Yes yes YES! I haven't been this excited about a game for a long, long time! I'll be downloading this as soon as it comes out! I just hope it sells enough to ensure that any future Ace Attorney titles are localised as well...

Weirdly it's the 3DS version I've been having trouble finding, not the Wii U version. My local GAME has had stock of the Wii U version since launch day, but I haven't seen a single copy of the 3DS version anywhere!

They missed a trick by not calling it Donkey Kong Country Returns Returns!

Worth noting that you can see the same episodes on the official Pokemon website here.

I suspect that this is more about reducing production costs than them feeling the need to make the Wii smaller. I don't think any of us really expected them to stop producing the Wii yet - they're still producing DS consoles almost 2 years after the 3DS launched! This is probably their way of ensuring that they can do so as efficiently as possible.

Well well, look what's popped up on Best Buy's Canadian website:

I don't see why everyone thinks this is such a crazy rumour. They released a smaller NES after the SNES launched and then did the same with the SNES after the N64 launched, not to mention the Game Boy Micro coming well after the DS.

I don't think that they'll stop producing the Wii after the Wii U launches, the same as they still produce DS consoles post-3DS. A mini version would probably reduce their production costs so they could focus more on Wii U.

Lots of them are the same sizes, specifically exactly 512MB/1GB. It looks like they're using the size of the cartridge the game uses rather than the size of the ROM itself. I'm not sure why they'd do that - maybe there's a technical reason for it but it seems like it could cause a lot of wasted space to me.

I still can't believe that they withhold all profits until a certain sales figure is met. Is that standard practice or is this something unique to WiiWare?

In this interview from yesterday GAME's Group Marketing Director said the following:
Can you guarantee pre-orders for games that you are currently selling?
Anna-Marie Mason: Absolutely.

Or not, as it turned out. Honestly, I'm never pre-ordering anything from GAME again. Their service has really been going downhill lately, with pre-orders arriving days late without any explanation. This is the last straw for me. It's cheaper to go elsewhere, anyway.

Does anyone know if this is a dual-layered disc or not? Xenoblade was in Europe because it included both the English and Japanese voice tracks, but I've not heard whether Last Story includes both as well.

Between Wario Land this week and Rolling Western next we've got some great eShop titles coming now! I've been quite interested in this since E3 - hopefully I'll be able to get it soon.

Just felt I should point out that Mutant Mudds not being out in Europe yet isn't Nintendo's fault. Renegade Kid haven't been able to submit it yet.
Read the following quote from this article:
“The release of Mutant Mudds outside of the US will be delayed. This is due to Renegade Kid being a small studio. We have to take it one step at a time. Unfortunately, releasing a game in different countries is a time-consuming and costly business. But, rest assured that we will get Mutant Mudds into the UK as soon as possible.”

The way I interpret this is that they have no way of patching the game so fixing the glitch would involve putting out a different version of the game on cartridges. This would disadvantage anyone who has the original version as their glitch wouldn't be fixed. Hopefully Nintendo will have a proper patchng system in place on Wii U - in the last few months we've had this and Skyward Sword, two of Nintendo's biggest games, suffer glitches which should be easily fixable.

Isn't the film, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, set between Last Specter/re's Call and Mask of Miracle?

Is that for pre-ordering online, in-store or both?

The only source for this seems a preview in this month's issue of the UK Official Nintendo Magazine. If that's the case I wouldn't take it as confirmation of a European release. Trauma Team, Excitebots and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 all had previews in ONM but didn't come out in Europe.

Link's arms look kinda chubby...

I really want to see a review of the 3DS version, but if this is anything to go by it'll be pretty good.

Those penguins in the banner are terrifying...

Not too bad. I'd rather have several little holes to a few big ones. Does anyone know if Europes cases will be different like our DS game cases were?

@Yasume: Actually, Mario Sunshine launched several months after the Gamecube. At launch the biggest title the Gamecube had was Luigi's Mansion.

@Mickeymac
Yes, it's an RTS, and if its anything like the first Lego Battles game a pretty good one too! I'm pretty excited about this.

I bought and liked the DSiWare Mario vs DK game. Is this one different/better enough to be worth buying as well?

...wow! "Awesome" is right! Hopefully we won't have to wait for it as long in Europe as Mighty Flip Champs and Shantae... (hint, hint)

Is there going to be anything like this in the UK? There was last year. I went and played New Super Mario Bros. Wii before it was even out!

@James Newton

I take back everything I said above. Thats fantastic! To be honest, I'd rather get that than a console I already own but in a new colour!

I take back everything I said in my comment on the "Japan gets red Wii" article now. Thank you very much NoE!

So Japan gets all this cool stuff for the 25th Anniversary of Mario and what do we get? An advert with a bunch of celebrities no one likes telling us how great Mario games that most of us have already bought are. Great. Thanks a bunch, Nintendo UK!

@bboy2970
Of course the UK version can be set to English - the UK speaks English!

I'll be buying this tomorrow! I loved Hotel Disk and both Another Code games. It's a real shame this will be Cing's last game, but it looks so good that I'm sure it will be an excellent swansong!

It feels like pants...

Yes yes yes YES!! This is fantastic news! I was really worried we wouldn't get this, but we are - it's made my day! Shame it's Cing's last game, though...

The shape is fine for me, the three-tone colour scheme is not - it looks cheap and plasticy to me. Plus the metallic finish looks like it could wear off easily. I hope they change that.

@Klapaucius
Where did you get that list?

@Ickaser
I'm watching the Iwata Asks videos on e3.nintendo.com and I just saw the back of a 3DS - it DOES have a DS cart slot!

That is REALLY cruel. You really got my hopes up. Shame on you Nintendolife!

(it's OK, I can see the funny side!)

Oh, goody... [/sarcasm]

Whatever it is, the internet is bound to hate it, just like it hates anything that any company announces no matter how good it is. Unless it's something REALLY bad I'll probably be pleased. Shame I'll probably be the only one...

Well, if the Sonic levels are limited to just one galaxy, then it isn't THAT bad. After all, you could just not play it.

Ugh. I REALLY hope not. Or if they have to, at least give us the option to just play as Mario. Mario and Sonic are both great franchises, but combining them in a major Mario title just wouldn't work. Super Mario Galaxy 2 should remain just that: Super MARIO Galaxy.