the Wii's titles. If Nintendo won't give me Majora's Mask 3D, then I want it on the GamePad! The launch day list doesnt look too promising though. And of course I'm looking forward to faster loading times!

I checked my account and can confirm this includes Australia. The problem is, only 3 eShop games have appeared on my CN account: Little Inferno, Tank Tank Tank and Trine 2. Where's the rest of my Wii U eShop downloads? Or ANY 3DS downloads?

So this was meant to come out last week and then NA got it first? lol