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2 words Ubisoft: Rayman Legends.

I think Shin'en is starting to become my favorite indie dev!

My question is will there be any reason for people to own both home and handheld consoles now? The reason I own a 3DS and a Wii U is because the 3DS has more "portable-type" games on it and the Wii U has long "sit down and play for hours" games. If both consoles have the same operating system, does that mean they'll have similar hardware as well? I hope this doesn't end up like the Vita.

Hahah! "Entertainment flourishes when consumers are faced with something that they did not know that they wanted." This made me laugh. Sounds a little bit like American consumerism. "Hey buy our product cause even though you don't actually need it, you should need it!" I know what Iwata means, that's just what immediately popped to mind when I read that statement.

I'm glad they're doing these kinds of things with former journalists. Hopefully their marketing will steadily improve.

I'm starting to wonder how many new characters there are actually going to be... I sincerely hope they don't announce all the characters returning from Brawl before announcing a new character. So far we only have 18 of the 35 Brawl characters returning.

@hwrose379 I'm right in there with you, man. Mines April 4. I was hoping to get this game, play for a few hrs with my friends, then go see Captain America 2. Oh well. :,(

Why? Why not focus on getting a lot more NES and SNES titles on the virtual console? Why not start adding N64 titles and Gamecube titles? Why the DS? Many tens of millions of people have access to DS titles through their old DS or 3DS, already and I'd bet that about every single Wii U owner already has one or both of those systems.

I wonder if it'll move anywhere. I hope there are a few moving stages in the final product of the game. So far it seems to just be more Final Destinations.

Earthbound easily!!

I remember the first time I played the SE. I was, as Sakurai stated, "truly wowed" by the cutscenes. I don't see why he can't make scenes for the majority of purchasers of the game who don't like getting everything spoiled and, therefore, don't look up the scenes on youtube.

Holy crap. That's big. But if any company can turn this around, it's Nintendo.

@Collz #38 So some kids, who don't know what gaming is(outside of what they see is violent and "cool" and therefore play because they wanna feel older rather than just simply be kids), at your sons' school don't care about the company that is the reason their beloved Minecraft and CoD even exist? Duh, they're stupid kids.

@9th_Sage Yeah when I saw the trailers, I initially thought I was going to hate Olaf. But in the movie he's actually pretty hilarious. Anybody who hasn't seen the movie really should. It's my favorite Disney movie of all time by far, and my 3rd favorite movie ever! And just so you know, the trailers are AWFUL when compared to the movie.

A brand new Kid Icarus game for Wii U would be freakin amazing!

I just wish they would announce all the characters that are making a return from Brawl all at the same time and then start announcing actual "newcomers."

Awesome! I really liked "Escape" so hopefully this'll be as high quality as the short film.

I completely agree with the top 3 overall games of the year!

Fire Emblem should be in 2nd place instead of ACNL.

@PrincessEevee9 Yeah I come from a family that only knows about gaming through the original Xbox cause that's the first game console we got. And I'm the only one in my family that truly likes Nintendo. My brothers still acknowledge that Nintendo games are good cause they look at the scores they get, but they still treat it like their games get good scores only because the reviewers are nostalgic towards them.

Ugh I wish I could experience the awesome multiplayer everybody is talking about. Both of my brothers are just so "mature" for this game, unfortunately, that they only played 3 courses and then put it down and said "That's cool. Let's play Black Ops 2 now." My family's gaming situation sucks. My mom still thinks that every single home console that is in our house is an Xbox, whether it be a Wii, Wii U, Xbox or Xbox 360.

There's something about her that looks weird.... In pics 1, 4, 5, and 8 her expressions make her look like a Disney sorceress who is making the princess/prince place their trust in her and then turns out to be the bad guy, uh, girl I mean.

@LDXD Hey, it's Christmas and I've done that for 14 years now! And that's pretty clever of your mom! My mom's doing something similar with these trick gift boxes. My dad is going to think he got slippers with speakers on the outside when he unwraps his present...

I asked for it for Christmas and as soon as my parents were out of view, I measured the box up against my copy of WWHD and it matched perfectly, although it was in a box that was a few inches taller. I rattled it around and I could tell they put some rocks in the box. I'm pretty sure it's Super Mario 3D World! Hopefully this game's multiplayer will change my brother's opinion that Mario is overrated and generic!

@sinalefa Seriously, that's kinda cheap putting a video on an article where everyone is supposed to vote for the best pic! For that reason alone, I picked the one where Peach is holding Toad as a shield from Link's arrow. That's just too funny!

I wish more devs had this sense of developing.

I'm starting to think that NoA hates us.

Oh boy! Hopefully this will release before my birthday, April 4!

Why is the US always getting the worst end of the deal in downloadable offers nowadays?

Now that was a great trailer! Now will you hurry up announce Shulk already, Nintendo?

@Captain_Toad @Of_Folsense I know that. But they could've put a little more effort in it than just plain white text.

The logo looks a little cheap and unprofessional...

Awesome! I'm bursting with excitement!

@Blastoise-san I think I remember you saying that you would never, ever get hyped for an announcement from Nintendo. Make sure you stay true to your word, otherwise you'll end up in a rage like after VGX. And anyway, all of those games you want to be shown most likely won't. X is going to be released late 2014 or early 2015. As for Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, we haven't even seen any gameplay footage. Do you really think they'd show it in a Direct featuring Spring 2014 games?

I'll get Megaman X. It'll be my first game in the series!

I thought that this update came yesterday. I got it yesterday, at least.

@2Sang Agreed! Now it's the best handheld ever!

They're all kinda boring... but I like the Skull Kid one most out of all of them.

@MK_II Work on Zelda U was started about 2 yrs ago. Eiji Aonuma said he was about to show it on two different occasions and that right after Comic Con he would begin work on a reveal for the game. Also he stated a long time ago that he wants to shorten the development time for Zelda games to around 3 yrs. They've been developing Zelda U for 2 yrs, so that just leaves 1 more, if their goal is to be met. I honestly don't expect that to happen but they have a reveal ready. I'm certain of that.

My question is why did Reggie tease such a "big announcement" for something we all knew?

@minotaurgamer Ummm.... Zelda U was previously announced. X was previously announced. SSB was previously announced. Bayonetta 2 was previously announced. Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem was previously announced. ANY of those would've been 5 times the "announcement" that Cranky Kong was. And as @2Sang said, it wasn't even really an announcement, just a confirmation of something we knew days ago was 90% probable.

I've gotten a few Nintendo Zone Streetpasses before, but I can never get the actual Nintendo Zone app to work for some reason.

I don't typically play many FPSs, but Master Reboot looks pretty fun and awesome! And it actually has a varied color palette, unlike most other FPS games!

This doesn't have to do with the article but I was just watching The Sound of Music Live on NBC in America and I was surprised to see the only commercial for Wii U I've seen in 7 months. And it's pretty awesome that it was shown during the play version of "the most beloved family film of all time!" With a lot of families watching it across America, that's very good exposure for the console! Also I saw a Walmart ad with Disney Infinity for Wii U advertised at the end.

Yeah! Too bad there will probably be another article tomorrow about some game developer with an "expert" opinion about how the Wii U won't be surviving past spring.

Europeans are always complaining about how North Americans get everything before them(which is not true). Now it's our turn to complain.

What a sad state of gaming today, where a universally acclaimed game, that has gotten tons of perfect scores and holds an average score of 94 out of 100, sells less than a mediocre one. All due to loyalists who are so attached to their brand that they would choose a more expensive console with average software over a cheaper console with multiple games scoring in the 80s and 90s. Like I've said in a previous article, people don't care about Nintendo anymore, no matter how good the game is. Oh well. In the past, in every form of entertainment, what's popular has rarely been what's best.

@Jimtendo And it would look like this!

@Emblem Yeah it really sucks being a teenager in America. :I It's hard to find anyone who likes Nintendo and won't laugh at you when you talk about Mario or Zelda. Interestingly, though, my whole age group at my church is having a lock-in in a couple of weeks where we're going to bring all our old gaming systems. Our teachers are going to be taking everyone's phones and we'll be going into a time machine back to the 90s with N64, SNES, Sega Genesis, and such. Last year we did a similar event, but all we had was an Xbox 360 and a SNES. Naturally, everybody except me and this kid I had just met, played COD and L4D. Oh how I hate L4D! And all the while, me and my new friend sat there by ourselves playing Super Mario World, Mario Kart, Aladdin, and Donkey Kong Country. The whole point of all this was that America hates Nintendo and loves Xbox.

@ScreamoPichu They've sold 4 million already, so selling 5 million more this holiday season, with a Mario that's being critically acclaimed, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, and other family friendly titles that parents think their kids will enjoy(all of which were absent last year), isn't too unfeasible.