Sean_Aaron

I had issues with Darksiders II, but the world is interesting and I'd love part 1, so yes, definitely getting this.

I'm hoping we'll see a little more VC support for Wii U. Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn seems like a logical title to me.

Switch's fortunes will largely depend upon converting 3DS buyers I'm guessing. I can't see anyone bypassing another home console for it.

Is Poochy amiibo functional with the Wii U game?

It's a quality game with a lot of replay given the customisable castle town and Rally mode. I rather doubt it cost $30mil to make, so I can't regard it as a failure. Having an offline mode would have been a good idea, but I have a large data plan and usually play at home so I haven't found it a problem. I like the option of paying full-whack for an ad-free experience or lack of micro transactions. My partner's kid also didn't hesitate to drop some of his iTunes credit on it, so the idea it's "overpriced" is a bit silly - it's pretty cheap for a new Mario game!

Hyperfractal looks pretty neat with all the DOS-like mini-games. Those discounts, wow! Gotta get some for my partner's kids and a couple I missed as well. Makes up for not having another Wii VC title this week. I keep hoping we'll see Excite Bots for Europe or a non-Japan release of Chibi-Robo...

Not my favourite controller, however I do have a few N64 VC titles on my Wii U and I'm presently playing Ocarina of Time, so having C buttons instead of using the right stick or remapping would be nice. Shame it doesn't seem to work with the Wii U or I might have bought one!

If the only thing we're getting on Wii U until Breath of the Wild is more Wii games that's cool by me. Here's hoping for Pikmin 2 and Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn.

Getting localised versions of Chibi Robo (only Japan for Wii) and Excite Bots (never released in Europe - just need to release the NA version, really!) would be amazing if true!

I had all those games, but Tokyo Mirage, so I picked that up, Beat the Beat and the remaining Hyrule Warriors DLC.

Fab, loving the discless Wii U. Be nice if Capcom graced us with the RE light gun games and I'm still holding out hope for Pikmin 2 and Wii Sports Resort and Wii Play Motion from Nintendo.

I've still got to get the rest of the Wii U DLC, but there's time for that.

Neat. Main thing I want from the new update is to stop dropping the volume of my music by %50 when I run the app. Really annoying!

I think it would be premature. After all the Switch might tank...

Cool, it's another Wii game I never picked up during my Wii years. I'm assuming a UK release won't be far behind.

So if this thing fails to sell, will people be saying "man, they really should have had that backwards-compatibility..."?

I mean at the least they need to give some kind of serious incentive to existing system owners - I'm talking beyond a modest discount a la Virtual Console, which never lived up to the glory of the Wii on the Wii U.

Well I'm clearly not the target market for this, so I'll just stick with my Wii U thanks.

I already have an iPad and I don't game on the go seriously, so that aspect is a non-starter for me. I have Mario Kart 8 and will be getting the new Zelda for my Wii U, so software-wise, not convinced. Unless there's some massive incentive for Wii U owners I have zero reason to invest in this. I've got three consoles and a hefty backlog, thanks.

@thedicemaster Yep, I've had that happen where it seems there's GPS detection issues. I assume it will work the same, just you won't have a warning about speed.

I'm buying the Diddy Kong and getting Bowser Jr. and Luigi (wish they had an 8-bit version of him) for Mini Mario and Friends. I think they missed a trick by not including support for other characters, but it saves my wallet!

Weakening £ isn't going to make it cheap here. Hurrah for Brexit...

It sucks, but that's why I have two laptop drives and a powered hub and try to do monthly backups to the secondary drive and keep a separate HTML table with games and dates to keep track. The backup drive sits in a fire safe, just in case! In fact I'm overdue for a backup.

I've thought about writing a storage FAQ for this as you can only connect a second drive after you choose the copy/move option but before you actually go into the choice which show attached devices. It could be made a lot more obvious like actually prompt you to connect the device or just flat-out support multiple storage devices simultaneously.

At least you can do this with the Wii U at all. My PS3 on the other hand has no backup option beyond the cloud which requires me to pay a monthly fee to Sony and trust them with the data. Can't say I'm a big fan of that idea.

I never played this so when it comes to Europe I'm there!

iOS 10 is the smoothest update since iOS 7 from my experience.

I'd be keen for high-res images like I see in Pokemon Go, but I'm not that keen on the 8-bit stuff. It's cute, but not enticing.

Forma.8 I've been waiting for and I'm still waiting for a European release for The Pinball Arcade.

One seems kind of weak, but then it's better than none!

My question is do they keep paying off or do you need to change monsters? Also how much is the reward?

This is very cool. My starter is Squirtle and I think I've only ever encountered one other so this way I can level him up! Ditto for others I rarely see!

@JamesCoote Yeah I think you're correct. iPhone 6 is the first to support Apple Pay. amiibo support for my phone would be welcome, yes.

My current EarPods work fine; I'm not upgrading, but if I was the new EarPods have a lightning connector, so no need to go wireless anyway.

Nintendo removing the headphone jack from the SP made no sense at all. Notice they put it back with the Micro?

I'm down for this, Nintendo stickers in iMessage will be cool.

Fingers crossed they'll add gyro. Unless Apple releases an updated Mac Mini. I don't know if I can run this so Wii U or bust, I guess!

No review for 360 Breakout?

It's a shame Puyo Puyo V Tetris didn't make it over here. At the very least I'd have thought Tetris Party would get an HD facelift, but it's still playable. I can't say I'd be into buying Wii Shop points for it if I didn't already own it from my Wii days, however. Why the hell didn't Nintendo give WiiWare the eShop treatment like they did DSiWare?

Saw the screen light up and promptly purchased both. Roll on Pikmin 2! Only remaining Nintendo-published discs on my Wii shelf are the two Wii Play titles, Beat the Beat and Wii Sports Resort - it's a wonder they didn't appear long ago...

That looks kinda fun in a bite-sized way.

Totally forgot about this. Nice that it's not a conventional platformer and also that it's coming to Wii U still!

Since we didn't get Puyo Puyo vs Tetris for some unknown reason I hope this Tetris clone is a good one.

@KittyKatta I can't see how this game is equivalent to other games where your level is a big factor. It's not like you're running around battling other trainers all the time. I only ever had one 10K egg myself, so they've always been rare to me. I only play to collect Pokemon, so I don't really care about other people's levels and given this is a mobile AR game I very much doubt I'm alone.

Nothing for me this week. I'd rather have some more TG-16 games than more "retro-inspired" titles myself. Having said that I'm still eagerly awaiting Whoa Dave! And The Pinball Arcade would be nice.

Yeah controls are important. If it's like Battlezone where the Y-axis doesn't matter then I'm okay with dual stick, but if I need to be looking up, I can always get it on Steam for Mac and use a mouse and keyboard.

£3.99 here before I realised incubators you buy run out and you can occasionally get them. Extra capacity for items is worth it for keeping all those free items. That's the nice thing about this game, you don't actually need to spend any money because all items can be found at Pokestops or earned by levelling-up.

Well I'm getting Super Paper Mario. Be nice if the GameCube game was also coming or getting a refresh in HD, but I enjoyed the first one so more is good regardless.

I have the arcade ports on my PS3 and still I picked this up because it was only half-price due my having purchased it on the Wii. Never could make it past stage 4, but thanks to save states I might! One of my faves - the TG-16 had the best arcade ports hands-down - I even have the two-part version on my Japanese Wii!

@Kit Yeah, I was wondering about the spirit of the game. I mean in the show they seems to be trying to solve the "mysteries of Pokemon," but if you can get a fish-finder to find them all, not much mystery is there?

@KittyKatta I'm busy too, that's why I just walk with phone in hand and stop when it buzzes rather than base any leisure time around it. One of the nice things about it, is that it actually doesn't demand a lot of your time and you can literally play it on the go.

I've seen capture get tougher, but given it used to crash the game half the time I'm not too hard done by. Besides how do you know it isn't coinciding with level increase? Whatever, they give away pokeballs like candy!

I can't say I saw anything "moving" in that letter. I mean I figured there'd be a heartwarming story about how Pokemon helped his granny recover from a stroke or something after that description.

Anyway, Pokevision isn't Pokemon Go and they've gotten out an update much faster than I thought they would and it's been pretty stable much faster than I thought it would be. I've already got 50 in my Pokedex just roaming on my holiday, going to work and walking around town.

If you think it's hopelessly broken without using some external app then I'm afraid I have to disagree. As far as I'm concerned they just need to add a trade function and have the ability to do one-on-one battles to improve it. Better trackers hardly seems like a "must have."

I'm impressed with the improvements in app stability. The three-step thing never worked for me and the battery saver always crashed the app when I woke it, so removing those things seems to have been a good move.

Well I tend to just use it when I'm out and about and going somewhere. Having a Dragonite pop-up walking through the park was quite exciting; can't say I'd feel the same if it was just there on a map for me to see and get if I so desired. This isn't a game you complete exactly and making sure there's always something for players to find is going to be key to sustaining interest. Otherwise they'd just have all Pokemon available from day one and you'd find one every few paces!

I have a fair number of Zen tables; looks like it's time to get the rest!

Well that's the right price for a day one purchase. I hope they make a profit on this one.

Today was my first trouble-free day (outside of train travel, which makes it impossible to do anything, but manage your Pokemon). It's good stuff. I dropped four quid for 550 coins to buy an incubator, not realising the ones in the shop are limited use. It seems like getting enough candy to evolve will take a lot of play, but then that's kind of the point. And getting my Goldeen, Goldy beat at a gym, feeling like I'd never get anywhere was immediately followed by a team battle at the same gym that I won (even at the cost of my three strongest fainting) - quite a turnaround!

The fact that this is is something adults and children can share as they explore their community shouldn't be underrated. The people involved should be proud of their achievement.