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@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.

I just want their SNES RPGs on the Wii U VC... but am guessing that's not going to be their big announcement!

@Peach64 Where do you get the sales figures?

@JusticeColde When was that?

Wonder why this wasn't mentioned on the European Direct?

More or less what I was expecting... still a bit disappointing though.

Do you think all Sonic games are Nintendo-exclusive, or just this one? I mean, Sonic Colours was Nintendo-exclusive too...

What time are these usually available in the eShop in the UK?

@Ryno Don't think they were very popular in the US, at least not for gaming. In Europe though they were HUGE...

@JogurtTheYogurt That was the prequel to this game, known on the Amiga alternately as Silly Putty, or just Putty.

Is that James Pond holding the floating balloon in the last screenshot? Looks very like him...

VERY VERY VERY VERY EXCITED!!!!!

The original was actually completed for the Amiga, but then never released! It was even reviewed and got loads of 90%+ scores, and there were magazine demos and everything.

However it was converted to the SNES.

(But it's still a bone of contention in the Amiga emulation/retro community that System 3 continue to refuse to release the completed Amiga version).

EDIT: Sorry, you could have learnt most of that by watching the video... Hey, I wonder if they'd consider releasing the SNES version on VC?

@RetrogamerFan Thanks, I never knew that about the levels! Think I actually only ever got to level 3 or 4 on the Speccy...

Meh. Would rather have Pac-Man Championship Edition DX in the eShop...

I remember getting this free on a ZX Spectrum magazine covertape back in the day. Great game!

Already have Super Metroid, SMB2 and Super Ghouls N Ghosts on the Wii VC, and will be updating all three for gamepad play!

Have the US and European Wii U VC updates all been identical so far?

@MrWalkieTalkie Me too!

@MrSRArter Which version of Namcom Museum? Namco Museum Remix on the Wii annoyingly doesn't have Pac-Man (it has Pac & Pal, Super Pac-Man and Pac-Mania though...)

Looks awesome, but probably not much chance of it making the stretch goals. Too many retro systems which won't be familiar to an American audience... I'm guessing they wouldn't be very familiar with Spectrums, Amstrads or BBCs...

@iphys IIRC you can do a transfer now, and everything else will transfer except LostWinds. Then you can do a second transfer if/when LostWinds is fixed.

At least that's what I plan to do when my Wii U arrives this week...

Well it would be a start if they could just fix the problems in transferring the first one to the Wii U.... AFAIK it was the only WiiWare game that couldn't be transferred, and we're STILL waiting on a fix...

It seems like this is part of a temporary sale that they're doing for all Nintendo products. However the premium model is now sold out, but they still have stock of the basic model.

That's it, I'm getting one!

@rjejr My guess is that for the first year or two after the PS4 and NextBox launch, a lot of games will also be ported to the Xbox 360 and PS3, and I think the Wii U will get a lot of them as well.

After that time, we'll probably only get ports of the really big-name games, e.g. the CoDs and FIFAs of this world...

I only ever played the Master System version of this, which was a completely different game, despite having the same name (I only discovered in the last couple of years that this was even released on the Mega Drive!).

If it's as good as that was, then this is very good news!

I had this (or it might have been the prequel) on the ZX Spectrum! Awesome game, absolutely loved it... Surprised the SNES one doesn't have two player mode, when the Spectrum managed it fine!

@OorWullie I think you're right - the advertising has been pretty subdued from Nintendo, as if they know it's not really worth pushing it yet until some more big-hitting games arrive. I'm guessing we'll see a big marketing push, as well as price cuts, later in the year ready to take on Sony and Microsoft.

"the ZX Spectrum Console"?!

Erm...

"Meet U there? . . . My body is ready!"
No Wii U version? Really?

Wow, the original was one of my all-time favourite Amiga games. This would be a major reason to upgrade to Wii U for me...

@edhe On the Wii they worked out as £3.50 for NES games, £5.60 for SNES games.

@Austroid Sonic wasn't released in the arcades as far as I know so presumably it doesn't feature...

Mega Man ZX? Please tell me that's a retro version of Mega Man exclusive to the Spectrum...

Is this the same sort of technology as on the Hydra Razer motion controllers on the PC?

Also, while it is clear that Wii VC games cannot be played on the GamePad screen, is it possible to use the GamePad as a controller for Wii VC games on the TV? (i.e. for it to be recognised by the game as a Wii Classic Controller)?

@Cipher "Wii U VC will only consist of systems not on the Wii Shop Channel, so presumably the likes of GameCube."

Is that actually confirmed in the video, or are you assuming this? That seems... surprising.

@Peppy_Hare Perhaps Nintendo will be generous and let you download Wii U VC versions of games you already own for free...

Or maybe not.

Looks like it's about doubled in price on Amazon UK since the announcement!

@brooks83 The Ooze is an unlockable game on Sonic Mega Collection Plus (at least the PC version).

You do realise you already wrote about this back in June?

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/06/you_can_transfer_wii_vc_games_to_wii_u

"Katsuya Eguchi, the Nintendo designer on hand, said work had begun on way to transfer "everything you've bought." " I guess this includes WiiWare?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117695-E3-Transfer-Nintendo-Virtual-Console-Games-to-Wii-U

@FluttershyGuy According to ABC News in the US, "Scott Moffitt, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nintendo, said that in addition to Wii discs being backwards-compatible on the new Wii U, digital game collections purchased over the Wii Virtual Console will also be transferable over to the Wii U"

and further:

"Moffitt said that there will be a bit of restructuring of how their login IDs/accounts work with the Wii U; he told us, “You will have an individual account based system. Each member of your family might have their own account.” "

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/nintendos-wii-u-gamepad-to-play-old-wii-games-company-says-at-e3/