I wonder what caused the bump in sales? The 3DS only really has 2 major system sellers (MK7 and SMBL), and they both came out last year. Still, that's one more than Vita, which only really has Uncharted.

Arkham City is overrated IMO. Arkham Asylum was better because it had a tighter narrative, with more purpose and focus. With Arkham City the magic of the first one gets lost in the mishy mashy open world structure. Arkham Asylum had a Zelda-esque feel to it.

@Nin-freak I didn't say ditch it. I said put it on the 3DS and don't make it the linchpin of the Wii U's launch.

And Pikmin sold 1.18m and Pikmin 2 didn't clear 1m.

All the fine tweaks in the world can't change the fact that Pikmin is a laborious game that has a limited fan base. I can't believe they've gone with Pikmin as a launch title again after what happend to the GameCube. This should have been a 3DS game with half the resources devoted to it. Not everything Miyamoto touches turns to gold you know.

I've got this on my PC.

@FJOJR That's how we pronounce Mario in the UK. You're not Italian so why pronounce it the way they would, also stop saying 'erbs instead of herbs! You're not French either.

Wow! Who would of thought these graphics would have been possible 5 years ago?

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Why can't we have Pokemon land? Or Mushroom Kingdom land? You know fully realised. Sure it might take a lot of time and hard work. But the Wii U's tech is more or less the same as other consoles which have been out for 5 years, plus Nintendo made tonnes of cash from the Wii and DS. I truely don't understand what they are afraid of! I guess all they care about now are balance sheets and cost effiency. Bring back Sega! Bring back Shenmue!!!

@LEGEND_MARIOID That's what we pay developers for.

Nah, they're just watering down all the amazing franchises they created in the past to make a quick buck off of casuals.

My vote would go to internet curtains.

@LEGEND_MARIOID I'm only asking because you are positive about everything, even when the general consensus is disappointment. You wouldn't be the first guy, with a vested interest in the product, posting on this website in a similar way. But please carry on, if you are genuinely happy with the direction Nintendo is going in. Don't mind me, I was just checking.

It's all just too gimmicky, gives me a headache.

Also @legend_mariod are you a shill?

RIP GameFAQs

So third party developers can ditch the tablet and straight-up port games over to use this controller. Great! Just what all the Nintendo fans have been waiting for. This is a cop-out on Nintendo's part and shows that they do not believe 100% in their tablet controller.

@Sean_Aaron You supported Nintendo's efforts by buying The Last Story and then trading it in. So it's kind of like you erased the benefits of your purchase.

@a_Sniper Ha Ha. But you know the battery should have been flat when you turned it on.

@Marz In my part of the world it is not possible to get Metal Slug Anthology for 10 bucks, or 10 euros or 10 pounds, or 10 anything. So I wouldn't say it was bad journalism, maybe if it was only going to be published in your country, but this is published for everyone to read on the internet.

@Wildfire I'm glad to see other people feel similarly to me. It's been too long since Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth (My favourite WiiWare game) and I want another one! On my 3DS!

I know I'm in the minority, but I hope it's not a Symphony of the Night style game, but a Rondo of Blood style game. I hate all the levelling up, backtracking and item management. I just want to play a real Castlevania game!

Right now, I'm pretty much done with Zelda. I hated Skyward Sword and Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass. If they made another good dark Zelda like Twillight Princess it would perk my interest, but they would have to change the formula. Zelda today feels like painting by numbers.

All I really remember from GameCube's launch was Super Monkey Ball. Then by the time Mario Sunshine came out, everyone had PS2s.

Sounds good, but for 50 euros? I think it's very difficult to justify a purchase.

After playing the demo, I'm impressed by Rayman, but not sure if the 3DS version is the best. When there is that many colours on screen AND in 3D it makes my eyes a little squirly. Mario for example is much more cleary defined, so works well in 3D.

I did like it though with the 3D turned off. But I would reiterate what @mollutje said about the sound, it does seems glitchy, and to me, at little fuzzy.I do want this game, but have the suspicion that it's better suited to the Vita.

@Goron Ha

Followed by:

"Second is Mario Kart 64, perhaps SUPRISINGLY considering Super Mario Kart only reached 8th in the SNES charts."

/just winding you up James

@Obvious78 MP3 was truly awesome. MP3, Twillight Princess, RE4 and SMG, made a believer out of me... Until I got bored of waiting for more games and buying crappy games instead so I bought a PS3 like you. I'm also ready for Nintendo to blow me away.

That was good. I liked the part where you asked him how long he kept his excitement for the Wii, and he was like oh a long time, up until... (and I thought me would say last year)... I got a 360 6 months later. lol

@Malic I know man. The NES, SNES and N64 were so far ahead their competition, it's not even funny.

Let's not not get technical about this. I'm just talking about "Wii" (a lot of people know "Wii" and don't even realise it's made by Nintendo). In 2008 Wii was cool with the masses, it was a buzz word. Everyone was saying it; from celebrities, to the royals, to politicians, it got mentioned in films "Just playing some Wii", it was brought out during the Oscars ceremony.... and so on. Do you see any of those things happening now? No. It's time to scrap that stupid name.

So i'm not saying that Wii and Ipad are directly comparable. I'm just saying that those people who were saying "Wii" are now saying "ipad". I hope you understand my point now.

Maybe you're right, but "Wii" as a fad is over, soccer mums are now buying ipads. Also, a lot of Xbox and PS3 gamers, who would be in the market for a next-gen console, associate "Wii" with casual gaming. That's the main reason I'd like to see a new name.

Why? What's the appeal of playing Mario with a Mii? It makes no sense.

@Aviator You're right. I just checked it, and it looks rubbish compared to DOA 5.

Not much to get excited about. I wonder what Tekken it is? And I don't like the name New Super Mario Brothers. Mii. In fact, I wish they'd drop the whole "Wii" gimmick, I think Apple has stolen the "Wii market" anyway, and Nintendo needs to move away from that name.

I prefer to play my games sitting on an armchair or on the couch, not hunched over a desk like i'm putting together a model airplane.

The reason Twillight Princess performed relatively better is because everything , and I mean everything, about Twillight Princess was better than Skyward Sword.

The controls in Twillight Princess were better.

Nintendo gamers bored of Mario!? Just buy a Vita.

It was much better if you had a six button MegaDrive controller. Which I did, two of them

I do want to play this game, but I don't want to have to erect a stand and sit at a table to play on my 3DS. So I'll pass.

1. Super Mario 3D Land
2.Pilotwings
3. Mario Kart 7
4.Super Street Fighter 3D
5. Ridge Racer
6. DOA Dimensions
7. Super Monkey Ball 3D
8. WarioWare GBA
9. Super Mario Land GB
10. Balloon Fight NES
11. Pushmo
12. Qix GB

Ha, I just got a special streetpass hit from Iwata. That's cool!

I could do with a few more games for it that take advantage of all it's capabilities, not necessarily made by Nintendo. Maybe I expected too much, but I thought that it would take off a whole lot more.

@accc I just want to be able to play it on the train. Is that too much to ask?

I wanna play with dual sticks.

Y U FAIL ME NINTENDO!?

I agree that LBP2 deserves to beat Skyward Sword. But, Peggle beating SMB3DL is an absolute joke. As is Batman winning best action game.

I doubt I'll ever play this game. £9.00 seems very unreasonable and Nintendo never have sales.

@James Mega Games 1 was like the 90's version of The Orange Box.