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Ticked Galaxy 2 but meant Mario Kart Wii

Can this article be linked to the game? Is there a more detailed preview?

@Mk_II if you read the page on romhacking it says that it only took a few hours, but probably more hours of thinking before hacking away at the debugger.

Apparently the guy is now working on a patch to allow these items to be obtain through the normal means (driving over a question mark block and stopping the spinner)

Great feature.

I love the WS version of Tetris. Very nice indeed. Some great puzzlers on this system. "Seeding Bird" is another favourite I have.

I'd love to have a copy of these teachings/quotes. The concept makes me think of Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies"

Can't wait for the euro release of this.

I love the approach. A demo that rewards your time and play by making the final product cheaper.

Only peripherals that are bundled as standard have any chance of success. Making the Gamepad optional is the same as making it not exist at all. It's worth it even just for Off-TV play.

Need to read reviews first, the original will be hard to beat or match (as we saw from the DS version)

More EXCITE required.

It would be great if you could reach out to the Louvre to see if they had any part in this?

@turnmebackwards same here!

Fun fact: this game is named after the Honda City car that was new and desirable at the time. It was so cool you could even but it with a motorcycle that - in true anime style - folded up to fit nearly in the boot of the car. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Motocompo

I'd argue that it's an up-res rather than an upscale. I'd perhaps give it a point or two more since it's still immensely great fun local multi-player, so the added benefit of online (which works well the majority of the time for me) is just icing in the cake.

@Tsuchinoko yes that's a great short: http://vimeo.com/12422039

Maybe they just don't get the French-ness of it. Their loss.

There are deep and engaging games on mobile, much as there are shallow and boring games on consoles. Our job is to pick the better games, those we'll enjoy playing, and let the poor ones die off.

There are many one button games on a range of platforms - GBA, Wii, smart phones - that define the concept of minimal control that are supremely deep. MaBoShi being my favourite on console, and Cut the Rope being my favourite on mobile.

As for pre-iPhone gaming, I had some real greats on my old Sony Ericsson phone. Tower Bloxx was a fantastic one button block stacking puzzle game. Vijay Singh 3D was a superb 3D polygonal golf game that is up there with the greatest simulation-style golf games of all time in my experience, somewhere between Microprose Golf and Links 2004. Both of those received sequels (Vijay was renamed Real Golf) with better graphics on modern smart phones, but their core gameplay remained unchanged.

So, my point: platform doesn't matter. Our own choice of game does. We should choose wisely, as the future of gaming will be defined by us.

@Damo you're right, I should have worded it differently. I don't think it was clear enough, judging by some of the comments here. Eg. #31

@Lin1876 says everything I wanted to. Great response to a thought provoking piece. Essentially, it's worrying that the article is presented as "fact" and is potebtially misleading those who are new to the issue and yet to make up their own minds about why region locking exists.

I'd only add that I don't import to be part of an elite club, which I find preposterous, but rather simply to play the games I want - when I want. Examples: ExciteBots (Wii, USA), Katamari Damacy (PS2, JP), Guru Logi Champ (GBA, JP), Kururin Paradise (GBA, JP), Ouendan (DS, JP). Games I've exported to friends that were only released in Europe include Pang (DS).

As for the App Store, different regions exist but it's very rare you will find an app that is only available in one region and then it tends to be because of licensing issues to do with media content.

Yes! Time to roll out my "I love Pilotwings" photo again.

@Damo my thought was more along the lines of "is a game without a central gameplay mechanic enough of a game?". In its simplest form, would Tetris be Tetris if it didn't have the central gameplay mechanic of disappearing compete lines? Well, it'd still be a game but it wouldn't be as fun. Perhaps they're talking about their game a little bit early? What they're talking about right now is just a scenario, or as Chris says "a story". I guess Mario World would still be good without its story. But would the story be enough without the gameplay? Not for me.

Ps: typo "be a with"

If the central mechanic hasn't been tested yet does that mean creating the gameplay hasn't even begun? A very odd way to go about making a game.

The video doesn't do the review justice. It needs to show just how much mayhem this game can be.

Yes! Mario Kart meets F-Zero. Looking good.

I've travelled to sea-side arcades to play Battle Royale, so it'll be nice to get a home version for Wii U. Perfect match.

Mature, Genre-Defining Storytelling Experiences? Boring.

I think it's quite ironic that FAST looked great but was a pretty average racer. It was nowhere near as balanced or fun as any of the F-Zero or Wipeout games. It kind of felt like Extreme G. Hopefully, if they are working on a sequel, they'll put as much effort into the gameplay as they do with the graphics.

Amazon still don't have these in stock–my order is still awaiting release. But you can buy them in a bunch of places on the high street: http://www.nintendoservicecentre.co.uk/support/3ds/how-to-buy-nintendo-eshop-cards

What is happening at Amazon?

Any chance of a review of this?

Monster Games! Wow. Wouldn't have guessed this was what they've been on.

Disappointed it wasn't a new Excite Truck, or F-Zero, but this looks like a good game.

I'm fine with shorter games, but I do think that perhaps this one should have a lower SRP

@Damo Thanks for the info. I only skimmed the article and watched the video in which it wasn't mentioned.

What happens when the battery on the gamepad runs out? Can you charge the gamepad in some way?

edit: Ah, there's an optional USB charging cable from the MaxPlay to the Gamepad: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/play_wii_u_from_the_comfort_of_the_passenger_seat_with_maxplay

I feel motion sick after watching that trailer.

I loved the SNES and PSX versions, and the DS version was much better than the poor PSP port. So I'll probably buy this regardless of the fact that the 3D doesn't add much at all.

This shows how much nicer it is to use an iPhone than the Wii U Gamepad.

@SanderEvers the Facebook app is now (mostly) native rather than a wrapped website. Instagram is still website. Not sure about Twitter, as I don't use the official app.

@GiftedGimp 60Hz is the "original" speed. 50Hz is just the short straw we were given back in the 80s and 90s. If you first listened to a song at the wrong speed, surely you'd want to play it at the right speed?

I agree the option would be the only way to please everybody.

So happy that we get the option of playing the game as it was originally meant to be. Hurrah!

Has a kind of Rod-Land vibe to it. No bad thing!

I'm all over this. Looks like solid arcade style fun.

Nintendo sent out retail copies to press last week. Oops.

Maybe Digital Foundry should hop on over to NeoGAF and let the people who sourced these images know that they've figured all of this out? I was on the understanding that what exactly these images is still largely unknown.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=511628

I'm worried if Ubisoft doesn't have enough confidence in Wii U to release an exclusive.

Crazy that we're taking a step back with Wii U VC after 3DS VC took such a positive step forward.

An update on this project just went out, pretty much confirming it's headed to Wii U

@BaronRudydog i thought it was a reference to the 1977 song by The Floaters "Float On": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT_9OUvmb5I

Typo: Famicon should be Famicom

Hi really hope Nintendo address the disappointing 50Hz issue.