The Xbox One console is massive in size. I think i'll wait for the Wii U to go down in price and stick with that, in no rush though still trying to clear my Wii collection. Also read the latest Iwata asks talking to the guys from N.E.R.D... makes me believe they are going to increase the media functions of the Wii U

Yeah cause Amazon never list things by mistake! Sorry guys this isn't coming to Wii U

The thing that get's me is him saying it has poor online/store... wasn't EA Sports actively involved in the development of the online infrastructure of the Wii U?

Great read. Hit the nail on the head that 3rd party support (in the west) hasn't been that strong but with the numbers the system is pulling now I hope to see some quality 3rd party support

Would get this for my 3DS if it came to Europe

@Peach64 Seeing as how the Unreal engine has been scaled on IOS with games like Infinity Blade, as a business decision it would make more sense for EA to make the Frostbite scaled to mobile platforms. Given how they recently said that they are focused on becoming more profit efficient it would make more business sense to scale said engine rather then creating a new one from scatch... it's all about the bottom line at the end of the day.

pfft, next you'll tell me not to play superman64... like there's never been a bad superman game!

Works for me, Pretty much 90% of my 3DS collection is digital. Only Super Street Fighter IV and Kid Icarus: Uprising are retail copies I own. I would actually love to see some of the launch games become digital too like Ace Combat and Shinobi but that's just me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjOL2we8ko

They could make games from the Cryengine 3. That Shadow of the Eternals demo was running of the Wii U and looked pretty sweet. I'll take a wait and see approach cause I doubt EA would skip the Wii U for Star Wars, where as NFL is predominantly a North American sport Star Wars has a far greater global appeal.

@Peach64 Have to disagree on a few points. NFS is not a good example of a game that should have sold well on the WiiU, a game which was already released on other platforms which have a larger online player count and confirmed support of DLC. Other examples would be Madden which 13 which did not have the Infinity engine on it. Mass Effect 3 I don't need to explain.

Why should WiiU owners pay the same price as other console owners for an inferior product. Same goes with Black Ops 2 which didn't have elite support, livestream and again DLC.

I agree that Nintendo haven't made a good push to promote the system but some of these publisher's haven't given consumers a good reason to get their games either. Ask yourself this, would EA release a game on the next gen consoles with certain features absent?

If I had a choice of buying a WiiU to play this or just getting it for my 360... I would get a Wii U, Chinatown Wars used the touch pad in really clever ways. But the fact that there are only pre-orders for the 360 and PS3 make me suspect to this ever coming out on WiiU

thought something was off with the lack of previews for this. Will get it sometime down the line but still got so many games left to play, think i'll probably download Code Of Princess instead

I used the news channel every now and then. Found it handy to use the wiimote to move the globe and select news from certain countries like how unpopular Gillard is down under

Day 1 purchase for me, last played it on the Wii. Best 1000 points I ever spent... Apart from Lost Winds... and Lost Winds 2: Winter of the Melodias.. and Fast Racing League... and Retro City Rampage... and the Strong Bad games... and the Rebirth games, were was I going with this?

I didn't really mind his comments about the 3DS before but after reading this I have to say the guy is a plank, saying that he's special to get on Steam... URGH:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=157653&page=1

@ULTRA-64 have to agree with you there. When you compare the functionality of the other 2 consoles on the market selling for less with bigger hard drives and software libraries it's difficult to find the value in the Wii U, that's why i'm holding off cause at the moment my Wii and 360 cover all my entertainment needs and my 3DS is my current main gaming console

Each to their own I guess. It's not like he's going to change my opinion on the 3DS cause I loves it do!

I would do if Cave Story came to 3DS in PAL but seeing as that is not happening don't see the point. Good thing Shin'en support the PAL eshop!

One thing he failed to mention in the LTD sales of the 360 and the PS3 is the RROD and YLOD issues. I would imagine a few million of those would be in relation to those issues.

Patcher also has a history of getting things wrong. Even at the VGA's he said that none of the download only games would win GOTY and then The Walking Dead gets it. He also said that Wii Fit would be a flop so I really wouldn't worry about what he predicts.

Wouldn't mind another Rugby game, shame that Jonah Lomu Rugby Challange never came to the Wii U which is odd seeing as it went to the PS Vita. But that's Sidhe's call...

A few people here are mentioning the IGN review but you have to remember there will always be difference in opinions. If you want to make the best decision look around the web* and make your own opinion and also download the demo.... it's free so you've got no risk there. I'm planning on getting the game simply due to my experience with the demo.

*There are a few other sites which have given this game a solid score

so no further discounts on 3DS games then... can't say I'm surprised that much!

@3dbrains Walking down the streets of Bradford one realises that nobody speaks English here anymore. Most individuals elocution consists "in it?" and "y'know" and " I fink"... my point is more people here speak chav rather then English in the country were the language originated from

Good week to be a 3DS owner me thinks

Great interview, would of been nice if you could have got him to spell the beans on that vampire game that was cancelled for Wii but otherwise top job

That's tidy butty!!

The thing that gets me is that we had the same problem with the 3DS when most people didn't know what that was. I thought Nintendo said they wouldn't repeat the same mistakes of the 3DS but so far it looks like it's doing worse!

Just recently got tiger woods 11 for the Wii. Was shocked that it only runs in 576i and not 480p. But if EA wants to get my money in a sports game bring back the Rugby series!!!

@Windy Although it's appreciated that you're boycotting them until they release it here in the PAL area i doubt that they ever will now that there is Cave Story 3D over here. I guess they would prefer it if us PAL people bought that version instead :

This isn't really surprising, Anybody remember this:

http://infosoldier.com/ea-wii-caught-us-surprise

If/when the WiiU becomes successful you can bet they will shoehorn something on the system at the last minute to compensate.

Just me two cents on the situation:

Wii U Deluxe edition - £300
Hard drive - 32 GB
Optical media playback - No
Streaming Media services - Netflix, Lovefilm, Youtube
Most anticipated 1st party game before June 2013 - Pikmin 3
Most Anticipated 3rd party game before June 2013 - Monster Hunter Tri ultimate/ Lego City: Undercover

Playstation 3 Superslim - £250
Hard Drive - 500 GB
Optical Media Playback - Blu Ray
Streaming Media Services - Netflix, Lovefilm, Youtube, BBC Iplayer, Itv Player, 4 Ondemand, Vidzone, Playstation Video Store
Most anticipated 1st party game before June 2013 - The Last Of Us
Most anticipated 3rd party game before June 2013 - GTA V

Xbox 360 - £180 (additional fee for Gold membership to access streaming services)
Hard Drive - 250 GB
Optical Media Playback - DVD
Streaming Media Services - Netflix, Lovefilm, Youtube, BBC Iplayer, 4 Ondemand, Demand 5, Xbox Video, Crackle, Now TV, Daily Motion, Vevo
Most anticipated 1st party game before June 2013 - Gears Of War: Judgement
Most anticipated 3rd party game before June 2013 - GTA V

This is just a brief comparision between them, but in a nut shell both the playstation 3 and xbox 360 provide more external services, have larger hard drive memory, more up coming third party games and are going at a lower price point. Now I know that the Wii U just came out but in these times of austerity, people on a budget are going to go for "value", so cheaper price and most services.

One other thing that has been lacking is that must have game which really shows off the gamepad. New Super Mario Bros U isn't that title and NintendoLand has been advertised as a mini-game collection.

That and the fact that the Wii U isn't getting the likes off Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 and GTA V all of which will be available on competing platforms, it isn't too much of a surprise why the Wii U isn't shifting as much as Nintendo would like.

Given that Iwata himself admitted that games on the Wii U have been a bit on the slow side coming out (after the last Nintendo direct), it would have been a perfect opportunity for them to get another studio under their belt to bolster up their game production. I wouldn't have wanted them to make a Zelda game but rather come up with something new to keep things fresh and interesting on the Wii U

Surprised that GBA games will be on the Wii U, thought they would have announced that for the 3DS but he did say that there will be another Direct for 3DS and third party games. Oh and those new Yoshi and Monolith games look super sweet, just hope you guys across the pond don't have to wait too long... still don't understand how Disaster never went stateside!

Actually looking forward to this game, oh and just checked the new trailer on the uk nintendo 3ds youtube page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oe6K35fdpU

This weeks new release at Blockbuster - The Staff

What? Too soon?

@LonDonE Would be nice if the system had more TV functions as well. Look at the PS3 which is cheaper and has bigger internal storage, it has bbc iplayer, 4 on demand and ITV player along with netflix and lovefilm . Don't see the point in getting it until they provide more services as I use the BBC Iplayer alot on my Wii

@Bankai In order to have a market you have to create it. Call of Duty became the must have FPS during the last generation because it wasn't trying to be Halo. Angry Birds become so popular yet there wasn't demand for it when it came out. Henry Ford said if we make what the customer wants then all we would have is bigger and faster cars.

The point is saying that there isn't a market for a certain type of game is showing lack of risk management in EA, but when you look at their portfolio which is filled with games that have numbers at the end of their titles it isn't surprising.

Look at the last original game that sold well by EA... Dead Space, was anyone looking for a space survival horror when it came out? Nope, they created the demand for it with that game. Now you could bring Mirror's Edge as a counter argument but that goes back to the whole point of risk management... Speaking of Mirror's Edge I would much rather have that on the WiiU then some generic first person game!

The only major gripe I had with Other M was those first person parts where you couldn't move until you scanned something, just broke the pace for me. Story wasn't the best but wasn't the worst I've come across either.

Luigi's mansion and Shantae's new game are day one purchases for me. Will get around to Castlevania sometime but also need to buy Scibblenauts when they release that in Europe as well!

I would rather have this on the 3ds eshop. The changing perspectives in the game could work a charm on the 3ds

@Byuu Sorry should have been more specific, I was on about the Wii version note the WiiU

Is europe ever going to get the youtube channel that the ntsc guys got?

Oh and Hydroventure: Spin Cycle for me, loved the first one on wiiware!

For me it would be in order:
1) Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
2) Scribblenauts Unlimited
3) New Super Mario Bros. 2

I think it makes sense to announce it now rather then at E3 cause that will be all about the Wii-U

I can't understand why they haven't added retail DS titles to Nintendo E-shop. But Nintendo have a habit of promising things and not delivering. I still remember Reggie at e3 2006 talking about WiiConnect24 saying "Imagine you switch off your Wii only to comeback and find Dowloadable content already installed".... Yeah that worked well didn't it? Don't get me wrong I love Nintendo but when it comes to these things I now have a "wait and see" approach.

I just want F-Zero back

Really Nintendo? You were able to fix the bug in Zelda, the excuse of an unfair advantage would be moot if you made it available in a system update and made everyone install it. Like you did with the blank screen issue in one of the launch racing games (can't remember the name of it now though).

Wasn't the SNES POP an unlockable in Forgotten Sands?