gingerbeardman

Let's hope the pressure being put on Nintendo in Miiverse about this will not fall on deaf ears.

10 years! Totally ready to play this for the second time, in HD with this tweaked graphical style.

@Mikazi exactly my thoughts, I've held 007 Legends Wii U in my hands. Get out there on the high street and you can buy it pretty much anywhere! I didn't buy it because it doesn't have Wii remote support.

I'm guessing Nintendolife are just regurgitating what a PR person has said?

This looks great.

Any chance this will have a decent frame rate? The other versions have been appalling.

What a horrendously ugly piece of technology.

I would actually still buy this if they add Wii remote support back in.

@jonwahlgren Can you please confirm that this game has had the Wii remote/pointer control method removed?

How about they actually fund the game themselves?

Did this come out in the USA? It was supposed to release on Dec 7th here in the UK but... nothing. I just want it for local multi-player.

His Parashoot Stan game reminds me of a little game called Terra Firma that I made back in 2003: http://www.gingerbeardman.com/archive/terrafirma/

So is the big thing in the picture is a stand? Or does the new battery make the back of the gamepad look really uncomfortable to hold?

I followed this over at NeoGAF last night/early this morning UK-time as it was happening. What he uncovered was admin and data for the Miiverse test screen (containing Yoshi, Gun, Wii Fit, Metroid, etc) used in pre-launch footage. It's referred to in an Iwata asks, where they also talked about how they can change the online stuff live - which explains how they fixed the issue immediately.

Happy they're not mandatory. I'd rather play a game my own way than be tempted to jump through hoops to play it the achievement way. I feel that approach moves the focus away from the actual gameplay.

@snax007 charging over low powered USB would probably take much longer than a dedicated charger, and would most likely not allow you to play as you charge.

Removed from Google Play

The Game Boys they do are HOT.

I preferred the Nintendo Gamer take on F-Zero U.

Edit: so it seems retailers and the press misunderstood this one. The ZombiU pack does not come with Nintendo Land, according to NoE: http://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/246602441250992128

I think @Tsuchinoko is correct with his translation. the other translation in the article is from Google Translate.

I never knew about Driver:SF link mode. from http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver:_San_Francisco#section_2

"A new feature for the Wii is the localized multi-player, where a second player may take control of the gun or, if they desire, can connect a DS, DSi or 3DS system through download play. The DS device can be used to make road blocks, look for police and buy player 1 some more time through playing various mini games."

Prizes have just been announced for this year's competition: http://www.agbic.com/prizes/

My backlit GBA SP (AGS-101) is the thing I would grab first from my house if it was on fire. Best handheld ever.

This is a really odd review. In fact, I'd say that it's the worst review i've seen on this site in recent memory. It just doesn't make sense.

There's no question Slitherlink is one of the greatest puzzles invented - better than Sudoku in my mind. To argue that a video game version offers nothing better than a paper puzzle is ridiculous. Just try erasing badly placed lines on the paper version!

I own an earlier DS version of this game, "Puzzle Series Vol 5: Slitherlink" (by Hudson) that I imported from Japan. It is 10/10 rated by Eurogamer.net ( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/puzzle-series-vol-5-slitherlink-review ). That score, along with extensive playing by myself, confirms that Slitherlink makes a pretty much perfect videogame.

So, to the 5/10 score given here. It's perfectly possible that Hamster have done a bad job with their version of the game. But this review doesn't even begin to tell me why or how that might be. I'm thoroughly disappointed with @JonWahlgren and NintendoLife for not putting in the effort for this review.

Does anybody know if the 3DS XL will get it's own Mario Kart wheel?

Can't wait for this! Stoked that we're getting v2

This competition is now running

http://www.agbic.com

Really looking forward to this myself. I still think that we'll see a new, improved, standalone Wii U Sports game.

"Tell 'im he's dreaming!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(film)

I bought this on the weekend but it was ridiculously difficult to find it anywhere on the hight street. GAME/Gamestation didn't have it - they're not stocking most new releases during their nightmare acquisition period. HMV also didn't have any. There are no other places I could think of going. I eventually bought it in an ASDA supermarket in the suburbs.

Of course, I could have ordered it online but chose not to.

I just bought an eShop Card and wanted to get this, but it's not out in the UK yet? But the trailer is? Damn.

I'm not buying this new book as it contains less pages/content than the first book, yet costs almost 40% more. That's not on. Costs should be the same or lower in this case. I think they're being greedy.

All the links in the article are broken.

As @theblackdragon says, the unique selling point of this app is that is allows you to compare two sets of combos easily. You cannot do that as easily anywhere online, I'm sure that's worth the price of a milkshake to a whole bunch of people.

Who developed this one? Anybody know?

@SpaghettiToastBook the app doesn't currently display those tiers in any way. They were discovered after I had submitted the app to Apple (9th January). I am looking into the best way to add them in a future update.

@SanFrisco9er I would love to put a version on the eShop, but it is not something I can currently do.

@theblackdragon: Of course

Building an app like this takes a lot of effort. Sadly I can't spend weeks of my time creating a tool like this and then give it away for free. I'd love to add new features to this app, and even build more apps along the same lines. That takes time and money, as I am sure you understand.

@sak904 it's definitely worth the current price

@Mok of course you don't need to use the app, but if you were interested in improving your combination it makes the process of discovery and improvement totally painless.

@LEGEND_MARIOID as far as I know, they are. The app has taken over a month to be legally cleared by Apple.

@Aqueous that's a great table of data, but it doesn't allow you to easily compare two combinations or experiment with changing out parts. My app makes that sort of stuff really quick and easy.

"I made that" thanks for the mention!

Great work, well done all.

I wonder if this will ever be released outside of Japan?

Best of luck to her. That's quite a challenge given that the movie industry is... suffering.

@Corbs Even if Nintendo don't put in on-console upscaling, your TV will do it's own upscaling. What you are really asking for - talking about Wii games in HD on an emulator - is re-rendering at a higher resolution, which is what I think Nintendo have said they're not going to do.

@h0nden I'd bet Miyamoto is the reason Luigi's Mansion was sort of delayed.

Grammar error in the penultimate paragraph.

This game is brilliant.

I'd love to know why is the second book more expensive than the first one (which was $29/£18.50 all in) even though it has less pages?

I'll not be losing any sleep over this one, I thought the game was dull when I played it on the PSP.

I'd love to try a demo of this. If I have some spare points I might take a punt on it!