Bluezealand

Just to clear this up: MHT:U is widely available through mainland Europe. Only the UK is affected by the shortage.

@fullyilly It's 8 seconds now, which is faster than both- PS3 and Xbox 360. Not to mention, there will be another update in summer, which will decrease loading times again.

The moment you realize you'd be in the Masters Division, even if you were 10 years younger.

"They need to be out on the street with the Gamepad, put it in people's hands and get them to fling ninja stars at the telly."

They are doing this, actually. Last Saturday I went to my local drugstore and there were people from Nintendo advertising the Wii U and let people try it out.

I saw those in shops in November 2012. How is that news?

@datamonkey
"Thing is unless German law changed, how did Nintendo get around this as they are still based in Germany right?"

As pointed out thousands and thousands times by Germans as myself (not only in this news, but in every news regarding this subject) there never was such a German law!
Nintendo needed a punching bag to hide behind, and because most gamers are (apparently) ignorant and wouldn't listen (including the news-writers of NL!) everyone blamed the Germans.

I'm still waiting for the apologies.

@Nintendo-64
+1

"Nintendo's parental control system always seemed very robust to me, so the limitation was simply dumbness on the part of USK."

Ehh, what? The USK had nothing to do with this! They wouldn't even have the power to command things. All they do is rate video games on demand (!) of the publishers!
The restriction was Nintendos choice.

@Ernest_The_Crab: You're wrong there. It's not even part of the duties of the USK. The Landesmedienanstalten are the ones who actually could demand changes on the parental control setting, but they would only act, after the system is released and when they think, the youth protection isn't working properly. There was absolutely no need for Nintendo to restrict the access to 18+ content from the beginning.

As I mentioned earlier (and this news should be prove enough) there is no such German law! How about "Sorry Germany for (literally) blaming you"?

Seriously? They skipped a Wii U-release of Lego Lord of the Rings, because they wanted to focus on Lego City and now they release Lego Batman, arguably one of the worst of the Lego series? What the hell?! -.-

Damn, just downloaded Mighty Switch Force for the original price. Well, it's still worth it.^^

Yay, I'm glad they solved this problem.

@Henmii
March 28 it is.

@Hong
I'm sure, the only reason for this bundle is because they want to apologize for the long wait. And that's also the reason, why it is an Europe-exclusive. Not even Japan got it.

@belmont
The MH3U-Bundle includes as well a Pro Controller. And where the heck are you living? oO
I only paid 309€ for the Premium Pack on Release Day!

@nintendorules
In Europe? Yes. They didn't say a launch day though, because it will differ from country to country.

"If it reaches $250,000 by that point, ports to the Wii U, Xbox 360 and PS3 will be secure."

It has to reach $225,000, actually.

@Rizsparky: not included in the US price, but in Europe (also pretty high in the Old World):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax

"To all the males reading this — will you be picking one of these up for your loved one?" Aren't boys allowed to buy one for themselves? Oh, Damien, you macho boy

"Wreck-it Ralph may have been released in North America way back in early November, but it's not long since it arrived in movie theatres in the UK and Europe..."
In the UK maybe, most parts of Europe got ist last year in November/ early December, though...

Also, since Disney produced in over 75 years only two sequels to it's Disney Animated Classics (not counting DTV-mess from the Cartoon Studios, which they stopped producing in 2006) it is highly unlikely, we'll see a second one. Maybe a short like with Tangled.

@manic221
regarding Steam: If you "pre-ordered" the game until the end of december, you were able to download it immediately with all languages. So, while it's true, that the game is actually not released for now, the reasons for that don't have something to do with translastions and stuff.

regarding Assassin's Creed: ok, you are right there, but I think I made my point clear.

@darkgamer001
So, why are you talking about this "issue" here then, though it has nothing to do with the reasons Scribblenauts Unlimited was delayed in Europe?
You should also consider, that half of the games you play on your Nintendo consoles comes actually from Japan and has to get translated into English as well, while other big Western developers come from countries like Germany (Crytek) or France (Ubisoft) and the people there have to wait for the English translation as well.
So unless you've no problem to play the next Assassin's Creed in French...

@MrGawain
Don't think so. It got a USK-0 in Germany (btw- back in September, which means, the translation for the game was done months before the original release date.)

@Swedishdolphin
Wow, I must be a real miracle then: The only German in a land of uneducated morons, who actually don't refuse to speak English. Maybe I should write to Guinness about that...

@darkgamer001
You don't get it, do you? The game is already available in all European languages for months (on Steam)- not only in English. So, different languages are obviously not the problem here.

Besides, the language specualation is rubbish, since the game is available for months in Europe on Steam (including the usual languages!).

They already said back in December, that the update is ready and that they are only waiting for the ok of Nintendo.

@Henmii
facepalm!
As pointed out dozens of times, there is no such German law (which you would know, if you would actually read some of the comments). Besides- Germany doesn't have different laws than the "rest of Europe". There is no "rest". EVERY country is independent and does have its own laws, we are not one country like the USA (and even there you have something called subsidiarity)!

@AlphaIchimoru
Doesn't change, that there is no such law in Germany.

I said it the last time, I do it again: There is no such German law you could blame for the situation. -.-
If so, why would Germany get 2 more extra hours?? Doesn't make any sense, does it? Get your facts straight next time. It's annoying.

@Knuckles

It's "Nein"

@adrenochrome: I'm pretty sure, minors, who actually declared their real age in their account, can't buy inappropriate content at all. The problem is, you can't really proof, if the age is a lie or not and even their parental control channel is only optional. There are many parents, who just don't care.

What Nintendo could have done, is some kind of age verification based on your ID or Credit Card. But there is no system, which would work in every country, so it would have been a huge amount of work for Nintendo, to implement a working system for each country.
I for one understand, that they did avoid that.

Guys, you don't really get this law and I bet, every European country has similiar laws. This law isn't only for games, it's for all visual media content, which has to get rated (also movies and stuff), so that a TV station can't show the Saw movies at 1PM.

And this law is ONLY active, if there isn't some kind of age verification implemented. With Pay TV channels in Germany you have a PIN code, if they are showing adult stuff or porn at certain times. Nintendo could have easily done that, too. I bet all European countries have such laws, so stop blaming Germany!

@adrenochrome:
You can get every game, legally at every time in every shop. The difference between the eShop and local shops is, that in local shops the staff members are responsible for what they sell to minors. They are the ones to blame, if inappropriate content gets in the hands of children.
Online shops use different age verification systems, which are (most of the time) only needed with the first order, fast and free of charge.

@RexNatFlenders: It is part of the German Wii U menu, can be re-downloaded from the German eShop and tells you in German, that it requires an update to work and that you can test it for free, as soon as its available.

I don't believe for one second, that it won't be available in Germany.

@Phle Wow, that's disrespectful. Have you any idea, how hard it is for a Japanese to learn english? Apparently not. Maybe you should try to learn Japanese to get a clue.

It's 625MB.

It's already confirmed for Germany and I assume, it will be available in Scandinavian countries as well.

Are you guys serious? I thought the red Wiimote/ nunchuk was available everywhere for years now:

http://www.amazon.de/Nintendo-Wii-Jubil%C3%A4ums-Pak-Controller/dp/B0046RDYPQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354032582&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.de/Wii-Play-Motion-Spiel-Remote/dp/B004YH2ZCG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354032571&sr=8-4

I'm pretty convinced, it will be implemented in Germany. We have Lovefilm, some other Video-on-Demand Services, Sky and only two big cable companies. Since we are the largest video game market in Europe, it should work out.

Strange enough, in Germany 'Epic Mickey 2' is missing on the list. -.-

@9th_Sage
It is strange, because in the US amazon didn't sell any Nintendo hardware for almost 1,5 years- including the Wii U. So, they are offering their service on a platform of a company, which they boycott.

Wow, seems I have to correct my statement. Apparently Nintendo plans to release TVii next year in Europe. So there have to be some kind of contracts:
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Wii-U/System-Software/Nintendo-TVii/Nintendo-TVii-666625.html

@PoshSnivy
I doubt it. The UK will probably get a bbc-app and that's it. -.-
Or maybe they have contracts with Sky (which I don't use though). At least they promote it A LOT in the Video app on the 3DS in Germany.

@Ron: Thanks for all the info

@therealthing:
cool story bro...

No Virtaul Console yet?

@DarkNinja9

As some others reported, they already did.

Where are the reviews? According to my amazon pre-order, they will send it in about twelve hours and there are still no reviews. -.-
The only reason, I haven't cancelled my order is the 10€ amazon promo, they offered because of the Gamescom.

@Bass_X0: There's is nothing wrong with the Classic Controller (Pro), I have myself one of them. It's just, with Wii U, I'd like to upgrade on to the Wii U Pro Controller and it seems ridiculous to me, that I have to buy (nevertheless) more Classic Controllers, although the Pro Controller could do the job quite well.

At least, there is finally the confirmation, there will be a Wii U Virtual Console and its games will be (as far as I understood) playable on the Gamepad.

I wish, they would do another Nintendo Direct. There are still so many questions, regarding the eShop, the future of Virtual Console, the separation of Wii- and eShop (permanent or not?).
I'm still not sure, whether I should transfer my Wii data to the Wii U or not. For now, I see no reason, why I should do this. For what I know, my Wii purchases won't included in my Nintendo Network ID and I only can use Wii controllers. So I have to buy Classic Controllers, because I can't use my GC-controllers nor the Wii U Pro controller? Seriously? WTF?!?