Super Nintardbros!

[Hewitson]

I still don't get the Wii U. The one selling point about the Wii was it was cheap, £350 for the HD version seems over priced to me.

Wtf?

Australian prices:

Wii U Basic Pack $299. (195GBP)
Wii U Premium Pack $379. (247GBP)

[pubjoe]

Bit more than that here. It was going to be cheaper but apparently the retail stores thought it was too cheap. It's £299.99 for the premium pack - I got it from amazon.fr for £265. I think the zombie pack is a bit more.

[Hewitson]

I should have said that those prices are not the RRP. I bet you could find it cheaper than £299.99 if you looked around.

[fagin]

So take the new controller away as sitting at home with handhelds is not my thing & does that make the Wii U pointless ?

The ability to have handheld gaming is purely an additional bonus.

Using the controller to add to the big screen gaming experience is a completely different aspect.

[SuperPang]

The Wii U launch is the least interested I've been in a console release in years. I might change my mind when there's a Mario Kart or something I guess.

[moshpit]

I wonder how a Mario Party release would work probably

[nvs]

Wii Mini has no sdcard slot and only supports composite out

Must admit, I didn't believe it at first..

This is an outrage.

[Rossyra]

Ninloldo.

[IDCHAPPY]

Seems real pointless to me, that Wii mini

[crunchywasp]

Me too. Possibly the most pointless console since, I dunno, the Amstrad GX4000 or summink?

Oh dear

[Rossyra]

Latest in their long list of gaffes really.

[Pete]

Its like a Chinese knockoff.

[gundarN]

I liked the look of the 3DS XL , about a million times better than the original 3DS design which was pretty ugly.

Screen is better on the 3DS XL, but I think it looks **** than the original.
I think I would still take one over my original though.

[davewellington]

Seems real pointless to me, that Wii mini

I'm not big nintendo defender or anything, but it's not supposed to appeal to you, so it's no surprise it doesn't. Wii Mini isn't for people who own nextgen consoles, or even people who own a Wii. It's kinda like the PSP market atm, the only people still buying PSP and the value range games are parents who can't afford to buy something better for their kids. Because of the low price, the unit will sell fine, and the corners that have been cut just won't matter to that audience.

[pubjoe]

I am a Nintendo defender. It'll be a sad day once gimmicky games consoles die off and we're left with oh-so-serious one stop media hubs by Sony or Microsoft or (shudder) Apple.

Nintendo have gambled and gaffed regularly over the last 30 years. They're slightly insane and I love them for it. Their investors must be thrill junkies. Once they stop producing gaffes, they've lost their motivation.

[pubjoe]

That statement would have been so much better if it wasn't defending a cheap wiihash.

[geotrig]

That statement would have been so much better if it wasn't defending a cheap wiihash.

lol but the statement above it is very true

[IDCHAPPY]

Looking forward to getting stuck into this tomorrow

[Paulie]

I really like the look of NSMBU and ZombiU but ATM it's too expensive for me to pick one up just to play those 2 games.

[Hewitson]

I really like the look of NSMBU and ZombiU but ATM it's too expensive for me to pick one up just to play those 2 games.

You could do what my mate did. He bought one, then put a brick and some other **** in the box, and took it back for a refund!!