Sup

Brilliant article, well done.

@Picola-Wicola Yeah I came here for context, didn't get any

Great article, loved the concluding paragraph

Keen to check out Catherine after hearing about it on last week's How did this get played podcast.

Also, can't wait for XCOM 2. Sounds like just my sort of game

@rockodoodle Archon and its sequel were so good, played them recently on a pi running c64 and the 2 player still holds up. A remake would be great.

@SKTTR previously, you couldn't scroll down through the updates, but that's been fixed in the latest update, use the left (or maybe right) control stick.

For the characters, you can only choose if you have purchased the battle pass or a skin directly from the store, otherwise it's random

Great review! Sounds like my sort of game

Just bought it (from New Zealand). It's a shame it isn't featured on the eshop front-page, I had to use the search function. If you were to give it an "introductory discount" as I have seen some games do, something like 10%, it might get some better exposure. I will often browse the eshop via the "special offers" tab, and I'm sure others do the same.

Wii U Retail Games of the Year: 5,977 votes
Game of the Year: 2,294 votes

Do people not scroll?

Very much looking forward to this, hope it sells well.

@Gamer83 any profanity is normally dealt with pretty swiftly

NL mods have really dropped the ball on this comment section.

Have to mention it, great Impossible Mission reference!

Now THIS games needs a remake!

So someone spends a bit of time on r/wiiu, no?

Just read IGN's take on MK8; same score, but the writing quality in this review is so much better. Thanks!

Sorry to hear it won't be getting a release in Australia, where I am. However, you can (fairly) simply create a "foreign" account on your Wii U to access the eshop from other countries and purchase games from there. They are then playable on your Wii U as normal. I will be doing this to make my purchase!

You guys reviewed this before Castlestorm?

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/03/nintendo_spells_out_why_you_should_pick_wii_u_in_promotional_flyer

@Tender_Cutlet It's to make you look silly...

As above...

@chewytapeworm 100%! I played a marathon session with my brother just a month ago. So good.

Can we please collectively ignore kirk? He is enjoying this way too much.

As has already been pointed out by other posters above, this turnaround really lays bare the reasons for much of the negative thoughts and feelings surrounding the Wii U. Good on him for going some way to repairing the destructive comments he made, I suppose, but such uninformed opinion should never have been made public in the first place.

Still no Runner 2 down under, but glad to finally get the chance to play this.

An XL FE edition would have given me a reason to trade up crom my standard 3ds. Missed opportunity imo.

In "other", I really should have mentioned how good the TV remote controlling function is. PSA, on many models of TV you can use the left control stick to more around a menu selection, eg choosing an input, then A or left click to select.

It was so good using YouTube via the wii u browser. Very disappointed, but I just hope it was a mistake and it will be fixed.

Very happy with my purchase. Lots of great little features, like being able to send video or pictures to your TV while continuing to surf on the gamepad. And the video chat works very well.

It's a week until my Wii U arrives (Australia), so spending my gaming time going for all golds in Trackmania platform mode, and maybe some Rayman Origins.

It does seem a bit strange. I mean, would an article regarding the pros and cons of an R4DS and other NDS/DSi flash-carts ever be allowed?

@theblackdragon Thanks, thought it was someone who had been banned as a result of this topic or something.

@theblackdragon Who is this Waltz you keep speaking of?

Really well-written review! Will have to make this my excuse to buy a CPP.
@sketchturner "obviously brilliant", as in brilliantly simple, hence the surprise at why it had taken so long for someone to implement it.

@ChocoGoldfish Hey ChocoGoldfish, pretty sure I've Streetpassed you around Sydney a few times, as MonkeyBear?

Nice one NL! Just used your shelf to finally get Xevious.

Can you say camel toe on NL?

Mine is also CTR-001, bought in australia, and confirmed for the program

Remember that this is the country that convicted a man under anti-child pornography laws for having a pornographic version of a Simpsons cartoon on his computer back in 2008!

I have to mention that elsewhere on the 'net, reaction to the possibility that the Wii U may not support more than one Umote is much more extreme than on Nintendolife. I think it would be crazy for Nintendo to release their new system without at least 2 Umotes being able to work simultaneously! Local multiplayer has always been Nintendo's greatest strength, and I for one would not be keen on the U if this wasn't Nintendo's intention. Of course multiplayer is possible via the existing peripherals, as has been shown, but local MP games would be far less appealing if each player did not have their own Umote. I'm sure the reasons that this would not happen are ones of cost and technology, but if they can't do it right, they probably shouldn't do it at all.

According to Techday, the 3DS arrives in New Zealand on the same date and at the roughly equivalent price of $449 NZD. You can buy a brand-new Wii bundled with Sports Resort, 1 controller with built-in MotionPlus and 1 Nunchuck for $100 less than that.