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I don't personally understand the chasing aurora recommendation and personally I would have said unepic. Otherwise a solid list of which I own every single game.

well i'm certainly glad my stance was of a believe it when i see it frame of mind. I doubt the 2D game they wanted to make would breach any copyrights so should continue anyway (i hope).

I'm a warriors fan so being a nintendo nut too, it certainly floats my boat. Happy that multiple characters and weapon upgrades are in too.

@sasoriobi
Totally agree! microsoft really can ship those consoles hard!

I waited and waited and waited for this, it was a major reason for me owning a wii in the early days...........so I will believe it when I see it

its..........beautiful!!!

May face then melts

I don't think you mean human anatomy? It means a scraggy looking horse like creature, but since has been misappropriated by a nation of folk who can't spell

Too bad it was made by clubbing minks with conflict diamonds into a general console shape.

Right then once again, the gamepad is awesome. Nintendo started off showing to say that you could use it to play off screen and the original demos had people playing with wii remote then switching to the gamepad when someone wanted to watch baseball. Asymmetrical gameplay is something they thought was cool not the number one use and as any Nintendo fan knows, Nintendo won't force a gimmick where it's going to cause problems (gameplay or performance wise) so as for mario kart and DK country only having off screen, I'm as fine with that as I was with mario galaxy 1&2 to only have spin attacks and star bit pointing for waggle mechanics.

Got a demo of this during lab work on.green shore crabs last summer, it was pretty good and will definitely consider buying for Wii u

Still upsets me that battle isn't how it always was with dedicated battle maps

@AJWolfTill totally with you on those predictions, hoping that there is a big suprise announcement of a returning ip too like fzero or star fox, but not holding my breath for it.

@rjejr Was wondering if you consider RETRO studio games as Nintendo games?
Totally agree about the franchises not yet seen on the Wii U, I know GameFreak are being total ^&%^&%"£ ends about putting a proper pokemon on a home console but if Nintendo made one anyway (a proper one not colosseum or snap) then the wii u would be the worlds number one selling console at least for that month, and I would give my first born for another home console Animal Crossing.

The amount of people complaining about Nintendo developing a new bit of kit seems a bit short sighted. As has been talked about many times when the Wii was released and when the 3DS was released, Nintendo start on the next machine immediately so they get a few years of development time and then years of refinement on top of that. And why does everyone assume the hardware Iwata mentions is a Wii U replacement and not the successor to the 3DS? If they announce that in a couple of years then release the year after it will have been a healthy 6 year lifespan and no-doubt (like the DS and GBA were) be supported for a while after.

mario kart 8, will you flip the bird or drive like one?

I still have mine boxed and hidden upstairs away from the kids grubby hands. Got it for £40 on import with teleroboxer a month after it was abandoned.

At least fit music really puts it's licenced "fear engine" to full effect!

I mentioned the other day it seemed as though battle arenas were gone and the excuse for why was a bit lame, you still never knew if an opponent was going to come round a corner on block fort, but double dash had some terrible/small arenas and mk wii was too big with courses more catered to online. So in respect of the fact they don't seem to be able to strike a balance I will wait and see on that one.

Scram kitty and Mr driller for me, but been waiting for SK for a while now, it looks right up my alley (pun intended)

He's not wrong I do like the look of this one, and with a reasonable financial goal too. I may pledge later today.

Being in a competitive game of smash or mario kart broadcast live would be awful. I would have to think of nice (swear) words. Esports is a good way of Nintendo getting their hardcore crowd back, they just need to make more games which can be used that way going forward.

Anyone else notice we haven't been shown one battle arena? All battles have been on normal tracks so far....

Not so keen on certain design choices around the structure of the building but otherwise it looks well done. If we don't see zelda at e3 anouma has stated he will be talking about it at least hasn't he?

I'd think it could be good, but without knowing all costs involved it might be a large initial spend on an untested territory that not many would simply jump at (except MS of course)

I liked the E3 presentation last year, it was just the news of another donkey kong and that poor mario 3d worlds trailer that got everyone down and I'm happy enough they will be doing the same. I find it funny it's about 12 months at E3 since news broke of Nintendo trying to ban streaming smash bros at EVO and yet they're now doing their own! It makes me feel as though all of this talk about them being back in the console war as of right this moment in time, not just PR bull.
Please ninty remember if you want to win a war, you got to become war! and SPOOOOOOOOOOON! is not a suitable warcry

Glad the voice chat is kept to the lobby. I don't fancy getting kicked off the nintendo network for inventing swear words at strangers.

But what about shadows of the empire on N64? Which I think (though I could be wrong) was a book too?

@ShadJV hang on a sec you get 2.5 gallons of fuel for $10! We Brits are getting screwed!

Though I'm not really in for the doom and gloom of the article, I have been thinking about ways in which I would like to see Nintendo improve their dashboard as it doesn't play to my OCD very well. I have always wanted them to have separate areas or tabs for VC games, organised by machine. But if eshop purchases were organised and links put into their respective areas on the eshop, then surely if someone has a indie game menu with nothing in it, they're going to press the eshop button just to have a look at what's on offer. It tidies up the eshop a bit then too.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH wicked

@Hy8ogen and Dark Souls 1&2

This is pretty quick for a sequel! I've not watched the trailer and instead shall assume it's the same game as the first iteration, the only difference being pac-man has a pink bow on his head, clearly making him a woman?

Really hoping this uses the gamepad in some incredibly scary ways and gets a western release. Looking forward to hearing more on this game.

Hickory Dickory Dock! SOLD!

@TheRealThanos I always preferred Gaunts Ghosts or Ravenor/Isenhorn over actual marine books

didn't PS3 and XBLA already get a remake of the original, and then remakes on phones and tablets so now they're going to remake it again even though it was made-remade and ported all over the shop in the first place? I don't get it.

Wii U numbers aren't bad after Nintendo saying that this year they would be revising business and making it a focus of marketing and software releases, and then showing next to nothing all year so far..................sighs

@ricklongo I read a crysis 2 book for a review piece and it wasn't bad. Nothing revolutionary, but quite enjoyable and helped endear me to the game character a bit more.

I'll be waiting for the Wii U version, if it ever shows up. If not then I'm not that excited I would buy it for another system.

@RetroBillyT yes, yes I do. After the Wii U mario bundles at Christmas which didn't seem to set the world on fire.

Would get both Castlevania X and Rondo of Blood for Wii U if Konami would start releasing more of them in Europe!!!!

Ooooo

Happy earthlock managed to make it this time and going to pledge on hex heroes, but disappointed cult county is not looking very likely

What is miyamoto mii dressed as Link doing behind that booth chair!? He just says wait then shuffles around in his pants like everyone at Nintendo needs to see that before they can start dating!!!!

This game looks excellent, I've always wondered why action or sprawling stories never come about when the main protagonist is in major need of a toilet break. But this game answers that, and lets you play through the ensuing toilet terror.

Anyone else wondering if the release dates are separated as wii u is getting mario kart and Nintendo want to get every bit of mileage (pun intended) out of that before smash comes out and on top of that, it should also help the Wii U versions sales not be reduced further by people who own both Wii U and 3DS choosing the 3DS version?

@drumsandperc92
You should give it a go, I wasn't sold on it and elements of 3D world are not what I had hoped for in a console mario game. But, there's a lot of it, it's great fun in Multiplayer, the inventive nature of each level is staggering.

So how long is it before I bullseye wamprats around cinderellas castle and give sully a lightsaber?

I'm still waiting for castlevania 2 on wii u here in the uk. This is my all time favourite series and am hoping all NES, PC engine, SNES, N64, GBA and DS iterations are released so I can have them all in one place, would be nice to get SotN too, but can never see that happening.

@rylo151
Totally agree, this game mode looks incredible! Wish it was on console

Masuda48! Nooooooooooo!