I also would love to see a spiritual sequel to this one.

Well. I don't know if it's a good decision for them, but all I can say is that I'd buy it.

This game is quality. I think the touch screen will work really well too. I kind of hope they put it on Vita. But if you haven't played it yet I would pick it up.

I vote for boardgames. Ticket to Ride, Catan, that sorta stuff.

Yeah it would have been really nice to figure out a way to give us the discount rate without going through the transfer and wiping our wiis clean. I just don't know if I'm gonna do that.

Will the lack of multi-touch be an issue?

There is no damage here, and 5th cell certainly didn't make money off of these Easter eggs. If anything this was free advertising and the type of friendly parody that they should be proud to see in a video game. Also, shame on them. You are nobody.

Are we going to get to choose between 3DS and Wii U from the beginning this time? Either way I'll pick this up, but I what I really want is Shantae.

For gamers? Yeah right. Maybe they should have said "the primary device on which games are played". That could easily be accurate. But it's not "gamers" migrating.

And what they said about Ouya makes zero sense.

@ferthepoet ha! I like your theory.

2D metroid please

Seriously this is nothing but bad news. I can't imagine many people watch Nintendo direct if they don't already have the hardware. Nintendo may think they have a good reason for this but it truly sends the wrong message to a lot of different people.

Lame

Haha. It's going to be representative of Earthbound. I thought it was a pretty straight forward question.

I'm happy to say I can see this happening now. Of course it will likely depend on how Earthbound sells. So buy it!

I guess I honestly think Nintendo didn't think there was big enough demand. The higher ups probably wrote it off for the west ever since the snes failed to meet their expectations. But I still don't know why they didn't bother to put it on the Virtual Console until now, b/c they've put some pretty lame games on that service.

Hopefully the sales figures of this release blows them away and they give us more.

smaAAAsh!!

Glad it's top down and button based, not so sure about turning into a painting. I guess we'll see later what that's all about.

Hooray! I'll be double dipping to show support for the franchise. The game isnot overrated, if RPGs and 16 bit and nostalgia are your cup of tea. I feel as fondly about this game as I do A Link to the Past. Pure joy.

Speaking as someone who traditionally is not a big fighter fan, the good character development and story modes are the only thing that can make me stomach the genre. Mortal Kombat and DoA are examples of fighting games that do pretty well for me. If street fighter put together some great stories and cut scenes I could dig that.

wow if this is an HD remake now I will be so happy.

Once Nintendo releases more first party games and sales inevitably pick up, EA will begin supporting the console with their watered down ports again. I don't see why anyone cares about whether or not that happens.

I would prefer that Nintendo encourage companies to release original games on their system, especially indie devs. Sony has the right idea now with indie dev relations and they're getting a lot of good games and publicity because of it. I honestly see no reason for Nintendo to get on their knees begging for a inevitably watered down port of Madden or Call of Duty.

For a long while now I've been spending a lot more time playing downloadable PSN games than retail games. Give me lots of those high quality, creative $10-15 games and I'm happy.

Thanks for posting the fix for everyone. My 3DS was affected and the fix works perfectly.

I do find the mention of a "dying breed" interesting though. I can easily see a download only future, because the newer generation is growing up around downloading games, and for whatever reason they don't see the problem in not being able to lend a game to a friend or having the game tied to one console.

@Nilcam I find it interesting when you say you will download a game when it is a game you are positive you are going to love, like the new Zelda. Because I am the complete opposite. I definitely want to feel like I actually own the new Zelda so I would buy the disc. But that's exactly what I'm talking about I think that's the new generation's mentality.

I still only download games when they are download only. If it is a retail game I actually want to have the box because of a collector's mentality, not because I plan on selling it. I also like that it gives me the impression that I actually own the game, and can lend it to a friend. The Nintendo Digital Deluxe promotion helps some with the pricing discrepancies, but the entire industry needs to figure out an even better way to make download more attractive if they want us to make that switch (hint: it's pretty much all about the price and being screwed out of real ownership).

I'm also much more comfortable downloading from Sony where my purchases are tied to my account and not to a single system. Fixing this would help Nintendo a lot in this area.

@KnightRider Little Nemo left quite an impression on me as well. I would love to see that too.

He's right, Chip N' Dale would be a good next step. As a game though, DuckTales was just so much more epic than any of those. I'd buy a Chip N' Dale and Darkwing Duck though also.

This is going to be epic. I love Ducktales. I love Wayforward. What fantastic news.

this is the first 30 cents game I'll pick up so far. What a deal.

Seriously? Nothing against Pokemon, it's great, but this is supposed to be a better business decision than Nintendo Power?

there's no defending pirates, even though some people are going to try. Brick their systems, throw 'em all in jail.

I agree CDude. I haven't heard anyone report it, but it makes a lot of sense that Ubisoft "had" to delay the Wii U version because of Microsoft. I'm pretty sure I've heard that they simply don't allow games on their console if it has been on another's first. Right?

The wii u is going to give me exactly what I expected-- the new Mario, Mario kart, Zelda, Kirby, donkey kong, and smash bros. Any 3rd party games or creative indie games on the eshop will always be a bonus.

I bet we can go for a perfect 100% on the poll for "no". It's pretty poor infrastructure that's for sure.

I will be torn on whether to get this for Wii U or PS3. I have a feeling this may be one of those times where if all else is equal, the presence of trophies would tip me towards PS3.

I really want to know what Nintendo did behind the scenes to get publishers to commit to them for big titles and exclusivity before it was even clear the 3DS was going to be such a hit. While they decided to play a wait and see approach with the Vita. Nintendo was certainly doing something right in negotiations.

Hopefully more Earthbound and less TWEWY

Plants vs Zombies is by far my favorite table. I also like Epic Quest.
I don't think I'll be buying any tables on Wii U unless they make some exclusive Nintendo ones or if they put some on sale.

Please just don't call it "Zelda Wii U"

Is this the first time Mother has shown up on Virtual Console in Japan?

Seriously I'm very curious about the lengths Nintendo must have gone to get Capcom to turn their backs on Sony and what would clearly be the superior system for this particular game.

I usually shop at gamestop. I like putting in pre-orders for the big ones and typically new games are the same price everywhere so might as well choose the place with the rewards points.

I think the DLC cards are ridiculous but I guess there are people out there that don't want to use their credit card on the eshop or whatever.

Nice of Dan Adelman to admit that publishers are saving money by distributing digitally. Obviously it would be nice for them to pass some savings on to the consumer for choosing the digital option that is really sticking it to them and not letting them actually own it. Don't get me wrong, if a digital future means a thriving game industry, I'm all for it. Cut out the middleman completely for all I care. I'll miss the collector's aspect of the physical games, but it's looking inevitable. But I'm hoping the digital future comes with a much more flexible pricing structure.

@therube that is a very depressing and clear example of why region locking is absolutely ridiculous. Seriously, what difference does it make to them if people import their games from a different branch of the same company.

LOL at almost trying to sound like he's threatening Nintendo.

this is a great game, and a touchscreen will help with gameplay. Although I think I'd rather have it on the Vita.

I want a leap to the Wii U. I love those kinds of graphics on the big screen.

Speaking for myself, I bought the deluxe Wii U at US launch, and I didn't buy a single game until I got Mario as a Christmas present. Mario was the only big game that even tempted me in the slightest to purchase a retail game at full price and I waited patiently bc I knew I'd get it. Now what I want to see are awesome, innovative games on the eshop for 10 or 15 dollars. That's kind of where my money has been goin the last couple of years is the awesome stuff on PSN. This is why I haven't been buying a lot of retail recently and I'd rather have PSN cards or 3DS eshop cards or wii u eshop cards if they start getting that rolling. It's a changing world and the 10-15 dollar digital exclusives are movin in and setting up shop - especially when it comes to new IP.