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I don't just write Ireland as my address. Other people do live here too you know.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-wii-u-has-a-lot-of-quality-games-nx-shows-companys-commitment-to-dedicated-game-hardware/ http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/nintendos-vp-of-sales-explain-why-you-should-still-buy-a-wii-u-and-discusses-nx?__lsa=220b-bf08 See Nintendo like using Metacritic too.

Maybe in the UK they were. But they've only been available in Ireland since today and only in thieving Gamestop.

They're not available in Ireland either. Only Argos have Shulk and King Dedede available for reservation next week. And only Smyths have put Little Mac back on their website but it's not available, maybe it'll be available soon.

Oh yeah, duh! I forgot Dark Pit and Palutena are new.

It shouldn't ruin your laughter. It's still a joke of a game.

What got restocked exactly? I have a fair idea, but just to be clear. Shulk, King Dedede, the Fire Emblem characters(Robin, Lucina, Marth and Ike), some Little Macs, Dark Pit and Palutena? Weren't the Fire Emblem characters planned for last month to coincide with Codename Steam? Don't answer, they were.

I will more than likely be in as long as I don't forget.

This weeks Japanese software and hardware sales charts. 1. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 66,416 / 224,008 2. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 46,491 / NEW 3. [WIU] Splatoon – 43,653 / 310,582 4. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 35,872 / NEW 5. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 16,443 / 91,102 6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 9,703 / 209,693 7. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 8,660 / 1,037,923 8. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 6,150 / 117,985 9. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 4,666 / 25,150 10. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,332 / 2,643,436 11. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 3,983 / 155,177 12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 3,848 / 266,975 13. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 3,553 / 25,848 14. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 3,460 / 2,246,991 15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,621 / 3,985,433 16. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 2,533 / 54,017 17. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 2,522 / 646,705 18. [PS4] Alien: Isolation – 2,060 / 8,287 19. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami the Best) – 1,882 / 3,980 20. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 1,826 / 2,616,984 New 3DS LL – 17,642 (19,620) Wii U – 14,616 (16,413) PS4 – 13,850 (10,822) Vita – 11,748 (10,797) New 3DS – 4,506 (4,329) PS3 – 2,819 (2,633) 3DS – 1,126 (943) 3DS LL – 790 (880) Vita TV – 540 (566) Xbox One – 201 (100)

Living in the sticks isn't the best place to get a good impression of Ireland. I wouldn't want to live in Portumna either. Guinness is very popular. I just don't like it myself. But yes Ireland is full of many, many, many drunkards. Now back to the game. While the sales are good, I hope Nintendo don't take this as a message that we don't care about voice chat. I said I was buying it to support a new franchise and that I'd like to see more risk taking. I said I'd voice my disquiet on Miiverse but never did. So off I go to Miiverse and on the day they've changed the rules.

You're right. Guinness isn't nice.

France, yes Wii U is doing very well there. Germany I don't know about. UK is tumbleweed territory alright. Give the Japanese the opportunity to torture marine life and they'll jump at it.

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Nintendo's official statement regarding sales passing 1 million. “Nintendo has hauled up its nets, tallied its catch and crossed another milestone. Sales of Splatoon, the new squid-based game for Nintendo’s Wii U home console, have crossed 1 million worldwide, according to Nintendo’s internal figures. That figure includes more than 476,000 physical and digital units sold in the Americas, more than 368,000 sold in Japan, more than 230,000 sold in Europe and an additional 20,000 sold in Australia and New Zealand. “Ever since Splatoon launched on May 29 in the United States, we’ve seen thousands of people go online to have fun in this colorful, chaotic competition,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “This milestone puts us in a nice position as we prepare to launch 11 more exclusive Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games before the end of the year, plus amiibo, digital offerings and games from our third-party partners.” I would have expected better sales in Europe than Japan.

Sorry that it's inaccurate. I was thinking about games like Super Metroid and other VC games. Remember when they were 30p. They must have sold ridiculous amounts but would they count towards this list? There's a couple of other Wii U games that might make the list before the generation is over, e.g. Lego City Undercover should and maybe ZombiU.

With Splatoon having reached the 1,000,000 mark, I thought I'd have a look at the list of Wii U games to likewise do so and threw in the competition by way of comparison. Wii U Million Sellers List- 10 in total; Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Land New Super Mario Bros. U Super Mario 3D World Super Smash Bros. for Wii U New Super Luigi U Wii Party U The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Hyrule Warriors Splatoon Playstation 4 Million Sellers List - 4 in total; Killzone Shadow Fall Bloodborne InFamous Second Son The Last of Us Remastered Xbox1 Million Sellers List- 5 in total; Titanfall Call of Duty: Ghosts Battlefield 4 Dead Rising 3 Forza Motorsport 5 Not bad for a console that's severely lagging behind the competition in terms of hardware sold. The Wii U is also the only console to have more than one 2,000,000+ seller(MK8 and Smash Bros.).

Japan showing they can be just as horrendous as the Yanks in making a Splatoon advert song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoX-CzW32fU Splatoon had something most other Wii U games lacked. Advertising.

Maybe it was the Wii. The GOTY Just Dance 2016 is coming out in October and it's trending everywhere. Someone should break the bad news to Ubisoft about wi-fi.

http://gonintendo.com/stories/236834-reggie-more-amiibo-on-the-way-different-form-factors-considere http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8833453/fils-aime-nintendo-loves-its-amiibo-but-video-games-will-always-come More and more amiibo. Don't sort out the issues with previous waves, just keep spilling amiibo onto the market, make them rare and keep demand up. It doesn't matter if people can't get them because there'll be another new wave out after that. Is there even 1 game left that doesn't have amiibo something in it? XCX, but then it's not really suitable as the characters are unknown, there's no main protagonist and most of that audience I'd say would tell Nintendo to f#ck off, myself included. So now sites are starting to cotton on that Nintendo care more about amiibo than software. I said there were 18 new amiibo at E3, I was wrong, it's more. And of course there'll be Starfox amiibo. This focus on amiibo crap could come back to bite Nintendo in the @$$. It happened with the Wii. I hate these things with a passion. They're a scurge on GAMING.

E3 SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE WII U CHATTER DURING E3. This chart is from social media monitoring outlet, Synthesio and is broken by platform. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/synthesio-e3-mentions/622166

Kirby, 90%+? Not a hope. I'd agree with the review scores. Though I haven't played it yet, only Yoshi I'd say might deserve higher. Splatoon is good but it's not outstanding.

The Wii U is likely to go a year without a AAA game. Smash Bros. being the last game. Xenoblade Chronicles X, which I can't wait for but isn't everyones cup of tea will probably be the next game and possibly the last if Zelda doesn't come out on Wii U. All the games in the interim have averaged 80% or less. Starfox I can nearly say with confidence won't be a AAA game. Fatal Frame will probably be an 80 something game. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - 81% Mario Party 10 - 66% Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars - 70% Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush - 73% Splatoon - 81% Yoshi's Woolly World - 79% Seems like they're just going through the motions. Did I miss a game? I don't think so.

Seeing as you asked, I went looking. http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/yoshi-s-woolly-world-review/1900-6416168/ How is that a negative, @Serebii?

Well if they'd matched Shopto's delivery it could have arrived here by Friday. Thegamecollection said why they wouldn't send it out earlier because it was "to avoid games being leaked early". It's hardly leaked early when it would be in transit somewhere over the Irish Sea. Where I live isn't the problem. It's their delivery policies that's the problem.

I cancelled my order with thegamecollection. I told them if they can't have it here by Friday then I want my money back. I'm not having another Splatoon on my hands. That didn't arrive until the following Tuesday. I said they treat international customers badly, sending games out on the same date as UK orders knowing full well it takes longer to deliver. Here some of ye again are going to have the Yoshi's Woolly World tomorrow when thegamecollection won't send it out until Thursday. I'll get the amiibo bundle from Smyths instore on Friday. Sure it's more inconvenient and expensive but it's just one of the many joys of being an Irish consumer.