A legit account system.

This is priority #1 for me right now.

As long as the games shown at the Nintendo Direct are shown to the media. That's what matters most.

Totally agree.

Think about what the hour long presentation is usually focused on.  Most of the time much of that hour is spent with market statistics, very little of it is spent on games.  They are taking the investor relations stuff, putting that in a different meeting with investors, they are taking the distribution related stuff, and talking about it with distributors.  Then they are taking the software announcements, and splitting them up to make separate pitches, one to fans, and one to non fans (or several to each, i dunno).  This means that all of the information they present to us will be about games, not statistics, and not stuff we care little about (but will learn about anyway through news aggregates and leaks) but glorious games.

^^^^^^^^^

This x1000

Cut all the unnecessary fat and give us GAMES. Nintendo's approach this year sounds smart. They can pretty much feed us their info any way they want. They can do one big Direct and focus on multiple titles or they can present multiple Directs that focus on one specific title at a time. It's all up to them. Companies don't have this luxury when it comes to their E3 conferences. There's not enough time to really focus on each title you have. Imagine if we get a Direct for Mario 3D.....or one for Mario Kart...or Zelda:WW HD, Retro's game, X, SSB, etc... One ND for each game. That would be amazing! I'm open to this approach as I believe it'll allow Nintendo to really connect with the gamer and present details that would otherwise be passed up at an E3 conference.

Will download tonight!

^ I think he means this is a thread for discussing the news.

Fair enough

I thought Reggie was the CEO.

I really don`t understand anything about corporations!

Nah. Reggie is and will continue to be President and COO. Tatsumi Kimishima was the CEO of NOA. He will now become NCL Managing Director in Kyoto.

Already a thread:  http://thewiiu.com/t...ndo-of-america/

The wife and I have a fat, little pug named Peppermint Patty and we also have a fish aquarium.

I could care less! sticking with wii u and ps4!

Yep. That's probably what I'll be doing as well.

Not exactly a high bar to set when you look at the lineups of their previous consoles. Still looking forward to PS4 though.

I'm glad Nintendo is getting some of their heavy-hitters out this year for Wii U. I just hope they don't rush any of them out too quickly. I know the Wii U needs some first-party love, but I don't want them to act too hasty and possibly compromise any of their projects.

Did not expect this. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.

I think this could be good like some have said. Iwata shifting over to NOA could provide him some valuable insight as to how western gaming culture differs from Japan, thus, allowing him to develop a strategy that can deliver success for both the Wii U and 3DS in western territories. I also see an opportunity for him to open up better communication between NOA and western developers as well.

I hope for the best. This will be interesting.

I don't know anything about hardware. Like, nothing at all lol. But from what I read, the Wii wasn't able to properly emulate games that used the FX 2 chip. The FX chip was a pretty revolutionary thing back when the SNES was out. It allowed for games to do things like have large sprites on the screen (Yoshi's Island) and helped render polygons (Star Fox). Anyway, so idk if we can get Earthbound, hopefully we can get Star Fox and Yoshi's Island.

I hope so too. It would be a shame for these two particular titles to completely miss the VC boat.

God ikr? I LOVE Super Metroid.

 

Yeah, I wish they'd put Starfox and Yoshi's Island on the VC. I heard they didn't due to the games using is FX 2 chip. I don't know how true that is, but I'd really like to play both on my Wii U. I'm also looking forward to some Sega Gen, N64, and GBA titles. So much potential!

Hmmm... I don't know if the FX 2 has anything to do with those titles being absent or not. I refuse to believe they can't do it at all. Maybe some extra coding and tweaking is required for those games?

Yeah. I saw a video on their channel showing some more games than this, I was hoping we'd get more launch titles. Based on the video though we'll eventually get Kirby Super Star, Kirby Dream Course, and Kirby's Dreamland 3. We also have to remember the 30 cent promotion titles too.

Super Metroid.......on the gamepad...........it's.......almost........here!!

I really hope Nintendo is much more aggressive with the VC this time around. There are so many games we didn't get on the Wii VC. If Nintendo could get ALL of their back catalog onto the VC along with a huge variety of third-party games, they'd have the ultimate collection of digital titles. It would be a goldmine for them! I know the likelihood of that happening is pretty much zero, but there is so much potential there. A one-stop place for all your Nintendo needs.

Launch titles have been announced.

 

NES

Balloon Fight
Donkey Kong Jr.
Excite Bike
Ice Climber
Kirby’s Adventure
Punch-Out!!

SNES

Super Mario World
F-Zero

 

http://nintendoevery...-launch-lineup/

Now, let's see if Nintendo can give us a steady stream of VC releases on a weekly basis instead of throwing out a few bones here and there. They need to stay consistent this time.

I think Nintendo helped fund some of Lego City as well.

It was actually much better on the 3DO.

I can believe it. I never played it on 3DO, but I remember the screens looking really good.

Why not? Anyway, after having my Gamepad fail like 5 times trying to play a game, (kept disconnecting, and my Wii U was like 2 feet from the game pad) I gave up, took his offer. And why shouldn't I of? I mean when I do decide to play a game, I cant cause of the gamepad disconnections, and crazy input lag on the ONE VC game I have 

Great software takes time. As Nintendo and other developers become more familiar with the hardware and what they can do with it, we'll see some great games down the road. There's good stuff right now, but it's only going to get better. And who knows what kind of surprises we can expect.

As for your gamepad having issues, yeah, I'd say that's a big problem. When you constantly have to deal with connection issues like that, it can be frustrating. Did you try to contact Nintendo tech support and get some help?

Thanks nintendolife for the deceiving headline. But yeah, there shouldn't be a problem meeting that goal.

This will force Nintendo's hand a bit to calm investors.  If Nintendo does post large losses, then they may need to immediately follow that up with some information on why things are going to be turning around very soon.  I will just be happy to see how many Wii U's were actually sold.  VGchartz still has them at 2.9 million total, even though Nintendo claimed 3 million sold as of December 31st 2012.  Its still looking like Nintendo will miss their goal of 4 million sold by March 31st, but 3.5 million still isnt a bad start considering Nintendo has yet to release its big guns.

Yeah, I'm wondering if we could see some news or unannounced info pop up at the meeting. I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that one.

YES!!!! Awesome news! I loved the Road Rash games on Genesis! Hoping this turns out good.

My friend made me an offer for my Wii U -I'm beginning to think I may take it 

C'mon. You didn't expect the best of what Wii U has to offer to be available within the first 5-6 months did you? We're barely into the life cycle of this console. Have patience. Quality software will come.

He seems like a perfectionist.

Not really a bad thing...

Yeah, I get what he's saying. An artist/designer is their own worst critic.

Depends on the game. Love the 3D effect in SM3DL and Mario Kart 7.

Currently, the plan is to release for PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and "next-gen". Do they consider Wii U "next-gen"? Now, that is the question.