Thanks to Wii U's gutting the Wii in transfer there are two type of Wii U owners who had a Wii before. Those who transferred and BC the hell out of their Wii U because why keep a wiped Wii when the successor has your saves and DLs; and those didn't transfer and still use their Wii directly.

Microsoft has made no secret of their long term goals. They admitted the break into the gaming industry was a stepping stone to create a multimedia hub machine that would "control the living room". Everything I've heard suggests their holding course. I also see the issues as a sort of uncanny valley as they transition, alienating their former audience, but still needed us to hold another generation or two before they dump us for a bigger crowd.

Honestly, with the connection demands, second owner fee, "rental" BS, unchanged treatment of indies, Microsoft deserves a good hard fail.

Wooo! In with 8 seconds to go!

Whatever. EA's practices (over years and years) have made bearing their logo a warning sign.

Never actually needed one.

Interested. I just hope it comes our way (without months of pleading and activisim)

I did not realize the other side could argue against the practice itself. This changes everything.

The art is pretty to look at, but did the characters seem frozen. If their faces are that detailed, I want them to look a little more expressive.

Fair enough. I already thought they ran out of stuff to show as a reason. The need to rethink how they make it a real experience again anyway. I haven't really felt electrified by the last few shows.

I don't mind the minis, but am I the only one who misses the platforming the first Mario vs. Donkey Kong had?

I assume each region has their own crew to make these decisions. It's kind of fascinating to see what each area thinks will cause our heads to explode.

I just upped to 32. It's not a serious demand on consumers (though the fact raises the question; why didn't they just give it to us in package?). What always annoyed me before was how all the DSi catalog relied entirely on the system memory (which wasn't all that big. Sure it's old news now, but it was an early sign that Nintendo wasn't and still isn'tforward thinking enough about tackling digital gaming. Let's not even get into their hang ups on the console side.

I don't mind short, but at current game pricing short better be replayable and so much fun I WANT to replay it.

I loved the first one, but really really didn't enjoy the second one.

It's still rude to call the Wii itself as a virus. It was the mania surrounding them that was viral, not the Wii itself. It just struck gold in whatever part of the human condition drives such things.

I don't think it was so much an admission as either a "way to shut up all the complaining" OR a "way to make you pay again"
At least they refined the molding of this one. The last one had a lot more visible mass on the sides. Maybe if I can handle it at a store and see if it's more comfortable to hold.

I definitely noticed the Mii plaza fix. The jerkiness only really became apparent if you held down the R button to double time the actions, especially the puzzle swap.

As long as console games come out well fleshed and all that, I don't mind the higher price to play, but what about price of entry for phone gaming? Just because it multitasks you get to ignore the cost to get a device capable of playing modern mobile games or the service you must continuously maintain?

Maybe it's time Capcom that some new higher ups. This is why they didn't have anything for the 25th. "It would have been too risky?" First off all, you had the people behind Metroid Prime. Second, the franchise connection would have given it a hell of a better chance than if the dude was recolored and turned into an original IP.
How funny, I find this article the same day I find this fan movie also starring X.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F991RSOU00Y
There's your darker and grittier without hurting the aesthetic. Yeah, he doesn't do hand to hand, but if original Megaman can fight Streetfighters, why can't X fight like one?

I don't mind other developers getting to work on Star Wars. I presume there will be some oversight with the deals so we don't end up with wookies erraticly "dancing".

I mourn the end of LucasArts more for their role in the glory days than recent projects.

goody goody
A download makes sense. Thinkin about it, I wouldn't be opposed to a download combo with N and N+. We could call it N' (prime)

I see where this is coming from, they need to make third parties stand up and believe the must develop for it.

I love when they own up to the 'good enough' they aimed for was too low and improve things.

In a way, Luigi does for video game heros what John McClane (first 3 movies at least) did for action movie heros. A much more "normal" protagonist in comparison to what was typical.

joy!!!! dipped in sugar and topped with more joy!!!!!

Oh yeah, that thing. That ugly uncomfortably designed bit of PR backpedalling. Pity I had to LOBOMOTIZE MY NORMAL 3DS when I got the XL.

Actually, I've always thought a launch would have been an excellent time to crank out new IP since the limited library would force the media to pay some attention to it. Especially with Nintendo's habit of prolonged deadzones, giving system owners plenty of time to try it out and see if it was worth it.

Was having someone specific to save really necessary? There was already a big bad with the power to enslave the region. They could have used Zelda outright.

Ah, a decent reason. Happy!
Sadly it looks like what was true in the past remains unchanged. Early leads flame out and get squandered. By the time momentum returns, the competition is out and riding their own launch excitement.

I feel bad if all the "support" and launch time intentions Nintendo thought they had influenced the timing.

Star Fox definitely needs the love.
I wish someone would want to make F-Zero since Nintendo doesn't want to.

Beside (our presumed) distress Nintendo has over their branding, isn't the nickname a little rude to the operators?

Welp! Sit and soak up money time is over: RELEASE THE AWESOME GAMES!

That's cute.

"LEAKED?" There was a damn trailer. It's right here. Whoever's in charge of spin needs to get a new job.

Yay?

Oh, China...
How much of your economy is built on copying other people's stuff?

I thought it was covered that Nintendo worked with a different 3D company not that they developed it and were seeking patents or anything.

LOL
How the mighty have fallen! Not going to send us a stray snippit of photage? Not going to say you'll think about it if your current title sells really well?
Look at you, carting it out as your "please stop hating us" card.
LOL
You know, you have to follow through this time, right? You can't fix being a jerk by being a bigger jerk.

This is conveniently timed IF it has nothing to do with the delay. The sweetest irony would be if Nintendo picked him up and let him do whatever he wanted to make new IP (which Nintendo does need)

What's he been up to lately?
Okay, this has been kicked around before. A lot. Thus far, Nintendo's stable of first party stuff provably allowed the company to eek by even when they were on the bottom.

If they were upfront about going multiplatform, they would have still made the same profits AND helped Wii U in it's early period, when building a base is most important, whether it was a timed exclusive or not.

When all is said and done, this may annoy the hell out of people who got a Wii U, but no real harm done if they were committed to Wii U already. The ones who I feel sorry for are the "converts", who purchased a Wii U early because Rayman (and Ubisoft's "glowing" support) was a tipping point. Probably not a big subsection, but still, they could have used that money.

With a pause to pray this is not true, assuming it is...
You lied and stole from your publisher; you lied and disrespected your customers with glizy marketing and press; and you knowingly doomed your project to fund other ones. Other ones that probably would have gotten funding legitmately if you made half the game you promised.
I don't know how much further you can really go. When I get mad at publishers, they're usually being soulless corporations, but rarely outside of their right to do it. If this comes to legal action, I hope you get what you deserve.
I'm going to play Wayforward's Aliens Game.

Maybe luigi could be the one they experiment gameplay designs with.

It was a tad short, but it was all there and look forward to more. At only $2 I'm facinated by a future in games of this model. "Episodic" level packs perhaps?

Are we going back to this? It was cute when Sega and Nintendo got up like schoolkids arguing because we (i.e. the "core" demographic of the industry) WERE schoolkids at time. Ironically, our generation is still the core demographic (a fact that has worried me, but I digress) and it doesn't seem as cool.

@tealovertoma I'm aware of that and that the developers are as much in the crossfire of whatever Ubisoft is playing as we are. My comments weren't directed at Ancel so much as using his words to make light of Ubisoft's situation in general that would require Ancel and his people to come out with a fix (or as close to a fix Ubisoft is going to greenlight).
Besides, as a subsidiary, I'm willing to bet this was on orders to make "this" go away.

"how truly humbled we were by the outpouring of support "
Translation: there were pitchforks
"It definitely hurt us to see you guys so upset by the delay"
They got inside.

Well, I guess that's SOMETHING. Ubisoft will never admit they were playing hardball with Nintendo, but perhaps next time they'll keep the players in mind.

@ArcanaXVI How close are you holding that screen?

I really thought I'd like the last circle pad pro. I've learned over the years, I have fairly large paws and hoped it would allow me to handle the system more comfortably for my wrists. But in hand, it felt exactly how it looked. I found their attempt at ergonomics uncomfortable, and design choices questionable. Especially forcing me to reach around to use abxy instead of extensions to a more natural arrangement like the R button. And the lack of serious support pretty much says Nintendo just threw it at us to shut us up and went back to their original game plan.