Eh, I simply couldnt pass up a chance for a batboy reference

who could? I wish I'd thought of it first

A leak in print seems pretty legit.  Was it announced for PC before?

If this turns out to be the case does it impact the Sun's credibility at all?  It's still a tabloid, but quoting information from a CNET editor incorrectly would still cause issues for them legally.

Nintendo announced that Earthbound will be available on the Wii U eShop today for $10.

http://nintendoenthu...nintendo-eshop/

Discuss!

I just said no sale! I'm not going to pay $10 for any VC game, I don't care what it is. I'll just get the game... elsewhere. For a lot less. A lot.

Unless you plan to pirate, which I strongly advise against, you won't.  Used copies of just the cartridge go for upwards of $150.

Not just that but there is work, time, resources, and money put into porting over these games. They wouldn't just simply work on the hardware because it's a classic retro game. People need to keep this in mind too.

$10 is actually a decent price considering the title.  However, the price they set might be a sign of sorts.  Nintendo love foreboding (banana's in 2012 e3 Direct?)

Same people that complained when Nintendo offered10% off of games in Japan that are bought in the first week on the eShop because it wasn't enough, or it wasn't an ambassador program, like they are going to do that again.

Wait. What? I wasn't talking about parenting. I was talking about the point of owning a gun.

 

Anyway, I don't think I'm going to listen to the views of gun control from someone who was in the armed forces. Obviously you are going to be pro-guns.

You quoted a post in which I was talking about parenting.

It doesn't matter one way or the other whether I've been in the military.  In fact there are plenty of current and former military members who abhor firearms for one reason or another.  My opinions are not to be misconstrued as being representative of the Marine Corps or the DOD in general, they are based on principle and principle alone.

Sounds like most little rage filled kids that lose at cod.

Not that I would allow my children to but my parents didn't no much about video games when I was younger and I was allowed to play whatever, hell manhunt was one of my favourites as a young fella, I don't believe it's just video games I believe they have the potential to trigger underlying issues, but they are not the actual cause of such acts as this one.

Agreed.  My parents, even when video games were a relatively new thing, were very mindful of what kind of content was in games, but that didn't stop them from getting me Mortal Kombat on the GameBoy.  There were no ratings at the time, either.  They used to call Nintendo to find out what was in a game before they would buy it for me.  Back then pretty much anything was fair game as the violence was never realistic looking, and Nintendo games never had gore.

It can desensitize and trigger issues in young minds, but videogames are not to blame for any of it.

Sounds like most little rage filled kids that lose at cod.

Not that I would allow my children to but my parents didn't no much about video games when I was younger and I was allowed to play whatever, hell manhunt was one of my favourites as a young fella, I don't believe it's just video games I believe they have the potential to trigger underlying issues, but they are not the actual cause of such acts as this one.

Agreed, but many personality disorders aren't apparent until much later in life, and most are not allowed to be diagnosed until after 21.  Until that point they are still skulls full of mush and can be conditioned to many things, and being desensitized to violent images is very dangerous and suggestive, and for teenagers that are struggling to answer existential questions of self identity and at the same time struggling for acceptance and dealing with raging hormones it isn't appropriate.  There is a reason we have the ESRB, to give parents insight into what is in a game.

I spent eight years in the Air Force and I hated being trained with a weapon!  I found it to be much less fun unlike a video game.

I rest my case.  I appreciate that you were able to share your feelings on the subject, and I wholly understand that firearms are not for everyone.  I wish people would stop lumping us all together.

I'll see you in the Wild Blue Yonder, fine sir.

A mum bought her son a gun? 

That's America's gun laws in a nutshell.

No it isn't.  You can't legally own a firearm until the age of 18, in any state in the union.  21 for anything with a pistol grip.  This cockamamy misrepresentation of American gun law is actually starting to rile me up.

Not only that, but there is a reason the games are rated mature, and how many parents pay fuc**ng attention to the label when they buy their kid a game just to shut them up about it.  Just to clarify for anyone that does not know, violent video games CAN and WILL desensitize young people to violent images, with enough exposure to the point that there is a dopamine surge when they view violent images.  For anyone that doesn't understand that, you can become addicted to violent images because the pleasure centers of your brain light up after long periods of exposure.

This is why we try to shield young, developing, immature, malleable children away from these types of themes, they aren't ready to handle it in the doses they're being exposed to.

"what if" someone released gas into a shopping mall? Does that mean I should wear a gas mask at all times?

 

"what if" someone started firing on people in a shopping mall? Does that mean I should wear a bulletproof vest at all times?

 

There are a lot of "what ifs" in life and if you tried to "defend" yourself against them all then you wouldn't be able to live a real life.

 

And the enjoyment of shooting can suggest an enjoyment of violence, even if it is on a subconscious level.

 

Something has to be done = tighter gun control laws

What the hell are you on about?  Of course things happen that we are unprepared for, that doesn't mean that everything is hunky dory and that parents shouldn't be mindful of the types of interactive experiences they allow their kids to partake.

That doesn't mean that parents should just give up on parenting now because well, anything can happen at any time, so it really isn't worth putting in the effort.

That doesn't have anything to do with governments disarming citizens for no other reason than to have more control over the populace.  Disarming doesn't prevent would be criminals from possessing weapons, it just makes everyone else an easier target for them.

The enjoyment of shooting doesn't make a person enjoy violent images any more.  I thoroughly enjoy shooting now and for the 9 years I spent in the Marine Corps, but even that does not make me enjoy witnessing wanton violence.

You seem to have missed my point completely.

Children are extremely vulnerably to suggestion.  Up until a person has reached full physical and mental maturation they are still extremely vulnerable to suggestive material(ever wonder why people above the age of 25ish are said to be "stuck in their ways?).

It is every parent's responsibility to give their children an environment where they can explore difficult topics in a safe way, without glorification, so they can be prepared to make decisions when the time comes that they are required to do so.

Again there is a reason there are ratings on any form of media, it is similar to having a gas mask at the ready when you go to the mall.  It can be used by parents to make decisions on what they will allow their children to consume, but it doesn't do enough to really educate parents on what they risks really are.

Now, violence is not to blame for something like this.  The environment the child grew up in, one where Call of Duty was used as a reward/punishment system is to blame for this.  An environment that glorified the violent images in a game by making them a reward for good behavior, putting the full force of the child's pleasure center at work.

It may only affect it a tiny bit. But that's just my observation. Now back on topic.....What's the deal with people saying the Wii U is d00med when it already has several awesome titles confirmed?

Because Nintendo only has 70Bn yen of operating money rather than 100Bn yen, which is still more than most technology companies.  I agree with you.

Thats all I hear it seems lol Other consoles get games, Wii U owners get "coming soon" and "wait till E3" 

Don't be an idiot, lol.  Other consoles have always dealth with the same things.  There are games on the thing, try playing some of them, then there is a library of Wii games that just so happen to work on the system.

My wife has two Wii's so if I wanted to play old, low resolution games I'd plop it into one of those. Sure the Wii U has games, and if the 4 games it has doesn't appeal to someone they're an idiot according to you, thank you for the insult. 

 

Just when people are opening PS4 and 720 games Christmas morning, I don't want to be opening "IOU's" from Reggie and Iwata   

First, it wasn't meant as an insult, tone is hard to deliver through candid comments on a web forum, so my apologies.

Second, don't troll.  If you want to say there aren't any games that appeal to you, fine, but making halfarsed sardonic posts about the size of the library is actually idiotic and doesn't further the discussion at all.  You're better than that.

Looks like it should be coming after midnight tonight.  Nintendo posted and pulled the update announcement on their website today.

Says Chris Morris... And suspiciously only Chris Morris, who provides absolutely NO source nor quote, nor context for the words he put into yves's mouth.

at just under half a million sales, Id be surprised if a b project like zombi u didnt break even.

I had to point this out to my news team at Nintendo Enthusiast.  Ubisoft confirmed in May that they were working on a sequel (prototyping anyway) and Yves has said in the past that they were happy with ZombiU adoption.  The fact that the author didn't actually quote anyone at Ubisoft was quite telling.  He probably got the same statement that they've given to every other media outlet, realized it didn't fit the narrative or have any impact whatsoever, so decided to completely make something up that was at least plausible, even though over half a million in sales on a low budget game is very respectable.

This games doesn't interest me in the least, so I'm passing on it. I think the game's producer is delusional?

Are you asking if you think the game developer is delusional? lol

Anyway, thanks for sharing.

I just picked up Sonic And All Star Racing Transformed for £18 and Batman Arkham City for £20 and they have only been out three months. I could have got Darksiders 2 for around £24 but didn't bother. These games cost £40 online and £50 in the stores when first released. That's a pretty big saving. Sonic Racing was actually going for £15 the other day.

I don't really rent games. Most likely I will wait for a price drop or a special offer and then buy it. If I don't like it then I won't have spent much on it. Most likely 2-3 months after release there will special offers on the online retailers here in the UK. That's what happens with most games.

Oh okay.  We don't get price drops over here for at least a year or more after a game releases, and we can't return it once it is opened, so we either have to rent it, or buy it used to experience it before the 1Y+ price drop.

No idea, though if I had to guess, I think it's around 720p60 or 1080p30. Not sure, though.

Umm, I wouldn't think the Wii U would have a problem doing 60 frames at 1080p especially for this, but if this is what the graphical discussion is being reduced to, it's going to be a long generation.

Man's an idiot!

What game is better?

depends on how much you like lego really, i don't like the lego games at all, rather have GTA5.

I'd like to see GTA5 released on the Wii U, but I would rather play this.  LEGO city isn't like the licensed LEGO material at all.  Since it is a LEGO proprietary property they can add more creative gameplay elements.

ZombiU

Hmmm, maybe, but not my cup of tea.