I wonder if we'll at least get the last week of March before Splatoon comes out, it might take months before knowing what its global first week actually is :O

Hey, so who`s going to be in round 2 of the test run? It`s at a good time for me to play. : ) Anyone else?

Heck yeah, I'm super hyped for Splatoon to come out!

I'll take any opportunities I can get to play this game!

Depends if I feel like going to this big Yugioh tournament. I'll probably bail on it due to the amount of time money and effort it takes for only marginal pay off tbh, so yeah I'll probably play. :L

That`s understandable. After playing the first test run, I just wanted more. Though this time, we`d have less than a week to wait for the game`s release : )

Here's why I suspect we won't get a full blown HD Metroid on Wii U: money. That kind of game would be expensive to produce, and probably wouldn't recoup it's costs on Wii U's small install base. I can't see Nintendo investing that much in a console that looks like it will sell around 15m lifetime.

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That's why they would port it to their next home console with touched up visuals, to recoup the cost. They can't just not give their console worthwhile exclusives, because then the Wii U will literally stop selling altogether and while it's selling slow now, it's better than nothing and it can do better with high quality software (i.e. Metroid, Zelda, Animal Crossing, SMT x FE, Xeno X).

I think if Nintendo had really given up on big projects for the U, they would've cancelled SMT x FE altogether, they wouldn't be taking a risk with new IPs (Splatoon) or older franchises (Star Fox) and they certainly wouldn't have delayed Zelda to spend even more money on it and make it a better game overall.

Personally, I expect that Zelda U will now be cross-platform with NX, like Twilight Princess.

Some of their projects are likely too far along to be pulled now, like SMTxFE, but I reckon their new Wii U games from now on will be modestly sized stuff like Captain Toad, Splatoon, Kirby & the Rainbow Curse, or Yoshi's Woolly World. Nothing big and expensive.

I don't see that happening. Although I can see them porting it sometime down the line, I don't think they'll outright launch it alongside the Wii U version (or even within a year).

I agree that most of their projects from now on will be budget titles, but I really don't think they'll be ignoring some of their IPs for this reason. While Animal Crossing, Punch Out and Endless Ocean wouldn't require too much to produce, I can still see them investing more in bigger projects like Metroid, Paper Mario or Kid Icarus to appease their fans and establish faith between the consumer and the company.