After E3 I definitely feel I made the right choice with the Wii U. Lots of good stuff to keep me busy.

People are too quick to hate DLC, It can be done properly. As long as it's not a vital piece to the core game/story that they've purposely left out...I'm fine with it.

All I want is an online co-op Mario game, I don't live close to any of my Nintendo friends. I'll continue to dream I guess...

"it's a console every self-respecting Nintendo fan needs to witness in the flesh at least once in their lifetimes."

I played this thing back in the day when it toured Canada's Blockbuster video stores. Once was definitely enough.

And for all the commentors above me with fond memories...I don't believe you. I'm gonna need photo proof that you even own one

@Peach64 It's been a slow year...

I love to hate this movie. It's one of those movies, that while terrible, makes the world a better place. Like 1997's Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth.

Nintendo needs to start running better commercials for the wii u, like yesterday. Capitalize on this guys!

I would have killed to have some kind of community back in the day to ask for help with this game.... all I had was the school yard, nintendo power, strategy guides, nintendo tip line... oh nevermind...

Oh i'm not worried. How long could it take for EA to whip something up? A week? Maybe two?

I love the system, but I've never been able to get comfortable with the 3D. It kills my eyes. I always leave it turned off and since it It really doesn't seem to matter to most games, I don't think i'm missing much.

This game holds so much nostalgic value for me... maybe more than SM3. But I've played it to death...I won't be buying it next week.

7 out of 10 sounds good to me. I love this series, Instant buy.

Great...rounded edges. I remember always being frustrated by Sonic because of the rounded screen on my TV. It would cut off all of the info in the corners of the screen like coin count and number of lives left.

10 out of 10... Absolutely. It might be nostalgia, or it actually deserves it...I dunno. I choose not to analyze it...All I know is I still enjoy this game now as much as I did when it was released.

My personal favorite Zelda. A beautiful game.

This movie was painful. I wouldn't even put it in the same league as the street fighter movie. That movie is definitely so bad it's good, mario bros is just bad.

@Tasuki

If my original consoles (and crt tv) ever die, I'll consider something like this. But you really can't beat the real thing.

The lesson that I learned is never buy a console at launch again...

This is awesome, a definite buy for me. The dude's provided us with hours of entertainment for free...he's got my support.

bah.... kids haven't changed at all....

I read this article and immediately think that Capcom really underestimates kids these days. Some kids will enjoy puzzle solving and a challenge, some will want the game to hold their hand or they'll give up.

If they did a focus group back in 1989 with the original game, they would have had the same results.

I see Michael Ironside is not the voice of of Sam Fisher this time around. That's a bummer....

Have any games so far really used the gamepad in a revolutionary way? Even nintendo themselves phoned in its potential in their own titles - see mario u.

I see the potential, and I like the console a lot... but it's key selling point seems to be an afterthought in most games.

I would have definitely bought Rayman Legends in February.

I might buy it in September.

@WaveBoy
I agree. Looks like one of those mario clones that popup in the apple store every couple months. To be fair this is a super early look though...

The Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3 convinced me to buy the wii u in the first place... give us release dates already!

The last second of the video shows "Miiverse for Nintendo 3ds". Too bad it ends there.

To be perfectly honest... I for one am glad nintendo is struggling. Just maybe this will given them a very necessary kick in the patootie. I don't want to see them completely fail of course, but they need a wake up call.

This whole wii u saga so far makes it look like nintendo doesn't understand their own industry...which is very scary as a fan. You've got the jump on the competition and you've taken a very lazy approach to supporting your product.

Did the unbelievable success of the original Wii make them arrogant? They did achieve the impossible with the Wii after all... it somehow became the number one selling console of it's generation while having one of the worst game library's in history.

The overall speed of the wii u just kills any desire I have to use tvii. Maybe when they finally improve the speed i will give tvii another chance.

Quite the timely review there nintendo life. I guess it's more of a comment on the current state of wii u releases... It's a wasteland out there.

Trash talk can be fun. Really feeling nostalgic after reading this article and some of the comments. Reminds me of those arguments at recess with my friends about snes vs genesis. Some things will never change.

@Tasuki

Almost every model 1 NES I've ever seen suffers from the blinking red light/white screens of death...the tell tale sign of bent pins. The way the NA NES was built pretty much guaranteed this failure over time. Yours must be one in a million to still work fine.

Also somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Japanese version of zelda forced you to use the mic. Shouting into the mic was just an alternative to using a weapon against certain enemies.

Great article!

For those who can't afford to hunt this down (or the equally expensive NA NES2) the cheapest option is changing the 72 pin adapter in the model 1 NES. Its very easy to do.

A new adapter will also go bad over time so buy yourself about 5 and you'll probably be set for life.

http://www.amazon.com/Connector-NES-Nintendo-System-Bulk-Packaging/dp/B002DLOM6C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361212382&sr=8-2&keywords=nes+72+pin+connector

Pretty in depth review here - http://angryjoeshow.com/2013/02/aliens-cm-angry-review/

Who cares... all of the Assassins Creed games are mediocre at best. And that's not the Rayman delay rage talking...

I always choose the retail option if possible, and most of the reasons why seem to be no brainers.

-I can lend the game to friends
-I can resell it if I want
-Its easier to get games for cheap (used or on sale)
-It's not tied to one specific console, where it has to be downloaded again if something goes wrong.
-And the collector in me wants to see that box art on my shelf...

I love the Galaxy games...but 2 are enough. Time for something new.

I got one the first time around and will be gifting it to my nephew this Christmas... he's terrible at keeping track of his DS games.... hoping this helps.

If you just leave your wii u turned on today, and it's a system update, it should start downloading automatically as soon as it's available no?...

My load times aren't nearly as bad as the woman in the video...maybe she's got a bum console. Havent had a freeze either since the last update.

Best handheld ever. I've always felt the DS was the spiritual successor to the SNES.

IGN gives an early preview of the Cave here... they don't sound too impressed.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/12/17/forthcoming-games-of-the-wii-u-eshop

Really nice to hear they have been checking out the comments on miiverse, and are actually acting on them (bug fixing, extra features..etc...).

wow slow news day...

3 min into the demo I knew I'd never play it again.

Both handheld and console versions have taken a beating in the reviews...don't think we'll see more sequels anytime soon

If you stand by your game then release a demo for it already. Have the balls to allow people to try a game for free before just blindly throwing $60 down and hope for the best.

Their twitter said it would come before December 15th... so lets hope that's still on track.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/zombiu_demo_coming_to_wii_u_eshop

@Jellitoe Its a soft vinyl skin that is very easy to remove. It won't leave anything behind on the console. However these skins are very hard to remove without stretching and ruining them. So once its on there, leave it alone unless you're just going to trash it.

I've owned both the matte and glossy versions for the original wii and I definitely recommend the matte. The glossy is just too shiny and stands out too much.

These skins also require alot of patience. I bough DS skins from this site too a while back and it was a real pain to line it up around the buttons. Getting everything to line up perfectly is a challenge and it never looks as good as the pics on the website.

I don't understand. What will be different about these roms compared to ones that have floated around the internet now for the past 10+ years?

What a deal! ... usually 1 complete copy of Earthbound goes for this price on eBay.