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Those people who spread the "truth", but are actually like the "fanboys" they want the spread the "truth" to and their circle of mutual adoration is quite ridiculous.

Do you sit in the head of other people? I find it tiring how people base things on assumptions without having any evidence.

@JaxonH #211
Great comment. ^^ I fully agree with you. I actually wanted to write something similar.

Like @JaxonH said, many of the potential consumers probably don't look into things too much. They see software or a feature that looks interesting and decide based on that. Because if the Wii U doesn't sell because of the account system and things like that, the XOne should sell even less, what with the reveal fiasco and the everwatching eye.
It seems to me that many just take something they don't like about the Wii U and then apply it to all consumers. To do that one would have to make a market analysis first.

This looks kinda crazy. I want it. =3

@Yorumi #129
I don't get it either.
What I like about the Wii U is that it is the way it is. I don't want them to sell out to some everchanging trends for a few more sales that might never happen. Like you said in another comment, it's better to cater to the audience they have than to go after an audience who probably won't be convinced anyway.
I think it is their strong point that they offer a different experience to the other consoles.

It's always surprising with these kinds of articles that some seem to know exactly what is going on inside a company.

@Goginho
I agree.
And who would then take responsibility for failures. The fans?
And which fans should they listen to anyway? It's not like "the fans" all have the same opinions.

@Tritonus
It's not about no games and no advertisement, though.
Games sell systems, yes, but people are like "Release that game and then it will sell millions of consoles" despite "that game" having extremely low sales in the past and not being considered a "system seller".
And advertising doesn't consists of spending a huge amount of money and see if it returns eventually. The other two seem to operate on "spend then earn" and this isn't really the way to go. I think with more software there will be more hardware advertisement, because there will a greater library to advertise for that could entice different audiences.

@Einherjar
I agree with that last sentence. Though I think you might mean something else than I think, but well. ^^;

@TwoTheNines
lol

@Kimimi
It's fine. ^^ I mean, biggu ban is kinda weird, because one would likely expect it to be biggu bangu instead.

I don't game on PC, but I might look into it. The picture looks nice, at least.
Thank you. ^^

@Kimimi
It is Japanese for Big Bang, though, is what I wanted to write, but someone else told you, so just ignore my comment. ^^;

Nice avatar, by the way. May I ask where it's from?

I agree with those who say that it's also a matter of sales. I have a theory that those 3rd parties sell well which are similar to the 1st party offerings. And this can be applied to the other two consoles, too, because those two also have 3rd party games that don't sell too well.

I wished that 3rd parties would just say that after analyzing the market they see that porting to the Wii U wouldn't earn them money. I don't know if 3rd parties couldn't do something like pre-orders to see the demand? Those would have to be binding, though. Otherwise pre-orders would get cancelled and sales would turn out much lower.

I think the Wii U could be the get to console for budget conscious 3rd parties. There are reports on the other two being much more expensive to develop for, so we will see how this turns out.

@R_Champ
You are doing it right.

Would better hardware, being easy to port to, charging for online or proper accounts really result in more 3rd party support?
What would happen if the Wii U was to get every 3rd party multiplat? Quite a few people probably wouldn't even bother getting another console. And what would that mean for the other two?
The Wii U will likely be fine with 1st party and exclusives. But what about the other two?

If you watch the first trailer again, you will see that it shows multiplayer similar to Monster Hunter. You see players about to fight against some dinosaur-like being and you can even see them chatting.

@Senario
It was even more so shown in its reveal trailer.

Could people stop about being "true" fans and speaking the "truth"? Because it's getting ridiculous.

You can look at the GamePad in a different way, too.

Do you remember the girl who was able to play a game basically for the first time thanks to the GamePad, a WiiMote and Nabbit?
The GamePad has the possibility to let people play games who weren't able to do so before. And even if it would only be that one girl, that's one more person who got happiness out of playing.

@Einherjar
This was really well put.
"To the bonus stage above the smiling clouds."

Did also watch the show as a child.
Rest in Peace.

@gameboy1975 @SirGreatNose
I agree with both of you.

The kinda funny thing is though that the people who constantly critisize something and call everyone who likes it blind or fanboys or even blind fanboys, while they themselves are the "true fans", often don't realize that they are just the other extreme of a fanboy.

The bunch of Kirbys is actually a keyholder. Over 250 keyholders are hidden throughout the levels that can be collected.

Various mini-games are also included.

I saw an article about the first week sales of Galaxy that someone posted and it read basically exactly like this one. I don't know from which site it was though.

It is definately too early to draw any conclusions.

@GalacticMario28 Well, next week the Family Set with Wii Fit U will be available in stores. It can only be ordered online until then, so it might move some more consoles.

Well, Poles seem to be more about PC gaming. And if it's consoles it's either Playstation or Xbox. There are even promotions like buying a mobile phone and getting one of those for 1 zloty or something.

Edit to last post.
Aminka was only shown in the Japanese one. ^^;

I quite like the Animal Crossing Plaza. It is nice to spot animals who live in my town or once lived there. (Cube and Drift. ;_; ) I only own City Folk, though, so I don't have much to do there.

@V8_Ninja
That's the thing. If they would change each and every moveset people would complain about the new movesets for characters they've mastered, because they would have to master them again. While some might like such a challange, some won't.

I don't get why people have to be so sarcastic about this addition. We will get many more confirmations of characters who were a given. They didn't even prepare a movie for Luigi and just showed some screenshots. It wasn't like 'Look, at this great additon that no one thought would happen, but we added it to everyone's surprise. Now, get excited!!!!!1111!!!!!1'.

They showed Audrey Drake during the presentation. lol Well not her, but her Animal Crossing character. I don't think there is another Aminka, so it must have been her.

@sinalefa
I thought the same.

@bahooney
Well, when many of us were kids there wasn't an internet to bemoan every minor thing on.

It actually will be about titles that will be released this year. Which doesn't mean it won't have surprises, but you shouldn't count on it.

@CasuallyDressed #214
You really didn't do that, did you? Sorry, but you can't take ports and compare them to a remake.
Also, it isn't even out yet, so we can't say exactly how much was changed or added. When you do actually play it you might find that it's the best remake ever made.

@Araknie
So he actually doesn't own any? He plays them at work, so he probably doesn't need to have them at home, too.

@Fazermint
Now I actually want some, too. ^^; But paprika it would be.

@TreesenHauser
I agree. It's better to delay it than rush it and then have to update the update, because it doesn't work properly.

@McHaggis
I thought the same thing. Perhaps he doesn't even own any consoles?

@Fazermint @Goginho
LOL
That might actually be more interesting than this "news". ; P

@element187

This is what I was getting at. I don't get why the WW remake is called lazy, but ICO HD is fine.

Isn't this a remake, as in they actually remake it? Make it one more time? And it is called lazy, because of that? But merely remastering it would be fine?
That is just like people complaining about rehashing, but when it was stated that there are not many new things that could be added to F-Zero, people said they would be fine with new tracks and the addition of online multiplayer, though this would be what rehashing actually is, add little to no new content.
This is really getting ridiculous.

I never played the original, but after Phantom Hourglass I wanted to, so the remake is really great for me.