@ThomasBW84
"MS owns Skype, so we can all rule that out. I don't think Nintendo will go beyond Wii U Chat, to be honest."
Because they seem to simply don't care about these things.
Have you been able to organize a multiplayer match with any of your friends, just from the WiiU?
If you deliver a system for the gamers, then you should provide the standard features, I can't believe I'm still unable to send a private message to my friend with him being advertised about that, because they completely ignored the opportunity to put a pop-up, on screen message saying who is online, who sent you a message, who wants to play with you, non to mention the lack of an integrated inviting system...
They don't care about this stuff, and this is really disappointing.
Games will arrive like they always did, and I will own some other system (a PS4 by now), so no problem here, but when it comes to services (profile based account system anyone?) I've just given up hoping in Nintendo.

Is it a little premature for stuff like this? °_°

Definitely watching it, but not live.
BTW I'm not interested in the new XBOX at the moment, I'm planning to buy a PS4 though.

definitely a day one purchase for me

pure gaming experiences on hardware designed around interactive entertainment, this.
I'm not interested in smartphones, in fact I own an old (really old, believe me) mobile phone just to make and receive... er, phone calls?

Love it, the battery lasts forever, I completely forget about it, while my wife is recharging her smartphone every day

http://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/13067/45133.JPG

Digital Delivery only?
No way, huge fan of the PW series her, but, simply as it is, can't accept this.

DLC is bullpoopies from whatever angle you watch at it.
It's game content being brutally cut, it's players paying full price for a product far from being complete, enjoy DLC if you want, I will always say NO.
Not to mention Nintendo clearly trying to push people towards digital delivery by not distributing games to retailers, I've not seen a single copy of Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem yet, I laugh at them loudly.
But you know, it'all our fault, not only we should have not buy DLC, we should have not buy the very games that were deliberately cut from the beginning.

I forgot to say, this is the Nyko Power Grip, and you can purchase it at amazon.com for about 29 dollars

Actually I don't need no revision, I own this bad guy who provides me about 5 extra hours.

http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/215130-nyko-s-3ds-power-grip-battery-lasts-for-ev-er/DSC02744-620x.jpg

This product is a 5/5 stars one

"they said we don’t really have anything new to show...we don’t really have any new Wii U games that are going to shine that are playable"

No way.
Nice try my friend.

I own Vagrant Story from the PS Store.
I downloaded it on the PS3, and now I have the game installed on both PSP and PSVita, along with the PS3 of course.
Enough said.

no please NO!
Not so soon, I don't want a 3DS-like Panic Mode again, where Mario and Kart were released clearly too soon

"I think that those who already own a Wii U system are starting to understand the advantages of having a game console that is connected to a TV as well as the Internet"
Oh boy...

With their unacceptable non-account policy there's no way I would download a so called retail game, so I don't even bother.
The only one will be Animal Crossing since Nintendo is giving it to me for free...

We just need a release date, this was supposed to be in the launch window line up, let's not forget

I simply couldn't believe they were on sale.

now he's got a Mario hat

Oh Nintendo...
I've spent so many words on this matter I just don't know what to say anymore.
But there's no way I would accept to lose all my digital content should I get my console broken,or stolen, or lost, there's track of all my purchases in my Club Nintendo account.
My dear Nintendo, what the hell is wrong with you?

Need it, true story

I don't think they will even come close to the DS sales, remember the blue ocean strategy, the touch generation software?
The 3DS has nothing like that, and almost all the people who used to buy Brain Training, Nintendogs, and so on, are now happy mobile/tablet/whatever players.
Forget the ridicolous 150 millions goal, if the 3DS will sell 80 millions units and match the GBA sales (if I'm not wrong) I will consider it a huge success.

You sure like italian Serie A, don't you?

That pic is from a Milan-Napoli match XD

This is gonna be like Metroid Dread

edit: sorry

"The off-TV mode is in the options, though this setting needs to be changed every time it's loaded — it doesn't remember that you played off-TV the last time around."

Oh boy, I find it very annoying, if my wife is watching tv I will need to ask her 5 minutes in order to adjust the settings, every time.

Price reductions mean only one thing, people are not interested in Wii U.

Very interesting article, as usual.
I used to like this Kickstarter thing, after all in our beloved industry there are good ideas, and there are a lot of publishers that won't be interested in that idea, ever.
So this way to start to give form to those ideas is not bad, when we think at Nintendo, Sony, EA or Activision, whom names we are used to read everywhere, we think at major companies with a lot of money, but maybe the guys behind the videogames we love so much are people like us, people that make it possible for us to play the games, but are in no way able to deliver without someone else's cash.
That said, in the case mentioned in Thomas' article, I completely agree, Ubisoft entrance is kind of weird, the whole thing loses its sense, but at the end of the story all the backers will have their digital copy of the game, a game, we must not forget, that exists thanks to Kickstarter.
I'm really sorry for my poor english, but I hope you'll understand what I'm trying to express XD

their previous game, a PS Vita exclusive and launch title, is great.
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack.
It seems like they like Sony's platforms, the PSV at least, must deal with it

I wish we could take screenshots from games just like the PS Vita, but for this one we should hope for a system update, actually.

I'm going to download this tonight, just charged my debit card.
Oh and Runner 2 on my Wii U, of course XD

@ErnisDy
Nothing to do?
Maybe you are not given a world to save, or tons of enemies to blast, but here's a pletora of things to do.
This is a "love or hate it" game, some people love it, others find it pointless, easy as it is.
About the price, I will pay far less then 35 dollars, or euros, for a retail copy, as usual, but still want this game to be installed on my 3DS, I don't know what to do by now.

12 euro is fine, I've just unlocked one of those 5 euro cards from the Nintendo Premium stuff, and definitely will use it to download this game.
Finally!

I need the off-TV feature like crazy, my wife dominates the tv every night °__°

Well, they showed other indies how to do a videogame with their previous masterpiece, World of Goo, which was near to perfection.
I'm not surprised with Little Inferno good sales, I personally bought this game moved by pure trust.

I'm so sorry, I clearly meant "a single love" lol

No third party support?
I don't give a single love, there are at least 10 Wii U titles in development I'm interested in, and they are all first party games, these days it's all about developers saying someway they'll skip the platform, I'm just used to it, and simply don't mind.
Because what I'm looking forward to play the most is Pikmin 3, which I smell to be a blasting masterpiece, and you know what is the ONLY way to play it, don't you?
So, my dear writer, are you a Nintendo fan who has changed their preferences, and need to buy some other system, or what are you exactly?
Because I am a gamer and will play all that I want no matter the console, so why bother for the pathetic third parties support?

Preordered it, can't wait

@Pixelroy
It has passed the halfway, today it was 43k of 75k with 23 days to go, it's almost done.

I still have to help kickstarter campaigns like this by placing some funds, should I start doing it?
I'm happy when they reach the goal and announce proudly that the game wii exixt, though.

@L-Lawliet
No I don't, would you tell me please?
I do know how third parties support works on Nintendo home consoles though, especially EA.
They port Mass Effect 3 while PS3 and 360 users get Mass Effect Trilogy, then the pointless Wii U port performs poor sales, and they say Nintendo fans are not keen to buy AAA third parties games.
The same old story.

It seems fair to me, they've definitely got a point.
What I found pretty unfair, on the other hand, is the full price, which is likely to be.
You know, it happens that a Wii U owner is a PS3 owner or 360, or both, and could buy the game at a lower price, and the Wii U version should be 29,99, simple as that.

Taking back some identity from the Wii, and not giving any to the 3DS, this game is pointless to me.

This looks good.

@L-Lawliet
I always speak in my opinion, I meant "gamers" actually, at least not haters.
I like Nintendo more than others, far more, but I'm a gamer and I'm quite tired of playing non-main Mario games.
I'm not so badly interested in L'sM2 because I want something lighter, I am because I wish to play a Nintendo first class quality game.

No, the desire is for something without Mario in the title, and something different at all, like Luigi's Mansion.
Sometimes I think Miyamoto's not aware of what gamers want, I think Nintendo fans are fine with Mario for now, and when in the so called Year of Luigi they announce Mario Golf, Mario & Luigi 4 and another Mario game for the eShop, you know there's something wrong in Nintendo these days.
Trust can't last forever Nintendo

Hey all you European gamers!

We wanted to post about the European releases of Runner2. Here's what we know so far:

•Steam - The PC, Mac, and Linux versions of Runner2 are currently available worldwide
•Wii U - Coming to all of Europe HOPEFULLY in mid-April, but we don't have anything 100% concrete yet
•XBLA - Currently available in all of Europe, except Germany. Germany should be released in May or June
•PSN - Should be available alongside the US release on 3/5, except for in Germany, which will follow in May or June
We understand that a lot of European gamers are looking forward to this game and are having a hard time waiting for it. Many of you are asking why the release is delayed.

The European release is delayed because to release in Europe, there are several rating agencies, like the ESRB here in the US that require that games be rated prior to release. The ratings process took quite a bit longer on Runner2 than we had previously experienced. Because of this, we are only now starting to submit our European versions to Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft.

Please be patient and know that the game is DEFINITELY coming. We will updte this forum post as we get more concrete dates.

So, was Nintendo change their mind about indie games?
And why on earth it has to be so difficult to approve a game that is currently available on Xbox Live, and it will be in a couple of days on the PSN?
Mid april is just CRAZY, I'm definitely gonna buy this for another platform, maybe Steam, sorry Wii U, sorry Nintendo.

@Grubdog
Well last week I found Family Tennis 3D on the eShop, which was not mentioned in the official line up.
Plus, 15€ for NA EX without a demo?
No way.
No Runner 2 until april?
Where did you read that?

Oh no, where's Runner 2? °__°

pffffffff