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- In house Nintendo (Zelda Team) ? - I'm very unsure of this and consequently have no idea, I would like it to be sort of 2D/3D with huge, spectacular landscapes - I'd like it to be a massive hardcore game, I really can't see nintendo giving it a more casual makeover - Immensly

... thats what I meant...

Got the US version this morning and first thing I notice, YES! NO PETER BRACKLEY! Clive Tildsley and Lawro! I'm finding it quite difficult but I'm really enjoying it, need to get to grips with defending and shooting and keep trying to select my player by pressing "c" like "LB" on xbox 360. The graphics arent to great but the amount of Stadia and weather options is impressive. Can't wait to sink my teeth into it!

OK, so yeah it won't happen, but would you like it to happen?

This game is simply amazing, congratulations Nintendo!

In January some of you may know apple introduced an update to the iPod that prevented it being recognised by an Xbox 360. I was pretty displeased about it as I used to run my custom soundtracks off it and had some killer playlists. It got me thinking though, what do you think the possibility of apple and nintendo linking the two most popular and most recognised brands in the tech industry today, the iPod and the Wii - making a unified force in home and on the go entertainment. It seems a bit far-fetched I know... but will it ever be possible? Maybe for example, there could be some sort of deal where Nintendo gets iTunes as a channel with a % cut of the download price, custom soundtacks direct from the iPod and most importantly loses the need to run the risky business of trying to sell the *majority* of Wii owners a potentially expensive hard drive. Apple in return get a few 8 and 16-bit era games to run on the iPod and the iPod as the exclusive wii hard drive. Thoughts?

Yeah, I agree Ferrari Challenge looks a bit better.

I'd put cold hard cash on it being Animal Crossing with a Xmas release in US and Mid 2009 Release here...

WHY IS MINE STILL NOT HERE, I PRE-OREDRED IT A MONTH AGO! DAMN YESASIA AND ROYAL MAIL! :( :( :(

Mine still hasn't come from Yesasia...

You'll have to start from scratch I'm afraid.

Got it yesterday, really enjoying it so far. It has a really cool retro feel to it and excellent presentation. The amount of jaggies in the graphics is horrendous but the art style is so beautiful it's easy to forgive. Feels alot like a 16-Bit game in a way, like those 2D action brawlers such as Turtles and Gunstar Heroes. Kill, Kill, Kill, Boss, Next level. repeat. It's great fun though and I highly reccomend picking it up when its out on friday.

It can be unlikely that you have to pay, but the last 3 times I've imported once from DVD-BO, once from VG+ and once from Play-Asia I've been caught. Sucks. The royal mail are 'tards

I hope all you people who ordered this from Canada or Play-Asia realise that you're going to have to pay both £4-5 VAT and an £8 Royal Mail "robbing c**ts" handling fee before you can play this game. If like me you ordered from yesasia.com, import duties have already been paid. I got stung this morning and had to pay £12.49 to pick up my US copy of No More Heroes from play-asia

am I the only one who thinks this could turn out ok? I love old school arcade racers and this looks good. Reminds me a bit of top gear on the SNES. Should be good fun.

I still love Wii sports and always play it when I have a few mates round! I do think it's a "game" rather than a demo because in actaul fact I find it to be fairly deep. It takes a long time and a huge amount of skill to beat (become the champion, not just a pro) at all 5 sports and get a gold medal on all the training games. As far as chavs having 360's and PS3's that couldn't be further from the truth. The real demographic of poeple playing 360's is 18-30's not little chavs, sure there's a few but they're most definately in the minority. I think most people that own PS3's have bought it for the Blu-Ray player as it's far to expensive for Joe Average let alone Kayden Chav. It's the PS2's and PSP's the chavs own with their Need for Speeds, Juiced and "innit" yearly update 2007. The wii has been fairly dissapointing since launch, that's no secret but the next few months should settle everyones worries becuase it will pick up just like the DS did. Remember, patience is a virtue!

I think the original xbox was the outstanding console of the last generation. Had a very diverse library of games, some outstanding classics and some very original hits which really established Microsoft as a major played VERY quickly in the games business. I think this trend has definately continued onto the 360 which has some great games, however I feel that it hasn't yet reached its potential as many of the games are too similar to the previous gen and haven't progressed enough. I think the same can be said about the Wii. Many of the games have been fairly similar to the previous gen or PS2 ports. But I think devs are really getting to grips with it now and I'm highly anticipating games such as Zack and Wiki. I think this christmas will be immensly good! When I look back though I don't hold the gamecube in a brilliant light. I got it on launch day and the 1st year was AMAZING! Rogue leader, Smash Bros, Eternal Darkness, Sunshine. But then it sort of trickled away with long periods of time with no good games. Zelda was great but kind of dissapointing. There were NO racers or decent FPS bar Timesplitters which was out on PS2/Xbox. There was just a real lack of everything on the Gamecube but what we did get was incredible. Such as Animal Crossing, Resi 4 etc. At times it just felt quite confined though like there wasn't much outside of Nintendo's own games. Compare this to the N64 and SNES days though which had hugely diverse librarys of excellent games and the gamecube was a let down. Obviously though, this is what has inspired the Wii and I genuinely believe this will be the best games console of all time! I think the doubters will be stronly silenced in the coming months. It is not "wasted" potential, it just hasn't reached it yet. It's easy to see that if you look back in time at previous console releases. How many of a consoles best games are released in the 1st year! Almost none! In the next 12 months the Wii is going to explode into life and Nintendo will be back on top again. Now I just wish people would shut up about "is it hardcore" and "oooh it's casual." IF IT LOOKS GOOD THEN PLAY IT. IF NOT, DON'T! Who cares if its "hardcore" or not it's a GAME for christ's sake! Rant over! P.S. I have owned all 3 console and the PS3 is terrible. 12 days it lasted before I lost all hope. Sony need to look at Microsoft for a lesson in next gen gaming.

Totally agree, many of the games on the 360 and PS3 just piss me off plain and simple for one reason or another.

I agree, there is something magical about the Wii! I've had 3 360's (one of each lol) and a PS3 and the games just feel dull and pointless compared to Wii games. Haven't checked out Halo 3 yet though I'm really looking forward to Mario Galaxy I just know its going to push so many boundries. Nintendo are geniuses when it comes to games and they always offer something very new and very different with every release. I'm more excited for Smash Bros though. I think Melee is the game I've played most in my entire life! There are just so many quality games to look forward too over the next 6 months and it's no wonder Wii's are STILL out of stock everywhere.

Hi everyone, my PC has started to run really slow. I want to upgrade the ram by 512mb but I'm unsure where it would go (PCI slot)? Also I want to put 4 USB 2.0 ports on it for my iPod/camera/printer. They are about a fiver on ebay and go in the PCI slot. Would this do the job? thanks everyone.

I think it'll happen before chritsmas at least in the US and Japan.

I don't think Nintendo are being lazy. It's obvious that beacuse the gamecube was such a massive failure they've really had to re-think their strategy this time round. I've had my wii since launch day and currently own 16 wii games. I have a great mix as well such as the more traditional games like Zelda, Red Steel and SSX Blur. Great PS2 ports such as the godfather and scarface. Good re-makes such as RE4 and to a lesser extent Monkey ball and Mario Strikers. Good Mini-game collections like Big Brain Academy, Wii Play and Warioware. And good original wii software like Eledees, Kororinpa and Excitetruck. Now if you ask me thats a very diverse collection with most genres covered and covered well. I think the Wii has had a blinding start and I haven't even mentioned the 100+ VC games available. I wish people would STOP complaining about things because I think the Wii has had the BEST start of any console ever released. We already have well over 400 games available if you include the VC and Gamecube. If you want to play a "hardcore" game then look at the GC collection, hell go buy Eledees becuase thats the best game available on the Wii and it uses the controls brilliantly, plus its immensly hard to finish it all. There really isn't too long to wait, by christmas we'll be playing Mario Galaxy and Metroid, then we get Smash Bros and online Mario Kart. Next year when devs have had some time we're gonna get some cracking titles, and I'm sure nintendo have huge plans up their sleeves for next year that's completely opposite from Wii Fit. Pikmin and AC have barely been announced, there will be new IP's as well and there will be loads of 2nd party games. All you need to do is be patient. Nintendo is not being lazy, they are working DAMN hard to get themselves back to the top. They will only achieve this by getting as many consoles in as many homes as possible. The more people that buy into this "casual" crap, the more money devs and publishers spend on the wii and that will only be a good thing. But good things come to those who wait...

ign.com are idiots who pretend they know stuff in order to get more hits. Their reviews aren't that good, and their voices are extremely irtratating on the podcast especially that bloody woman.

I liked this game. It was a bit dull in places but definately picked up towards the end. I loved the beach level and the giant pyramid bit. One of the few Cube games I actually got round to completing. I remember loving the ending but being really dissapointed that I finished it 1st time round in 17 hours when I'd heard it was going to be 60 hours long. It's quite a good game but its not a patch on Zelda or anything that Rare did on the 64 but in a word it was, nice. Nothing to original or unique just, nice. Worth having in any collection.

Got this today from an indy retailer selling it early GREAT GAME! definately worth 20 quid! The best in the "brain" series so far and AWESOME in multiplayer!