Darunia, Darmani, Darbus... They're all good choices.

@ueI I really don't understand why people miss Roy. He's relatively insignificant in the Fire Emblem universe when compared to the characters chosen to be in the game. He was included in Melee as an afterthought to promote the upcoming GBA game in japan at the time. He was essentially a glorified advertisement. And since his game never saw an international release, nobody outside of Japan can relate to his character and there's fundamentally zero nostalgia tied to playing as him. I for one am happy he's gone.

@Furealz The problem is that Platinum members already have most of these games. I already own every single one and so there is literally no reward for the hundreds of dollars I spent and hours I logged doing surveys. It's completely unfair and lazy.

@ChemyNoSurfea Just get a larger SD card. They're dirt cheap now. I put a 32GB one in my 3DS and I'll never have memory issues again.

I miss Dino Park Tycoon. Would a remake of that for 3DS be too much to ask?

I literally own every game on those lists. An absolute waste.

Why does everybody want to kill off the Gematsu leak? I personally would love the idea of Shulk and one of the choir men (likely Marshall) from Rhythm Heaven in this game. And who's to say that leak is dead, anyway? chrom could've been changed to Lucina during development, seeing the positive reception of all the female characters. And seeing as that leak nailed the Wii Fit Trainer, a character that nobody saw coming, and was right about everything else, I think we should still give it a little bit of credence.

I'll bite. The reviews are good enough and I think, age-wise, I'm part of the target audience for the cultural references. Now I just have to boot up that awful old Wii Shop Channel...

@HylianJowi I saw the Zelda symphony in Boston, as well. Paid $95 a ticket so my wife and I could sit in the orchestra pit. Worth every penny.

Is it too late to include a character from Splatoon in Smash Bros? Something about these characters begs for a spot in the roster...

@Diddy_kong Funny, I grew up with Nintendo as well, I'm turning 28 tomorrow, and I can honestly say I'll be buying every amiibo figure Nintendo releases. To each his own, I guess...

@2Sang Sound logic. By your reasoning, McDonald's makes the best food on the planet. After all, they're the world's most successful restaurant...

@hydeks How do you figure that? There are already six brand new characters, plus there will likely be more revealed up until the game is released, plus others that will be unlockable and therefore remain secret until the game is out. People are way too up in arms about this...

@Fazermint @Diddy_kong I don't know why you're so worried. Remember how many new characters remained entirely secret in Brawl up until it was released? We had no idea about ROB, Toon Link, Wolf or Lucario until the game hit stores in Japan. And with the game still a few months away from release they've got plenty of time to reveal more newcomers and they're likely saving those for Directs or to keep as secret unlockable characters.There are just a ton of veterans they've got to get through and I for one am glad that most of the former characters are returning.

The only black Mario character I can think of is Il Piantissimo from Mario Sunshine, and he's way too obscure to be included.

I had no idea the opening jingle from Kirby's Adventure originated in a Japanese commercial. You learn something new every day...

@LetsGoRetro I'm just outside of Boston and I completely stand by your statement. We're overrun with GameStops out here.

I gave up on GameStop a year or so ago. Amazon all the way (that is, if you don't mind waiting a couple days for the Prime 2-day shipping)!

@Falco The original Wii played GameCube games, but the ones currently available in stores do not play them anymore. So there's no way that's a factor.

@BAGBOY I never played as Sheik, only Zelda. And why would they get rid of Zelda? She's the namesake of one of Nintendo's flagship series, for crying out loud. If anything, Sheik is far less relevant a character, having only had basically a cameo in one game...

@Doma You're a fool if you honestly believe the 3DS version is an adequate substitute for the Wii U version. Graphics aside, Smash Bros. is best played in multiplayer and unless you're willing to buy multiple 3DS systems or put up with the laggy online mode (which Sakurai himself lamented in the direct) you'll be stuck playing single player Smash on your 3DS. And let's hope the 3DS's circle pad holds up after a few hundred hours of frantic gameplay...

I still worry that the direct will be capped off with a delay to 2015. They're going to try to cushion the blow with a bunch of reveals and then tell us to "please understand". It's Brawl all over again...

@Action51 I think you missed the headline. It's a Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct. They're only going to talk about Smash Bros.

I can guarantee the direct will be amazing, have some awesome stuff in it, and then at the end will drop the bombshell that the game is being delayed to 2015. Mark my words.

That Sonic DLC finally convinced me to buy Lost World. Amazon tells me it'll be at my house sometime tomorrow. Let's see if it's as bad as the reviews say it is...

@ferthepoet And your point? Handhelds always outsell home consoles in Japan.

So glad Ubisoft is still releasing this on Wii U, because it looks amazing...

I'll definitely be getting both versions, but the 3DS version is clearly not the definitive one. You'll need four systems to do proper multiplayer and there's no way my circle pad is going to like being used for thousands of aggressive smash attacks...

@C-Olimar Am I the only one that hates he idea of Virtual Console Pokemon games? Nintendo would be too lazy to add a game link feature and without trading the games would be impossible to complete. That would be awful. The only way I'd even be remotely interested is if full trading and battling was still possible between linked games. Otherwise, forget it.

@Luffymcduck Oddly enough, I own an original SNES Super Scope but no games that actually use it...

Thank god. He never deserved to be playable.

@DestinyMan There's a big difference between what Smash does to series like Pikmin and Kirby in terms of scaling and what people are suggesting with Ridley. Each series stays true to scale (i.e. the Mario characters are sized proportionately to eachother, etc.). All the Kirby characters, while larger than they should be, are proportionate to eachother.
If you shrink down Ridley and not Samus, it'd look ridiculous seeing them side by side. Samus fighting a giant Ridley is an iconic image in gaming and if he suddenly shrunk, it'd look stupid...

@FireHorsePrime Because Diddy was made in conjunction with the Donkey Kong franchise and so Nintendo retained the rights. Conker and Banjo are independent series and never belonged to Nintendo.

@Xtremetdifan Because Wii U screens are prettier. They're going to show more shots from Wii U since it's in HD instead of the 3DS version, which looks worse than Brawl. Makes perfect sense.

The battle modes were incredible.

@BAGBOY I highly doubt it. There's no way those two would be chained together at this point. Sure, they were a team in one game, but they're standalone characters in every other game they've been in. Forcing them to be the same character would be like making Mario always riding Yoshi, an awful idea if you ask me...

@Ninjuggernaut Because they're too lazy to add a link function and without trading and battling Red and Blue would be garbage.
Seriously, I have ZERO interest in Virtual Console Pokemon games if you can't trade between versions. That alone would rule out Pokemon like Alakazam and Gengar, plus the version exclusives...

@FilmerNgameR Don't count on it. It's a Nintendo themed game with a couple guests from other companies. Sonic is likely all we'll get from his series.

@MAB I like that idea. It's a great way to punish those who whine for Nintendo games on smartphones.

@unrandomsam Same reason people choose to have children, I guess...

@ferthepoet You don't have to use it. Chill out.

Smart move on Amazon's part. Now I'm far more inclined to buy my games from them.

After last year, the 3DS release schedule is looking sad by comparison. This should help.

@Mahe You always insist on trashing the Gamepad, but without it, the Wii U is an underpowered, decidedly last gen console with nothing innovative in its control scheme. They need to focus on the Gamepad to differentiate the Wii U from its competition. This was great news; your rantings are the idiocy...

@Doma Dumping the Wii U now would only ruin their next console launch. Think of the people who just bought a Wii U only to see support for it dropped. It's not likely they'll invest their money in another Nintendo console anytime soon if the one they just bought is abandoned.

@K-Gamer Because it's fun and accessible. It's simple, really. What's not to understand?

@seronja So by your logic, nobody should ever buy a luxury item. All money spent on unnecessary items should go to the poor? Forget things like jewelry, movies, vacations and video games. Since you don't need them to survive, are you selfish for spending money on them instead of giving to the poor? Why don't you sell your game collection and give all the proceeds to those in need, then?

@Mahe Dropping the gamepad is the worst idea anyone has had on this topic. Without the gamepad the Wii U offers nothing new and simply becomes a less powerful version of the PS4 and Xbone with far fewer games.

Maybe if it goes on sale at some point I'll pick it up. And I'm talking deep discount...