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As of right now, this game will be a day one buy for me. The art for some reasons beckons a sense of Nostalgia.. probably because it reminds me somewhat of Legends of Mana. Ubisoft has made a lot of under appreciated games and I'm betting this will be one of them, sadly to say. With that said though, I'm sure this is going to be great. Can't wait to hear the release date.. hopefully it's sometime in January or March.

@DarkwingLz Actually, that's the best option. Also the most likely like you said, I've always considered Rune Factory to be a Natsume game anyway..

Man. This sucks. I'll be getting Rune Factory 4 here shortly and even though I haven't played it yet.. I know it will be great, because it's Rune Factory. One of the best handheld series ever to grace the DS/3DS. It's a real shame to see these guys go under. I hope that Nintendo helps them out or they get a kickstarter rolling. I was really looking forward to seeing one come out on the Wii U, however unlikely that may have been. Here's hoping that this IP does not die and it lands in some caring hands, IE Atlus or Nintendo.

I can't believe they put Super Mario World on sale this week and not Mega Man X last week. -_-

Ok, now Sega, you need to give Atlus reigns over Shining Force. I know they could do it justice and it's well over-due. Make this happen.. and let it be on the Wii U.

Yes yes yes. I never got the finish the first one and what I did play I loved. I would buy this day one.. I'd definitely like to play it again before Bayonetta 2, that's for sure.

I love how Nintendo drip-feeds us new information on it's games. Every time they show us new clips it almost always builds my hype. I wanted this game from the start, but seeing this makes me want it even more. I never played DKR on Wii, but I liked it on the 3DS, Tropical Freeze looks so much better though. Looking forward to this.

I have to wait for my Zelda to arrive in the mail.. ugh.. oh well. Picked up Mario today, that should keep me busy.

I really wish I could have played aLTTP again before playing ALBW, but too bad I suppose. I want to play it on my Wii U. -_-

IGN gave it a 9.4 and amazingly enough, Gamespot gave it a 9.. wow. I don't really care about ratings to begin with, but holy crap. This has me REALLY hyped for the game now. The 22nd needs to get here.. STAT!

Can't wait for Shovel Knight. Teslagrad looks interesting, too.

@Emblem Yup, I haven't bought any Pikmin DLC yet, but I was planning too. After seeing this though.. I really want it. The levels look really fun. I'm glad they added whole new areas, though at first, I expected them to add boss fights. Oh well, some day perhaps.

@JaxonH You know what game Ubisoft needs to bring to the Wii U? A sequel to "Lost Magic". I mean, it would be perfect for the Wii U. I know the original for the DS got a lot of flack for being hard and somewhat flimsy controls, but I loved that game.

Reminds me somewhat of Legends of Mana, art-style-wise. That's a huge plus in my book. I think I'll pick this up day one, well, download anyway. From what I've heard this is just a eShop title. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I have a feeling we're not going to see any extensive information regarding the Wii U on a Nintendo Direct until January, MAYBE December. I'd like to be wrong, it just feels like they are building up anticipation to hopefully blow our minds with some announcements. It does feel dumb though that they aren't showing anything Wii U tomorrow. I think I'm in denial, because I want to believe they're saying it's a 3DS direct just to throw us off. -_-

@BulbasaurusRex I was thinking the exact same thing when it came to electric vs. steel. I had all the weaknesses memorized in red and blue.. but haven't really played hardcore since then so I'm somewhat learning them again. Last night I tried an electric on a steel and barely hurt it.. I was surprised. -_-

Man, I can't wait for this game. That octopus reminds me of a boss from Final Fantasy 3 (American SNES version). Atleast I think it was from that game.. feels like a classic FF boss, regardless.

...and you don't have to use the potions. No point in complaining about it, you're not forced to buy the crap and it's not an online game so you're not going to be affected by other players who do choose to use it.

@Genesaur After playing Corruption recently, I somewhat agree. That was a pretty damn addicting game and it made me want to play the first Prime over again pretty badly. Too bad I don't own it anymore. I never played Echos and I'm not willing to throw the cash out just yet.. especially for a used copy.

On topic, I think that the Wii U would be the perfect system to bring that "perfect" Zelda to life on. It has the right graphic capabilities and the perfect controller for it. I think the Wii U Zelda has the potential to be something really special.

I hope there are a lot of levels like this.. looks fun.

@ColdingLight Because people are buying systems to play Wii Fit U for free. I see what you're saying though, you COULD say it's only selling because of Wii Party U, but odds are Wii Fit U had a LOT to do with it.

I've played all the way through black 2 and 20 hours into Y and I've yet to see a shiney.. I don't think. Honestly, I don't think I'd know one if I saw one.. I'm not exactly Pokemon savvy, not since Red or Blue anyway, lol.

@BossBattles My thoughts exactly. That's the only game I am really looking forward too that's not on the Wii U and I'm feeling the need to pick up a system that can actually play it.. well, that and the new Castlevania.

No DLC is fine with me but no online is a huge fail and was probably the biggest disappointment in gaming I've heard since the announcement of this game. You'd think it would be a given to have online play for this game, but nah. To all who say you don't care if it's there or don't want it, that's fine, that doesn't mean it wouldn't hurt to have it. I don't have many friends that would want to play Mario so at least being able to play online would have been great and possibly keeping me coming back after beating the game.. -_-

I've never seen a Wii U or 3DS advertisement on T.V. here in the US. Hell, the only ads I ever see on the internet is when they're posted here. It's abysmal. I see PS4 and Xbone ads on T.V. quite frequently and I watch like 2 hours of T.V. a day.. if that.

@SCAR392
I get what you're saying. I wasn't really aiming that at you in general, I was just refering to all the people raging on miiverse when it was released. I do think that digital version should be cheaper.

When this was released Miiverse was spammed with nothing but people complaining about the price. People, if you haven't played this and don't own the other systems, I don't see what the problem is. It's still $10 cheaper than the original copy that everyone paid $60 for and was incomplete. The reason it's only $30 on other systems is because they're trying to tempt those people who have already purchased it into buying it again. If they could get away with it, they'd give it full price for them, too. That just wouldn't fly.

That being said.. I want this game, but I will buy it when it's on sale.

This shouldn't exist. Force focus on the Wii U, not more options. -_-

I don't understand what's so special about a cradle that I set my 3DS in.. I have 600 points unspent and I'm still waiting for something worthwhile to spend them on. I just don't get it I guess. Maybe I should have got one just to sell it on ebay.

I LOVED! the one for the playstation, Digimon World.. I poured so much time into that game it's ridiculous. When I saw Re:Digitize and how similar it was, I was ecstatic. I really hope they bring this to NA on 3DS.. it's a must have in my book.

Man, the more I hear the more I want. Glad I preordered.. might have to cancel it though so I can go pick this up day 1 instead of waiting for the mail.. >_<

No matter what fans will get mad at any new art/graphic style of a Zelda game. Just look at Skyward Sword. I think the game looks like and it felt like classic (ALTTP) Zelda in a 3D world. A lot of people felt it was too bright and cartoony, though.. I didn't feel that way at all. It looked great.

On the other hand, when I was younger, I couldn't except the Wind Waker graphics.. 10 years later and now I love them. I'd like to see more games from Nintendo with that art-style, not necessarily Zelda though.

My point is.. there's no pleasing everyone. I thought ALBW looks strange, but it's grown on me and I can't wait to play it regardless of it's appearance.

It really sucks that we won't get online play with this game.. I had my hopes up pretty high when I saw that there was multiplayer and thought we'd have online for sure, but nope. I love Nintendo but they need to get with the program. There is nothing wrong with online play and everyone would be happy to have it.. it's definitely not impossible seeing as Miyamoto himself admitted they could have added it, just decided not to. Ghosts are cool and all, but.. come on. Get with the times. With that said.. I'll probably still buy this game by christmas, it does look fun regardless of the lack of online and I'm sure if the levels are chaotic enough speed-running will be fun as well.

The animal crossing miiverse looks really good, I think AC on the Wii U would be great. New Leaf was my first AC and I played it for a good 2 months, but I got bored.. I'd still buy another one though, but probably only if it was a Wii U game with more stuff to do OR more depth into the activities that are already there like fishing, diving, etc.

This was one of the best multiplayer games on the Genesis.. me and my friends poored hours into this. Possibly one of the best Genesis games.

The only game that comes to mind that I'd like a HD remake for, it would have to be Eternal Darkness. Especially since a sequel is looking bleak.

Finally, incentive to put some money on my eShop account. I've never played this and have been wanting to for a long time seeing as Castlevania is one of my favorite franchise. Hopefully they'll release ALTTP sometime before ALBW, I want to play that again, it's been to long.

@WanderingPB That moment when you thought you did amazing and you end up with bronze or even worse, consolation prize. Happens too often.. you think you did really good with combo's and don't even scratch the surface. That can be irritating sometimes, but that's all part of the challenge. This game has me really looking forward to Bayonetta 2 now, I liked the original, but I never got into like I did Wonderful 101. Platinum has my attention now.

@ricklongo I'm not sure you can do that until you beat the game first, well, on normal anyway. After that there is an option at the title screen after you choose the file that you play on. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall ever being able to look at all the heroes until after I beat it (on Normal).

This is my GOTY so far. The fighting mechanics are so refreshing and deep compared to most beat-em-ups that come out. It feels like you can discover a new tactic all the time and there is always something to learn. I'm a little more than half way through 101% Hard mode and loving every minute.. Great game.

Still buying this game, probably day one. I don't see what the hubbub is about, I mean it's not like you're forced to buy the crap. I don't plan on ever using this SP idea anyway, as I like a challenge.. the fact that they need to add this tells me that the game will be pretty hard and that is good news to me. I get that this is a lame business model, but I'm sure someone will be happy it exists to help them.

Excellent review. I love every game of the series that I've played (1, 2, and Frontier..except for those damn runies.) and I have been looking forward to this game since I heard of it's release in Japan last year. I'm not sure why I haven't ordered this yet. Even before reading this review I knew it was going to be great, this just makes me want it that much more.

I really don't think they could ever make a game that was meant to be fully 3D that couldn't be played in 2D. It just doesn't seem possible with this 3D system, it doesn't feel that deep to me. Some games it looks great, Luigi's Mansion for example, but in most games, it just feels sub-par. Even in SM3DL I didn't feel it looked that much better than 2D, in fact, I didn't find any areas even needed it as I heard it was supposed too. It's all a matter of personal taste, be glad that Nintendo is bringing us these great hand-helds at all.

@Einherjar lol, couldn't agree with you more. I'm glad they altered it a bit because I never use the 3D. I was actually kind of bothered when he said we'd have to use 3D to fully experience the game. Glad that's not the case.

@CaptainCharlie Thanks, I have him now. I usually never turn my game off, I just close it and let it charge. That's why I never noticed the mystery gift, lol. Pretty easy to miss if you never log off.

@Mytoemytoe Wow, I wasn't even aware you can get a Torchic. Thanks for pointing that out man, I just happened to pick Froakie and Bulbasaur and was hoping to find a good fire type.. this is perfect. Thanks. Especially awesome since I've never used a Torchic before.

Seriously.. release some good super nintendo games for Wii U, not this crap. I'd really like to buy A Link to the Past before A Link Between Worlds is released.. is that too much to ask?

A lot more people here saying they don't care than I thought.. I never knew people disliked Majora's Mask that much until I found this site, heh. That being said.. it's my favorite Zelda title and I would definitely pick it up no matter what system it's on. It just has so much character and feel to it, I didn't get that from OoT. I was excited to see the Majora's Mask on the shop wall in A Link Between Worlds.. hopefully Aonuma does have some really well thought-out hints in this, perhaps even setting us up for some sort of Majora's Mask sequel or prequel. That would be awesome.

I really wish they'd release A Link to the Past on the Wii U before they release this. I want to play that again.. It's been a LONG time.

There are a lot of corny pokemon, but they all tend to fit the pokemon experience so I've never really been bothered by any of them. I can't imagine how hard it must be to come up with 150 new pokemon within a certain amount of time and have half as them turn out to be as good as they are. I used to draw a lot and I tend to only draw stuff that I make up myself, therefore, I drew a ton of crap.. I have a few things that I like though. A friend and I spent a lot of time as kids drawing copies of Pokemon and Digimon, those were good times.

Chocobo Racing for the playstation was actually pretty fun. It was surprisingly good and some stages were pretty intense. The characters were also great, too, especially if you were a fan of Chocobo's Dungeon 2 for PS. Oh well. Odds are this wouldn't have been the same anyway. Those screenshots look pretty strange for a racing game.

I'm waiting for a Harvest Moon that will hold my interest and captivate me like the N64 title and Back to Nature. I've tried a good handful of them since then and I've yet to get passed the first winter in any I've tried. Don't get me wrong, I really liked Tale of Two Towns and A New Beginning, for some reason I just get burned out on them kind of quick.. I'd like to see Natsume bring a Harvest Moon to Wii U, but right now I don't see that happening.