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Gosh, we have to wait another entire month to get the first two titles

IMHO it's quite natural that the Wii U is not selling in Europe.

No FIFA 14
No PES

I strongly believe that the lack of both these top-selling football games is a death sentence for a console, as the Sega Dreamcast has teached us in the past.

ROTFL! At 2:40 the level with mario transforming into a human cannon looks a lot like R-Type You can even keep the fire button pressed to charge your shot as in the Irem shoot-em-up

I like the cover image, with that blue giant-sized tank and the captain in front of it...
it almost seems that Wayforward artists have taken inspiration from Metal Slug and its middle east level

For what I understand about music tech (not much) it seems MIDI + use of samples now and then to me.

Hey, I can even testify that this software even works perfectly with the Sony Singstar microphones!

Unfortunately its database is made of only english songs, so none of my friends will ever want to sing more than one or two songs with it at the moment.

> Sensible Software is a company which is perhaps more famous in the UK than the rest of the world.

Are you kidding me? Here in Italy it's usually considered a legendary software house that redefined the gaming scene during the eighties (with Microprose Soccer) and the nineties (with Sensible Soccer). Every kid back then used to have at least one of these two games, or Cannon Fodder on his C64 or Amiga computer.

There was a time when boys like me used to think that the coolest thing it might ever happen in their lives was to take a flight to England and gain a contract as a game designer with DMA Design, Team 17, System-3, Ultimate or Sensible Software. Or in the worst case, find a job at Ocean, U.S. Gold or Elite

With the exception of DMA Design (now Rockstar games) and Ultimate (now Rare) those days are gone

I hope Nintendo will use this extra time to implement an online multiplayer mode

My (quite) reasonable hopes for tomorrow:

1) Nintendo confirms that all their games from now on will support online multiplayer

2) Super Mario 3D World will have a playable demo, and it'll be available next thursday

I'd rather prefer to buy (again) its sequel, Gradius II / Gofer no yabou, or as we know it here in Italy - Vulcan Venture.

And I also hope that they'll support the Wii Balance Board for Golf.

My hope is that sooner or later they'll eventually add the Kendo game from Wii Sports Resort.

Yeah, I'm quite surprised indeed.
Judging from the title of the news article I though that his favourite Zelda was that thing made for the CD-i ^_________^

Well, if Smilebit will need the very same amount of time to bring it in Europe, I'm looking forward it towards the end of 2016..

I had this game on my NES, it was the game that made me discover the existence of the infamous Konami code

IMHO this is the weakest week of the year so far. I bet that Nintendo is probably thinking that everyone is on vacation and nobody will care about the eshop on August.

Finally Petit computer!
Day one purchase for me

@hydeks I grew up playing "Gryzor" in the arcade rooms and in the cafes for many years in the 80s, so by my point of view "Contra" is the name that doesn't sound quite right

Speaking about Konami games, don't forget that for us europeans the shoot-em-up smash hit "Gradius" was called "Nemesis". Other Konami games with changed names were:

• Life force (here it's named "Salamander")
• Gradius II (here it's named "Vulcan Venture")

Oddly enough, back in the 80s I had the NES version of Salamander and it was called... Life Force!

@Zodiak13 Nice avatar, Skies of Arcadia is still one of the games I'd love to see remade on the Wii U or on the 3DS

I'd like to see Tomodachi collection published here in Europe...
Uh, and Fantasy life too!

If they're smart they should put one relay station in every videogame shop across Europe IMHO, so the people could bring their 3DS with them, so while the owners could have a look at the newest titles their console could download and share new data.

AFAIK the only places in Italy that have these relay stations are the McDonald's restaurants.

HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.
It was one of the main 3DS games I was waiting for

@Ootfan98 Your avatar image is awesome. "Head over heels", great game and fond memories

I still hope that a true sequel to Mario Galaxy will follow in late 2014, maybe they have assembled this game in a hurry to have a Mario game put on sale for christmas and to not hurt the sales of the Wii U... or at least this is what I wish with all my hearth...

Probably I was expecting too much from this title, but I'm a little bit disappointed by both Mario 3D and Mario Kart. It seems to me that Nintendo is reproposing the same lineup of the 3DS but in high definition... I'm not saying that Mario Land 3D or Mario Kart 7 are bad games of course, it's just that I have already played both of them and I was expecting something new...

BTW, I'm wondering if the multiplayer part of this game could be played ONLINE and not just offline with four controllers as usual.

I'm getting Animal Crossing (and without spending a single dime, courtesy of Nintendo)

Here in Europe, No football games = Doom.

I'm going to get it without paying a dime. Well, actually I live in Europe and since I already bought Luigi Mansion 2, Fire Emblem and DK Country returns, Nintendo will give me a free copy of the game. Lucky me

I dreamed of having Power drift! That was my all-time Sega favourite game!

I'm wondering if we'll ever see the original Pokemon blue and red on the 3DS Virtual Console ?

Unfortunately in Italy it's going to be available only at McDonald's so-called "restaurants"

@C-Olimar Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have a look at some videos of the game you mentioned tonight

Unfortunately it seems that Solomon's key won't appear on the 3DS Virtual Console. It's a pity, because it's still one of my all-time favourite puzzle games and I would have bought it gladly (even if I had to admit that Solomon's club for the Gameboy is a superior version).

Never liked it too much. IMHO Super Mario Bros 3 is still the best 2D Mario ever released.

I can confirm too that Amazon.it has also slashed the price of Wii U Basic and Deluxe models from 299€ / 349€ to €199 / 249€.

Yesterday I purchased and played Fire Emblem for the first time. I was playing at around 23:00 / 11pm and I choose to visit a hall. Suddently all the characters of the game, one by one, suggest me that it was late and perhaps I should go to sleep instead of playing !!!

I can decide by myself when I want to go to bed... I'm not a child anymore, Nintendo !

I'm feeling a little stupid for having paid a Wii U at the full price of 340€ only 4 months ago... knowing what is happening, if I could turn back time I would never have bought it on day one and instead I would have bought it at christmas 2013 for half its original price with some triple-A games that I hope will be finally available for that date...

Better late than never...

Cool! I'll get Luigi Mansion 2, Fire Emblem and Donkey Kong Country Returns and I'll get Animal crossing for free!

Nintendo should definitely make a limited edition by using this shade of pink and putting the face of Kirby in front

That would be the coolest 3DS XL ever

I'm just hoping to see someone announcing a limited edition of the 3DS XL with Animal crossing bundled together

Neo geo games available for the 3DS virtual console... hehehe....

I never liked this game; I always though of this game as a "Cabal" rip-off, a lot less fun than the original arcade game made by TAD Corporation.

On Amazon.it you can already pre-order the boxed version for €39.58. I could bet 1€ that the price in Europe for the digital version will be the usual €44.90.

> The Croods — While due to arrive in stores on 12th March [...] this 30 mini-game movie tie-in arrives a day earlier.

Er... you mean 12th April I suppose.

@sillygostly here where I live (Venice, Italy) it's the same: a lot of copies available for the Wii U and no copies for the 3DS.

More good news...

Much more than Castlevania or Mega man, it reminds me DUCK TALES... look at how the hero is jumping from brick to brick by using his showel as a pogo stick... just like Uncle Scrooge in the old Capcom NES game.

Why is that surprising? The developers are simply going where the money is going to be.