I'd love to see them do Contra 5. Contra 4 was all sorts of Old School Contra awesomeness!..Aside from the 2 screen based gameplay where bullets would zip right into the other screen...Would of worked perfectly had their not been a bloody gap between the screens.lol they were basically 'suprise bullets'

Looking forward to the upgraded stereoscopic 3D effects! and of course the 5 additional levels.

@Obvious78

A worthy Castlevania? Lord of Shadows was anything but worthy. I don't care about these NextGen 3D God of Warified CastleLAMEia's, what i want is a return to old form and a new traditional tough as nails Sides scroller ala' Castlevania V. Hell, even if a Metroidvania were to be coming out I'd still be on board(even though SOTN and DOS were enough for me....) Consider me not excited, and that goes for all of the announced 3rd party titles paving the wicked way on the Wii U.

@Agent75
The PS4 and 720 will no doubt beat out the Wii U in the specs department, I personally couldn't care less though, considering Nintendo are amazing at getting the most out of their systems let alone being incredible with art direction. But ya, so uh....I may take an actual glance at this game if Wii pointer/nunchuck controls are supported, other wise it's a big fat juicy Proto man(ya love it! ) pass for me!

BTW that's not my idea of a next gen looking Wii U game, The PS3/XBOX could handle that without a problem. I'm more interested in seeing how Nintendo will grace their new systems power, they'll be sure to blow our Pikmin panties off!

@WarioWoods
I have a feeling i'm going to feel exactly the same way as you once this is released in the NA and i get my groovy mega mits on it. I agree with everything you said about the original, but they really should of enabled 'hard' mode from the start, because as is it's just too easy but still fun and incredibly memorable nonetheless. Short, yet highly polished and extremely well done from start to finish.

On another note, i still haven't exactly played my copy of Return to dreamland. Did you get around to playing that one Wariowoods and what did you do think of it? I wasn't too crazy on those Super Ultra Kirby Power ups that were unleashed across the screen, they just weren't that fun to use imo. Game looks gorgeous though, i really need to dive into it!

Big fat pass, not even Mario Based sports titles such as this give me one ounce of interest. But I'd be down for another Wii Sports resort 2 on the Wii U, but that's because it's motion/pointer control based and not traditional controls which i find to be a completely stale and sleep inducing when it comes the sports genre.

F-Zero in 3D, but with weapons? Yes Please!

I'm so glad i held out and passed on the Cube version of Pikmin 2. I'll admit though, I never expected Pikmin 2 to see the light of day in the NA. Anyways, how much better is it than the original?

Aqua Blue >>>>>>>>>>> All other 3DS colors. That is 'until' Midnight Purple is released.

I'm hoping the nex Kid Icarus is a brand new '2D' sequal in the same tune as the NES original but obviously more advanced and the like. I think it would be 'too much' if Nintendo released a direct sequal with the same gameplay style as Uprising. With that said, time to blast down to Angel Land and play me some Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters tonight.

Ya, I still haven't gotten around to Uprising yet....I'm enormously Balls out excited for it, but i need to beat the games i have in my collection before i buy any more releases where I'll end up feeling even more overwhelemed.

Also...Ninji's > Goomba's.

And you can't forget the Phantom Mask's, those scared the hell out of me as a child

Since SMB2 takes place in the dreamworld, the possibiliies are practically endless. it's about time Nintendo revisits thee greatest(at least for me) SMB sequal in the franchise instead of riding on the coat tails of previous funkalicious entries by stripping ideas from the more universally accepted big hits sequals. SMB2 is an amazing game, and i'd kill to see a sequal in the works.

King Koopa('Bowser' is for next gen babies) needs to take a break for once and stop kidnapping the princess. Lets' ENTER Mario's mind and take on Mouser, Fry Guy, Birdo, Wart and the dozens of crazy quirky enemies that reak havoic in Mario's super surreal and triptastic' mind.

My two complaints as far as not aging well? Not knowing where to lay bombs...And the bland lookalike(but with a different color. Yippie!) dungeon schemes. Ganon's Dungeon is a massive grey & confusing eye sore of WTF-ness.

But at the same time, this was such a revolutionary and one of a kind title. WarioWoods pretty much nailed it.
Entering the first dungeon was easily the most mezmorising Zelda moment for me in gaming history. The haunting mysterious and gloomy music set my 5 year old self in a hypnotic NES trance, to the point where the first dungeon and it's Dragon Boss kind of spooked me.

How long does it take on average to finish the game? I've been holding out on this one, but now I'm all for it. Must of been Nintendo Power's glowing Review & Article on it.

Now that's what you call one stunning graphical showcase.
Incredible, just incredible. lol

Glad I held out and passed on the Cube version, I'd hate to have to use the Gamcube controller/Analog controls when the wii pointer controls are so much more intuitive, quick and fun to use.

I thought the controls were fantastic, keep in mind i played this on a lag free CRT SDTV, so I'm getting the best possible controls period in comparison to these lag filled HDTV's nowadays. I'll admit the controls didn't feel quite as nice on my LCD....Hell, you really do need every single litttle milasecond when it comes to wii motion controls

YESSSSSSSSS.
I've been dieing for this one to hit North America.
Suprise of the day!

Yet i wonder if Pikmin 2 has that same hazy blur effect(when in motion) like the original does. Hopefully they ditched it!

One of the Wii's greatest! Easily in my TOP 10 Wii games period. I'd absolutely love to see a sequal weather it's on the Wii U(especially!) or the 3DS. This time bump it up to 60fps! Which as honestly my only gripe with the game. Everything else was practically flawless. One of my favorite stages had to of been where you're supposed to mix the right potions together.

@Wheels

So why aren't you getting the Wii U? Calling it modern-gaming quits? I've basically done that to everything outside of Nintendo.
Sony & MS aren't getting my $ ever again. Like I've said, there's just too much too keep up with in this insane videogame jungle we live in.

Nintendo Power scored this one with a 7(might of been a 6)
I'm still going to check this one out regardless, but it's just dissapointing you can't play it in the dark....I mean who plays Resident Evil, Silent Hill or Fatal frame in the bright light?

As much as a negative nancy as I've been, I'm still buying this on day one no question. If the Frog suite rears it's nostalgic head I'll be foaming like a rabbid Yoshi at the mouth.Still i want to see a new 2D mario 'visually' that sets itself away from the pact, something distinct, memorable and completely creative. We're not going to get it here. The New Super Mario Bros. franchise artisticly and imagination wise isn't even close to being in the same league as the highly creative and original 1,2,3 and world.

@Pastasauce
Agreed!

@Ren
Totaly agree with the sparse environment thing. Ninentendo has gone very minimal, cut and paste and simplistic with visuals/art direction in both NSMB DS and Wii. I'll never forget the 'eh' crowd reaction during NSMBWii's reveal during E3. Somebody get GoodFeel so they can give Mario the Wario land Shake it! treatment.

Some people are just so easy to please.
Maybe i should reserve judgement until a trailer pops up...But as is, it's looking like a playing it safe uninspired NSMB clone with SMB3 elements(Which is awesome of course! Racoon tail, running arrows, certain platforms ect. I'm hoping the frog suite makes a return and some remixed SMB3 tunes ect ect) slapped on it. SMB1,2,3 &World aside from the galaxy games) introduced entirely new worlds. Hopefully this will too, but as is it's just taking what has already been done. Oh well, I'm sure the 3D effect and gameplay itself will be top notch.

Ugh, it's killing me. NEED..TRAILER...NOWWW.

Oh god, the new screen shots just confirmed it. Looks like we'll be seeing the same Forest, Snow/Ice Land, Desert and of course Grass Land as in NSMB & NSMBWii Visually speaking....It seems like Nintendo is saving all of their original effort for the Galaxy games. Those were just oozing with originality to the thee'

I'm still excited for this one, just because it's Mario but it's VERY dissapointing that they're just being lazy and using the same Art style and stealing the same boring asthetics from the 2 previous NSMB outings. Mario's my favorite franchise, but I've never been to keen on the two NSMB serie. I'm sure this will be the best one, but as an artist and someone with a crazy imagination this just stings me the wrong way. You'd think Miyamoto would shake things up a bit with different worlds at least. Maybe I shouldn't judge so early in the game. But c'mon those are the same bloody worlds being ripped straight out of the two other games and the art direction is exactly the same....

They've already caused severe damage, NSMBWii U looks identicle to NSBWii yet with higher 'hill' textures(LOL) plus it's in HD.

4 NSMB titles that visually look the same...Good stuff. Hopefully they don't rehash the same music again, ah who am i kidding. I can't wait to puke in my mega bucket the minute i here NSMBWii's Overworld theme again...

NoOOoOOoOO!!!!! Please Ninendo, just rehash SMB3's Overworld tune. ANYTHING but NSMB's, for the love of Mouser!

I'm not a huge fan of the Pink fluff, but I have enjoyed the series to some extent based on the ones that I've played....I wonder if this compilation would include any of the portable outings? Ya i doubt it. Still, I'd love to play Dreamland 3 and Kirby 64, even though they're already on the Wii's VC.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for compilation discs. If they announced a Classic Castlevania Compilation for the Wii, i'd seriously Vamp' out.

@James
I didn't mean it as in they're releasing too many of these, i ment that i don't want to see 'another' NSMB sequal if it's anything simular to the DS and Wii versions. Sure, at the core they're both good platformers(NSMBWII slays the DS version no question) but everything else about them is severely lacking. The imagination, art direction, hell even many of the tunes and originality just isn't there.

They don't seperate themselves from the pack. 1, 2, 3 & World were such a massive departure in every single department from one another which was fantastic and now(aside from the Galaxy games) were just seeing 2D Mario steal ideas from his previous popular outings and wrapping them in a new shiny package. I'm still excited, but this is Nintendo playing it safe once again....I'm sure the game will be fantastic, but eh....I'd rather see GoodFeel get a shot at a 2D Mario sidescroller, they'd do wonders for a SMB2 USA sequal.

Wario Land Shake it blows the lid off of NSMBWii, that game desserved far more praise than it got.
I can see it now, NSMB '3' which takes idea's from Super Mario 'World' sigh*. 2 once again well get the complete shaft.

Hell, looking at the picture it looks EXACTLY like NSMBWii 'art direction wise' the backgrounds, the ground itself and yadah yadah are completely ripped from the previous game. It doesn't have it's own identity which makes this look extremely lazy. Oh well, i'll admit a semi spiritual successor to SMB3 does sound awesome...But still.

Yawn...Not another NSMB Sequal. I was hoping for something along the lines of SMB2 USA and not enough generic/playing it safe sequal to the stale & uncreative NSMB series....Wow, a tanooki suite, we just got abizzilion of those in Super Mario 3D Land, they even made their debut in Mario Kart 7. Good lord, give SMB2 USA the recognition it desserves already...

Looks like this one is getting the SMB3 treatment as evident by the Running arrows, the takooni suite and SMB3 Square platforms.

This version was awful in comparison to the standout SNES version....Nintendo in this case along with many other cases NintenDID what Genesis didn't.

Angry Birds? "What is this? Blood...I'll be examening this. I hope this is not 'Chris's' Blood. Chris is our old partner YA KNOW!?!?!?!?"

@FlutterShyGuy

mouser is my all time favorite SMB baddie, and I'd absolutely love to see him again tossing bombs and rocking those awesome 80's shades.lol Honestly though, it would be completely fresh in comparison to Nintendo constantly dipping into 1,3,World and 64 for inspiration....I'd also love to see GoodFeel take on a SMB Sidescroller. They'd probably be even better taking on a SMB2 sequal. Or why not do something very unique and make everything out of clay? It would be the next 'Epic Yarn'.

Forget Galaxy 3 and especially NSMBWii U......Take Mario into the Dream world! Super Mario Bros 2's spiritual successor is a C..C..C..Callin!

Super Mario Galaxy is one of the most gorgeous looking games I've ever layed my eyes on, i can't imagine how insane Super Mario Wii U will look and I'm sure the innovations will blaze through the Pikmin Roof!

Anyways! I need to play copies of Super Mario 3D Land and Galaxy 2 already, enough is enough.

What's with people constantly passing on a game because it's not incredibly long in leangth? 12-15 hour(Seems about the leangth of a Metroid game) adventure seems fine in my eyes, then again I'm not into the typical 20 + 1 million hour RPG adventures.

@TheDarkness

RE1, 2 & 3 retained that Classic Zombie Romero-esque horror movie-like plot and i was totaly compelled and interested in all 3 titles story, chracters, the works from start to finish at the time. Code Veronica is when Capcom officially jumped the shark and things got pretty ridiculous and 'out and there' compared to 1-3 which were much more grounded and kept things simple. Revelations was just dull and uninteresting for the most part....I don't want to get into it, but it never seemed to peak, it just ran straight through at a mediocre & dull pace.
Still I loved the final act, and the aqua tyrant.

If it supports th Wii remote plus + Nunchuck(Using Wii pointer controls like Metroid Prime 3 and Golden Eye 007)as an additional control scheme i may actually check this out. if not, i couldn't care less. The same deal goes for Ubisoft's quirky looking Light hearted Alien FPS.

For the Rapheal Record, Revelations i found was a smidge overrated. Weak Convoluted Anime-esque uninteresting plot, with mindless Shootout episodes which 'derail' from the great main Jil/Parker Ship experience....And those framerate hicups are just annoying.

Anyways! Capcom will definitly be releasing RE6 for the Wii U. It's inevitable....If the Wii were as powerful as the PS3/360 we would of saw a superior RE5: Wii Edition there's no dino doubt about it.

@Haywired

If this were released on the Wii, with motion plus tennis controls and the ability to move your character with the analog stick I'd be in heaven, but alas that aint' the case. By the way, even pong played better in Laser Hockey for Wii Play using pointer controls, at least i thought so. Being able to tilt your paddle like that with slight movements of the wrist felt fantastic. of course, Laser Hockey is just a shallow attempt, a tiny little awesome demonstration in ways which to 'use' pointer controls. Anyways, ya i know what you're saying. but if this is anything like Mario Power tennis which is great for what it is than eh....Just not my cup of tea i guess, no suprise there considering i'm no fan of sports.

Then again, maybe i should just go in with an open mind like i always do by wasting more money and chancing it...Like always, which ALWAYS leaves me dissapointed.....Except titles like Elebits, Pikmin NPC and even Excitebots which i had quite the blast with. You gotta try new things once in a while after all, this may be it....Maybe.

Traditional controlled Tennis? PASS. Wii motion Plus showed me the way, I don't care how awesome the 3D effect is. It's not the 3DS's fault, after all it's a portable...The only time I've ever been intersted in a sports based title is if it's NIntendo themed(like this) AND if it has motion controls, other wise i couldn't care less....Especially the jive' EA churns out. Playing Madden part 500, or some Baseball, Basketball or Hockey sim on an XBOX is easily my worst gaming Nightmare.

Oh and "BLADES of STEEL!" lol

Awesome! I've always wished for more variety and realism when it came to the rumble in these controllers. This would be a fantastic addition to the Wii U controller

Maybe he can help bring back Streets of Rage from the dead, or better yet get Axel into Super Smash Bros 4. lol

Just finished Wario Land II on my GB, WLIII is up next in a few days, instead of a few years on the 3DS's VC hehe.

Really though, 'when' in the heck' is Wario Land going to be released in NA?
I can only imagine how many months it will take WL2 to be released afterwards...

Ya, the top dog at releasing Ports with tacked on half bunzed control schemes. The cash they make will go towards making big AAA titles for the PS4 and XBOX 720. LOL

If it's any indication of the craptastic lazy junk they released for the Wii & 3DS's launch than I'll obviously be passing....Not supporting a bunch of goober headed Uubs. However, I'll [strong]Totaly[/strong] support any new 2D Rayman title !

Ya that's great. I'd only actually be interested in this if i could use wii remote pointer controls + Nunchuck(Metroid Prime 3-style control scheme) even IF the Wii U controller offers some brilliant innovative idea's with the touch screen ect. 'that' would be my alternate control scheme to try for kicks, with pointer controls easily being the front runner. Dual analog doesn't do anything for me anymore.

Cool. Just got Wario Land 2(GBC version) in the mondo mail yesterday.
I'm not waiting months on end to get my Wario fix on the 3DS's VC...Hell, WL1 hasn't even been released in the NA yet which completely obliterates SML2 btw. But yup! I've got all the Wario Land Carts now so I'll be blasting through 2-4 in a matter of no timesy'

How was the sequel 'World of Illusion' anyways? Never got around to checking that one out other than seeing it's awesome BoxArt at the video store.

Oh...My....God. A sequal to Castle of Illusion, in S3D and it's Sprite based? Count me in! I loved the Genesis original, which i got during the Genesis Launch(Ahem, better than Sonic the Hedgehog if you ask me!)

It was a semi-dark little magical title indeedy!

Opened my 3DS up 2 days before E3 2011 back in June on a beautiful bright sunny day with Sponge Bob blasting in the background. The Aqua Blue/3DS design had my mouth watering, it was just gorgeous looking and it felt fantastic in the hands. I was so thrilled to finally get a glimpse of the S3D effect. It Blew me away the moment i fired up PilotWings and saw my Mii Flying around on a Jet pack. I also got SSIV, and Nintendog's + Cats to go along with it but i honestly didn't care too much for either...To my suprise, Pilot Wings took center stage.

Then came the GameBoy Virtual console with Super Mario land and Kirby's Dreamland, with Zelda: LA DS on the way and the free ExciteBike:3D Classics download ect ect. But yup, I love my 3DS, but i'll admit i haven't exactly gotten the most out of it like many on here have, while half of the retail games I've played left me dissapointed(Super MOnkey Ball 3D, Nintendog's + Cats, SSFIV to a lesser degree and most recently StarFox 64 3D which i couldnt exactly get into) My headphone input ended up breaking, and I stopped playing my 3DS for almost 3 months after that until finally just caving in and buying a new one all together which i kind of got for free in a wierd way. I still need to play Super Mario 3D Land, LOZ OOT 3D, Super Mario 3D Land and now Kid Icarus: Uprising.

THEN i'll finally feel like I'm up to speed, or have at least gotten a real taste of the 3DS.