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If there were ever a game that needed restore points more it's The Lost Levels.

Agreed on a lot of things. I am holding out on VC purchases that Nintendo isn't giving to me for free until they allow my purchases to be used on the 3DS or Wii U.

Waiting on N64 Remix....

Mario Pinball land wasn't the worst of games but wasn't Mario's finest moment. The developers did learn their mistakes and made the quite good Metroid Prime Pinball.

Getting rid of Rare & buying Retro Studios may have been the best decision Nintendo made during the GameCube/Game Boy Advance era.

Skyward Sword would probably be a good game to do this with due to it's art style compared to Twilight Princess which would need a complete facelift as far as redoing models, textures & lighting.

Nintendo using the licensing muscle. Time to get Captain N, Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Zelda & F-Zero on there.

I'll wait a few years when it becomes a Virtual Console title

Other M had an unnecessarily dumb control scheme. The Nunchuk is included with every Wii so why not use it when it is there. Kinda like the lack of use of the Gamepad features.

@Uberchu You pirates ruin everything. Trying to hack into the Wii U and 3DS now the Mario Kart?! Will you stop at nothing!

Funny thing is I would actually think a full grown man in a Mario Kart designed for kids would look cooler than the same guy in a Lamborghini.

If it wasn't for people graciously ripping soundtracks from game discs I wouldn't have much of anything on my iphone to listen to. Every game should have their soundtrack either be a promotional item or available for sale as a download at the very least. Once again Iwata has said they need to try harder in licensing and using the strength of their brand so hopefully they start realizing the amazing audio back catalog they can exploit.

This could be big in reviving some dormant franchises like F-Zero or Star Fox. Pair figurines of new characters with enjoyable new TV series to promote the franchises and you might have a hit among kids and adults.

F-Zero is probably close to a lot of Nintendo staff and gamers hearts. Captain Falcon needs to return to racing again, fighting in Smash and maybe a side game where he bounty hunts.

I like this. Guess 3rd parties don't TOTALLY hate us.

Even though I don't see myself buying a DS game on Wii U (let alone one I already own), I do have a list of DS games that have been on my wanted radar to play on 3DS.
DK Jungle Climber
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Pokemon Conquest
Sonic Chronicles
Star Fox Command
Kirby Squeak Squad
Super Princess Peach
Trauma Center 2
Yoshi's Island DS
Batman: Brave and Bold

I don't feel any negative undertones. The facts are that DK placed 2nd but that's like saying the Denver Broncos got 2nd in the NFL when they were blown away by the team that got 1st. DKC is a fun series but it's not the mid 90's anymore so it will not capture everyone's attention like it used to. It will sell over time thanks to the strength of the brand. And once more Nintendo is playing catch up after squandering the entire 1st year of the Wii U with mostly minor Wii updates, remakes, a 3rd tier franchise entry and a Mario entry that served it's purpose but did not dazzle like the Mario Galaxy games did.

@Peach64 watch them announce "N64 & GameCube games to come to 3DS VC but not Wii U". Just to troll us. Iwatroll.

Love taking screenshots thanks to the Wii U browser and Miiverse. If they ever let us take short clips for Vine or Instagram it would be cooler. Or allow us to take Wii and DS screenshots in a Wii & DS Miiverse community.

Love the red and white Puma shoes in the bag.

Would be awesome if they put Mario Is Missing on the VC.

Would love to put people through the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time.

Can't wait. Glad they didn't shoehorn Gamepad stuff into this though the list of titles that don't make use of it in a significant way continues to grow...

I didn't need the Direct to tell me Nintendo has nothing left to announce before E3 that is bug. I think E3 is where they'll have a direct to wow us. Maybe even have games that use that fancy Gamepad thing for something other than maps or inventory that came with the system.

Nintendo still keeping the VCs separate across 3 consoles. Hope that Nintendo OS or whatever they're developing comes soon.

If all this one day leads to N64 Remix I will kiss whoever started this idea.

Sonic Team's mistake is that the formula they had built with Colors and Generations was getting Sonic back to respectability and greatness but like every game they've made since after Sonic Adventure 2, they fix what ain't broken and latch onto a gimmick that has no place in Sonic.

I honestly don't know why SEGA didn't continue to build on what they did in Unleashed/Colors/Generations. Hope they don't forget all that hard work to turn the hedgehog around can be squandered with another 2006 debacle.

@Darknyht Get Sarah McLachlan!

@Gerbwmu Put N64 & GameCube on the VC rants are growing stronger.

@MrMario02 I hate the Yankees too. Go Fish!

The Sony & Microsoft crowd aren't really Sonic fans. Especially after the Sonic 06 debacle.

I think what Nintendo is trying to do is create an operating system that makes it easy for both the handheld and console transitions in the future so they aren't developing a new architecture from the ground up every generation but instead are just building on a solid foundation when new hardware is available. I still believe they'll be 1-handheld, 1-console a generation only that we won't have them and developers on a long lull while they figure out the new hardware. Like Iwata said about the Wii to GameCube transition.

Why not focus on mastering the Wii Remote Plus? Kinda like how Jim Gaffigan says Domino's Pizza might wanna work on mastering the pizza before delving into making sandwiches.

@King47 Nintendo hasn't come out with a good commercial in years. They have to get a new ad agency. Also I care about the game but only to see which fanbase I should avoid trash talking to for the next few months (Dolphins fan that will never see a Super Bowl berth in my lifetime).

Sounds to me like Nintendo may need to get the N64 virtual console up and running on 3DS and Wii U just to have Mario Party 2 & 3 back.

Anybody hoping for a Martinet voiced NEW Super Mario Bros. NEW Super Show?

Stick Mario, Samus or Link on the cover of whatever this is and I'll most likely buy it.

Where's Captain Falcon? The long wait continues.

I like Nintendo's approach the past 2 days. They rode the success of the DS and Wii but stumbled with the 3DS launch and now the Wii U launch debacle has awoken them. Something big is coming from them whether it be the strategy regarding the Wii U and it's Gamepad or maybe an influx of announced games that harken back to the pre-Wii era as far as variety. Can't wait now.

Metroid Prime Hunters may actually be better with a larger touch screen to work with along with the ability to map movements to both analog sticks.

Do not want to deal with MKDS' snakers again. Plus likely Nintendo will neuter the multiplayer features (especially online play) like they've done with GB, GBC & GBA VC titles so far.

Hey paisanos! It's the NEW Super Mario Bros. NEW Super Show!

This may tie into the concept of the Vitality Sensor they announced years ago along with integrating Wii Fit U and the Brain Age series.

An app that has videos for every Nintendo franchise that has had a show in both English and Japanese.

Cool. But I hope the unified account thing happens so we can play the same game we paid for already on the 3DS.

@Peach64 I agree with that sentiment. The gamers that grew up on the NES, SNES & N64 hold the buying power now. The adults wearing Nintendo merchandise because they remember how cool it was back in the day. "Back in the day" is the key phrase because many see Nintendo as their past. Not the present. That perception must change.

@gatorboi352 The Gamepad isn't a breakthrough like other people think I agree. Off-TV play is a nice but a feature nobody asked for, the touchscreen and dual screen is a DS innovation, and the asymmetric game play is vastly under utilized. Plus every 1st party game released (plus every future one) would have worked fine with just the Wii Remote and Nunchuk save for Nintendo Land, Game & Wario and Wii Party U (all minigame fests). The only saving grace that has kept me playing is the backwards compatibility, Miiverse and the better online infrastructure.

@R-Moss I think the Wii U has yet to see a killer app. Especially one that showcases why the Gamepad is worth the price of admission. NSMBU only had tough screen blocks, SM3DW only had token stages that truly used it. Nintendo Land wasn't enough to show it off. And now every major release coming up doesn't use it in a significant way. Maps and inventory are all that has happened and frankly it's not an exciting selling point. It's something the DS has already done. The Gyro controls in the Gamepad already done by the Wii. The infrared port done by the Game Boy Color. I feel like the Gamepad was made as a hodgepodge of past Nintendo innovations but it lacks a soul.

How does the ownership of the Seattle Mariners factor into their finances? Because that Robinson Cano contract is definitely eating up some Wii U money.