incominggame said: spurgeonryan said: GameStop offering Xenoblade Chronicles artbook with pre-order   If gamestop offers an artbook with the preorder, I might have to preorder this game instead of buying it eventually after it comes out... Anyone knows if the preorder bonus will also be available in Canada?

The artbook is also listed as a preorder bonus on gamestop/ebgames canadian website.

http://www.ebgames.ca/wii/games/xenoblade-chronicles-with-bonus/312135?loc=bestsellers_row2_col1

Codemasters share some Dirt Wii U ideas:

http://wiiugo.com/codemasters-share-some-dirt-wii-u-ideas/#more-4575

I agree with him about the birthing. Their both a long and painful experience, but afterwards they bring to life a wonderful creation.

Hate to say it (and expect to be flamed) but I'm thinking Patcher is pretty much right for once.

Nintendo said for years the next Wii would not be 'just HD' but where DS and Wii introduced all new types of gameplay, Wii U does not. Or at least it's not really obvious. People have been playing with touch screen since the DS came out. So Wii U's offering of an added touch screen and only slightly more powerful than other HD consoles leave me wondering who their market is. Wii U should have come out in 09/10. It would have seemed exciting and new then. Now.... it's old hat before even launching. Hopefully they'll have some awesome software that reignites the public's imagination.

3DS is selling strongly now, and I'm not convinced Patcher is 100% right on that front, although the people the DS brought in with Brain Age and Nintendogs are likely lost to ipads or at least are now conditioned to paying next to nothing for games making a 3DS a very hard sell to them. However, if 3DS can capture much of the PSP's former market (Monster Hunter) it'll do fine.

The Wii U will do fine. It is something new. It might not be something new to other companies but it is to Nintendo: HD. Just because all the other gaming companies have had it already doesn't make it old. People seem to be really excite to see their favorite games that Nintendo makes on the Wii U and in HD. The controller also is a new concept. It's not revolutionary but it is new.

No. They won't. A demo is a demo and nothing more. Demo ≠ Confirmation. The Wii Remote ≠ Official Wii U controller. That just happened to work out smoothly because the Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii anyways, Nintendo never planned that. In fact Nintendo themselves are not even sure how many tablets will work with with Wii you as Miyamoto they were working on getting two to work. Please, never assume.

Main  ≠ Multiple. What I mean by this is that there will only be one main controller for the Wii U. It doesn't make sense for there to be two main controllers that's only convenient for more confusion. And that is the Wii U tablet. 

Wait? Are you saying your main for the Wii U will be the Classic controller?

Well, let's wait and see then. What I read in Iwata asks interviews sounded very different, though. The processing power just isn't there to support 4 tablets at once and going back to 2 players per system is a no-go. Also Aonuma said they will use motion controls for the next Zelda game. Of course the question was "will they include one in the package?" I think it would be dumb not to for they would lose a lot of customers. But we'll see. You could be right. 

why the heavens do poeple post patcher's predictions!? isn't there any better analyst in this world!?

I can't wait for Pokémon Black 2 and White 2! I am playing White at this very moment. ^^