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Circuit Breakers was amazing, whose with me?!

if it's online i might get this... is it online?

"The Wii and DS are extremely underpowered and their popularity doesn't remove the hardware limitations."

this is such a dumb thing to say, surely their popularity proves you don't need power to be successful... it's a moot point

earthbound + yoshi's lsland are the only games left i would buy on vc now probably.

i can't complete bit trip beat's third level, it'll take me too much time to get good enough to do it... and maybe i'm getting old but if i play it for too long it gives me a headache...
that said i'm looking forward to CORE
As for the coded message maybe "run" = BEAT, "enjoy" = CORE, "gravitatebacktotheeather" = SPACE (scientists used to use the word 'æther' to describe what space is filled with...) and perhaps "unlockthefuture" is a hint at the 4th title... probably not but i can't think of anything else.

of course they did that, I swear the guys said that they were doing that in an early interview i read on IGN. I wouldn't be surprised if they just sat there with a dictionary going through A-Z typing in all the nouns.

hmm, the anatomy on the drawing isn't great, Links face looks a bit weird. Don't you think if it was proper Nintendo concept art, they would have artists who can draw a bit better than this?

oh lame, thought this was a full release, don't have dsi....

I don't know enough about the way games are programmed to know if it's baloney or not. I suppose it's possible to use up all the processing power with a game like this, everything is in 3D except the environment, which might be made from 2D textured vector objects, which would run off the 3D graphics processor. I don't see how Mario Kart can have 8 players online and this can't handle 4, maybe it's the amount of data from a character, the movements would need to be a lot more accurate for smooth multiplayer platforming. i don't know...

i dunno, i'm a prime fan, this looks like a mindless slash fest. I liked ninja gaiden, but I don't love it, too much slashing. slash slash slash, that's all you do in the game... For me Metroid is about exploration, I like scanning everything, reading all the information etc. All this talking about slashing, now i need to take a slash

looks really cool, i hope they still have the giant and micro 'shrooms. i bet they took out the giant shroom, it's difficult to imagine it working with multiplayer, you'd just kill them all off, no good for co-op.

It really boggles my mind how people can be upset by this game. We normally get ONE main Super Mario game per system. So this is already a bonus. Plus the first game was amazing, what more do you want from a mario game?! Apart from it was a bit easy and no yoshi, but apparently they've fixed the difficulty and there is yoshi in this game... wicked. People 'disappointed' by this game are simply not mario fans.

New SMB Wii, and multiplayer cooool!! Mario Galaxy 2, with yoshi CooOOOool!! Metroid might be alright, will have to see... but, no F-Zero... lame

come on F-ZERO PLEASE!!! I'll be happy with nothing else!!

thanks, that helped muchly! i know it has no bearing on this game in particular, but it's just a question i've been wondering for a while. seeing i have a dslite and will probably not get a dsi unless something absolutely unmissable is released on it.

there should be a gaming museum somewhere (near me), where they keep hold of all of gaming's history. You go, learn stuff and play on all the old systems. Really want to have a go on this without paying for it.

sorry, i may be a bit behind, can you play DSi games on the DS? Are there going to be many DSi only games?

i loved the original when it came out. I tried the sequel very recently but got bored, found it a bit childish and two dimensional, so might give this a miss on the assumption i might feel the same about playing the original again.

I agree with Luigi (no matter how ironic his name is) i think nintendo should try making a new 'cool' franchise, no more of these nintendogturds!

i don't understand this hardcore vs casual mentality. there's no such thing, i was about 10 when i first played link to the past, i found it really tough, i didn't complete it properly till much later, but that didn't stop me thinking it was a great game.

totally agree, especially phantom hourglass, that game was so boring... definitely give this a miss i think.

isn't final fantasy iv the after years an emulation of a snes game on wiiware?

i may be committing suicide by saying this, but i think smash bros is really over rated, unfun, and pretty much sucks in every way. I really can't understand how someone can get so much time out of it!

@Don, how have they taken care of FX chip games? there still aren't any out or announced... mario kart uses a dsp chip which allows better mode 7 gfx, the fx chip is something else

ok so they've finally released some dsp-1 stuff. Let me just put a wish out there... perhaps they are holding back on star fox until they crack how to put it on the wii with enhanced 3D graphics! Maybe they think it's possible to improve the frame rate, add anti-aliasing etc, perhaps we'll get it as a wii ware re-release (not that i actually believe any of what i'm saying, but it would be cool!)

Does anyone know of an explanation of how the wii motion plus technology works? How and why it's better than the current wiimote?

F-Zero PLEASE!! with online play, will be so coooool.

I didn't get madworld either, seems to be completely based around blood. I think people need to stop flapping on about hardcore vs casual gamers and just make some decent games.

what did you say, wiiboy101?

surprisingly good animation!

I'm glad you guys have just reviewed this. I bought this game when it came out and never played it... I dont make a habit out of that btw, but I should definitely revisit this one

ok

i've always wanted to have a go on one. they go for £200+ on ebay... too much for something i'd probably play for a couple of hours. I was in america when the first TV ads aired, got so excited! Probably would have been a success if it was in colour or smaller and marketed as handheld.

whats with all the VB reviews, does anyone actually own one of these?

why pay for something you can do more easily on a piece of paper? if you buy this you are a total mug!

if the points convert directly, then it is really expensive! 500 points for some crappy manga...

what a load of bollocks. We've really been shafted recently, and zelda mm was no consolation, i'm sure most of us got it when we bought wind waker. All these re-releases/re-makes, how many times will you buy the same game? Nintendo must think we are a bunch of idiots.

@starwolf - maybe i should have put more emphasis on 'just'! But ur right about the wii music bit, unbelievable... i know miyamoto looked stupid but i'm sure cammie and reggie put him up to it.

why can't we just have a Japanese nintendo representative? Then we can at least have the illusion that they know what they are talking about! Reggie and Cammie make me want to buy an xbox.
Fingers crossed for FZero Wii tho eh?

@Lode Runner - i don't think it's a 'Space Balls' the game or anything...
wheres bit trip beat?

he shouldn't have gone back on what he said, Miyamoto is a bell end for not caring what the fans want from a series, I haven't played a single StarFox game since the SNES because they all look shyite.

when are we going to get this game? why is is taking so long to come out in EU?

now that you fixed it, my previous comment makes me look like i'm off my rocker...

200 DSiWare titles already! that was quick...

slow day in the nintendo life office?

what is this piece of ...? why does japan hate europeans?

how long are we going to have to wait to get another non-wack wiiware title?

I doubt Chrono Trigger will ever come to VC, it's just come out on the DS...

yessssssssssssss, feckin love SoM, dl now... never properly finished it originally, so now's my chance!

@Marcel Van Duyn - did you write this article with a number keypad? I noticed you typed 'okay' (6529) instead of 'play' (7529)...

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