bunnyking

Thanks for a cheering up article guys.

For me I'd like to see Kongregate.com on my Wii U. There are about a thousand games on that site. Some are Free 2 Play and you can donate, if you'd like or buy content for the games if you want to support the developer.

League of Legends, Kingdom Rush, Wartunes. There are tons of games.

I think the editors of all video game magazines kind of enjoy posting stuff like this.

The sadist.

EA will not be publishing any games for the Wii U until it hits a particular market share. Can you guys cheer us up instead of posting this kind of stuff?

@MadAdam81

I agree with you 100%

The term Casual gaming as opposed to Hardcore gaming has always bothered me. It's like stating one type of gamer is inferior to another when in the end it's all a game.

Beyond the type of device you use to play games I think the lines are becoming blurrier and blurrier and you are either a gamer or not. Nitpicking whether you play COD on an XBOX 360 or PS3 or wether you use this kind of a device or that is really not giving gamers credit as what they are and that is gamers.

I've played everything and to me it is the most insulting when people even mention the term casual when describing a person who has kids and works 40 hours or more a week and can only play limited amounts on weekends or a child who only has access to a PC from the library that they log onto for a few hours a day.

To me, they are all gamers.

@LDXD Hmm, I think you are right.

@Peach64 it's missing out on a lot of PS3 and 360 ports because of choices from the publishers. They are being careful with their resources, it's been rough all over for games and they feel like they will not make enough profit to port a game over.

I think Nintendo could do something about facilitating ports like increasing the share 3rd parties get from releasing a title on the Wii U to creating dedicated offices for this with the hardware and manpower necessary but they haven't yet.

Nintendo has always done things different, and they've always come out fine.

I think it's crazy that it's bad news on a daily basis for Nintendo. We understand where Nintendo is. We get it guys.

The Wii U doesn't support the major gaming engines a lot of the big developers are using and will therefore probably not see many next generation games or games in general being ported over from big publishers like EA or Dice and probably Activision/Blizzard besides the new Skylander's games.

Dear Nintendolife editors, We got the news, we know that the Wii U isn't doing well. Please stop kicking a dead horse. We are well aware of what is going on and give us some cheery news.

@Damo
I'm sorry, just cause I say I'm an astronaut and I have posters of Nasa and models of space rockets laying about my "office" doesn't mean I am in fact an astronaut. I could be lying.

Please stop giving him credibility when he doesn't have any.

This guy isn't a gamer, and he doesn't know the game industry. Why do you guys still love posting his rants and his garbage.

I still don't know why you even give him a voice? He's not a gamer, he's not a game developer, he's not a console maker. He's an outsider with no street cred.

At this point anything that is coming out on the Wii U is good news. I think Nintendo has always been a different company, during the Wii release everyone dissed it and it was the best selling gaming console.

I think the price point is different this generation, but as soon as it becomes cheap, the Wii U will start doing better. I do think the released their console WAY TOO EARLY, I mean all this support should have been out of the box.

@sinalefa I feel exactly like this about EA, they are a big publisher with their hands in eveyone's pockets and little loyalty to anyone. They've pulled just about all of their Wii U releases and it just doesn't look very promising on the horizon.

I don't think EA matters as much as they'd like to think because gamers are a smart bunch, and a lot of people have caught on to them. I never liked EA even before the stuff they are pulling on the Wii U, now I like them even less.

It's safe to say EA will not be rolling out any games for the WiiU. Post that and drop it, instead of rubbing salt in the wounds guys.

Also it was mentioned that cell phones and tablets may dominate the portable gaming market by 2017. I think it already does. Perhaps Nintendo's next portable console will be more tablet like. I think the gamepad was a great start but do we need joysticks and buttons anymore?

This is how it should have been in the beginning, I don't know why my Wii U doesn't support Java or Flash 5. This is something that should have been integrated since the start, and it would have given this system a huge boost, especially if Nintendo fronted the tools to game developers and gaming sites like Kongregate.com.

@RetrogamerFan I hated the demo too. It was really poorly thought out like you said, the game is a lot better than the feel of what a demo could provide though.

@GameLord08 it's the same exact game just on a portable. Everything is exactly the same, I think the only thing that should have been better was the connectivity between the Wii U and 3DS perhaps having it be done without an outside tool to transfer the files.

I am definitely getting this game, the challenge app was enough to whet my appetite.

I just want to play Monolith's next game now...

@Tysamu Liberation Girl looks pretty cool.

Don't forget that they are also discounting a few titles for the 3ds, $4.99 for Liberation Girl and others.

I think Nintendoland and Wario Game & Watch should have been freebies. Even though I enjoy my Wii U immensely, I do think the price was a bit high. I guess that's what happens when you buy a game system at launch...

I think Nintendoland and Wario Game & Watch should have been freebies. Even though I enjoy my Wii U immensely, I do think the price was a bit high. I guess that's what happens when you buy a game system at launch...

I use the Wii Classic Pro and I love the simplified controllers. It is a stripped down with two less buttons and except for the awkward melee button placement it's perfect.

Love your sound effects!

Well poketune, what's going on is a recession. You will see that a lot of gaming developers are firing people and even successful ones are being extra careful about how they use their own resources.

If you read what Iwata-san has been talking about you'd realize there isn't a whole lot you can do but weather the storm and take it in stride.

@JebbyDeringer it's funny but I don't think any gaming company has learned. Nintendo could have prevented this by marketing the backwards compatibility and focused on that earlier instead of months down the line.

Activision/Blizzard is on my frownie face list. And I'm not buying any more games from them until they move out of that list and into my happy face list.

I've always thought this would be inevitable. The sooner a game company makes a device that takes this into consideration the sooner they can start printing money.

Although I'm all for suing companies, I don't think Gear Box and Sega are worth it. The XBOX should have been sued during the time it released faulty consoles and EA should be sued now.

This is the most ridiculous article ever, you might as well ban stories such as Cinderella and Snow White as well. The evil queen wants to eat Snow White's heart!

The game drought, isn't a new phenomenon, it has happened to every console that has ever launch and will happen to future consoles. I'm pretty sure Sony and XBOX will feel something similar to this when they release.

Right now I am enjoying Monster Hunter, immensely. I have about 9 games in my Wii U library and will be buying another one later today. Either Lego City Undercover or Injustice. I have been busy with the Ray Man Challenge game that Ubisoft is giving out free and am loving it about a thousand times more than The New Super Mario Wii U.

I'm happy were the Wii U is at as a gamer and Wii U owner. I can't say it wasn't a rough couple of months but I expect that for any console especially during the economic downturn we are living through.

I used to make about $20 about 13 years ago, right now I'm making about minimum wage, and I know I'm not the only person who was affected by the housing bubble burst and the home and mortgage loan crash that has caused the US economy to fall into a major recession.

If you guys haven't noticed the gaming industry is feeling a market that isn't as buy happy as it was a few years ago.

@RikuzeYre if you can play ''The Ballad of Gay Tony'' or ''The Lost and the Damned'' you'll understand. Rockstar is all about storytelling.

@JSuede No blue shell? But why?!

@Nirosmir If it comes out this year, I think Nintendo will be in good shape. Meanwhile Sonic Allstar Racing isn't that bad.

Have you guys looked at the XBOX interface and their "always on" comments?

I think the only competition is coming from PS4. XBOX is to weird and requires too much from the user.

DRM issues. Like someone stated above. Cloud based games would require you to connect online.

And Koto put's it in the best way, if it's installed in your system it just runs better.

I don't see why I would prefer cloud gaming at the moment.

@APHughes I don't think cloud gaming is where it could be to offer the things we all expect as gamers. I prefer owning my games in hard copies or on a diskdrive that I can see and don't require an online connection to play. It's mine, not theirs. I don't want to pay to have access to my own games and what works for productivity software, doesn't work for anything with higher end graphics.

I'm all for Nintendo and Iwata-san, the main reason is because if you've been paying attention to the gaming industry, it is in a downturn. There are studios closing left and right even successful studios, and not only that but video game players are suffering a pinch too. Even while Nintendo has the biggest market share with their 3DS they are still losing money. It's a hard economy and every game company is dealing with this. I think only Blizzard/Activision posted positive numbers recently.

There's a lot of negativity going on and to me it is ridiculous to expect sunny days ever day of your life. Especially during this economy.

@NintendoPro64

It's hard not point out certain things without sound like fanboys, but you are right. It's almost as if no one remembers how system launches are anymore. Every system launch I remember had problems and I usually didn't buy a new system till about a year or two into it because of it.

I am very happy with my Nintendo Wii U, but the media is tearing it up.

Finally the Wii U will be supporting HTML5, Java and Unity?
Support for these technologies should have been out since launch but, that is a really exciting thing. That sounds awesome.

The game looks really amazing and the comedy and visuals have me excited. I think whatever comes out will be fantastic.

This game is such a good game.

Try playing Contra, even 30 men is not enough to get through the first level XD

@Fusion14 For me just going to the game shop is an embarrassing ordeal. Yes I have a Wii U. Yes I like it.

I think Nintendo's problem is image. You had Nintendo's Gamecube and Wii aimed primarily at kids, and now that Nintendo is wanting to break into the adult gaming market it's going to have a hard time because their past image was so strong in the kid's gaming market.

I do think Nintendo's advertisement campaign doesn't do the best job. Overall I'm happy with my WiiU, it's just hard to explain to people why it's a good system. Also the US media are shredding Nintendo a new one, does no one remember what the last generation console launches were like? They were just like this one. The media has just blown it all out proportions.

OMG, I'm just gonna stop talking about him here and write a blog. It just irks me that video game magazines believe what he says he holds any water. I used to work for people just like him in the loan industry right before it crashed.

@JettiBlue I agree 100%. I've researched him and he is wrong many more times than he is right. CNN and Fox News loves him but to me it's the blind leading the blind. Michael Pachter doesn't have the credentials to be a video game analyst. I wonder how much money he makes for his BS.

Someone should hire me as a Video Game Analyst, at least I'd be knowledgeable.

@Nintenjoe64 Pachter is always talking out of his ass... That's what his job is. He guesses things, without being an industry insider or a gamer. Pachter basically just talks out of his ass and people listen to him because he had a prolific job in the oil industry.

He has no authority here, look at his record.

I don't understand why Nintendo Life or CNN or any news agency with credence give Michael Pachter any authority. He is Inaccurate about 90% of the time, makes wild claims, infuriates gamers and is an outsider of the videogame industry.

Stop paying attention to this man. He's a huckster, just look at his track record and his job history. He doesn't have the credentials.

I urge you to be the first to ignore him. If he is fooling his clients, let him. You guys should know better, you follow the game industry much closer than he does.

It's got new dungeons so yes.

I don't understand why Nintendo Life or CNN or any news agency with credence give Michael Pachter any authority. He is Inaccurate about 90% of the time, makes wild claims, infuriates gamers and is an outsider of the videogame industry.

Stop paying attention to this man. He's a huckster, just look at his track record and his job history. He doesn't have the credentials.

I urge you to be the first to ignore him. If he is fooling his clients, let him. You guys should know better, you follow the game industry much closer than he does.