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OK so the game that turned up in the post today was not Heroes of Ruin, so I will probably not be playing it this weekend. Rayman and VF5, though, sure.

@ocarinadude14 Slow down, dude. No release date for this one yet but expect it later this year. Also, saying "first comment" is lame.

This game is fun. Write it off at your peril!

Loved playing this on Tuesday. I turned a 'spectacular raptor' into a dinosaur with wheels, a baby's head and an elephant's trunk. The greatest game ever.

One cool little thing I had pointed out to me: all the Rock Pikmin are different shapes.

@mamp Rock Pikmin are the 'battering rams' of the Pikmin world. They crush, smash and batter really hard things like crystals, rocks, shells etc. that are too tough for even purple Pikmin to dent. Also, Rock Pikmin don't hang onto enemies so they're just like throwing stones. They are sufficiently different to purple Pikmin to be worth including

@Joshume You realise we can see your name above every post you make, right?

The final game will let you just use a GamePad but this version didn't.

RE: release date announcements, expect separate events in Japan, America and Europe like the 3DS announcements.

Apparently it's more like you run a shop than a farm. But yeah, I expect many HM similarities!

@akabenjy You're now my favourite user on the site (apart from @Vonseux who uses an avatar from Shining Force III)

@grumblegrumble Four Swords is DSiWare and therefore not eligible

A Gretchen Weiner GIF in a comment on a news post. I can die a happy man.

@LordJumpMad No it's not. The artist is from Pokémon but the core team isn't.

@Drewciffer Try webmasterX AT capcom.co.jp

Oh, and if everyone could throw in a request for SEGA and Camelot to patch up their differences and get to work on a proper Shining Force game, I'd appreciate it. Cheers.

I'm going to use that image in all my Iwata-related news posts from now on. It's just amazing.

@Demonic I imagine it will have some form of add-on content later on.

And more Nintendo Directs between now and Christmas!

@TheDreamingHawk I have that sorted but thanks anyway!

RE: Demos, the ones mentioned yesterday (Kingdom Hearts etc.) are just "on the way" so expect them in the near future.

Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed

@warioswoods @koos Nintendo did apply for a patent on that golf concept

Oh yeah and don't forget you can have inter-user private messaging which shouldn't need as much moderation

I hope Nintendo will let you opt out of moderation, so you can just see all posts as they happen.

@Ras I love 'em! The punnier the better

@rjejr You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed reading my madness. TBH I haven't read them over again as it might worry me. Maybe the Poker-mon is a UK/US thing; I don't know anyone who calls it Pokey-mon. Must just be you North American weirdos.

Official fact sheet says:

"New Super Mario Bros. 2 is an all-new side-scrolling adventure game featuring Mario AND Luigi. Two players who each own the game will have the option to play the entire game in two-player multiplayer mode using local wireless."

Well to be fair, before this show we hadn't seen or heard from Luigi's Mansion or Paper Mario since September last year, so it was good to see them again

Go ahead, rub it in.

@Oddy You can but you need to refresh the page first!

I'm going to bed now. Sorry this was so disappointing you guys!

We're going to get past 800 comments at this rate.

You guys are going to blitz the past comments record! Thanks for your enthusiasm!

It's silent because nobody has any mics on, guys

@Assassin87 it's weird right?

@Aqueous Thanks! I hope so too

@Bobhobob Awesome! I like no competition And sure, we have the live stream now, so I hope you come and watch it with us all later

@bobhobob We need Nintendo to upload a placeholder before we can embed anything — if I can, I will bring you the stream here. If not, I'm very sorry!

@WolfRamHeart Take a photo of that pizza! Also I keep telling myself this is only once a year. Only once a year...

Should be, the others have been

Thanks Will!

@BenAV - tell me about it D:

You need to work in the industry in some capacity to attend E3.

OK have updated the post with Reggie's exact words, which are "Everything that we've shown from a first-party perspective is definitely launch window."

The table of Wii U games is copied exactly from Nintendo's release slate — I just screengrabbed it and uploaded it.

We refer to companies as singular nouns, not plural nouns, so it's Nintendo is, Nintendo was, Nintendo says

That's a treat for next year I expect

@Pengaweeno Fixed now!

@Joshers744 Corbie is attending the roundtable and might post things afterwards (or during it if he's allowed on Twitter!) but as it's on at 2am UK time our news team will be fast asleep. We'll of course bring you the news first thing in the morning though

I think that sound is a lot of you reversing your Wii U purchasing decision

Though it's weird that ABC News says:

"ABC News has learned that there are no brightness controls for the touch screen Wii U GamePad controller, which might have been a good option for saving batteries. This is in line with how other Nintendo handhelds operate; the Nintendo 3DS offers no control over screen brightness."

Tell that to my 3DS, dude.

Now now, nlay nice.

@Ryno I knew I'd get that wrong. Thanks!

@g1i1ch THQ said the other day it's no longer confirmed for Wii U sadly

@GreenDream Love doing them but it's not often we all get together sadly. Would love to do more when the opportunity is there!

@Dante52uk With you on Batman Arkham City, was waiting to play it on Wii U. Very excited now