Mrclaycoat

@SLIGEACH_EIRE you are 100% right. If Nintendo put as much effort into the their system as all the fans do in trying to defend them, the Switch would be a BEAST!

This is so weird, I'm in Canada and I have yet to see an empty shelf at any store I've been aince it's second week

For every amazing kickstarter campaign that I am happy about, there is one that burned me. Sorry KS, I'm out.

I'm finally getting numb from all the pain lol. Totally understandable to drop support, I mean Nintendo clearly did a long long time ago. This game looks really cool though, steam it is.

@OorWullie I sure hope so, if this isn't a hit then Nintendo is pretty much done in the console market.

At least Nntendo is consistent everyone. They talk big about the importance of third party support and then do all they can to mess it up. Keep up the good work Nintendo! Everyone trash talked the Wii U's launch line-up back in the day but boy doesn't it look amazing when compared to the whopping 4 games the switch will have at launch! Looks like they'll be SWITCHing to being a software only company much sooner than I thought.

If the Wii U port is cancelled, which makes sense, then a full refund is in order to those who backed the Wii U version if requested. That's fair in my mind, as a backer specifically for the Wii U version.

Nintendo shouldn't be worried. They're the big N!!! They have like two whole games still coming to the Wii U, and underground indie hits like skunky super slots saga. I'm so not concerned. If I do get a hankering to play an old NES game, I far prefer to pay $4.99 each as well without all that annoying cross platform nonsense.

The Turbo Duo was one of my all time favourite consoles! I hope to see more super CD games this time around though as so many classics were not available on the Wii. I've been playing Fallout recently (AND LOVING IT!) but I would put that controller down tomorrow if I could play Cosmic Fantasy 2, Beyond Shadowgate (my pic is from that game lol) and Dungeon explorer 2

How is this not in HD yet???

I backed this book and find all this very sad indeed.

Woot woot!

@Captain_Gonru Captain Power is what is was called I think. oh the memories,

@onex oh don't get me wrong this game looks amazing, I am so pumped for this. I feel like this game will exceed all my hopes and make me feel like a kid again. but if I am to play devil's advocate now, it certainly helps the excitement surrounding it's mysteries going into E3 when it is the only Nintendo game being released in 2017 for Wii U (that we know of but it's already almost July so...). That fact alone helps immensely. If Wii U had 20 jaw dropping titles coming out for 2017 then the talk and attention over this game would be more spread out. Keeping in mind that this was one of my top favourites from this year, seriously it blew me away.

This new Zelda looks wonderful but it's not really gair to compare this games online presence compared to the othwr systems. Remember the PS4 and XBOX both had dozens of announcments all clamouring for attention. Wii u had one, one game, no competition. Although I am super excited for Breath of the Wild I can't accept this comparrison as it is not a fair analysis given the multitude of variables ignored. Buying this day 1!

I'm shocked Nintendo even showed up to be honest. Having the playable demo space looked amazing but those treehouse videos were PAINFUL! The games they did cover were overexposed by the end. In my mind I'm wondering why they wouldn't just realease all their new trailers strategically online at specific times to keep the interest on Nintendo more spread out ans consistent. Plus you could really stick it to your opponents if say at the same time as the EA confrence you launched your Zelda trailer. To me that's genius. Nintendo is desperate and having so little to offer for the next 12 months on an already very sparse 12 months reminds me of Sega's autumn years on the Saturn. Plus if by the time the NX xomes out with it's "xbox one power" they'll still be inderpowered by the new xbox and ps4 models. Please stop with the hardware Nintendo, you've lost and now look desperate and sad. Refocus on just making those magical timeless games you were once known for.

The podcast "how did this get made" covered this one. I highly recommend it!

Wasn't there supposed to be a new Harvest Moon for Wii U? I thought one was announced a while back, maybe at E3? I'm a bit out of the loop lately, lol

I still can't believe Nintendo didn't just jump in and scoop this game? Once the Kickstarter failed it should have been a no brainer. Some early work was already done and the first game was a cult hit for the GC plus the Wii U was and is and always will be hurting for good content. The Kickstarter wanted like a quarter million if I remember correctly? That's peanuts for the big N

Who needs Star Wars Battlefront or whatever their newest sports game is when I can play an overpriced paper thin version of Mario Tennis?

Putting all your eggs in one basket is a dumb move every time, BUT when you only have one egg to show...

No way am I getting an NX, I've lost all confidence.

I bought Sochi winter Olympics for the Wii U and it was by far the worst game I played that year, slightly worse than "the letter". At least with the letter, you could laugh. How on Earth these games keep getting released and make money is beyond me.

@CaPPa I guess I should have clarified by saying new star wars games. When I really want is a new Rogue Squadron or maybe an HD trilogy release. Something that feels like a truly engaging Star Wars experience like what the other two systems have with Battlefront.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALEX'S WEEKLY VIDEO INTRO???

I've gotten quite sick of the Lego churning out the same game every few moths with a different sheen on it, but this one looks like it'll have some variety. The fact that the only star wars game you can play on Wii U currently is Pinball is so depressing, that I may have to get this for that fact alone. It's so weird that I have to turn on my PS3 to play super star wars...

@Goob it could have something to do with the Wii U not having new games available. Pokken Tournament will be the first new release for NA this year and it's mid-March. That's just pathetic. Hopefully Pokken can help turn the tide a bit but...

@KingofSaiyans If it was a new Zelda game, different story. But a third version of a Zelda game that isn't even one of the best ones from the franchise won't make a big impact.

@Splatburst literally everyone but Nintendo is saying this.

looks pretty cool!

when you only release one game every few months, you have to find ways to keep people busy. Micro-managing how one can have fun could be one of those ways...

Once this goes on sale, I will totally buy it!

Very sad but I get it, the perspective on gaming has changed so much in the last decade.

Nintendo is turning from "sadly out of touch" to "this is a train wreck!" I still love these systems but the value gets worse and worse as time goes on. No way I'm supporting the NX or any new system from Nintendo.

They talked a lot and showed a lot but all I heard was desperation and repetition.

So no Jinx in this game?

Took less than a minute, super sweet

Looks like fun, sadly $6.99 American is now $24.99 Canadian

@Action51 lol buhwha? I wouldn't call this the reason, but it is yet another form of bad news for Wii U owners, but another person showed me that this end date was always stated (although a bit hidden). No my decision on stopping support for Nintendo isn't in stone yet but after the embarrassing E3 showcase this year, the NX will have to literally blow my socks off. Now I tend not to wear tubes socks so that does make it a bit easier but still...

@Marlowe1877 well ai don't think anyone can argue that point. I have never had a Nintendo system die on me yet. They make those things to last! Especially GameCube discs, man I've seen some so badly scratched there's no reflection on them at all and they still work just fine. I hope this stays true for the Wii U because that gamepad looks like it may not have that signature Nintendo shelf life.

@DrkBndr I tip my hat to you, this certainly changes everything. Although I wil say that this was not very well advertised as I watched the direct video and read up on this and never once heard of an intended end date. Also, isn't it super weird that there would even be an intended end date? Doesn't make much sense to me.

@DrkBndr It did? I don't think I ever heard that. Where was this stated just out of curiosity?

@faint I guess that will depend on what My Nintendo actually is. I hope it will fix all the shortcomings though.

@heathenmagic Exactly! This is why I'm very hesitant to buy into the NX. Not because of this act in and of itself, but the message moves like this and the cancelling of TVii tell it's customers. I adore my Wii U but if you look at the initial Wii U advert video (at E3 in 2011 or was it 2012) so many of the promised features never came to be and some others, like the previously mentioned gets cancelled without any effort to really utilize the apps.

@faint Can't say whether it's Nintendo's fault or not (as I stated previously) but it does hurt the perception of accountability with Nintendo's digital services. The obvious example being the outdated account service that STILL exists today. If my Wii U dies, the struggles I'd go through just to retrieve these games would be most difficult and unique to Nintendo's customers and not Sony or Microsoft's. I'm not sure about Game Spy but will look into it.

side note, I really enjoy your passion buddy. Good dialogue is hard to find sometimes.

@faint my point lies in my initial post to you, pretty clear dude. Also you said you "think" so you do not "know" so we're all in the dark. The only "fact" is that people who paid for this service are having it taken away from them. A service that was never really supported once released and that, whether Nintendo or Google's doing, hurts a Nintendo consumer on a platform riddled with big promises and poor support, a consistent theme surrounding Nintendo and the Wii U

@faint I actually totally agree with @heathenmagic. Although the loss of this program will hurt only a very small group of users, it speaks volumes as to why one would give full support to Nintendo with regards to their Digital Shop. The fact is, people paid money for this service and boom now it's gone.

I liked the service and used it a fair bit at first but sadly I haven't since. this is probably due to the fact the NO NEW LOCATIONS WERE ADDED! JFK space station was super awesome and using the miiverse sharing was a brilliant idea that sadly not many people used. Walking around places like the great wall of china or time square New York using your wii u fit board was kinda fantastic too. Just like the Panoramic videos, these are amazing ideas that were dropped the second they were launched. Very sad

Attack of the Friday Monsters is a wonderful little game

I've been buying up old Wii games lately as well and for dirt cheap as well. Anyone in Toronto Canada? There's a place selling them for dirt cheap.