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Except the whole point to downloading digital is so that you don't have to carry around multiple cards for games... So I just grabbed a 256gb and I'm good. That will take a while to fill up.

He's great at that level, now let's see him in matches... because what Splatoon 2 is all about is speedruns. rollseyes

@Nin_Myski That's because this method of getting 451 or 900 seeds is actually WORSE than running around finding them all. At least with the latter, you have some variety and world exploring to do. You can enjoy the game's sites and maybe find some missed treasure.

With the glitch though? It's the same thing 450+ times. No thanks.

I would be interested in using this glitch for multiple Hylian Shields, though. Maaaaybe Spirit Orbs, but that's not confirmed to work and I'm still holding out hope that the next DLC with allow 3 more upgrades to Stamina/Hearts.

@Crono1973 Uh, don't include me in that weirdly targeted anger...speech... or whatever that was. Are you actually trying to make fun of Switch owners and/or a brand new system's library compared to an end-of-life system? I.. er.. yeah. No, I'm happy that both systems are still getting games... and I love my "Wii U port" of BOTW on Switch and will gladly buy the port of MK8 as well, too.

Oh score! I was hoping we'd get Pikmin 2 before they forgot about the Wii U. Been keeping my eye out for it ever since Europe got it.

Man, these guys are great. I'll buy all three of these games again just to support the devs a little bit more!

The only reason I want a Pro Controller is for that sweet sweet D Pad for the inevitable VC games. I'm ready to go. Switch preordered, Pro Controller preordered, 256GB MicroSD Card purchased. The only thing I might consider adding is the charging grip for the JoyCons, but I'm not sold that I'll need that just yet. Maybe when Splatoon 2 comes out and I'm playing it non stop like I did (still do) the original on Wii U.

Side Note: I'm not sure there's ever been a game in my life that I played near every other day at minimum for almost 2 years (Almost 2 by the time Splatoon 2 is released.. I fully intend to keep splatting hostile squids on Wii U until that day.)

I'm happy to be proven wrong.. but we've seen this song and dance before when the DS first came out. "Yeah... we're toooootally gonna keep the GBA around, promise!"

These are so unbelievably overpriced! No matter... I opted for the Samsung Evo UHS 3, Class 10 256GB card. I'm a digital downloader... I haven't bought a physical game on 3DS or Wii U. I look down on you serfs who have to actually get off the couch to change game discs! Muahahahaha.

But yeah, the 256GB card sure is pricey ($175 when I bought it.. it went up to $200 after Nintendo showed it on their Treehouse stream!), but it's pricey for a reason other than cash gouging like these Nintendo branded cards.

Uh huh... they said that with the GBA, too.. back when they announced the DS.

Indeed. Most fan made games never go far because they get shutdown before completion. This one is finished... and this is the age of the internet. The file will now always be available if you know where to look.

@HydroTendonMan Indeed, the best part about NL is that it's well written and feels like a good professional game news site.

There are some game news sites out there with terrible, terrible writing, professionalism, and shudder attempts at video blogs. My top pick in this spot is zeldainformer.com.

Are there seriously enough people consistently buying Donkey Kong Jr Math that they have to keep spending time releasing it on every console evar? It cannot be making them that much money...

Well of course a retailer is all for amiibo! Those can't be sold digitally and have to be bought in the store.... giving places like Gamestop a niche to recoup that lost revenue stream.

Best subtitle ever. "Now everyone's happy." Win.

Stronger role? Sure. Though, I thought her role was pretty strong in SS. Playable Zelda? Please no.

Another reason why the Wii is currently my cutoff for backwards compatibility. I'll keep my Wii around for anything Wii and older and just not have to deal with all these weird constraints with transferring to the Wii U.

Yeah.. I'll hold out for the official numbers before I take this as any sort of indication about the Wii U. To be clear, I could care a less if the console is successful or if it's the most popular. Nintendo isn't in any major financial trouble and they'll continue to make the only games I care to play for many years to come.

But, more importantly, I've no reason to believe this is indicative of Wii U sales and not just GameStop sales. As others have pointed out, there's little reason to buy games from GameStop when you can get discounts and better deals from places like Walmart and Target. I certainly don't shop at GameStop anymore.

This is not proof of anything at all, but on Black Friday I was at the biggest local mall. (My wife and I like to window shop and enjoy a day out on Black Friday.) The GameStop store in the mall had less than five people in it each time we passed by it. I found that to be interesting.

Meh. Flamebait for sure. With all we've heard from developers and how they are (mostly) excited about WiiU, the cards are in favor of the WiiU being generally successful. That said, I couldn't care a less. I enjoyed my GCN because of some pretty fun first party titles. If that's all the WiiU ends up being, I'll enjoy that too. My wife and I sit and play NSBW all the time. I'm sure the WiiU version will be just as fun, and that's all I need.

Nintendo's very likely (as in the past) not going to lose money on console sales again, so it's not like they'll go bankrupt and die anytime soon either. We'll have Big N games for many years to come. If developers continue to be excited about WiiU, we'll get more than just first party games too.

Finally.. I'll make final judgments once we see what M$ and Sony are coming up with. Though I'll bet they are keeping a sharp eye on the tablet idea. Tablets are IN right now, even if it's got an umbilical to the console. (I could see MS doing a console with a generic tablet that isn't on an umbilical, off their new Surface brand, for example.) Given how quickly these two companies tried to capitalize on the success of motion gaming because of the Wii (some more ashamedly than others.. I'm lookin at you Sony.), I'll bet they'll be wanting to make sure they have tablet like systems in the works.

I am not a fan of this... I fully intended to buy the 3DS at the current cost.. I was just waiting for the money to save up. It's impossible for me to buy it before the 12th.. so I get screwed. I'd rather have the GBA games than a lower price.

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As per your #3. I dunno man. Nintendo has always been keen to make profit on their consoles but not at the cost of charging huge amounts of money. Based on past console prices, I'm willing to be the Wii U will be under $300 and that Nintendo worked hard to make the console for that price-point and still make a cut.

@WolfRamHeart: The Wii would like to have a word with you... lack of DVD didn't really stop anyone from buying it...