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Don't care. MM was lame anyways.

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My main problem with Skyward was that its WAY TOO EASY... felt like a game for kindergarteners. I prefer the older style Zeldas that were a bit more difficult to solve. Looking forward to this game very much.

Sah-weet.

@Squashy , Its been 2 years since Skyward, and they are talking about it taking ANOTHER 2 years before Zelda U arrives. You think 4 years is just about right, when you've got a new console without any new games that you're trying to push? Two years should be plenty.
@wombatkidd, Who said a weekend? I said that 4 years is too long when your new console is desperate for new hot product.
What would be getting more attention for the U this Christmas: a remake of a Gamecube Zelda or a some brand new title designed specifically for their new console? As I say, 2 years should be plenty.

Impossible! Fils-Aime said otherwise.

Cool story bro. Then why is it taking N another 2 years to make an original Zelda title for the U... ?

@Boxmonkey, unfortunately you're probably right about Zelda U being a couple more years away. Which is inexcusable to have a new console with no new Zelda for 3 years from lauch?! N has the resources to dedicate the manpower to getting it done in the next 12 months. I'm not suggesting they "rush" it like they did the U console, just invest in delivering a grade-A new Zelda game for this U console within the first two years of its launch.

@Kirk , lulz, well I fact-checked my initial comment and it turns out I was right. Lucky for you, you can always play Angry Birds on your iPhone where the graphics are to your liking and the plot is just deep enough for you to follow.

@Kirk I couldn't disagree more.

@SCAR392 , playing a game (or watching a show) ON the gamepad, with sound (which is one of the main selling points of this system), and whatever the default brightness is, it seems to be about 2 hours... and while I may be exaggerating slightly, its not certainly not far off. I'm considering buying a second gamepad just for this reason.

How about a gamepad battery that lasts more than 2 hours?

He's a Leftist psychopath. They are all insane on the Left and see the world through "SIXHIRB"-colored glasses.
SIXHIRB = sexist, intolerant, xenophobic, homophobic, Islamophobic, racist, bigoted. Everything falls into one of the categories for the Cult of Leftism.

Can't buy this. Its been out of stock on Gamestop's site since it was announced. It doesn't appear to ever be coming in stock. When I called around to all the local Gamestop retailers they tell me that its been discontinued already. So stupid. They could probably sell a boat load of these if they half-tried.

I love Regular Show. I'll be getting this game. P.S. I don't understand Adventure Time whatsoever and couldn't care less about that lame show.

We'll see. I've been trying to buy the spec edition with Ganon toy at Gamestop but they A) have no idea what I'm talking about, and B) after I explain to them WTF it is, they tell me that its out of stock. They're listed on eBay for between $150-$500.

Its a fine idea. But as usual I doubt N will spend the marketing dollars necessary to get kids to realize that they want it.

My biggest complaint about the 3DSXL is that the screen brightness sucks. Sit in the shade or even in your car on a sunny day and you simply can't see the screen (and yes I do have it cranked all the way bright as it goes).

Some change is due.

It seems perfect for what its meant to do: be an option for poor people.

@element187 "most gamers are pretty much marxist that believe companies should give us free things and complain when companies try to make a profit."

Lulz... element187 wins the internet today.

@Ernest_The_Crab "the swappable component would just make people question why get it in the first place when you have a PC that is already highly swappable."
1. Because a PC doesn't play Nintendo IP.
2. Because when developers come out with a new game engine that the Nintendo console can't handle a year after its release, N can simply release a new CPU or GPU cartridge that can handle it. Cheaper for the consumer than buying a new console. Prolongs the life of the Nintendo system.
If today N released an off-the-shelf CPU upgrade for the U (easy slide-in cartridge for dummies) that compared to the upcoming MS/PS consoles in terms of flops and can handle the new Ignite engine... now they're back in the game. ??

Innovate or die. That's free market capitalism. (See Blackberry and 10,000 other examples if you doubt that axiom).
If this Christmas season doesn't see a massive turnout for the Wii U, then its safe to say that the Gamepad innovation isn't of interest to the market, so dump the U and go back to the drawing board.
How about an easily upgradeable console (plug-n-play swappable CPU, GPU, RAM, etc)?
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The DS is doing well. What's EA done lately?

I think I shed a nostalgic tear looking over that...

The Spec Ed w/ Ganon is not currently available through Gamestop. Also, the price indicated in the above article is wrong: not $54, its $59.

@Drake , kudos to that guy, he's good. (Or else its a highly edited video which I don't suspect it is). EDIT: I just realized that's probably your video, so yeah, nice work bro.

I did find the final boss to be a challenge. That damn giant Dracula head... so hard to get positioned right in the center of his beak in time.

I'll get the game with the Ganon toy. Don't need a new console.

@galetyler I believe the original sports were the most popular so I think it makes sense to start with those 5. Also I'm sure they'll add sports over time to include the resort ones. Seems legit to me.

@WiiLovePeace , I must have mis-read it. Or else I'm so conditioned by Microsoft to pay $10/mo just to connect to online content that I figured it was a similar rip off.
$10 per sport, forever, is decent, if that's what it turns out to be.

@Mommar
@Pianist88 If that's his 5 yo writing then I take it back.
@Einherjar, truth. I've met college graduates who couldn't write better than this 5 yo did.

Great idea (4 years late, but yeah). Way too expensive. $10 per sport per month to be online... WTF is this Microsoft now?! Change the cost to FREE for online and then people might get interested.

EDIT: Looks like I mis-read it. $10 per sport, once, is fair.

Worthless game. Couldn't care less.

Looks legit.

@JamminOnThe1 :
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Fun and influential for sure. But still Zelda > Mario.

NOT an 8/10. Remove the names "Zelda" or "Link" and it doesn't break 5/10. It wasn't fun in 1988 and its still not fun today.

@ueI , "Both games can already be played on WiiU, so no, they don't need remakes." You do realize that playing TP through the Wii emulator on the U doesn't increase the resolution at all... right?

@Blastoise-san ,
Yes. TP is such a great game and would be well served with an HD facelift.
I couldn't care less about Skyward — that game sucked. SS is the worst Zelda title to-date.

Looks LEGIT

He has a point. However, my kids have never seen an Apple tablet but they sure as H know all about Nintendo IP. I wouldn't bring that Apple sh** into my house.

who cares

I do think that Nintendo would be wise to develop a home console that truly can "do it all", as a total home entertainment system. Someone is going to and they will win. The U could have been, with the gamepad being the comprehensive TV remote, but TVii just sucks, and there's no DVR.

This guy's poopiedoodledaisies doesn't stink. And he likely hugs his own duck. If he wants to say something positive about the U then cool. Whatever.

P.S. Another redacted insult.
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@TheRealThanos, or play those Wii titles on the U with an HDMI cable. Pretty sure that'd be about the same as what you're proposing. Just sayin'.

@odd69 , if they "re-painted" LttP to look like this new Link Between Worlds that's coming out on 3Ds... legit. Same goes for the original LoZ. They'd sell a shiz load of those old titles at $20-$30. And I want TP in HD on the U. Lets go Ninty — put those old "stale" IPs to work for you!

Tell me again about how the U's problems are all because of 3rd party devs.
Or the media conspiracy against Nintendo (which somehow didn't affect the first Wii).
Or tell me about how its Fukushima's fault.
Or maybe George W Bush's fault (if you're a Democrat)... and its Obama's fault if you're a Republican.

@Pachterkid "It looks the exact friggin' same, only brighter and in widescreen."

Either you're trolling, you didn't look very closely, or you should have your eyes checked. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you simply didn't look very closely. The details are far more vivid, not just brighter.

@odd69 "the money Nintendo spent on a game already made could have spent on a entirely new Zelda." ...
Not even close. To re-render an existing game is a piece of cake. There's no creative process nor even much debugging to do with a re-render. Its so simple that I propose Nintendo do this to all the Zeldas. Not a remaster like the new Ducktales (which is a whole new game), just new paint. I'd buy every one of them if they did that. And its a snap for Nintendo to perform, relative to a new game.

@Kirk "To do an HD update of Wind Waker it's a lot less work than doing the same of Marjora's Mask." ...
I'm pretty sure that's not accurate. Pretty much the same technical effort to re-render an old game. They could pop out HD Zelda reissues every couple months (again, not remasters, just new paint of an existing title). $50 is steep, but $20 would be a value price point, and they've got enough material sitting around.

"...revisit one of the greatest games ever made."

True story. Haters can suck it.

@DarkKirby "Other than the lack of "console selling games" as it were, the Wii U has predictably fell into the same niche the Wii did, as the cheaper and weaker of the (eventual) 3 systems, even before the other 2 are out. The difference is the casual market has moved on to obsessing over smartphone games. There wasn't really a way around this, short of eventually releasing a Wii U Plus add on which would essentially be like a graphics card upgrade and allowing different graphics settings like PCs have (which I am open to),"

^What this guy said.
I wish they'd come out with an upgradeable console with swapable plug-n-play components (graphics & CPU primarily). Technically simple to accomplish. Some new game engine needs more HP to play, release upgraded components. The U is mostly a fine console, just underpowered. You're welcome Nintendo.