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@Felioth that's good to hear, Gamestop hates Nintendo too for some reason.

299 is just too high in the us

I agree a 250 price tag in the states plus Mario Kart 8 at the same time would blow systems off the shelf

Winning worst company in America 2 years in a row, why would Nintendo want to work with you? Releasing an old Mass Effect game was more harm than good for Nintendo, consider it a privelege they allowed that crap.

@shigulicious it doesn't get more pure than yoshis island that was the best yoshi game ever made back in the day

@lorenzo99 if they make a new f-zero they seriously need to take tips from Blizzards rock and roll racing. The upgrading should be the funnest part

New Metroid Prime for Wii U, new 3ds classic Metroid game with new ideas kinda like Zelda a link between worlds

@Kirk I don't typically buy Nintendo consoles for 3rd party content. I think exclusives Nintendo are usually a real gift. Look at mh3u and wonderful101. I had an xbox and now a ps4 for that junk. But 3rd party support isn't always a good thing. Yeah every now and then you miss out on a new Fallout or Bioshock but the number of 3rd party games that are awful are really high. At least Nintendo is uncluttered and almost always goty quality

Nobody cares about the controller anymore. I don't think the console is underpowered, I just want a year like last years 3ds. There was a confidence you could feel with the 3ds games that came out each month. We we're hit with superior games each month that were better then the last. If they just released a ridiculous amount of high end top notch games that aren't 2d side scrollers for the Wii U the console would be cool. People were having so much fun with the 3ds it was a great year. The a Wii U realistically needs right now a full fledged 3d Metroid Prime to be anounced this summer with Zelda coming out at the end of the year. No delays no more 2d side scroller crap. Get smash and Mario kart out as soon as possible, ridiculous amount of advertising they need to smother titanfall and remind people why Nintendo is "fun" while their competition is releasing unfinished half a games

It's all about the games and once Nintendo has then the Wii U will excel. Keep in mind this is the longest they've ever waited to release Mario Kart for the console. I see that being the big system seller with good enough advertising.

Just bring us monster Hunter 4

@electrolite77 Killzone looks good but not much better than a 360 game. I see the gap of technology and graphics to be smaller this generation. A lot of major titles are only being released on xbox 360 and ps3. An hd Mario kart or smash bros is enthralling and more people get excited about that rather than another Skyrim or Fallout. Not to mention Nintendo hits all ages families and all demographics, heck even a China wouldn't blink to bring the products to its market. Nintendo is doing well, the Wii U is fine now it will be all about the games and I don't see much that can compete with Nintendo. So call me crazy I see Nintendo in the right spot right now ready to secure 2014.

I'm bored to tears right now with the ps4 and I'm not really interested in infamous. The Wii u has donkey kong coming out with Mario kart following suit. 3 rd party or not I just want games. Putting dark souls 2 on old consoles doesn't interest me. It looks good in a board meeting but not to gamers.

If Retro doesn't show some kind of Metroid at e3 this year I'm going to throw a microwave

This company needs to go they've already made enemies with Epic studios not a good idea, not good for the gaming industry

1997-2014 means remake of some sort so false alarm even if it's real

@arderin64 agreed

The Zelda part didn't make any sense

Squash this guy Nintendo he's not going to stop.

iLife? I'm pretty sure they are infringing on apples patents with that name alone

More like Castlevania is finished

Honestly the shorts are more stylish anyways

Monster Hunter 4 please

Bring gears to Nintendo that would be awesome

Lol Nintendo sweeping the GOTY awards, take that Sony/Microsoft

@LUIGITORNADO they might already have. Sony and Microsoft are spending a lot of money to blast them we won't have real numbers until February

Pikmin 3 and Zelda albw

The English understand that Mario 3d world and a link between worlds are in the top 10 in the world and their region seemingly hates Nintendo. Wake up and smell the coffee.... Er tea

A link between worlds already won GOTY on several sites, just the best game I've played in a long time

Overall it was a pretty great direct

I still hope Nintendo makes it to e3 this year. It was boring without them there

I actually think the Wii U will dominate the market. I think it needs a price cut but families are more interested in Nintendo than Sony or Microsoft. Sony survives on 3rd party games and Microsoft completely blew it with the one. They aren't doing as well as the Wii U did at launch and I don't see why people think the other consoles won't suffer the same slowdown fate. Can Destiny and elder scrolls keep people interested in 2014? Even when they come out late in the year.

Monster hunter 4 please

The ps4 right now is feeling like a giant paperweight. With a ton of games recently delayed I'm really hoping some games come out. Perhaps Nintendo is waiting for people to see how boring the new consoles are knowing that they have more than a few superior games. Pikmin 3 itself is a good reason to go Wii U right now. The drought has started with the xbox and ps4 consoles.

They won something for that?

They could start promoting Miiverse it's a good idea and it works really well.

Lifetime sales in the UK is a tiny blip on the world map. Wii U did quite well this holiday, don't believe all of the media hype. Keep in mind Nintendo sold 1.3 million 3ds's last week. The big winner of the holidays and the year was the 3ds.

Nintendo was smart in keeping it low key as the show was trying to be e3 in December. Is it sad to say that Cranky Kong was the highlight of the show? I enjoyed Nintendos segment and wanted to die when they were showing off theif for an hour picking grand theft auto like they do every year even when it doesn't exist. Honestly in shocked some were expecting much from this show. Nintendo did a lot making an appearance and the got some awards which usually never happens from VGA so ultimately a success in my opinion. A link between worlds won best handheld game to people that don't know anything about video games says a lot.

Nobody takes the VGA's seriously. It's kind of a strange show. Rockstar always wins though no surprise.

That's a ridiculously good price point for dlc I love Nintendo!

399 is such a great price point for the ps4 I'm happy I bought it. Killzone is pretty good (even though I have no idea how to play multiplayer on it). Launches are difficult as you have to convince 3rd party to move to the next generation and few have yet. I think games like Pikmin 3 really make you love Nintendo, they just jam pack the quality and I think they'll still remain dominant unless developers step up in the quality department. Time will tell.

Nintendo loves their fans and seem to always come through even when they say they never will. They usually succumb which is one of their best attributes.

I hope they all never make money on the iPhone App Store. It was Steve Jons dream for independent developers to succeed on the iPhone and not businesses. It's unfortunate corporations took over that market and have made it unappealing to all.

@Kodeen lol I agree completely. No idea why they didn't cut down their projections. Maybe Iwata wanted to go out with a bang

The biggest problem is developers have to make a game that works for 3 different controllers with Nintendo. I wish they would have just stuck with the Wii motes enhanced them and released a console easy for 3 rd party developers to work on

First of all Nintendo would never release it's games on competitors devices. I think he's nuts to say such a thing but I do like promotional apps on android or the iPhone like Mario brothers or an overhead Zelda game partial that could help advertise for a link between worlds. Most people are on cell phones and the iPad these days so they should really consider making simple apps that can further promote the stuff they have on the 3ds and Wii u.

We won't know how Nintendo did until January. I bet the ps4 is doing well because it's a great price and quality hardware, what the ps3 wasn't. What's being promoted and what actually sold is different. I do know Nintendo has sold a lot of Wii Us this Black Friday and were surprisingly sold out everywhere I was at.

@unrandomsam as simple the change is 4 player coop through a 3d world has never really been done well until now. This game is a great party game when online multiplayer is overkill and people want to hang out and laugh. Nintendo reinvents social atmospheres in a world where people are getting more disconnected by electronics.

Break time time burner this game is simply one of the best around.

Mario reinvents himself every new generation. Games like Gears of War have grown stale. I would like to have another gears game but it would have to be reinvigorated somehow.