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As far as I can tell, this is essentially what the Wii U was originally intended to be; they just completely failed first time around. Personally, I won't be getting one for a while. That trailer just served to compound the fact that the first year or so of this new console's lifespan will involve porting anything of any worth from the Wii U, and as a (regretful) Wii U owner, that doesn't interest me in the slightest.

They're both gonna be expanded ports. Nintendo are obviously trying to recuperate some of their losses from the Wii U by re-publishing the handful of decent games it had on this new console.

Maybe I'm just overly pessimistic, but I think that's probably it for us Europeans. Atlus has displayed its complete lack of regard for Europe over the years - I doubt they're suddenly going to go out of their way to find a new publisher for what they seem to view as a relatively inconsequential market.

This site seems to attract a huge amount of users with archaic, regressive views for some reason. Or perhaps as a Brit I'm just not accustomed to the level of homophobia present in 'Murrica, idk.

@Ralizah - Yep, thankfully things do look to be improving. SMT IV was a pain, but I think it was the region locking - and subsequent prolonged delay - of P4A that was the most annoying. It was as though Atlus was intentionally trying to make Europeans resent them as much as possible. >__>

Ultimately though, both the U.S. and Europe get rough deals sometimes, but really we should all be more appreciative of the fact that our two regions are generally catered to really well. This comment section is filled with people whining and seemingly trying to garner pity by claiming their region is always overlooked when in reality it's South America / Asia / the rest of the world that gets the rough deal, not us.

Still quicker than us Europeans' usual wait for the SMT and Persona games I guess~

Brilliant news! I'll import the Vita version from NA if it releases first, since it looks as though the European version could be delayed for a while.

I would be happy with any original/unique characters as DLC to be honest; Bayonetta, Amaterasu, Phoenix Wright, etc. We'll probably end up with lame characters like Snake and Wolf or 'Paper Mario' (like, seriously?) based on popularity in the fighter ballot though, because apparently everyone would rather play as characters we've already had before rather than anything new or even vaguely interesting. u__u

I almost feel obliged to buy this since us Europeans are lucky enough to get such an early release, and the review only makes me want it more. I'll have to see if I can find the bundle with the amiibo available anywhere at a reasonable price.

Not sure how much of an affirmation Reggie's comments really are, but hopefully the regular N3DS does make its way to NA soon for all those who want the model. Why it was never released over there to begin with I have no idea. Just another instance of - seemingly recurrent - incompetence on Nintendo's part.

Xenoblade Chronicles X can't arrive soon enough! I'll probably look into SMM and Woolly World too, although I'm not 100% sure on them yet.

I guess I'll be watching just the Nintendo and Square Enix conferences then, if that. Interested to see what Sony will show during their presentation too (hopefully a European PS4 price cut), but 2am is a bit too late for me. I might be tempted to stay up were it not for Sony's tendency to include a lot of... uh, superfluous information in their E3 presentations.

I may pick this up on the Wii U. I do already own it on Steam, but my preference for handhelds/consoles over my terrible laptop might mean I actually play it for in excess of an hour this time.

Happy holidays~ :3

I would bet the Smash U stock shortages will have had at least a somewhat surmountable effect on sales of the game, especially when you consider that practically every major games outlet (especially those online) appear to have almost no stock.

Nice figures for poogeyz though~

Did anyone else preorder just the game? I did, and I it still hasn't arrived~

I can't wait until next Friday~ :3

There are a lot more fellow Kirby mains than I anticipated there would be~

I'd love to play Binding of Isaac on the Wii U. I have the game on Steam but playing a game on a console will always beat my laptop imo~

@Jazzer94, because Atlus knows how much we like waiting years for their games to be localised.

I don't buy the whole 'Atlus is trying their best to localise stuff and have no money and stuffs' argument. Otherwise they wouldn't have intentionally region locked Persona 4 Arena on the PS3 (which is a region free console, for those who aren't aware) to prevent us getting it until they could be bothered to ship it over here.

This is just another example of laziness. If they're not even supporting other European languages outside of English, it can't take that long to ship the American game over here and slap an EU rating on it. We're not even getting a physical copy!

I'm surprised by how good she is at Mario Kart 8. Most of the people I see doing 'Let's Plays' are completely inept at playing the actual game, lol.

Meh, had it released in time for Christmas I might have been interested, but I''m more interested in other games~

No physical copy? I guess it was to be expected from Crapcom. ;__;

@Dipper723 Those are the lamest examples ever, lol. You could have at least referenced the Operation Rainfall games.

Ugh, 2 week wait sucks.u__u Then again I'm pretty well accustomed to longer waits (glares at Atlus and its impeccable European 'localisation').

I love how NL continually posts these articles hating on Ubisoft and manage to rile up the Nintendo fanboys/fangirls every time. The comment count on these articles is always insanely huge for what are largely insignificant stories.

Enjoy the New 3DS, Aussies! I feel like it's about time you guys got a better deal than Europe/NA~ :3

Nintendo really needs to up their quality control...

Looks like us Europeans will still have to deal with Atlus screwing us over all the time after all, yay~

lol at all the americans telling us to go buy two 3DS's; because everyone knows that's a great, easily-affordable alternative to Nintendo just removing the region lock.

This is incredibly stupid. To my knowledge, the game isn't being translated into other European languages and it's a digital only release, hence, it is identical to the US game. I'm not a game dev, but how on earth can there be problems 'specific to the European version' when the game is unchanged from how it was released in the US?

Atlus have effectively sat on the game for well over a year doing absolutely nothing. It saddens me that Atlus can be so incompetent at localising games. I love SMT so much that I don't think I could bring myself to boycott the game, but Atlus are certainly making it hard for me to sustain a love for the games and the company.

...it has begun.

@SanderEvers By 'remakes' I was more referring to numerous amount of games which are 'upgraded' (although in a lot of cases they're actually downgraded) versions of games already available on the PS360, such as Deux Ex Human Revolution, Darksiders 2, Batman Arkham Origins etc~

and I never mentioned the current PS4/Xbox One libraries being any better, lol. That's what makes the lack of original games on the Wii U so much worse.

The Wii U isn't just having a summer drought; it's been this way more or less since the day the system launched. The Wii U is sorely lacking in retail games that are original, as evidenced by the number of remakes/HD upgrades that are ever-present on the system.

Fortunately 2015 is looking to be a better year for the console.

...slow news day?

Yep, I was racing right towards the end. That's probably the answer then. :3

Sorry about that, I just didn't want other people getting cheated out of a prize unfairly. Congrats to teh winners~

The Mii is definitely the same. ;__;

@dazza176 I guess that's possible. Can you still race after you've finished your 16 races?

@WYLD-WOO I will check the Mii on the leaderboard~ and as for lag, it definitely wasn't. The leaderboard showed at the end of the race with the same positions (me first, CPU second, Lucy x third) and I got 15 points.

Also wow, I'm involved in serious discussion on this website for like, the first time in three years. :3

I apologise if I'm wrong about this, but I think something weird is going on here. 'Lucy x' apparently won with a perfect score of 240, yet I beat her on Toad Harbour (she came third) therefore making it impossible for her to have a perfect score.

Moreover, when we were racing, she had only completed three races, whereas I had completed around 10 (iirc) and yet, I was only able to complete 15 races in the time remaining, and yet she was apparently able to complete the full 16. It doesn't make sense.

Sorry if I sound like a sore loser (I couldn't have won anyway, even if I had been able to complete my final race, so I'm not that bothered) but I don't trust the results of this tourney at all.

These are some fun races!~ :3

...new Zelda commercials?

Finally a Wii U game to get excited about! o:

"Thankfully we no longer need to consider it a matter for import..."

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Yay Theatrhythm~ I like the sound of that versus mode too. :3

Those lyrics are surprisingly audible for a Persona game o_o

Europe please~

@Peach64 - Such an awesome list~ :3

Yay Aegis and Teddie~ Teddie's Japanese voice sure is unnerving though. D:

Why are their bodies so disproportionate? It looks as if their legs got stuck under a rolling pin~

I'm liking that music~