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All of these options sound great to me If true, would be fun to re-play the game as the female protagonist and see if anything is different. More options are never a bad thing in my opinion.

Why are there Yoshis in the promo art but no Yoshi games on sale!?

Interesting concept. Maybe not strong enough to base a console on, but I'm sure there could be a few enjoyable experiences if the hardware was cost-effective

@Yorumi @Jazzer94
I was simply expressing agreement with IGDA's statement, the topic of this article. I agree there are many, many factors to this issue, and its difficult to weed out the truth from misinformation/hate and smear campaigns. I do unfortunately believe that her gender is an issue for some of those leading the hate groups. I wish we could move past this as a society but the internet makes it very easy to express hate and get that mob mentality going.

Also, I didn't bring up the subject of her gender, the article did, as it is an article about IGDA's statement, which directly mentions her gender being one of their perceived reasons for the online hate.

Anyway, I don't want to instigate conflict or make anyone pick sides, just wish as a whole this was handled better.

Its still so surprising that 'gamers' feel so threatened by women in the gaming industry. She was simply scapegoated about something that had nothing to do with her (censorship in FE and XCX), and Nintendo of America made the WRONG decision in giving in to the immature hate and outrage. It feels more like they used that 2nd job as an excuse to end the bad PR, but don't they realize they're just encouraging this behavior? The hate groups who had been blackmailing and threatening her got exactly what they wanted. Enjoy the future you're setting up for yourself, NOA...

Add Gyro controls or no buy!!

A Wii U version or Sequel makes too much sense, come on Pkmn Company!!

Yet another great looking Dragon Quest Monsters game we wont get outside of Japan :/

People are letting some vague tweets completely influence their opinion on something none of us have seen in action yet. I haven't been overly optimistic on this either, but lets not all decide we hate it before we have actually seen much if it. Plus, they are probably doing this type of test to incorporate feedback and improve the experience. People need to stop taking random opinions being tweeted as 100% fact.

As a gamer, I cant say the Wii Remote was my favorite controller, but there's no denying the accessibility to a casual audience a remote control has. If only they implemented the Universal TV Remote features the Gamepad has into the Wii Remote, it would be even more useful.

I wanted to see the new protagonist/rival designs! Guess we'll be spending the next several months hoping for CoroCoro leaks

Love when games get adapted into Manga. Like many of them, we probably wont get them here in the west, though. Own plenty of game-to-manga adaptations myself, from Pokemon Special, to Kirby, Zelda and Devil Survivor.

We'll have to see if Splatoon makes it to tankouban format also!

I love my New 3DS XL. I would have preferred the blue version though, but I i guess not in NA. Also wish they would have upgraded the camera resolution, it's novelty has worn off and is irrelevant compared to today's cameras. I never had much problem with the 3D, but I love the face tracking. Always keep the 3D up all the way, like before. Hope Nintendo keeps 3D as an option beyond 3DS.

The reason people care so much about the names, is because Red & Ash, and Green & Gary are separate characters, with separate goals and accomplishments. Ash and Gary are based on the designs of Red and Green from the games, and therefore look similar, but the show is is a different continuity. Red actually conquered the Pokemon League, became Champion, and dismantled Team Rocket, while I don't believe Ash has done any of that. In Gold/Silver, Green ended up becoming the Gym Leader of Viridian City after Red drove Giovanni out, while in the show, Gary never attained Gym Leader status. In general, Ash is on a never-ending journey and will seemingly never accomplish his dreams, so the show can last forever, while Red has more or less been strong enough to do so in the first game.

TL;DR
Red > Ash, Green > Gary
Because they decided the show should go on forever and have no progression. Ash is still described as being 10 years old after 900+ episodes!

I wish the new Star Fox game was their project, not something they were handed mid-development. I know it would be amazing then.

While I didn't personally use this feature much, my friend loves it, and it being discontinued is pretty disappointing.

I still think the best name for that class would be Nekomancer!!

So, the Japanese hint says the new Pokemon's name begins with "So".. I am betting on Sonansu (Wobuffet). Its fairly popular and its countering style could be interesting. I wonder what other popular Japanese Pokemon names beginning with "So" it could be? :3

Edit: Actually, taking a closer look it may be an "n" instead of a "so". They are written very similarly in Katakana. And it may say the name contains it rather than beginning with it. There's only two Pokemon that begin with So in Japanese, so that clue would be too specific.

Hm. While censorship bugs me, seeing an underage girl in practically nothing really isn't necessary either. I actually think the new outfits are much cuter. Japan seems to be pushing the underage skimpiness further and further, which I haven't been a fan of seeing appear in all my anime/games lately anyway.

Still totally don't understand the Greninja + Ash fusion thing. It shows them overlay with each other, and then Greninja has a new appearance, but Ash is still present giving commands. Whats going on? XD

I hope this means they're planning to port the highly superior HD Mobile versions by Christian Whitehead to consoles now!

I was pretty annoyed at the labeling of the Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water being called the 'spoopy' trailer. I don't get the meme and I don't care, some people at NOA shouldn't be able to undermine the hard work the actual developers have gone through, just to make some bad joke. A game like Fatal Frame puts so much effort in presenting and maintaining its setting, and it feels disrespectful some random person at NOA decided to ruin that immersion with a lame joke in the official trailer. As for this game, Tri-Force Heroes seems more playful and less meant to be taken seriously, so I don't see it as much of a problem, but the usage of the meme doesn't make any sense here either. You're not being trendy NoA, you're being obnoxious.

If people let themselves get this excited within 15 mins over a vague tweet, they have nobody but themselves to blame for their disappointment

Can they bring some Sega games to Wii U Virtual console too? Sonic Advance series, anyone?

I know it wont happen, but I want Klonoa for Smash! He's already a Namco-Bandai character, so no license issues! Wahoo!!

I really want to know if buying and scanning the cards would have that villager move in and let you design their house, or just have them visit briefly? If its the latter I'm extremely disappointed. I was excited to collect the character cards I want and make my ideal village.

Do people not realize they are re-drawing/tracing scenes and artwork from Akira Himekawa's Link to the Past manga? Should they really be accepting money for this? I find it disrespectful to the actual artists.

This show and Pokemon Sunday were always this crazy XD

How about Nintendo supply Best Buy with more amiibos? And find somewhere in the US to sell the Lucario amiibo already! >_<

I would like to support the idea of a Nintendo phone, but realistically, theyd have to either make it an Android device, which would make it easy for people to pirate the Nintendo software to use on other phones, or create their own phone OS. Considering how laggy the Wii U and even 3DS OSs are, I don't think itd end up being that convenient to use..

Wario Land 4 may be my favorite platformer. How I wish this game was real!!

As B3ND3R just mentioned, I also noticed the banner image for this article is fan art, and shows characters from Persona 1 and 2 which are actually NOT in this game at all. May have been an easy mistake, but can be misleading about the content in the game..

A really well written, in-depth review. Was a pleasure to read. Can't wait to pick this up

Still kind of useless to me if they don't add touch screen support.. Moving hundreds of Pokemon by arrows and A button sure is convenient...

Finally, I can race in Cheese Land again!

@sketchturner Actually, you've never been able to directly add a custom amount to your eShop balance, but when buying any game, you can choose to add "needed funds" and it will only charge the price of that content. No set increments.

These look cool, but I'd much rather be able to purchase the 3D Kid Icarus anime shorts! Wish I could watch them again (in 3D) >_<

Of course they do, but casual users browsing the eShop may not, and those are sales lost.

Seriously!? Nintendo NEEDs Wii U exclusives that actually make good use of the GamePad. This is a terrible decision!! " loading="lazy">

This means nothing to like 95% of the country. Rather, its more of a slap in the face, that this special edition exists, but we have to fly to New York to order it. The fact that we cant even order it and pay for the shipping ourselves is ridiculous.

I can't wait to see Big Bertha flying around in HD!!

Having this poll here is refreshing. You see so many people complaining, but this proves (at least on this site) its a vocal minority. We will probably only have one Mario Kart the whole Wii U's life cycle, so why not keep adding tracks to keep it more interesting?

I would have rather had Darmani and Mikau from Majora's Mask. but this works. Also, I hope Impa gets a DLC or costume to look like the Sage of Shadows Impa from OoT.

Nintendo has no reason to not localize this. The Wii U needs all the games it can get! Come on!

I hope this helps get things moving. I think everyone who has been interested has already played the retro titles, get some GBA games announced, Sega!!

Haha, if only!!! I so would watch that. Closest thing we got to a Metroid cartoon was this: Mother Brain

Freaky.

Same here! The Sonic Advance series was great and I think may have been overlooked by many. I hope it still has a chance on the GBA Virtual Console. Maybe we should find a way to contact them?

@ThomasBW84 I appreciate the shout-out! I'm happy to contribute in any way I can, however small it is.

As for the DLC, it looks amazing! When I first thought of Playable Zelda, her Twilight Princess design came to mind. I feel we didn't see her do a whole lot in Twilight Princess, so I'm glad we can see her fight with that awesome design as well!
Also really excited for Zant!! I assume he'll be made playable at some point in the game too, maybe after the main story. (Still hoping for Tingle to show up.. XD)

Wow. I understand not everyone is a gamer, and not everyone follows game news, but if you're going to write a professional article, do some research! A quick Google search could have made all the difference.

I still hope they bring back the canceled Kirbys Tilt n Tumble 2 that was being developed on Gamecube. The Wii U Gamepad would perfectly take the place of the connected GBA and tilt sensor.

Vid of original concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66_xvhHdCv4

@bezerker99 The original control scheme with the Wii Remote + Nunchuck is great; very accurate and works well on the TV, but if you prefer game-pad only play, that's when you see how the Dual analog control isn't so great. And I did double-check, there is no Left-Handed option. The right stick always moves the camera, so you need your left hand to move your character. >_<