SteveW

It's really not that bad considering that the Wii remote and Nunchuck alone would cost you $60.

I wanted news about the rumoured Yoshi game

I remember that game! didn't that start as a Colecovision game? or was it Atari?

Call of Duty is all about online play? huh? I never play those online!

I totally ignored this game but even though the review gave it a low score I really want it now. After vatching videos of it I think it will be fun.

@DRL - Really? N64 has always been at the bottom of my list of Nintendo consoles...

Loud? My Wii U doesn't seem any louder than the Wii. I have it sitting flat, maybe that is the difference? did you leave enough room for airflow around your Wii U?

@tealovertoma - correct

Seems like everyone loves this game but me... it's okay if I am bored but nothing about it is exciting to me...

Hardware comparisons are pointless, it's the games that matter. When you think back at the NES do you think about Mario, Zelda, Contra, etc... or do you think about how fast the processor was?

it doesn't matter how fast the current hardware is, it's soon to be outdated by something even faster so lets worry about how good the games are.

More changes would have been nice, feels like I'm playing the last couple of 2D Mario games once again...

@Tsuchiya - of course but you have to pay for it, I wont be doing that.

I wouldn't want to play it solely on the Gamepad... it will work on the TV right? I don't want to turn this into a handheld console, that's what my 3DS is for...

and why is NintendoLife always spreading the Nintendo hate these days? there is nothing at all wrong with Call of Duty or Batman, ignore these crap Eurogamer articles, you aren't doing Nintendo any favors by posting this crap.

I have a feeling they are a bunch of PS3 and 360 fanboys... so the Wii U framerate sucks because it's 40 fps instead of locked at 30 like the others? umm... sure guys, it looks just fine to me.

@WanderingPB - speaking of chess... it's hard to believe I can do just about everything imaginable in one game or another on the Wii except play chess. Why no decent chess game in the USA? I'm not counting that horrible board games collection release.

How much could doing away with internet have saved them? I'm guessing $2, seems like a dumb thing to do... and one online purchase would have given that back.

That had to have been difficult to come up with that many words for a Pac Man review

but... when the next Microsoft and Sony comes out at $600-$700 the Wii U still may win in the end.

@Savino - fun is all about physics? wow, that makes no sense, why be a gamer then? just play with real life.

I'm surprised they haven't improved the Miis... I don't even see any new options in the Mii Maker...

@KenB - The Wii game is actually one of my favorite Wii games, I tend to like unique games, Endless Ocean, etc... and simulations. If the 3DS version isn't as good as the Wii version then I won't bother, the Wii remote was perfect for this type of game.

@zipmon - What Wiiware game?

I don't believe this review at all because the Wii version was a great game.

@edhe - the Wii U will have the same size drive that a PC has. A 1 TB drive does not appear to have 1 TB of space because the drive manufactures calculate space differently than PCs do. On a PC, 1K is 1024 bytes. The drive manufactures calculate 1K as being 1000 bytes. They started doing this years ago to mislead people into thinking they are getting more storage.

@adrenochrome - I disagree, it's better to have a drive with its own power adapter. Supplying a 2TB drive with power from the Wii U USB ports can shorten the life of the Wii U. The Wii U is USB 2.0 not 3.0, 3.0 can handle a much larger load than 2.0. That is why Nintendo recommends a drive with its own power.

Then develop elsewhere, I hate developers that blame crappy programming on hardware. Other games are running just fine on it and have better performance, Sonic All-Stars for example...

Did he microwave his brain or something?

"Is the difference in built-in memory between the Basic and Premium models actually significant enough to matter?" - of course, people will fill that 3 GB with game save data in no time. I definitely want the extra memory because game saves have to be stored to internal memory.

so does he keep the money? lets see... a million dollars for spending potentially 16 months in jail... almost sounds like a good deal

Internal memory is very important to me, my Wii memory is totally full with just my save games. I'm tired of swapping game save files back and forth to SD.

it depends on how you calculate it... ever try to put 4.7 GB of data on one? I get maybe 4.4 GB...

okay... now for my smart alec answer... don't tell me those 14 year olds in China have been setting around polishing disc edges for the past month! get to work! only kidding

With the amount of data they are capable of holding it's no surprise that extra care has been given to these discs, I just wonder how long blu-ray discs will last. The smaller the data, the more sensitive they are to damage. Blu-ray discs were originally going to come in cartridges because they were so sensitive to finger prints and dust... until TDK invented a coating for them.

So the official Nintendo magazine is unreliable?

Wow, this is crazy. You should be able to play the games from the USB drive! heck, even people with hacked Wiis can stream full DVD games from a USB drive, I would think the Wii U would be able to handle it.

Achievements are useless

@cheapogamer4life

I don't think Nintendo would design it that way, just look at the 3DS, you can hardly do anything without closing your game out of memory.

Yikes... just like with the Wii... my first night will be waiting hours for it to update...

This is one of the games you cannot transfer to 3DS, but they will let you get it on 3DS?

I bought it on DSI, I bought it on DSIXL and now I have an option to buy it on 3DS because I can't transfer it... how about free?

No, that is not their plan, Nintendo does not want to match the next $600+ microsoft or sony systems and lose money on it at the same time, they are a real game company that needs to make a profit. Unfortunately we have way too many people out there that only care about processing power instead of creativity and fun. Just because someone else is doing it doesn't mean Nintendo has to, they didn't get where they are today by being followers. iif you want quality Nintendo games you will buy their systems.

@Gamesake - for children? why are you here if you dislike Nintendo? oh yeah, because of all the free time you have since the other consoles lack good games, I understand and feel for you

@Araknie - maybe the red ring of death was a plot by fatigued children

It's reserved for much better use... the built in microphone is so you can blow into it to play the flute in Zelda Spirit Tracks DS when you are playing it on the Wii U.

Wow, just what I've always wanted, a brand new Nintendo 64 (sarcasm)

I want a Pokemon Snap for Wii U

@The_Other_M - a lot of us won't be playing co-op so it's useless.

Actually I understood, but those aren't games I ever wanted to play. Games like Skyrim would have made me want a PS3 or 360 but it's also on PC and it plays much better with a mouse.

@dylantalon - I have to disagree, I have yet to see anything on the PS3 that I wanted to play that I couldn't play on my PC, and with higher resolution graphics and better controls. Nintendo has better exclusives than anyone, you either buy Nintendo or you miss out on some amazing games.

The gamepad is becoming more useless every day. I thought everything could be played on it and then they say no virtual console games and now there are Wii U games that can't do it? that's ridicilous, I can see myself only buying games that use the Wii remote and Nunchuck.