First I was thinking "so, why not just import the plates from Japan". And then "oooh, that's right...". I feel for you Americans.

It is (was?) a fantastic game, and it IS still definitely the best 2D Mario game.

Sacrifice! It was a fantastic game, and I would love to see what could be done to it with even more troops and spells, larger maps and some kind of online tournaments perhaps.

"[Kawabata] Xenoblade Chronicles X is using up most of the space on the Wii U disk. It's really, really close to the storage limit. (To the point that at one stage we were considering using more than one disk for the game). To enjoy playing, the enormous seamless map must load quickly (which was achieved through the hard work of our programming division), but we had help from Nintendo proper implementing a further improvement to what we had. I believe we're going to reveal the details of that on the official page in the future, but to people considering purchasing the packaged version of the game, as one of the game's developers, I highly recommend you make use of this improvement."

 

Sounds like there will be an install from disc option.

 

I WILL buy the packaged version of this game. And I will absolutely take you up on your suggestion, Mr. Kawabata.

Yes, it sounds like he means that IF you buy the packaged version of the game, loading might slow things down a bit compared to the downloaded version. And that this has been fixed by an "improvement" that we can "make use of". Which sounds like install from disc, as you said.

Many are thinking that here and elsewhere.... I wonder though... do you think that would be ready to show? I HOPE!

This would be a nice opportunity to announce Pokkén Tournament for the Wii U...

Not in the US. We got the physical copy which I have but be cool for Eshop in the US. Also we just flat never got games like Another Code R or Disaster Day of Crisis or Fatal Frame II. I think You guys even got the Resident Evil 1 and Zero. These are things Nintendo could release in the US Eshop. Games US players never got the chance to. If there is any we have you never got same for you. Strictly speaking of games already translated so I won't ask for Earth Seeker or something.

Hm, I still think they'll release it later on. In the US direct you only got to see the three games launching in the next weeks, with Punch Out!! being the second. Here, we get DKCR as our second game instead, but the chart showing games being released later on also included Punch Out (along with Pandora's Tower and S&P), so maybe they'll put out the same games, just in different order?

Nintendo should put out The Last Story,Sin & Punishment. I would say Captain Rainbow but needs to be translated but they could now since it was in English even in Japan put out Disaster Day of Crisis. Fatal Frame II remake in the US on the Eshop. In fact FFII could help them determine fan interest for FFV

They are putting out Sin & Punishment, at least in Europe.

Get an NES and some Mega Man games.

But stuff like Pokemon Shuffle and the wait or pay to play, or only being able to use the Kirby amiibos once a day??? And why does Mario Party 10 need to save?
 

Agreed with a lot of what you said, but especially this! Seeing this during the Direct made me so disappointed.

It was a big downgrade and you are missing the point. It was a downgrade on stronger hardware. There is no excuse for that and yes it affects the gameplay. Some of the physics were removed. Sound design downgraded and sound design was a MAJOR part of the gameplay in those games. ESP the first game was design to give you a surround experience with only 2 speakers so ques were VERY important.

Well, I'm not going to argue about it, since it's a matter of opinion. I agree the downgrade is noticable and a bit sad. And above all very strange. But "big" is a matter of comparison and to me it's still minor. And the controls are so much better that the graphics difference is completely negligible. To me, but obviously not to you. Now, I never thought about the sound difference, I'll have to have a look at that.

I don't like MP Trilogy at all. No I love the MP games I just specifically do not like the trilogy disc on wii. They made some of the visuals worse. Took out detail and even edited out the commanders "DAMN" in MP3 to "NO" and it didn't make any sense felt like a TV dubbed in thing. That really annoys me. If you never played them before then you won't notice anything but if you have prepare for a downgrade.

But the controls are approximately 52 times better. The games don't have fantastic graphics by today's standard anyway, so I don't care about the slight downgrade. So, to me, the Wii versions are approximately 51 times better. Didn't really like Corruption, but the other two are absolutely fantastic.

Anyway, this won't affect the existence of N64 or Gamecube games on the VC, since there is no emulation involved. They can just put the games on the eshop as they are.

All right, if anyone missed it: In Europe we'll get the regular New 3DS, and the Wii games will be

- Super Mario Galaxy 2, now

- Donkey Kong Country Returns, 22 January

- Metroid Prime Trilogy, 29 January

And later on: Kirby's Adventure Wii, Punch Out, Pandora's Tower and Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies.

And then Pandora's tower and Sin & Punishment also. Nice, since I don't own Sin & Punishment.

OK, watched the US version on Youtube, have to look at the Europe version now. Apparently we get Donkey Kong instead of Punch Out.

its one of those things where if you want to play it like the original, dont use it, simple as that. People who complain about this sort of thing makes no sense, if others use it, cool, you dont have to, so dont complain.

What if id Software put the BFG9000 on the first level of Doom? You could choose not to use it, right? But just putting it there would make the game too easy and therefore bad. You shouldn't have to artificially make a game more difficult than it is intended to be. I was hoping that they did this to make it easier to continue your game anytime, in case you're on travel and so on, but they have also stated that they want to make the game easier by changing the Bomber's notebook so that players won't miss any sidequests. So I'm not that hopeful anymore.

You're required to pay an additional fee to unlock a part of the game.

It's not an essential part of the game, it's just some cheat options. I think very few people will feel the urge to get a Meta Knight amiibo to increase their attack strength in this game. It's something to consider if you have the amiibo lying around anyway. And that's the point, right?

No Xenoblade?

I will definitely buy this eventually. It wasn't at the top of my last because I'm just not very good at combo-based action games

Classic controller or classic controller pro? Nintendo should have named them differently it is a pain!

CC and CCP are basically the same, it's just a different design (the "pro" has handles and better layout for the secondary shoulder buttons). I prefer the normal CC for SNES games and the CCP for games like Monster Hunter and Xenoblade where you use the analog sticks primarily.

I think as soon as you learn the combos properly, and start paying attention to what the game tells you to do strategy-wise, the game isn't very difficult on Hard either. Not exactly my type of game, I'm not really a fan of running around killing hundreds of enemies like a lawn mower, but the boss fights were all right.

It's compatible with the

Gamepad

Pro Controller

WiiMote

And WiiMote + Nunchuck.

AND the Classic Controller!

All (internationally known films) I can think of is Bad Santa and A Nightmare Before Chistmas.