In my opinion, the eShop is Nintendo's only hope for the Wii U besides major 1st party releases, such as Zelda or Metroid. Their work to reach out to indie developers and continued efforts to improve the Virtual Console are essential. As a current owner of a Wii U, digital downloads are the only reason I'm turning on my system at all. Otherwise, it would be turned off until Pikmin 3 is released.

This thinking makes no sense. Why would anyone go out of there way to purchase a Wii U for games that are all cross platform releases. Maybe if Rayman Legends was still an exclusive that might have helped sell a few systems but since it is coming to 360 and PS3 most people will likely get it for those platforms they probably already own.

I never buy decals but because of the issue with fingerprints showing so easily on the black Wii U, I bought the original NES design skin from Decal Girl's website. I love the look on my Wii U and no more annoying fingerprint marks to keep cleaning off.

Almost seems too good to be true.

This was my issue with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. I purchased the Wii U version because I liked the off TV support for multiplayer. However, I am now somewhat regretting my decision because DLC isn't available. I hope they at least release some discounted package of the DLC in the future. I would hate to never be able to get any of the content being offered on other systems. Worst of all, it will make me seriously question whether to purchase a main stream game like that on Wii U, even if it is available, because I don't know that I can count on them continuing to support it. Especially, when it comes to making patches to fix issues with the gameplay. It took forever for them to release any for COD:BO 2 on Wii U

Free download of Tank!Tank!Tank! that gives you 60 Club Nintendo Coins is a pretty sweet deal. Also, one discount associated with that games DLC not on the list is that "My Kong" is 80% off until 5/15

I would like to see a cross-buy/cross-play function be brought in between the 3DS and the Wii U, similar to what Sony is doing with Vita and PS3. Wouldn't it be a nice feature to entice 3DS owners to pick up a Wii U if all the Virtual Console titles coming for Wii U were cross playable with the 3DS. Then you could game on the go and at home. If you already owned them on the 3DS it would allow you to have a small library of games available to you and might increase the value seen in the Wii U.

I guess this move makes sense. Especially if Iwata is taking personal responsibility for next years financials (1) (2) I would want to make sure there was no one to blame for any failures but myself. By having more direct control over all of Nintendo's operations, he really is making it his personal commitment to meeting the financial goals they've established.

1. Iwata Implies That He Could Step Down Over Sluggish Sales Performance
Posted Thu, 31 Jan 2013 | 11:10 GMT by Damien McFerran
2. Feature: Nintendo's Financial Revelations and Hardware Strategies
Posted Wed, 24 Apr 2013 | 17:30 BST by Thomas Whitehead

I do hope they add a cross-play/cross-buy feature between Wii U and 3DS Virtual Console games.

Super Mario World is the only game, not in the Trial Campaign, that I haven't already purchased and am excited for.

Love how PR guys are so good at talking without really saying anything. Everything Marc said was already said in the Nintendo Direct. I am glad you asked the question about the problems with the retail release of Fire Emblem because I think that is exactly why the digital downloads of that game are so high. I won't be surprised to hear that downloads of MH3U are high in Europe also. However, Marc would attribute it to the same reasons he gave for Fire Emblem downloads in North America and not the failure to properly distribute a game. However, at least there is the digital download option for when distribution problems like this do occur.

Finally. I feel like a lot of these things should have been on the system from the start or at least in the first couple of months. Panorama View was something they showed at E3 and I really have a problem with features being advertised as if it is available right away. This shouldn't have taken almost six months to finally come out but I'm glad that it is. I am especially looking forward to Wii U VC and improved load times.

These are cool. I hope they make it to the US. I would totally pick them up.

I'm relatively new to this site and have only really been regularly checking it for the past year. Yet, I have already come to learn what a great resource it is to learn about all things Nintendo. Keep up the good work. Happy Anniversary !

I was just playing Zombie mode with a friend today. I got this version for the ability to play with one person on the gamepad and the other on the TV. I love that there is no split screen. I love that they are updating but they really need to release the DLC too.

I know this game is bad, but when there pretty much hasn't been a game released on the Wii U since launch, isn't something better than nothing ? I hope they can resurrect this game like Ninja Gaiden 3 and make it the game Gearbox originally envisioned. However, for that to happen they actually have to put some of their own people on the development.

I haven't played this game yet, so I'll go ahead and pick it up. Price tag will dictate whether I pick it up right away or wait for a price drop. I wouldn't pay more than $30 for a 2 year old game. Even with these additions.

I took advantage of the Amazon preorder discount and saved $20 by purchasing both. This will be my first real experience with the series. I can't wait to hunt at home and on the go.