I have to agree with #12 @Peach64. All of my thoughts about this were summed up in the second sentence of that comment so I didn't even bother reading below that. It isn't going to have an effect on me personally since I never do Let's Plays, but it's a shame since I was considering starting on it and the revenue would all have gone to better equipment.

But I only have $113,807,399.99! D:

Yes! Wait, it'll be ages before I play it...
Whatever! My body is ready!

@tsm7 There will be a sequel next year...

Oh well. They can always reboot it with a sepearate story if they must for a new game.

4GB, but I've been intending to upgrade for a while.

I hope that it is a Star Fox or F-Zero game because even though I would like a new Metroid the other two have been absent from new game lineups for longer.

Would Uprising or Luigi's Mansion 2 be amazing as they are without their delay?
I agree with @ToneDeath. I want to thank Nintendo as a whole, not just for giving us great experiences, but working so hard to make sure that they're actually great.
Forever trust in Nintendo!

I agree with him. Even though I like the name Wii U it confuses casual consumers. Personally, I think that GameCube purple would have been cool to contrast the green one as colours on the opposite of the spectrum! A metallic silver like the DS Phat would be a third option for people who want a less jump-out colour for their console.
And emeralds are my favourite, so I love greens, if that lime one had come out I would buy it cdhssjhdhwdcwhjhdebedcgdgerror:notimevalue
Ultimately, I would just like to see a console that has any easy way to switch shells a-la the GBA Micro. We already play games on our consoles lots, imagine the time you could have customising them to suit yourself! They could bundle several shells with it, and have an option to order more limited edition ones, plain coloured ones, and custom prints via Club Nintendo. It's just a dream... Sigh...

But they said that last year!

I think that this will be the best 2D platformer ever. I bought Origins for my 3DS last year, but Legends on the Wii U is even better and Origins is amazing in all aspects. I guess I'm going to buy Wii Origins as well now!

I prefer playing games for fun and to kick back, so I prefer to play less difficult ones.
However, the challenge of these games is a large part of their charm. I may play Skylanders, New Super Mario Bros. and Crash Bandicoot, but it doesn't mean that I don't see the appeal in or don't play games like NES Kid Icarus, Monster Hunter, and NES The Legend of Zelda or harder options of games in general.

Still, these screens are pretty accurate

By the way, regarding tutorials... Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure on the 3DS has a pretty wonderful one. Besides loading dialogue, literally the only tutorial in the game is that you press Y for your first attack, X for secondary, and A to sprint, and you only see the buttons. The first level is actually fun to play, instead of being an unbearable hand holder just to show noobs how to play via boring cutscenes, and I wish that more games would do something similar. It's easy to figure out that Y is the attack button when the prompt is above an enemy and pressing it makes you attack...

I really appreciate it since it just makes finding good games easier.

@FernandoMachado

I'm with the people saying that this isn't really going to affect people who do follow Nintendo Direct, but will lose Nintendo potential attention from those who don't.
I think that Iwata may be trying to experiment with wether this affects them in a large enough scale to matter very much, but it's not really the wisest time to do that.
If it means even more epic Directs though, I'm fine with this choice as a gamer!

@AbeVigoda http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=109863

I wonder how the connection rate for Australia is?

I had NO idea that this would come

I had NO idea that this would come

Aww man, that sort of makes me afraid... Party games tend to be the ones which are shovel ware, and considering that this is a companion of a much larger console game... It sounds like it has potential if they do it right, but I'm still very wary. At least it's something different I guess.
@Shiryu The console versions have TRON vehicles you can ride by using hex discs, though...

It makes the game accessible to more people, and is optional, so it can only be a good thing! This is my first Fire Emblem game, and I'm glad that they added Casual mode. I will play through Classic in the future.

@StephenYap3 Have you played Superstar Saga? It's the best of the trilogy, IMO. I'm really looking forward to Dream Team, though!

Hopefully it arrives to PAL regions as well, I hear lots of hype about this game but I've never played it.

Well, they said that they wanted to do a remake of either ALTTP or MM... Now that we're getting a Link sequel, maybe this will hold water? I hope so, because I haven't played Majora's Mask yet!
@Trikeboy I'm pretty sure that Pokémon X and Y's mere announcement was the final nail for the Vita.

I hope that it comes to AU!

The offscreen play is very good news for me, because I've only been playing on my 3DS so far.

I hope it comes out here! I want one, I'm just not sure that I'm willing to import...

I hope they add DLC. I got the DSi version but even some of the levels from when it came out were missing...

Is it even confirmed that these will even get localized? Just saying, since Japan got neither Skylanders game, and don't seem to be getting Infinity.
If it does come here though, I'll definetly buy into it as long as there aren't too many toys, I love how cheap they are!

I really liked the first one at the start, but the difficulty of it towards the end was the biggest issue for me.., so I guess I'll pass here. I'm sure I'll pick it up later, but I haven't even bought Code of Princess yet!

Well-written article.
I'm curious to see how Ninty handle the future. I'm sure that they can survive, but can they win back their niche? Or get a new one? I don't think that they will be able to compete as a "next-gen" console- not that I am unhappy with them personally- but the way people percieve them is very different these days. Their console is [pure-horsepower-wise] weaker than PS4Box will be_{(like they will be to PC, but PCs aren't of huge importance in this matter yet)}. I don't think that they should have acted that way... You can't change who you are.
Unless they really screw up, though, I don't think any of the Big 3 will -die- this gen. _{Exception possibly being Microsoft, if they make their Durango online-only(this would be a problem more than people who do have a steady connection constantly might think, because believe it or not, there are people who don't), but they will of course only die as a console-hardware-maker in that case.}

One more thing, and this is very personal, it really peeves me when US people say that $250 was a big price tag for the 3DS... It was $350 at launch here and from what I saw last year $200 is usually our sale price for the regular one! .-.

@MadAussieBloke your pic cracked me up, and while I was in a bad mood, so thanks

"One audio disappointment is the relative paucity of punchy sound effects; there are many moments in this game that could use a good 'thud' but are left sadly silent."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic

Skylanders: Giants is working far better now.

They look horrible, but good for repainting.

I watched this movie again on Monday and I still want to watch it again right now... It's not a problem, it's an obsession

Call me silly as much as you want, but the overload of Gen V Pokémon and lack of older ones is still a major downer for me and holds me back from looking forward. I'm still getting it, but only because it's close enough to my birthday to splurge on it.

I just want them to improve the app itself, by which I mean, if you take too long drawing it becomes really glitchy. I'm a slow drawer, and the problems it causes made me stop using it a long time ago.

I think I'll only have time for Luigi's Mansion and Monster Hunter, honestly. I may cram Miracle Mask and Sticker Star in too if I can, though, just because they've been on my backlog for a long time.

Of course Nintendo are not perfect, because perfection does not exist. Nintendo may not have "next-gen graphics", or the games other consoles get sometimes, but does PS360 have- for example- Mighty Switch Force!, Professor Layton, the newer Monster Hunter games, and Nintendo's features like Miiverse, Dual Screen, and the GamePad? No. I play Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games and I play my other consoles for other games.
Stop worrying about what you don't get, instead, strive to get it- buy a Wii U AND a PS360, or whatever floats your boat, if you want both sides that badly. And sit down and play the games you do have. I still haven't beaten some of my games from 2012(and don't get me started on COMPLETING them).
I'm not saying Nintendo's strategy will forever be absolutely fine, but I think gamers these days are focusing too much on which games each console gets, and forgetting to play the games that they have.

... Of course, I'm sure seeing this makes Nintendo strive more, so keep at it, Big N! :3

I'm loving the Wii U version... 3DS version on the other hand, I don't even have yet because I forgot to preorder it and the rest my store got were all preordered! I hope I can get it soon, I want to waste my life on this.

@Hyperstar96
You don't like Wreck-It Ralph!?!?

_{Just kidding, of course...! Maybe...!}

I only read reviews for fun. The only time a review will influence my attitude towards a game is when it's a very positive one for a game I would have completely ignored(I.E. Gunman Clive), and that only motivates me to see the community reaction which is what I prefer to get impressions from.

I, for one, am just uninterested. I can already store my training on actual game carts and Infinity is already enough for me, plus they'll either make a huge chunk of Pokémon not-as-figurines or there will just be way too many to get a complete collection. Pass.

Oh my gosh, it exists!

I would buy it and it would be amazing, but the PC version will always be the definitive version rather than any of the console versions.

Geez! I didn't even know it was out!
Well I'll go download it now! No matter how short it is, I've been looking forward to it for a while.

I was looking forward to it, but I'm still extremely disappointed by the small amount of Pokémon one can recruit. I'll still buy it, but only because it's coming out right before my birthday.

What's with all the FGTV love here lately? As @Strongo9 said, eww.
And hey, NL! I still use mine because making all of my toys collapse from getting hit by the Portal when the wire trips from moving my gaming chair sucks.

It's coming out close to April anyway... So very good news. I think I'll buy both versions still.

I'm surprised DIF didn't report on this. I'll have to post about it.

Yay! I didn't have anything I chose to back it with, but I'll definitely buy it day one. Hopefully it will move along pleasantly for them.