Zael

anyway, it isn't a good game so no problem

I explain you
the wii u is selling bad in japan, after the zelda hd bundle (during the second week) it solds only 3000 pieces, in na and eu about 60.000 so I think tha the problem is in japan
rayman sold better here
Also, rayman legends is very similar to origins and many japanee have the game on ps3, ps3 is very common in japan

the discounts are good for ac3 an zombieu

I add one more thing
a nds vc on wii u would be revolutionary
If you have 2 scrren then at least use them in a sensate way
3ds got home console vc, I don't understand why the opposite isn't possible
I think it would help also the wii u sales

there are games for super famicom like ys 4 and 5, popful mail , fire emblem, street gangs 2 and 3, shin megami etc. never localized, they waste time on nes urban champion and baseball and don't realize that the vc needs some fresh roms of great games
Also other vc like amiga 500 (we had commodore 64), sega cd or 32x etc
The wii u vc at the moment is bad.
You have the same games on wii shop and earthbound has been the only new title in 6 months
about n64 i think that, considering microsoft bought rare, it's difficult to think about an improvement of the line up of roms
This is the last time I update a vc on a nintendo console.
If in the future they will release a new nintendo console with a new vc then I will not buy roms anymore because it is absurd to rebuy all the roms every time
I admit new games but not games like urban champion etc

and where are the prizes for xenoblade?

@GreatPlayer
fire emblem on 3ds

this is ridicolus, fire emblem awakening is the best hand held game of the year,
there is a kind of cheat for sure.
The more you pay the more you win
liberation is a stupid game

If they introduced 3 or 4 screens, instead of 2, probably it would be a new way to play but I think that it would be a bad way to play
One screen is ok for me

@Capt_Charlie
yes but the ds is a portable, the two screen are near, and with two screen you can close or open the console to reduce the space
For a home console it's different
You watch in two different direction when you play on tv or on gamepad

I only say that the wii motion control is much more revolutionary and simple to use than the gamepad. And the fact to play with zelda skyward or metroid prime with the motion control has been really innovative.
Nintendo had found its dimension with the wii, they only had to improve the hardcore games offer.
With the gamepad they have done a step back
Yes there are new ways to play but I think that there aren't so many ways
You only have two hands and two eyes so in a way or in another you can't change too much the standard way to play
I think that the gamepad isn't the future
The motion control could have been the future in junction with the controller pro (selling the console with both controller)
About the wii now they aren't releasing games anymore so it is logic to stop the production, considering also that the wii u is retrocompatible and it is also a wii
Nintendo searches new ways to play but I think that the motion control could have been central for other 2 o 3 gen.
The asimmetric gaming or the touch gaming isn't so innovative, it's only a different way to input the same commands
The game pad has brought only problems of battery, weight, and it is uncomfortable because you have to see in two screen when you have only 2 eyes
They need to contrast the smartphones but I think that a console should be something different from a smartphone or a tablet

but nfsmw was an old game, many people had it on ps3, it has sold bad but it has already sold on other platforms

I continue to say that, when there are games like ys 4 ys 5 popful mail street gangs 2 and 3, secret of mana 2 for super famicom never localized, it is useless to put games like clu clu land and urban champion. The games I mentioned have priority.
About sonic I'm happy but sega should release also other games like phantasy star, shining force etc. , Sega is wrong when thinks that nintendo = sonic because we want other ip

the snes could have sopported the 2 players etc. but capcom chose to not create a too competitive game with the arcade.
They didn't want to miss the arcade money

If i had to move a critic against capcom it would be, why didn't you release the original arcade version?
Ok we know the logic of the virtual console but it would give much more honor to the brand and to the title to show the original version with two players option, 3 characters and better graphic
Why have we to play with a downgraded version when we aren't anymore in 1992? And also when they released the original on ps2 and ps3?
I can understand final fight 2 and 3 that are snes exclusives but final fight 1?

I think that 5 is too low, it's a good beat 'em up.

Nintendo please put popful mail, ys 4 and 5 super famicom, ys 4 pce, legend of xanadu 2 pce on virtual console
Localize all the best super famicom games in english
To have a new virtual console you have also to put new games in it

I think that only a silly person can think that zelda is sexist racist and classist

If nintendo had launched a much powerful console to support third parties on december 2013 (after one month from ps4 x1) then I think nintendo would have ruled this gen.
This because when you have a console where you can play all the multi platform and third parties games and more all the nintendo exclusives then it is the best choice for everyone.
It would have been the first console in terms of sales
Nintendo has missed the chance to return the best console at 360 grades
I think that the wii tv would be a stupid thing but the 3ds player for wii u, like the gameboy player on gamecube, would boost the wii u sales because many 3ds player could use their games un wii u and on tv, and also to resolve the lack of third parties support
In a strange way Vita tv is a kind of gameboy player (to play portable games on tv) and I think could help the sales of vita software

there are many games from super famicom never released here, ys 4 ys 5 secret of mana 2 fire emblem etc, nintendo should choose better games for vconsole.
Tennis and golf are useless at this point
Ok they are bringing all the nes and snes games from wii vc to wii u vc so it is logical to see also these 2 games but in this critic moment for wii u I think that golf and tennis are useless

a new game from gambarion only for wii u, this is what I want

because it is cheaper and there is pokemon on it way, the two main reasons

It is difficult for a remake to have great sales, we are also talking about a console with 3,5 mln owners.
And we are talking about onlly few days on market
We have to wait for christmas to have a complete vision of zelda ww sales
Monster hunter 4 is a brand new title and there are 35 mln 3ds on earth

zelda and final fight 1 2 3

I think they have to produce at least one AAA mario, zelda, metroid fire emblem for gen, next they can rotate with star fox, donkey kid icarus pikmin and a new ip every gen
But I think that one mario (of high quality) can be sufficient (like mario 64).
Now it's time for a star fox, but also for a kid icarus because the last kid icarus for home console was on nes!!
But a kid icarus adventure, not a shooter

I need some more stars

Please vote fire emblem, the game deserves an award

EA makes the worst games ever, stupid games with horrible characters, so why this man is speaking?
The tablet and smartphone are increasing but the home consoles remain the best way to play and nintendo makes home console
The problem is on the hand held industry but the 3ds is doing well, yes handheld consoles have lost some costumers but I think they can survive because the controls are different
Miyamoto still makes games, see pikmin 3, a great game, and is working on something new, and in nintendo there are many talented people, I don't understand what ea wants,
EA has made this industry worse than it was

I have the zalda tp on epona statue from f4f, really nice

incredible

wow , I will catch hero tonma, I've downloaded Ys I e II and it is a great game, also castlevania x and dynastic hero (wonder boy 5), they should bring the pc engine also on wii u virtual console
I suggest everyone here to download YS I e II for wii vc because it is a great game, don't miss until it is there.
YS is a game very suitable for nintendo gamers, they should bring also YS 4 nad 5 from super famicom or 4 from pc engine

I think the game deserves at least 8
yes, it's my opinion
I think that this low score is the reason why many rpg weren't localized in the past. They are complex games that western players don't understand.

Games I will buy or I already have on wii u:

Nintendoland
new Super mario bros U
Pikmin 3
Wonderful 101
Rayman legends
Donkey kong tropical freeze
Sonic lost world
Mario 3d world
Smash bros
Mario kart 8
Bayonetta
Xenoblade 2
Fire emblem x shin megami tensei
Zelda windwaker HD

hey there are 14 games and they are mostly exclusives
More, I will buy some third party if they will be converted well, Acreed 4 or watch dogs
About ps4 or X1 I simply say that there are mostly multiplatform and games for pc fan base, so I f I want something more of that then I can buy on pc.
At the moment the nintendo still remains the best offer (if you have a PC), because if you have a pc you don't need a ps4 x1 necessarely
About the eshop it is clear that aaa games can't be released every week, around november and december there will be more release, the virtual console will improve in the future, probably with new consoles (gamecube etc.)
We simply have to be patient
I simply suggest to nintendo to put somethng new on virtual console, like YS serie for super famicom, secret of mana 2, SMT and other games never released here, in fact earthbound did well in europe,
But, comparing the wii 1 virtual console nes and snes with wii u, I think they will reach soon the same number of rom for nes and snes so something new will come out
about zelda 2 I think it is a great game, with great atmosphere

only if it was a perfect conversion

the sales will improve after wii sports mario 3d and donkey

wii sports club is a good move, without doubt
I only say that a wii sports 3 would have been also better, but no one knows if they will add new sports to the core game after some time (expecially ping pong)
About the marketing yes, probably they are waiting mario 3d world and donkey (and wii sports) to begin a campaign, Better make a campaign when you have more games than before the come out
And in the same period ps4 and x1 will be launched, so I hope nintendo will begin a better marketing

We have enjoied nes games , snes n64 gamecube wii games, and they are still great games. So graphic is only an aspect and the wii u will be more powerful of a wii where there was mario galaxy, zelda, metroid and xenoblade which had great graphic and were great game.
So I know that graphic can also evolve slowly, there's no need to rush, wii was 2 times powerful a gamecube.
But the problem is third party support. If have an hardware with less power means don't have support then this is a problem, also if we know that graphic isn't everything because we were happy also with nes.
I agrre on the fact that many third parties aren't capable to use the wii u properly, see ninja gaiden frame rate problems, d&d stats bug in the title screen, batman frame rate iussues. etc
On the other side nintendo and platinum games worked well, so it is clear that tecmo and other weren't capable to use the hardware that is sufficient to make great games
I also think that in the future graphic will reach a top photorealism so it will be impossible to improve, at that point nintendo and other will have the same capabilities and there will be no more excuses for third parties.
But I think that third parties don't support nintendo for other reasons, infact square and konami didn't work enough on gamecube when the gamecube was more powerfull than ps2.
I think third party want to boicott nintendo while don't need to boicott sony or microsoft because they haven't great first party games like nintendo as concorrent
But I thin that third parties are stupid because nintendo gamers would buy both nintendo and not nintendo games if they could have both.
See for example rayman legends.
At this point I think that we have to support nintendo indipendently from what third parties do.
We have games like mario , zelda , metroid , xenoblade , fire emblem, mario kart, donkey kong, bayonetta 2, the best games, we can survive also without them. Yes it would be a great thing to have support from 3rd parties but if they don't want then it is useless to continue to pray.
I only suggest nintendo to change the controller for the next console because the gamepad has battery low capacity and it is heavy as pad, so if the wii u was been a simply wii 2 with a wii motion plus probably would have cost less and sold better

wow, if wii u was similar to that well....it would be perfect
I hope nintendo will produce something similar in the future, it's beautiful
The design and the pad is very important for a console to be liked
(only to say that up to the gamecube nintendo took care also of design)

I like retro studios, simply I'd like to see a metroid in 3rd person like other m, if retro studio can do this then it is a great thing. I like also the prime style but if we think about it we have to remember that metroid is born as a third person 2d side scrolling, so other m is much more similar in terms of gameplay. And that super metroid remains probably the best metroid ever.
With prime 3 I think retros studios has closed the fps trilogy, I think they should return to an other m style or a mixed style of other m and prime (3d person for platforming and first person as an option when you want to aim)

atlus, what about dragon crown for wii u?

Very good article, I want only to add one thing. It is true that nintendo license was a problem for third parties, but it is also true that nintendo had the risk of the console business and the costs for the console production, risks that software house didn't have.
Moreover, third parties paid high license costs but they gained many money the same (during nes and snes era)
Cartridges were a problem on n64 but I think that third parties betrayed nintendo in some way. Games like tekken or soul blade, resident evil or ff tactics, ridge racer could have entered in a n64 cartridge, I think that namco and square boycotted nintendo.
The n64 didn't have the cd but was much more powerful, i think that if all the third parties companies had decided to support the 64 as main console the the 64 would have been a great succes also without the cd
Today games like ff13 3 or sf4 or dead or alive could run on wii u but they aren't interested in porting them
The hardware is important but also with a great hardware probably they would not support nintendo well
This is why I have started to see nintendo as a console where play nintendo games only (and yes also games from first and second parties anc collaboration).
And I hope nintendo will return at top like in Yamauchi's times
Iwata has the capacity to do so, I hope he will make some changement to reboot the wii u

with Yamauchi we have lived the best year of nintendo, nes snes n64, gamecube, He was the real president, the reason why videogames have become great. He has brought nintendo to the real quality, he was the reason why Nintendo was respected and was on the top of industry.
A great man who made a great nintendo,
Thank you Yamauchi

well, sega had not the money nintendo has

I continue to say that third parties will not support nintendo and if they would then they would support with bad conversions, with frame rate problems and bugs.
I have found in d&d mystara wii u that the player's stats are bugged, but I have also the ps3 demo where the stats work well.
So I conclude that third parties will work bad on wii u (if they will work)
So, if i had to buy gta 5, i would choose a ps3 version or pc
The wii u hardware gives many troubles to programmers, it is too different from ps3 and xbox360, but third parties works first on ps and xbox and next convert on wii u with all the problems
The wii u should have been a standard architecture hardware console to have good conversions
only first party and nintendo will work well on wii u, so no reason at this point to wish a gta 5 on wii u
About the hardware I have found that the wii u has been already hacked with mod. and probably can run copies so nintendo don't understand that it is useless to make ibrid hardware because this doesn't protect them from nothing, it only makes third parties work harder
So I suggest you to not waste your time in hopes but to work on asking to nintendo a new hardware as soon as possible

@Shworange
consider that nintendo is still selling the wii standard with wii sport at $99
I think casual gamers will choose wii 1 for play wii sport, and it is the same game
about the online...well...at the moment the nintendo network isn't perfect

I already have wii sport 1 and resort, I will not buy this remake because it isn't a new game. I would have preferred a wii sport 3 (a new wii sport)
Moreover I don't like to spend 1,99 to play only one day (ok there are other options like 9,99 for one sport but sincerily....)
It is bizzarre to see that the wii u supports the wii motion plus better than the gamepad for its new games. This confirms the fact that the gamepad was an error.
Ok it's a good move to use wii sport to sell more wii u but I think this will attract only casual gamers, and this is not a great thing for the support
This is not a revolution., nintendo is trying to raise its wii u but I see only cheap attempts, recycles etc.
At the moment I'm skeptical about this politic

we have to start to consider the wii u as a console designed only for nintendo games.
Portings are bad, see batman, ninja gaiden, resident evil, all with frame rate problems and long loading times
I see problems also in d&d
The fact is that gta5 would be very expansive to convert on wii u and the result would be not good as for ps3 xbox. And there is also the problem of the hd
gta 5 needs to be installed on xbox 360 to run well, but wii u can't install games
At the moment only first party games and nintendo games runs good and I think that only this types of games will reach a good quality in terms of frame rate etc on wii u
So we have to consider the wii u as a nintendo only console
Moreover, in the future, when games will come out on ps4 x1, it is clear thatt 3d parties will not convert games , also for the specs gap,
The result is that in the future wii u won't have 3d parties games and conversions anymore.
we'll see one game a month
This is very sad but is the reality, we have to accept that nintendo wii u can't be a new snes or a nes of this times
Nintendo has its restricted politics
Wants to sell only its games but this means also don't sell consoles and lose customers
I think that in the long term this politic will damage nintendo

I'm not a fan of gta5 or gta but I admit that it sells millions of copies and if a console loses a title like this it means that the console has a problem.
If 30 mln of people buy a ps3 ps4 or xbox expecially for gta and if your console hasnt gta then it means your console loses 30 milions of potential buyers
I can say that nintendo games like zelda or metroid are way better, but this doesn't mean that a console can miss one of the most important multiplatform of current gen.
The wii u will lose also final fantasy 15
Now i'm playing d&d, the conversion is good for the arcade mode but the online has some problem.
It seems that third parties works bad on the wii u, they are not interested in wii u.
We have to begin to accept that the wii u is a console that is good only for nintendo games and first party.

mmmm but megaman x was already avaiable on wii vc, so you could download it from the wii channel.
I'd have liked a megaman x 3 or 4, or all the magaman x serie in one week
We have to admit that this week is poor (for wii u), and I think there will be many other weeks like this because they are releasing 1 game a month
agu.sept wonderful. rayman
october zelda
november donkey
december mario
and vc games
and in 2014 probably they will release one game every 2 months
bayonetta jan feb
mario kart march april
ssb may?
if we exclude ubisoft and activision (that will bring ac4, wd, cod for december) the 2014 has only 4 games announced
they will be great games but they are too poor in number
I remember wii was supported better, even if its hardware was old.
if it wasn't for the virtual console (that i remember it is also on wii with more games), there would be nothing for wii u
the situation isn't good

I think that every game should be localized always, to give the same offer to all the consumers. We are in globalization, I like japanese games like wond 101 more than the japanese do