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What I don't understand is why both this and NES Remix were $15 in the States, but in the UK NES Remix was only £9 while this is £13.50?

3:20am here in the UK (awake because of my little one...) still no joy with the 3DS eShop. Not tried the Wii U one yet as my GamePad is back in my bedroom.

What's the criteria? Hopefully not singing in tune, or I've no chance.

And what if you've no friends?!

@norwichred @Edgy Contra III is listed on Nintendo UK's website but with a 'TBD' for release date.

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Super-Nintendo/Contra-III-The-Alien-Wars-841180.html

Interestingly it seems they are going to release it as the US 'Contra III', rather than the European 'Super Probotector'. At least that means it should be 60Hz.

Just to be a pedant... the twelve days of Christmas start on December 25th, through to January 5th.

These are the final days of Advent...

Does anyone know if 3D Galaxy Force II is based on the arcade or the Mega Drive?

Edit: Never mind, found out it is based on the arcade. That means After Burner will be the fourth of Sega's '80s quasi-3D arcade games to hit the 3DS! Am just hoping that we get Out Run next...

@rjejr The photo is from a British comedy sketch show in the mid-'90s called The Fast Show. Bit random, but hey...

Dammit, this would be a great offer as I've just bought a 3DS XL which I've not yet registered, and am planning on getting Pokemon Y soon...

Only problem is my 3DS XL came with Super Mario 3D Land pre-installed!

Did this influence Pinball: Revenge of the Gator on the Game Boy? The table layout and the idea of the multiple screen single table seem very reminiscent to me...

Hopefully we'll get some Mega Drive games on the Wii U VC - or even better (IMO), a port of that Mega Drive collection they released on the 360 and PS3 a couple of years back...

Just been on the UK eShop and it's £1.79, not £1.99.

I wish there was an archive of all nominations, or at least winners, way back to the early '80s when they were all games for Sinclair and Commodore home computers... would be fascinating to see.

@vicviper You are absolutely right. It was always 800 points for that very reason.

No, doesn't appeal to me at all - but I still wish it would have been ported, to widen the Wii U's appeal.

Well, I thought some of the comments here were pretty narrow, immature and ignorant, but then I just made the mistake at looking at some of the comments on the IGN review that Damo linked to. Urgh. Truly depressing.

I'm 32, have two young kids and no desire to play something like GTA. One of the three main characters seems like a deeply unpleasant psycho, I have no desire to identify with someone like that...

I actually had this game! Before being bought a Wii by my wife in 2008, the only Nintendo product I ever owned was a Game Boy in 1991. This was one of only a handful of games I owned.

And yesterday a 3DS XL arrived in the post for me, so I'll definitely be downloading this. I can still remember the title theme tune really clearly!

@Le_Gazman Germany, IIRC.

I'd prefer the Super Probotector version (as on Wii VC) as that's what I remember from going round my mate's house and playing it on his SNES.

Problem is, I'd also like it 60Hz NTSC optimised, and it's not possible to have both! I wonder how they'll handle the European release?

I never actually got Mario Kart Wii or Super Smash Bros Brawl on Wii. Was waiting for Wii U versions of both, but am sorely tempted as I don't really like spending £40 on a single videogame...

That's good news - didn't Ubisoft say a few months back that they didn't have anything coming for Wii U after the currently-announced titles?

Oooh, want all of the Wii U items, but am currently saving up for a 3DS so nothing from me for a while...

Have been saving up for a 3DS, and am wondering if I should get this. I've never played a Pokemon game before...

Is this still planned for 2013? Haven't seen it mentioned for ages...

I would get this to play with my oldest boy (almost 4)... except he became terrified of Toy Story after he saw part of the first one, aged 2, at his nursery (it was the baby doll / spider thing). Now he won't have anything to do with anything which is, or looks like, a Pixar movie

Um... this has been on the Wii U VC now for a while...

EDIT: Since the 16th May in fact.

@Peach64 I dunno, I have a 4 year old who is a pretty big Cars fan. I imagine this would appeal to him...

@Damo Not necessarily. Currently your Nintendo Network ID is tied to one machine exclusively; so if you log on with that ID via your PC, the system will know that you are buying something for that tied console.

I mean, I really hope you're right, but knowing Nintendo I fear you may not be.

@Peach64 I've pre-ordered it from ShopTo and it's cost me £32.86 And mine was only dispatched today....

@TheKachoMan See comment #12, apparently he's had it for about 3 weeks.

@LeVideoGamer Oh fair enough. I only ever bought Wii points on my credit card via the Wii Shop channel as it was cheaper (£7 for 1000 points).

And the 'standard' cost for NES and SNES games on the Wii U eShop seem to be based on that cheaper price too...

@LavaTwilight Doesn't explain why it also costs more in the US, where it was released. And import SNES games on the Wii VC always cost 900 points, i.e. £6.30, so still cheaper.

@ICHIkatakuri It's still an increase though. Those games you mentioned were imports, and were usually only 100 points extra - i.e. £6.30 for a SNES import (UK) or $9 (US).

And in any case, for American Wii U owners, this wouldn't even count as an import, as it was released there in the 1990s. So for consistency's sake this should have cost $8 in the US (equivalent to 800 points) and £6.30 in the UK (equivalent to 900 points).

It's always seemed strange to me that all NES games were the same price as each other, all SNES games the same as each other etc. For example, Balloon Fight doesn't seem to offer the same value as Super Mario Bros 3, etc.

That said, I would prefer the usual price of £5.49 to be the very top end of a scale for SNES games. (That said, I did spend £6.99 for Earthbound, so I'm probably a bit of a hypocrite)

I'm not quite sure why @Peach64 is getting singled out so much either. I'm a big Nintendo fan and am quite optimistic about the future for the Wii U, but most of her/his comments seem to be quite realistic, sensible and measured.

And s/he is right here too. This is definite good news, but Nintendo aren't out of the woods yet...

@edcomics No worries, like you I assumed that Fluidity / Hydroventure came first.

But here is the game's entrant page for the 2010 IGF Student Showcase: http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2010.php?id=440

It may have been an early version of the game, but certainly by March 2010 it was in a state to be reviewed by the IGF judges.

@edcomics Lots of people are saying this ripped off Fluidity / Hydroventure. In fact this game was originally for Windows PCs, and it won an award at the Independent Games Festival in March 2010.

Fluidity, meanwhile, was announced for WiiWare in September 2010 and released in December 2010. So if anyone's doing the ripping-off, it's the developers of Fluidity...

Hmmm... from a British perspective this doesn't really ring true. I mean I did have friends who had a NES back in the day, but they were few and far between... more had a Master System, and far more still had 8-bit or 16-bit computers for their gaming fix.

But then I suppose the British/European industry more or less collapsed in the mid-90s, and I guess the modern worldwide gaming industry owes much more to Japan and the US. Sniff...

@Rief Why not?

Given that the N64 games on the Wii VC were rendered at 480p instead of the original 240p, maybe when they arrive on the Wii U VC they'll be rendered at 1080p. Insta-HD!

To be fair, if you read his comment closely he doesn't actually rule out a price cut.

From a UK perspective, if they can at least reduce the price of the basic pack so that they can advertise Wii U as being available "from £199" against the PS4's £349, I think that will have a big impact psychologically.

Of course the games need to be good as well, but as it's Nintendo I'm taking that as a given...

@smashbrolink Wii U basic RRP £250;
Wii U premium RRP £300;
PS4 £350
Xbox One £425

Admittedly it's not hard to find the Wii U for about £30 less than RRP here, but still...

@smashbrolink My prices were £, not $... I'm in the UK.

Also, it seems to me that Nintendo's best hope is the 'second console' strategy, as it has/will have so many exclusives (first-party and third-party) but weak multiplatform showing. People aren't going to want to pay as much for their second console as they do for their PS4 / Xbone.

Wow... major mistake Nintendo. I got my Wii U at the Asda sale a couple of months back: £150 for the basic white model (they were also selling the Premium version for £200). Those prices feel about right, especially with the PS4 coming in at £350...

@Lasermaster123 "Its going to have around 1500 employees which is pretty large for a development studio considering Retro has only 120+ish people."

I followed some of your links and I'm not entirely clear how many of those 1500 will actually be new employees, as opposed to relocating existing teams into a new facility. This URL suggests that it's a new building rather than a new development team:

http://andriasang.com/comwpw/nintendo_new_rd_facility/

Harsh. I notice it got 7 the last two times it was reviewed on NL, which seems fairer to me...

@Zyph It says it is compatible with all games that support the Wii Classic Controller. In fact if you look at the picture it seems you use the adapter to plug your GC pad into your Wiimote, just as you plug a Classic Controller.

Are they working on app versions for Android and iOS too?

I'm sure I've read representatives from Retro and/or Nintendo say that they're working on something that "everyone wants them to work on" or something to that effect. My guess, StarFox.