Incidentally, just read up on Blackbeard yesterday. If he dies in the game, I hope it's as spectacularly brutal as it was in real life. Shot 5 times in battle in sliced over a dozen. Then his bloated corpse was dismembered and his head hung on the mast for the reward.

This is the first AC game since 2 that I'm going to purchase. Looking forward to November.

Machamp is the cleverest. I might bid on that Kingler or Ponyta though.

I have an NES skin for my Wii U now, but I'd have shelled out good money for a console with a brushed steel & matte finish.

Why not resurrect Segata Sanshiro?

@LordGeovanni Juries are representative of the American people — because they ARE the American people (and any country that uses a jury uses it for this reason as well). They're literally the only thing preventing the government from completely owning its citizens in the court of law. The entire idea of using a jury is so that the decision can be as impartial as possible; at the very least you'll have a diverse pool of thought and observation. Obviously that means if any of you fanboys were selected you'd have your vote, too. It's fair, get over it.

Either way, Nintendo used Tomita's tech. So they lose.

Oh my god guys, do you really think they just blew up a blueprint for a jury to look at? The jury's role in a patent infringement case is to decide questions of fact — in other words, to interpret claims. Is the product viable? Was the product sold without consent? Was the patent valid?

Every patent requires a thorough, written description. Nintendo used tech explicitly outlined in Tomita's patent. You don't have to be a 3D screen expert to compare a couple paragraphs.

Read this: http://www.oblon.com/sites/default/files/news/256.pdf

If you can't understand it, then stop posting about it.

To those who don't seem to grasp what has happened:

Tomita did/does not have a "blanket patent" for glasses-free 3D tech. There are many ways to achieve glasses-free 3D, but Nintendo used exactly his method for the 3DS. Tomita actually sells and licenses his method to other companies who pay him for it; Nintendo circumnavigated this and is now being told that they owe Tomita money.

The system is working as it should. This guy is not a troll.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Ubisoft announced three years ago that Assassins Creed was to become a yearly franchise. And it has been — for years.

They used the "My Body is Ready" meme in the reveal trailer. Wii U confirmed.

@PinkSpider Resident Evil has never stayed exclusive to a console. RE4 was GameCube exclusive before it was ported to everything with an electric current.

This game isn't that fantastic... I guess on principle it's annoying that it got delayed but seriously nobody is missing much.

Came in expecting Sonic R. Will not be buying.

$20... I might wait for it to go on sale. Is there a demo planned?

I support anything that adds another tile to my meager Wii U menu.

@MultiMariosonic Not in Japan they aren't because the XBox was discontinued there.

@Burning_Spear "[Hardware sales] are below, with last week's sales in parenthesis."

@WaveBoy Sonic Racing surpassed all my expectations. It's actually a really solid game and - aside from Nintendo Land - the best multiplayer experience on Wii U.

@KaiserGX I didn't think the load times took 20-30 seconds either until I actually counted. You'd be surprised.

@steamhare accelerometer, gyroscope, geomagnetic sensors, camera, NFC chip, speakers, sensor bar...

The list goes on, man. There's far more expensive tech inside the GamePad than the crummy resistive touch screen they used.

VG Chartz stopped tracking PS2 sales a few years ago so it's not really a surprise the DS has finally passed it on the list.

This I will definitely pick up. But my god do those upscaled graphics look bad...

@Hokori Online and better frame rate are big enough factors to justify the Wii U version.

It's definitely a game you need a taste for. It's not World at War or Left4Dead, after all. I only had a short time with it, but I can see how the game would be divisive.

Can't you just change the Wii U's internal clock and/or your location in Miiverse? The block sounds like it's tied to one of those...

@ReshiramZekrom (take out SPOILERS) [[SpPlOaIyLaEbRlSe]]

This game is one of the best Kart racers in recent history, although the track design is downright terrible at times. I've run in to a number of graphical and playable glitches as well, and at times they can ruin the race (invisible walls, rocketing into the air for no reason, etc.).

That said, I rented it and played for hours. It's a fun game.

This makes me wish I hadn't given up my Wii U preorder! This man is one of my favorites...

@Vriess The button and control stick placement mirror the GamePad's.

@k8sMum I'm going to miss NP just as much as anybody, but overreacting and berating Reggie for making a good business call? My comment was directed at that group of people who feel like they're entitled to Nintendo Power and start petitions and online hatefests. I tagged @Gamer83 because its post was the first negative one I saw, even if it isn't as radical as the groups' I am addressing. There are plenty of Nintendo news outlets and Reggie all but confirmed that the doors are open for future sources of "official" news.

My comment has basically degraded into a rant itself. The takeaway message is to simply be grateful for what you got. Be rational.

@Gamer83 Obviously they were losing money on the deal, or something comparably catastrophic to their business model. This isn't a personal assault on the fans; stop acting so offended.