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Would rather take that $500 and use them on the Wii U, Wii & 3DS VC.

The skins don't look natural with the the way they are cut. Couldn't they have had the button labels on the skin to avoid confusion?

It seems that Nintendo knows how to better utilize other companies characters better than the companies that own said characters. Sonic handles in Smash better than he does in his own games.

They might show off that fancy Wii U Gamepad I keep hearing about for the past 2 years. Maybe the Wii U could use it to create exciting gameplay experiences.

Captain Falcon toy?! Why hasn't the universe exploded from its awesome manliness?!

Well I guess I'm getting the Wind Waker HD!

Would be cool if they offered some E3 games on display to have a limited-time demo for our systems. Maybe have them up for the duration of E3 then they automatically delete themselves once the show is over.

Mario Party would be a nice game to get at a lower price. Surprised it was not done sooner. Also Nintendo should tout the backwards compatibility of the Wii U more often.

Personally I just look for the best deal out there. I never trade in my games. Would rather just keep them or give them away.

Wow. Nintendo didn't go this all out with Super Mario 3D World.

I don't mind DLC as long as it's like how they added new stages to Pikmin and such. Personally wouldn't mind if Mario Kart 8 had past MK tracks that you could pay individually for. Would be a Build-Your-Own-Mario-Kart type of deal where you don't have to play courses that you hate just to get to the ones you like.

Luigi's Mansion gone awry.

This would have made a nice 3D Classics upgrade.

Kirby Bowl looks like it would be a nice revival paired with today's tilt-sensitive controllers and handhelds.

Maximum Velocity is a good game it just feels different compared to the rest of the F-Zero games. It's set even further into the future than the time of Captain Falcon so maybe his absence leaves a void. He is the manliest of all men of all-time.

I think for a lot of us the gaming will slow down and maybe even cease at a point. But the prospect of kids will probably jettison us back into gaming.

@Adam @Valor I think that you're both right. The stereotypical nerd image isn't helped but nowadays like minded people are vast in numbers so it is a demographic that can't be ignored. I bought Zelda Orchestra tickets as soon as they went on sale and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and needed out like everyone throughout the performance. I've been to the NBA Finals and jocked out to. Heck sports fandom is just a different form of nerd.

I wouldn't mind it for Mario Kart. Offer every stage in series history and buy individual courses or a 4 pack cup. Same thing for Mario Party boards and minigames.

I...I ....don't know what is going on but I must have this.

Nintendo's complete lack of effort to include multiplayer neutered this one. They were able to do it with the Four Swords Anniversary Edition, why not do the same with all these other games? Makes me wary of the DS VC that's coming up.

The fact that it tool place outside the Mushroom Kingdom was a great change in the Mario universe much like how I enjoyed the island paradise of Isle Delfino and the vastness of space in Mario Galaxy.

Needs to be for Wii U. SM3DW was great but didn't capture the audience like it was expected to. Even I felt like its inclusion of 4 players held it back in terms of what they could do. It is a nice spinoff franchise that I could see be on the scale of NSMB. But it's time for the single player Mario adventure to come back.

Might give this a go on the Wii U. Brawl really did open the door for modders and even I dabbled in it with some texture mods like what my avatar has. That will be missed in Smash U/3D.

I could see Nintendo rereleasing N64, GCN and Wii games in higher resolutions and framerates in the future much like what Sony has done on the PS3 with their back catalog.

And the Gamepad still finds no use.

Nice about the comment of what if Nintendo took these ideas and made a good fully-fledged baseball game. They own the Seattle Mariners and the MLB license is available.

I first read that as August 4th. Then I recalibrated.

During that time Sega was it's own worst enemy as the internal power struggles between the Japanese and American branches split the house in two.

I'm looking forward to Rainbow Road. Thought the N64 version was always the best one as the newer ones just dogged you with jumps that would lead to people falling with no walls or rails out there to help.

Nice. Even the Mario Kart team had no use for the Gamepad.

Blasted through and never encountered that thankfully.

Iwata has been all over the place with the Wii U. The name and marketing, the lack of power compared to its rivals, the Gamepad failing to bring much to the table, the restrictive online presence & the lack of digital accounts on par with other tech companies have all been failures. The only thing holding them up is the 3DS and even then they mucked up that in the beginning.

Yikes if Nintendo was bought out by Google......

@Kirk Of course. Heck my VC library rivals that of my current gen library. It still doesn't mean the public are going to go absolutely crazy for the Wii U just because the GBA and DS were added. Also Nintendo is still a step behind other digital download services in terms of handling accounts.

@Yorumi I still think their weak marketing strategy is to blame. The Wii U is invisible in the eyes of the public when every other commercial break on every TV channel I flip through has a PS4 or XB1 ad. Also to your point, the Wii U's lineup are games the 3DS or Wii could have done or had similar games. SM3DW was fun but it didn't wow me like SMG did. Pikmin 3 was great but the Gamepad only saw use as a map and commanding the other people as the Wiimote and Nunchuk are still the superior control method. Retro didn''t want to use the Gamepad in DKCTF and I commend them for not shoehorning something useless in what is basically a borderline useless controller. Hope E3 changes things but man they better start doing the things they say they're going to do.

If they made it where I paid for the game once and could play it on either Wii U or 3DS then they would see me buying these games. At the moment they won't see my money from this GBA and DS push until that happens. I don't get why they are so tentative to do this when other companies have done this for years already.

I don't see the VC as the way the Gamepad stands out. DS and GBA games are not what I expected for the Gamepad but it's nothing that much more special than what the 3DS has done or emulators have done on other devices.

As much as I loved the Game Boy Player back in the day I would much rather have these on the 3DS (I am an ambassador). Also the GB, GBC & GBA games I played on the GB Player also had the ability to be played on my GBA. Paying ONCE for a game and choosing to play t on either your console or handheld as you saw fit?! What a novel idea Nintendo!

I wonder if he meant by his final smash statement that there are over 30 characters in total, or that the few characters confirmed so far have more than 1 Final Smash.

I think Nintendo wants us to do the marketing for them in a lot of ways. There doesn't seem to be a good use of their platforms to message us on their own. Seems like they keep wasting opportunities and saying they will do stuff later and later rest her than just doing things now. Too tentative.

Year of 2nd Tier Franchises next. Star Fox, F-Zero, Fire Emblem and more.

He does bring up some valid points. The look of a console does matter to some people. Look at the heated race in the smartphone market as every company is trying to find a niche with some phones being thinner, bigger, matte finish, gloss finish, etc. Maybe even basing the Wii U's shape on the Wii could also be part of the issue people have in differentiating the two that goes hand in hand with the similar name.

I guess a lot of people forgot about Zelda: II. It's not a bad game. It just was not executed properly. Restore points on the VC greatly help one enjoy it. Maybe Nintendo could try to redo the sidescroller formula with a new entry, (The CD-I games don't count)!

I think Samus will come back within the next 2 years outside of Super Smash Bros. At some point Nintendo will run out of their "safe" franchises and if Wii U sales still won't pick up beyond the Nintendo fans then do as they did in the N64 & GameCube days and make Nintendo games for the fans in the other franchises. At least until they are ready to release a console that truly takes advantage of the technology of the day and tries to innovate not just for the sake of being different.

The Games Played section was a great addition. Kinda wish screenshot making was quicker and easier to save without having to post to Miiverse.

I hope Nintendo will try harder to market something like this next time. Outside of Nintendo fans and those who rode the train in Chicago, the year of Luigi did not exist. Let the new licensing initiatives begin.

Seems to be using the model from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

@Pianist88 Some of us actually would like Nintendo to get off their butts and improve their product. They have the technology.

Must buy every DS game I've been putting off! In all seriousness it is time to transition to the next generation. Then again I do enjoy Wii, DS and VC games more than new ones since they come at a lower price.

Tough sell with Dr. Luigi and even Online Rx (even without WFC) on the Wii Shop having superiority over this original.