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If I was the interviewer I would bombard Miyamoto with questions about that new franchise he's been talking about, because I really want to know what that is.

@DESS-M-8

They never said why. Maybe they don't think eShop is a viable platform? None of Activision's other titles were released there either.

@dew12333

Activision said it'll be retail only like Black Ops II.

@Yukari_Sendo

Black Friday sales.

My local retailers are still selling Nintendo Land at €40+, so if NoE takes notice and lowers the price to €29.99 then it would be nice.

But I already own the game anyway so it wouldn't affect me.

Excellent choice, Eurogamer.

LOL

Now I'm tempted to download Wii Karaoke U just to see for myself.

I guess this works in a similar way to Wario's different costumes in Brawl. Both trainers get four colours each.

@DestinyMan

I think a big part in NSMB DS and Wii's successes was that they were accesible and at the time it seemed fresh to go back to basics, not to mention the latter introduced four-player Mario platforming for the first time ever. But by the time a third and fourth game came around, the magic had worn off. 3D Mario often changes for each generation, so it has avoided landing in that rut.

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Anouma-san has talked for months about how he's looking to go rethink the Zelda conventions in the next game which, mind you, is an experiment in of itself and A FAR GREATER RISK than turning in a new art style. But when he says he's going to play conservative with the art style, some people start with "ooh they're too afraid to experiment anymore because the fans won't like it" even though the 3D Zeldas have been following a similar way of game progression since Ocarina of Time and are just NOW going to shake things up, which if executed poorly would be far more disasterous than introducing a new art style fans wouldn't like at first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OWL7AzvHo

If it's heading to Xbox Live Arcade and supports Unity then it'll be a Wii U eShop title.

That is if the project ever makes it off the ground. Right now it sounds a bit fishy, especially since they haven't even asked Capcom about the license yet.

Ever since Koji Kondo and Mahito Yokota were confirmed to compose I knew there was going to be a live orchestra involved, and the music from the gameplay videos only strengthened that belief.

And from what I've heard so far it's great.

Automatically on SpotPass? I wonder what happens with those that don't have enough hard drive space, but then it just probably doesn't download it.

Anyhow, it'll be cool to wake up on my birthday and have a new game installed and ready.

@Laxeybobby
"My reasoning being is that www.metacritic.com have removed the listing for Call of Duty Ghosts for the Wii U - Now they only list it for the Microsoft and Sony consoles with the countdown to release."

Uh...it's still there.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/call-of-duty-ghosts

I'll be trying out the game when it arrives on my birthday. It's been long since I've touched Wii Sports.

If it's available down under then it should come to EU eShop soon enough.

May I still ask why they're keeping X and Y separate? I think you'd get a better idea of how they sold if you put them both together like they do for all multiplat games.

I mean the Japanese charts and NPD put them together so why not Ukie?

I'll be downloading the Wii Fit U trial before anything else. Time to dust off and bring out the balance board!

"Lack of retailer support"? That's a new one.

This isn't due to low WiiU install base I should say. Origins tanked badly in Japan as well. Only the PS3 version has sold over 10k total.

Need I say more?

@unrandomsam

That makes no sense. The idea of a review is for the reviewer to give out a personal opinion. If the person who reviews the product thinks it's a 9/10 game regardless of what kind of game it is then they should be allowed to give it a 9/10. You shouldn't change the score because the type of game it is doesn't appeal to everyone, or because the majority would disagree. If one were to disagree with the opinion or think the game won't appeal to them, it's their problem.

At least I got my game codes.

@Gridatttack

Lost Winds is the only one I know of (it can't be transferred between a Wii and Wii U).

NOA probably wants to sell out their remaining stock through christmas before they call it quits too.

And I don't see why anyone would buy a Wii Mini, I mean look at that thing...

@Sceptic

$90? In Europe? That's like £55, which is a far cry from the £40.99 Amazon UK puts it at.

I guess they want to sell the GamePad stand and Wii Remote Plus bundle more than anything.

You can't really "bring in good talent" when you shut down LucasArts the moment you bought them and disbanded the people involved.

Though if Disney were to buy Nintendo then they could easily force EA to put Star Wars games on Nintendo consoles, so...

The 3DS dominance continues. As for Wii U, there's nothing to do but wait for SM3DW.

...So Nintendo Land is no more?

Interesting. NSMBU is 1.69 GB, and for this to be almost the same size is impressive. Though Mario 3D Land is just 512 MB and Mario Galaxy 2 is supposedly just 1.3 GB, so I guess Mario games just don't take up a whole lot of space.

Nice, even the volume slider and shoulder buttons are coloured.

It's Pikaman!

Strange that the UK charts list X and Y separately. If you combine the two they would place higher.

They can still sell Wii games seeing how they're perfectly playable on Wii U, but removing the hardware from the market should be helpful for its successor to gain some ground.

Just a heads up, a new message on the EU eShop states that it'll be undergoing maintenance tonight between 20:00 UTC and 00:00 UTC. Don't know if that applies to Miiverse or eShop in other regions as well.

For a 3DS game it looks really good, and having that running on 60 FPS both with and without stereoscopic would be an impressive achievement.

With Deus Ex party games isn't what comes to mind.

A whole lot of stuff this week. May consider Pheonix Wright (never played the others but I liked the demo).

I guess NL hasn't picked up the info on the Skylanders Swap Force Wii U bundle yet. It's listed in the same ad for $299.

@Meaty-cheeky

This (though I'd put Rayman Legends over TW101 if only by a little).

Great sales for 3DS in September. 2DS and Pokémon should give the system another good increase in October.

As for WiiU:

Am I the only one who thinks this could've been largely avoided by releasing Pokémon on Friday the 11th as opposed to Saturday the 12th? Saturday releases are problematic in Europe where most retailers close early and (in places like Germany) don't open at all on Sunday. Plus Nintendo games otherwise come out on a Friday in EU, so I can also easily see retailers mixing up the street date.

Isn't this old news? They already announced the date in the last Nintendo Direct.

For comparison, Human Revolution (the original version) on Xbox 360 is 6.8 GB.

The largest game I've ever downloaded on Wii U was Tekken Tag Tournament 2 at 16 GB. Took two days, but my internet connection was kinda crappy at the time and it's a lot faster now that I upgraded to fiber cable.

And yes could we have a list of d/l sizes? It would be helpful instead of having to track down articles of each game.

Odd turn of events. I guess Nintendo changed their minds and wish to sell the item elsewhere?

@Bliquid

2DS isn't being released in Japan. It's for western markets only.

In comparison to previous Pokémon games first week:
Diamond/Pearl - 1.6m
Platinum - 990k
Black/White - 2.6m
Black/White Version 2 - 1.5m
X/Y - 1.865m (excluding digital)

There's always that one game breaking bug that slips by quality control, isn't it? Hopefully Nintendo patches the game soon enough.