This is stupid...Never buy Phillips products again dully noted. There's no way the Wii U will EVER be banned in the US. Why wait till now is my question when the Wii came out a few years ago in 2006???  Nintendo will win, I have no doubt.

https://www.google.c...Fvideos;480;360

“Mario Movie Maker” from SuperMario Games engages the player’s creative side. The game’s challenge is to make an honest-to-goodnesscartoon movie featuring popular characters from the NES Mario world. Develop a story line, choose backgrounds and scenery, add characters, include music and dialog, and then play back the finished movie for an appreciative and admiring audience. Mouse controls and help screens make it all easy to do in this unusual browser-based game.

I'll prob. end up downloading it...I never did get it for the Wii but I agree that this is a game that should be downloaded. I just bought Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii today to play on my Wii U so I'd enjoy this, first though I have a few more games I want to buy.

I think Wii U will hit 10million by the end of 2014

Yes, very easily ! Right now I'm buying 3 Wii games this month, Super Smash Brothers Brawl ( Ebay), Mario All Stars (Ebay I'm thinking), and Mario Kart Wii (The Source). By Canada Day I'll start buying Wii U games.

Mario Kart 8 is currently sold out at my local Walmart, gamestop, and target. The sales are gonna be crazy

I called my local Toys R Us Store too ! The game is sold out in the Canadian store. It's about a dollar or so cheaper to buy it there then EB Games (it's a store like Game Stop). Toys R Us told me that they will have more in next week, but I have decided to wait until June 30th or after to get the game. I'm hoping I can get a Canada Day sale on the game.American's might get it cheaper on the 4 th of July too.

We have a a Toys R us store here in Newfoundland, Canada, I hope the same price stands at 59.99 as I want to buy this game next week !

This is a little late posting but.....

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is now available to download on the Wii U's Virtual Console.

The release of Yoshi's Island marks the final release of Nintendo's announced Game Boy Advance Virtual Console titles for Wii U. It follows the release of Advance Wars, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Metroid Fusion, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, and Golden Sun. You can check out a Wii U trailer for Yoshi's Island below. You can also check out our Super Replay of the Super Nintendo version of the game by heading here.

http://www.gameinfor...al-console.aspx

I went to The Wii Shop channel thinking that the game would be there, but it wasn't, The Wii U did a great job adding this to eshop.

So stop conucking saying you guys get nothing up there from Nintendo

We get everything that you guys get.......Mario Kart 8 is going to be AWESOME !

Since I already have New Super Mario Bros. U when I get Mario Kart 8 the summer before that date I can give it to somebody on this board if they want it....I don't really mind. None of those games I'm interested in having that they want you to choose.

Mario's Canadian Karting Day Launch Events - May 31st (Toronto & Montreal) | Lancement de la Journée nationale de karting de Mario – 31 mai (Toronto et Montréal)

Mario Kart 8 Demo Day at Best Buy Canada - May 24th (Multiple Cities - CLICK HERE) |Journée démo de Mario Kart 8 chez Best Buy – 24 mai (plusieurs villes – CLIQUEZ ICI)

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Join us for a day of racing as we celebrate the launch of the Mario Kart 8 game, only available on Wii U!

On May 31st, from 11am to 5pm, we'll be hosting a day of go-karting in Toronto and Montreal.

Toronto
401 Mini-Indy Go-Karts
37 Stoffel Drive

Montreal
Action 500
5592 Hochelaga

The first 500 people at each location will receive a free kart race! The winner of each race will be awarded a coveted blue shell trophy*.

Everyone who attends will have the chance to play Mario Kart 8 and win awesome Mario Kart prizes*. You’ll also be able to take a photo in our anti-gravity photo booth and have a chance to meet one of your favourite Nintendo characters!

Ontario

65 Dundas Street W, Toronto

480 Progress Avenue, Scarborough

25 Peel Center Drive, Brampton

6075 Mavis Road, Mississauga

52 First Commerce Drive, Aurora

Quebec

6815 Trans-Canada Highway, Pointe-Claire

7077 Newman Blvd, Lasalle

8871 L'Acadie Boulevard, Montreal

7200 Boulevard des Roseraies, Anjou

*While supplies last

I live in Newfoundland, Canada, too bad. This is a great event Nintendo of America is hosting !

yeah, I got it.... but need to get a classic controller......uggghhhh.....

Yea, I bought two third party Classic Controller Pro's on ebay for $24.....just have to wait for them. You will need a Wiimote too !

Welcome to the site (-: 

Controller accessories were everywhere in the Wii era, with various companies fighting over a piece of the sizeable, tasty pie of the system's sales. We can expect that trend to continue to some degree with the Wii U, though the uptake has been slower due to its smaller fan-base to date. Fear not, third-party controller fans, there is a product coming out this Holiday season with which you can stuff your festive stocking, clearly designed to tap into the upcoming Super Smash Bros. craze.

We say it's for Wii U, which is only technically true. PDP (Performance Designed Products) has announced the "Wired Fight Pad" 'for Wii U', but in reality it's merely compatible with Nintendo's latest system by virtue of its support for Wii controllers. As the name suggests this is wired, and mimics the Classic Controller / Classic Controller Pro setup by plugging into a Wii Remote — if a game supports the Wii Classic Controller range — as the upcoming Super Smash Bros. surely will — then this will work.

That's not particularly impressive in itself, though more pleasing is confirmation that the design will take inspiration from the original GameCube controller, and courtesy of an official license with Nintendo will have a design featuring characters "such as Mario, Yoshi, and Princess Peach". It'll hit North America this Holiday season at a price of $24.99.

As you can see in the image above, PDP has previously released controllers — and many other accessories — on the Wii and other systems, in that case mimicking a mini-fight stick setup; with Wii U owners keen to use a GameCube-style controller on their new system, this could be an intriguing option.

We'll reach out to the company to check if a prototype image is available. In the meantime let us know if this is a controller you're interested in picking up at the end of the year.

http://www.nintendol...r_wii_and_wii_u

Nice I will buy one when I buy a wiimote. Gamecube controller is ready!

 

Edit: Bought one now since it takes up to 5 weeks to ship it.

 

And one of these while Im at it : http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20c2b058cd

Awesome !

I just bought my Wii U on the 12 th of May, so right now I'm still building up my collection. I'm going with old school games first before I buy Wii U titles.

Anyways so far I have:

Super Mario World (NOT the 3D)

New Super Mario Bros U

Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3

Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels

Assassin's Creed 3 (Downloaded)

Ducktales Remastered (Downloaded)

Mario Kart 64

Seem's kinda lame right now, but I guess it's alright considering when I bought my system and the fact I'm going for old school games for now, the exception being Mario Kart 8 after release.

I just added two more classics:

Super Mario Kart

Super Mario 64

The pre-paid Visa/Mastercards work great on The Wii Shop Channel !

thanks that worked.

One last question, I bought the wii u bundle with mario and luigi games, registered the wii u for 160 coins, can I register the games that came with it also for extra coins? or those version that came with console not possible?

No, you can't if they came with your Wii U, You'll get a welcome one for 10 too, after that you have to buy more games. The games you buy are fine as long as they are eligible for coins.

Im buying a classic pro controller someday. Hope they are available if not guess I'll get the wii u nun chuck.

 

Or buy a wii and use gamecube controller, that might be best.

You could also get a  GC Gamecube Game Controller Converter Adapter for Wii & Wii U Console for the Wiimote without having to buy a Wii. This would be cheaper too if you look for one on e-bay or online. Then you could use your Gamecube controller with your Wii U ! I thought about getting one yesterday, but decided to buy the actual controllers instead on e-bay !

http://www.ebay.ca/s...cat=0&_from=R40

Thanks!  I'll give it a try tonight or tomorrow!

NP....This works fine ! I just downloaded the game.

I went out and bought a Wiimote today and downloaded N64's Mario Kart with my download ticket on The Wii Shop Channel in Wii mode. I tried to get a Classic Controller Pro at a second hand gaming store but the two stores I went too didn't have any (which you need to play those games &. Nintendo stopped making them). I got a raw deal though, I bought two of them on e-bay for $24 !

COOL....SSB is a great game !

MAN this looks sooo Cool.....Cannot wait to buy this the summer !!!!!

Cool, thanks. I only got stuff so far from the Wii u eShop and not the Wii eShop. This will come in handy when that time comes.

NP...I'm like you ! Only I just have three games I want to buy and get out of the Wii Shop Channel (Other then the game I bought with my Club Nintendo Coins), then I can convert them over to the Wii U side of it when it's released in the Wii U E-Shop. I also have a download code, so I reseached how to use it and thought I'd share if anyone doesn't know how redeem them.

I found this on the web !  Follow the seven steps on your Wii U !

1. Your system should have update 2.0.0 U as of 11/27/12.
2. In the HOME Menu, choose the "Wii Menu" icon.
3. In the Wii Menu, tap the "Wii Shop Channel" icon.
4. Choose "Start Shopping," then tap "Settings and Features."
5. Roll down to "Wii Download Ticket," and choose it.
6. Tap the box and use the virtual keypad to put in the Wii Download Ticket number then press "OK."
7. Press "Redeem," then "OK," then "Now" to download the game.

I went to the Wii shop but couldn't figure out how to enter the code- they wanted Wii points or something like that.

I'm facing the same thing I was given a code for N64's Mario Kart this week. I have to get a Wiimote and Classic controller before I redeem the code.Call Nintendo at 1-800-255-3700 for help tomorrow as it is an American holiday (if you need too), I'm in Canada so no holiday here (Canada phones the same number too and we have access to the same E-Shop and Wii Shop Channel as the USA). Let me know how it turns out as I soon have to do the same this week !  

 UPDATED: Look at my thread http://thewiiu.com/t...op/#entry286641 for help doing this.