Sean_Aaron

I'd like to see us loyal Wii U users get credit for all our non-Club registered purchases, but I doubt that will happen. It's free stuff guys, why all the complaining? I don't anything from Sony for buying games for my PS3!

Klax, Blasteroids, Timber and Road Blaster really should be on Midway Arcade Origins, not sure why they aren't. Still it does have Tapper and Wizard of Wor...

Key questions for me are: what's the quality of the emulation, is it like Midway Arcade Origins quality? Second question: how long does it take to access the arcade games and what customisation options are there? I wish the controls in Midway Arcade Origins were more customisable: playing Defender is kind of frustrating when you cannot disable left/right on the stick/dpad - very uncool.

There's games here that aren't in Midway Arcade Origins for PS3 that would make this worthwhile to me, but not if I have to slog through a lot of Lego game to get to them.

That looks pretty groovy, though I've barely put any time into Super Metroid yet and it's been ages since I made any serious attempt at Super Castlevania. Still, I might get this if it's more accessible (read: something I can get through in a few hours).

Looks pretty neat.

Given the new Godzilla game appears to have stumbled, I'd love to see some kind of Daikaiju/Giant Mecha game that's decent.

Well I'll be buying RIVE and I've purchased Rush and Edge on two platforms. They definitely have the chops, but I can see where it could get tiring trying to fight the tide on a race to the bottom.

I got all of those at launch; still haven't played Wind Waker, but I'm going to tackle Ocarina of Time first (still hoping we see an enhanced Majora's Mask, but I'll settle for the VC version if not).

Bit late for me as I'm not really importing now (I do want Mahjong Taikai IV for PS3, but I can get that here second hand), but nice to know. So, any idea when I'll be able to import DVDs or iTunes gift cards from Amazon.com?

Yeah the SFC one is there, but need the touch controls for max fun.

I'm there. Probably need to get GW Evolved for my PS3 too - great fun on the iPad with a controller, but big screen should be smashing as well.

Wii U please - why no Picross love when it has a touchscreen too?

North America is apparently getting The Pinball Arcade "very soon."

I'm hoping it's fairly current and has the new physics engine across the board, but not even iOS has that yet, so might be a bit much to hope for.

I don't disagree that Mario Kart on mobile could be massive. The devices already have motion sensors, so presumably you'd just need some custom grips for buttons and you're good to go.

Front Mission Alternative was one of my favourite PlayStation games and I made sure to buy Front Mission 3 on my PS3 (though it's on the backlog). I'd happily pick up the DS version of this if it turns up in the Wii U VC.

@Damo I dunno, it was the only thing that made sense to me, like if the handheld lacked the streaming tech and you needed the console in order to do that.

@Damo I think he means that the dongle would enable streaming from console to handheld (assuming a two-part unit as has been rumoured)?

Very pretty, certainly worth a punt.

I dunno, maybe Nintendo wants to keep things secret for a reason like they're not planning on launch being dependent upon small multiplatform titles? Just guessing here...

Shame there's no touchscreen-enabled picross games on Wii U, I quite enjoy those.

I don't care about EA or their games, but I expect Nintendo to make a decision based upon the audience they want to pursue and going by recent history it isn't people who watch a lot of sports franchises. It would be a big change for them if they did this, so the question is: does FIFA, et al belong on NX? Only Nintendo can answer that...

Also wanting European release of the original, but yeah, this looks fun too.

I'm looking forward to it. Still waiting for Whoah Dave too!

You'd think the Nordics would get a look in; we can only hope that gets fixed soon. Not much point in having NoE, if you miss out on some of them!

I'm curious to see what this ends up being about; hopefully points are easier to use than Club Nintendo.

Alex you goober, get this game! The world is great and the characters are compelling - just fab. I never played the sequels, so I'm glad I got them on PS3; will be sad to switch from Wii U to that to play the rest, but at least I'll be starting on my primary platform.

I'd also like an Abe Amiibo, that would be very cool.

I'm picking up Chase the Sun, one I missed at launch. I have others off this list already.

Hey if Mercedes wants to deal, maybe Disney does too?

Totally forgot about this. Glad it's still coming to Europe!

Still waiting for a European release of Whoa Dave! The visuals on this remind me of Parodius and Ai Cho Aniki, which is a very good thing. Who needs continues?

What the heck was this stuff in there for in the first place? Who gets off on "petting" people's faces with a plastic pen anyway?

I don't remember any of this crap in Fire Emblem on consoles!

I've been less interested in game-functionality than the figures themselves. Haven't finished challenge mode in Splatoon for any character; rarely play Smash and if I do, I'm not interested in fighting a figure player; never used my yarn Yoshis in Wooly World (need to pick that one up again). I suppose the new Star Fox game might push me to get Falco; I no longer feel the need for day-one purchase given supply problems seem to have been solved, so I can wait for the game to come out.

For the points, yes I'll give it a look.

It'll be a niche product at best. Parents already have enough issues with the ubiquity of screens without having them literally glued to their kids faces. Not going to be be mass-market until it can be a shared experience.

Better local multiplayer would be nice. I'd be happy to pay for that.

If this machine isn't backwards compatible and the launch line-up is mostly Wii U/3DS ports I expect it to bomb spectacularly. Why on earth would I buy the same content again, even if slightly enhanced?

If Splatoon had a more robust local multiplayer mode it would get played more in my house, my daughter was originally into it and played quite solidly for a couple of months, but the thrill wore off long ago. I pick it up very occasionally. My partners kids came over and they were keen, but local multiplayer gets old fast given the limited number of arenas and single mode of play.

The biggest problem with online multiplayer is that you cannot guarantee a return on the investment in the mode unless the game is popular and remains so. For all the gamers that get angry when online multiplayer is left out, let's face it there aren't enough people playing console games to ensure a healthy player base out there for any but the most evergreen titles or those with a committed fan base. Unless I thought my game was going to be massive due to simplicity or awesomeness I probably would only stick that in last-minute and even then only if it wasn't going to adversely affect delivery date. Online for mobile games makes automatic sense, but console? Not so much.

Nintendo could easily counter this by stating whether or not the NX is backwards compatible and therefore whether or not titles released in eShop today will be available to play for NX launch. That could be a big factor.

If I was a developer of small console games and looked at what happened to the Wii shop after the Wii U launched I'd be very wary of developing anything towards the perceived end of the Wii U's lifespan too.

@bofis the background was in Asteroids Deluxe as you've note. It is a sequel that is noticeably different from the original Asteroids which has no background. Deluxe has better graphics and animation, the ship has little wings on it and there's a new enemy type that looks like a flower and when shot breaks up into triangular ships that home in in the player. Much more challenging than Asteroids.

@tomjscott I'm not surprised the graphics schemes I suggested would take a lot of work, so no biggie there. I was commenting more generally that a lot of retro-style games will use scan lines as a "retro" graphical mode and I honestly think it's not worth the effort - especially if your game doesn't really have 8-bit graphics. Your level transitions look amazing so nothing to be ashamed of; I can't see why I'd want to cloud that with a black and white look.

Having different difficulty settings is good, tweaking the curve is key. I guess it depends on your target market. The Raiden games in the PlayStation store are as unforgiving as the arcade, so I don't think the fact it's a home game means it needs to be easier - unless you're going to try asking original NES prices and charge fifty quid for it!

Bouncing off the walls is also cool; I don't know if it's the video framing, but the ship appears to go off screen a bit in parts? Some kind of visible border might be an idea? It's in keeping with some of the levels in Space Duel that didn't wrap - always liked those. I hope it all turns out well!

@tomjscott It's not necessary to apologise, I know the lines are probably lower cost and doing something like changing the models would take time that might not be warranted depending on how much the game is going to sell for - not a bad DLC idea though?

@ultraraichu Yep, that exactly. If the game is identical to the original release I wouldn't touch it. Not being able to finish the game due to broken sword fighting was very frustrating/disappointing for what was otherwise a great game.

I don't have a 3DS, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see about more DLC for Wii U - surely that would make more sense anyway? I mean if there's a big fanbase that owns both machines then they won't buy the DLC anyway, but I doubt every Wii U owner also has a 3DS and vice-versa.

Resembles the rendered look of Blasteroids (2nd Asteroids sequel) and I like the "Space Duel" mode, but is the challenge actually here? Fullblast looked cool, but was far to easy to maintain my interest. I like an arcade game that kicks my ass in 30 seconds if I'm not trying my best.

And if "retro visuals" means putting in scan lines, then I'm not impressed. I was thinking 8-bit raster or vector look - THAT would be cool alternate graphics modes. Still, if the reviews are good I'm down.

I'm not interested in a gaming mode that completely cuts me off from my surroundings. I'm drawing the line with VR. It just seems like something to be used for therapy and that's it.

I bought the Oddworld bundle on PS3 late last year, but I'm still going to get this just because Wii U is still my preferred machine.

Looks fab; I'm all for the vector-like graphics, great stuff.

I don't have a 3DS, but word of mouth and the visuals made this a day one purchase for me. I'm stuck in both games at maddening points and the bouncy mushroom mechanic sucks, but on the whole very enjoyable and nice-looking games. I just wish Luigi would appear to help with some of the tougher parts!

There's a lesson to learn in this current generation from Xbox and PS4: don't dump backwards-compatibility if there's nothing compelling about your new kit. I can't imagine this will be lost on Nintendo and their use of the Virtual Console over two console generations. I'm not excited about NX, however, if my eShop purchases are linked to my Nintendo Account and can be easily switched to the new system and it has a Wii media-compatible add-on or is able to play Wii optical discs and has a couple of games of interest then I'm more likely to take the plunge and upgrade.

Being able to buy games on the go and have them download to my home console would be nice, but given how much easier and faster the process is on my Wii U than my PS3, I'm not feeling this is a must-have feature. Maybe Nintendo will show us a must-have feature we didn't know we needed to have, like off-screen play?

Liking the neon vector look a lot. Yes to this, looks much more interesting than Fullblast, which was okay, but too light on difficulty.

Why is this still not in the European eShop?

@ULTRA-64 Heck I'm still waiting for WiiWare to appear in the eShop. I cannot understand why DSiWare can be purchased for 3DS and appear like any other game in the 3DS channel row, but we cannot do the same on Wii U. If nothing else it would broaden the selection of small games available in the eShop.