How is this even being argued? From a hardware standpoint the Wii U seems to be barely more powerful than current gen consoles. There's no way it'll be able to churn out what the PS4 can, and that's a simple, easy-to-understand fact. I can certainly understand developers not wanting to waste time scaling down graphics for a system that has barely any install base.

This is going to be a Wii situation again. It's going to survive (or thrive) on exclusives and Nintendo's brand power.

Daaang, I hope this comes to America. I'd totes pick up LM2 or DKCR (I've got MH3U and FE) and get me some free Animal Crossing.

Aw hell, no jumping?

^^ lol, seriously. It's all going to come down to whether Nintendo's games will make it sell. They probably will, we'll just have to wait forever for that to happen.

lol, the trailer looks terrible ya'll. Moving around at a snail's pace and bumping into enemies? Yeah, that sounds... thrilling.

The pixel art and music is great though. Shame it doesn't have gameplay to match.

Yeeeeeeesss!!!

hahaha, @The_Fox wins the thread.

Haha I love Xseed. Their twitter account is hilarious and easily my favorite that I follow. <3

@Raylax Word.

I find it amusing that people are PO'd at this. Yes, Amazon should bow and humbly ask pardon for trying to sell products.

That they hardly ever have Nintendo consoles in stock is a bit interesting though. Maybe it has something to do with the 3DS screen scratching debacle awhile back?

Damien is a much bigger "douche" for running/allowing this story and that pic to begin with. Enjoy the mindless fanboy hate you're intentionally stirring up, I'm sure it's lining your pockets nicely.

Yep, it does lz.

It's funny because I've been thinking basically the same thing about the 3DS that he's suggesting - I basically want a bigger, more powerful GBAM. I hate the clamshell design and the dual-screens, and I couldn't care less about 3D.

What he's saying about MH is BS though. Tapping L swings the camera towards the monster, and even after spending 200 hours playing with dual-analog controls in Tri, I felt comfortable with the slightly new scheme within seconds — I'd go so far as to say it even makes the game easier. If I had to guess I'd say he's probably never played a MH game before and is just struggling with the controls in general, which are nearly identical with previous versions.

This is... disappointing. Looks ugly. I was hoping for a new Moon.

Mannn I wish they'd add online at least as DLC or somethin'. I thought they did a great job with the controls in the demo, and despite the framerate drops it's a really pretty game.

I'll pick it up eventually; I already put 180 hours in MH3 so I'm not in a hurry to jump on this without the online component.

@Slapshot I think you misunderstood me — I was referring to NL's posting these Pachter articles as inflammatory/embarrassing. I really don't care what Pachter says about Nintendo, one way or the other.

@TheKingOfTown Since when is Pachter predicting a negative future for Nintendo "news?" It's not.

I think it's really sad that NintendoLife has to resort to inflammatory articles like this to get its page clicks. The site used to be above crap like this.

To everyone else concerned, this guy has his opinion and, whether you agree with it or not (I certainly don't), he doesn't deserve your hateful name-calling.

"and remember what made Mario Kart 7 so good."

What was that exactly?

Looks like they decided not to put up the Sonic demo, lol.

Looks like a much better console than the Wii U to me, but at the same time it won't have Nintendo's IP's and it'll be far more expensive.

But man, virtually nonexistent load times... sigh.

Really sad that so many 3DS games can't hold a decent framerate. :/

Eff Rayman Legends, this is the bad news. >:[

Wow, this looks awesome.

I don't have any particular desire to see this on Vita, but that comment is far from a "denial."

MOON3D!!

That was horrible.

Still has a choppy framerate but it looks hella fun.

I'd be all over this if it came out over here.

I'm mostly worried about the framerate. There are some really choppy shots in the trailers, and that irritates me more than muddy textures.

Still looks awesome though. <3

Really excited for this – the 3DS is starved of JRPGs. Fingers crossed for a localization!

Holy. Crap. This looks incredible.

3DS Game Released For Free On Lame-o iOS Is Better On 3DS

Start having fun bashing it, readers!

In other news... actually, there really isn't any other news today. Stay tuned while we come up with more ways for you to hate on evil iOS games!

@Ideal_Hero No, the shop server would have a clock to regulate this.

I appreciate that they care about this, but it's going to irritate a lot of people.

I like the last one.

This. We get it. People ripoff the most popular gaming icon in the world. This is news how?

Only this time it's not for profit, so it's no worse than the zillions of Mario fan games you can download for your computer or play in your browser. Why aren't you guys running articles on those? They could probably use the publicity too.

Very curious about this. Hopefully it's as fun as it is intriguing!

Dannngit I want the first one!

It's not about gameplay... it's about sending a message. Everything burns!

Yeah, these don't look real at all, but still... pretty cool.

@the_shpydar Agreed. :/

I'm not saying Nintendo should or shouldn't develop for iOS platforms - I'm just saying if they did then the results would be the amazing stuff we're used to on Nintendo platforms, and most of the a$$-kissing fanboys here would be going "hm I guess iPhone isn't so bad after all, I'm going to get one for my birthday!!!!!!!1111".

Well yeah. Unfortunately top-quality AAA "console-style" games have been slow in coming, and most big-budget games have been trying to mimic rather than innovate (I'm looking at you Gameloft and EA). Some have turned out fun, but the console versions tend to be superior.

That being said, iOS does have superior versions of games. World of Goo is one that springs to mind.

How silly. Devices coexisting? But that wouldn't make the fanboys happy! Everything non-Nintendo must die!!

@Magnet_Man018 It's not.

I mean yeah, they're not dedicated but neither is a PC. But PCs can run games better than dedicated "game devices." You could argue that being dedicated is a limitation, not a virtue.

Also, re: iOS game quality: Touch screen gaming is still young in its life — it hasn't had 30 years to develop yet. There's still a lot of figuring out to do.

On the other hand, from a hardware standpoint a game like Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is totally able to exist on iOS and be even better. Unfortunately, no one's done it yet. I guarantee you that if Nintendo were developing serious games for Apple devices then they'd do some mindblowingly awesome stuff. The tech is amazing and has a ton of potential, but developers — for the most part — haven't figured out how to tap into that potential yet. That's something that continually frustrates me.

lol Nintendo, u so silly.

I hope this gets some critical backlash. Like this.
_{also wtf IGN, you took out the 0.0. >:[}

Failblox?

I am tired of Cave Story. Make a new eff'n game already.

O_____O

Yep, it'll have local multiplayer.