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I would really appreciate it if Nintendo would throw early adopters a bone again, no matter how small.

I'm ready for my ambassador status, Nintendo!

dropping the 3d to lower the pricepoint for kids is clever. The design is the real question mark. Very unexpected and strange design. I guess we'll see what the market thinks.

I really don't think Capcom is very smart with their PR. Just keep your stupid mouths shut. They look for every angle possible to blame things on fans when they fail to deliver. Just don't say anything. If you want to make Chip N' Dale, make Chip N' Dale. But don't say we didn't make Chip N' Dale because the fans didn't do enough. Just shut up.

I love Pure Chess on my Vita for the chess problems, and playing against the computer, and the tutorials. But the multiplayer is useless for me. Your opponent has to be on your friends list, and I never found anyone to finish a single game with the slow, grueling message system asynchronous gameplay.

It's good news that they have improved it to function better on Nintendo. I'd like to see that update put onto PSN whatever it is. And it'd be nice to have online lobbies to play against random opponents live.

I hope they plan to update the PSN multiplayer too

Maybe Nintendo will finally just give up and rename the thing.

Very happy and very satisfied to see this game enjoy so much attention. It makes me very happy to hear positive responses.

The Wind Waker bundle makes sense to me. It adds undeniable value to a Wii U bundle, but ultimately it's the best economic choice because Mario Kart and 3D World are going to sell just fine by themselves and people will pick them up after the bundle.

Regardless of the quality of the mode, this is just bad PR. This is on par with Capcom blaming the fans for not making Mega Man Legends. If you are cancelling the mode to focus resources on other parts of the game, tell us that.

Seriously I just don't like being lied to. Either they were dissatisfied with the story mode or they are rushing and there's no time to finish the mode. Don't lie. You don't spend time and money creating an entire story mode for a big blockbuster game and then decide not to release it to millions of gamers because a few thousand saw the scenes early. That comes nowhere close to passing the smell test.

That is one of the sorriest excuses I've ever seen. Either he is off the wall eccentric and bonkers, or he is full of crap.

Excited about this one.

@KnightRider666 I had the exact same experience. EarthBound, Final Fantasy VII, and A Link to the Past probably had the biggest effects on me in gaming. All 10s from me.

Great review. I personally have no complaints about pace or anything in this game, so for me it's a personal 10. Easily in my top 5 favorite games of my life. Probably top 3.

@Dark_Link Which games are you referring to specifically? I'm a big fan of both Nintendo and Sony, so right now my third party choice comes down to trophies with psn or off-tv play with Wii U. And when the PS4 comes out I'll have off-tv play with my Vita. It sounds lame but I really think Nintendo made a big mistake not implementing any sort of achievement system. I'll always buy Nintendo's consoles and first party games, but once again they've unfortunately given people who own multiple consoles absolutely zero reason to choose Wii U for third party multiplatform games.

I seriously deeply envy all of you who are going to play Earthbound for the first time. ENVY! You are about to have a wonderful time.

Sooooo..... Basically ZombiU accounted for 3% of ubisofts sales for all games and platforms? Sounds ok to me.

Everyone buy Earthbound! Really hoping this release makes Nintendo so much money they can't ignore its popularity. Just an absolutely wonderful RPG.

Ha, some people say "No figures, no buy" and I say the exact opposite - "No buy if I need the figures".

I think I'll be taking advantage of the PS+ discount and trophies with this one. ( Just as I predicted would happen with multiplatform releases when Nintendo announced no achievements )

But seriously, trophies on psn vs off-tv play with Wii U makes me stop and think, but the discount pushes me towards Sony this time.

this is too hard of a decision. I wish they made it easier on me by just giving us one choice. I really don't know which one to get.

Digital releases should be a little bit cheaper to begin with because of the reduced value. BUT I think the even more important part is that digital stores need to be A LOT better at lowering the price of a game in a timely manner. Someone needs to be in charge of monitoring the going rate of games and adjust the eshop accordingly. Otherwise, let's be honest, they're in the business of taking advantage of people that don't do their homework and don't realize they're being ripped off by buying an overpriced version of a game with less value to begin with since it's digital.

The Wii U has lots of potential for new ways to play. This is obvious, and it's no surprise that 3rd parties aren't going to take as good of advantage of it as Nintendo themselves. The huge surprise to me so far is Nintendo's complete lack of support for their own eshop.

Your arguments are very contradictory. 1)Why bother getting rid of region locks, hardly anyone does it. 2)We can't get rid of region locks, all of the lost sales will hurt Nintendo UK.

I have never imported a single game, but arguing in favor of region locking as if it benefits the consumer is just as asinine as the people who recently argued in favor of Microsoft blocking used games. Obviously region locking gives Nintendo a bit more control of its image globally and allows them to monitor how sales of various branches are doing, but this has nothing to do with the consumer, and the consumer is right to ask not to be treated like that.

I hope to see a few novel ideas, but mostly I'm just happy with off-screen play and inventory systems and maps. Having your inventory or map in your hands without interrupting gameplay is simply terrific.

All I want the new Zelda to use the gamepad for is my inventory and my map. That alone would be a fantastic display of the gamepad's functionality in my opinion. Don't shove some path drawing with the stylus down our throats like on the DS.

I have to believe that Nintendo's delay in releasing VC games has a little bit to do with making it compatible. But I also have to believe that a lot of it has to do with a business strategy trying to get as many sales for the "crap" games as possible. If they released everything in giant hunks surrounded by obviously better games many games would get almost no sales at all.

Of course I prefer local multiplayer, but it becomes increasingly difficult to arrange the older you get — until you start having kids you can force to play with you. Anyway, ignoring online multiplayer is always foolish.

Wow good week. Luigi DLC and Little Inferno on sale for me!

Maybe buy both?

I still believe in Nintendo, and would never bet my money against them. If they can stick it out until smash bros, mario kart, and the new zelda come out, the money will start rolling in again. If they are brave enough to do something like a home console Pokemon, imagine how many consoles they'd push.

I completely agree that Nintendo should be the one showing what's possible with the gamepad. What gives? At least start releasing some cheap eshop games with innovative gamepad gameplay.

Who am I kidding, I'll always enjoy Zelda the most.

It's funny, I have no doubt that the games they showed will be great. I will buy most of the first party ones. But Donkey Kong was the only surprise and I had my hopes up for BIG surprises. From that perspective the show was disappointing, but, like I said, the games we already knew about are of course going to be good.

Ocarina of Time or Luigi's Mansion

I never had a problem with the movie. I was young and not a Debbie Downer and thought it was fun to watch.

Oh my god, please be a triple pack collectors edition. I will pay much more than 45 for that.

I also would love to see a spiritual sequel to this one.

Well. I don't know if it's a good decision for them, but all I can say is that I'd buy it.

This game is quality. I think the touch screen will work really well too. I kind of hope they put it on Vita. But if you haven't played it yet I would pick it up.

I vote for boardgames. Ticket to Ride, Catan, that sorta stuff.

Yeah it would have been really nice to figure out a way to give us the discount rate without going through the transfer and wiping our wiis clean. I just don't know if I'm gonna do that.

Will the lack of multi-touch be an issue?

There is no damage here, and 5th cell certainly didn't make money off of these Easter eggs. If anything this was free advertising and the type of friendly parody that they should be proud to see in a video game. Also, shame on them. You are nobody.

Are we going to get to choose between 3DS and Wii U from the beginning this time? Either way I'll pick this up, but I what I really want is Shantae.

For gamers? Yeah right. Maybe they should have said "the primary device on which games are played". That could easily be accurate. But it's not "gamers" migrating.

And what they said about Ouya makes zero sense.

@ferthepoet ha! I like your theory.

2D metroid please

Seriously this is nothing but bad news. I can't imagine many people watch Nintendo direct if they don't already have the hardware. Nintendo may think they have a good reason for this but it truly sends the wrong message to a lot of different people.