...and in --ONE PICTURE-- the Wii U becomes the COOLEST FUCKIN' SYSTEM ON THE PLANET!!!!!

Famitsu reviews:


Killer is Dead (PS3/Xbox 360, Grasshopper): 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (35/40)

LEGO City Undercover (Wii U, Nintendo): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)

Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS, Bandai Namco): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)

Metro: Last Light (PS3/Xbox 360, Spike): 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (35/40)

Mind Zero (PSV, Acquire): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)

DokiDoki! PreCure Narikiri Life! (3DS, Bandai Namco): 7 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)

Shiratsuyu no Kai (PSP, Otomate): 8 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (30/40)

Oshare na Koinu 3D (3DS, MTO): 7 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)

Sangoku Hime 2: Kouhata Houkou - Kakuseimeshi Taiga (PS3, SystemSoft Alpha): 7 / 6 / 6 / 5 - (24/40)

travo said:

Damn, all that revenue for EA.  it's a wonder they don't go into the console business.

then again, I'd guess they would lose a ton of sales that way, limiting themselves to one console.

Been there, done that.

I kind of like this box art. I'm liking the look of this new Killzone too....I need to pick up the trilogy pack to brush up.

I can't wait to get Pikmin 3. I would be very surprised if this isn't my favorite Wii U game yet because I loved the 1st two games.

Hopefully the Wii U software keeps flowing through the holidays and beyond, and doesn't just grind to a halt after the holiday season. Sales are going to be very important this year.

edgecrusher said:

I can't wait to get Pikmin 3. I would be very surprised if this isn't my favorite Wii U game yet because I loved the 1st two games.

Hopefully the Wii U software keeps flowing through the holidays and beyond, and doesn't just grind to a halt after the holiday season. Sales are going to be very important this year.

Ubisoft said they will analyse holiday sales to see if its worth future support. Warner Bros seem to be the only guys announcing new titles as a matter of course. From what we saw with U from launch to now it seems everyone aims for end of year holiday release for the most part then drought time till the following autumn when a new deluge begins. Other platforms have far more support though so this wont be the case for them, from GDC data, about 30%  dev support compared to 15% for Nintendo devices. The rest are doing PC or mobile games.

2014 is:

• Smash Bros U
• Mario Kart 8
• Bayonetta 2
• Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
• Project CARS (Q2)
• Monolithsoft X-enoblade type game
• Yarn Yoshi
• Lego Movie videogame
• New Zelda Wii U?

What you see at the moment is the 3DS solely turning around sales and opinion based on the quality of Nintendo titles. You could have a similar turnaround on U once there are enough great titles. It'll be a long slog to reach what Iwata called "critical mass" he's aiming for i.e a group of games that make a compelling enough argument to own the system. If Nintendo keep releasing Pikmin 3 quality U games which are reviewed as "delightful, wonderful, generous, brilliant, sumptuous, intelligent, witty, charming, funny, and utterly captivating" then the writers and commentators on gaming media sites will warm up to them and the machine itself and the image and general internet opinion will change. You've seen it this year with 3DS having best ever Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Luigis' Mansion, you are having Animal Crossing editorials written left and right and the game has infected twitter.

We had these yesterday:

Gamesindustry: Nintendo's Handheld Revival

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-07-23-roundtable-nintendos-handheld-revival?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily

With the 3DS as the hottest thing in gaming hardware, were declarations of the dedicated gaming portable's demise premature?

Polygon Opinion: Animal Crossing tells the beautiful story of our mundane lives

It seems Nintendo has to prove themselves each time, other platforms just get the automatic assumption they'll be great till they prove otherwise.

I entitle this post: "The Vader-Gasm"

...it is Sonic and Mega Man (and friends!) versus every Robot Master from Mega Man Two - Ten!

Gran Turismo the movie!! !!!!

Dvader said:

Gran Turismo the movie!! !!!!

They probably figured if Need for Speed is getting a movie they we can turn Gran Turismo into a movie.

gamingeek said:

I want to see the Excitebots movie.

Now we are talking.