I don't plan to watch but I will catch up on the news. I pay attention more to Nintendo and Sony and have no interest in Xbox. There are so few games on that platform that interest me. As of now, I plan to stick to Wii U only this generation. Owning both PS3 and Wii was difficult to do due to sheer numbers.

It was okay until it hit the Gamegear section. I'm super excited to finally play Shining Force for Gamegear. And having a Wonderful 101 date made this Direct worth it.

@mattatron None of the KOF games play well on PSOne so it will be vastly different. The Wii games feature arcade perfect emulation.

I downloaded Super Metroid yesterday and Runner 2 this morning. I also plan to get King of Fighters 99, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Starship Damrey and maybe Harvest Moon. I also need to get Legend of the River King.

@ClassicSonicFan When I read four player co-op, I immediately thought of Four Swords!

Multiplayer? I adored the first game so I'm in.

I'll never understand people who hate digital only releases. As someone who started gaming in the 16-bit era, I'm thankful when niche titles are released in the west at all. There were tons of games that looked awesome back in the day that were never released. If digital distribution is the answer, so be it. I pay to play the game not own a piece of plastic.

I've thought a lot about how well the PS4 and next Xbox will do compared to WiiU. I expect it to be quite similar if, for no other reason, the lack of backwards compatibility. The graphics bump is minimal as all of the new systems are in the 1080p realm and the new systems will be competing against the older, cheaper consoles with stronger and less expensive libraries.

It will also be interesting to see how much Nintendo's summer and fall line up impacts the newer consoles.

The 3DS is nice but, due to region locking, I cannot call it the best system ever. Also, due to its battery life, I cannot even call it the best handheld ever. For my money, the GBA SP still holds that title.

Luckily, Decal Girl has a very nice NES-inspired design. I out it on last night and it is amazing! (Pad: http://twitpic.com/cp8z7v; System: http://twitpic.com/cp8yft)

I would freak out for U.N. Squadron, despite owning copies of both the U.S. and Japanese carts.

They're going to announce that Okami is now Mega Man tier - loved by fans, ignored by Capcom. This announcement will anger fans and Capcom will try to appease by offering Okami-branded paint-by-number sets.

@Fusion14 None of my friends have 3DS systems yet. And I don't think that game is on the eShop anymore.

I'm having a gang of friends over for some Zelda Four Swords! We have cables and GBAs galore. I'm quite excited. Otherwise, I'll be playing OoT 3D.

I have a 32 gb card in my XL.

If Nintendo were to alter the storage, I'd rather see them add an internal flash memory solution while keeping an SD card slot for expansion.

@rjejr I'd love to see a Zelda game which lives and breathes but has a watercolored style.

I have it pre-ordered. I hate how games live and die by an hour count. It's almost as bad as the number of megabits gimmick from the 90s. Longer games do not necessarily mean better games. In fact, I find longer games tend to have long- drawn-out parts that are strictly there to extend the length. I prefer shorter, concentrated games. That's the reason I consider Chrono Trigger the pinnacle of RPGs.

The Direct blew me away. I'm in for Mario Golf, Mario and Luigi and the new Zelda had me speechless.

I have a feeling that they wanted to get the 3DS taken care of before E3 since that will be all Wii U. They still have a tiny bit of time to beat the other consoles to the punch.

Great article! You make a lot of valid points.

I have a long history as a Nintendo supporter. I've owned every console they've released since the SNES. I bought a Wii at launch and loved it. I fell out of love with the Wii after Wario Land since there was nothing interesting to me coming out for it for almost a year after that game. I bought a PS3, sold the Wii and went on. I owned a 360 for less than a year. There weren't many interesting games on it for me and I refuse to pay for online play.

With the announcement of the PS4, I decided to buy a Wii U. The reality, to me at least, is that the PS4 doesn't seem much better than the PS3. I recently replaced my PS3 due to Blu-ray drive failure and have no desire to "upgrade" to a new system that lacks backwards compatibility. The Wii U made sense to me since it allowed me to catch up on the Wii games I missed and to also have a next gen console. Nintendo had a clear advantage here. The Wii to Wii U change is obvious. Jumping from 480p to 1080p is startling to say the least. The PS3 to PS4 is less obvious and a much harder sell, for that reason alone.

What interests me most is how well the other new consoles will do against the PS3 and Xbox 360. The older consoles will be cheaper than the next gen alternatives, have large libraries and will be sharing games with the PS4 and Next Xbox. The video game market is in for one interesting transition.

I have to go with The Wonderful 101. That game screams fun and was the deciding factor in my Wii U purchase.

I'm torn on the Wind Waker remake. If they fix the search for the Triforce near the end, I'll be happy. not only was that not fun, it killed all momentum the game had built up.

Seeing all of this Advance Wars love makes me teary eyed. AW was my introduction into the turn-based strategy genre and is one of my favorite games of all time. Here's hoping we get another installment soon!

The good news: The Wii U library is less likely to be filled with awful, generic-looking graphics. I really hate how almost every game that uses the Unreal engine looks similar.

Tons of Skyward Sword and a bit of New Super Mario Bros. U.

The Wonderful 101 is the reason I bought a Wii U!

I remember this one evening, back in the day, in which me and five of my best friends went out for burgers and then to the local arcade, each armed with a $10 on a mission to beat the Tower of Doom. We did and it was glorious.

I played as the cleric. I've always loved that in D&D clerics only use blunt instruments so as not to cut flesh. Bashing through bone and tissue is fine, though.

@Squiggle55 Except I'm not part of the new generation. I've owned a console in every generation starting with the Atari 2600. With the advent of digital and the difficulty of dealing with Gamestop and having no other alternative, I'm pretty open to non-physical copies of games. I also don;t need the bulk of a gaming collection. I've even gotten into the habit of selling classic games that I now own through digital services.

My approach is simple: digital for titles I love, such as Zelda; physical for games I don't see myself keeping forever. I don't shy away from download-only titles either, especially after my two favorite games in 2021 being digital titles. Both approaches have advantages but sometimes digital is better since i don't have to deal with Gamestop, especially on titles that they won't get in if there are no preorders and preorders are not available since the title is under their pricing threshhold.

The most vulnerable part of current consoles is the disc-drive, which is also the most expensive piece to repair/replace. I do whatever I can to minimize use of it. Last year, my backwards compatible PS3 had a Blu Ray drive failure. It was cheaper to trade in the old system and buy a new one than to have it repaired. Thanks to the wonders of digital, I easily downloaded my older titles and went on with my day. In fact, if I had more digital titles, the drive's death would have been a non-issue.

For the record, I'm an old-school gamer. I was in college during the 16-bit era.

I have so many fond memories of this game. I'll definitely be picking this up. Here's hoping for Pro Controller support!

@SpaceApe I think a large part of it is that there are tons more PS3s and 360s out there. Those systems have been around for, what, 7 years or so.

I bought the game yesterday and love it. I plan on checking out the Co-Driver mode with my wife tonight. I also have the PS3 version and the Wii U version looks much better.

I bought a 1TB off of Amazon for $64. It works really well. I tend to like a lot of download-only titles so it made sense for me to buy it. I have a basic Wii U I bought for $200 so the combined cost of the items was less than $300. If nothing else, I see myself needing a lot of space for VC games!

I've put many hours into Burnout Paradise and didn't get any of the DLC. I'm not too worried. The biggest draw for me is the second driver mode which will allow my wife to get into the game with me.