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@Thisismycomment You mean like how Tesla charged people $1000 to preorder a car that wasn't even in production yet? And still hasn't come out many years later?

This sounds like it will be a ton of fun to play around with. Looking forward to it!

@XFsWorld Hold down start + select when starting the game to make it run in native resolution and disable the blurring.

I don't find the game "offensive" per se, but I think it's pretty darn tasteless, and I do kind of wish Nintendo Life was giving it less coverage.

I'm not saying that the game as a whole should be "banned" or anything, for the same reason I don't think porn should be banned. It's free speech, and it has a right to exist. But porn also has it's own time and place... it's given a certain distance from other types of media. I think the same should apply with a game like this.

Hey, so while I appreciate NintendoLife not wanting to put developers in a tough position, have any non-employees done any research into the matter that they could independently share? I haven't found much myself and, unfortunately, I feel like I'm still missing a lot of the picture here without hard numbers.

@unrandomsam Care to elaborate on what's so lacking about Unity?

There have actually been a lot of great Unity-based games, such as Thomas Was Alone and Gone Home.

I wonder if they'll have a female Animal Crossing Villager as well.

I wonder if they'll update the game to fix some of these...

Has anyone played this particular game? There doesn't appear to be a review on Nintendolife...

@unrandomsam Oh, oops, I read "Wii" for some reason. Yeah, showcasing that with a CRT doesn't make sense at all...

@unrandomsam I'd actually argue that the original Wii looks better on a CRT display...

@theadrock13 I never get less than three hours, I'm not sure why it's so short for you.

I've only ever had the battery run out on me once.

@BlatantlyHeroic The Zoras and Gorons don't look nearly as human, though.

Yes, Japan is predominantly white... and yet they did include nonwhite characters, and chose to put them specifically into the morally questionable roles.

@BlatantlyHeroic You make a valid point, and that may well have been what Nintendo was thinking when they were designing the game. I certainly don't think they were being purposefully racist, but a lot of racism is subtile and unintentional.

What you said notwithstanding, you don't think it's at all odd that these people are literally the ONLY non-white characters in the entire game?

Could somebody please name a piece of Assassin's Creed DLC that was actually good?

It's almost always terrible. Nobody is going to be missing out on anything, don't worry.

I'm all for looking at games through this type of societal lense (and I really like the work Anita Sarkeesian has been doing!), but most of the things mentioned here strike me as a bit silly.

EXCEPT...

The race issue is completely legitimate. I don't think the developers INTENDED to be racist per se, but SERIOUSLY, just LOOK at the characters.

One one side, we have all of the morally righteous characters: Link, Zelda, the Kokiri, the residents of Lon Lon Ranch and Kakariko Villiage... honest, hard working people. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is white.

Now, let's look at the NON WHITE characters... we have the middle-eastern Garudo in the desert (we know they are middle eastern because of the original symbol in the mirror temple), a band of THEVES who live by STEALING FROM OTHERS.

And then there's the one truly dark skinned, "black" character in the game: Ganon. Freaking Ganon.

I'd never actually noticed it before this article but... no one else sees a problem with this? It's actually quite disturbing...

@SirGreatNose Where'd you hear this?

It now comes out the same day as Assassin's Creed.

I would totally buy this for $5-10 on the eShop, maaaaybe even a little more, but I wouldn't pay $22, and I wouldn't buy it as a cartridge for any price, as it's the kind of game that's to small to be worth the trouble of inserting and removing a cartridge.

@mystman12 Remember that, BECAUSE it's a niche product, they can't use economies of scale to bring costs down. Buying parts is a lot more expensive when you can't commission mass quantities of them.

From a consumer standpoint, it's pricey, but if you're a super dedicated cross platform gamer who wants to be able to play in bed before falling asleep, there's nothing else on the market like it.

This isn't really trying to compete with the Wii U. It's a super niche product for a small, but possibly very sizable audience.

And it's a nice product. Yes, the Wii U can play (most) games on the controller, but not Xbox 360 or PS3 games. The Nvidia Shield can only stream PC games, and only if you own specific graphics cards. Likewise, the PS Vita can only stream certain PS3 games, and because of how Sony designed remote play, it also has some issues with latency that the other devices I mentioned don't.

This should work with pretty much everything in time, so it's a pretty neat product. I'm certainly not interested, as I don't own a PS3 or Xbox 360 and usually don't use off tv play on my wii u either, but I think it has an audience.

Edit: From their own Kickstarter page:
"We're not Nintendo, we're not Sony, we don't have the resources to compete on a level like that, and we're not trying to do that, it's not our goal to make millions of these. We just had an idea, one that we really think people would like, something that would be refreshing and we wanted people to get a hold of one."

Minecraft would actually be really, really great with the Wii U gamepad.

Inventory management has always been a humongous pain in MC, the gamepad could make it so much easier!

@Falk_Sturmfels Will they though? Remember that the PS4 and XBO are coming out this fall, and won't be backwards compatible with last-gen games. The Wii U, on the other hand, will be around for a while.

I hate the idea of having to do an install before playing a game. I think I'd rather just deal with longer loading times, as long as they aren't TOO overly horrendous. And if they are that horrendous, the developers should be held accountable for designing the game that way.

The reason I like playing on consoles as opposed to a PC is because I can just insert a game and begin playing. There aren't any hoops to jump through. Things like data installs become to erode away at that simplicity.

I kind of wish we could all just go back to cartridges. That'd DEFINITELY fix loading times, but I know full that it's never happening. Sigh...

Are you guys going to have a review of this game up soon? I want to take advantage of the preorder bonus but the lack of reviews is worrying considering the abnormally large investment this game requires.

I really wish the entry-point for this game (the starter pack) wasn't so darn expensive. I want to play it but I can't justify paying $75 for a game, ESPECIALLY one that also has tons of expensive add-ons.

...Persona 5 incoming?

Okay, I was actually still interested in this even after hearing about the whole taking-damage thing.

Then I watched the video Windy linked to (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTAHsL6kcQ).

I'm sorry... look at the size of the breasts on those poor girls... the game just lost all credibility to me. Not only is it completely distracting and unnecessary, but quite frankly it also just makes all the characters look deformed and ugly. Sigh...

@ueI I really don't agree with the review in this respect. The game is perfectly enjoyable on easier difficulties, all that matters is what is hard for you personally? The random level generator is great; you can tweak it however you want.

Am I the only one who was hoping this would play like the Pac Man World games? I LOVED Pac Man World 2 back in the day...

It's a shame, really...

I don't have any issues with the L and R buttons on my original model 3DS. Maybe I just have small hands?

@jayclayx But that's just life. It's the result of using the less popular platform. PC gamers have experienced it for years (although it is finally getting somewhat better). And outside of gaming, Mac users often get inferior versions of software compared to their Windows counterparts, and/or the software comes out later.

If WB sells a lot of copies of the game, they'll probably put more effort into the port next time around. But right now, Wii U has a lower install base, and games sell less, so it makes sense that they'd leave some features out.

Were people really planning on buying this for the multiplayer? Isn't it a primarily single player game?

Fun fact: Sometimes, the games on less-popular platforms have slightly fewer features. That's just life. If you were going to buy this game for the multiplayer, then of course you shouldn't buy the Wii U version. If you don't care that much, then get the game and have fun with singleplayer. There's no reason to start boycotting.

Personally, I don't care about mutliplayer and really, really like having a map on the GamePad screen. So I'll be getting this game most likely.

@SpinelessOyster The Kickstarter game was originally only going to be for PC and Wii U. Ubisoft has given them additional funding to bring it to other platforms, such as the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Backers (like me) are still being given updates and copies of the completed game. Nothing has really changed.

You know what? I can forgive the lack of additional dungeons and gameplay changes, although I fully agree with the article that they should have done more, but its kind of understandable.

You know what isn't understandable? The midi music. I just don't get it. I can't even begin to describe what a missed opportunity it is. I've heard the orchestrated versions of the Wind Waker music. We all have. It's mind blowingly incredible. Why are they using midi in this remake? It DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

I'll still be buying the game because I never actually the original (shame on me I know). But... arrrgh why midi why?

Awww, this stuff is cool but I want the digital copy, because I don't like swapping game carts.

This past generation, the only console I owned was a Wii. However, I used my desktop PC to play non-Nintendo multiplatform titles, such as Portal 2 and Mirror's Edge.

This all changed now that I"m in college. My desktop would take up too much space in my small dorm room. My only computer is a Macbook Air which isn't very good for gaming. I own a Wii U, but with 3rd party support the way it is, it would seem I would need to buy another console...

...except...

Out of all the games shown off at this year's E3, there are 13 that I'm excited for. They are:

Bayonetta II
Assassins' Creed IV
Super Smash Brothers
Watch_Dogs
Mario Kart 8
Batman: Arkham Origins
Wind Waker HD
Rayman Legends
Mirror's Edge 2
Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze
The Wonderful 101
Final Fantasy XV
Mario 3D World

Out of those 13 games, only two are not coming to Wii U: Final Fantasy XV and Mirror's Edge 2. That's it.

While Final Fantasy XV looks good, I can definitely live without it if it means not having to buy a $400 console.

Mirror's Edge 2 I CAN'T live without. I loved the first game and have been waiting for a sequel for forever. However, there's going to be a PC version, and even though I can't bring my PC to college, I'll be able to use it when I come home from school breaks. So I'll just play it then. I'll have more than enough other Wii U games to play during the school year. I can't imagine playing that game on a console anyway. It needs a mouse, it's too fast paced for a joystick.

So as of right now, I'm not really worried. If Ubisoft and Warner Brothers abandon the Wii U, that could become an issue, but as of right now it's looking just fine.

@Tmdean I doubt it. The most powerful Nintendo stockholder is still against the company going 3rd party.

@MasterWario Yes, but only thanks to chance. Sony doesn't have any type of exclusivity agreement with the Persona franchise.

There WAS a Persona game in development for the 3DS at one point, although no one's heard anything about it since it was announced years ago, so it's probably not happening anymore.

@bahooney Where'd you read about Miyamoto and DKC? It sounds interesting.

Hey... you know what would be great? What if they sold a USB NES/SNES/N64 cartridge reader for the Ouya, so emulators could (legally) play games off the cartridges directly? That would be AWESOME! Someone do this please!

"that more often than leans towards the gross"

I think you mean "more often than NOT"

This is cool, but not that innovative, per se.

He's following the Minecraft model.

erm, I got one of these about a month ago. It's been out for a little while.

It's still awesome though!

@SyFyTy Huh? No, it hasn't, it's been around for ages.

12 dollars a year is a lot considering that Flipnote Hatena is a pretty darn basic service.

@TheRealThanos Interesting. The plus side to this, is that if they've been able to write a game manager, then they (or anyone else) will be able to create homebrew as well!

I take back my earlier comment. From what I can tell from the video, this flashcart isn't actually going to allow for homebrew, just pirated games. Notice how there isn't any game select menu. Chances are, the menu doesn't exist because they weren't able to create one.

Products that do nothing but enable piracy, without any legitimate use-case whatsoever, have no excuse to exist.

I don't intend to pirate anything, but I will statch one of these up asap. If others use it for piracy, screw them. I love playing with homebrew.

I can't tell you how much fun I had back in the day, when I was still a pre-teen, getting homebrew software on my Nintendo DS. It wasn't even the homebrew itself that made it so much fun, although being able to listen to music and watch movies on my DS was undoubtedly cool. It was the experience.

I still remember the night I got DSVNC working, remotely operating and using my computer from my small Nintendo DS Phat. It was laggy and not overly useful. But to me, it was an amazing accomplishment.

I remember the first time I ran DSLinux. I remember finding a crappy Smash Brothers DS homebrew game and showing it off to all of my friends. So many memories.

I love homebrew.

I don't really think this is a big deal. Does anyone really care about a Prince of Persia costume?

And how many people actually own the Playstation Vita? Last I checked it wasn't selling that well. A bit better than the Wii U, maybe, but a whole lot worse than the Xbox 360 and PS3, which we already knew this game would be releasing on.