[Reluctant-Hero]

Yeah, if there were more that was appealing I'd be using my 2 TB on it now, but at most I'll stick it in just to make sure it works (should, it's the listed Buffalo drive), and otherwise use it for stuff like PS3 backups and PC storage until there is enough on the Wii U to justify it.

Not sure when I'll buy an external drive for my deluxe Wii U. But 2TBs seems a but overkill as I've never filled my PS3's 320GB or my 360's 250GB.

[Colonel Mustard]

I meant the eShop games only. But retail-wise too, in Europe the first months won't be as good as on USA. Not bad, but not good either. But on the eShop there will probably be a drought. I don't think that I'll buy anything except HarmoKnight...

Ikachan, Guxt, Harmoknight, Tokyo Crash Mobs and Nano Assault EX are all pretty likely for Jan/Feb. I could also see stuff like PicDun 2, RabiLaby 3D and other small stuff get stealth released. Those, along with MoHun, Fire Emblem, Castlevania, etc make for a very nice Q1 download wise.

Edit: For the US at least.

[Olorin]

Isn't that [Little Inferno] more like a...tool rather than a game?

Well, it can easily be called a non-game, but there's a nice little story, an ending and plenty of entertainment. I certainly enjoyed it a lot, and playing it gamepad-only in bed is super relaxing.

[Qurupeke]

And why should everything be in March? >_< January-February will have a few only games but March is the opposite...

[@MUWANdo]

Ikachan, Guxt, Harmoknight, Tokyo Crash Mobs and Nano Assault EX are all pretty likely for Jan/Feb.

Ikachan/Guxt aren't likely for any time, such is the curse of Nicalis.

[GayForMaster]

Mario Bros 3 in japan? SERIOUSLY?

[tolkir]

Seriously, this shit is absurd. But even after The Cave, Toki Tori 2, Mutant Mudds and Runner 2, what else is there?! What a horrendous post launch draught. At least the 3DS eShop is on a great roll now.

8-Bit Boy
1001 Spikes
Capcom Arcade Cabinet
Cloudberry Kingdom
Karateka
Two Brothers
Unepic

[Eusis]

Not sure when I'll buy an external drive for my deluxe Wii U. But 2TBs seems a but overkill as I've never filled my PS3's 320GB or my 360's 250GB.

After PS+ and Steam I've learned it's best to not underestimate. Plus it was $85 in a sale, and should I be able to get a good 1 TB drive way cheaper I can always do that instead. I'm mainly just worried about all the saves and crap being stuck on a drive I can't easily copy off of, especially with download speeds what they are.

[@MUWANdo]

8-Bit Boy 1001 Spikes Capcom Arcade Cabinet Cloudberry Kingdom Karateka Two Brothers Unepic

These are all things that have been announced (or not even announced) with basically no extra info. For all intents and purposes they don't even exist.

[donny2112]

Trying to work through backlog before picking up any more eShop purchases. The good part of that is that when I start again, there's several games to pick up. :D

[Gradivus]

Looks like I'm going to get SMB3 for my JPN 3DS.

[EDarkness]

These are all things that have been announced (or not even announced) with basically no extra info. For all intents and purposes they don't even exist.

Cloudberry Kingdom has a trailer and everything stating it's coming for the Wii U. Not sure what you mean that it doesn't exist...

[jgkspsx]

Gunman Clive is really wonderful. Hard to believe it was developed by a GAFfer. They're growing up *sniff*

[Man Puncher]

Today for Australia;

WiiU - Nothing (and still no Mighty Switch Force HD or Trine 2)

3DS - Ghosts n' Goblins NES


Nintendo making it rain.

[Boney]

that's what you deserve for being australian though

[Man God]

I bought Gunman Clive despite its "terrible glitchyness" and I gave in and got Unchained Blades.

[Boney]

I bought Gunman Clive despite its "terrible glitchyness" and I gave in and got Unchained Blades.

good man

[Man God]

I had three dollars left and it came down to Sword of Hope 2 and it's terrible translation or Gunman Clive and have an extra dollar lying about so the choice was easy.

Unchained Blades is really quite nice except the a button is the cancel button. What is this, a random Japanese PSX game westernized?

(It kinda is)

[Conrad Link]

Trine 2 just has to hit NZ/Aus next week! I believeeeeeeeeee!














:'(

[Zeer0id]

Unchained Blades is really quite nice except the a button is the cancel button. What is this, a random Japanese PSX game westernized? (It kinda is)

Eeek.

[Man God]

It places nice and runs smooth and has a fairly competent localization. The button mixup is so trash though; it's like going from FF VIII back to FF VII.

[TheGreyHulk]

Wii U dont have any games.. Wtf man. Looks like I'm gonna still be using cod and nsmbu for another month

[Wolves Evolve]

Today for Australia; WiiU - Nothing (and still no Mighty Switch Force HD or Trine 2) 3DS - Ghosts n' Goblins NES Nintendo making it rain.

Honestly? I love my Wii U in the main but this is REALLY making me nervous about buying games for my new console. If they can't keep up not even with the US.. but the rest of EU... then why the fuck should I bother buying games? If its a trend where smaller games are not guaranteed to come - and in fact has LESS parity than any other console before it - then the Australian Wii U owner is getting less and less value for money than people in the rest of the EU region.

The rest of the tremendous bullshit (lack of games, Wii games held behind the Wii shell, etc) I can actually deal with. But not being able to buy two games I want to play on my new console is absurd.

[Currygan]

Harmoknight in March?



and Toki Tori 2 needs to move the fuck over here

[bigjimmystyle]

Man, Nintendo Australia is fucked. So fucked.

[IceDoesntHelp]

Really could use some more Wii U eshop releases.

[Eusis]

It places nice and runs smooth and has a fairly competent localization. The button mixup is so trash though; it's like going from FF VIII back to FF VII.

It's what killed the 3DS version for me: unless they put out a quick patch or something before I get it on PSN I'm sticking with that version, at least I expect X confirm/O cancel on that and can switch between the two better on PlayStation stuff (thanks to stuff like MGS and the aforementioned FFVII). Can't do that as easily on Nintendo stuff, and it's absurd this even happened with a Japanese localization on a Nintendo platform from a company that's released plenty, at least with western developers they're just going with what they're used to.

Guess it could be a gaffe on the developer's part though, with Xseed just having to roll with it.

[Man God]

I played a bit of the PSP version though and would rather have the bottom screen map than the overlay. EO and Strange Journey have spoiled me.

[jgkspsx]

Oh my God Gunman Clive. I just beat normal mode and unlocked what may be my favorite bonus mode in a game to date.

[Roto13]

I'm kind of impressed with just how much like a NES game Gunman Clive is. It even has the obligatory shoot-em-up level.

[watershed]

So Gunman Clive, I should buy it?

[Roto13]

So Gunman Clive, I should buy it?

Considering $2 is what it costs to play one round of an arcade game these days, go for it.

[@MUWANdo]

Cloudberry Kingdom has a trailer and everything stating it's coming for the Wii U. Not sure what you mean that it doesn't exist...

You also listed a bunch of games that aren't even officially confirmed yet, some that are just barely confirmed and a Nicalis game--hardly a reassuring (or reliable!) forecast for the future. Even Cloudberry couldn't make its original release. Such is life.

Honestly? I love my Wii U in the main but this is REALLY making me nervous about buying games for my new console. If they can't keep up not even with the US.. but the rest of EU... then why the fuck should I bother buying games? If its a trend where smaller games are not guaranteed to come - and in fact has LESS parity than any other console before it - then the Australian Wii U owner is getting less and less value for money than people in the rest of the EU region. The rest of the tremendous bullshit (lack of games, Wii games held behind the Wii shell, etc) I can actually deal with. But not being able to buy two games I want to play on my new console is absurd.

If you have an Aussie system you can just set it to the UK or whatever and get all those EU games that Australia never gets.

[Box of Bunnies]

We don't get SMT or Etrian IV in Europe and we don't get Fire Emblem until April. So yeah, it's gonna be rough. We don't even get Unchained Blades. T_T

And the balanced is restored. That one time we got Xenoblade half a year before the US was pretty swell though, right?

[polyh3dron]

Really could use some more Wii U eshop releases.

The fewer, the better IMO; at least until they fix their policy of tying game purchases to a console rather than an account.

[Phife Dawg]

Isn't that more like a...tool rather than a game? I don't know, when I get back home I'll go over it...I could even just buy a couple of full games...not entirely sure.

The combos are a bit like old-school p&c adventures where you combine items. There's quite a few too and they can get tricky. I was hesitant at first too but it turned out to be really great fun. I'd recommend it but be aware that there is no 'gameplay' beyond the combos - you just put the items in the fireplace and burn them. Oh and it has a lovely presentation.

[StayDead]

Is anyone else thinking that there's probably going to be a Nintendo Direct this month? Not much news even about downloads so far this year.

[enishi]

Is anyone else thinking that there's probably going to be a Nintendo Direct this month? Not much news even about downloads so far this year.

Actually they do not have any release date for 1st party titles for 3DS and WiiU in 2013 in Japan... I hope they will bring a new ND next week with the Pokemon announcement.

[blu]

and Toki Tori 2 needs to move the fuck over here

'Here' as in planet Earth? It's not out in any region yet.

[M3d10n]

Gunman Clive is actually a surprise technical marvel. Runs at solid 60fps in 3D with 2X antialiasing and the sketch shader effect.

[blu]

I'm thinking Nintendo thought the Wii U eShop would be all stocked up for games in December/January. Toki Tori 2, Zen Pinball, Runner 2 were all delayed for various reasons. Don't know why Puddle isn't up in the US shop though. Toki Tori 2 development seems to be wrapping up and Two Tribes tweeted today they are considering bringing EDGE and RUSH to the Wii U eShop next.

Yes, please. RUSH was awesome on WiiWare, would double dip, and EDGE always had me interested.

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Is there no games that Nintendo spent the last month shuffling the already released Wii U eShop games on the front page?

[Chopper]

Surely that Sonic Racing demo is ready to go. Just release that in Europe to at least make it look as though you're vaguely interested in Wii U Nintendo!

[blu]

Is there no games that Nintendo spent the last month shuffling the already released Wii U eShop games on the front page?

Actually this is not entirely true - Rise of the Guardians DD came out a week or so ago (edit: wikipedia says dec 14th for EU), making it to the front page.

[Oddduck]

Two Brothers info should be coming at Pax East in March because thats the event when AckkStudios said they would reveal details on their 3D RPG for Wii U eShop.

Shin'en is also getting ready to announce a new Wii U eShop game in the next couple months according to an interview they did.

[vcassano1]

Anyone know why I had to download an update for Virtue's Last Reward? I can't find word of it anywhere. (I have the download, EU version)

[Seven Force]

Speaking of the Sonic Transformed demo, I really hope the demo for the 3DS version comes out soon. The 3DS version has next to no media available, and I'm really curious about that version. (Mostly wondering if the track layouts are going to be the same as the console versions; The the tracks in the DS version of the first game were almost 1:1 with it's console counterparts, minus a few stage hazards here and there.)

[beril]

Anyone know why I had to download an update for Virtue's Last Reward? I can't find word of it anywhere. (I have the download, EU version)

Probably just bugfixes. I don't think publishers usually make big announcements about patches and updates

[vcassano1]

Probably just bugfixes. I don't think publishers usually make big announcements about patches and updates

With this - given the game's crippling save bug - I'd have thought they would have.

By the way Gunman Clive is a great game!

EDIT: I have no idea if they have fixed the save bug by the way, it is specifically why I asked.

[watershed]

Probably just bugfixes. I don't think publishers usually make big announcements about patches and updates

In a few weeks time will you give us an idea on how Gunman Clive has sold now that its out in two major territories?