@CowLaunch

Fair enough. I just hope that every rumor about the Wii U doesn't have to have a stamp on it from folks who would rather have a similar new game on their system of choice — probably too much to hope! I guess I was just struck that any post that starts out "I'm not interested" or "it makes no difference to me" is disingenuos at best and felt like I should say something. I was a bit of tool about it, I admit, and I apologize for that.

To answer your discussion, for me and I believe a great deal many other gamers, portable systems with tiny screens are never going to be enough because of certain trade-offs. The biggest one for me is that I like to share my experience with others as we game for the most part and the DS and its predecessors has never allowed me to really do that. The other is the very cramped play style. I find it simply uncomfortable to use for the most part.

If you have smaller hands and don't mind playing in isolation most of the time and are often in places you don't want to be, like school, or travelling, the portable systems are a great proposition.

I sort of share the reverse frustration. Kid Icarus looks great to me, and I'd love to play the remakes of Ocarina and Starfox. In fact, I could see myself picking up a 3DS just for a game or two, which I have done before — Metroid Zero Mission is one of my favorite games, period.

My probably vain hope is that Nintendo will integrate 3DS support so deeply into the Wii U plans that we actually get to play 3DS games using the Wii U controller on the bigger screens (TV and controller screen). I wouldn't even mind if Nintendo made me buy a 3DS for this to work, so it could read the cards and transfer the data to the Wii U.