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@Hy8ogen Explain what isn't factual or STFU dude...

lunatic fanboy.

@Senario

• Microsoft consoles have always been irrelevant in Japan.
• Nintendo consoles have never been irrelevant in the UK.. until the WiiU.

The PS4 outselling WiiU's lifetime numbers on day one, is a hugely embarrassing and shocking thing to happen.

@Koffeeking0407 "Subject yourself"

lol, I disagree.

_{Please watch the insults — TBD}

“It's a little bit”..... Wow, that was awful.

Hopefully it's decent. I decided to get this instead of the blatant rehash known as 'NEW' Yoshi's Island.

@Koffeeking0407 Faux outrage is dumb and immature.

@FullbringIchigo 3rd party support for the console, would remain dead regardless.

@nungi

@NathanVS #324
I think their issue is that there are too many platformers/mini-games, and not enough of anything else. It's clear to see that Nintendo rarely provide games outside of those genres (especially so, on the WiiU), so you can't really blame people for getting sick of it.

It wouldn't matter as much if they had 3rd party support.

Noice!

@JaxonH What do you think developer support will be like for a console that 'utterly flops'? Do you believe even Nintendo will continue to support it with big releases once that happens?

You really need to think through your posts sometimes... of course it will/should matter to gamers.

@WebHead Retro are done with Metroid anyway, we don't need another from them specifically. But DK itself, was a much worse choice to go with. How many platformers does this console need?

It should've been a new IP.

@Tsusasi "...I'm not some rabid Nintendo fan-boy..."

You are the epitome.

I guess we'll be seeing that 3DS port sooner than i thought..

@edhe I was more referring to the first part of your comment, lol.

@edhe: What about @Barbiegurl777?

@ferthepoet Expect the chance to be able to purchase this on your 3DS within a year or so. The precedent has been set. I'll be waiting.

@SockoMario

WiiU is best in what regards? Being able to play upgraded versions of a select few Wii/3DS games?

Sorry, but no... The console is a huge failure, in my eyes. Predictable and stale software has filled its line-up.

@Caryslan "..Just sticking with my 3DS and PS3 is the safer bet over the next few years."

Yeah, PS3/3DS/Vita are the systems getting most usage from me atm. But i do intend to jump in with the PS4 once it has a couple of worthwhile exclusives/next-gen multiplats (and has its media capabilities fixed), which should happen by the year's end.

I feel the same way about the WiiU as you – It's just not worth buying if you own a 3DS.

@Action51 #81

I think you meant 'double' standards. MK8 is indeed comparable to the likes of CoD, in terms of content and changes between entries. The fact MK7 wasn't released that long ago, is the main reason i couldn't care less about MK8.

Seems like they've been using the same content over and over again in these Directs since the beginning. It just goes to show how incredibly sparse and non-existent their line-up is/will always be. I'm sooo glad i never bought a WiiU.

All i've been waiting for with the past 10 of these things is a SMT IV release date. Why must they continually ignore this game?

@SMEXIZELDAMAN Lol, i'm surprised that a fan of Tingle would be embarrassed by anything of that sort....

@Zach777 Correct!

I'll wait for the aftermath, as always. These clown shows are too embarassing for me to sit through. SMT IV release date better be coming.

Announcements of announcements are always stupid and pointless. Their first 'press release' or whatever the crap this is, should have been to properly verify who the hell they really are, without the lame fanboy ranting.

How can you be shocked at people not taking this seriously?

Fanboys trolling fanboys?

@MoonKnight7 Critic recommendations? Well, in that case it goes against your comment, because far more critics recommended GTA V above Mario....

@MoonKnight7 How has your new assertion become any less baseless/irrelevant?

My comment isn't baseless – I deduced that from your fanboy comments.

@Rafie Innovation doesn't matter unless the concept is actually good, imo.

I feel that they've already lost huge credibility as a gaming company, by screwing things up this badly.

@MC808 You're right, those meltdowns are always fun to read and laugh at.

@Ren I agree fully.

@bizcuthammer Another correct comment. Well done.

@Rafie Originality and complete innovation? What from Nintendo lately has fit that description, if you don't mind me asking.

I was proposing they went 3rd party on consoles only, btw.

@MoonKnight7 Nope, that's what's called a baseless (therefore irrelevant) opinion. It sounds like you've never even played any 3rd party games before.

@samiamiamsam @Rafie Wouldn't you prefer if Nintendo went 3rd-party on consoles, then? Their lone output simply isn't enough to support home console/handheld.

@GamerOZO - To which the player just ignores, before deleting the game promptly.

@IceRod Lol, this is hilarious. Do me!

@NintendoLee or Pushmo, or Dr Luigi, or Harmoknight, or.... the majority of Nintendo's eShop releases.

@Cuddles

@MoonKnight7 “I dig what you're saying. Nintendo's quality massively outweighs any third party. That's a fact.”

LOL, this hasn't been true since the N64 era, and even then the quality was also owed to Rareware and other western made 3rd party exclusives. Nintendo today are a shadow of their former selves when it comes to being superior. Why do you think their seal of quality ceases to exist anymore?

@Sean_Aaron"if they put it up against Smash Bros. or Mario Kart it loses"

Maybe to you it does. But to say WD was delayed (cancelled really) to avoid the 'big hitters' from Nintendo is rather idiotic. The games appeal to different target audiences. People buying either would prioritize one over the other regardless. However, the fact is that WD's potential buyers simply don't exist as a part of the WiiU's userbase.

@Tsuzura Nintendo fanboys are the worst.

@JaxonH Did they really pay for the ports of existing/multi-platform games? Exclusives are a different matter.

I mean, it's the reason Nintendo fans won't be able to play the first Bayonetta...

@banacheck Yeah, Borderlands 2 is coming to the Vita because Sony paid for the port. While Nintendo's clueless attitude remains as - “third parties will come to us once we've sold enough consoles”.

@Tsuzura WiiU is a bigger failure than the Virtual Boy. Overall the WiiU has been nothing but a money sink, that is even sucking up all the profits made by the 3DS. Now, instead of discontinuing (as they should) to stop the bleeding, they've decided to just watch it flop around and fail while draining development resources.

WiiU is far more damaging to Nintendo.

@Senario Neither Nintendo or the majority of their fanbase care enough about such games. It's gotten to the point where it just isn't viable for third-parties to bother releasing them anymore... What do you expect?

I pity anybody who bought a WiiU expecting to play anything other than sequels to Wii best sellers.

Behind the scenes, i bet Sega is already anticipating a sales failure. One thing to note - is that if the game was initially planned to be multi-platform, it'd no doubt include online as an option (why wouldn't it, as a more western/co-op focused game?). But for some reason it's been omitted... which is very likely due to the WiiU's performance so far (even though they give the old 'NES experience' excuse).

"Nintendo is aiming to hit the market with franchises and releases that it hopes gamers of all types will find almost impossible to resist — Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. being prominent examples."

I think that's being a bit too hopeful... Not even MK/Smash fans (like me) will find those impossible to resist. I'll just be content with the 3DS counterparts.

Iwata is on a kamikaze mission to wipe out Nintendo.

They released Pokemon and many other 3DS games in 2013, yet STILL managed to incur a huge loss due to their failed WiiU. Wtf makes him think that this year, with almost no games coming to the 3DS (notable ones), that it will somehow drive profits for them this time?

I don't personally care if they drop the WiiU price, because i'm not interested. But Nintendo will be forced to anyway – sales will be completely dead outside the months of MK8 and Smash 4 (which will do about as much for the system as 3D World did).

They should be announcing plans to kill the damn thing off. Put it out of its misery.

Wouldn't make any sense to buy this on the 3DS anyway, if there's a Vita version.

@Yorumi But devoted Nintendo fanboys argue that Steam/GOG like sales are an extremely damaging and suicidal business move. I'm surprised to see you not siding with that mentality.

@Spanjard That's true for the WiiU only, which is why Nintendo should completely abandon it.

@8bitforever Those are my thoughts as well, after reading they have no plans for a real account system with their current platforms, only future ones. They are ridiculously slow when it comes fulfilling any of their promises (games and otherwise).

Once the 3DS is done with physical releases (the only way i'll support it, due to the inferior service). Goodbye and good luck to whatever crap they have in the works afterwards.

Is this all there was?

What is the supposed strategy for saving their dead system? Don't tell me it's DS games...

Okay, so...... what i deduce from this, is that Iwata is trying to turn Nintendo into some kind of health/fitness company?

Sounds worse than going third-party.

@Ernest_The_Crab So you mean it had nothing to do with the panic price drop and flow of games? The salary cut affected NOTHING - they even went on to repeat the exact same mistakes as with the 3DS (plus a whole load more that can't be recovered from so easily).

@HaastMK7 I would of thought it VERY obvious that this game isn't a 'Fighter' comparable to the likes of SF/Tekken, and is in fact a 'Beat 'em up'.

Ever heard of those before? or are you really that clueless about videogames...

People who are describing this as porno, must literally have NO IDEA what that actually is... WTF is wrong with you?

@danwarner

“The Wii U isn’t in good shape. That’s the presumption we have as we consider reform.” ~ Iwata

It doesn't have a future.