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I think it's a good sign. Nintendo may want to be helping it's relations with mainland china and no better way to do that then close down shop in taiwan.

if nintnedo gets better access into mainland china's markets they make a killing. nintendo naturally is in a much better position for sales in china because many nintendo games will easily get past censorship.

what's Sony or MS without FPS? no fan services games either. so basically all either has would be sports games and that's it.

so if nintendo opens a new office in china, I think nintendo is going to crush the competetion

who the hell cares, it's a video game, what's important is whether it's good or not. it's not nintendo's (a JAPANESE company) responsibility to champion social issues in other countries.

what will happen if people become too offended is that Nintendo will choose not to localize Japanese games because they'll fear upsetting delicate western tastes.

less quality games for us because some people have to be jerks about everything

if you're using an external HDD with 2TB or less you shouldn't have a problem

you can you a flash drive if you have to. memory shouldn't be an issue. it works with most external drives

@BossBattles

I think real gamers either own the game or it's a game they would love. more often then not the "core" gamers talked about usually just play COD/GTA/Madden and that's about it, so of course a game like this doesn't appeal to them

Nintendo took too long to cut the Wii U's price and the price cut wasn't enough.

MS cut the price on the XBone as soon as they realized it wasn't selling. it took Nintendo over a year to come to the same conclusion.

2ndly about the price. let's face it Nintendo is a company geared toward younger gamers. parents are going to be hard pressed to spend $300+ when cheaper alternatives exist. the wii was dirt cheap and that's why everybody owns one.

i love some people are never satisfied. for the longest many of us wanted GBA on the VC and now we have. I think it's great but people still complain

I hope the eshop doesn't become an iOS shovelware dump.

arc systemworks also released the true sequel to Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (aka River City Ransom/ Street Gangs) but it's also Japan only with almost no chance of seeing the West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CR8Q1H1RM-c

they also released a Rikki (Ryan) side story game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v1_ja87n-2M

all of these are on the 3DS

the review was a little harsh considering it was one of the 1st real beat em up and the grandfather all the great Kunio Kun games in Japan.

the Japan only 3DS remake looks awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_1XxXnXSCo

could someone please let me in on this Nintendo hate?

if it wasn't for Nintendo this game wouldn't exist right? so if you're really a fan of the series wouldn't you support the company that made the game possible? shouldn't the complaints be directed at Sony for not wanting to invest in the IP?

just curious what's with all the Nintendo hate out there

the Wii U eShop seems like it's becoming the new home of iOs shovelware. yeah I know every mobile game isn't exactly shovelware but i'm just not a fan.

sell it for $199 and people will but it.

ugh Nintendo lower the Wii U's price, it's plain and simple. what's killing the Wii U is Nintendo's stubborn refusal to lower the price of the Wii U

the Wii U cost $189 to make but sells for $299
PS4 costs $381 sells for $399
Xbox 1 costs $471 sells for $499

and honestly it probably cost Nintendo even less to make the Wii U since it's been awhile since launch. Nintendo is basically a family console or a gamers secondary console so they need to price it accordingly. NO amount of software is going to push a console people aren't willing to spend too much on. Nintendo is all wrong about the price point

I'll support them if it's something good. I have a feeling it will be some kind of need for speed like racer and if so I'll probably pass.

I'd love to see a football game on the wii u but since EA has a monopoly on NFL licensing people probably wouldn't support it.

it should say "Western" 3rd party support. Ubi's games haven't been selling well on any platform so it's natural that they'd not risk losses on the Wii U. even EA has been having some problems as of late, sales haven't been so great on any platform. Activison is doing well because of Skylanders and they still bring games to the Wii U. Warner Bros is still working with Nintendo. maybe we won't get all the DLC but whatever.

honestly does Ubi or EA really make games that are absolute must haves?

Nintendo has addressed the issue by saying they'd bring over more games from Japanese devs and indie devs.

the 3DS is predominately gamed by Nintendo, Japanese and indie devs and it's doing fine.

the problem with the Wii U is the price. the Wii U was the #1 most wanted item by children but tablets were the most bought because they are so much cheaper. hmmm let's a see a Wii U for $299 or a cheap tablet for $150.

@B3ND3R lol you'd probably be the only one buying it. $15 is way too much to pay for it. why buy it on the Wii U for 15 when I could get it on Steam a month or so later for like $5.

my biggest problem with Nintendo's Indie games is the pricing. why would anybody buy them on a Nintendo platform when you can easily get them on ios or steam for a fraction of the cost.

so I'm going to pay more for what exactly?

If the Lego movie game is anywhere near as good as Lego City undercover than it's worth a pick up. i'll have to see a review or an LP before i buy it though. it looks like bravely default all the way for me this week

would get Shovel Knight but $14.99 is an outrageous price

The Wii U won't sell until it is priced below $200. the Wii U was the #1 most wanted item by children this past Christmas but their parents didn't buy it but bought tablets instead.

the Wii U at launch cost $189 for Nintendo to make it and it's probably even less now.. Nintendo continues to insist making a profit on it's console but what they fail to realize is that parents are looking for bargains. the Wii U isn't a bargain at $299 or even $249

a Wii U bundle at $199 with Zelda, Nintendo Land, NSMB U would be an unbeatable deal. I chose those 3 games because they didn't cost much to develop and Nintendo has already made their money back on them. a basic version at $149 would sell.

people bought the 3DS because they lowered the price and people bought the 2DS because it was cheap.

Nintendo doesn't know it's market and is trying to appeal to "gamers" and fanboys instead. "gamers" left Nintendo a long time ago and aren't coming back and fanboys will only take you so far. Nintendo needs to make the Wii U inexpensive

I think this is a step in the right direction. honestly I think 3DS eshop DL titles should be on the Wii U as well. I also think NIntendo should allow you to swap save files between the Wii U and 3DS. cross compatibility would be great

Honestly Wii U has great title for this year,

Hyrule Warriors
DK Tropical Freeze
Lego Movie Game
Bayonetta 2
Mario Kart 8
Smash Bros
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem

I know a lot of these games are Nintendo produced/made but is it Nintendo's fault for making quality games. these so called AAA studios just can't compete when it comes to making quality games.

I can see why Ubi is leaving Watch Dogs off the Wii U because they don't think it will sell but really that is their own fault.

1st Ubi switches Rayman Legends to multiplatform and for what? about 250k buys on the 360 and 300k on PS3. to make matters worse they released it on the Wii U on Sept 3rd, which by then games like Pikman were out and other games were just weeks away. if they followed the original release date of Feb 26 it would have sold a lot more on the Wii U simply because nothing else was really out at the time.

2nd no Nintendo gamer likes to pay $60 to be a Beta Tester. seriously how often has Ubi released a AAA game that needs to be patched multiple times. why buy a game that seemingly hasn't been tested.

3rd why would any gamer pay full price for a gimped port? if Ubi doesn't want to support games they release on the Wii U why would Nintendo gamers want to buy inferior products?

4th Ubi is so quick to pull the plug on games. I'm seeing AC4 for $30 now. so if I know Ubi will drop the price why would I buy ANY of their games at launch?

seriously if you wait on any Ubi game you'll have a patched game probably free of problems and it will be cheaper, so why would I ever buy a Ubi game at launch?

Ubi has done this to themselves. if they abandon Nintendo fine

I could be wrong but EA's exclusive licenses with the NFL expires soon. they lost their NCAA licenses.

once the NFL realizes that it could potentially make more money from competition than a monopoly.

They already lost their monopoly on NCAA football, the NFL could be next.

it would cripple them but they'd still have a total monopoly over FIFA until 2022

it's the price. a lot of parents would have bought it for Christmas but the $299 price tag was a bit too much. $50 wasn't enough

like it or not the Wii U is perceived as last gen but it's price doesn't reflect that. you can get a PS3 or 360 for $199.

I think the Wii U at launch cost $189 to make. so why not just reduce the price to $199 maybe $250 for a Mario Bundle.

people bought the Wii because almost anyone could afford it. once the Wii U's price goes down people will buy it

I just don't think the Wii U price point is there just yet for parents. from my own small experience I know a lot of kids wanted a Wii U but most of the parents I know just bought them tablets instead for Christmas. $299 vs $99 is real problem. I'm not saying the Wii U should be $99 but at $199 it will sell a lot more than it currently is.

plus I think China will be huge for Nintendo. unlike a Sony or Microsoft, Nintendo makes games that will pass censorship and Nintendo games don't rely on internet access. with China's censorship I doubt Sony's cloud will go over well in China

Nintendo should do very well in China. any video games released in China must pass a censorship board first. China won't allow violent games, so that's a plus for Nintendo.

also China massive censorship of the internet and China relative poor internet speed will also help Nintendo. Nintendo games usually don't require online access.

things could go very well for a company so many investors like to poo poo on. if they sell a few million Wii U's or Wii mini's in China Iwata's long term plan may not look so silly

i'm glad the game is finally coming to NA region. I think that if a game is localized for PAL it should come to NA and vice-versa. since localization was already done why not put in all regions. just offer a digital version only in a region where sales might not be spectacular, it's not like that would cost very much.

I don't know why people hate on the 8GB model. it doesn't have the space but if you're only buying retail games than 8GB is more than enough. even if you want to download games the storage isn't an issue because basically any USB memory device will do. you can use a 16gb flash drive which is under $10. I just use a 250gb usb drive for my 8gb and it works fine.

$249 and skylanders really isn't a bad deal at all. I'm not sure how much Nintendo's cost per system is but at launch it cost Nintendo $189 per unit. it may have went down a bit by now but probably not much.

thankfully Nintendo doesn't use proprietary memory like Sony.

Ubi's NA sales pretty disappointing. I was hoping they'd give NA the same deals as Europe.

ZombiU $14 in EU and around 34 in NA

lot of their games are over 50% off in Europe but NA gets 30.. I'd actually buy a few of their games if they were on sale like that here

I think the Wii U would do even better if they would create a 2/3DS mode for the Wii U. you could play the downloaded games you have on the 3DS on your Wii U and share information.

they've unified eShop accounts and NintendoNetwork so I think it would be the next step. they could even charge for the software. I think it would be amazing

Target is sold out of every Wii U bundle online expect for the Wind Waker Bundle.

I love how NOBODY is taking into account digital sales.

they aren't tracked so just counting the physical sales is silly. since Nintendo doesn't release those numbers we'll never know.

seriously everybody needs to relax, the japanese prefer digital DLs alway. why get worried about something when the whole picture isn't clear

those numbers are kind of pointless when it comes to the new Mario game. you have a lot more incentive to download the game rather than buying the physical copy and that's true for every Wii U game.

unless it includes the digital buys the numbers aren't telling the full story

a lot of kickstarter projects don't live up to the lofty expectations they set for themselves. I'm getting the feeling this will be the same.

even if they do get if off the ground the price tag on the wii u is ridiculous.

if Brawl Brothers comes out in the US, I can only imagine how bad that community will be bombarded with complaints about it not being SMB3.

I hope the discount on Rayman comes to the US and the Marvel Heros Demo. MCG looks pretty good too

uncharted waters 2 is a great SNES game.

baby steps but I don't see Nintendo doing much more with the Wii U. they're already real tentative about what they are doing it on. look how long it took for them to do something as simple as that. I just don't believe Nintendo is putting the resources or time into the Wii U to make it successful. I think they are banking on the holiday to increase the install base before they really support the Wii U fully.

they are expecting this holiday season to be huge but I'm seriously doubting it. Xbox 360 is $99 PS3 will be $199 with 2 games. they have NO hardware deals on the Wii U expect Toys r Us has the Skylanders bundle for $259 and that's it.

they are targeting families but not offering the best deals. I don't think a Mario game will be enough.

what worries me is that we aren't hearing anything about new games. after the 1st quarter of next year it's pretty bleak because nothing's been announced. even the better indie games are going to the 2/3DS not the Wii U. you can see how much Nintendo has invested in the Wii U VC.

unless the Wii U really sells I doubt we'll see much more.

the game is $8.99 and around 10 hours of gameplay

Zelda clones are nothing new

I was thinking the same. if it controls well why not

I don't think putting it on the Wii U would be all that difficult considering it's supposed to be easy to work with.

ultimately we should all be skeptical of any kickstarter project. it's not like they have a good track record.

if a game is good and successful it will probably come to the eshop anyway

at Target and Gamestop the Wii U Mario/Luigi Bundles have sold out online.

the 15th the Skylanders bundle will be out and I saw a black friday deal on it. I think it was about 250 or 260.

if you look at the numbers last year 40% of kids 6-12 wanted a Wii U, only the ipad beat that out. now that the price is down and bundled with more games.

sites always want to bash Nintendo but Sony isn't exactly doing very well

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/sony-s-playstation-hedge-backfires-as-dollar-costs-surge.html

and if Nintendo lost as much money as MS they'd be out of business

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-has-lost-nearly-3-billion-in-10-years

I've seen Wii U commercials but mostly on kid shows and in the morning. disney jr nick jr channels like that.

Nintendo's ads are focused on kids and families. they know their demographic. if the Wii U doesn't do well this holiday season then it'll be time to worry.

Nintendo probably doesn't want to waste money are trying to attract "core" gamers because they already disregard Nintendo anyway.

us "fanboys" don't need commercials because we keep up with Nintendo and Nintendo does things like Nintendo direct for us

I'm sure it's a great game but it's not really what I'm interested in.

if Square enix wanted my money they should have ported Kingdom Hearts HD instead

I hope it has good controls.

honestly I hope this comes to the Wii U and sells well. with any luck somebody will localize the 3DS kunio kun games.

Nintendo has commercials but they are on kid shows in the morning. nickjr stuff like that. they know their demo graphic.

I think Christmas will be make or break time for the Wii U. Parents aren't going to spend $300+ on a whim. Parents do most of their big spending for Christmas and birthdays.

the other systems appeal to a different demographic. if your a 20 something 30 something gamer you have a job and can buy a game or a system whenever you want. if you're kid you can't and you have to wait for Christmas and birthdays.

the WII U VC is a joke, it basically doesn't exist to me anymore... on the bright side the Wii U games coming out look real solid. Sonic and Batman are day one buys for me. AC4 looks great but if it's anything like Splinter Cell was I think I'm going to wait and see how buggy it is before I pick it up. Pacman might be a good pick up for a budget title.

so it's actually a good week for the Wii U

@Vriess

I don't mean everything is garbage no no no. at lot of the games Nintendo has brought to the Wii U VC aren't really worth $5. Golf, Baseball, Tennis, Clu Clu Land, Wrecking Crew, Donkey Kong 3, Vegas Stakes and the like. yes those games are apart of Nintendo history but they are sub par when you compare them to games that aren't on the Wii U VC like SMB 3 Link to the past and many other gems that fans really want.

Nintendo isn't really doing anything to support the loyal fans who have actually bought a Wii U. the VC on the Wii U is a huge step back from the Wii. They probably could have put the Wii VC games on the Gamepad by now but it looks liking Nintendo is just bleeding its loyal fans of their cash.

I'm sorry but that's just being greedy and I can't defend Nintendo when it wants to treat it's fans like that. the only thing I can do is not buy games especially like this week. come on Baseball, DK3 and Pinball but no Mario 3 ?? that's just BS

@Vriess yeah Nintendo is just trying to milk money out of the fans. I'm pretty sure they could do it easily but they'd rather just slowly trickle garbage titles out.

the only power we have as consumers is not to buy over priced garbage VC games.