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I would hope for some new game announcement but have been down this road before and there is no point in getting worked up, they will show something when they're ready. Though the later time could be to coincide with worldwide eshop update..... Oh damn it I'm excited again! All I know for sure is that I would like to hear some news on the loyalty business model, I buy a lot on the eshop in fact I'm on to my 8th homescreen page and one of those is full price retail games.

I'm almost proud I have no clue what this game is. It sounds so poor, every time I have heard or seen news articles I have just turned away or switched off.

This does look lovely and if it's sharing assets with FAST Racing Neo then that will hopefully look just as gorgeous! Nice interview, I do like Shin'en they always seem respectful of the fan base and so calm and professional about their growing popularity and favour among Nintendo fans.

Someone at big red button likes borderlands

@electrolite77 I have nothing against them buying western devs just don't think there are any worthwhile in need of buying at the min, if this was a year ago when thq went under then they should have bought their assets, Sega though comes with relic and the rather loved games workshop licence rts ips which the Wii u (probably the only console capable of decent rts controls) is sorely lacking in

@XFsWorld nope, sorry I'm a fan of games in general. People buy Nintendo consoles mainly for Nintendo games, I don't see many western companies in need of a buyout that would be worth purchasing but to get the multi-platform games developed Nintendo needs to increase the niche buyers and the easiest way would be to buy Japanese companies who are a bit all or nothing in the bank balance. From software has recently stated they don't know if they could afford to make a ps4 game, why not court themost and make their fans buy a Nintendo machine. Those mutiplatform western games will follow when the Wii u sales increase.

@TheRealThanos I would love to play western games too but think by distancing the Wii u as a gaming prospect more than just Nintendo games then more people would buy it and the Western games would appear. It would preserve traditional Japanese game design which seems to be dying off as many companies can't keep up with high development costs.

@XFsWorld Please no, they should (though I doubt they would/could) buy up eastern devs, if they got hold of treasure, capcom, platinum and Sega then they could make the Wii u a bastion of eastern game design which would bolster it as a very unique product further separated from the ps4 and xbone.

Since it's announcement I had been toying with the idea of getting a ps4 though i know now is not the time to buy. I have a gaming pc but like to sit on the sofa while gaming so maybe in the future i'll consider a new playstation. However today I read an interview with FROM SOFTWARE about dark souls 2 in gamesTM from a couple of months ago and when asked about making games for the next gen systems they said they didn't think they could afford it! This makes me worry about the state of the gaming industry and allows me a little more faith in what Nintendo are trying with the Wii U. I can imagine a big game drought on the Xbone and PS4 over the next year or two as they end up having to rely wholly on the biggest studio's making games, which will all be sequels to hedge their bets. I hope thats not the case but it doesn't sound good having successful devs turn down the opportunity due to cost. Here is where Nintendo should start to reach into its bank balance and get some more exclusives.

They're working on some drug or other, possibly released under the guise of "super Nintendo entertainment heroin" which is the same as normal heroin but altered to compel you to buy a Wii U every time you take it. Mark my words, more than 9 million will be sold (or stolen) that year.

I want the wii u to be the place i can play most of the castlevania classics so any DS ones are going to be instant purchases.

It took them two years to reskin R-Type!?

@Frapp I thought they were a bit slow too but then how many games have rare had out since N64? of those which weren't rushed piles of pap? I like retro but not really hyped for this still.

Aaaaaaah, well I have a game buying problem so this isn't going to help, about to hit 8000 points on nintendo network premium

Portrait of Ruin!!!!!

I get the feeling if they made an advert which starts in the 80's and a kid playing the NES and as the kid got older they showed him/her getting new consoles along with school graduation, a job, a family, a new house, up to a wii and finishing with him/her replacing the Wii with a Wii U putting the two side by side you would see the difference in graphics and form factor it would hammer home this is the next generation of Nintendo consoles for the old and new generation of Nintendo gamers. They could also highlight the different things each one brought to gaming and make themselves look classy and innovative rather than the kids explaining to their parents what a Wii U is. Plus it would maybe show kids what their parents played on and how far games had come, play on peoples nostaligia

Why does everyone forget that Nintendo announced it as an addition to console gaming that could be used for off screen so the console was always on, could be used for inventory management and outside that could be used for whatever people wanted to use it for. The gamepad is a great controller and fulfils it's exact role of keeping the Wii u on and used in my lounge. Nothing on Tv I can look on Netflix while the Mrs is searching through the sky channels. My Mrs uses it as a convenient Internet browser over her phone as it's just easier to see and use. I can play games when the family wants to watch rubbish on the TV and sometimes the kids like to draw with it or it will prompt a family mario 3D world or rayman session, just because it's already switched on and being used. If Ninty sold the Wii u without the gamepad then they have already lost.

I'm expecting a Feb Nintendo Direct on Sunday or early next week, seems as though there have been a couple of indie dev's saying they will be making announcements soon and this just adds to the possibility of a 2014 whats coming from Nintendo Direct (which they did last year and it was incredible). Please don't disappoint Ninty x

For Wii u they (Nintendo) need to get all their racing franchises out on Wii u, with online vs modes. F-zero, 1080, wave race, excitetruck/bike all could be easy to make as unlike Nintendo thinks, they don't need new hooks or ideas to make them valid just new courses and online modes.

@Shiryu I going to let out my uber geek and back up your last sentiment with a Tolkien quote "Things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway".

Simons Quest!!!!! I hope that's on the EU shop next week, I want to hit Deborah cliff with my head!

I love my Wii U, think its going to beat my previous favourite console, the SEGA saturn, for fun. Though I do wish it was taken more seriously by 3rd parties and consumers so I would see more 3rd party games and not have to turn on my PC every so often. Nintendo have had a history of releasing handheld game players for their systems and I feel it would be excellent to the wii u, now that the eshop accounts are linked, to allow 3DS games to be played on wii u through a dedicated channel, and would flood the system with must have games. I personally dont think it would impact on 3DS sales as it would tempt people into buying a 3DS to play games on the go, but also attract people who own a 3DS to Wii U as they would already have a large game collection.

So creepy, I don't get this dating over the internet jazz?

@WashioYuji
not exactly, it's a series of Nintendo consoles which only play about 10 games each

@XavandSo I didn't realise they made an I-Que wii? I know the dsi was the same but like the n64 edition only played a small handful of pre-approved games that had to be downloaded from a pre-approved supplier.

Every time I make a resolution to have a break from MH3U (as after sinking 300 hours into one game I feel as though I should play something else) a new monster hunter story comes out and I go and boot it up again for another few weeks!

@P184
Or Excite Bike 64!!! Which I need a sequel to right now!

I enjoyed mirror of fate, though as a long time castlevania fan, I couldn't tell you why? It felt all sorts of wrong to begin with, the boss fights are mainly ballbags of a button bash-A-thon and it has QTEs and yet I still had fun.....

Really looking forward to seeing this on Wii u, I love my PC gaming but racing has always been a couch sport for me so hoping this will be good. I can't expect to play need for speed most wanted until the next gen if I want real world car models on my racing

I think I speak for everyone here when I say, what the s#!t is a festa?!

Finally time to buy rayman and resi, wish I could have gotten them earlier but after rayman was delayed it came at a bad time money wise and resi didn't seem worth £40 as I already own the 3DS version. Everything else on that list I already own.

Its a bit of a loaded comment though, stating Nintendo is simple and for younger gamers before they buy a playstation. He doesn't state if he has two because he has two kids though, so it could be lost in translation a little and actually be praise. I kind of wish I could have two and keep one in my room (preferably a Zelda version)

@Freakazoid yes yes yes! I have put over 250hrs into this game now, not many manage those kind of numbers for me. Final fantasy VII and dark souls did, so MH3U is in good company.

I think that's not bad numbers for Wii u sales it's almost 1/4 of a million and although it should and could have been better we all know that wii u was going to do badly with the other consoles to fight for space. The coming months when those people who want to own a Wii u as well as a xbone or ps4 will start to show up and hopefully a better Christmas month in all territorieswould be nice. Nintendo need to start thinking about broadening the market and tapping into New territories if it's going to succeed in being competitive with the Wii u now, more console sales from markets which have not gotten into the habit of only buying Nintendo games can't hurt the third party support.

Regardless of whether this trend keeps up its nice to see more people try the console for themselves.

I was really enjoying this game apart from one or two wonky boss fights and a couple of stages which were a tit until I remembered to let go of the run button. Then I started it up a couple of weeks ago and all my progress was deleted

Looking like it's born from shadowrun, beneath a steel sky and flashback, my interest is piqued.

I can't move for Mario adverts on TV! Which doesn't help as I bought the game on the sly hoping my mrs wouldn't notice the difference between old and new mario games

@MadAdam81
Brian Lara cricket on the megadrive was great fun! Codemasters somehow made it about as much of a party multi-player sensation as micro machines was at the time! Incidentally I hate cricket, so it must be good as it's still one of my most loved megadrive games

Hasn't the Wii U only sold a few thousand units in the UK since it's launch weekend? So maybe they have the same launch numbers

@JQuest no as Goldeneye is the perfect fps! I wish someone would allow it to be released again with nothing more than a lick of paint here and there.

I'm enjoying the single player much more than I have in recent years. I find that because it's so silly, it doesn't offend me anywhere near as much as when they try and be relevant or over realistic which always comes off as being disrespectful to those peoples or countries currently wrapped up in wars or social unrest. Something like this game with it's aliens and everybody ganging up on the USA (one day), it's been more akin to going to the cinema and watching an Arnie movie back in the late 80's early 90's. As such I have even managed to have fun with the MP and more people seem to be on more modes than was managed with black ops 2, still not many people but getting in games of infection break up the tedium of constant team deathmatch.
I am not an advocate of CoD but I do like competitive online multiplayer and at the min for the Wii U I have this and Splinter Cell. Hell I would rather be playing splinter cell but no-one is ever on that game. After a long day, when all I want to do is just relax online, this is the game I currently have to turn to (If I want to sit on my couch and not at the PC) and compared to blops2, it doesn't seem too different, except I might actually finish the single player campaign. I would give it a 7 or 8 out of 10 personally, but I didn't care about CoD before I had nothing but CoD to play online

@unrandomsam actually I watched a university talk about that on Ted once and an impressive amount of people can't tell the difference between 30-60fps don't know why and I can't remember the statistic, but do remember that only around 10% of those who could tell the difference can notice a change between 60-90fps so I imagine barely anyone can tell if their game is running at 120fps and if they say they can its likely they're bullshi**ing.

@unrandomsam YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Rondo is the best, wish that would be released on Wii U VC. I may actually get to the end of it with the save states employed.

Mine is sat under the TV ready to go with Wii Fit U, but has not been used in a while due to selling all other consoles in the house.

That was pretty loving strange...................I don't think I trust these guys with my money????
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Anyone see a video of this went up yesterday too? It looks pretty fun if very similar to zombies in its idea. The difference in enemy movement adds the current twist to the formula.

This is probably the first time I've been genuinely excited about a feature in CoD.....

I'm on the verge of doing everything 100% in wind waker, but wanting to take my time with it and simply enjoy sailing around the place. But this weekend will mostly be taken up by Wii Party U with ythe kids and Deus Ex, the latter of which is very good and well worth £23.99

I'm a little bit of a gaming sadist, but I really love this game. The review is fair though and I can see why elements of the game will polarise opinion. For me the exploration is just right, and if you hit a bumper or trigger then get sent half way through the level, it's no different to the original 3 games. Plus its a bit of tough one and requires learning through being punished by things you didn't see coming, I can cope with that, in fact I prefer this game to Rayman.