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Here in the US, I just bought a Switch on Amazon for .01 cent from a new seller. Order will obviously not go through, but I figured I'd just see what happens.

I guess that decides it then. I'll get it on Wii U and wait on the Switch purchase. If it's as good as everyone says, I'll just buy it again on Switch for a subsequent playthrough.

@daveh30 Those are fair points and I'll admit I'm probably not the typical user. I pretty much never play video games while my wife and daughter are home unless they're sleeping and I would probably only take it out of the house when we go on a family trip.

Honestly, I'm much less likely to buy the Switch if it doesn't have Netflix and Prime. My family uses both services through the Wii U and I don't want two systems hooked up.

I'm glad I like the game, if only to have something to buy with my otherwise worthless platinum points.

The price is steep, no doubt, but the big disappointment from my perspective is that they won't keep the game going with additional level packs. They spent all this money doing the groundwork just to abandon it immediately? From an occasional iOS gamer perspective, and I can only assume the shareholders feel the same, this is idiotic. They could've charged $5 for the full game and then $5 for additional "worlds" of 24 levels every two or three months. I guarantee I'd be shelling out that additional $5 indefinitely. Seems like an obvious missed opportunity.

I prefer the old physical Nintendo gear rewards. Posters, calendars, little tote bags, etc. My nephews loved that stuff. I'm just entirely uninterested in spending points on clothes...for a game...that I don't really have any interest in playing except to fulfill the least requirement in order to get more points.

Maybe people already know this, but it was news to me: for those in the US, Amazon is currently offering 20% off the game/amiibo bundle for Prime account holders.

Seeing that finished is enough for me. Well played.

Congratulations, Alex!

FYI: Skip the eShop download and buy a download code from Amazon to save about $3.50 on Mario Maker.

Oops, that's the DLC. My bad.

Mario Kart 8 is $11.99. Is that news?

It's an excellent game. Well worth getting if you haven't played it yet.

Yes, but when is the sequel to Mario Strikers Charged coming out?

@AlexSora89 Clay Aiken was an American Idol contestant. I think he won one of the first seasons of the show. He's generally considered kind of obnoxious.

Ouch! That pun hurt my eyes.

I'll buy it, but probably not Christmas Day. I'll have my hands full already.

I hope that's in line with or exceeding their expectations. Such a fun game. I'm so happy to support quality work like this.

@ThomasBW84 I lived in London for two years and never heard that one. I figured it was something along those lines. I like it. I'll try it out here and see how it fares.

"...its friend system is a bit pants"

Say what?

Yeah, definitely looking forward to this.

This is really fun. I've never played any other Dynasty Warriors games and I felt lukewarm about it after reading the review here, but after reading a few others this morning I downloaded it and played the first stage. Really a lot of fun. This'll be a great multiplayer game during the holidays.

Downloading now!

Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is already on sale for $29.99 in the US. I'm downloading now.

New VC games! Excellent!

This looks fun. I'd love to play it. Best of luck to these guys.

An absolute classic. I love this game.

Not too exciting this week. Nothing for me. I bought SM3DL last week and will pick up Tropical Freeze next round.

Great Warriors move reference, by the way.

"Cannnn youuuuu dig iiiiiit?"

Nice. I'm finally to gonna pick up SM3DL and then Tropical Freeze when it goes on sale.

Also, the name is terrible. "New" is not a word that distinguishes any product from another. What is Nintendo's problem with naming? They really suck at it. I have friends who loved the Wii, one in particular who finished Skyward Sword and 100%'ed MK Wii, who still don't know the Wii U is a new system. Complete fail. Might as well call it the 3DS U.

It's nice to see they are streamlining the handheld and console lines. I'm hoping their next gen system will be some kind of combination portable/home system.

While I'm not thrilled the new hardware will have exclusives since I just bought a "new" 3DS when Zelda:ALBW came out, I hate when people whine about hardware upgrades, so I'll just keep my mouth shut.

@PvtOttobot @RainbowGazelle Well that seems like some info that should have been in this article. I'd like to play this since I never did on the Wii, but I'm not going to buy a new 3DS to do so.

There's nothing in the article that suggests this will only work on the new models.

I read several reviews of Gone Home when it first hit the scene. You know something special has arrived when the critics love it, but so many gamers cry "But it's not a game!!!!" Definitely a buy for me.

I remember renting Nobonuga's Ambition for NES back in the late '80s. It was an amazing game at the time. Probably a bit less thrilling in the modern age.

I might buy The Fall. Waiting on the review.

The ending of the first is so repetitive it kind of killed it for me. I've gone through the loop like three times and I just lost interest. I mean, seriously, you want me to do this again?! So fun until that point.

Definitely buying these. Looks like great DLC. Brilliant move by Nintendo. Also, there's no reason not to add folks to the roster of Mario Kart, a la Smash Bros.

@Kodeen Nice

It's not in the base game so I can't get myself too riled up about it. Honestly though, it does look out of place. IMO, the one in the picture is kind of ugly. I think a better idea would have been to include futuristic concept cars from real car makers or better yet have those companies design an actual kart and throw their branding on it. That would've been fun and in keeping with the MK style.

Choices 2 and 4 are remarkably similar.

Mario Kart 64 would be pretty great in HD. Also, Double Dash, which I loved.

I said none. I'd rather see Super Mario Sunshine or Twilight Princess. The Wii games on the list I've played too recently to pay for an HD version. Give it another generation or two and I'll happily buy an HD Galaxy and Prime Trilogy.

I understand why people are upset, but it makes sense from Capcom's perspective. People who buy a gaming device, such as a 3DS, will generally be willing to pay higher prices for their gaming experiences, while people who buy phones and/or tablets are not doing so exclusively for gaming and will, generally speaking, probably not be willing to pay as much for the same experience.

@BigH88 I'm a big fan of boardgames. I love playing them. I played Monopoly a lot when I was younger, but it always takes about an hour too long and someone decides to quit. Plus, when a player loses, the game can still go on for hours, leaving that person to watch Monopoly, the only thing worse than playing. One of my brothers is always defending the game, but I despise it. Definitely one of my most disliked games. But if you like it, more power to you! The Zelda version does look nice.

Monopoly is a terrible game. A Zelda themed Settlers of Catan would be cool.

Ridiculous.

It definitely looks fun. Hopefully they'll make it fun to play as well.

The iPad is portable, fast and light. I love the Gamepad, but it is not portable, it is also relatively slow and heavy. The iPad's capacitive touch screen is also much more responsive than the Gamepad's resistive touch screen. Shooting for iPad parity is a nice idea, but the Gamepad is not even close to being as versatile. I'm hoping Nintendo is working on that problem for their next system, but that is likely still many years away.