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Isn't the entire point of a meme to be spread around as much and by as many people as possible? The references were added as Easter eggs. They weren't even trademarked at the time. I doubt Scribblenauts takes out any previously accepted words between games, unless a big stink is raised about it. But seriously, memes by nature get used by anyone who wants to. Attempting to charge one for doing it would effectively leave the meme dead in the water.

My guess is they (Nintendo) are waiting until E3 to announce a price cut. Then it would seem strategic, and a huge announcement that might give them an edge on their E3 competition. Before that it would seem like something embarrassing they were forced to do because of low demand.

@Blaze That was my first thought too.

There's about zero chance of this coming to WiiU. They don't have the rights to the characters they're using. As such this could only be a freeware game on PC.
EDIT: Especially considering Nintendo is still trying to get money for the bare bones games.

I'm loving it. So far I've gotten gold in every challenge but the second one (where I got silver). I wasn't even aware that co-op was possible in the challenges. One nice thing about the AI is that it always behaves identically each time, so you can learn the patterns for Murphy. Also everyone gets the same AI, so no one has an advantage over anyone else, save for their skill at handling Murphy.

I'm confused why this review is coming out now. Is there a rerelease I'm unaware of?

I hope they show Rainbow 6 Patriots. Haven't heard anything about it in quite a while.

It seems to be having the same problem most other procedurally generated games have, in that the stages all feel the same. We'll see though.

It seems like Miiverse will be a Godsend for this title.

I was going to buy Bioshock Infinite on Tuesday, then I found out it was coming in the mail from Gamefly. Since it arrived Thursday, and I had to study fr two tests, I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet. Really looking forward to it this weekend.

How is this even possible?!

This is not the work of a patent troll. This man feels he has a legitimate claim against Nintendo, since he showed them his invention hoping they would license it. When they come out with a product strikingly similar to the technology he displayed for them, he felt Nintendo stole his idea directly. His case may not be entirely without holes, but this certainly is not just the work of a greedy patent troll trying to steal a chunk of Nintendo's money.

Zelda is not a property that is just thrown about willy nilly. I'm sure many people dream of working on a Zelda game, that doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to hand the reigns of one of their biggest, and arguably the best, franchises over to anyone who asks for it. I trust Nintendo to handle Zelda properly, they haven't failed me yet.

@Bankai: The culture here in America is such that attempting to outright abolish the second ammendment would be not just political suicide, but would likely be hazardous to their health, as gun nuts would feel this move was tantamount to treason, and likely some would attempt to remove the threat to their "freedom" by exercising their "freedom" with gun violence. Some such threats have already been made, for even so little as calling for universal background checks, and banning thirty round ammo clips.
Few in America even want the removal of all guns, and those that do not almost certainly would take it as an "assault on their freedom".
The fear of the possibility of the removal of all guns is probably the biggest obstacle to getting any, even the most minor, gun control legislation passed.
In fact, the more discussion of banning guns there is, the deeper the gun nuts dig, and will refuse to allow anything, that would make it harder for anyone to get any type of gun, to get passed.
The strongest proponents want every single person to be able to own and carry a gun literally everywhere, with no "gun free zones" which they claim invite criminals to shoot innocents with impunity.

Very few in the US are advocating a universal gun ban, despite the constant rhetoric to the contrary. Most that do advocate for a total gun ban come from countries that have such gun laws in place. There are reasonable restrictions that can be imposed without Infringing on one's second amendment rights, the very most extreme of these beings ban on the military style weapons known as assault weapons. From what I've heard those arguing against such measures can supply no cases where such a weapon was ever used successfully for self defense. Nor would it be practical to use it for hunting purposes. The only reason they want them are because the military and police have them, so they feel entitled to own whatever they've got.
I find it unlikely an assault weapons ban will pass the house anyway.
The ten round clip limit might be put into effect though. I can think of no reason that one would need more than ten rounds in their gun unless they were trying to kill a lot of people quickly. How big of a hassle is it to reload after ten shots in any non mass murder scenario. Ten should be fine for defense certainly. Most defensive situations do not require one to kill multiple attackers, often the mere presence of a firearm is enough to dissuade most assailants. Situations like in movies where five armed thugs invade someone's home, never happen in real life.
The argument against universal background checks does not even have a leg to stand on.

@JKBC97: I'll admit, that I am not a gun owner, and am unfamiliar with most types of guns, so I may very well have misspoken about the lack of guns designed for target shooting. However, those guns are not problematic anyway, and would not be kept around the house for either hunting or defense purposes.
The violent crime statistics are concurrent with what I've heard from the game industry "as video game consumption has gone up, violent crime has gone down".
However, the NRA and the politicians in their pocket have made it impossible to get meaningfull data on guns in the US. Something that I think is changing by executive order from the president, though I'm not positive.
The least contentious and most likely gun control measure, that roughly 92% of the country is in favor of, to get passed is universal background checks for buying guns.
The next most likely measure would be limiting magazines to ten round clips.
I find it rather unlikely that an assault weapons ban would make it past congress in this political climate.

Five-seveN:I remember right around the time of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, there was a mass stabbing in a Chinese school. However there were zero casualties among the wounded. Guns make murder incredibly easy (physically) to commit.While other methods like stabbing can have the same effect, it takes a lot more work and is far more difficult to pull off. A lone knife man is far more likely to be overpowered than a lone gunman, and once he starts shooting, he becomes nearly impossible to stop until he reloads.

Just curious, are you a part of the small minority that opposes all kinds of gun restriction, or are there actions that you think could be taken, such as universal background checks, that are appropriate, and would not infringe upon the second ammendment?

@Five-seveN: However, you can't deny that guns are designed for the primary purpose of killing and/or maiming living beings, whether animals as with hunting, or human beings, such as with weapons of war. There are few (if any) designed with the purpose of shooting targets, and most of those are considered barely more than toys by gun enthusiasts (ie. BB guns and the like). Perhaps if gun control were such that ordinary citizens would be barred from owning them, knifings would go up, but knives are far less efficient and far less deadly killing tools than guns are. Most gun control proponents are against outright bans of guns anyway, and are focused on specific types of weapons, ammo, and background checks.

@Sun: I feel that they probably should address this in an ad, that a TV is required, and that off TV play isn't available for all games, but I don't feel that every ad regarding the feature must explicitly state that to avoid being misleading. While it might have been better to include a disclaimer that it cannot be used with every game, I don't feel that the commercial ought to be banned for omitting it. The feature exists, and is used with several games, but for those that use the game pad in unique ways to interact with the TV, it should be understood that the entire experience cannot be delivered on one screen. While A person without a TV could use this console, They ought to understand that they are not getting the full experience, and will be unable to play most of the games for the system. When the ad outlines the unique functionality of the game pad used in conjunction with the TV, it should not be assumed that all of that could be bypassed to play on the game pad alone.

Also, some ads for the PS3 did focus on the six axis control. I'm not sure what you mean by "uses more or less bottoms of the controller."

@Sun: My problem is that it is listing specific new features that can be done on Wii U that cannot be done on other consoles, but does not imply that all or any one of the listed features are able to be used for any game you want to play. Really, each of the features listed was exclusively independent from the others, where none of the features could be used at the same time. Assuming that they are not all optional in each game, then there would have to be games that could not use this feature. When the game pad and the TV showed two different pictures, it implied that the game pad and the TV had to be used conjunctively rather than separately. To anyone paying attention to the ad it was apparent that if the game required you to use the game pad in a way such that it was not simply mirroring the screen, then you clearly could not use off TV play for (at least that part of) the game. While it doesn't explicitly state it, the games shown imply non-universal functionality rather than implying that it could be used for every game. Based on the functionality shown, no-one should expect that they should be able to use this system without attaching a TV. While some games can be played without the larger screen, none of the other functions shown could be used if that we're the case.

Also, with the off TV play being the second of five features listed, it does not indicate to me that that feature was the most important.

"Intact" was supposed to be "in fact"

With the accessories I was referring to games that use them anyway (though I did not make that clear). Like with the Kinnect, not all Kinnect games use voice controls. The six-axis controller did come out for PS3 day 1 by the way, and was intact packed in with the system. The thing is that every one of the features listed in the ad were non-universal. Had, for instance, Miiverse been touted, which is a universal feature it might lend more credence to the claim, but I feel that the advert itself makes it obvious that not all games can use this feature. After all it seems impossible for the ninja game to be played exclusively on the game pad.
With the new device argument, all of the devices I mentioned were advertised thusly when they were new. Also, like it or not, the ability to play on the game pad exclusively is a gameplay feature, same as all the others.

Sun: The first thing they show in the commercial is Takamaru's Ninja Castle for Nintendoland bragging about new control techniques like flicking the throwing stars at the enemies. My point was people shouldn't (and presumably don't) assume that that functionality would be present in all games on the system (like Mario). Why then for the next feature would they assume universality.

Every one of the features mentioned in the advert was for features that are not universal for every game. Is it misleading to not be able to shoot throwing stars in a Mario game? Or to have mini games that pause the action in Arkham City, rather than real time like ZombiU? Each feature mentioned was for the specific game being advertised and should not have been taken to be universal for every game on the system. It is a feature that can be utilized, not a feature that must be utilized. Would Kinnect ads be considered misleading to show someone controlling a game with their voice? Apparently if it can't be used for every game it would be misleading to show that feature. This is utterly ridiculous. I don't remember anyone giving Sony any flak for showing off their six-axis motion controls at the PS3's launch. That couldn't be used on every game. Even the Wii did not require the use of motion controls, a feature inherent to the system, but people understood that not every game needed motion controls. Just because it can be done, and is advertised as being done, it does not imply that it must be done, or must be able to be done universally.

I expected her to pick up at least one and throw it, maybe into another one.

@Stuffgamer1 I was really hoping this would be the case, and it looks like it indeed may be. This could give Nintendo a distinct advantage, considering how much people hate being forced to input codes to unlock things on the games they own.

@SCAR392 I'm almost certain Skyward Sword does not use the sensor bar at all. The Wii motion plus works differently somehow to track the motion. I was able to center the cursor while the remote was pointed at the ground, and play perfectly from that position, moving in the relative direction indicated by the screen, adjusted to the new center. You could cover the front of the remote, and not affect gameplay. This seems to indicate that the sensor bar was not utilized at all. That was why it needed calibration so often, there was no fixed reference point.

Sorry , I'm blind, totally forgot about the two Wii Sports games.

20-11 not a single Nintendo game. 10-1 not a single non-Nintendo game

I beat this with the Ambassador program. Easily the hardest game I've ever completed. Thunderbird was impossible before I tried reflect. I went through the final dungeon so many times, I memorized it's exact layout, and was able to make it to the boss each time with full life, health, magic and lives, only for him to kill me every time. I leaned to farm respawning bots to get magic.

The biggest problem I see, is that to sell a 3DS or a DSi you must also include the charging cable. You'll find that most people would not have a charger, if you remove the one that came with the system. For anyone looking to trade in an older system for the new one, this is likely an issue, not to mention those who will buy this as their first Nintendo handheld (or at least first with this type of cable). This seems like exactly the same mistake Sony made with the Vita, forcing buyers to purchase the memory cards separately.

I don't think anyone has thought of this yet, but there is a potential that the next Microsoft and Sony systems could actually be at a disadvantage by having a more powerful system. If the Wii U is close to the next systems, comparable to how the 360 was close to the PS3, They could steal the advantage Microsoft had over Sony this generation. If the Wii U is the easiest system to develop for, there is a good chance that 3rd parties with multiplatform games would design them foe Wii U then port them to the other consoles. If you compare most any multiplatform 360 game with its PS3 counterpart, you'll find that the 360 version looks (and sometimes plays) a tiny bit better. This is because the games are developed for the 360 and ported to the PS3, not taking advantage of the Cell Processor, as it is more difficult to utilize properly. While the Wii wasn't powerful enough to keep up with the other systems, the second most powerful system became the go to system to develop for for third parties. Also like the 360, the Wii U will have the tremendous advantage of coming out first, letting third parties get comfortable with developing for the system, before they even get their hands on the competition. Assuming it doesn't fall too far behind the others that release, I wouldn't be surprised if the Wii U became the go to system to develop for for multiplatform games next generation.

@Tomatoboxer Perhaps that would be a solution, but it seems that doing such would be counter to Nintendo's intentions with Miiverse. The whole point is to have a big community with friends and non-friends meeting and conversing in a safe,clean, family friendly environment. Whether they will be able to pull such a feat off remains to be seen. There may be options to limit interactions to just friends, but the point is Nintendo does not want that to be necessary. Anyone of any age group could access the Miiverse at any time, and Nintendo does not want a few immature people to ruin the experience for everyone. Therefore extensive moderation is necessary. If limiting your own experience with Miiverse is necessary to enjoy oneself, Nintendo will have failed. While such features should definitely be present, Nintendo will only want them to be used as a last resort.

Moderation is ABSOLUTELY necessary. People think, every single Wii U game will utilize Miiverse. Comments appear from anyone directly in some games, such as Mario. Spoilers CANNOT be detected by any automated system, so every message, not just the drawn ones, will need to be moderated manually. This isn't a question of kids vs. adults moderation, because comments come from anyone and anywhere directly into your games. Not only this, but comments appear in the "Mii Wara Wara" place from people around the world. Not necessarily friends. Now there definitely should be a way to disable moderation for speaking directly to someone in your friend's list, but only if that comment does not get sent to anyone else's system. Video chat certainly seems to bypass such moderation. Judging by the Nintendo Direct pre E3 video it seems that chat among friends could be instantaneous, so that's a good sign. But anything that could enter a stranger's system MUST be moderated to the fullest extent, else the Miiverse will ultimately fail. The logistics of such moderation seem daunting, especially since it will no doubt take longer to moderate comments specifically designed to circumvent moderation.

I think everyone is reading this wrong. Several games confirmed to be launch titles are labeled Holiday. So Holiday will mostly be launch day. Launch window, I think includes stuff that misses the Holiday window, but are still close enough to launch that they are considered launch window. A bunch of people think that the above says there's only 4 launch day titles, but launch window does not mean launch day. I think almost everything labeled Holiday will be coming out on launch day, making this an amazing launch.