Makar

Quick to make predictions aren't we? We haven't even seen much of what the WiiU can actually do in terms of power so why don't we wait and see? Also getting ports of games like Arkham city is kind of a good thing. It shows that 3rd parties might actually be a bit interested in the WiiU, hopefully they won't pull the same sort of crap they did with the 3DS and cancel or delay new projects they have planned for the system. If you're that worried the WiiU will be a flop and terrible you can hold out on buying it and wait and see the results. Or pass it up and get whatever Microsoft and Sony have to offer.

Also Consoles are all ways years behind the PC. The xbox and Ps3 were pretty much outdated themselves around launch. You want a top of the end gaming system you need a PC.

i back andy and link on this one. do the research bro, akham city, ninja gaiden, colonial marines and dark siders 2 will all look better on wii u according to developers. PLUS the rumour that wii u is only 50% more powerful than ps3 is just a RUMOUR!! and its an outdated rumour, there was a developer (EA i think) that said they estimate the wii u to be 3-5 times more powerful than ps3 based on the dev kits they've recieved. PLUS the ps4 and next box wont be overpowerful since the ps3 and xbox 360 lost a tonne of money for being overpowered. nintendo wins again

Oh boy. Another fanboy....

1) As Andy said, the Xbox 360 was like that, and it was a huge success
2) Dude, these versions are going to be WAY better than the Xbox and PS3 versions
3) There is a difference. Just look at the controller.

EDIT: 4) This is your only chance to get Zelda HD. BUY THE WII U!!!!

*Facepalm* Little fun fact for ya. MOST OF THE X-BOX 360'S LAUNCH TITLES WERE ADVANCE HD VERSIONS OF X-BOX/GAMECUBE/PS2 GAMES! Is the X-Box 360 only as powerful as the X-Box? Heck no! Most of the developers have said that the Wii U versions of games will be deluxe versions. Ya know, deluxe as in, "If you want the best version, get this or the PC version." Just because many of the currently announced games are also on the 360/PS3, doesn't mean that that it isn't powerful enough to be considered a next gen system.

Here are some signatures I have made for Skyward Sword:









Other:
Game Informer Link: Eldin Volcano
Zelda
Two Links
Two Links and Ghirahim
Link, Zelda, and Ghirahim

Requests:
Jimmy Fallon isn't afraid of Stalfos (2)
Link and the Beetle
Zelda and the Whale

Pretty neat, eh? I plan on making a couple more signatures, just to celebrate Skyward Sword! You can use any one you want. I don't care. But on one condition. You must link to this thread with the signature. I will be taking requests as long as my amateur fingers can design it. Other than that, enjoy!

btw these are tech demo not a game.

GameInformer posted an article on their website asking their readers to comment on their most powerful memory from playing The Legend of Zelda. I've decided to ask the same question to you, my fellow forum members.

The first time I ever played a Zelda game was in 2005, when my older cousin lent me his copy of The Minish Cap for the GameBoy Advance. Back then, I wasn't very good at video games. I would often play a game as far as I could, and then ask the same cousin to beat it for me. Minish cap was no different, I could make it to the last dungeon(if that far), then I let my cousin take control. After a while I had to return it to him. I asked him a few years after that, when I was more skilled at Zelda and games in general, if I could borrow it again. However, he told me his nephew(who was very young at the time), had lost it.

My most powerful Zelda memory is from last year. My family was out of town because my sister had a doctors appointment. My dad took me by GameStop, where I found a preowned copy of Minish Cap. I had been checking my local GameStop for a copy of it for months, so needless to say I was excited to finally find it. I had also brought my DSlite with me for the trip, so the first thing I did when we got back to the hotel room was play the crap out of that thing. A few days latter I managed to beat Minish Cap for the first time on my own, with no help.

Not weird at all:


Is this how some people at 4chan are? (Never been there for obvious reasons.)

Yeah, it's been stated by at least a few third parties now at this point, I believe, that the Wii U will be able to "do everything the PS3 and 360 can." And at one point, Reggie did state that the Wii U would have an even more robust online service than Live or PSN, though his statements are typically best taken with a little salt, as their accuracy tends to vary. I'm looking forward to seeing what lies ahead, and hoping they'll make a show of this new ambition with some 3DS firmware updates sooner or later to show how set they are on making good on these intentions. It probably wouldn't be that tough to add something like achievements to the Activity Log at this point - with so few physical release, 3DSWare, and VC games out - to potentially update every game in those three formats to link up with it and to prep the Activity Log to eventually link up to a unified profile next year to share such information, with the potential of DSiWare games also getting updates to add them. It'd help to spur more digital content sales, at least, and provide a feature many have been asking for for years, which Nintendo themselves have implemented plenty of times now themselves, just short of finally giving us a unified system to link with and share with friends online - someplace to collect and view all these things together. And word has been that we'll be getting that with the Wii U. The 3DS certainly already has the framework in place, and if Sony can add trophies a ways into the PS3's life, with 3DS games being patchable and the firmware very updatable, it makes sense. Games with built-in systems like Street Fighter IV wouldn't take much work at all to connect as well.

I've seen it suggested in articles I've read before that Nintendo should consider implementing little achievements in every free app and channel they either have built in or release for free online, too, and that may not be a bad idea in terms of tapping into people's tendencies toward addiction to get them to get the most out of things like Face Raiders and the AR Games, as well as to fool around with apps like 3DS Sound and going out of their way to listen to the parakeets, or catch the help cats in whatever successors to things like the Photo and News Channels the Wii U may have. Emphasizing little hidden things and easter eggs has always struck me as a pretty delightful little way of drawing people in, and Nintendo does like giving us a lot of cute little mascot characters to interact with. Even on the eShop, we've got the little shopping bag mascot guiding us around. A little achievement pin for a profile with the shopping bag mascot just as a thank-you for shopping could be an effective encouragement for a lot of people to give the online shop a look where they may not otherwise. Same goes for things like StreetPass, having little things go on a profile for completing the little puzzle diorama images - which are practically trophies unto themselves - or finishing StreetPass Quest, and otherwise connecting with a lot of people. And of course, ideally, as I've mentioned, an achievement system's content might in some way extend into a virtual Mii world like Miitropolis, displaying collected figurines in Smash Bros., maybe a virtual shelf or rack displaying your Virtual Console collection with the original box art - which I'm quite glad they brought back on the 3DS and am hoping to see on the Wii U, along with the undoubtedly planned transfer of all Wii VC downloads to the Wii U - and so on, perhaps the actual systems in your VC library as well, from NES to NeoGeo arcade cabinet and more.

The more online social features and additional stat tracking, features, and metagames they can add to the links of the Activity Log, StreetPass Mii Plaza (Which they've already made clear they're going to continue building on), and things like the friend lists and potentially some kind of StreetPass-esque SpotPass metagames to play with online friends, the better. And as always, the sooner they can get a functioning instant messaging service on the 3DS, the better, too. They definitely shouldn't dawdle when it comes to more major updates and ambitious new features, both to expand their audience further by surprising skeptics and further give their current customers even more to play with and do. With word of a new Flipnote application coming this year and other updates planned, I suspect we'll see some more major surprises in firmware updates in the coming months, which new users will get to enjoy right out of the box as the latest firmware hits new units in the factories. But we definitely can't see improved online support and features soon enough, especially with Nintendo's own first first-party online titles coming later this year in Mario Kart 7 and seemingly Kid Icarus: Uprising.

In the least, I'm pleased to see SpotPass living a bit more up to the whole constant stream of regular new content ideal so far where WiiConnect24 didn't end up getting used to anywhere near its full potential and they didn't get nearly ambitious enough about the Wii's social online features or channel potential. Things like free downloadable content for Nintendogs, DOA, Samurai Warriors, and regular weekly updates for things like Nintendo Video are positive signs and definitely bring some nice little regular surprises.