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$500 says this is censored like crazy.

If you think the next big Zelda is actually going to see release on the Wii U you are delusional.

It's been a long, beautiful ride, Nintendo. And I will always love you. But this is where I get off.

and the three men I admired most
Mario, Link, and Boo the ghost
they all jumped to mooobile phones.
the day
the gaming
died

Oh, NintendoLife. Yes-men to the last.

Smash Bros: the honeymoon is over.

After they censor all the sexy outfits and buttcrack? No thanks.

Nintendo is literally on life support.

Do you guys...just want something to play on your Wii U? Resident Evil 4 looks absolutely hideous on the Wii U. Jag city. Why would you want that?

Honestly shocked by how terrible this is, given its pedigree and the fact that it is a shameless ripoff of a really great game in Valkyria Chronicles. Literally everything about Code Name Steam is worse:

-hideous graphics and an even worse aesthetic
-boring alien designs
-the maps have crap all over the place that you have to maneuver around
-you can't see any of this crap clearly because the camera is atrociously bad and implimented poorly
-defending during enemy turns requires conservation of what you need to move, so you can't make large treks during a turn unless you want to get barraged
-the alien design is so boring and terrible I cannot believe Intelligent Systems had anything to do with this

I can't say I'm disappointed because this never looked good, from the start at E3. I can say that I agree, the right call was made to demo this so Nintendo doesn't end up with thousands of furious customers, duped by a crummy game.

You should probably give Emily Rogers author credit; Dromble is just where her work gets posted. It's her that comes up with these great articles that provide insight to how Nintendo works behind the scenes, and what developers want out of them.

Bought REmake HD on PSN; it's as amazing as ever, blurry backgrounds and all.

How it didn't see release on Wii U is yet another example of how the system's userbase is perceived by third parties, even with ones Nintendo is supposedly cozy with like "Capcom". But who can blame them, this stuff didn't sell on the Gamecube, either.

It's such a shame though. Gamecube controller support and everything..

Ishinomori did a bit more than "don the cap of manga artist" for Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009. He created them, and his characters are among the most known and beloved in Japanese history.

I wonder why he never seems to get his due in the west, but Tezuka does.

Original planned release date: November 2013.

Kickstarter projects, everybody

@Ryno ....create the kind of stock Activision does with Skylanders?

Never seen him or Captain Falcon in any shop despite driving all over western Washington in search of them, the only ones I wanted.

So, price cut for the Wii U? Perfect. Exactly what I've been saying for the last year (look it up). Would any drones like to continue arguing that it's not necessary?

$199 for the 32g console, no game. Period. Long, long overdue.

I like when NintendoLife has poll questions for the readers within articles, this is one that should have had a few.

The Wii U has its positives but overall it's been extremely disappointing. The friends and messaging system is so clumsy and slow it's barely useable. How could Nintendo see how this works on PSN and Xbox Live and not think that works better? There's not even an on-screen prompt when you get a message, it's ridiculous.

Games-wise, I can't say that practically anything on the system is must-own software. Mario Kart 8 is excellent but what really does it offer that is uniquely new? They even blew having a really dynamic exclusive by also releasing Sm4sh on 3DS, and months beforehand. Even now I think the most "interesting" game on the Wii U is ZombiU, which is so sad it makes me quite sure Nintendo is determined to limit their losses with the console and just play it safe with easy rehash like Mario 3D World. Third-party multiplat shovelware is not my thing but for Nintendo to be almost completely without any is just embarrassing for them. How can Alien Isolation release for literally every other platform BUT Wii U? Who is dropping the ball at Nintendo with this stuff?

I'd like to say things will get better but I just don't see it. Nintendo's priorities are all over the place and they just don't seem focused. Amiibo is not going sell Wii U's, Nintendo Directs are not going to sell Wii U's. I'm not even convinced Sm4sh or Zelda can sell the Wii U. It is overdue for a massive price cut. $199 for the 32g system with no game would be a bold move that would at least move some dead stock.

The Wii U gets a D from me at this point.

Glad to be proven wrong.

Is this something they could remove with a simple firmware update, or are we screwed for the remainder of this gen?

I've said my piece on this issue many times; I love Nintendo but this is unacceptable in the 21st century.

@Bass_X0 hmm yes since there's a fortune to be made that he'd be missing out on from Virtual Console downloads.

Who cares

So like, here's an idea: how about Nintendo does something cool for once and signs Iron Mike back, just so we can have the proper version of the game again? No one in their right mind would prefer that "Mr. Dream" nonsense, and at this point in his life I think Mike would do it for free.

This hardware, by itself, is not worth more than and should not be more than $199 new. It's time for Nintendo to do something really bold if they want to compete: $199 for the 32g system, just the console and Gamepad, no game. Have your bundles, price them accordingly, but stop pretending like the Wii U has any business being in the same price league as an Xbone. It is delusional.

No more Starbucks. Really sucks for me, that's how I got about 90% of my StreetPasses.

I just want this one to be more engaging than A New Beginning, or whatever the last 3DS one was called. That one was just too bland with too slow of a start, even for these games. Animal Parade on the Wii was so wonderful, if this can emulate that style somehow it would be really great.

Baaaaaaaaaaarf

Take THAT, EA.

@Zombie_Barioth well what it's actually "about" is a bunch of fat manchildren furious that a girl got laid. But the line is something about paid reviews, or certain benefits for a positive review, which is exactly what he said.

Hint: don't fight other people's battles. Especially when you have no clue what you're blathering about.

@WaLzgi try reading.

And if "gamergate" nonsense is a big deal to you, you might want to grow up.

And this, friends, is why Fatal Frame will NEVER come out for Wii U outside Japan. Nintendo are a bunch of Puritan prudes.

Just about finished supporting this company. I imported games for decades because I hate censorship in video games. With region lock, censorship of anything remotely sexual (Bayonetta 2 must have Iwata gritting his teeth), and basically being the laughingstock of the industry, I'll just say it: Nintendo is everything wrong with video games, and deserves to fail.

A system with a total of three compelling software titles for the next...six months? A year? And a major exclusive will remain in Japan.

How badly does Nintendo actually want a reason to kill the Wii U?

Never played a game in this series, ever. Seems like the perfect jumping-in point.

How ridiculous is it that Pro Wrestling has never:

*been included in a compilation, Animal Crossing minigame, etc
*been released on any Virtual Console
*been given a sequel despite its enduring quality, legendary status ("A Winner Is You"), and being Nintendo property
*had any of its memorable fighters appear in anything; no Smash trophies, no Captain Rainbow, nothing.

It's time, Nintendo.

What about the awesome Game Boy version, which I think is also on the Famicom, developed by I believe Hal freaking Laboratories? Now there's a Ghostbusters game.

Like Wolverine, Samus was better as a mysterious character with nearly everything about her open to interpretation. Since Zero Mission it's been all downhill, so you might as well have Zero Clothes Samus in Smash: it can't get any worse.

Nintendo has completely lost the western market.

HELL.

YES.

This is what you get with your stupid 90's region lock crap, Nintendo--cannot freaking wait to play the uncensored JPN version of Bravely Default, in English, on my US 3DS. Thank you, homebrewers!

*2nd place, thank you

Stop doing this, NintendoLife. Sega doesn't see these as viable western releases, so don't give them the press. It has been nearly a year since After Burner 2 was released in Japan; I'm sure the lengthy translation and localizing process is all that is holding it back..

@SockoMario Brawl was (and still is) a big disappointment. So...

Let me give you a better example. At EVO this year, Street Fighter IV was the big competition. Now, the same guys who have always played SSF2 Turbo were there, and they played it, but it was like a one-hour diversion from the main event: Street Fighter 4. Which all of those same guys were playing.

See, the Wii U is a big flop and needs all the help and hype it can get. Having Smash U be anything but a masterpiece and have people going back to their fan mod would be, like I said, a failure. It needs to be the game at these tournaments.

tl;dr: people played Melee after Brawl because Brawl sucks, and people play Project M because its better than both of them. Smash U needs to trump them all, or Nintendo failed the Wii U yet again.

Remember when you guys whined about no DLC on Wii U versions of games?

Yeah. Enjoy your "retailer exclusive" costume packs, $3.99 for a pack of three weapons, 99 cents for a Santa hat for Link.

If people are still playing Project M after Smash U, Nintendo failed.

So this guy is to blame for the invisible marketing of Nintendo of America?

PC/PS4/Xbone. Even if it did come to Wii U it would be a huge downgrade graphically. I guess the PS4 will finally have a 2nd game to buy it for.

That said, Tekken Tag 2 on Wii U is amazing. But its Miiverse community is cancer.

There is a 1000% percent chance this is a wasted character slot.

So where is After Burner 2 for the west after nearly a year? Where is OutRun? People talked of these being foregone conclusions for eShop release worldwide, but not a peep has been said about either. And all the while, new Sega 3D Classics continue to be announced for Japan.

Basically, bite me, "Sega".

Bought it on the Wii, did my part. What a stupid policy that sales threshold was.

These "Amiibo" are not going to grab the Skylanders audience. Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures use hardware families already have; 360 and Wii systems bought many years ago. The rub here--that you have to buy another $300 console merely to use Amiibo--is, in my opinion, a very tough sell. Amiibo might be popular with adults who already own Wii U, but I don't think the dollar signs Nintendo is seeing will materialize.

If they had to do this, Nintendo might have been better off entering a partnership with Disney or Activision to make the Amiibo concept work in already-existing software, but exclusive to the Nintendo versions. Or even better, scrap the whole concept and use the capital spent in developing this idea into what the Wii U actually needs: quality Nintendo software.

Sucks that these will probably always be exclusive to the Japanese eShop. I want to play the pigeon-feeding game, Nintendo.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU TOM.

I follow people on Miiverse to see the art they post, and the Yeah spam made me miss new drawings a couple times. Best Miiverse Update Ever.