Wow just read some of the rest of the news... you have to pay a fee for second-hand games, Kinect is a necessary attachment and it's not backwards compatible. Ouch.

@theadrock13 What does the start of it all have to do with it? Nintendo and Sony worked together pre-Playstation 1. Surely the PS2 and PS3's success can't be attributed to Nintendo...?

Xbox One announcement was depressing as hell. 6 games shown, 4 of which EA sports games (multiplatform, mind you). A racer that doesn't interest me, and a (multiplatform) shooter in Call of Duty (impressive trailer, one must say).

Nothing innovative; Kinect fully integrated as expected.

I'm sure sport aficionados in the US will be picking this up, but I'll be sticking to the Japanese consoles as always. Eff realism, stop talking about that. I don't want realism. I want unrealistic, mind-blowing settings that can only appear in video games.

Retro's thing will be the big surprise.

Making these downloadable would be awesome, but let's face it, they're games that are very much in their alpha or beta phase. Nintendo doesn't want these on everybody's Wii U, out there with tons of bugs.

Maybe Nintendo is actually helping Sega on the development...? That would be a way to break the Sonic Cycle and get a great Sonic game out there.

wow a new Sonic exclusive! Wasn't expecting any announcements (because Nintendo said it was Spring/Summer only), that was honestly a surprise.

(Was expecting some new Wonderful 101 footage though!)

Couldn't care less about the sports and shooter titles, but EA does publish games like Burnout and Mirror's Edge =/

Summer titles only. So, no game announcements. Will be good to see more of Wonderful 101, Mario & Luigi and Pikmin 3, for sure!

... like V8_Ninja said, why is the logo a pacifier...?

The fact that gay marriage isn't available as an option says it all, really. Yes, maybe this is a game-breaking glitch. But do you think Nintendo's hard at work now on an update to allow same-sex marriage for all couples, in a legitimate way? Heh. The thought alone is ridiculous.

If only Nintendo can team up with Kickstarter, so that copies of Wii U games can also be offered as awards. Right now, if you want a game on Wii U, you have to pay for it twice.

Wow, good on Nintendo for doing this! Never expected them to be so progressive.

EDIT: Just read the whole article, so it might just be a bug and nintendo would remove it? That would probably spark a debate.

Boardgames could actually work fairly well, if your family's okay with everyone looking at the TV to play it, and then pass around the Wii U controller.

Lord knows they can make the digital version cheaper than the retail versions...

I'd like an "all of the above" option in the poll.

@LAA

"Why buy a Wii U when you can play them all on a mobile?"

Buttons. As someone with an iOS device, I'd buy a dozen (probably more) games again just to play them with buttons. Also, I prefer playing games on a big screen, which is why I'm going to buy 3DS eshop titles that came to the Wii U eshop, on the latter.

Anyway your main point seems to be that Nintendo shouldn't be focusing on this; I agree, but providing tools for this won't require a whole lot of attention. Minimum input and, if mobile developers are on board and Nintendo knows how to be developer-friendly, maximum output.

@WiiURockz

"There are still ignorant gamers who think Wii U is on par with PS3/360. Why would Nintendo waste money on a console that is not more powerful than a PS3?"

The Wii was barely more powerful than the Xbox and PS2...

The Wii U has more RAM, a better GPU but comparable CPU to PS3/360. Pretty sure the CPU gap with PS4/Durango will be pretty huge, thus making ports tricky.

Name 5 Wii U games that run in 1080p.

@TeslaChippie
But the mainstream press reports on E3... the people which read mainstream press bought a Wii, but don't know anything about Wii U.

I'm guessing they'll be announcing these titles a day before, during a Direct? Maybe even a week.

You think it's an optimistic article, but it's actually not, haha. Nintendo could be blowing everyone away with a fantastic marketing campaign and some awesome new titles... but we'll have to wait and see.

Don't care about Battlefield. Worth mentioning? These guys are working on Mirror's Edge 2

I'll take indie games and unique exclusive 3rd party games (Madworld, No More Heroes) over multiplatform games... but we'll have to see whether we get those. For now, happy I haven't picked up a Wii U yet. You can get one for almost half the original price soon.

Kinda ridiculous that Nintendo's not giving everyone what they want. Don't you want money, Nintendo?

I'd love it if this works out, I pick indie titles over multi-platforms 9 out of 10 times. That being said, Nintendo fans don't seem to eager to get online or support third parties, so maybe it's just a nice bonus rather than a console-saving measure.

Not sure what I can say about this. I might think Skyward Sword is the better game, but this is probably my favourite game of all time. Also the most beautiful game of all time. I can only pray for a high-definition sequel at some point (let's face it, the DS wasn't strong enough to handle the artstyle).

One only has to boot up the disc, hear the song and see Outset island to get teary eyed.

Oh and Tetra is the best Zelda, by far!

@Vriess

It sold incredibly poorly, as did Okamiden...

As often is the case, people are simply not putting their money where there mouth is... or there's just a very vocal small fanbase.

I'd love another LostWinds title but this sounds like we certainly won't be getting one exclusively for the Wii U eshop.

@MrWalkieTalkie

Yeah meant Wii U as console exclusive in case that wasn't obvious.

Gonna be some merchandise or something. Totally not worth an announcement for an announcement. You've brought this on yourself, Capcom.

Ah well, at least Okami is a huge game that I'll enjoy beating again. Let's face it, like CanisWolfred says, most people here haven't even bought the original.

1.1 million, Wii U exclusive? Don't see that happening

@Yamagushi
"It's insane how sexually charged some of the nintendo titles I've seen lately are."

Like...?

I'd say the problem depends on what target audience you're talking about. The soccer mom audience doesn't know the Wii U is out, because it wasn't featured on Oprah / nor has commercials every 5 seconds. And if they do know it's out, they think it's an accessoire for the Wii. And even if they know it's a new console, they barely used their Wii, why would they pick up a new one? I think Nintendo can forget about a large portion of the crowd that bought a Wii.

I agree that more Nintendo fans (like myself) and multi-platform owners ("hardcore" gamers, if you will) are picking one up if Nintendo releases more games. No reason to believe you'll get Wii-like sales, though; the Gamecube had good games, just no mainstream appeal.

I honestly believe this also explains 3DS' mediocre sales in the West. The casuals have largely moved on, and Nintendo has stopped targeting them. Of course it still sells like hotcakes in Japan because "casuals" in Japan almost blindly buy Nintendo handhelds, they always have. You could even argue Japan has no "casual" market because so many people buy a variety of electronics.

I do agree with Shin'en's titles being a bit soulless in the character department. They could use a better art designer, like WayForward has.

@XCWarrior

Welcome...?

'tis a silly thing to waste tax dollars over.

And it seems to look gorgeous! The guys at Shin'en sure know how to take full advantage of the hardware.

Metroid Prime 4 or some re-invention of a deep single player franchise, please. No Star Fox or F-Zero; any other studio could handle that. In fact, lend the Star Fox license to Treasure and the F-Zero license to Sega or Shin'en.

Things Nintendo had no plans of adapting:

• Online multiplayer
• DLC
• Multimedia services

Sure, Nintendo. Sure.

I, too, for a second thought this was the announcement for a sequel to Okami. That thumbnail's a bit cruel!

Ah well, it looks gorgeous and I'll probably pick this up. Certainly one of the better indie games we've seen announced for Wii U.

@CanisWolfred Actually they said it'd be during Golden Week. Which lasts until the 5th of May.

Cannot express how little I care about this compared to a new OKAMI announcement

^ What he said.

CNN, MSNBC, etc etc will all be covering it. Nintendo will miss out on a large portion of that coverage. Genius move?

Press-wise / mainstream-wise, a bad decision. For us gamers who bother to look up the news it won't change much, I suppose. I'll miss the habit though.

eShop: Much better controls, higher percentage quality games

App Store: A much, much higher number of good games (if you can find them), much cheaper and apps beyond gaming

@Harrison_Peter
I agree that digital content should be cheaper, but they'd have to sell more than twice as much online if they wanted that half-price tag to work out. I don't see that happening.

Nintendo's not going to reach Wii-like sales because it hasn't convinced the mainstream. And why would they? Those people bought a Wii and then played on it maybe half a dozen times, for it to then collect dust. They got (rightfully) lucky with the Wii, but Wii U is more likely to sell Gamecube numbers.

Hardcore isn't getting Wii U (as primary console anyway), I don't think that'll be worth fighting for anyway. There's already 2 companies fighting for their attention...

Speaking of which, we're likely to see Sony and Microsoft struggle quite similarly, despite the hardcore's backing. Simply put, the hardcore crowd isn't big enough to fund these huge powerhouse projects in this economy.

I would personally love it if Sony and Nintendo teamed up for a dominant house console next generation.

67% connection rate on a handheld that has important updates, an eshop, etc? That's hilarious in a sad way.

Love the artstyle!

Silly hardcore fans: Playing Classic mode, still resetting whenever they lose a character.

This looks fantastic, Alpha Dream always comes up with better characters in the Mario universe than Nintendo themselves do. Loved Bowser's Inside Story!

Oh, by the way... what's left for E3? New Retro project.

On E3 they can still reveal 3D Mario, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. But we know about all of those already. I really can't see Nintendo working on more games than this...?