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Switch online snes controller is perfection with this game.

My 3ds has been a dedicated dr Mario/Tetris machine for my wife for some time now. I picked it up for the first time in forever today and played Mario 3D land. My eyes were on fire about 5 min in. It was a fun little system and did have a good library, but I’m pretty sure I’ll never play it again after today.

I preordered as soon as it was possible. For me it really is the closest Nintendo has ever gotten to recreating the feel of the original super Mario side scrollers in 3D form. A wonderful game and I am excited for everyone who didn’t own a wii u to experience this one. I did revisit it on wii u in 2020 and found it to be a bit slow, so the speed increase for all characters is definitely welcome.

I was one of the lucky few that managed to get the first pin set. I refreshed the page a few hundred times and somehow got through the checkout. It’s nice and all, but I have no desire to try for wave 2. There’s no way I could get that lucky again!

I spent about 50 hours with odyssey. I enjoyed my time with it, but really have zero desire to ever play it again. I enjoyed Mario 3d world much more. Hoping that one gets a re release on the switch.

I have ever issue from 1 to 100 with the majority of posters still intact. They are a nostalgic trip for sure, I still read them regularly. I started subscribing again around 2008 and stayed with it to the end. The covers during that time were almost as good as the early days, although the content was usually pretty boring.

After the magazine ended, I switched to retro gamer out of the U.K. It's expensive to get it delivered to Canada, but so worth it.

American club nintendo is frustratingly awful. Where's the merch??

My least favourite nintendo console and least favourite gaming generation. it was that strange transitional period where games were forced into 3d whether it worked or not. Mario 64 was a triumph, zelda too, but not much else reached their level for me. PC gaming was on fire around this time too and really blew away everything consoles were attempting.

Sounds like doggiepoopie to me. They just didn't care about online and this is the spin.

My friends that are into Nintendo live no where near me... so online play in this game would have been very welcome.

_{Watch the language}

RIP. Thank you for the memories.

I'm really afraid to know just how much money this game has cost me over the past 23 years.

I'm pretty sure i'd have just as much fun with this game playing with friends over the internet as I would if they were in the same room.

I had this game as a kid....got it for a birthday I think. It was just flat out weird. I can't remember much except it was just a mash-up of ideas from better platformers...and the controls were very "slippery".

Well that kinda pisses me off... I always prefer to buy physical copies. Had I known this was coming I would have waited to buy. Oh well....

This game sold me on the wii u last year. I hope it delivers!

The promise of great 3rd party support is what made me decide to buy the wii u in the first place. So yes....getting butchered 3rd party titles is definitely getting annoying. Especially when I have a 360 sitting here too...and the games for both systems are priced the same.

Ah Turok. Just another N64 FPS that made me nauseous. Not sure what it was... I wasted countless hours on pc FPS's with no problems.

Fantastic. Can't wait to experience this one again.

There was little interest in the bfg edition for Xbox and playstation, but that didn't stop em then.

The only way to justify the exclusion would be to make the Wii U version cheaper....although I can't imagine that will happen.

I'm afraid developers are never going to give Wii U online play a fair chance.

The cd is pretty sweet...but I gotta have that wind waker poster!

The show was right to deny them, its clearly looking for the name of the game, but they could have worded it better. Perhaps...

"This game, which launched a best-selling franchise, includes a princess named after F.Scott Fitzgerald's wife.

A splinter cell game use to be a day one purchase for me... but the last one was dumbed down and way too easy compared to the earlier ones. The fun was in the challenge. I'll wait for the reviews this time...

In 2009 my nephew and I played the Wind Waker together slowly over the course of the year. Every time I visited we'd put in and hour or so of play time. He was 4 at the time and just in awe of everything going on in that game. It was great

I'd always give him time to think about the puzzles and ask what he thought we should do to get past them...pretty soon he was figuring them out completely on his own. He's been addicted to video games ever since.

I had my first child (a boy) in June and the Wind Waker will definitely be one of the first games I introduce him to when he's old enough.

So far the only thing I really like about the wii u gamepad is that it did away with the wii u remote. Its a much better way to control games. Now somebody just needs to do something cool with it. It seems like even Nintendo is stumped.

After E3 I definitely feel I made the right choice with the Wii U. Lots of good stuff to keep me busy.

People are too quick to hate DLC, It can be done properly. As long as it's not a vital piece to the core game/story that they've purposely left out...I'm fine with it.

All I want is an online co-op Mario game, I don't live close to any of my Nintendo friends. I'll continue to dream I guess...

"it's a console every self-respecting Nintendo fan needs to witness in the flesh at least once in their lifetimes."

I played this thing back in the day when it toured Canada's Blockbuster video stores. Once was definitely enough.

And for all the commentors above me with fond memories...I don't believe you. I'm gonna need photo proof that you even own one

@Peach64 It's been a slow year...

I love to hate this movie. It's one of those movies, that while terrible, makes the world a better place. Like 1997's Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth.

Nintendo needs to start running better commercials for the wii u, like yesterday. Capitalize on this guys!

I would have killed to have some kind of community back in the day to ask for help with this game.... all I had was the school yard, nintendo power, strategy guides, nintendo tip line... oh nevermind...

Oh i'm not worried. How long could it take for EA to whip something up? A week? Maybe two?

I love the system, but I've never been able to get comfortable with the 3D. It kills my eyes. I always leave it turned off and since it It really doesn't seem to matter to most games, I don't think i'm missing much.

This game holds so much nostalgic value for me... maybe more than SM3. But I've played it to death...I won't be buying it next week.

7 out of 10 sounds good to me. I love this series, Instant buy.

Great...rounded edges. I remember always being frustrated by Sonic because of the rounded screen on my TV. It would cut off all of the info in the corners of the screen like coin count and number of lives left.

10 out of 10... Absolutely. It might be nostalgia, or it actually deserves it...I dunno. I choose not to analyze it...All I know is I still enjoy this game now as much as I did when it was released.

My personal favorite Zelda. A beautiful game.

This movie was painful. I wouldn't even put it in the same league as the street fighter movie. That movie is definitely so bad it's good, mario bros is just bad.

@Tasuki

If my original consoles (and crt tv) ever die, I'll consider something like this. But you really can't beat the real thing.

The lesson that I learned is never buy a console at launch again...

This is awesome, a definite buy for me. The dude's provided us with hours of entertainment for free...he's got my support.

bah.... kids haven't changed at all....

I read this article and immediately think that Capcom really underestimates kids these days. Some kids will enjoy puzzle solving and a challenge, some will want the game to hold their hand or they'll give up.

If they did a focus group back in 1989 with the original game, they would have had the same results.

I see Michael Ironside is not the voice of of Sam Fisher this time around. That's a bummer....

Have any games so far really used the gamepad in a revolutionary way? Even nintendo themselves phoned in its potential in their own titles - see mario u.

I see the potential, and I like the console a lot... but it's key selling point seems to be an afterthought in most games.

I would have definitely bought Rayman Legends in February.

I might buy it in September.

@WaveBoy
I agree. Looks like one of those mario clones that popup in the apple store every couple months. To be fair this is a super early look though...