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@Nestalgic What do you mean PS4 and Xbox One aren't doing better? Have you even looked at the news regarding them? PS4 sold 4.2 million as of Dec. 28th and Xbone has sold 3 million. They are indeed showing signs of doing better than Wii U. It's likely that PS4 will outsell the Wii U in a much shorter time than a year too. It does have to do with Nintendo and Wii U. Tablet aren't taking over and the premium $60 procing model wouldn't work on tablets. It's simply not a viable market for triple A games.

Unsprisingly and sadly, Batman: Arkham Origins did not show up here.

@Darren1986 I read it, I was simply hoping that it was a screenshot used from a previous announcement, as I said, I could have paid more attention to SSB news.
@NintendoMonkey Dang, that stinks.

Is Snake back?! I haven't payed much attention to the news but if that picture of from SSB Wii U and not Brawl then consider me excited.

It says you didn't pick on Wii U overall and 3DS overall game of the year even though I did. Says the same thing on 3DS and Wii U combined too.

That looks like a lot fun.

That was hilarious, great article, great. That was the best part of my day.

You put the F word in it and then complain about the age rating being too high and that it is okay for kids and the age rating is wrong. That's just stupid, don't pretend your making a clean game and making something kids can play when when your not. If you want to make a game that's clean then make it clean, I don't think it's ever necessary to swear. So make it clean if you want it clean, instead of complaining when your game gets a high age rating because to put clearly offensive content in there

This was a great review, very funny Phillip. I loved the Christmas story on it, it's been awhile since I read one of your reviews, and I've been missing out. Thanks for sticking with the site even though they treat you like a slave.

I'm glad they put the newcomer option in, I already loves the series, but I chose to use it anyway because I thought I would enjoy the game more with it, I did play on hard mode to make up for the lost difficulty though. I think I'm enjoyi g the game more this, espcially since I always restarted the game when I lost someone before. One bad thing about permadeath is that it really limits the story in the games because they can't rely on characters to be around so a lot of characters can't improve the story like they could if permadeath wasn't there at all.

What? That made no sense at all.

RIP, 66 is a young age to die at too. I haven't played that many of his games, but my favorite would be Spilnter Cell: Pandora Tommorow.

@Koto Agreed, Sonic wasn't a good in Brawl and I doubt that will change in SSB:U, while Snake was a great in Brawl, one of the best in fact. I really hope they have him return.

Sweet, I'll keep my Gamestop pre-order now instead of switching to Amazon. I probably would end never playing the multiplayer, so the lower price and gamepad is a good trade off for me.

I'll pass on the game since I already played it on Wii. I rather liked the motion plus controls and found them to be precise too, so the lack I motion controls is downside for me in this version too.

This was pretty neat, put a smile on face.

@odd69 Sometimes games have to be cancelled for business reasons, money runs games. I don't think anyone is responsible to release a game on platform they said they would if they can't for monetary reasons.

On that picture, how much time does Link actually spend saving the world as he does fixing his hairdo? I guess that's another reason why we should forgot about.. what was I talking about again?

I wouldn't get because is has way too much sex, swearing, and it takes the violence too far. I don't really care if something is trying to present something fictionally (like ZombiU) or realistically (like COD airport). I care about how violent the action is, not who or what it's on. I would buy it in a heartbeat if it was much cleaner though (which system, here's the list from last to first, PS3, Wii U, and PS4.), I love the idea of being a criminal robbing banks, stealing cars, and then running over people with the stolen cars.

You bilieve that something in a game can be wrong to have in game, and that makes you someone who thinks they are superior? Wow, just wow. I beileve all the sex in GTA is wrong, I think all the sex in any form of entertianment is flat out wrong. I don't think I'm a better person than you because of it. I think it's a bit too violent as well. Let's not forget the swearing either. I'm not offended by running over innocents or being a criminal in the game, I care about the action, not who the action is done do. I think GTA5 looks amazing and would buy it in an instant if it they could just cut out all the bad stuff in the game.

Nobody got laided of people. Part of the studio got reassigned to another studio to keep working on NFS. The people who wanted to work on something new were kept in the now smaller Criterion studio, and will probably get more people farther along in development. They just have no use for more people until they get the basic ideas for their new game going.

If Nintendo abandons the Wii U than nobody will trust them with a home console again.They have to ride it out with Wii U for a while or else they will destroy themselves. I'm not sure there is a remedy for third-party support though, If Nintendo is really lucky they will get the odd exclusive. I don't see them getting much that's serious in any third party in the future though. I think third-party only gets worse when the PS4 and One release, I don't think it's ever going to come back either.

I got an E-mail saying they were changing the Wii U Facebook page to this too. I guess I'd rather they kept it Wii U a bit (I'm that much of a change person too) as if rather just get Wii U updates and no Wii updates. Overall it doesn't really bother me or matter to me that much

@MrGawain Agreed. Look at how prevalent sex is in the media and among kids. The idea that kids aren't being influenced is crazy. Kids need to be taught morals, not do it now so you don't do it quite as bad later

@Emblem Even if a kid knows something it doesn't mean further exposer is good for him.

@Peach64 That's something I've been thinking. Games get suggestive themes for a reason and it's probably not things that little ones should hear or see. A cartoony style doesn't make a game family friendly if you still put other things into it. Many T games aren't appropriate for a younger audience.

Good review. I've got the game on VC and I've never beat it. I can clear the first level and then the train part of level two without dying, but then things get frustrating. It's fun, but way too hard and a some of the bosses just feel like mandatory damage. The boss on level level two is just plan stupid. Haven't been able to beat a second time after I restarted the game.

He still might want to work on it if Nintendk offered it, I can understand why he's tired of the questions though. They will probably stop now though.

@lividd3ad Yeah, all girl cast and some of the clothing they are wearing doesn't bode well for the game. Looks like have will be a lot of sexuality as a selling point. Something I find offensive and a major turn off for me.

What the freak is this supposed to be?! No 3D and it doesn's fold. This thing sounds and looks pretty atrocious. I really don't see this doing very well. It's such a downgrade from the 3DS that it's not even funny. I can't see a kid being happy when they get this instead of a 3DS lol. The lower price isn't worth the downgrade. I mean 2DS sounds like bad propistion compared to the 3DS too. It looks really really cheap. This also looks like it be kind to use the controlls because the whole thing is flat.

I lost all intrest once the gameplay started. It's completley unappealing to me.

@gamecubefan You were as bad as the overweight kid, if not worse.

@unrandomsam Thy helped publish Xenoblade, that is why they were the only retailer allowed to sell the game. If they hadn't published the game which got them the monopoly, the game might not have even come over to the west.

Picking up a used copy of Xenoblade at GameStop is actually the cheapest non-auction opition after a quick search on Amazon and Ebay. I really don't see the problem here. They are charging what the market is charging for the games, on the cheaper end of the spectrum too. A individual charges $100 for Xenoblade and sells then he's smart, a corporation does charges $90 for a games and it's greedy and selfish. Something is wrong with this logic. If somebody decides not to shop at GameStop over this then that is just plain rediculous. They are just a pawnshop and this what pawnshops do, they may be a glorified pawnshop, but they are one non the less and people need to remember that.

$85? I already have the three games seperately and I wouln'y want to pay $50 for this, actually, I probably wouln't want to pay much at all for this since I already have them, don't feel like replaying them, and am not particuarely attracted by the Wii controlls. I don't get why people are saying GameStop is scamming people with the price. This is the kind of price that the game is normally found for. I can understand if it's too much for you, most "vintage" games would be too much for me at that price too. GameStop is a game pawnshop, and pawnshops charge what the market will pay, and that $85. Just because GameStop is a retail store doesn't mean that they can't charge in the ballpark that eveyone else is charging and it's somehow wrong if they do.

10/10 awesome. This is fantastic, I'm a big Transformers fan, so this is just perfect.

@Warbeard Movies are a much broader market than games. You can get a lot more people to see a movie than buy a $60 game.

I'm glad Nintendo rejected it. I don't like the art style, doesn't feel right to me. The live action take that you guys found on youtube was much better.

And it's a bad game as expected. The movie will be terrible too, I mean, watching the trailer is painful even.

@Doma Supporting this doesn't make one immature. It would be a better and funnier addition than the Wii Fit Trainer if you ask me, fact, there was nothing funny about that addition, just wasted space, time, and effort. Also, just because you didn't like the story mode and cutscenes in Brawl doesn't somehow make it immature for others to be against their removel. Your personal taste is not an indicator of what's immature or not.

That was amazing. I don't even want to think about how long it took to do that.

@Afrodudex I'm pretty sure the ESRB is not supposed to operate that way though. It would be a breach of policy to operate like that.

The price is outrageous. Angry birds isn't even well suited for a home console. Angry Birds is a good iPhone game and exactly that. It's not worth $50 in any sense, it's worth the apple store price. People who buy this need help.

@psycoticdev1l I'm not implying that, I'm implying that there is a good porition of the market this could hurt. A lot of kids own 3DSs who can't play M because of their parents, not all 3DS owners, but the market is definitely there. I haven't personally noticed that much extreme stuff from my time with trials and tribulations, it could have just been me with that. I'm sorry if you don't like that I can't play M games or don't like the content they have. Can you some of you guys stop jumping down my throat too? I'm the only person that has gotten blasted for personnally not being so sure about the game now because it's M.

@UgliestSoup You don't need to make fun of me. I may be a bit unhappy about this, but I think it a bad idea for Capcom business wise. Can you tell me how the sales will increase from this? I'm not just saying all this because I don't personally like the M rating. Ethics aside I think it's a bad idea. I get unhappy that a number of games get M rated, but I can understand why they would do it, but I can't make sense of this.

@ToastyYogurt I didn't mean it that way, I meant that I don't think the M rating is going to increase sales. I edited it to try to clarify what I meant. I don't think nobody will buy it due an M rating. As you can see, the reaction to it here hasn't been very positive even form people who buy M games and will still buy it too.

@psycoticdev1l I've played Trials and Tribulations, I still need to finish. This game isn't that high on my radar. I think it's a legitamittly bad business move. Most people who want a game to be M rated don't want to play Phoenix Wright, it's 3DS which has a large amount of customers that don't play or want M games. An M rating doesn't represent the franchise very well either. I don't see the franchise going where a lot of fans of it want it to with an M rating either. I think they will be alienating the existing without really gaining any new ones here. The series doesn't really need either. Most poeple don't play PW for detailed rape cases or detailed gory murder scenes.

I'm certainly not getting this now. This seriously has to be an idiotic move by capcom though, they have nothing to gain by an M rating. People aren't going to want to buy the game more because it's rated M. People are only going to not buy the game because of it. An M rating doesn't even fit Phoenix Wright, it's too lighthearted and fun. I'm not even sure I really believe this, I really can't understand why it would be M. This can't possibly do the series any favors. I honestly think this will hurt the games sales.

@Smitherenez I think Ubisoft made money form Red Steel 1 though.

What about new IPs to fit new gameplay ideas? They could do what Sony does and crate new character that fit one type of new gameplay specifically. I new fresh new IP is fresher than just gameplay mix ups with a franchise. They could make even fresher gameplay with a new IP designed around that gameplay too. It would be nice to see a new non-platformer franchise come from Nintendo.