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Stay classy, dude. You're still campaigning.

Oh God, those poor Wii U systems out there getting manhandled by snot-nosed little pisses. Those brave brave systems.

UPDATE: Deals over, jerks. Get Paper Mario Sticker Star for 29.99 - via Newegg Apparently for the United States only. Code expires 11/1/12. You're welcome.

Figured I'd get in on the fun. (That hand looks JANKED)

I played the "beta" and even as a fan of Sony and their IPs, I find the game to be a bit soulless. The menu design was so plain and lackluster, the characters blend into the background and I often couldn't figure out where I was because the action is so chaotic. As for the actual gameplay, it's kind of fun to pull off a nice multikill. I played as Fat Princess, Parappa and Kratos and I think I had the most fun as Fat Princess, but the game feels slower than it should. Eh. Disappointed.

What a nice guy! Cheers, Damned.

I wanted to try to recreate one of the costumes from the mentally handicapped children from that Trick R Treat movie. But meh.

Public Service Announcement: Harvest Moon 3D A New Beginning is seeing an early 'soft release' and will be hitting stores (in North Americ) as early as this week instead of on November 6th! :3

"In recent hours it's been reported on a number of websites, including our colleagues at Eurogamer, that New Super Mario Bros. U will support a full 1080p HD resolution, a bump up from the 720p seen in various demo and hands-on sessions of the game. The game's official site has been quoted as saying the following: Experience Mario like never before... in full 1080p HD, only on the Wii U console! It looks like someone at Nintendo of America got over-excited when that was written, however, as the sentence in question has now been edited: Experience Mario like never before... in high definition, only on the Wii U console! It seems as if the 1080p reference may have been in error, making it likely that the 720p resolution seen at events is reflective of what the final package will offer. There are some games that will be "full" HD, however, with download title Toki Tori 2 expected to be one of them."

Well for consoles, the manufacturers have to cater to the widespread adoption of displays that cap at 1080p resolution; since people don't tend to upgrade their home televisions that often. They've barely taken advantage of that resolution(it certainly isn't standard for console games) yet Sony are reportedly going to support "4K resolution" on the next PlayStation (to possibly go hand in hand with new 4K TVs and recreate their success with Bluray). There is always more you can do to improve in the visuals department, such as making "an interactive Toy Story 3" but that kind of vision is held back mostly due to development costs (a 'AAA' game typically costs tens of millions of dollars and requires the work of hundreds of employees to create; millions of copies must therefore be sold just to break even, which is the reason many developers have shut down in this generation). Couple these things with the trend of the general public to not care so much about graphics, so long as there is perceived entertainment value, as with the Just Dance games or even the recently discussed NSMB series. Back to Wii U supposedly using Nintendo Network IDs, if they are going to allow Usernames, what are you guys gonna pick?

For those of us worried about Nintendo opting for Friend Codes with Wii U, EA seems to have let out a little info when detailing their OnLive data collection for each console, mentioning that your "Nintendo Network ID, friends list and Mii information" would be shared with the service from Wii U. Very interesting. I for one definitely don't think we will see anything as unintuitive as the DS game-specific friend code system (which practically ruined the term) for Wii U. I think Nintendo made a great improvement in the system for 3DS, which raised intuitiveness by requiring only one friend code for your system- the only thing missing is friend requests. I really think they will utilize a PSN-esque account system. We'll see.

@Overflow: Isn't it clear by now that Nintendo is the company that people can point to when they feel like exaggerating and blowing things way out of proportion to satisfy their irrational hatred? Copying and pasting Kotaku's stupid voice chat article that ASSUMES for some reason that Wiii U won't support bluetooth headset devices, which seem like the easiest way to chat online with the system, and then everyone believes for a fact that the system doesn't and get in their head that it will be 'complicated' to voice chat on the system. I don't see how it's any more complicated than what Sony has in place on the PS3. And don't even tell me you wouldn't have minded hearing everyone's button-presses and the noises of fumbling around with their controller if Nintendo had allowed online voice chat with the GamePad microphone. People are acting like Wii U won't support voice chat of any kind and games that support online multiplayer won't have that feature. Give me a break. How exactly are Nintendo "falling behind" in offering online chat if they actually do support the option (and at the same level of their competitor?) I'll remind you that PlayStation 3 doesn't support cross-game chat nor does it have a microphone in their controller. How is Nintendo the disgrace?

Apparently people are upset because Kotaku are whining about not being able to hear the clickety-clack of button presses from everyone's GamePad microphone during online multiplayer? Wii U supports bluetooth headsets. Case closed.

And plenty of single player modes too. The last two little-seen NintendoLand 'attractions', the Yoshi Fruit Cart and F-Zero Twister Race were both revealed to be single player experiences.

Well, Foxconn did employ "a small number" of "intern" students that they didn't realize we're under the legal age to work, but if anyone tries to tell you it's Nintendo's fault please remind them that Foxconn doesn't just make Nintendo products; they make appliances for Apple, stuff for Sony and merchandise for Microsoft, among others. And you can bet this situation is being corrected and addressed by all/most parties involved. Nintendo issued a statement that they're looking into making sure Foxconn is compliant with the laws and their own regulations. On an unrelated note: <ocre> just so you dregs know <ocre> Club Nintendo is offering points up Intend to Buy bonus Coin credit for <ocre> paper mario sticker star, professor layton 3ds <ocre> nsmbu, nintendoland <ocre> and others

It sounds like a hardware problem; and one I've never heard about before. The only time I have trouble controlling my movement is when I'm whizzing around on the bike since it doean't stop immediately. Test the game out on a DS assuming you have one. I assume you're still under the Club Nintendo extended warranty, if you didn't buy it at launch? You could pry send it in. Happy gaming.

Wii U demo units are starting to appear in Best Buys and GameStop locations around Norse America. Apparently they have Rayman Legends running(odd since it won't be a launch game) and video reels of many launch titles. I guess if you want to get your grubby mitts on the controller for yourself you can look out for a demo unit.

@HalcyonSpirit Let me make it easier for you, don't buy a DS. A 3DS can do everything a DS can do and more (except play GBA games) but hey you already have your GBA for that right? ((I'm so glad I have a DS Lite)).

Too bad he didn't use a Ditto in BW. |=<

Hah, yeah, when I first encountered that I was like "Whoa, is that a new shiny animation?" Also, it would be easier to trade a Pokemon to BW2 from Black/White if you have already imported Pokemon from the Gen 4 games since you wouldn't have to catch them again. And you don't have to beat the game to trade between BW2 and BW like you do to use the PokeTransfer.

That's right! I am now the Champion of Unova! Come at me!

Happy bircedays!

He is too old. Yes. Too old to begin the training!

Is it January already? I mean uh, good luck getting fit, errbody!

Hm! Assuming the video is showing the PS3 version, I wonder how much parity there is compared to the 3DS version.