Gizmo

It's possible. They probably recreated the entire Overworld. Nor sure about dungeons. Would be a cool pre-order/Nintendo Club bonus.

Amazingly that game has never been "remastered". The closest thing we got was the NES Classics line for GBA.

Moopher

I grabbed the GC version of TP last year for a pretty good deal...only played a little, but what I did play was leagues better than the Wii version.

XavierMike

The Direct last night was great. Its a day 1 for me. The only bummer is retailer specific DLC.

Supermallet

What's funny is I seem to recall most of the reviews saying Twilight Princess was a game you HAD to play on the Wii, you wouldn't get the full experience on the Gamecube, etc.

mattysemo247

So it doesn't look like either version of Assassin's Creed is coming to Wii U this year. Has Ubisoft given any updates about the release date of Watch Dogs or did they scrap that too?

Adam Tyner

Mario Kart 8 DLC coming on 8/27.

Michael Corvin

Is that it? Hopefully that's free since it's advertising for Mercedes.

Adam Tyner

It is. There's a patch that same day too, heavy on fixing online multiplayer stuff.

Gizmo

Yep, free.

I see plenty of advertising for other real world products in other games so I don't really care.

Jcheckel

Looks like the patch is going to include an onscreen map too.

DVDChris

I actually don't mind this sort of advertising. Would be great if we could change the cart colors in a future update.

XavierMike

I realize this is probably a fringe use case, but I need to vent.

I have been using my Sony Gold Wireless Headset to listen to game audio for MK8 through the gamepad even when I am playinhg on the TV. It sounds good, and it is less bothersome to the rest of the house.

I just started Wind Waker HD. The only way to get game audio out of the gamepad is by using off TV play. Not a deal breaker, but annoying.

Gizmo

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Pretty cool trailer of some of Wii U's upcoming (and a few current) titles. It's a UK trailer, so some dates are a little later (Toad Tracker in 2014 in America).

tlwizard

I need to select my Platinum reward for the year. I think it's down to either NES Remix or Earthbound. What's the general consensus?

XavierMike

NES Remix is fun, but if you haven't played Earthbound, get that. It's a classic.

Adam Tyner

Earthbound, then get the physical release of NES Remix (which also includes the sequel) when it comes out a little later this year.

Michael Corvin

Why on Earth would you do that? I'm going to say I'm in 100% disagreement on that one; not about Earthbound, but getting a physical copy of Remix. NES Remix is the ideal downloadable game. It's great in short play sessions between other 'real' games. Putting in a disc to play 5 minutes here or 10 minutes there would be a huge PITA. Honestly, it would be a fantastic 3DS game, but Nintendo is on a roll for putting the wrong games on the wrong systems lately.

I got Dr. Luigi and have yet to try it out. Just been rocking the PS4 lately.

Goldberg74

Thanks for the reminder, I forgot to choose my Gold Level game. I still have 5 unopened games from Christmas and should have entered them earlier and gotten platinum status, but alas.... I settled for The Adventures of Link.

tlwizard

Thanks for the input! Grabbed Earthbound.

DaveNinja

Do platinum members get to pick a game from the platinum section and one from the gold section or just one game overall?

slop101

They keep teasing all these cool looking games, and yet nothing ever seems to come out. Of the last round of games that were teased, only Shovel Knight seems to been released. At least that was a great game.

Michael Corvin

One game.

Sgtsnake

Just decided to check out the ninten do store on the wii u. Are there no demos in the Nintendo store?

clappj

Yes, there are demos. Certainly not for every game, but they are there.

Gizmo

Disney Infinity is now a free download.

Still requires a base and figures though.