DrKarl

I am in the minority as my primary interest lies with the two MSX games. They are both on the cart and it sounds like they perform flawlessly, so all good for me then, I guess...

Note: You can do the "infinite" life trick right at the beginning of the game in level 1-1.

Now I want to play Congo Bongo.

I have high hopes for Wii Fit U, and the new activity meter. The first two missed the mark in our household.

I would buy a train simulation title. I really enjoyed using the touch controls for Steel Diver, and can imagine a similar implementation for trains.

Veracious hey? I do suppose I have an appetite for speaking the truth, but not sure how that applies...

I would guess that we will be able to purchase multiple meters for each software user? Has this been confirmed anywhere?

I love this game. It was my first Zelda, and the first I ever beat. When it arrived on the 3DS as an Ambassador game, I played it all the way to Thunderbird. After one too many failures, I needed to set it down for a while.

Restore points you say? Bah! Get off my lawn!

One of my favorites is Micro Machines 64 Turbo.

@3Daniel True. They did replace the "move as a group" with Charge. However, Charge is equally effective, and I feel works better once I got used to it. Z-Target lock on --> Shake nun-chuck --> Satisfaction.

@AugustusOxy I couldn't disagree more, though I have very limited experience with the first Pikmin. However, Pikmin 2 feels much less focused than 3. I found the transition between sub-subterranean "dungeons" and the over-world to be jarring, so much so that it felt like two separate games at times.

Also, did you use the Wiimote/nunchuck + Gamepad combination? If not, I strongly advise that you learn that system and try it out. I find it to be absolutely amazing, providing me the opportunity to be as efficient as possible in playing out the day.

<shrug> I got bored with it halfway through and stopped playing. It didn't seem to have the same magic that the other two had.

Wha wh what!?!?!?!11!111
This is an outrage. Ambassador chant! Ambassador! Ambassador! Ambassador! Ambassador!

How does the lack of multi-touch affect the game? I would guess that it would ramp up the difficulty somewhat.

@Einherjar Spot on. There really aren't many intro games. Sin and Punishment as well as Star Parodier come to mind. Although Star Parodier is kind of an odd duck.

I will pick this up for sure.

I am hoping for a more robust language, or at least beefing up the BASIC support. If I recall correctly, you can call subroutines, but you can't get a return value without setting it in a global variable. In fact all of the variables have global scope. That gets tricky, as you had to keep careful tabs on things when you want to reuse a variable.

If they include a C style language I would be ecstatic. That would really open up the door of scalability that I find difficult with just basic BASIC.

"Can you truly have hardcore games on a touchscreen device, games which demand precision, ultimate control and super-fast reflexes, all based on the instant feedback afforded by a physical controller?"

What does this sentence mean? Can you rephrase it please?

There are plenty of "hard core" games on ios devices: Agricola, Eclipse, Magic 2013 & 2014, Summoner Wars, Battle Academy, King of Dragon Pass, Starbase Orion just to name a few.

However, the titles I listed are not "twitch" games. Is that what you are saying, hardcore twitch gaming?

If that's the case, this fall the new version of ios will add native support for controllers. I'm sure that Capcom (SF IV), Square (FF tactics) and Aspyr (KOTOR) will update their titles to support the controllers. Won't that make this article mute?

The Wii U is up against the ropes.

It needs a steep price cut. However, even if it gets one, the upcoming titles in the second half of this year are not strong enough, in my opinion. I just don't know about this system... I do love mine though, but I bought mine when it came out, so I am the exception.

Makes me miss Alison, Gary and Dark Gary. Remember them?

Randomly generated levels !?!?

Here's hoping for a Leonard Nimoy reprise.

Can't you just order the US version from Amazon?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shin-Megami-Tensei-Devil-Survivor/dp/B0054J1LBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373658030&sr=8-1&keywords=Devil+Survivor+2

It doesn't seem to be in short supply...

Two questions for the reviewer: How many hours was your playthrough? Was it on Easy mode?

I just pre-ordered because of this news. It really takes the sting out of the high price for SMTIV.

I'm not interested. The Wii U version feels too bloated, and I think that it lost the magic that made the first runner so special.

FIREPOWER!!!
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I'm stoked.

I like the new games, but there is something missing...

I had only beaten Super Mario World once, years ago. When it came out on the Wii U VC, I picked it up and beat it again. I remembered exactly what the Bowser Fight was like, and exactly what I needed to do in the battle.

I beat New Super Mario Bros. U in January of this year. Last week I downloaded the Luigi DLC, and just beat Bowser yesterday. I thought that the boss fight was brand new, but then I saw that it was the exact same boss fight I played 5 months ago! No recollection of that battle at all.

Nintendo may be producing fun, solid titles these days, but there must be some mediocrity baked in the cake as well. Oh well...

I'll be upgrading my Wii copy.

@KaiserGX Ha ha, nice! I'm in the opposite boat. I went hog wild when they put most of the tables on sale a couple months back. Oh well, another icon on the home menu. No big deal.

Standalone release? <sigh> I'm guessing they feel it will sell better that way. It really is a pain to purchase the DLC for Zen Pinball.

Now we just need The Pinball Arcade to get here!

Funding a Kickstarter project is not the same as a pre-order. This is a very misleading headline and article.

If it comes out, I will pick it up. The original never did much for me though. The three day thing is neat, but I found the experience to be more tiresome than rewarding. Perhaps they could polish that up somehow?

@Yorumi You say that these activists make corporations look guilty until proven innocent. Yet you then go on to smear the groups with statements like "there's probably a lot of people on the end of the audits and such set to make a bunch of money as well". emphasis mine

I feel that you are doing the same thing to the activists that you claim they are doing to the corporations. You may be right, but without providing us proof, you are declaring them guilty. Instead of speaking about "these groups" in generalities, please dig into one of them, and show us their deceptions.

@DerpSandwich

The company that put up the nets was Foxconn. From wikipedia:

Major customers of Foxconn include or have included:
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[39]
Amazon.com (United States)[7]
Apple Inc. (United States)[40]
Cisco (United States)[41]
Dell (United States)[42]
Google (United States)[43]
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[44]
Microsoft (United States)[45]
Motorola Mobility (United States)[42]
Nintendo (Japan)[46]
Nokia (Finland)[40][47]
Sony (Japan)[8]
Toshiba (Japan) [48]
Vizio (United States)[49]

@DerpSandwich Say what? I have heard a ton of criticism about Apple regarding its workers and production methods, moreso than other manufacturers. I would say that Nintendo tends to get off pretty easy.

@Dr_42o Do you have a link showing that http://www.slaveryisnotagame.com/ is a Sony front? If so, please provide it.

I have mixed feelings, however I will be purchasing all 4 when it hits the US. I've had all of the Find Mii's done for over a year now. I am looking forward to some new hats.

My ears are burning!

@th3r3ds0x True. However, that is still FAR different from previous Nintendo consoles. If I buy a N64 at a rummage sale, it doesn't matter what games had been played on it previously.

What Miyamoto is saying sounds good at first, but it doesn't hold water given the Wii U. I find it to be a disingenuous statement, made only to kick Microsoft while they are down.

The Wii U has updates and patches for games. What happens in 20 years when I stick the New Super Mario Bros. U disc into a Wii U? I will have to play the original version of the game, and not the patched/updated one that I will remember from earlier years.

I appreciate the apology. I expected a higher quality stream.

Awesome. Hopefully it will follow the model of the Guild series and come West via the eShop.

M Rated game starring Tingle? Oh the possibilities!!!

That trailer reminds me of this:

<tumbleweed rolls through the eShop>

Just Yoshi for me. Can't beat that price.

Anybody know when Pinball Arcade is going to arrive?

The Hori Gameboy Player controller is my favorite Nintendo controller. All the engineering brilliance of the Gamecube button layout combined with non-analog shoulder buttons and a perfect, large d-pad.

Randomly generated levels are a big turn off for me. I'll wait for the reviews.

@Kagamine You do know that the Humble Bundle is for charity and not some kind of discount service, right? Low-balling them is possible, but not something I would be bragging about personally.

I wonder if the buy 2 get 1 free offer works when upgrading Wii --> Wii U? I won't be finding out though, since I already have Super Star and Dream Land 3 on the Wii Dream Collection disc.

Just an upgrade of Dream Course for me this week, and maybe Denpa Men.

Nintendo should cut the price and reward the early adopters with a new ambassador program. It worked great for the 3DS.

I think that Link's Awakening DX is one of the best Zelda games ever made. I didn't like Capcom's take on Zelda in Minish Cap. Will I like these?