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Its a neat idea for the BB. At least it gives both the app and the perif some purpose with each other.

48 hours till I download this. Then the phone gets turned off, the shades pulled, the door locked, and I give the wife $100 to go shopping for the day.

$10 for unlimited online bowling? I can't believe I'm saying this but sign me up.

Downsizing is never positive for the people who lost their jobs. Its a money saving move by EA, and we'll probably see Criterion absorbed completely within a year.

Haven't even thought about this character since the SNES was fresh and new.

The good news is that this is the first I've ever heard Nintendo actually acknowledging that consumers have been demanding an account system.
Every time we fill out the Club Nintendo survey, every one of us should be mentioning account system.

It took longer to set up the update than the actual update itself.

This game made me fall in love with the franchise when I was a lad. Instant download. Its also just making me more anxious for Wind Waker HD next friday.

Again, these should all be downloadable titles on the Wii U eShop for $20 each. Its like they can't see the nose in front of their face when it comes to the eShop.

@Metaknight_3Raw
Just an example. They could partner with Samsung and have a Mario Galaxy phone.

I'm seeing Mr.Iwata stepping down as boss man sometime during Wii U's run. Wouldn't be surprised if Reggie gets the axe too because of it. Nintendo then enters the phone market with a partner (like say, Apple) and we get the N-phone. Complete with a tiny Mario hat resting on an apple engraved on the back.
Sounds crazy, I know, and skewer me if you must. I just don't know how long the shareholders are going to hold off the wolves before someone gets tossed to them.

He invented Pong, so theres no denying his place in history... and then got kicked out of Atari before the end of 70s. If you look at his list of business ventures (and failures) since then, its hard to really take him seriously.

Pretty cool. The local museum where I live has been running an 80s arcade exhibit all summer with something like 100 machines (but only about a dozen are playable). There is something to be said about how popular retro is nowadays.

These should all be downloadable titles at $20 a piece on the Wii U eShop.

If each of us could run Nintendo for a day...

My job takes me to several relay places like McDonalds and a few malls that utilize the service in my area... Honestly I've gotten several more hits these past few weeks than normal. Probably just as many as I have since summer began. Even completed a few puzzles in the process, they're addictive little buggers.

So... I guess you can say this game is not very precious.

One of my favorite fighting games of all time. Was working at an arcade while going to school when this came out. Lots of great memories and quarters munched.

I'm mildly surprised by how candid he is regarding Ninty's treatment of the indie dev in the past and how they've been trying to change that.

Fantastic idea, I'd gladly pay a few bucks for the service. This sounds like a test case for bigger things via Cloud service for Nintendo too. Also sounds like one step closer to a broad account system where everything is tied together... finally.

Its a good topic, but one that has been ongoing since the N64 era and with no end in sight for as long as Nintendo makes its own consoles. Sure, money talks, but Big N loves being the one in control, and their treatment of outsiders has been well documented for literally decades. The only way I see 3rd party devs getting on board and staying on board is if their next console, or down the road, involves somebody like, say, Apple.

This is exactly what I've meant when I say 3rd party devs have gotten too much power in the industry.

Everyone wants something for nothing. "Its not fair!" they cry. Then...
Why did you buy a brand new system at launch? History tells us that there will be a price drop/bundle deal at some point within a years time. This was predicted by several people who frequent this site (myself included).
Just watch this next year with the PS/xBone, we'll see a cheaper model of both (with some different features) by Holidays of 2014. Just because you bought early, doesn't mean you deserve squat when the price goes down later. Electronics get cheaper the longer they're available. Besides, the system needed a price drop to move units so that we don't have to hear "doom & gloom" every friggin' day.

60 hours in Shin Megami Tensei IV with many more to go I'm sure. Should get the game near done this weekend.

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of these articles as the Wind Waker Hype Train comes rolling. Its actually kinda neat how everyone has a different favorite Zelda and why.

Reg, you'll be getting it right when I only have to buy it once and it plays on every console Ninty comes out with until the day I die.

I can't believe NoA PR didn't have anyone on hand to make sure things got said/pronounced correctly. Makes both companies look foolish.
No wonder the mainstream media thinks all gamers only play CoD on their Xbox's and Angry Birds on their phones.

Haven't read any of the comments, just dropping my 2-cents...
New Pokemon game + device designed for the 7-and under crowd at a friendly price = $$$ for Nintendo, plus a new generation of kids are hooked.
Its not made for adults, although I'm sure a few will buy just to have gear. I think its a pretty neat idea for people who have smaller kids. Can see why they're doing it, the market is there.

Downloading it... Can't wait for Oct.4 to get here.

I want Buttercup's coffee mug.

I'm a member of ASCAP and totally understand why Big N pulled the plug on this. Even in good faith and doing fan films out of love for a franchise, copyright infringement is a serious thing. Those of you who think its no big deal, or Nintendo is wrong, try copyrighting an original piece of music or art or game and tell me how you feel when somebody uses it without permission and you don't see a dime for it.

Don't matter to me. I've got plenty to play during my free time... until Windwaker comes out, then everything is getting put on hold.

I wish my computer would give me an electric shock every time I click on articles about EA.

This media-driven contest is Sony's to lose. The only people who are excited for MS and its spybox are the people who work there and EA.
The Wii U will wind up being a good companion console to the PS4, which I don't have any problem with. Wouldn't put it past Ninty to do an unannounced price-drop sometime around, if not the day of, one of the other launches too. A Windwaker 32GB bundle for $299 would make consumers take notice.

If he's concerned with 3DS sales that much, he might want to type in "pokemon" on Google sometime.

I'm downloading it... waiting patiently for the day to do so and the sick day the following day to get the tv all to myself.

I'm starting to sound like a guy named Pachter, lol. I get the concept of the series, I have since the first time I linked my old Gameboy with another one via that clunky black cable. Maybe its frustration out of a lack of the series on either eShop combined with daily doom & gloom articles?

@chucknorrmis
Last I checked, the Wii U needed a sales boost & Nintendo likes to make money. Outdated concepts of a nearly 20 year old franchise don't hold water to me with the likes of Miiverse and cross-platform gaming between the 3DS and the U. Not adjusting to the current times and tech has kept Big N the laughing stock for years now in the industry. Don't really care if you don't like the question, its been asked quite a bit over the years and it should continue to be asked as the tech goes beyond just being on a handheld.

This might be a dumb question... but why again isn't there a Pokemon RPG for the Wii U? Even making any of the generations available on the VC, doing trades/battles via Miiverse, might move a system or 2.
My mind is blown by the missed opportunity Nintendo has with the cash printing machine that is Pokemon... and how none of its past games are on either Virtual Console.

That might be the longest review of Galaga I've ever seen. Cool game tho, still see it at the occasional pub.

Good stuff there. Oddly enough my own personal favorite console is the Gamecube. The Wii U is right up there for me too, especially as the VC grows, yet neither has caught on with the mass public.
His point about a brand from 2 gens ago somehow promoting the brand today is really interesting. It speaks more to the lack of intelligence of the mass public than gamers who pay attention. Sort of like the "confusion" between the Wii and Wii U (seriously, read the friggin' box). Analysts can speculate all they want, but I fear the current "failures" of the Wii U will be happening to MS/Sony as well. It'll be spun differently, and the western media treats, especially MS, with kid gloves, but I wouldn't expect their systems to fly off the shelves in 2014 either.

I should have picked up the Zelda one when I had the chance. If nothing more than just for display on my guy stuff shelf.

Downloaded it, haven't tried it yet. This one falls more under the "board game" realm, which means it'll get dusted off once or twice a year. Looks like it could be kinda fun after a few mixed drinks though.

I don't think Bethesda has ever developed for a Nintendo console. So, this isn't really news.

Regardless of the lack of relevancy that picture is, I'm trying to imagine playing 90 hours of SNES Mario Kart in one sitting...

@Frapp
Disney has done to Pixar the same as Microsoft has done to RARE. Darn shame.

The trailers for the movie look horrible. A 6/10 is probably a better score than what the movie will get.

I understand the whole Great Britain vs. France thing and how ya'all poke fun at each other... but you've been waiting for an excuse to use that picture of Mr.Hollande for a while now haven't you?

3rd Party Devs have too much power in the industry at the moment. My own interest in titles from the likes of the "Big 3" (EA, Activision, and Ubi) has been of the little-to-none variety. I'm not part of the demographic they like (12-25 year olds), stopped being into the Madden/CoD's after the PS2/Cube era, and I see through most of their crap after years of being a gamer and paying attention to history. Plus the quality of their games have been so inconsistent at best, despite the fact they're major studios with bigger budgets. This gen is about 1st party, retro and Indie games to me, anything beyond that I can play on my PC.

A 5? Normally I'm on board with most reviews, but completely disagree. Pre-dating Goldeneye and the console FPS Golden Era, it does show its age, sure (seriously, what N64 game doesn't show its age?). But it also ushered in interesting weapons, fantastic audio and ego-crushing difficulty. I suppose the controls are subjective, but I always loved how tight they were with this game. Its an "8" in my book and worth dusting off, if not for the Alien Weapon alone.

Last Doom game I had an interest in was Doom 64... Then I purchased and played it. Haven't thought much of Doom since.