I'd rather play the Wii version on the big screen, in 60fps with waggle.
I'll eventually get the 3DS version only because of the stereoscopic 3D effect.

@WiiLovePeace
Nice to see somebody who embraces motion controls when done right. I have no say in DKCR, but man....When they're done right they're absolutely amazing. Metroid Prime 3, Elebits, Skyward Sword, RE4: Wii Edition, Silent Hill SS, Zack & Wiki, Wii Sports Resort, Wario Land Shake it!, Kirby's Epic Yarn,(Fire Truck water hose tilt controls hehe) Wario Ware Smooth Moves ect ect

I can't believe Capcom never bothered to use the game pad's screen as a scanner, that would of been sooo awesome. It's bad enough pointer controls as a secondary control option aren't even available. Sheesh capcom, instead of glossing up the ooz's, upping the resolution and making the lighting a bit prettier and plunking in more modes and what have you, you should of focused a bit more on implementing unique & innovative ways to use the gamepad to MAKE this edition feel special. I'm with Chiptoon on this one...

RE1, 3, 2 and the Remake are the crispy cream of the RE crop. Revelations was hit and miss, it's like you have to trudge through the junk(mindless shoot out episodes) to get to that classic 'n tastey tootsie roll pop filling, aka..Jill + Ship. Evem then, i just didn't find it that fun taking down the Ooz's. And I'm butt hurt over the fact that those close minded bone heads over at Crapcom decided to not include Wii pointer controls as a secondary control scheme.

But eh, i'm still going to get it because I'm really looking forward to seeing how the Game Pad's screen is put to use. Hopefully not just as a Map and Item inventory...

@Koto
Yeah, it's one of the reasons why i disliked the XL. That, along with the picture quality not looking as crisp/sharp as the 3DS due to the Larger screens, the actual design of the console looked last gen as if it were part of the DSi family and i also found that the 3D effect wasn't quite as pronounced or intense. It was close, but seemed a bit more subtle if anything.

Other than that, playing VC in 1:1 mode on those large XL screens was freakin awesome and the system is much more comfy in the hands. But in the end, those 4 trade offs weren't worth it to me i sold it and went back to the original.

@UnseatingKDawg

What? This wasn't the case with my previous XL. When i plugged the charger in there was Zero change in brightness. Maybe the big N is adding in the 6th/Charger brightness with newer models...

I always play my 3DS('Aqua Blue' Original) using the Charger cable as it unlocks the 6th(oOoOOoOo!) Brightness setting which makes the colors look far more rich and vibrant in combination with the brighter Picture. Plus, I'm getting unlimmited battery life and i don't have the silly Power savings setting set to 'ON' which dulls out the picture. So I'm already covered in getting the best possible picture and again unlimmited battery life, plus my mini Headphone Amplifier adapter boosts/doubles the headphone volume on 3DS which makes quite the difference in making the experience more immersive.

I rarely play my 3DS when i'm out and about, and the extra dangly charger cable doesn't bother me since it's strapped to my headphone cable.lol Too bad the XL doesn't have a 6th brightness when using the charger. But I'm sure most people don't care.

@Dess-M-8
It took 5 years for the PS3 to eventually bore you? It only took me 1. And yes, the mini touch screen pad is ridiculous, if you're going to throw one in you
might as well go all out like the Wii U. And while the controller is a sevre far cry from being innovative and unique, it still looks kind of neat compared to the previous dual shock controllers...At least it's a change(barely), and
I'm sure the d-pad will feel better plus the indented analog sticks.

But what do i care, i won't be wasting my time with another playsation that offers the exact same PS3 experience with more detailed graphics in 1080p. Boring 'Sony' times indeed! especially when you've been gaming for 23 years! I'm very curious to see what the next XBOX has in store innovation wise, but again i wont be shelling out the cash to get one. I'm NIntendo only from now on.

At this point, The most exciting thing about the PS4 are the next Gen physics.

@Raiko
Agreed! Thee' greatest Mario Platformer period. I got my copy back in 89' and aside from loving absolutely every minute of it, it holds the strongest videogame nostalgia for me bare none. No other Mario back then could convey this amount of surrealism and magic, it was so radically different and fresh and dare i say.....Throwing vegetables is more fun than hopping on goombas?

Subcon > Mushroom Kingdom

@C-Olimar
Earthbound is going to be a real treat, for those who haven't played it and are unwilling to put the cash towards an expensive cart.
Also, while World is an amazing game I think it's a bit lack luster with it's stage design....It can often feel a bit empty & bland. I prefer 2D Mario that has you continuesly hopping on teeny little platforms while avoiding bottomless and lava filled pits. Plus, SMB3 already had the Koopa Kids and i'd say SMB3's power ups are superior to that of Yoshi, the cape & Balloon Mario. Still, the way I see it. SMB 1, 2, 3 and World all desserve 10's.

Restore points are for babies. Play it like it was ment to be played boils & ghouls, it will put pixel hair on your chest! Scratch that, let me replace MM1 with MM10's 'hard' mode Also, Bomb man's Theme is quite possibly one of the most amazing Chip tunes in MM history.

forget the haters who didn't even play MM back during it's NES release. It was an entirely unique experience and there was nothing else like it back then. It's held up quite well and I still feel that it has some of the most memorable wily stages of the franchise! much better than 2's!

Nothing beats playing a game around the time it was released. One wouldn't beable to even appreciate something like the original super Mario bros. if they experienced it for the first time NOW after playing the later entries in the franchise(durp!) It's easy to dismiss the original MM when you started out with some of the later mega man games in the Classic series that naturally improved on quite a few things. If you're not playing the classic mega man games in order, than you're doing it wrong. MM1 is a classic. It was cutting edge and the first of it's kind in it's day. People need to respect the original and 2 especially which improved ENORMOUSLY over the first. play them in order kiddies!
I'd give it an 8/10!

Still waiting for new VC games. sigh*
But yup,this is one of the most amazing platformers of all time....Those Ghost houses were just too awesome. I tend to shuffle between 3 & World, while 2 takes the unbeatable number 1 spot!

Not interested in 'fan' made games. It looks alright I guess....The Robot Master toon art direction looks fan made(oh wait) and as somebody pointed out the overall package doesn't exactly look very Capcom. Oh Inafune, why did you have to leave Capom. We would of seen a Mega man 11 by now with Legends 3 possibly still being in the Mario pipe line!

I absolutely loved the art style & visuals....But that's where the Love ends. This was the only LOZ that nearly put me to sleep(got to love that dreadful sailing!). I just about finished it during it's release, but I decided to finally call it quits, after almost quitting 3 times prior to that but as usual I forced myself to see it through until the end, but in this case I never saw the 'end' end.

This was also the first 3D Zelda that I actually got into and it left me extremely disappointed. Mind you, for some odd ball reason I was playing it on a small 20" TV with basic composite cables. on a 32" Tube TV with component cables I have a feeling the experience would of been far more grand, exciting and immersive haha. Oh well, I feel like giving it another chance, and I shall with the Wii U remake.

Oh and Phantom Hour Glass > Wind Waker. It had Lineback, the sailing was far more forgiving, the touch screen based controls during the boss battles and puzzle solving were a real treat! And overall it was new way to experience The Legend of Zelda. Nobodies going to back me up on this one. I'm not even in the minority, this is a one man show! haha.

I've always wanted to play the original 'A Boy & his Boobs' It's heart breaking knowing that the developers didn't have the Groovy guts to release what they had originally intended. Probably the biggest NES letdown.

Now, if I could have any videogame character spring to life, it would no doubt be Cammie from Street Fighter.
I wouldn't mind being straddled by those big thunderish meaty pixel legs.lol

LostWinds was awesome, another Wii memory I I absotootly' cherrish.
I really need to play the sequal sometime, I wouldn't want it to...whisp away. I kind of regret...Blowing it off.

That Zelda ring will come in handy once I get married to Kelly Kapowski.

@Fusion14
SM3DLand's only flaw was the lack of originality(It almost felt like a 3D NSMB sequal), otherwise it was a great playing 3D Mario.

Ok, that's it. I've seriously got to play through Galaxy 2 before E3 comes a knocking!
@Spaceape
Can you blame Ninendo for milking Mario? Most gamers are too blind and unwilling to try something as different & fresh like the Pikmin franchise, which is unfortunate because they're brilliant games. But alas gamers just want to play it safe and stick with a chubby plumber and sword wielding elf. Besides, it's 2D Mario getting milked, not 3D. Also, this better NOT be a Galaxy 3 or some sort of sequal to sunshine.
C'mon Nintendo, we need something completely original!

After the disappointing Metroid II(I had a much better time with the NES original)
I'm hoping Bionic Commando on the Gameboy will nuke that bitter bounty hunter taste out of my Metroid mouth.

@SetupDisk
Agreed. Where do people find all of this time to play these games? Hell, I'm rooting for more droughts so i can play catch up haha.

Available on Cart, GBA classics, The Wii's VC, 3DSWare and now on the Wii U. Oh boy! now i can play the same game for the 5th time! Snore*

Really though, this game rocks! Especially the 3DS version.
It's just a shame that there's no in-game music...It would of made a world of a difference.

Except I have abolutely ZERO interest in playing Monster Hunter, Need for Speed or Lego City. Injustice however looks like the absolutely shniz! Now, I rarely complain when there are droughts, because there's always something else that i want to play on another system or it gives me more time to play catch up. If you have nothing to play on your Wii U, then find something that you haven't on the Wii or 3DS. There's got to be something.

They're not even trying...

Here comes another technically pretty 'n polished Shin'en title, with a character so utterly forgettable that makes Bubsy and Aero the Acrobat seem like top class video game super stars.

Seriously though, props go to Shin'en for getting this game to run in 60fps. It's a rarity on the 3DS since the 3D effect sucks up so much graphical juice. Super Mario 3D land ran at 30fps, which was pretty dissapointing after being so accustomed to Super Mario Galaxy's 60ps.
I wish 60 would just be the standard, but i understand with 3D 2x the power is being used in order to send 2 images to both eyes.
Anyhoo, i'll be getting this day one!

@Palom
Hahah. So was I!
Because it's something he would definitly do and take advantage of.
the Irate gamer remindes me of the kid who starred in 'The Problem Child'
all grown up.

Based off of the gameplay videos, this looks like another
run of the mill generic flash based platformer, BUT oh looky! it's starring the AVGN and there's random retro videogame references like the hills from Super Mario World or the floating heads from Air man's stage in MM2. This game doesn't desserve to rake in the dough...But you bet it will since it bares the AVGN name.....The upside? Enemies explode into pixel guts.

BTW, what took him so long to get his hands on the 3DS?

Anybody who says 3D is a gimmick is a complete geek burger. Really, break away from your computer screen and take a glorious look around you. It's just a little natural thing us humanoids have from the day we were born in Eternia, called 'depth percpetion'. If somebody is going to label 3D a gimmick than you might as well say HD is a gimmick. yeesh, I can't stand the word gimmick, it's just so....Gimmicky.

How's about releasing games that aren't already on the Wii's VC?
Maybe TMNT II: The Arcade Game, Mega Man 6 & 7, Little Nemo the Dream Master, Double Dragon III, Splatterhoue 3, Castlevania Bloodlines ect ect.

Nintendo Should of made Gamecube titles available from the start. I hate to sound like a negative nerdling, but the Wii U's piss poor marketing, uninspired copy cat console design, underwhelming innovation and regurgitated 'Wii' VC lineup isn't giving it the greatest first impressions. The Wii however was an entirely different beast all together. A new way to play games ala motion controls, Zelda TP as a launch title, unique console design, fun memorable commercials("Wii" would like to play) and the launch of the Virtual console which had us retro goonies foaming at the mouth made for one of thee most exciting console launches in history!

Metroid Prime 4 + Wii remote Plus in 720p HD with Next Gen Nintendo graphics? pwettey pwease?

Nice Mega Man 2 nod with giant floating orange heads which look simular to those seen in Air man's stage. Anyways! I used to be a BIG fan of his earlier work(06'-07' Best times ever on the interwebz.lol Including the Game Jew and Awesome Video Games. Then we got Captain S and Little Miss Gamer which weren't too shabby either!) when he was Fresh off YouTube back in 2006-2007.

His TMNT review was absolutely hilarious and something many of us could relate to, as well as his akward Dr.Jeckyl & Mr.Hyde review, not to mention his glorious Halloween special including Friday the 13th! During his first year i remember being so excited just to catch a glimpse of his next video which typically came out every 2 weeks. Now? Not excited in the least, but i still check out everything he does and yes that includes the underrated and unappreciated Mike M.

The Wii U is the most uncreative playing it safe lack luster console design in Nintendo history...The terrible marketing isn't helping either. I'm definitly going to look into getting some sort of bright blue skin to make it more vibrant, unique and whisical looking! As is, the White Wii U looks like a buffed up Wii...

Mega Man 4's shining moment? That would be Dive man's stage..
But then you look at some of those bland and poorly designed 'kitchen sink' stages like Skull man's(Pharo, Drill & Dusts were quite the stinkers as well)and you start to see the ugly side of MM4. It's a mixed bag of ho hum boss fight patterns(Toad man), Dr. Cossack and & Dr.Wily's castles were teribble, the soundtrack for the most part was dissapointing and the mega buster kind of defeated the purpose of using the robot master weapons, and it has the worst Box Art of the 6 NES MM games.lol Sure the original's is bad, but it's Awesome bad in all of it's radical cheesy glory, where as 4's is just ugly and boring..

I can understand why some people still say it's the low point in the Classic series. I'd personally nail MM4 with a reasonable 7/10. 2, 9 & 1 are still my favorites!

How exciting, Nintendo is selling VC titles that have been available for years now on the Wii's VC, which most of us already freaking have including myself, but oh look! You can now play them AGAIN on a shiny new console with slightly better picture quality. Yippie! Sigh* Gotta love that emulation lag + HDTV & Gamepad lag. Heavier, less responsive & clunkier feeling controls for all the kiddies, durp!

I'm finding it way too hard to appreciate playing NES games on the 3DS's tiny little screen, plus there's noticable motion blur. It just doesn't look or feel right, and having the tiny B & A buttons cramped at the bottom makes things even worse. Aside from the Ambassader NES freebies, I downloaded Castlevania, Mega Man 2, Metroid and Punch-Out!! and these will be the LAST. These Awesome games were ment to be played on a good old Tube Tv.

Anyways, nothing for me this week! I downloaded Kershloop!(Who would of thought diving down a Stereoscopic 3D well full of Pizza & doughnuts would of been so addicting?) and Bionic Commando. I never got around to playing the NES original, so this will be fresher than a brand spankin' new April O' Neil Banana yellow jump suit.

Now lets hope NIntendo is hard at work, improving on those bland generic cut & paste Wallpaper-like detail lacking environments. This is what you would call the NSMB. Syndrome all over again. I do however dig Link's Old school-like character design and the 3D effect(which will
look even better in the actual game) is pretty impressive. Again, I'm just thrown off by the bare bones environemnts. The variety just isn't there...It's too simple.

No thanks, I'll stick with the original consoles. RetroN5 and it's controller look absolutely awful, it will destroy a big chunk of that retro nostalgia for that reason alone, there's no D-pad for some mind boggling reason which would typically be a deal breaker for retro fanatics across the globey(Good thing they have controller ports for the original controllers!), and why in the heck would i personally want to play my retro games on an HDTV when i have a lag free SD Tube TV as my secondary display? Actually, i use my 27" CRT tube TV far more than my HDTV haha) Besides i for one can't stand playing Nes & Snes games on any HDTV.

Still seems, like a more convient & less expensive solution for people who don't own the original consoles, and the added HDMI input is a bonus.

@Fusion14
Mario Kart 64 was a lifeless blocky 'n barren sequal that i just couldn't get into. I still feel that Super Mario Kart was the most charming and it was even boardering on being groundbreaking to the racer genre! It was more focused on actually racing instead of being convoluted with Items and there was no pesky blue shell to boot.

@Ryno
The complete lack of Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart is truly disturbing.

On another note, I still feel that the NES has the superior Contra, Super Mario(2&3), Punch-Out!! and classic mega man games(2 especially). And where were my sequals to Kid Icarus and Ninja Gaiden? Anyways, The NES is the console that truly started it all and gave us these beloved franchises. It was FRESH and ressurected the gaming industry. NES will always be my fav' hehe. With the SNES taking the number 2 spot followed by the Wii which I'd almost tie it with.

SMB.2 & 3 completely cripple this Adventure. And what has always annoyed me most about Adventure(Along with Dreamland) is that you have to first press 'up' on the d-pad to float, rather than just pressing the jump button. It makes for some akward sloppy feeling controls. Still, the final Boss battle desserves recognition as it's one of the most memorable of the NES platformers and the soundtrack is completely kirbalicious!

lol. I've got zero say in anything wii U related, as i haven't even unboxed my Wii U yet since i'm currently playing Wii & 3DS catchup. I hate the fact that i have
quite a few games left unplayed in my collection with most of them being heavy hitters(Galaxy 2, Skyward Sword, Kid Icarus: Uprising ect). Once i get it narrowed down to a few or so games i shall unbox it tee hee.

Also, i never complain when it comes to Console draughts, because i don't dedicate myself to one single console. I don't mind the wait because there are enough Wii, 3DS, VC & retro games to last me until Eternia! But i also don't game for hours on end and play every single big hit during it's release. I miss out, and i do it in style.lol

I'd rather play the Wii version first, on the big screen + in 60 frames per second.

Not a huge fan of the indie gaming scene, but i would love to see a Lost Winds 3

1. Super Mario Bros. 2
2. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
3. Kid Icarus
4. Mega Man 2
5. TMNT II: The Arcade Game
6. Contra
7. Ninja Gaiden
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
9. DuckTales
10. Super Mario Bros.

Wish i could make more room for

The Legend of Zelda, Kickle Cubicle, Metroid, StarTropics, Double Dragon, Castlevania I & III, Chip 'n Dale, Zelda II, T & C Surf and Shadow Gate.

@PixelatedPixie
Agreed. Their games may be pretty & polished, but most of their titles aren't exactly beaming with originality & creativity. They borrow heavily from other exsisting Classics and offer an alternative to fill the void for unreleased/no show sequals such as F-Zero for ex. They know how to "do things just right" but i just wish they'd open up the doors to imaginationVille. Impressive technically, but completely lacking in imagination at least based on their previous work. Their games are still good, and I'm sure JR2 will be another solid addition to their library of games, but at this point I'm looking for something more unique and imaginative. Shovel Knight maybe? lol

@-KWB-
I already lost all interest after playing Origins.lol This shall be replaced with Shovel Knight

I like the idea, but this looks like another forgettable flash platformer that has no real identity as far as gameplay is concerned. Super Mario, Mega Man, Castlevania, Contra, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Starfy, Mega Man Zero, Klonoa ect ect, all have their own original play style that completely stands out from one another.But you rarely see this in modern platformers. Many borrow heavily from older franchises and make tiny little tweaks of their own.

Here we are 28 years later after the launch of the NES and the genre is still going strong(minus the N64 & GCN era) You can only do so much...it takes true talent and creativity to break the mold and deliver an experience that plays like no other. I'm now on my 12th console, i and just can't settle for most fo these unoriginal 2D platformers that don't do anything to redisign or change the face of the genre itself.

Power Rangers turned to crap after the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The evil green ranger mini series just can't be beat!