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@AceSpadeS
Personally, what bothers me is the way he derisively laughs at the notion of the Wii U running UE4, saying it's only for "next-gen" consoles, then goes back and says it can absolutely run it and compares it to the 360. I think it's the fact that a lot of these "important" people have been acting like kids having a flame war on some forum, except that a lot of people actually care what these guys say. It's really just the way these things have been said that gets to a lot of people on here, I think.
As for me, I'm tired of this subject. Off to play Lego City. lol

Don't know if this has been noted but according an update on joystiq Rein did follow up that statement by saying that it is totally possible to run unreal engine 4 on Wii U so that's good to hear.

Didn't they say before that they wanted to make a spiritual successor to banjo kazooie? I'd be all for that and I'm pretty sure legally it wouldn't be a problem. There should a petition for that, since it's actually possible lol.

Agree with a lot of the people on here. I'm extremely impressed with the game. I'm glad I waited for the Wii U version. It's definitely the prettiest game I've played on the Wii U and really shows that it's completely up to the challenge if third party devs are willing to give it a chance. I really encourage anyone who's interested in this game and can afford it: Don't wait for sales. Get it and support Criterion. They deserve it.

@Metal_Slugger
Well all I know is it would freeze whenever I exited the game, then Nintendo released a small patch for the wii u, and it never happened again.

The freezing glitch was fixed by Nintendo a while ago wasn't it?

@Zombie_Barioth
I think the point of that statement that no matter how much a developer may like an idea, it shouldn't be required in the game if it ends up working better without it. Which is a very good mentality for devs to have. (I think it's more of an eastern philosophy of having no attachments. Or he's a Jedi.)

I got some wii u games at target the other day and the rep started asking me about the wii u cause no one buys anything for it and he didn't even know anything about it other than it was an hd wii. Nintendo really needs to get more info out about the wii u lol.

@VolcanoFlames
Seriously. I want to support this game but can't find it since stores are barely getting any copies and aren't even putting them on the shelves. Although your request should go to EA since they're the ones that handle the advertising aspect.

"Prepare to taste justice, Shovel Justice!" Awesome. Awesome to the max.

oh and @tom_q: Totally!

I don't understand why people say the Wii U is expensive. It's pretty standard pricing for a new console. I'll be annoyed if the PS4 price is revealed and people say how reasonable it is at $500. lol
On the other hand a price cut wouldn't be horrible because then maybe Nintendo would do a Wii U ambassador program and I'd be all for that

@anyone who's played both: How is this game without the CCP? I really enjoy the Wii U version but I'm not sure how well it would work without a right stick... I enjoyed Super Stardust on PS3, but found the PSP version lacking.

In reference to the awesome picture, I'd so be down for a Wii retirement party with Miyamoto!

Anyone who doesn't download Runner 2 is a communist!
But seriously, I've been playing it since Tuesday and it's great.

Hope this means LEGO Lord of the Rings is on its way to Wii U!

I'm looking to try out the first game before this comes out. Should I get it on 3DS VC or WiiWare?

So tomorrow? Awesome! I've been waiting since launch for this game. I like that games don't seem to have to release on Thursdays. Makes for nice surprises such as this.

I recently played Pokemon White 2 on my 3DS with a friend who was playing on a white DSLite... Man I miss that machine. I was actually jealous of him lol. It's definitely my favorite handheld, with the GBA SP at a close second.
I hope the next 3DS design is closer to the awesomeness of the DSLite.

I'm surprised no one's brought up Donkey Kong Country Returns. That game completely surprised me with it's graphics and innovation and genuine difficulty. I will admit there were many moments in that game I would say to myself I wish NSMB was more like this.
But I still love the NSBM series and I really think people need to just relax and let Nintendo make it's money with it's more casual games so it can make it's great legendary games. If you don't like it, don't play it and let people who do like it enjoy it. We are just talking about video games, after all...

Edit: Also, @gsnap, Well said.

@swiket Hahaha

The thing is Activision releases at least one, if not multiple CoD titles per year. We've had 4 NSMB titles in 8 years. I agree the games definitely play it safe but most sequels on most systems do. To me I enjoy the series because it's fun to play and it pretty much funds Nintendo's less "safe" endeavors.
And Challenge Mode is infuriatingly fun. lol

@Yosher
And yet, is it really THAT weird? Lol

I really like criterion as a developer. This just makes em even better. Really excited to play this.
Out of curiosity, did they mention why the online only has six-player support instead of right? Not a huge deal but would be interested to know why...

This was going to be one of my launch day titles till it got pushed back. There has been $15 credit just in my Wii U eshop account just looking at me for far too long. Looking forward to getting this the moment it comes out.

@Urbanhispanic I would recommend it if you like simple old school games, graphics and cool bit tunes. You can get the entire Bit Trip series for Wii on Amazon for under $12 and it comes with a pretty awesome soundtrack CD.

@Funny_Moblin
Agreed. Let's hope so.

Literally the day before the Direct, I was saying I can't wait for Mario & Luigi for the 3DS. Guess I don't have to wait long after all. WooHoo!

Thank you. I agree that at times cut scenes, especially slow ones ruin the pace of a game and you end up tapping the A button repeatedly trying to skip it but story can still be important.
And when a character you've put grown with dies, that's usually a pretty bold move in story telling and works even better in video games since you've put effort into it. Yeah maybe it sucks that they died through no fault of your own but I'm pretty sure most people we know in real that have died die through no fault of our own. It's real life and it's that feeling of loss that makes people upset. And that's kind of he point.
Not all games need story but not all games don't need a story. Saying one is better than another is pointless because, like all entertainment, there's variety and there should be.
I love the Mario games but sometimes I want to play an epic tale with a crazy story that pulls me in. And sometimes I don't lol.

"What do you want?!"
Rayman Legends!"
"When do you want it?!"
Rayman Legends!"

Super Batman Arkham Bros. U!
Coming only to PS3 and 360 in 2013.

@evildead97
I'm pretty sure they're playing on a pc with a mouse controlling the camera so I'm sure it wouldn't be like that on a console.

Looks cool though. I miss the 3D platformer genre. There have been very few of late.

If only there were more girls that loved games like this... sigh...
Also I agree, co-op is much more enjoyable than competition.

Couldn't this just be referring to using MiiVerse on smartphones and PCs?

It's funny cause on the one hand, I really want the new 3D Mario to be more old school, with big open levels like sunshine and lots of exploring and, most importantly, a real challenge. On the other hand, I've been really in the mood for a new 3D Mario so whatever the new game will be I know I'll love it lol.

There is one hope, and, as usual, it's Norwegian!

I don't think the problem is having to go into Wii mode. For me, at least, the problem is not being able to use the gamepad and having to play everything stretched to 16:9 (unless you want to go through the process of changing the aspect ratio in settings).

Actually, it's funny that more kids tend to play "mature" games where as adults often prefer playing Nintendo games. A mature rating doesn't mean it's for mature people and can often mean a very immature game.

Not that there's anything wrong with immature games. I absolutely loved Bulletstorm and I think that may have been written by a 12 year old. lol. It's just ironic.

I believe this is the definition of first world problems.

I'm almost positive these are not rentals. I purchased it and there was absolutely no indication that it would only last 30 days. Again I could be wrong but I'd be very surprised if they'd be that deceptive

I'm not thrilled at having to spend more than people who haven't bought the vc games already, but it's only a buck and I'm very happy that this is happening. Can't wait till spring!

Did anyone else notice that in the trailer it looks like movement is still only four directions?

Does anyone else feel like when you have a lot of digital games it becomes over whelming and you end up not knowing what to play? Kind of like how you have thousands of songs on your iPod and end up constantly skipping songs you like?
I'm a huge fan of digital games but I've been steering away from them because of this phenomenon. Just curious if it affects anyone else lol

@swampertdude
Yeah that was my main thought as well.
Also I don't know if anyone realized that it's saying to play as a Wii U Pro Controller, not a GamePad. In other words the screen would not be used at all which, after buying all the necessary accessories, would probably be more that a Pro Controller. lol

I love this game. It took me about a month to beat on the wii vc. Lol.

Just a word of caution to anyone transfering vc titles to the Wii U; The vc games will be stretched to the wrong aspect ratio and the only fix is to change the resolution of the Wii U to 480 and 4:3, which is very cumbersome. Some people don't mind or notice it but some of us can't stand playing games in the wrong aspect ratio...

I don't think the load times are horrible but they are a bit longer than i'd like. Especially when it comes to the settings app and wii mode (actually i'd prefer wii mode and vc integration into the Wii U menu over speed).
it is nice to see nintendo address that it does take a while though instead of just saying gamers need to be more patient or nintendo delivers a higher quality of content so we have to deal with load times. lol.

I like these articles basically telling us to simmer down and stop being such demanding crybabys. Seriously if you've played everything available to us on the wii u then you either did it because its your job or you haven't been in civilization for the last few weeks.
This generation of gamers is far too impatient

"If you criticise FPS elements of ZombiU, then I think you should also say that CoD is lousy survival horror — apples and oranges."

Thank you, Mr. Whitehead. I find the critical reception very frustrating as well. I love the fact that having ammo in the double digits make you feel like you're swimming in ammo because it's so rare.

Anyway, glad to hear such positive things about the Wii U. I was getting tired of the trolling on other sites. It really is a great console. And I highly doubt that the competing consoles of the new generation will not have their own bugs at launch because every console will have bugs at launch, especially with so many new features.

I think they said they were surprised to hear that people still wanted a f-zero game. Which means even if they make one it'll be a while lol

@DarkNinja9
You can move things around the menu to organize it the way you want. Just drag and drop like you do on the 3DS. But no unfortunately there are no folders.

I've had the console since US launch and I've enjoyed it quite a lot. According to the daily log i've played over 50 hours (admittedly half of that was Netflix lol) and i have not experienced one crash or freeze or anything of the sort. It's a really great system and a lot of fun.

My only two issues are the long load times of the UI, waiting about 10-20 seconds just to open up settings is a little too long and the Wii Mode is rather silly but I'm hoping they will eventually update both of those issues. And they are very minor issues that just require a little more patience. Which is ridiculous to ask gamers to be patient!