GameLord08

I don't see how this qualifies as "hating on the Wii U." It's a genuine concern.

I empathise with the development team. You can see they're devastated, especially with all their recent effort. Other than that, Ubisoft still seems to remain rather arrogant about the situation. This statement rectifies nor addresses nothing, and we could've gone without it.

This looks pretty interesting. The GamePad sounds to have been thoughtfully integrated, enhancing real-time combat and such.

Will be keeping an eye on this.

@Lopezdm: Obviously I wasn't referring to the Wii U line-up alone.

Honestly, a multi-platform release was ultimately inevitable. This alone is a somewhat trivial matter to fuss over.

However, delaying it for seven more months three weeks from its initial release date? Furthermore, delaying it to around the start of Q4? Around that season, we know we'll be getting GTA V, Madden, Pokémon, Wind Waker HD etc., two new consoles to be hyped about and, most importantly, not forgetting that it's now releasing post-E3?

And they say they did this so they could reach a wider audience. Talk about a shot in the foot.

Let the familiar developers display what the Wii U is capable of.

Mere figures and values thrown about in a dodgy speculation mean next to nothing.

The art-style is intriguing, that's one thing I'll say.

I call overthinking.

Oh, Nicalis.

This is absolutely mental.

There's too much information here to not think of this as a likely rumour.

Despite being great games, both Darksiders I and II didn't sell that well, which might explain why nobody seems keen to shell out on Vigil. Sad really.

Anyway, it'd be interesting to see this happen. With the fruitful partnership between Nintendo and Platinum, imagine if Darksiders became another exclusive for Nintendo. _{I say fat chance, though.}

I hear this franchise bears some similarities to Zelda though, so if Darksiders becomes Platinum's own independent franchise, I'd be worried to see whether or not they'd be able to mold a viable plot for the next game. (I hearsay stories aren't exactly Platinum's strong point.)

Literally this announcement alone has peaked my interest in this game.

Mother of Hyrule.

Super Mario Sunshine, Kirby Air Ride, Eternal Darkness and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Now.

The Golden Rule of Expectation: No Zelda. No Metroid. No 3D Mario. No disappointments.

@Emaan basically wrote my comment for me.

I hear that this game was originally in development for the Wii before being upscaled to debut on the Wii U. It has a strong possibility of being true IMO, but rumours.

There's not a snowball's chance in the fires of hell that that'll shimmy its way into the mainstream market. This industry needs to stop being lazy and adapt to mobile gaming in its current form - it has much more potential for ingenuity as it is.

Expectations: An open-world 3D Pokémon MMO heading to the Wii U.

Reality: "No, folks, you have not actually caught them all."

I lol'd.

No. This is China. Clearly, the Wii U GamePad is the imposter here.

@Samholy: Maybe you missed the part where this was a third-party game. Whether or not it comes to the West has next to nothing to do with Nintendo; it's Square Enix's decision. _{Bloody hell.}

Those reviews weren't sabotage. Most were rushed. Plain and simple.

Can we just not, please? Just... please, no.

I honestly don't see how this title is misleading, but that may be attributed to the fact that I'm used to ambiguity.

OT: I would've guessed as much for THQ anyway. They're in a dire financial crisis, and now is not the most certain time to make huge investments in the Wii U. Being a new console, there's no guarantee that it'll pay off as well as would be required to be considered a financial success.

However, this attitude will almost certainly change not too far down the line, when the Wii U has been adequately... familiarised.

Here, have a cream doughnut. You're my new favourite person.

@Rapadash6: First of all, I didn't say it was Nintendo's "openness to future software" that caused the Wii's dearth. I said it was their unpaced strategy. And secondly, I didn't say you in particular didn't like what the launch line-up offered - I was being indirect.

Look, Nintendo doesn't want the entire lifetime sales of the Wii U to occur now. They'll need sales in future, and that's that. If you don't feel it's a good investment, don't buy it. If you feel this promises are "blank promises", then don't buy it. Then be pleasantly surprised in 2013, and sustain Nintendo's profitability further over that season.

Not everybody needs to be interested in the Wii U all at once. They're doing reasonably well with their sales as it is (exceptionally well, actually), and all they need to do now is focus on maintaining the console's vitality over time. Spoiling all the surprises doesn't help that, so with all due respect, if you don't like it, lump it.

@Rapadash6: They need to have their work cut out for them at E3, otherwise we'll see a repetition of the Wii's mid-life dearth. The longevity of a console depends on how well it manages to build a sustainable library that extends over a long period of time. The very argument you just brought up is the reason both the Wii and GameCube endured a premature death. That is what is unacceptable.

The launch line-up is clearly only a stop-gap for what we have to come, and so far, it's fulfilling its purpose well. They're not going to blow all the announcements they will need to stay relevant during the coming season just because you don't like what they have right now. That's not how business works, and it never will be.

@Rapadash6: You have the entire first quarter of 2013 covered for the Wii U. There's nothing "unacceptable" about that, unless you're palpably insatiable.

Clearly, Nintendo is the answer to global warming.

Portable console gaming?

I honestly can't see this being ported either, as @CactusJackson said.

...Eh, I'll sign it either way.

Interested.

Looks like Miiverse has really hit it big.

@Chunky_Droid: No, this isn't really much about how my parents raised me. They raised me just like normal, overprotective parents. I'm not attempting to somewhat "boast" that I'm rebellious or anything of the sort either; I'm saying it's more of "how I raised myself". My parents never let me loose or raised me indiligently - they raised me absolutely fine, and this isn't really anything to do with parenting (for me). I let myself loose, as most children often do.

Sure, I turned out fine. But much of that can't be said for others, hence the extra precaution. This is a day and age where a few lock-ups here and there really do nothing to hinder kids away from doing what they're allegedly not supposed to or need to be protected from. It's really more of a feeling of curiosity than being rebellious (well again, for me). When the cat's away, the mice will play. We'll just hope to God that the mice don't run into a mouse-trap.

However, I shan't really say whether or not it's within Nintendo's rights to be exhibiting this sort of precaution themselves. I'll just say that parenting alone, however determined or strict, isn't as effective as it was ten years ago.

Let me use this here statement as an example.

Personally, I've always been the kind of underage person Nintendo warned you about. Ever since I can remember, I can and will find a way to bypass security, settings or precaution on any service, and I can and will be sneaky enough to download it discreetly. It's not because my family is careless either - very much the contrary. I'm just one who was raised in a household as watertight as Soviet Russia, and it had adverse effects on me.

Not all children are submissive enough to parental controls, settings and whatever else have you, and I'm a glaring example. My saving grace is that I've been twisted inside-out well enough to tolerate adult themes as though I'm watching The Moomins - but that's far from what can be said about most other children.

Remember we're talking digital purchases here, which are still in the vast minority (it really won't affect much of the mature gaming population) - and are much easier accessible to children. Children can't walk into a game store and buy a GTA game like they're taking a stroll down 5th Avenue; the manager would have them up and out before they'd even finished saying the game's title. However, you don't have this kind of monitoring with digital purchases - that's why you need all the padlocks, shutters, laser beams and other thingamabobs.

Right now, I'm not taking sides on this argument (though I can provide you with quite a few reasons why this whole calamity isn't as big a deal as people are making it out to be), but these are just the considerable facts from me.

@TourianTourist: The Wii U? Innovative? I believe the term you're looking for is intuitive. It's also currently the best approach for both Nintendo and developers right now for multiple reasons, given the flawed audacities of the Wii.

That'd actually be a very fitting addition, from what I've been hearing about the game's impressions.

Report violation.

Interesting to know about the 3DS.

"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"

This is beautiful.

I like this. I really do.

Nobody remembers Fantasy Life?

The Legend of Zelda: Skyrim Sword.

Starting a prayer service for Canada.

And so the showdown will begin.

Nintendo shouldn't be aiming to "emulate" (read: copy) Xbox Live or PSN either way - that'd lead to the most abysmal failure for them. They should be aiming to create their own original service that can still be regarded as competitive towards Xbox Live and PSN, and still integrates and improves upon the standard requirements of an online gaming network (i.e. online play, digital purchases, account management etc.)

From what I've seen so far, I'd say they're doing an outstanding job for a start. I just hope Nintendo are starting as they mean to go on.

@luminalace: That is effectively what he was saying.