Josh64

You guys seriously dont use them!? They make the Wiimote feel so much nicer! Especially when holding it sideways for NES-type controls, it gives a little handle on the left hand side

It'd be nice to see some footage of Yarn Yoshi though I guess we won't if its a 3DS one. All I really want to see for 3DS is Miiverse! I have too many games to get through as it is!

Most of last week was just terrible, I didn't know how I'd make it through! But then come Saturday it was actually really good. I went to my friends birthday which consisted of a casino and a few bars, i'd never been to a casino before so that was really fun! Spent £40, won £25, threw it back in and lost that too :p It was a fun ride though and with such bad luck I can't see myself getting hooked on it :p The gay bars were also pretty awesome, had some amazing drinks, didn't get lucky but then I didn't expect to, I always 'look straight' apparently (maybe I need to flap my hand more and wear deep V tops, aye?) But yes, a great end to a bad week.

I haven't played as much as this as I'd have hoped but went on again last night and SMASHED my target of -2lbs. Did the weigh in and to my surprise got -5lbs Gonna have to get myself a fit meter now.

Man, that looks wonderful. I'd be tempted to use a clear Wiimote jacket though to show off the blue back

Shitty lists aren't concrete proof but I don't think anyone can deny that the first year of Wii U has been a complete disaster :p It's nearly down and out before the other 2 have even left the door.

Really liking it so far, I've just got to the ice world! Everything feels really fun and the controls are fine. The one thing that annoys me is the wisps. They seem so out of place here, using the touch screen to control the drill is bullshit and the rocket is weird. On that Gusty Garden Galaxy rip-off I used the rocket and tried to decend to a planet to only be told 'too bad', I guess I wasn't meant to venture that for :p For the most part, the controls are great, but it really does seem to get really weird/glitchy whenever I try to use a wisp! And I like the story so far but WHY are the videos compressed? WHY?! Seriously. If it was an eShop download I'd put it down to compression, but surely they shouldn't have to compress on disc when Wii U discs go to 20-something GB? Really annoys me that does. And the Deadly Six actually aren't that bad. I felt sick looking at their designs initially but the characters themselves are actually not bad at all! Certainly a lot better than some of the characters from Sonics past, like... Big the cat. I also like how the Red guy has a manly, echoed voice like Entei from Pokemon 3.

Yeah, Motion+ is flaky! I hadn't used it for a while so when I played the new Mario and Sonic I wasn't sure whether it was the software or Motion+ at fault but I think I know now!

Yeah, they should definitely advertise some of the big games that have come out this year, I fear titles like Wind Waker and Pikmin may get forgotten in the long run otherwise.

Went into GAME today (was gonna pick up Sonic but have decided to wait out for a better deal) and things are looking worse than before Huge signs and pre-order boxes for PS4 and XBOX One. The left is all green for Xbox One and right all blue with Playstation logo's everywhere. Through the middle is a load of Call of Duty stuff and then hidden on one shelf is the Wii U. Far worse than the GameCube days. I know shelf space isn't everything, but it really doesn't give the Wii U a good image.

Yeah, the lack of DK has really hurt. No doubt Mario will do numbers, but it seems as though Nintendo are putting A LOT of faith into this one title. I'm glad Taiko is coming out too, it always does good numbers, I see it as the Japanese equivalent to Just Dance (yeah, there were 2 JP Just Dance games but I don't think they had the same effect as over here). I just wish Wii U was region-free, I loved the Wii Taiko games

I finally gave my iTunes a good clear out, got rid of the clutter I'd accumulated from downloading entire albums instead of just singles and also restored a BUNCH of songs that I hadn't realised got removed from my phone because I moved a load of folders around on my computer. Now I'm being blown away by tons of stuff I forgot I had, like Ken Hirai, old Daft Punk (namely HOMEWORK) and... JET SET RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wonderful game, I especially love Scotland and that HUGE canada track (the last one) I still remember the golden days of flying around and pulling off tricks to the killer sound track of Scatman John

Excitebots is worth it! I LOVE the game, one of my favourite racers. And have a look around, one of the homebrew installers is literally as simple as putting a file on your sd card, opening the letter page and opening a particular letter. Also: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001TOMQVM Not bad. I'll check if the online still works on it later cause that was amazing

Uuurgh. First day back at work and it's as bad, if not a bit worse than I remember. Somehow gotta get through another 7 hours! And I almost definitely won't be able to have my driving test tomorrow. Fucking hell, I'm so done with everything.

From your social group or like, with a knife? Or both?

Aaw man, seeing those shots of your progress on the fit meter really makes me want to get it now!

I have my driving test this week (which is a worry in itself) but I just can't for the life of me find my god damn counterpart (the paper that comes with the provisional license). I've been racking my head all day wondering where the hell it could be, as I only used it 2 months ago for my theory, but I literally have no idea. I've turned my room inside out today (had a good tidy whilst doing it) and it's not even in the obscure places, let alone where I actually keep all that stuff. It will be too late to cancel my test, so if I can't find it in the next few days I'll just have to pay £60 for nothing. It was just bugging me earlier, but I thought it must be SOMEWHERE so tried not to worry but now, shit, I literally have no idea. Apparently you could used to turn up with just your provisional licence and get them to call the DVLA and verify it... they don't do that any more I'm worried about my test anyway. I've been learning for ages now (just over a year) but really don't feel ready at all. Driving is just so damn hard for me. Whenever I get stressed I just kind of space out, it's a bad habit I picked up to deal with not having panic attacks, but of course, that just means I look and act dosey as fuck when I'm driving which isn't really the best way to be. I sometimes wonder if it will ever actually be possible! But we'll see on Wednesday, well, maybe, IF I FIND THAT DAMN COUNTERPART.

GET OVER YOURSELF, ANIMAL I've got this one

Id actually say it's clearly obvious now :p but I guess to someone on a Nintendo forum it would be.

@flameboy I'll keep it in mind for next year! I didn't think I'd be participating either, my friend just told me he was doing it earlier and I decided to help him out by joining in!

Currently playing BOOM STREET live! Though the only people viewing are the people playing :p So if anyone wants to drop by and donate that would be great! http://www.twitch.tv/beefjacklive

I'm not as into sales as I used to be, I found myself getting so obsessed with them at one point until I reminded myself I'm not a share-holder or anything. Now I just play games for fun and ignore most gaming news unless it's to do with the development of particular games im interested in. In fact, I've been so wrapped up in my own bubble (when it comes to games I don't stray too far from here or particular subreddits and Twitter) that I didn't realise the Wii U was doing bad at all. I knew it wasn't doing great, but I certainly didn't know things were this bad. From those numbers then, is it doing as bad as the GameCube this far in its life? And is this really a problem? Say if Nintendo can't turn it around, would they still just develop for the hardcore crowd and wait it out or do you think there's a chance they could actually drop the console? I'm pretty interested. It really is a shame, as like some of you have said, I wasn't too hooked on the Wii U to start with.. but now I love it. There are so many games that I still need to play and the mixture of MiiVerse/Netflix/the internet browser make it a perfect entertainment hub for me. Of course, I don't even both trying to explain to people that I like the Wii U because they'll just laugh it off or assume I'm being a blind fanboy.

I joined the community I played some of the dancing stages (Flamenco and Jazz), that crazy trampoline thing, the Tetris Tennis and rock climbing! All of them have been super fun so far! But... I'd had my friend over all evening so I think playing at 11.30 will a belly full of Carlsberg and pizza isn't the best way to start my Wii Fit U journey :p I'll play more tomorrow! EDIT: Omg and the waiter game which is the best I've played! LOVE that game, really hard but great fun.

This is out today? Jesus man, I can't keep up with stuff lately! There's literally not enough I can get out of my fridge though Really gotta get a hard drive.