I come from a very peaceful country, and I believe the reason is that people don't need to point guns at each other. Social welfare, free education and public healthcare keep people busy studying, working and familying.
No offense americans, but I can't help but say that if people didn't need to resort to guns, they wouldn't.

Also, I find the hubbub about video games increasing violence completely silly. Of course it can warp the thoughts of little kids, but they are to be guided by the parents, not the government.

edit: we have one of the world's highest guns per capita due to necessary hunting and hobbyists. But I wouldn't want to live in a country where I would need a gun for safety.

I bought this one last night, at a sale!
For some reason this was the cheaper than the original, silly finnish stores
(maybe they just dont like pikachu)

I talked this over with a friend and if they can make it less than 50$, it would simply make it silly not to have a Wii. Although, that currency could as get you closer to a Wii U, so unless you're really desperate to play some gamecube games...

It's the japanese way of running a business... You need to know the people involved, because they work more like a feudal clan than an enterprise. Just saying
I hope Miyamoto doesn't ruin his health cooped up in an office!

thanks... now I can't sleep

NaBro, it's about pokemons :E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXcHOjQau3s&feature=player_embedded
over here in the end it says the price will be 1500Y, which is usually translates to 15$ and 12-15€.
Quite pricey if you ask me, but I suppose I'm getting this none the less... :F
I'm just thinking what to do with the old Pokedex 3D

I also love the Metroidvanias. Apart from Zelda and Pokemon, those are the games that I have full heartedly completed to the last corner and secret and returned to every once in a while.
Although, the Lords of Shadow was so different from "real" Castlevanias that I didn't expect them to follow any existing trend of the 'vanias.

I couldn't have handled a metroidvania without cheesy eighties rock tunes.

well now, I really hope it works as they say it should!
I'm worried for the japanese ideas of social functions that might not work in many places.... But we'll fin out sooner or later!
For better or for worse!

ugh... I wonder if Reggie has had botox injections
anyways, HYPE HYPE

@Sakura_Moonlight2421 the book has furigana

@Mickeymac true as it is, books and digital subbing have a vast difference in expenses I have a hard time imagining chinese fansubbers laying, printing and exporting a book!

I've got this baby since I lived in Japan.
Fiddling about with the book is a lot of fun, and it would be cool for many games to have a separate book like that. I remember how cool the manuals were as a kid, but nowadays they aren't that elaborate... I'd rather have the internet though, in 80's and 90's the manual might've been the only material you'd ever hope see about the game.
The game itself is well made and riddled with beautiful animations and cutscenes, but in the core it's "just" a JRPG. So I don't think the western world collapses for missing this beauty, it's just a shame because I feel that the book combo gameplay could have more to offer and develop. (Although the trend of going towards digital releases is already making this kind of games a thing of history that never came to fruition).

I read from the Coro coro, that white and black Kyurems' special attacks will be "Cold Flare" and "Freeze Bolt".

You heard it from me first, folks.

First video 12:30 on, the announcer sounds so stoned
nice research!

"The graphical capacity of Wii U is 1,7 gamecubes + an android phone, according to the latest tests. Former understanding of 0,3 Xbox360s + three quarters of macbook pro is still causing some misunderstandings."
-emeritus developer

That incident stool the show. Fate is so fecal.

I hope this is a success and other studios will start making their games too
Production value for making 16-bit games now are very little, so the main expense would be in the design and manpower, which for this kinds of projects can find the peak of it's expertise.

Grhm, I've got so mixed feelings about this. Looks too wacky in a bad way, also it just seems to be following the trends of most liked dlc-game genres and slamming an unimaginative zoroark as the main character (not to mention the super terrifying enemy stones).
But it seems to have a lot borrowed from Zelda (another unimaginative trait that's off putting, but might be a promise of something worthwhile) and the game seems to be made with nice care.
Price isn't bad, so if the promises are kept, the game should be one of the eShop's best. But it really looks cheap, wacky and cardboardy.

I hope this is good... I've already got a so-so fighter in the SF4, but the movie could make a deal
PS. loving the new look NL!

Totally love the oracles <3
I had both on gameboy and I was so happy they were two completely different games instead of the red/blue thing with pokemon.

@30.Picola
Not releasing these on the 3DS vc would be like not releasing OoT and MM on Wii's vc, so don't worry

@6. Joco84
Totally. I'd change those stupid "jewel games" and "that 80's feel" garbage to the Wii shop's categorizing system any day.
It's so obvious that they're trying to attach appealing ideas to shovel games that lack them.

since 2008 we've had a tradition of gaming sessions, taking place a few times a year. 5-10 people playing 3-5 days! These are hilarious events... 3 Wiis, 4 TVs, PS3 and a room full of old consoles and DSs.
I beat the Pokemon Colosseum XD in one 50 hour sitting
we've had notorious Mario Party tournaments. Not to mention the obvious worldly conditions caused by such a marathon. We should get web cams and start a charity fund raiser event of it...

Does this mean that the touch screen uses the same old technology as DS and can only be pressed at one point at once? D:

The label of "home console" indicates that you need a room for playing: to house the console itself, to have a media for video and audio output, provide the electricity and make it comfortable to play it.

Apparently the issue about Wii U not being a home console is the portable screen with it's own power source. I suppose this could be called hybrid or dual media console or something on the same lines...

I remember the golden last year of high school... I had Gameboy micro with Wario ware in it, and it passed hand to hand between classes (and during them) and after every day I found my records beaten
I miss those days.

That'd be super cool if I contacted a GM... But it seems like tons of work

My little bro got this for christmas present. He finished it before new year. I love the art style too, I remember doing a little comic of this back in the day. Sadly, our dog ate the cartridge, so I really welcome this download!

The darn dog also ate Sword of Mana and chewed a gamecube controller chord :/

@3. you weren't Late for it, I see.

Pullblox and Mighty Switchforce.
waiting for Mario3Dland to arrive! Pretty starndard

Woot woot! MID LIFE CRISIS

@13. Awesome James! Now you have to build a cabinet for it.

@5. they're long dots

Welcome back Rayman!
feeling so nineties at the moment <3

There's so little games that the list has seemed almost the same all this year but I hope things get more bumpy from now on, I like these charts!

That's the lamest comic I've seen for quite a while
Reminds me of Conker's pocket tales on gbc... Evil acorns: duh-du-duh-dudduu

Hehehe, I was a teenager when I got the Gamecube. Before the release I rode my bike 20km to another town to try the Luigi's Mansion for a minute or two It was totally worth it, and the way back was fast since I was completely taken by what I had seen. But boy were those times hard for Nintendo-gamers... Kids' games, poor graphics and all that, I even got smirks from adult people who said that xbox is the only way to go!
It's all candy and cotton after Wii and DS I tell ya.

Way to go! wouldn't be ready to pay for something I already bought

I have The Lost Ark. Played until I got to the fabled "Other continent" through very tedious shipping episodes that made my hands hurt because of stupid controls. When I very finally made it to a spot where the screen didn't scroll further, I thought I'd made it through. Instead, I don't know if it was a boss or a random foe, a Poseidon appeared. It used "wrath of the seas" and wiped out my party with one blow. I said OK and ripped the cartridge out from my GBA without turning the power off and never played the game since.

I didn't play these games in warm and fuzzy arcade times, so unfortunately I don't have the mothers eyes while judging this baby.
I felt kind of insulted to play this game and it gave me a good laugh. I respect the people who like it though

I like how most of the talk about this game is how the main controls work and how people can't play it <3

new genre for people not interested in video games... so what would make a non-player pick up the console? Umm... I get terrifying images in my head

Humm. I don't want to sound like a storm crow, but 1 after it's release europe will have... two mario games and a handful of remakes for 3DS's 1st party games? I guess it could be worse, but even Gamecube had SSBM...

Looks like it's going to be just like Wii: play an old Zelda game and move to playing virtual console games for a year or two until the games you're waiting for are out.

It kind of feels like 3DS is launching now, since it hasn't had any (as in not actually even one) real effort on first party games.
Let's see how this rolls out when people have a game to play with the console!

That's too much Today I was at a game store and saw a very old cartridge for possibly Sega saturn titled "Burger time" and thought what the heck kind of a game that must be. Now I come here and see that the deluxe version is out.

@6 me, whoops, I completely forgot the Lords of Shadow which is a pretty nice 3D castlevania! Although lacks a lot of original atmosphere with epic themes and loss of groovy synth music

Castlevania hasn't yet done the metroid into 3D. Following Primes would create another type of metroidvania

Judgement is a godawful game, but it gives a good laughter. It's totally ridiculous! Despite being barely playable, I played the whole thing through twice with out friends + vs. matches, which actually make it to about a 100hrs of playtime, and would sound like a loved game.

I hope 3DS gets something as awesome as Dawn of Sorrow was for the DS... My favorites are the unlinear DSvanias.

bring on the ambassador GBA-titles >: E

I think the designers are dumfounded with Kirby's design possibilities and wide range of existing themes. But like the huge role of Kirby characters in Super smash bros brawl storyline, the series should take steps ahead before the audience does, to avoid numbing.

My suppressed sense of zelda timeline theories is tingling so bad xD