FonistofCruxis

Welcome to NL, Andy.

Yay, I'm glad Magical whip is finally here, I had given up on that getting a European release. Unfortunately, judging from the votes, it seems that I'm the only one who's excited to see that finally get released here. I'd much rather get that than Fallblox which will probably be immensely overrated like its predecessor. Who would want to play as that ugly Mallo anyway?
EDIT: I just re-read the review and I forgot that you can't save. Seeing as its a pretty short game and you can leave the 3DS in sleep mode, I might still get it.

Only 4 mini-games and a gallery type mode for a 30 dollar retail game? That's ridiculous!

I envy the Japanese being able to play this already while we still have to wait for until next year.

The Wii U browser sounds far better than Nintendo's other browsers. I like the sound of having your Mii in the corner reacting the page load times. It would be cool if you could use Mii emoticons on forums.

I wonder what the Mario and Luigi icons represent. I'd assume that they'd represent games but what would Luigi games be?

I hope they improve the sprites before it comes out, they don't look like they're of the same sort of quality as the backgrounds and areas.

I'm not surprised at how well Tales of Xillia 2 is doing but its still good to see. Out of all the Tales of games on non-Nintendo consoles (which is unfortunately more than the amount that is on Nintendo consoles), ToX2 has become the one I'm most interested in. It looks amazing!

Like many other posters have said, I hope Bravely default: Flying fairy gets localised.

Seeing as most of these are available on Wii VC and there's also the anniversary collection, I would much rather they focused on bringing the GB Mega man games to 3DS VC first.
@Late and @Shiryu I have a GC action replay which also has a freeloader on the same disc which allows you to play GC games from other regions and I plan on getting the anniversary collection and using that to play it at some point. I know a system update prevented Wii freeloaders from working but the action replay part of the GC action replay disc still works so I assume that the freeloader part of the disc would as well.

Even if I did like Pokemon, I wouldn't get this at that price, especially when you can get all the information in it for free on the internet.
@TheDreamingHawk Actually, if you have a phone with 3G, the internet will be with you everywhere (almost) which makes there be even less point in buying this app as you could play a Pokemon game while having your phone beside you with the internet browser open on a page that has all this information on it.

I'm glad that you can transfer save data unlike the DSi to 3DS transfer. Its also good to hear that you can transfer Wii shop points and Miis.

That was very entertaining to watch, Iwata is awesome!

Does anyone know what the retro looking game in the bottom-right corner is?

This looks pretty cool. I might use it but I probably won't use it that much.

So you have one Nintendo network ID for the system and not for each account?
@HarmoKnight If you're that paranoid about it, wouldn't you rather have an account system so that you can easily get all your games back if you lose them? Would you really want to go through that ridiculous process of filing a police report and sending that to Nintendo?

New super Mario bros. U looks fantastic, I love the connected world map and the levels and boss fights really good too. The challenges and multi-player also look like they'll be a lot of fun. I hope you can turn Miiverse features off though. I wouldn't want those messages popping up on the world map or messages popping up every time I die.
@PinkSpider I don't think he was being serious, he was just trolling. Haven't you gotten used to LJM yet?

I thought the Miiverse acted as the user interface and appeared when you started up the console? If that is the case, what would the UI look like before the update?
@LavaTwilight You're not alone, I like reading instruction manuals too. I like how some instruction manuals are really fun to read like the ones for Wario games the No more heroes series.

I hope they bring the GBC one toe 3DS VC as I'd want to play that before Risky's revenge and this.

It doesn't sound like it will be as good as the previous 3 games in the series with its simple story and samey environments and characters and no partners except from Kersti. I'm also not too keen on the sticker system.
@Shinpichu I love Super paper Mario,its an excellent game and its my 9th favourite Wii game!

Nothing for me this week. Even if I was interested in Pokedex 3D pro, I wouldn't get it at that ridiculous price! Even if it was half that price, it might seem a bit much when all that information is available for free on the internet.

As soon as I saw the developer, I knew it would score badly.

I'm surprised that Rayman legends is the game being demoed at the most stores as it isn't a launch game

I doubt its the account system. If it was, the update would probably just be for 3DS, I doubt they'd bother adding accounts to the Wii and DSi at this stage.
@Windy Unchained blades is a retail game in Japan so that's probably why its so expensive.

@Sephariel Apparently, Its out next Thursday.
Good to hear its an improvement over its predecessor but it doesn't seem like a game I'd want.

On NoE's site, Kaasa solution are listed as the developer and they made Flashlight and Discolight on DSiware so this will probably get a pretty bad score.

I probably won't use the Wii U's web browser that much but its good to know that its far better than the one on the Wii.

It could have been better, it didn't make it clear enough that its a new console. There will probably be a lot of casual gamers that think its just a new controller for the Wii rather than an entirely new console. Also, the music was awful.
@superianmage1 I don't see how anyone can smile "gayly". Gays don't smile any differently than straight people do. :/

A director's cut mode is a fantastic idea for DLC but this game still doesn't have a western release confirmed. I really hope this does get localised, out of all the 3DS games that are yet to be announced for localisation, this is the one I want to be localised the most.

Those all look awesome but the white one looks the best.

I really don't get why everyone is complaining about this game being 20 hours unless Castlevania games are normally longer than that (I wouldn't know as I haven't played any games in this series yet). I think 20 hours is a pretty good length for a game.

@Tobias95 I didn't know that, thanks.

I loved Sin and Punisment: Successor of the Earth (still need to get Successor of the Skies) so I look forward to finding out what this is.

I'm not sure that I'll get a Wii U early enough to make use of this but this system is far too convoluted.

Good review, I'll watch this once I've finished Spectre's call as it takes place after that game. It seems inaccurate for Don Paolo and Flora to be in this movie as they're not in the prequel trilogy and this takes place between two of the games in the prequel trilogy. Seeing as Layton knew Don Paolo before the events of The curious village, this might not be so inaccurate but he hadn't met Flora before that game so she shouldn't be in this film.

The ones by joh-wee as well as the Squirtle and Meta Knight ones are amazing!

@WhiteKnight Many casual gamers are satisfied with just playing on their smartphones for a few minutes and not playing anything else so if Nintendo did release mini-games on the app store, there's a chance some people might just buy the mini-games and not the games these mini-games are supposed to be advertising.

I'll probably get Gradius at some point. It will be good to have on the go and there are the restore points in the 3DS VC version if I ever need them.

Not surprising as Layton games normally sell well but still good to see. It does look like an excellent game but I'm currently playing Spectre's call so I'll get it at a later date.

I'm glad Nintendo doesn't think the way some third parties do but I wouldn't mind paying for new areas.

I loved the PC RCT games so I was hoping this would be good but after reading this review I definitely won't be getting this. Such a shame that it turned out like this.

@Ceviche_Stiles Oops, I forgot about that mini-game.

Donkey and Diddy Kong aren't even confirmed to be in any Wii U games so they're not really relevant to the theme.

I'm not sure about this. I liked 10 second run (still stuck on level 42 though) but I don't really like this game's aesthetics. It looks like a cheap flash game. I know 10 second run looked pretty basic too but it I think it looks more visually appealing than this does.

None of these gaming awards shows are ever accurate. Its almost always just the most mainstream games getting the awards whether they deserve it or not and games on Nintendo consoles never get awards either.

This game looks and (especially) sounds awesome!

I'm worried that @MrWalkieTalkie may be right about certain gamers using this as an excuse to bash Nintendo so I'm not sure if I'd want this in the UK but I like the sound of game stores that sell plushies and other collectibles.

I'm surprised the 3DS sizzle reel said E-E10+ as I'm pretty sure Fire emblem: Awakening, Etrian odyssey IV and Castlevania: Lords of shadow: Mirror of fate will be T rated. Those were great trailers anyway and the music was awesome!

Out of the games in the 3DS sizzle reel, I plan on getting Paper Mario: Sticker star, Professor Layton and the Miracle mask and Luigi's mansion: Dark moon. As for the eshop games I plan on getting Liberation maide and Wario land II (I know those are already out in Europe but I don't have them yet) and I might get Super Mario bros. The lost levels and Ikachan. Tokyo crash mob looks pretty weird.

@Hyperstar96 Maybe he's planning on buying the basic bundle which doesn't come with Nintendo land.
I'll always buy physical copies of retail games and I often get downloads long after they come out (I do that with retail games too) so after I get a Wii U, it may be a while before I have to buy a hard drive for it.

Some very interesting facts and the only one of these I already knew was the one about Eggman originally being intended as a protagonist. I had seen that creepy Sonic CD screen before but I couldn't remember how it could be seen. I'm glad they scrapped the Madonna idea. Having a human love interest for Sonic didn't work well in Sonic 06 but I wouldn't have thought that that would be a good idea anyway.

@SkywardLink98 Unfortunately, yes they are.
@Void That music has been part of the Fire emblem series for a long time, I wouldn't know how long though as I'm not a fan of the series but I remember hearing that music in both SSBM and SSBB.
Paper Mario: Sticker star does look like a great game but the story doesn't sound like it will be anywhere near as good as the previous two games in the series.
With how far they've got with the translating and voice acting in Fire emblem: Awakening, I'm surprised its not out in Q1 rather than Q2.