Well I have supported WiiU since launch and we have two in the household but the amount of games like this one that are skipping the console just kills what a great bit of kit WiiU is.

Gamers should buy the crap that 3rd partys send out at this point. That way we might get a 3rd party game besides the annual Rayman Rabbids/COD/Sonic game 

Rocksteady Games' Batman: Arkham Knight will not be with us this October after all, the developer has revealed, but instead will make its debut on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015.

That's obviously a disappointment, but the developer is hoping to soothe our frustrations by telling us more about the Batmobile.

Eurogamer's sister site USgamer went hands-on with Batman: Arkham Knight ahead of E3 and reports that the Batmobile comes across as a "heavily armoured and heavily armed war wagon that players can take into a huge number of exterior spaces in the game's massive, free-roaming rendition of Gotham City".

"Convert the machine into battle mode and it reveals a massive gatling gun that, once fully charged, can fire devastating explosive blasts capable of shredding the armour on enemy machines," USG editor-in-chief Jeremy Parish explains.

http://www.eurogamer...e-slips-to-2015

Well this blows. 

When are we getting a new banner?

Make a banner for that Retro remix game coming out in April. 

no

I assume as soon as someone makes one... I suppose a DKC:TF one would be in order... If only Keanu would come back and make one...

Make one then.

Well I can't say the only ones in that genre... I just don't like donkey kong that much.

Make a Yoshi one then. 

MatrixChicken make a banner kid. 

Banned because you don't like bubbles.

Didn't knew this existed. Pretty hilarious.

let me put my tipping the scales in your rosalina & luma 

One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 30% increase from 1 in 88 two years ago, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This newest estimate is based on the CDC's evaluation of health and educational records of all 8-year-old children in 11 states: Alabama, Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and New Jersey.

The incidence of autism ranged from a low of 1 in 175 children in Alabama to a high of 1 in 45 in New Jersey, according to the CDC.

Children with autism continue to be overwhelmingly male. According to the new report, the CDC estimates 1 in 42 boys has autism, 4.5 times as many as girls (1 in 189).

We look at all of the characteristics of autism," says Coleen Boyle, the director of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

"So we look at the age in which they're identified. We look at their earliest diagnosis. We look at co-occuring conditions that these children might have, other developmental disabilities, whether or not they have intellectual disability, so essentially their IQ."

 

 

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_c2

What are they're putting in water? Something just doesn't add up. 

Thanks Obama.

Blame Iwata and his Ear of the Luigi. 

Something about the Wii U that is new.
For instance, every one of the 50 threads about the recent investor meeting would be news.

There won't be anything news worthy until E3, and by then we'll have the E3 forum and people will just post threads there. 

Why don't you use it? 

Stop 

Mournblade when is the E3 forum going up? 

 

A modern, retro RPG!

Indie developer Eden Industries has combined the nostalgia, exploration, and charm of classic RPGs with modern aesthetics and user convenience. Take a trip back to the days when story and gameplay mattered, but with high-definition 2D animation and environments, particle effects, and other fancy words like "heat distortion", "bloom effects", and "dynamic lighting"!

Story

As the newly elected Vice President of the World, you return to your rural hometown for some rest and relaxation... only to stumble upon a series of oddities which all lead to one logical yet difficult-to-prove conclusion: Something's definitely up!

You immediately spring to action (after your morning coffee, of course), enlisting the aid of your constituents to help investigate the strange occurrences and save the world! Your quest will take you across deserts, forests, cities, mountains, casinos, and even a retirement community, as you battle mutants, overthrow a puppet government, snorkel for buried treasure, and... if there's time... grab a well-deserved refill on your coffee!

System

There are no NPCs in this world. Every single townsperson is recruitable, each with unique combat abilities and playstyles. And like a true politician, the Veep never needs to get his own hands dirty... not while he's got such a motley crew of constituents!

Every citizen also has a unique day job that levels up with use, whether it's selling goods to the party, altering weather patterns, piloting vehicles, pushing boulders aside, or synthesizing new items from your old junk!

This game is almost literally bursting at the seams with bonus content, hidden secrets, intriguing challenges, and much, much more!

Characters

Say goodbye to the Fighters, Black Mages, and Paladins of old, and say hello to your new allies: the Cop, the Bodybuilder, the Yoga Instructor, theUsed Car Salesman, the Homeless Guy, and more...!

Combat

The combat interface may be inspired by the 16-bit era, but the combat design has received a massive overhaul. To remove repetition and tedium, we annihilated the "FIGHT" command! And that endless list of abilities... where all your older skills are essentially obsolete? That's gone too!

Behold, as you are instead given a set of abilities which are actually useful and which grow stronger as your characters level up! Not only that, but each of your characters (the "citizens") has their own unique play style and individualized skill list! That's no small feature, given that there are over 40 of them to recruit!

Combat focuses not on "mana" but on a different energy, known to us mortals as "Power". Each of your abilities will either cost Power to use or else help you acquire Power... So you must find a strategic balance in your attacks, a constant ebb and flow between nuking, healing, and refueling!


Some screenshots (and yes in scope it looks a lot like Earthbound)

http://www.atlus.com...reenshots/3.jpg
http://www.atlus.com...reenshots/1.jpg
http://www.atlus.com...reenshots/4.jpg
http://www.atlus.com...reenshots/9.jpg
http://www.atlus.com...reenshots/8.jpg

 

 

http://www.atlus.com/citizensofearth/

Oh goodness that artstlye is horrendous. 

For reference this is the old logo: 

How many cocks can you take? 

I'm not happy with any of my dead paperweights. 

Now that the 3DS version been confirmed for the Summer, has it influenced your decision? 

I'll probably get both & the Wii U version might have an extra character.

 

Apple is closing in on its largest ever acquisition with the planned $3.2bn purchase of Beats Electronics, the headphone maker and music streaming operator founded by music producer Jimmy Iovine and the hip-hop star Dr Dre.
The deal could be announced as early as next week, people familiar with the negotiations said, but they cautioned that some details had yet to be agreed and talks could still fall apart.

A deal of this scale would represent a radical departure for Tim Cook, chief executive of the iPhone maker: under the late Steve Jobs, Apple was reluctant to pursue high-profile acquisitions.
Apple will acquire Beats’ streaming music service, which launched this year, and its audio equipment business, which includes its brand of headphones and audio equipment. The Beats management team will report to Mr Cook, said people familiar with the deal. Apple and Beats declined to comment.

 

 

http://www.ft.com/cm...5#axzz31ADibdhl

Please don't let this happen, Apple will ruin the beats.