Before the years out we will have Pikmin 3,LOZ WW,W101,Luigi U,Mario Kart and new 3D Mario,possibly Yarn Yoshi,Bayonetta 2,Sonic Lost World and the new Monolith game,maybe even Retro's next masterpiece.Then from 3rd party's Watchdogs,Assassins Creed 4,Resident Evil and ummmm?.And on the Eshop,Ducktales,Dungeons & Dragons,Earthbound etc etc.Thats a hell of a line up no matter what way you look at it!

I'm going to predict other than more info on the obvious,actual gameplay footage of Yarn Yoshi,Bayonetta 2 and WW,then right at the end a sneak peek of Mario Kart.I'm sure they'll leave 3D Mario till next month.

I can only imagine how bad 50 HZ must look on a 42 inch LCD?!I hope Nintendo Europe get slaughtered for this on MiiVerse and maybe just maybe they will release the US version when it comes to VC.There is no excuse,especially when it comes to 1 of the greatest games ever made.

Wonder if we'll see a CPP XL compatible Mugen 3DS XL?

I know its only 30p and it's still 1 of the all time greats regardless but why could they have not just given Europe the US version instead of a 50HZ optimised version and then still going to the bother of fixing the aspect ratio?!I thought after balloon fight they had finally learned but alas!

Well it looks like it will be coming for sure as its just passed it's target.It was looking doubtful there for a while but a surge of late backers has taken it over its target with still 2 days to go.This is great and all but we wont be seeing it anytime before the end of of 2014

The link to the board has been removed so I'm guessing it was just some random spouting crap!?

@theblackdragon Yep yer right,sorry but he provoked me :0
_{I've already edited that out, please don't bring it back up — TBD}

@Lopezdm I get paid in US dollars and convert it to Baht and it converts to 15% less than I was getting a few months back and the lowest I've received since I moved here and as matter of fact the Baht is the strongest it's been against the Dollar since 1997.So if you were to come here on holiday with a few G then you won't get much baht for yer buck compared to even just a few months back.On the other hand if I was coming to the States I would be doing rather well.Hope that's made it clearer

@Lopezdm Exactly,the lowest its been since I've been here,it was 31 not so long ago.From your answer though I'm guessing you don't really understand how exchange rates work so I'll leave that for you to educate yourself on.

@Lopezdm Man don't talk to me about exchange rates.I live in Thailand but unfortunately for me my clients need to pay me in US dollars.Right now it's the lowest it's been since I moved here a few years back,losing me a fortune.

@Lopezdm I can't believe you just said that,pure American ignorance!The world is bigger than your declining nation you know!

Great article Thomas,cheers.Thinking back,I always wonder how I managed to own and play so many Megadrive games as a teen,considering they were 40 quid a pop and my parents weren't well off.Somehow I always managed to have tons of games and then all the add ons of MegaCD and 32X.Great times!

Nintendo is willing to pay to bring Fez and Super Meat Boy to the Eshop but only if they can replace the main character with Luigi.

Only 6 weeks to make 1 of the finest times in gaming.This along with Diddy Kong Racing was the best fun I've ever had gaming with my mates.

These Kickstarters seem to more often than not reach their targets.Just looked to see how Ecco Big Blue was doing,2 days ago it had only $300 out of the target $665,000.Today it has $37,440 with 431 backers.What I don't understand though is that averages out at just under $87 each backer.Who in their right mind would donate that sort of cash for a title that is currently only intended for PC,Mac,IOS and Android?It even has a couple of backers who've pledged over $1000.Crazy stuff!

@gohanrage It was released on the NES

@hydeks Thats the biggest problem.I haven't lived in the UK for years but it's exactly the same there and also throughout much of Europe.It's a catch 22 though,sales would presumably be much better if it had the same exposure as the other consoles but on the other hand retailers aren't going to give it the exposure it needs if it's not selling.All this recent negative press,a lot of it unwarranted certainly hasn't helped either.

The Wii U isn't even available here in Thailand and according to the game shop likely wont ever be.I find this strange as the 3DS was available here at launch and so was the Wii as far as I know.Out of curiosity does anyone know if its available in any other Asian countries outside of Japan?

Man what a bunch of jokers

At least it's a change from "wont be coming to Wii U"

@HawkeyeWii Still another year till its 20 so I'm sure it will get the anniversary it deserves.It's likely that's what Retro's working on and I would guess we'll eventually see it at E3.Only 1 problem with that,we might have to wait another year to play it!

It was 19 years ago today
Super Metroid taught the world to play
It has never once gone out of style
But there's not been 1 for a while
So may we introduce to you
The game you've longed for all those years
Retro's sequel Super Metroid U

Is a 3D remake of the Arcade or the Megadrive version?

Tingle Cage is hilarious!

Got to laugh that in the days of 3D and 4K TV's we still need confirmation if it will be in 60 HZ or not.But is it arcade perfect???

@Tsuchiya If he confirmed it would definitely not be coming to the Wii U then yes but he then went on to say "Support the game.If the sales are there it makes sense to do the DLC. Simple as that.".This part wasn't included in the article though,which makes it read more grim than it really is.Surely an article telling fans if they support the game,we'll see the DLC would have been better?Nintendo needs all the good press it can get,so without being biased,at least put a positive spin on it.It is a Nintendo site after all

Cmon NintendoLife,yer better than this!None story's like these are becoming too frequent here for my liking.Finally a big 3rd party title is about to be released which we all hope will sell enough to keep the devs and EA on board and this site along with others play a role in that,so lets try and give it some positive press please instead of scraping the bottom of the barrel to give us this junk.While I understand the need to be neutral and bring us the good as well as the bad,this is not news!

I would like to make a request for a search filter to be added to this site

• Positive Wii U news - Negative Wii U news - That would be great cheers

I remember the days when I would browse magazines and websites to read about the games that are coming but alas that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.Maybe I'm just getting old!

I'm sure Nintendo must have secretly anticipated these low sales.They've been in the industry too long to know that their launch window titles wouldn't cut it,even if Rayman had been released as planned.I'm guessing that they weren't really ready for releasing it until the spring,which isn't an ideal time and knew it would be crazy to launch it around the same time as the others so got it out early in the hope of getting enough loyal fans to buy and some of the Xmas market.They kind of said as much themselves previously in that they will be pushing it much more aggressively into the year.As long as Mario Kart and 3D Mario look as awesome as I hope they will then its inevitable that sales will increase ten fold regardless of what the competition do.

@Morphtroid It has a population of over 127 million,I wouldn't call that small!It also has a far higher proportion of gamers compared to other regions hence why they get many big titles that are never seen in the west.

Well played Sony

The godfather of gaming looks so young for 60 and his enthusiasm for creating new experiences will likely never be seen in the industry again.A true living legend,wish he was my uncle

@WiisWorld Only 20%?!It's probably unlikely he ever will then as the majority who have been waiting for this will likely have bought it already.With Nintendo apparently opening up to devs and making it much easier for them to get noticed and make a profit,why can't they just apply the same rules to Wiiware now,even if it's just for this guy for his commitment alone?Or even better,advertise it in the Wii U shop without having to go into Wii Mode to purchase or play it.

@MasterWario Good job because he already is

@Jaco @LDXD I had been curious about Pikmin for years,what with the way everyone talks about it and it somehow passing me by on my Gamecube.I saw NPC Pikmin 2 for cheap a few months ago so I picked it up to see what all the fuss was about.After playing it for an hour or 2 I really didn't like it at all and was disappointed to say the least but then a few weeks later I decided to give it another go and then it clicked.I absolutely love it now,so much so that just talking about it has convinced me to play through it again.As Nintendo likes to say,you need to play it to get it!

I've no doubt it'll be a great game but what were they thinking about with that art style!All their past releases have had their own unique style but this just looks like a generic Android runner game of which I have too many already and they're free.

More bad news for Wii U!

"The last thing the Wii U needs right now" is this game!

Whoever was in control for the demo has done this game no favours!

@shinpichu Give it up will ye!You don't like the new look and even if you did you still wouldn't be prepared to pay $60 for it with the added extras we already know about.So why would you want pay what you consider too much for something you don't like look of?Easy answer,don't buy it!

"I hope U Wiil stay tuned" That pretty much confirms it then?

@chewytapeworm I think with Pinball you either get it or you don't.I've only ever played real Pinball tables in Dutch coffee shops but I've been playing console versions since the Megadrive days.I could waste hours trying to beat my own high scores but with Zen you also get online rankings so its even more addictive.Metroid Pinball has been my favourite till now but Zen has perfected it imo and I've only played the Android version.Great game!

I got Zen HD on Android the other day and already put several hours into it and purchased 4 tables,my favourite being War Hulk.Its great but will be so mucb better with the triggers of the Gamepad.Now if only they would release the Wii U in Thailand!

@THENAMESNORM It actually does include the spin off games if you read it again where as DLC etc for Fifa isn't,so FIFA is really out on its own in the UK.No real surprise there though

@AbeVigoda You took the words right out of my mouth,literally haha

I'm gonna go with some release dates,1 or 2 new Eshop titles from Nintendo and at least a tease of 1 of the big guns.Maybe whatever Retro's working on.They must have something to show off by now.Nintendo must have something planned for after the launch window so tomorrow's as good a time as any

@RantingThespian Don't forget the DR

@bboy2970 Post pics mate,would love to see it

@SteveW I'm not bothered by this release,like you said its only a game.It was a few of the comments that bothered me