Ah well I guess that means Need for Speed Most Wanted U will be my only EA title on the console then. I would have picked up Mass Effect 3 as well - if they could be bothered to put it in the eShop.

No games = no sale, but to be honest there's never been much they published that I cared about anyway (yes I know, Madden, Fifa blah blah blah - these are not system sellers though they do sell lots historically).

@Barbiegurl: This whole idea of trying to designate this as a "Lego for girls" product is the whole problem with it. It's very condescending and the ad campaign has almost nothing to do with Lego at all.

When I grew up in the 70s Lego had no gender-segregated marketing at all: it was about building things with bricks, boys and girls and mums and dads together. I am totally mystified as to why the people who run that company decided at some point only to sell to boys, but making some weird "girl town" where people sit around baking cupcakes for each other is not the right response.

My daughter enjoys Lego City as well - I only bought it for her - so why not just add playable female characters to that?

Feminist Frequency has a great two-parter about Lego that was created in response to this new toy line. It's well worth watching for anyone else wondering what the hell happened to Lego...

Lego figures shouldn't be made doll-like just to appeal to girls, no. It's about these figures being incompatible with everything else Lego - basically the girls get a separate set because being girls they naturally wouldn't be interested in, say, Lego City which is crap.

And the only reason guys aren't into friendship and nurturing is because there are zero toys which are marketed at boys and emphasise that - not the other way around. Yes boys tend to be more aggressive in their play, but that doesn't mean that nearly every plastic toy targeting them has to be about shooting things and blowing things up. It's all about marketing execs reinforcing stereotypes to suit their bottom line and I'm not having it.

I really don't like this latest "girl ghetto" that Lego has come up with and see little need to further promote it with games. There's no reason why the core Lego product shouldn't be marketed equally to both boys and girls since the act of building things is gender-neutral, but for whatever bizarre reason the people at Lego have decided to focus their marketing almost exclusively on boys with girls being given these lame watered-down things for over two decades now.

Hell, why not make a Lego line that's about building and friendship and positive things that's for boys AND girls - what a radical idea!

I seem to recall enjoying the Pac-Man World game on the Playstation so this might be okay. You know what would be real nice would be including faithful arcade emulations of the original Pac-Man games!

Why would I want any port instead of the arcade original - which for some bizarre reason Namco never released even for the Japanese Wii VC where they have dozens of other arcade games?

The music level is what sold me on this game, so more video of that is very welcome!

Why are we seeing NES versions of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong Jr.? I just don't get that...

Never had an SNES so never played it and given how much people praise it and how cute it looks I'll have to give it a try of course!

If there's a discount versus directly downloading from the eShop, absolutlely I'd get a download card from GAME - otherwise there's not much reason for me to go there at all!

I'm very keen to hear more - liking the art style and shooters are always welcome if they play well.

Hilarious. I sincerely hope that the contagion of games like Gears of War continues to be limited to a small group of people and that they continue to separate themselves from the rest of the gaming community like lepers. What do I win?

Cool, I'll have to check it out.

This is one of three Lego games I plan to get this year so yes, I'm keen. Better be available for download!

This could be fun with the right partner...

I bought it during the sale on Wii U - very worthwhile. I'd love to see more "non-games" like this.

This and Lego Batman 2 are must-buys for me. I'm really looking forward to putting Lego Dr. Strange through his paces: Into the Dark Dimension!

He's pretty much saying there are entire development communities which shouldn't be using his engine. Fair enough if his customer base is limited by design!

If they're quality, yes. I'd love to see Llamasoft on Wii U and games like Space Junk or Jet Pack Joyride.

Very much looking forward to Miiverse on my iOS devices - I'll likely use it more than Facebook - assuming they up the 100-character limit to 150!

I'd also love a new Samurai Warriors game and Monster Rancher on Wii U. These guys are one of my favourite publishers, so I'm pretty jazzed to see them doing well.

The motion controls and flying bits were a bit of a turn off, so I'm interested to know how those turned out. I agree a new demo to allow people to try before they buy is in order.

Hurrah! It was annoying not being able to so much as add a title to the watch list just because of an 18-rating, though historically I've only had one or two 18-rated games.

Just Dance 4 for me. I do want Need for Speed, but I've just purchased Warriors Orochi 3, so I need to give that some time first. Next week or two for sure!

Awesome, I was planning on getting Just Dance 4 eventually, but now I'll be downloading this tonight!

Obviously the Wii U has yet to prove itself to be able to move software in sufficient numbers for some third-parties to invest in making DLC available. I think this new Need for Speed title has a good shot since it's not a port of an older release, but we'll see how people vote with their wallets.

I know I'll be buying it regardless.

@MrGawain: I have no download cap and a high-speed net connection (currently 18Mbps down; should go to 35Mbps when I re-up my contract next month). I don't like shuffling discs and I like having all my software in the menu.

I'm not feeling the risk because I have a Nintendo Network account my purchases are tied to and I live in a territory where Nintendo sells hardware locally and has a local service centre.

The only real downside is download times (I'm patient) and cost (RRP is worth the trade-off in convenience/space). I'm good really, but thanks for your concern.

When I posted a Miiverse comment saying I wished that the single player game was a zen-like "non-game" like the end credits a dev response stated that the next game would be more like the end credit sequence.

I love the music art and the controls, but the game structure doesn't keep me coming back for more in single player. I'm going to give multiplayer another try since it's been updated to see if my daughter likes the changes.

@JMDS: totally with you on ratings breakdowns like what IGN does - it really does my head in. Ultimately the problem seems to be Metacritic and the fact that a lot of people use it and follow it to review sites. The only way to get a listing is to give a numeric rating to something. I never read the site myself, but I understand why sites that support themselves via site traffic and ads use it.

I really dislike scores; in fact I originally begged off reviewing at NL and just wanted to write articles and Japanese WiiWare previews because I didn't want to have to pick scores for games.

When I read a review I read the review. I might look at the score, but it really means nothing to me. I need to know about gameplay or control issues - a score doesn't tell me about that.

Cool I'll have to fire it up and see if those game modes feel more balanced in matches against my daughter.

The controls are more complicated than the original Grand Theft Auto, but it's crazy and just Wow! so I do hope everyone buys it as well. First time I've fired up the Wii channel in weeks, but well worth it.

I'm going to buy this baby right now!

It's worth noting that there's a Wii Settings area in Parental Controls for Wii U which doesn't exactly jump out at you. It seems to have all restrictions set by default and these affect all users. Consequently if you haven't disabled the shop setting you won't see any age-restricted games in the Wii Shop, including this one!

Well, I think I might just trade in those mouldering club stars and get this after all...

I liked the original for the old-school Doom-style gameplay with modern touches and the tight Wii pointer controls which were rarely equalled in the level of customisation offered players.

I thought the silly tone of the second game hurt it a bit, but I'd still be up for a sequel - especially if the competition is doing dual-stick nonsense.

I would have preferred the as-promised release, however the advance release of a game mode gratis combined with improvements is mollifying.

I think one thing that Nintendo could do to help third-parties gauge interest is have a "wish list" in the eShop - even if people intend to buy a disc it would still be a central place to collect this data for sharing with publishers.

Cool. I'm about to undertake the final battle so the timing of this new content is good!

Super. I skipped the Wii one because I didn't want to play a compromised version on my new HD console. I'm not as big a DC fan as Marvel, but it will be nice to have both universes represented.

Count me among those who would pick up a "complete Lego Harry Potter" on Wii U - losing the split screen (which made me physically ill at times), HD visuals and bug fixes would make it worthwhile.

Fab, I'm totally getting this!

This is going to be my payday purchase. Shame there's no co-op or assist aspect, but I think it's one of these games that both myself and my daughter will be playing whilst the other one watches regardless!

Nice, sounds like a day 1 purchase to me.

If it was available for download I'd be buying it; it's not so I'm not. That isn't Nintendo's fault, just EA's.

Retro City Rampage is far too late for me to bother I'm afraid. I'm just not buying anything from the Wii Shop on my Wii U. I can't even be bothered to launch the Wii Channel!

Never played this back in the day (my friend with the SNES did have Mario Kart though) so it's been a nice surprise. I agree it looks fab on the 42" plasma and sounds fab through the hi-fi. Still haven't beaten the third track on Beginner, but I'll get there!

The people who keep blaming Microsoft policy for the Rayman Legends delay have no actual basis for saying this. There are plenty examples of multi-platform releases where the 360 didn't get a simultaneous release. The simple fact appears to be that Ubisoft just didn't want to do a staggered release to avoid two marketing campaigns once they got cold feet about having Legends be a Wii U exclusive due to lower sales than they wanted.

Regarding the article, if Michel and his colleagues choose to leave Ubisoft I wish them all the best. Hopefully they'll get decent contractural terms with future publishers and hopefully they'll continue working on Nintendo platforms.

On the surface New Super Mario Bros. U feels very similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii (which felt so similar to Super Mario Bros. 3 that I unloaded it in record time). The main reason I bought it was to have something fun to play with my kid because of a lack of Rayman Legends which seemed a lot more interesting to me.

I have to say that whilst I greatly dislike the Mario franchise (excluding Galaxy, which I enjoyed), having a representative of it on my Wii U feels right. The difficulty balance is good so I can actually play it (I'm only through the desert dessert world) so it's cool. Any future Mario game on Wii U would need to be a bit more different.

I'm surprised by the comments about story - it never much struck me as particularly relevant to this franchise. If anything the presence of a story in Galaxy added to the appeal, but seemed to generate sufficient dissent to cause it to be dumped in Galaxy 2, so I skipped that entry. It seems obvious we'll see a 3D Mario on Wii U; hopefully it will be interesting and not strictly cater to longtime fans.

That's real shame. One of the high points of running my Wii blog was that I did a review of a WiiWare game on my Japanese Wii before it was announced for release elsewhere as "You, Me and the Cubes" and the day after it went live I had a mail in my inbox from Eno-San saying he was glad I enjoyed his game. After I read about him I felt very humbled indeed!

Super. Hopefully it will be quality.

Good news about F-Zero. Looking forward to the Monster Hunter demo as well, though I think my next disc download will be Warriors Orochi 3.