YoshiTails

A tablet anywhere close in power to ps4 is impressive.

Well in a sense you can call it a "swift decline", it feels more like a long, drawn out death, that started some time in 2015. The day the NX was announced was probably the beginning of the end and as a Nintendo fan this year has felt anything but swift!

Imagine if the Switch had been released instead of the Wii u. It would have been killer. Today with tablets less fresh, it feels like a risk. But a calculated one at least, Nintendo are determined to make a controller with a screen work - hopefully they shift at least 5 times more Switches than they did Wii Us.

Looks like somebody's jjeeaallooouuss...

Miyamoto: "I must create all the perennially successful franchises!"

That's awesome, what an epic person! I have a deserving person in mind should I win, merry Christmas to one and all

What a load of Karp

The Switch is not an innovation. It's a Wii U with a severed umbilical chord.

Good luck Nintendo Life on filling the site with content for the rest of the year!

Trailer prob be like "here's footage of what breath of the wild looks like on NX. C YA!"

Nintendo Next - a collaborative effort between Nintendo and the ghost of Steve Jobs

Bob Hoskins was not 25 when he played Mario.

Games to appreciate but a legacy to regret

Playtonic should buy Earthworm Jim

The Wii U (and Wii brand) has long sunk into a swamp of irrelevance. So this is a simple, effective way for Nintendo to become relevant again.

Wii Ewe

"Hivory Towers" - Beenius

I wonder will this become an NX game too or will it fittingly be the Wii Us last and final hurrah?

Come on guys, Litten, LITTEN THE KITTEN.

3DS Please

Been in development a while so must be a BIG project

I don't understand. E3 is a wider audience, that can help Nintendo boost its reach. Nintendo Directs keep things in an exclusive Nintendo fan club. So why announce it to the in-crowd?

Ugh, what a day.

DUH NUH NUH NUH Link holds a pair of empty hands aloft

What the hell is Nintendo Life going to write about for the next 10 months?

10 years ago everyone would have lost their s*** over this game- it's a proper lylat wars sequel, maybe Nintendo left it too long but I really hope it's awesome.

Good idea, wish I'd had the idea- looks great, the N64 holds a fond place in my heart - wish I had kept all the games I bought back in the day.

Ideologies are shaped by ideas, which in turn shape identities. What planet is this guy on? And I tutor politics so consider yourself Donald Trumped.

I was fooled for a minute then I read the comments and remembered what day it was.... It would make sense on the new 3DS

I liked the look of the boats! Never played Blue Storm, still curious to try it.

That was an intriguing video- Blast Dozer, Excuse me princess Link, Kirby Snowboarding...

Also interesting goldeneye was in given that Grant Kirkhope once revealed Nintendo withdrew funding but rare kept it in development.

Such an amazing period of new games and experimentation, the Wii U makes the N64 look like a treasure trove of software support.

Man that's like everything I want in a videogame, could have been a series based on presidential pets. Bo & Sunny Save Obama's Mummy ...

Too many good games on 3DS - luigi's mansion and Layton vs. Phoenix wright deserve recognition

@Knuckles you're not as cool as Tails

The Wii brand was dead half a decade ago

People are saying it doesn't look Nintendo but then did the Wii? And it does look modern, perhaps even a little vita or Sony - esque which is not necessarily a bad thing

They all got Trumped

It should be all 3 for a tenner

Every article is technically clickbait, such a daft term.

Starting the Wii franchise and ending it with the same game is a bit weird... I'm not sure I remember TP with much fondness really, definitely feel very meh about its rerelease

GET THAT SLEEPY CAT AMIIBOFIED

Answer: https://youtu.be/it2sk2nzbnY

There's always hunger for more 3D mario cos we always hope to recapture that M64 magic again,

Looks like people are dying for Metroid. I'd like to see Luigi's Mansion, or Pilotwings- even though didn't vote for it. And F-zero would be stupendous.

Buy the NX! And all the Wii U games you already own again! Enjoy the extra blast processing for each newly enhanced title!
No Cross-buy!

Eek

Would have been annoying if the games i had already bought were in a bundle now but turns out its a pretty scant offering anyway? no streets of rage, outrun, space harrier, hang on, shinobi, sonic 2, ecco etc... bizarte

Please make another Advance Wars, one day...

Never thought about coming into a store with a New 3DS and scanning an amiibo..... now things make more sense, even if that would be a rare occurrence

Pretty big year coming up - I think Nintendo have to follow consumer demand a bit more than they usually do - The company tends to try giving potential customers something they never imagined wanting - And that has payed off in the past. But it is getting to the point where features Nintendo ignore are becoming basic requirements - crossbuying, state of the art visuals, software for a broad palette or demographic of tastes.

Rumblings in the air suggest that the NX will address these issues + more but the confused messages of whether Wii U will continue alongside, whether Nintendo intend to release a Mario mobile game etc are bound to make investors nervous. It's like being onboard a sinking ship, hoping that a brand new sparkly 21st-century-plus boat is being built and will be available to hop aboard before everything sinks.

I know that's a little over- dramatic but this is a company under pressure to deliver more, And they probably will - we learn from our mistakes and despite how great Splatoon and Mario Maker are, they are tied to inadequacy - The Wii U was a glaring mistake in so many ways that needs learning from and not repeating.

Was this year really a drought compared to others? 2014 was basically Tropical Freeze, Mariokart, Smash Bros and Hyrule Warriors- spread out, one game a season granted but still.

Having said that a big holiday release was sorely lacking, Fast Racing Neo feels like an F-zero light and proves Nintendo should have given fans what they wanted.

Should have saved this story for a Valentine's post haha- awesome though, congratulations to you both

There are more Versions of 3DS than Wii Us sold

... Clutching at straws guys?

@whodatninja Only some days? Other days you're totally down with co-development

Microsoft were like: "what's that Nintendo, no big holiday release? We'll sort that out for you - Cha-Ching"

That looks like some kind of Alien squid currency which can't be used on this planet, so best go for fitness