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@ULTRA-64, I take nothing "the wrong way". TP had everything that OoT had but was just more. I found it to be gorgeous visually, musically, thematically/cinematically. I haven't played it in years but I still recall the haunting mood of the snow area, the serenity of Lake Hylia and the fishing spot, the creepiness of the Twilight Realm and the antagonist Zant. I played on the Wii so the Wiimote was new and gave a new cool element. The final battle with Ganon was the best of any Zelda game to-date (most climaxes are short and simple). The goodbye scene with adult Midna was actually emotional, as was Link riding home after the credits. I am surprised to hear you don't find it to have been an emotional game as I found it to be the most. Cheers.
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Good list. The margin of "favorability" in the top 4 are so slim that its legitimately hard to pick one over the other. I'd put TP higher, but again, they are all so good. Anybody who doesn't like TP (@bezerker99 , @Haxonberik) is someone I disagree with... Also I have to LOL at the people who don't like WW, seeing as hows its #2 which is only an indication that they simply don't get it.
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@Darknyht Perhaps, but likely not. N marches to their own drummer and I doubt that cost analysis reports factor into their decisions much. Also they have reportedly $1B in cash reserves, so they have the resources if they wanted to.

Yup. Nintendo has a literal money-printing-machine sitting idle with all their classic content. There is absolutely NO reason that N doesn't have an entire building of programmers bringing the classics up-to-date on the new systems (3DS and U). Srsly, just do it.

Not worth 40 bucks. But for 20 I'd probably get one. EDIT: says it supports Wii but not WiiU, which makes no sense. If it doesn't work on the U then who cares?

My friend had one. It was ghey. Nobody wanted to play it. Rather play Kings Quest on his Tandy or Zelda on NES. Those were the good ol' days. Duck Tales and Double Dare after school, Hot Pockets and CapriSun..sigh (... I just shed a nostalgic tear...)

They've been saying that for the last 6 years...
Nintendo has been tipping alright, just not in a positive direction.

Oh please... so much spin. I just bought a Roko for $35 and it has more/better media channels than the U and Netflix works better on the Roku. I don't want to, and shouldn't have to, buy another device when the U could have provided all the same media benefits. No reason WHATSOEVER that Nintendo isn't working on stuff like that as well as everything else. Its called added value, and the U is grossly lacking in it.

These frivolous and baseless suits only stifle innovation. Its truly terrible for the consumers.

Not surprised.

Need more games. Its all about the games.

My panties are wet...

Tablets are the best portable gaming devices. Period. I spend 100x more of my time playing Clash of Clans than I do playing the 3DS or the U combined. And I am in no way unique. This fact is all that Nintendo needs to know. Look how much money Supercell is making and recognize that you've missed that train.

Some stupid QoL thing that you can already get for your smartphone etc. Nothing new. Nintendo wastes resources on junk like this when they should be a) making new breakout U games, not just sequels to Mario, and b) designing a new dominant console for release at Christmas 2015. ... Nintendo used to have the most creative and breakthrough games, now its nothing but this "family" stuff on reboot. Family games are fine too, but isn't it time to respond to market pressures?

What a great game that was...

This is just another example of N executives making horrible management decisions. Remember when Nintendo created the Playstation in partnership with Sony, then decided to back out at the last second, which angered Sony so much they chose to go solo with the PS. This Skylander farkup is only slightly less dumb.

Couldn't play for more than :30 seconds

@Uberchu lol, k.

@kensredemption , actually son, I'm a Nintendo fanboy like you and most of the people on here. I wish Nintendo would recapture their place as the leader in the video game market. We disagree on what Nintendo should do, but most of us want the same in the end: great games from Nintendo.

@Nintendude789 , your statement in nonsensical. The American market has rejected the Wii U no matter what you want to claim. They should move on and give the market what they want, which based on the sales figures from MS and Sony... well you figure it out.

@AJSjedi, sigh Believe what you want. Cling to a system that nobody is buying, nobody is deving for, and tell yourself that its all the boogieman's fault and people will somehow learn to love it eventually. You are deluded.

FYI, I hate MS and Sony, I'm a Nintendo only household, but they are simple behind the 8-ball for years now and no sign of catching up. And if you don't know this then you're just not paying attention. My comments are not for malice but for want of a Nintendo resurgence.

@Chubblings , Uhm... 20 years in computer engineering, worked for NASA, Sun Microsystems, HP, et al... first off, N should already have been working on their next console for some years now since the U was released; second, yes they should be able to complete the design, manufacture, and release a new console in less than 3 years. NASA put men on the moon in 6 years from essentially zero. The atomic bomb was built in 3 years. A new home console is cake.

Don't be mad at EA for speaking to the truth... be mad at Nintendo for releasing a "new" and grossly underpowered wimpy console that can't even compete with the Sony or MS hardware from 8 years ago. Truth hurts, fanboys. (and I consider myself a Nintendo fanbody, since Colecovision days, when most of you weren't alive).

Zelda TP... 1,000 times please do Zelda TP!

@Caryslan , You are correct. SS was awful, and so over-rated. Huge disappointment for me. It had a few glimmers of promise that the designer just fell flat with. TP is such a better game and really needs to be updated for HD asap.

Looks fantastic. Not worth more than $50.

No interest here...

@rjejr , Hope so. You say a Wii U sequel in 3 years (2017)? Speculation? Frankly if I were in charge I'd be red-lining the Nintendo development teams to have a new console for this Christmas 2014. It shouldn't take 3 years to dev a new console and if it does then N has gotten too big, too slow, and too stagnant.

Perfect for little kids.

Not a game, but I wish they would bring HBO Go to the U. Having to buy a Roku just to watch HBO when I've already got a U is really silly.

@JohnRedcorn I don't disagree with you, except that "men as hyper aggressive, musclebound meatheads" is a stereotype not a sexual objectification. But certainly men are viewed as sex objects as are women — and rightly so. If not then the species would die out. Men go to strip joints and women go to the male review... not for an emotional connection but to see sexual objects. These are just facts of nature that naive feminists wish to pretend doesn't exist, meanwhile they paint their nails too...

^ naive. My original statement remains true and cannot be disproved. The only people who deny truth have been brainwashed or have no understanding of human sexuality.

The objectification of women is not a problem. Women ARE objects of male sexual desire, and 99.9% of women LIKE IT THAT WAY... or else women wouldn't try so hard to look good for us (hair, nails, fitness, bras, heels, perfume, et al). If you disagree then you are naive.

@SCAR392 "...if Wii U is old tech, then so are the Xbox One and PS4."
:facepalm:
Wii U hardware is comparable to PS3 & 360 but came out SEVEN YEARS LATER! Comparing the U to the PS4 is like comparing 8-bit to 16-bit.

People keep saying that all the U needs is some great games... yeah well where is this library of "great" games that are driving the sales of PS4? crickets
Oh right, its a media conspiracy to "keep down" Nintendo... except in the case of the DS that theory falls apart.

All I'm saying (and have been saying) is that Nintendo is way behind Sony in terms of technology and IMO they should be spending boat loads of that war chest to catch up or they will become Blackberry faster than you think.

So you're saying that a high end console can look good, perform well, sell tons, cost a lot, and make a lot of money for the manufacturer... how odd. I wonder if that formula could work for Nintendo? Naw, probably not, best to stick with under-powered old tech and hope for the best.

Thanks. Just ordered mine. Took all my coins but probably worth it...

Picture Clash of Clans made by Nintendo set in Hyrule. Why not?

At what point does the gimmick become too gimmicky?

@FireHorsePrime, I know what you're sayin. In the late 80s their slogan was "Now you're playing with power"; you could play Capcom arcade games at home; they had the Powerglove (which nobody bought but it sure seemed cool); there was the NES Advantage controller (for real arcade feel), and the NES MAX for button mashing speed, etc. Their commercials were everywhere. N was able to get all the 3rd party devs and the public perception was that NES was power. None of those qualities apply to N today. Everybody knows the U is the weakest console, 3rdP devs aren't taking the risk, and nobody has seen a decent commercial for the U in months. (I'm 40 and watch Cartoon Network often.)

@Chris720 "They really need to come out with all fists swinging if they want to be on top again." Yup. The market wants great games, but it also seems to want great graphics, so why not deliver what people want? I think the U is deadman walking at this point and I only hope they pour some cash into bringing out a new console that will attract all the 3PD. "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." Microsoft and Sony aren't going to have a new console for at least another 5 years (?) so launch a better mousetrap ASAP so all the FPS and FLOPs geeks can j**k each other off about it.
A Nintendo console that was as easy to dev and port as PS or Xbox, had better performance values than those, could play all the Nintendo games that we all love, had no monthly service fee, Wiimotes, Gamepad, and could function as a true media hub with DVR option... how could it not dominate? Sorry for the long rant.

@Chris720 Yes. Bridge the gap and all that, but also be a central media hub for your TV room. TVii sucks; the U is so slow that if I want to look up something on the internet or Youtube by the time the U's browser starts I could have gotten up, grabbed by Android phone, done my search, and watched the video; my $99 Sony BluRay player has more free streaming content than the U; using the Gamepad as a TV remote / show grid directory would be excellent... if it worked. Among other failings of the U. The U would have been a great console in like 2009-10, but they sat on the Wii for too long and lost traction. I long for Nintendo to revisit what made them great in the 80s-90s: top tier hardware with top tier games. Nobody could ever claim that the Wii or the U was anything other than underpowered hardware from the start.

@Chris720 , What he said. Just make a new console that does what the U was supposed to do.

Zelda was the best game of 2013... period.

Weak sauce.
I still have no idea what the Miiverse it, how to use it, or why I would want to.
Remember when Nintendo used to advertise, on TV and stuff?

I prefer the Nerf case/cover.

@Mr_G, Hey Nintendo, give this man a job. 3DS as an alternate Wii U controller is a f***ing great idea.
I'm fine with the Gamepad, but its Nintendo's job to make it do something awesome which so far hasn't happened. Its the perfect tool for total home theater control, browsing TV shows etc, but TVii just sucks and pretty much doesn't work. Where's the add-on to make the U function as a DRV? Netflix and Hulu is fine, but what about the 200 other streaming services: HBO Go, Crackle, Pandora, YouTube (doesn't work), Vudu, MGo, et al. Chromecast is $30 and has access to everything in the world. Look at volume of media available on Sony. Why is this hard for Nintendo to understand? To get people interested N needs to add value.

This game totally sucks. It doesn't deserve more than a 3 star.

Tell me again how the U is going to explode in popularity and take the market by storm...

WELL SAID. I have no disagreements. However, this one fact "For Triple A developers it will be hard to add Nintendo Wii U capabilities to their current Engine, Framework and pipeline," is a big problem IMO. Next console ought to be a cinch for devs to move their game from one system to another.

Nice work.

Hey EA guy... prove it by making a game for the U.

1. EA is a joke. I couldn't give a rats a** about them. BUT, other gamers do.
2. Nintendo REALLY ought to kick their branding of being "just for kids". The U was "supposed" to do that, and cross over into the mature gamers. But Nintendo did it wrong.

@Platypus101 okay fair enough. I've probably had worse too. But N isn't speedy, attentive, or able to resolve my problems (3 times I've contacted them). So while Verizon is probably worse, N is far from excellent. And I agree that you typically catch more bees with honey than vinegar.

Weak update.
Still no "auto-play the next show in the series" (which is perfect for little kids while parents are trying to sleep on Sunday morning). Xbox version has had this feature for 2+ years.

Cheaper on Craigslist... and Nintendo support is the worst, so you're not missing out on anything.