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The hands using the gamepad are a bit creepy.

But this looks epic.

I'm still going chespin, at this stage. He retains his lol troll look.

Also... Is that a baby T-rex pokemon?

I think I skipped this one back in the day because I didn't enjoy the "wario is invincible" mechanic in the previous entry. However, if the level design is as good as the previous two entries, I still might want to go back and pick it up.

An ambassador program will at least keep sales from hitting zero for the next 3 weeks. Just saying.

Anybody else think of the wrong Firefly for half a second? (Until I read the word "batman")

This really would (and does) make a great advertisement for pikmin.

There have been a few times I'd have wanted to take advantage of this. I'll be glad to see the added convenience.

It looks like a bigger field of view would help, and in a real game you'd probably be moving the view a lot faster. Seeing your feet would probably help gauging jumps while platforming.

Realistically, it shouldn't be much worse than a racing game using a first person view, which I always enjoy.

He looks like Rob Lowe with long hair.

So, nobody is commenting about how he's phrasing this? That it's the most backhanded way to say this possible?

Since they're removing the basic model, they'll probably drop the deluxe model to $300. Since it will replace the basic model, it won't be a price cut. Then they'll start putting out $350 bundles with the new games coming out. They'll still have both price points, so it won't be a price cut, but the value will have changed.

@MisterRJ45 I've heard stories of a lot of people buying bethesda games, getting tired of them, selling them, and then buying another copy later because they decide they want to play some more.

I can find nintendo stuff used, but it's usually only $5 off and a huge quality drop.

So Shishiko is the third type in the normal/elemental trio? Interesting. Hopefully it's more of a deerling than a bidoof.

I was hoping to see Ryu fighting some leviathons, actually. This was OK, too.

I always thought it was a bit like the matrix. They're stored as energy, but simultaneously exist as objects in a virtual environment.

This seems pretty fair. New markets are scary, and he seems to think all the next gen consoles are risky business, too.

I don't think it should be a problem. The name is distinct, and Grand Theft Auto LIberty City Stories had motorcycle races that allowed clubbing your opponent much like road rash.

I'll probably take advantage of a couple discounts..

I don't know what the Japanese standards are, but this passes the American "idiot in a hurry" standard for trademark infringement. I doubt even an idiot in a hurry would go to nintendo's warawara plaza thinking that it was the restaurant, or vice versa. And if there is an issue, the patent office is the one at fault for issuing two trademarks.

@burninmylight
Pricing it at $20 would be good, too. It would remove a lot of risk for nintendo and, like you said, get the games in retail stores.

I usually find the 3d effects to be quite impressive, myself. It adds a sharpness to images that I find quite fetching.

@Fusion14
You're never going to explain your opinion, are you? And you're the only one who has commented, too, so I don't think the other Nintendo Life users care one way or the other, currently.

@Fusion14
My overall assumption is that nintendo would continue the series with the same quality they usually put into their flagship games, and thus would not suck. The tournaments would be online, and reach everyone who owns the game and has their wii u online. That would reach an absurd amount of people, and if just 10,000 of these people participated each week in 7 tournament regions for a year, paying $5 each, nintendo would receive $18,200,000. Prizes would probably be exclusive nintendo merchandise, like gold wii remotes, or a 3DS with a custom design, or a real cup trophy, or nintendo character figures. Stuff that would be desirable to a fan, but wouldn't really cause nintendo to go broke.
And you'll have to explain why people who don't participate in the tournament would be alienated. Again, I'm assuming these releases would be just as full featured as previous entries in the series.

@Fusion14
Huh? How did you get that from what I said?
I'm suggesting that the whole of super smash and mario kart be free. The usual play styles like versus, classic, and adventure mode would be fully available whenever you'd like to play it, along with general online play against other users.

At the same time, nintendo would have tournaments every week people could pay to participate in, with special rewards for the winner depending on playing level and amount of people in the tournament.

You wouldn't be blocked out from the game.

Free Mario Kart 8, with weekly buy-in tournaments?
Or better yet, Smash?

Nintendo could divide tournaments based on rank, offer special rewards to winners, and have occasional super tournaments.

And they could use the regular payments to support online services for as long as people play.

When I first saw the wii U, one of my first thoughts was that it looks too similar to the wii. I love the simple design, but it makes it harder to distinguish as a new product for those that don't know anything about it.

Bananas are better, overall. They can really complicate a race with new hazards and a particularly devious player can add a few death traps for players driving from memory. An all mushroom race is pretty static and doesn't test players ability to adapt in the same way.

I, too, have moved away from wiiware. I'd have bought RCR in a second if wiiware was directly playable on the Wii U, like dsiware is on the 3DS.

I'd be far more concerned if Epic hadn't strongly implied that the engine is hard to work with and they'll charge companies through the nose to use it. They've stated themselves that costs of using the engine will be several times higher, and that their 5 minute demos take months to build (and that full games would take much, much longer). If what they say is true, no dev in their right mind will use the engine.

@ ToxieDogg
Day 1 buyers in the US pay the same for each, but get 10% back via Digital Deluxe promo. They also don't have to pay for gas, and if they have uncapped internet don't pay extra for the download either. For some people digital makes good sense.

Yet publishers still seem to track sales exclusively via hard copies...

I'm beginning to suspect "disgraced" executives are wandering off with phat loot.

Legend of the River King, woot!

And I loved bit trip runner, so I might pick harmoknight up, too.

@TwilightV: Let them buy (A wii U). >

Hopefully not Deus Ex: HR. It would sell poorly because it's an old port, which Square Enix would take to mean the Wii U can't support multi-plat releases or exclusives.

Looks good. Also teaches the important message to not climb ladders in a dress.

@raylax That is a bad metaphor. Firefighters have plenty of time to start a game of monopoly, If they had to finish the game, though, the metaphor would totally work.

Looks like everyone wants to be the next Molyneux.

I'll probably purchase ZombiU during this sale. I purchased the deluxe set instead of the basic because I knew I'd be interested in e-shop purchases.

So why don't you think the new type is "magic", kyrurem? A type for pokemon that act like performance magicians might fit in pretty well.

mario and luigi announcement?

Why does the new Luigi's mansion design remind me so much of Resident Evil 1?

His voice is shockingly young, too!

...lol...

Needs games needs games needs games.

All the schedule slippage for games I want to play doesn't make me want to recommend the Wii U to other people, as much as I love mine.

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It might have been okay if 2 of the biggest games weren't delayed half a year.

Woohoo! Another step towards a modern online presence!

I originally thought that this was going to be about Atari declaring bankruptcy regularly.

Although this might not pass the idiot in a hurry test, I don't think it misleads consumers. The pad is shown playing games that use both the TV and the gamepad for different activities in the commercial, which any idiot who isn't in a hurry would realize couldn't be played entirely off the gamepad.

If it was longer or had voice over, I think it would be an instant buy. As it is, though, seems more like an (At most) 15 dollar download.

It doesn't have that much inside, Tomboy. Most of the price is in the screen, which is on the exterior.