Looks interesting. Reminds me a bit of La Mulana, which was awesome. I think I'll have to get this!

I haven't actually played Pikmin 1, but having played Pikmin 2 through twice, the first time taking a long time and the second trying to do it as quickly as I could, I believe the time limit is what makes the game strategic and fun. On my first play through I found Pikmin 2 sort of dull actually. If there's no time limit it would need some puzzle solving type elements to make it interesting, otherwise you're just wandering around picking up random treasures, not that fun in my opinion. I think the best would be no definite time limit but other incentives to beat it more quicly, stuff to unlock etc.

The way Miyamoto talks about Pikmin 3 makes me excited to play it though. Looks gorgeous too!

I agree with what some others here have said. This confirms I won't be getting WWHD. I just can't justify spending 60$ on a slightly ugraded version of a game I already have, which makes me kind of sad. I was really looking forward to an expanded Wind Waker with new content

@ToxieDogg
Good point. And it's rare you hear of Nintendo products breaking or suddenly not working. It's never happened to me or anyone I know anyway, even people who don't really look after their stuff.

Gotta love Miyamoto! He seems to have a genuine passion for making games.

@Wamtu
I think it was more of a leaf blower than a vacuum cleaner, but yeah, kind of lame. Skyward Sword was one of my least favorite Zelda games, which still doesn't make it that bad of a game since most Zelda games are amazing.

I appreciate where Miyamoto is coming from and love the many game play innovations Nintendo has made, but I wish they would focus on story and characters more in some games. My favorite games combine fun game mechanics and great characters and story that draw you in. For me Majora's Mask did this brilliantly.

@DarkCoolEdge Yeah, I'd have to agree with you there. I don't understand why all these remakes. I'll likely pass on Windwaker HD unless it turns out to have a substantial amount of new content, like the infamous "missing dungeon".

Maybe it is too soon to show more Zelda Wii U but I also would have loved to have seen a trailer for it.

This may be the game that makes me buy a Wii U! It looks amazing.

Pikmin 2 took me a long time to get into. At first it didn't seem interesting at all and I wondered why people rave about Pikmin. I nearly gave up on it. It wasn't until nearly completing the story that I came to really understand the game mechanics, and now I'm hooked!

I hope Pikmin 3 has bonus things to unlock by completing the game in under a certain number of days or losing under a certain number of Pikmin. Just trying to beat top scores is nice and all but it's more fun to have extra incentives to replay the game. This was sorely missing in Pikmin 2. With no limit to the number or days, you didn't even really need any skill or strategy to beat it as long as you just made more Pikmin. I never actually played Pikmin 1, but I may have to check it out. The days limit makes sense to me because without it the game loses what makes it interesting and fun, ie. learning how to use your Pikmin efficiently.

I also understand why some people complained about the 30 day limit, so I think the right balance is to have no time limit to beat the main story mode but to have better endings to unlock if you beat it faster. I hope this is what Pikmin 3 delivers.

@Omega
I can't help but take a somewhat cynical view of this too. I'm sure he made a decent amount of money on this game if it sold 100 000 units on all platforms, and I don't believe that his investment just for making it available on wiiware was actually $20,000 as he claimed. I think that figure is misleading and represents something else, maybe the profit he would make if it meets the threshold. Would it really cost him that much extra just to put it on wii after the game is already finished and out on other platforms? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
@n0body
However I totally agree with n0body, that Nintendo should give back some profits to all developers whose games didn't manage to meet the wiiware sales threshold, as a show of goodwill. The threshold was a stupid idea.

It's good that they got rid of the sales threshold. It didn't seem to help with quality control on wiiware anyway since there were tons of awful games. There were also some real gems and it's a shame if some of those were unable to make money.

La Mulana is one of my favorite games from recent memory and I certainly hope the developer had some commercial success with it because I'd love to see more games from them!

@nomeacuerdo
Apparently Majora's Mask was already offered but I missed it. Since a bunch of games have been offered more than once I'm hoping it shows up again. But I'm tempted to get Mario Tennis, which would use up most of my coins.

To the people complaining that 150 coins for a VC game is not a good deal, I say it's a nice little bonus just for buying Nintendo stuff you presumably wanted anyway. I got Paper Mario last month and really enjoyed it. Although I agree it would be nice to be able to spend the coins on anything you want from the wii shop/eshop.