HollywoodHogan

@ACK

"Yeah, claiming the VC is dead compared to Wii is ignorant of some basic facts."

Basic Facts: The Wii U VC has games from the SNES, NES, GBA and if you want to count it as such...the Wii.

The Wii VC had games from NES, SNES, Genesis, Master System, Arcade, N64, C64, TG-16 and the Neo Geo.

@ACK

3rd parties (and Nintendo themselves basically) have already given up on releasing VC content for Wii U, and the console was released in 2012. I don't expect things to improve. The Wii had hundreds of VC titles across several platforms by this point in it's lifespan.

@ryanator008

Huh?? Third party VC titles are basically non-existent on the Wii U and are greatly outnumbered by Nintendo's own games. The Wii had phenomenal 3rd party VC support but the Wii U has all but been forgotten in comparison.

"It is taking longer than we anticipated to confirm the applications. We appreciate your patience as we work through them as quickly as possible"

No online. No HD. Amiibo's out of stock. No more GameCube adaptors. Forced motion controls no one wants. Finding it harder than they thought to produce HD games for Wii U....why is Nintendo always ill prepared??

"To be clear and upfront we won't be linking to the forums and sites that we've visited, as per our policy on this topic."

If anyone is interested in viewing the "forums and sites" that contain information on the Gateway, check out this article written by Thomas here, where he openly names and links to the forum in question.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/3ds_homebrew_exploit_set_to_be_launched_on_22nd_november

@LightSuitGuy

Thank you, LightSuitGuy-sama

@Goomba77

Nah, I just mentioned he was British to emphasis the point that it's very odd that a British guy writing an article in English for an English audience feels compelled to throw in Japanese honorific titles for no reason at all.

@Goomba77

Been all over the world actually.

I've gone to Japan, have several Japanese friends, and never once have I used '-san' at the end of their names or been asked/told to.

Miyamoto isn't reading this, he isn't speaking to him in person, and it smacks me as being very unnecessary and out of touch to feel the need to add "-san" to the end of all these Japanese Nintendo executives names. It stands out like a sore thumb in all these articles.

Am I the only one who cringes and finds it corny when the Brits writing these articles constantly refer to Japanese people by adding the honorific "-san" to the ends of their names? You guys don't need to try so hard.

I was excited for a Star Fox Wii U game, but the fact that it is so dependant on the gamepad and requires you to swing it around to aim, while forcing me to take my eyes off my beautiful HD tv, made me lose interest fast.

I haven't tried the demo yet, but the graphics look muddy, the gameplay looks odd and I'm not a fan of the "steam punk" look or whatever the hell it's called.

I will try it later as I am a huge fan of Advance Wars/Fire Emblem type strategy games but my expectations are very low.

@shigulicious

If you hate YouTube 'celebs', check out this video of comedian Norm Macdonald hosting some crappy YouTube award show thing and mocking these talentless people unmercifully

Quarthon's hands

@Quorthon

Are you getting paid for each post you make?

lol! Nice 'sale' Nintendo!

Last week I bought Guacamelee for $2.99 on my Vita (regularily $14) and Nintendo knocks $1 off the 25 year old NES game, Metroid, and thinks that's a deal?

@Kitchener

Apparently the Norwegian education systems needs more work....

I didn't call anyone a loser, I was only restating the belief that the person I was responding to had shared.

Why do you feel someone who makes money is bad? Someone is willing to pay, nobody is getting hurt...why is that wrong?

@OMGILikeTurtlez

How?

Some guy who bought the game years ago for around $30-40 is still going to make his money back, or more, by selling the game on eBay today or in the future.

The Mega Man games can be purchased for $4.99 on VC but a quick eBay search sees physical copies selling for $20-60.

People are paying a premium (willingly) to own something collectible. They are not paying a high price because they want to just play the game. They want to own a piece of their childhood/gaming history.

Not hard to understand.

@OMGILikeTurtlez

Why do you think someone who sells a rare and collectible item at the market price is 'an obese basement dweller'?

Is a guy who sells the first Superman comic for $1 million a 'fat loser' or a smart business man? I choose the latter...

@DdFixen

Because the guy is selling a physical copy for $40+ to someone who wants it even more than he does, making a $30 profit, then buying a downloadable copy for $10 because he is happy with that.

Not really that hard to understand. He made $30 for free. The only problem I'm having is wrapping my head around the fact that you find this logic hard to understand.

"If he sold his car to someone for $100,000....then turned around and repurchased the same car from someone else for $20,000...why wouldn't he have just kept his car in the first place!? It makes no sense!" <--- this is pretty much the situation you are having trouble understanding.

Someone selling a 5+ year old, rare and out of print video game, is not a 'scalper'. It's someone who is making a deserved profit on something that somebody obviously wants because of its collectibility and rarity.

If someone puts a copy of Earthbound for the SNES on eBay and starts the auction at $30 (because that's all they are looking for) and it ends up selling for $180...how does that make them the bad guy? Obviously the market has dictated that it's value is much more than that, and that someone willingly bid on it and feels that the game is worth that much to them. Should they make it a 'buy it now' auction and be forced to sell it for just $10? Of course not.

The people who complain about this are truly lacking intelligence and the basic understanding of supply and demand.

Also, many other older/rare games on the VC have physical copies selling for $20-50 regularily in stores and online. The people who pay these high prices for old games will continue to do so even though they are available as $5 downloads because they want the original physical copy. That is what they are paying for. It's a collectible for them.

Just having a rare game made available on the VC does not mean that physical copies of the game are going to hit rock bottom on the resale market.

I hope that all of you guys whining and moaning about this remember to maintain their strong moral ground on this issue when you go to a yard sale and find a copy of the rare NES game 'Stadium Events'. Be sure to only resell the game on eBay for $5, because it's old and that's all it is worth. Don't sell it for $10,00+ which the free market (and collectors) would gladly pay for it!!

Never knew this until now!

First got the game in 1988 or 1989, had a subscription to Nintendo Power, and never once heard about this cheat.

@Kaze_Memaryu

"That's completely besides the point. This isn't about what Nintendo implements/enforces, but about what we make of such exploits.
Just look at this: we had a region-unlock in our hands! Regardless of what Nintendo might think of it, we had the chance to prove that we can support that, and show clear interest in imported games
But look at it now: all these people are doing is showing how utterly pathetic they are in their greedy aspirations! We lost an entire argument because of this, and NOBODY can hold it against Nintendo that they're patching this! It's just plain sickening how people fawn over this, even here in the comments, and they're even proud of this!
We had a great opportunity to prove a point, but instead these morons committed murder in court"

There has never been a scenario where I have wanted to listen to video game music outside of playing the game.

So none for me.

@RupeeClock

Well if you could do all those things before this Gameboy exploit was discovered, it was still only going to be a matter of time before Nintendo tried to block it.

Those visible screws ruin the whole look

@Kaze_Memaryu

It's a web browser exploit, it has nothing to do with region free games.

SCAT for me!

@njblair143

Ya i cant believe he would hit on a transgender person either

@AugustusOxy

You got stalked by another dude? yikes

TMZLife

_{And that was completely uncalled for. -Lz}

@midnafanboy

Stay gold....

This is every single person who is complaining about just the XL releasing in North America

Thomas Whine-head

@nostalgianinja

"I see a lot of people saying "It's okay if the smaller one doesn't come out." What difference does ONE INCH make?"

If you are 4 inches, one inch extra is a huge deal. If you are already packing 7-8 inches, it's not that much of a difference.

If you are a fan of watching people have weird facial ticks and look uncomfortable in front of the camera, the Bill Trinen portion was fantastic

@SparkOfSpirit

Hahaha right, because Nintendo has a great track record in regards to their online downloadable offerings and how they are made available to consumers via their awful account system!

Also, Microsoft has always had terrible backwards compatibility? The 360 let you play (and download) games from the original Xbox. The only reason the Xbox One doesn't have any is because the internal architecture is completely different. Same goes for the PS4. You really believe the next Nintendo hardware will mimic the internals of a console released in 2006?? Something that even at that point in time, was severely outdated??? Maybe Wii U 2 will come with a stone tablet and chisel then?

@SparkOfSpirit

Because as I stated already, there is a Wii inside the Wii U.

Do you actually believe that Nintendo will be interested (want to spend the added money) putting Wii hardware inside their next console, which should be substantially more powerful than the Wii U? It doesn't make sense at all, especially if Nintendo ditches it's current hardware architecture and aims for something more in line with what the PS4 and Xbox are doing.

Actually, believing that the next Nintendo console, coming out in 2017-2018 or whatever, will share any internal components with the Wii, a system that came out a decade earlier, is laughable.

@BensonUii @SparkOfSpirit

Ummmmmmm....I think that's a pretty huge assumption you guys are making, assuming that you will be able to download and play these Wii games on the NEXT Nintendo console. Remember, these games are not emulations. The Wii-U hardware physically contains a Wii. If the next console is not based on the same hardware architecture (good chance it's not) you can say goodbye to playing these games on the next console.

You can't even play XBL games you downloaded on the 360 on an Xbox One because the hardware is so different.

Never heard about this one before but it looks surprisingly decent so far

@skywake

Buying a video game or an amiibo and reselling it at a higher price is not illegal though.

Nice try!

P.S If you ever decide to sell your home, I would be interested in buying it. But only if you are asking for the exact same price you paid for it, or slightly less because it's used. If you ask for more than that, you are being an illegal person.

I have several mayflash adaptors and they all work great

Nicole could have been Jimmy's beard

@TeeJay

So it was a contest featuring a random drawing then? Cool.

@MyBodyIsReggie

Don't all promotions, whatever the deal, leave some people out in the cold? Stop acting like you are entitled to own one of these. It was essentially a contest, and you lost out this time.

Doesn't look so special or cool to me. Quite boring looking actually.

Don't know what the fuss is about really

@skywake

You say you aren't mad about this situation...yet you repeatedly refer to people as 'ducks', 'a-holes' and 'pathetic' throughout your rant. It's quit obvious you have some emotional investment in this issue because people don't get worked up like that over things they supposedly don't care about.

Also, I suggest you check a dictionary and read the description of 'scalper' or 'scalping'.

Scalpers, by definition, sell tickets to events at a higher price. Scalpers do not sell video games/action figures or record concerts on iPads....lol.

@PokeMario

"When I do that I usually mention the exclusive games since I don't think it's worth it to buy a console if the games you want to play are already available to you somewhere else."

That's your personal opinion though. You can't counter someone's factual point (that the Wii-U doesn't have that many games coming out in 2015) by responding with a small list of PS4 titles, ignoring the dozens of other games it is getting that you personally don't count.

Fact of the matter is the PS4 has more games coming out for it in 2015 than the Wii-U and this point isn't even debatable. If you want to cherry pick which games 'you' want to count, this is irrelevant and just avoiding reality.

@skywake

I wonder how mad you get about, you know, actual life and death situations?

@PokeMario

Where you mention the small list of Sony exclusives announced so far for 2015 in a mocking tone, you are conveniently leaving out the dozens of multi-platform third party titles which will be gracing that console and NOT the Wii U.

Nintendo is still making a small profit while not taking too many risks, which is good, but I know that Nintendo wishes they were doing much better, especially globally

@dumedum

If he wants to charge $3 for the game and he himself feels that's what's it's worth, I'm gonna have to side with him over you...

Feel free to pay $4.99 for the 30 year old Urban Champion on VC though!!