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@PuppyToucher Look at Pokemon Rumble U. https://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu-eshop/pokemon_rumble_u

I don't understand why there aren't more western releases. I mean look at those numbers. The Americas sell almost twice as much hardware (except the 3DS) as Japan. If Nintendo and other developers wanted money faster they would release their games in the west first.

Shaq probably put in $473,883 but I'm not sure where the other $1 came from.

I think I'll stick with my NES instead of buying this outrageously priced piece of hardware (and the choice for other colors should be free). And why the aircraft grade aluminum? I don't really plan on flying a NES emulator.

One good thing is, is that it looks cool.

Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch are where the rights get really confusing. Obviously Fox is able to use the twins because they are the children of Magneto and are part of the mutant universe. However Disney, Marvel Studios, is also able to use them in the Avengers as long as they don't mention the word "mutant" or acknowledging that they are part of the X-Men universe.

What are video game rights part of anyway? The Marvel toys division, which as I said is owned by Disney?

Edit: Fox and Marvel have a rights agreement for many characters in the mutant universe. That's why I didn't bother putting them on the list. Most of them are somehow related to the X-Men.

@jazo152 I realize that now.

Here is some info to clear up Marvel rights:

Film rights
Fox: X-Men, The Fantastic Four, and the word "mutant" (in terms of Marvel superheroes) interestingly
Sony/Columbia: Spider-Man
Disney: The Avengers. Not quite sure how Disney squired the film rights to the Hulk.

Disney also own the Marvel toy rights. Marvel owns the comic rights, which they will always own.

If they release any new hardware it will be the 2DS XL. It would be cool to see a 3DS XL with a higher screen resolution but I don't think that's going to happen.

@Dark-Link73 I completely agree. I really miss the big stage presentations from Nintendo. The only problem with stage presentations, and E3 in general, nowadays is that they don't get the same media attention that they used too. You used to be able to watch the presentations as well as highlights from the show floor on TV (at least in the US but I'm not sure about other countries). However with the end of G4TV, Spike is the only TV station at E3 and they don't show much of anything from the conference.

I have to say that I'm somewhat excited for Nintendo at E3 this year as the past few years have been a bit disappointing, aside from Super Smash Bros. E3 2012 was disappointing to me because it was almost the same presentation as 2011, with Nintendo not revealing the price and release date of the Wii U at either conference. E3 2013 was alright but I missed Nintendo's physical presence, in terms of a presentation. I'm hoping that 2014 will be better.

@SkywardLink98 As far as I know they are not. The characters from the first game are compatible with the second but not the other way around.

@willobee The most expensive place I have found it is at EB Games New Zealand for $99 but Nintendo published Wii U games are selling for $108 (Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros., and New Super Mario Bros. U). Other than that Australia has it for $89 (Nintendo published Wii U games are selling for about $79 there), the UK had a starting price of £64, and $75 in Canada (each listing is in each country's currency).

@Volmun You were close!

@Shadowkiller97 Oh ok. Marvel is so confusing these days. I would post a good article that I read the rights but I'm not sure I'm allowed to here.

@SavoirFaire If your daughter likes Marvel then pick it up. However the first has all of the Disney characters. If you get the second one you will not have access to the Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters University, and Incredibles play sets because they are only available within the starter pack, unless you find the game piece through eBay in which you would need the characters of that game to play it. For example you would need to buy the game piece and the sidekicks pack to play the game.

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes does make it easier to build worlds in the Toy Box which is a cool area of the game and they said that they are releasing other Disney characters in the future so that's promising.

I'd probably go for the second one because you can always buy the Toy Story, Cars, and Lone Ranger playsets later. That way the game isn't all Marvel characters.

PS Sorry for the long answer.

Does anyone know if this is four player or two? I can't remember if they said in the announcement. I'm assuming 4 because you will have 2 bases.

@XFsWorld Where did you get $100? The starter pack for the first Disney Infinity was $75 when it came out? I'm think it'll be the same as that.

Edit: I guess if you buy 3 extra characters it would be over $100.

@UnseatingKDawg They had Spider-Man at the end.

Disney is limited to the Avengers (which is still a lot of characters) because Fox already owns the rights to the X-Men, as well as most of the characters related to them, and the Fantastic Four. I'm kind of surprised that Disney was able to get Spider-Man seeing that Sony is making the films.

I think that I'll be passing on this one until Disney characters come out. I'm not a huge Marvel game fan but I love the movies and comics. I would have rather seen more classic Disney characters than having Disney already entering into the Marvel universe.

Shouldn't it be NES Reremixed?

So many great games this week it's hard to pick which one to vote for as I will be picking up at least 2-3 of the choices.

Apparently the year of Luigi isn't over judging by the picture. Looks awesome!😵

I miss the Megaman screenshots.

@noctowl I came up with that day because winter starts on December 21st. Sakurai said winter 2014 so that would be between December 21-31.

I'm kind of disappointed to see that the Wii U won't come out until after December 21 but it's cool that the 3DS version is coming out this summer. The new pokemon characters look pretty cool and it'll be interesting to see what other character join the fray. Also it is strange the Pilotwings is a Wii U stage seeing that there is a Pilotwings game for the 3DS and none for the Wii U (unless you count the VC one). It might be because the stage looked better on the Wii U but the 3D graphics for that stage would have been cool on the 3DS.

I'm kind of disappointed that Marvel is making its way into Disney Infinity. I don't think that a cartoon Captain America figure/character will look good. Disney has so many other potential characters to put in Disney Infinity. Characters from The Lion King, Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Jungle Book, Robin Hood, Wall•E, and Finding Nemo would all be awesome to have in Disney Infinity. Disney has way too many good characters and shouldn't have to go into the Marvel Universe. Marvel has too many of their own games too.

@TruenoGT Sounds like the same thing we said last year.

Well... there goes the hope of the game bundle/discount.

A launch date will be very disappointing as Nintendo has delayed almost every game with a "launch window" over the past year.

Wow I can't believe that there is something actually worth picking up on the monthly rewards. I'll definitely pick up SMW since I don't have it.

Do you think that this will be the last Nintendo Direct before E3 or do you think that they will have one before the release of Mario Kart 8?

In terms of the Nintendo Direct on Tuesday, I'm very excited to see new footage/character(s) from the new Super Smash Bros. If Nintendo doesn't give a release date it will pretty much be a failure for me. A release window would be a bit disappointing too as Nintendo hasn't stuck within their windows as of late. I'm expecting this game to be out around September but I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out during the holiday season. Overall I'm kind of expecting good things from Nintendo as the last couple of Nintendo Directs have been a bit disappointing. Hey maybe Nintendo will give us Super Smash Bros. 64 or Melee, the best game in the series, on VC but I doubt it. I can dream right?

I might start over Paper Mario: Sticker Star or Luigi's Mansion 2. I keep playing Pokemon X as I might compete in the next tournament. If I have other time I'll probably play some Mario Kart 7. Definitley a 3DS time right now as the Wii U continues to go through a games drought (besides VC).

I might also pick up a Gameboy Advance game or 2 but my 3DS is keeping me pretty occupied at the moment.

Big surprise that Super Smash Bros. is the most anticipated game of 2014. I almost voted against it for Kirby but I just love Smash too much. Super Smash Bros.!!!

@Katzii I agree.' I'm not a fan of the magical world logo. The disney castle/logo would have looked better and would have attracted a larger audience I think. I still might get this one eventually though.

I also think that a gold 3DS with white balloons would have been cooler.

@mystman12 I found Goodra near here 251 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94130.

The designs are good but like most people I think that the original designs are better. The reason is Star Fox is for all ages and the drawings look to realistic/mature. It would be great for Nintendo to make a mature game (preferably a new IP) but I'm not sure that Star Fox fits the bill.

Wow! Something beat out "Nothing for me this week". That hasn't happened in a while.

Great updates but honestly I will probably only use the search feature, which should have been there long ago. The only thing that I use Miiverse for is to look at my activity feed for news from Sakurai, Tom, and other Nintendo executives, and to check out the Pokemon forum.

One thing that they need to fix is the ability to post friend codes under the Pokemon forum so that you can trade and battle through Miiverse instead of having to go elsewhere to meet new people.

Screenshots for any game would also be nice. Imagine a button combo that would take a screenshot from any game and would give you the choice of going to Miiverse or saving it to your camera roll.

There is still a lot of work to be done with Miiverse but it is getting better.

So many green Nintendo characters so it's hard to pick one. However my favorite is Luigi because he does a lot in most of the Mario games but he never gets any credit. Also I love Luigi's Mansion 1 & 2.

Confirmed! Pikachu is Japan's mascot for the World Cup.

I'm kind of surprised that Zelda's picture won. I voted for DK because the motion sensor bomb is my second favorite item, next to pokéballs, and because I thought I was going against the masses.

Surprised there is no poll. Although there are only two tracks to vote for. Bone Dry Dunes looks better to me but I'm still excited for Cloudtop Cruise.

One thing that would make this game a must buy is if it was linked to Pokemon Bank or to Pokemon X/Y so that you could transfer Pokemon you caught in Pokemon Link: Battle to the main games. That would be awesome.

It seems like it's never going to come out. Really looking forward to playing whenever it's released!

@Mooj738 Still one more chance for a Luigi's Mansion because the year of Luigi ends on March 18. That means one more Nintendo Download. We can all hope right.

I hope it is something but I'm expecting nothing.

Let's hope that there is more development for Wii U. Bring on the Gamecube remakes!

Bookmarked. Great article and will be great for referencing while playing.

Thwomp Ruins probably looks the best to me but I'm most excited for the Twisted Mansion.

@Shiryu I never noticed that. That's pretty cool.

Technically there were 6 pictures this week with the Punch Out stadium in the comments.

I still hate Whitney. She is the only gym leader I have ever lost to.

I still don't see the big deal about The Lego Movie. Sure I saw it and it was very creative but it is nowhere near the best animated movie I've seen. I'm not saying I hated it. I just thought it was alright, not excellent.