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@Nico07 No you're right. There isn't a dedicated screen for the inventory. But you can do most of the functions with the tuchscreen. The only thing you can't do is "drag" items, and because of that, you can't do "classic crafting". But you can do regular crafting on the touchscreen.

I thin the main reason Mojang didn't bother with a dedicated inventory screen is because one does "off tv play", then that dedicated screen would be useless.

@Nico07 In single player you can use the GamePad for inventory and crafting.

So what will be people's excuse now for not buying it? Oh wait, yeah, "the map is too small." pfft! Whiners will always whine.

@DoctorOverbuild The Season Pass wasn't available for purchase last time I checked. Unless is available now, nobody has been able to buy it.

I'll buy whatever they make for Wii U because, as this point in time of the U's lifespan, any third party developer that sticks with the Wii U and still make retail games for it deserve our support in the form of purchase.

"Bold move"!? More like sad realization that the Wii U is dead because of the fact that nintendo isn't making anything for it besides Zelda.

I am keeping my fingers crossed on going to e3 Live.

I just registered in time for 3 tickets for me and my kids!!! Right after my third registration they closed it! I hope we get to go. We only live 2 1/2 North of L.A. It'll be amazing if we can!!!!

What a shame. There is such a huge void in Wii U for racing games. This would've been a great addition to the genre.

It doesn't surprise me at all such response from EA not it would surprise of EA slips the NX all together. Since Nintendo disolved the "unprecedented partnership" they were suppose to have with Wii U, EA is out to send a statement to Nintendo. Shoot, I wouldn't be surprise if EA were hoping to see Nintendo give up the console business to claim that without their games (EA), Nintendo console run ended.

Oh please! Retailers, developers, and media were also "excited" about the Wii U 5 years ago when it was announced. You can still find articles online on "...things to get excited..." about "the New Wii U Controller" (the New Yorker), or how "With the Wii U Nintendo is an entertainment Company Again" (CNET). Even GameStop CEO Paul Reines was "very excited about Wii U" and how they thought the Wii U will be a "...significant part of the holiday season."

The real reason all these companies are happy is because Nintendo was finnaly forced into dropping the Wii U and I'm sure these companies are hoping for Nintendo to be the same as the other two consoles in order to adopt the cheap cookie cutter devoleptment technique and save them money.

Mark my words, if the NX is different to develop for as the Wii and Wii U were, all these support will be dropped in no time.

Where is Robotron 2084? That's is one of my all-time favorite arcade games of all time.

Ahhh the memories flood through me right now... I might pop it in tonight when I get home!

@DTRAZZ I don't follow Aonuma's timeline. I remember several years ago (during the GCN/Wii era) Miyamoyo was quoted by a magazine as stating there was a single timeline when asked about theories of a multiple timeline.

Personally I believe that, if you remove Minish Cap from the series, you can set up all the zelda games on a single timeline (there are fan theories on that out there). But that's just my opinion.

And don't get me started with Demise and the fourth goddess in SS! It's a TRIforce damn it! Not a Tetraforce! Three goddesse! Not four!!! LoL!

@edgedino Yhats awesome! Although, story wise, I encourage you to play Ocarina of Time and then Majora's Mask before Twilight Princess due to references and a bit of story continuity.

@Grumblevolcano You can't view the end of a console when the next one is released if it is still in production AND is still being supported. Look at the PS2, that sucker was still in production and games were made for it 6 years into the Wii/PS360 console generation! The end of a console is when production has stopped and when support has ended. So for that matter the Wii hasn't ended yet because Activision keeps on making games for it.

Just because you might move away from a console and is dead to you when the new one comes out, that doesn't mean the console has ended. Maybe to you perhaps, but not for the gaming business world.

@FragRed This is not an indicator. Read my comment above.

@Grumblevolcano @Discipledoctor @IAmDeclanJay Actually the Wii was discontinued in October 2013, so that makes the release of Selects two and a half years before the end of Wii. The Player's Choice line for GameCube was released in 2003 while the GCN was discontinued in 2007. The timing of this Selects is not a real indicator if the imminent demise of the Wii U. The real indicator was announced last year when the NX was announced.

Why would nintendo re-release AC:CF when we can't play online annymore!?!? The multi is a huge component of all AC games. Might as well just re-release the original AC for the GCN.

I see nintendo life has gone the way of windows 10. Maybe because the change is new but, the mobile site is slower than the old one. :-/

While I would've rather have 60fps, 30fps is far from a deal breaker for me. I can't wait for March 4th!!!!

@Dankykong Well, idk about "proving it" but it wouldn't be surprising. After all, Aonuma and the development team looked at WW, TP, and SS art styles in HD. So far we are having two out of the three remade in HD.

Come on Nintendo L.A. Store!!! Or at least S.D. or S.F.

Minecraft Story Mode for me!

@rjejr I agree with you completely. Any proper survey would not post figures adding more than 100% of those surveyed because it means that some people have given more than one option as their answer, thus the correct results should be expressed in total number of developers surveyed, not percentage.

Now, depeding on the survey pool size, gaining 1%(PS4/One) and losing 1% (Wii U/3DS) of support is hardly reason to be concern or alarmed. Those are rather small figures that most likely translate to one or two developers in either case. Interpreting rather small figures as "...pretty grim figures for Wii U and 3DS..." give this article a sensationalist undertone equivalent to those yellow press outlets which feed on Wii U's "doom and gloom" negative press.

Way to go NintendoLife. I always thought of your writers to be more objective but I guess you're just like all the rest.

I was going to get this on XBOX One last year but when I heard it was coming out on Wii U, I decided to wait to buy it on the U since is my primary console. I can't wait for this Thursday!

So let me get this straight:

• No Survival Mode
• No GamePad support beyond a map. Shoot, not even Off-TV game play.
• Graphics better than Minecraft "only by a hair".
• Frame rate barely makes 60 fps
• Music "nothing to write home about".

And this game still manages to get 6 out 10, ONE point fewer than Minecraft in most sites!?!?!? (here was 8) IMO, based on what i read, this game should be a 4 or no more than a 5 out of 10 if that.

$6.99 huh? I guess is true what they say: "You get what you pay for".

Looks like Zen Studios went to the EA school of "support and commitment to Wii U by no releasing games for it."

Truly amazing. Congratulations! I hope he continues his quests with other Zelda games. ^^

I think remastered titles will be great as long as they are done right from the ground up rather than simply upscaled engines. Look at WWHD, that game was not simply upscaled but worked from the ground up modifying its engine in HD. That's why it was simply natural to follow up with TP because it used a modified WW engine. However, it pains me to say this, (so far) TP looks more like a upscaled version of the original rather than a fully worked remastering. I'm still buying it say one, I'm just more wary of its remastering than with WW.

@Grumblevolcano my thoughts exactly! Jonestly, I think I'm one of the few people that liked TP on the Wii with the waggle controls, but it always felt wrong Link not being left handed. Now, Link is back to his usual self!

@KodyDawg You're welcome. Although I neglected to say the touchscreen support is not fully done. You can navigate ALL the menus, change any setting in any menu, choose any item on the hotbar, do crafting of most items (i say most because you can't scroll using the touchscreen if there is more than 3 options of crafting per item e.i. wooden, stone, iron, golden tools), and even partial inventory management. it is partial because you can't click and drag any item, but if you select it through the cursor/stick, you can use the touchscreen to grab half, quick move, and single grab. Also since you can't select the items in the inventory, you can't do classic crafting. It feeling like a work in progress and that's why, imo, Mojang didn't announce any touchscreen support because is not complete. I think they just released game in time for Christmas and maybe finish touchscreen support later.

The bottom line is that the game DOES support touchscreen funtionality, but it feels like a work in progress. I made a YouTube video about it, check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqTpXNQfjsc

"Developer Cypronia has kindly offered to give-away 100 free copies of Cube Life: Island Survival to Nintendo Life readers because, well, it's Christmas!"

More like "...because, well, Minecraft came out on Wii U and after Cypronia called the Minecraft on Wii U a '...false rumor...', now Cypronia is fearing for Cube Life's... well, LIFE!!" LoL!!!!

@KodyDawg I'm glad you are aware. I was just wondering because I'm tired of people ranting on how the U version is overpriced and the DLC was "free" when Mojang never stated the game as free content, they said it was a bundle. I understand your point. I think the eshop is not set up to allow multiple listings (basic edition and deluxe edition) like the LIVE Store is and that's why Mojang decided to start with the bundle. I think they should've post the basic version and bundle the DLC separate. That can be done on the eshop. I'm also looking forward to see what nintendo exclusive content Mojang makes for the game. So many possibilities!

Also, did you know the game supports the touchscreen? A lot of people and reviewers are not aware of that.

@Olmectron It is a shame that the developer is excluding Mexico. Mexico IS part of the Nintendo of America region. Let's hope the developer's decision is based on lack of knowledge of this fact or due to technical reasons (which shouldn't be any in the first place) and not for personal views/reasons.

@KodyDawg Just thought of sharing that Minecraft U Edition's is priced at $30 because is a bundle, not the basic version. The XBOX LIVE Store also has a similar (if not the same) bundle for the same price of $30.

I'm glad that it is so successful. I love Minecraft. I have it for the 360 and the One also. Is too bad I can't transfer my save files from the 360 to the Wii U. I was in the process of creating Termina. I don't know if I want to start all over again. It would be awesome to show my progress on miiverse.

@IxnayontheCK The same here. I love Minecraft but I never really got into Terraria. I am gong to buy both the 3DS and Wii U versions to play with my kids and support 505 Games. Although I don't really know how much I'll play them beyond local multi.

" ... Minecraft for the Wii U seems to be a false rumor." Ouch! I've been having a lot of fun with my "false rumor" he, he.

I bought Cube Life when it first came out as a substitute to the "false rumor". It is an ok game for me but I still like and prefer the original "false rumor" than this clone. I tend to get immerse not only with the gameplay but also with the music and, to me at least, Minecraft music is a huge part of the overall experience.

Needless to say, I never got into Cube Life for more than a couple quick sessions and it never satisfied my hunger for Minecraft. Which is a shame because it (Cube Life) seems to be a good game. I just love Minecraft too much.

@MitchVogel I just wanted to mention that you CAN navigate the menus and tabs using the touchscreen on the GamePad. The only thing you can't do is pick and drag items on your inventory/crafting table. It might be a biggie for some, but the touchscreen interface is not completely lacking functionality.

@sillygostly @Pod Actually, even thought it has being stated that each Minecraft block is about 1 meter by 1 meter, I don't believe that the world is only 864x864. If it is, then the blocks are not 1 meter by 1 meter because when you start traveling from one end of the map to the other, the map feels more like at least 10-15 miles (16 to 24 km.) by 10-15 miles in size. The world is rather big just like the 360 versions.

I own the XBOX One version as well and the size of the world IS considerably larger (5 by 5 map areas) but by no means that's only 3%. That's actually 20%, not 3%.

EDIT: OOPS! I did my math wrong, it is 4%, LOL! My bad

Two-player multiplayer is actually horizontally by default. There is an option in Settings to make it vertically.

I tried to DL Minecraft last night and the eshop was overloaded with traffic. This morning when I finally was able to login, the game wasn't avalable yet. Is it now?

Wii U is my main console so I can say that my XBOX One officially became a glorified blu-ray player.

I remember reading back then (EGM or some other magazing back then) that it was a combination of key developers leaving Rareware at the time plus being outbid by Microsoft and some resentment by two big heads from Rare towards Nintendo. They felt Nintendo was holding them back and they didn't want Nintendo to own Rareware completely. Nintendo did try to buy them off but the Stampers, but Microsoft outbid them.

@AlexSora89 you could buy RE 0, 1, and 4 for Wii and play them on the U.

I played the demo and it wasn't bad. I'll be buying it and I'm sure my son as well. I hope there is local multi.

You guys wrote: "...and much more." There doesn't seem to be that "much more" in the shop this week. :-/

Personally I don't like the direction he took the Fourth Goddess and with Demise and the whole "reincarnation" thing in order to tie it to OoT. To me it this undermined the power of the Triforce. Other than that, I think he has done a great job with the series. Oh! And don't get me started with Toon Link! LoL

My son's MH4 N3DS bundle, my MM N3DS, and my daughter's and I MM collector's figurine bundles are all coming this week starting tonight! We're so excited! I can't wait to do all those unboxing videos and start playing MM!

I want one! My VB is in need of games! LoL

@RupeeClock chess used to be an exhibition Olympic sport back in the 80's.