The 360 couldn't emulate all Xbox games properly, anyway. There's more to it than what he's saying, but why pour tonnes of resources into something they don't believe their fan base will use anyway?

Nintendo see it as a selling point, and most people I know utilise the feature, so it makes sense for the Wii U to do it.

This game is tewwible

I liked the 4th gen comment, I never realised EA were into making games for the PSX, N64 and Saturn.

If you went out and got professional media experience before just recording yourself playing games, then by all means go out and earn money for it, a site, magazine or whatever will hire you. Heck, make a website around your work and earn money from it.

Recording yourself playing a video game and uploading to youtube to earn a living is rubbish.

Like the more rational people here, it's only one factor.

However, the fact they're not selling any of their Wii U games in Australia except Skylanders and Call of Duty is alarming to say the least.

@k8sMum: Thank you for your avatar, I didn't think anyone else knew of its existence!

"Comic Mischief - Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor"

So why are these games even listed? The Guardian can't even get its facts straight.

When you put your mouse over half of the games it comes up with the fact there's no weapons in the game, including Mario Kart.

They need some more research in this if they want to be taken seriously.

Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts with a restore point will be fantastic!

Hey look it's my picture with Nic Watt when I visited Nnooo's studio

Memories ^_^

@Evergreen: It's funny, because one reason they don't release them all at once in order to keep the service "evergreen". ie it keeps people interested, meaning more money for them.

Second reason is that they simply can't create emulators for every single game in such a short amount of time (they don't use the same emulator for all NES games, as such)

@Crouteru: I played Balloon Fight and Punch-Out!! on the gamepad last night, the screen is a perfect size for playing NES games, that's for sure. Creating restore points in these tough games will be a welcome addition for newcomers, too.

I put this game on yesterday with my family, it caused my partner to get obsessed and forget the Biggest Loser was on, I consider that a win

rarest things I own are a Virtual Boy (not THAT rare), Zelda Collector's Edition for Gamecube (both of them) and Nintendo World Cup/Super Mario Bros./Tetris 3-in-1 (which I got for $2AUD)

TJ Lutz told me in an interview they wanted to get it out on as many platforms as possible (when I asked him about handhelds) so this is no surprise

Nice to know Ubisoft giving you almost half the game and adding 30 levels to Rayman Legends doesn't appease some.

I'll be getting it, because having spoken to TJ Lutz myself, he's a very genuine person, and a lot of work's been done to create a game that no two people will ever have the same experience playing.

You would hope game-specific channels keep going, such as the Mario Kart Channel, as they can still be played on the Wii U.

COME BACK TO AUSTRALIA

@ecesigue

Anything Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Studios (not the companies as a whole, just their gaming wing) release, and have the ability to cut down Nintendo's sales are in Nintendo's market, whether Nintendo like it or not.

Nintendo have stated that they make a profit after selling one game

Dropping the price in order to boost sales shouldn't lose them a lot of money in the long run.

And the rest of us can enjoy another ambassador program

Really good interview, glad to see him speak in context for a change! Until I go buy LEGO and Monster Hunter, I haven't turned on my Wii U for over a month (aside from buying the 30c games, which I'll get around to)

Only finished Asylum 2 nights ago, so pretty pumped for this.

Kinda wish it wasn't a prequel, but being right before Christmas, sounds like Calendar Man is going to be one of the main bad guys.

I probably would be "somewhat likely"

A battery pack coming with all future Wii Remotes with a USB cable would make more sense, or just the ability to plug it into a 3DS/Wii U GamePad charger, I don't need 4 AC adapters if I want to charge them all at once :/

@KenB: I was going to write a massive rant about your comment, because I feel it was ill prepared.

The ratio of people who own the 3DS and Wii U in Australia, to having those systems actually online is pretty paltry, and even less when you factor people actually buying something from the eShops.

On the Wii U eShop, you CAN create a new account and base it in Europe, that's how I got Mighty Switch Force anyway.

I don't think Nintendo got "mad", they simply regard Bowser as a particular type of individual.

Though I honestly don't know how else he'd hold it, unless it was a giant novelty mug, then I'm glad they changed it.

With all that EPIC talk it's probably Gears of War Kart or something :/

Get this guy a copy of BioShock Infinite

Also, he didn't help matters by releasing two Epic Mickey games

"While not a system-seller in its own right"

Actually I think some people liked the idea so much they couldn't wait to get the Wii U and share news with their friends online. These people are limited, true, but people buy PS3s because they have trophies or 360's because they have achievements.

Weird, I know

Awesome, now we don't have to read about it anymore

Good job Ubisoft

You had one of the most anticipated games coming out for the Wii U, now it's getting beaten by a remake of (an admittedly awesome) 20 year old game.

I voted Wind Waker, but if I could vote twice the second would be DuckTales

@Five-seveN: While Rogue Squadron is technically a LucasArts title, it was made by Factor 5. All future Star Wars games will be done by 3rd party, so it's not all doom and gloom if all you're worried about is bad Star Wars games.

I feel sorry for those who lost their jobs today, I hope they find work soon.

I doubt the VC releases will go anytime soon, Disney's owned the rights to them for months now, they might go when the license to have them up ends and Disney will probably re-release them in some other way.

What I'd like to see is Disney giving TellTale the rights to an episodic video game version of the Clone Wars, in order to finish it properly.

After playing it a few weeks back, I wish the Gamecube version had this control scheme actually

@DePapier: They could have also asked other website writers for assistance too over the past week, I don't think a game needs to get a higher score because you need to ask friends for help, in some cases that can lower the score depending on the game.

I was always a visitor of VC-Reviews and WiiWare world, always a massive fan of them both.
Once Nintendo Life came into play, they took me under their wing as a contributor for a good while, which I very much appreciate to this very day

Congrats guys!

From a business perspective, it should not have been released on WiiWare.

Though if he's doing it as a promise, that's his choice.

To anyone saying they wish ex-Rare staff would get together should read this

http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/09/27/ex-rare-devs-planning-banjo-tooie-spiritual-successor

They already have

I do wonder how much it costs to port games that already exist. Selling 10,000 copies wouldn't be a massive ask if the game was AAA and they sold it as a GOTY edition.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution seems to be getting a lot of support from what I've seen on my Twitter feed, so it could actually be a success.

Nintendo can afford to put their games out at launch, because they're still going to sell a few years from now with system sells.

This seems nothing more than 'entitled fan' rant.

EDIT: 'entitled fan' peaks when he says that developers aren't listening to the fans in regards to Metroid and pretends to speak for all of us. If he wants fan service, play a freakin' Smash Bros. game.

@Luigifan141: Thanks for pointing out how time works in Australia

I hope I'm going as media, depends if I can get myself to Melbourne in July.

Fez was received well critically, and I believe it sold well on XBLA.

I would have thought bringing it to 3DS would have made more sense than bringing it to Vita from a business perspective, but maybe he just has a preference? I'm not gonna get my pitchforks over this.

It merely sounds like he doesn't see it being a hit on the eShop.

Or finds it being too much effort for him to add a 3D effect, Gamepad integration, whatever.

I remember him being way frustrated with Microsoft's treatment of Fez on XBLA, I'm a little surprised if he isn't communicating with Nintendo, especially if Nintendo are as indie friendly as other devs are making them out to be.

Thank goodness, an actual non-biased article on this flyer.

I think it's great, it would work better at retail, though. PAX was probably a good start though.

Well I'm getting it, so you can't blame me!

I think it will be the perfect time to bring out these ports later this year, when all the GOTY editions start hitting the shelves. If they come out on the Wii U with all the DLC on disc, it won't hurt the Wii U, that's for sure.

There's some sort of app or device available for the 3DS in order to be able to play the 3DS standalone online, right?

I may have missed it in the review, and I wish it wasn't necessary to buy it, but the option is there.

Wii U is "current gen", PS360 is "previous gen"

200 yen each or for the set? Either way, much cheaper than Skylanders

I don't think the majority of people here are actually reading the article...

Overall this isn't really about not wanting a game or 'oh well it's crap anyway', it's decisions like these that are sending a message saying the Wii U isn't selling well here.

I didn't think Nintendo Australia did a bad job of promoting it here but it did need more exposure in the build up to launch

@Drobotic: They said they'll be announcing the release date very soon, they were hit with delays due to Hurricane Sandy last year, without power for a week and having to walk 2 hours to and from work every day due to there being no functioning subway system.

If I had to guess the game should come out late March early April, but that's just an educated guess