I'm not bothered about losing Gamecube compatibility, considering I believe the Wii U won't contain much Wii hardware, therefore some legacy device/emulation thing would have to be supported, it's easier to just cut it loose than try and build hardware around accepting old standards.

I also hope there will be a traditional (i.e. good and usable and not massive) WiiU controller, *PLAQUE* the tablet.

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They could still do gamecube support through software emulation/virtual console, and that probably fits in better with their online distribution plan anyway. Downside is of course you'd have to rebuy your GC games, but I'm assuming they wouldn't be that expensive.

I imagine they could end up costing as much as $20 though, knowing how slowly Nintendo marks down prices.

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That's mainly just because of how many sales Mario games and such get consistently through time. Mario Kart Wii was still selling a flax ton last I remember. I'd hope they'd price them at like $10-15 though considering it's not like they're making any money off GC games now anyway.

what if this Metroid/StarFox thing was actually just a Metroid game that includes space combat? Samus has a ship that we never really see in action, so maybe they want to add some of that into the series.

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So its like a metroid with flying mechanics of starfox? Sounds pretty good.

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At least the castlevania rumors aren't horrfying like the metroid ones...

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I can totally see a star fox esque metroid game, definitely not vice versa. Metroid and its characters are far more serious than the funny, quirky starfox crew.

Now we need a new F-Zero game. We've had so many rehashed modern day racers in the past half a decade its getting ridiculous.

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Nintendo are ready to ruin the Metroid franchise, shame, but what to expect from Ninty other than total prostitution anyway.

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