Windows 95, completely insecure? As a business workstation, sure, but as a home OS?

America is sitting on tons of debt and Britain isn't doing all that hot either. Europe isn't worse off at all.

Someone didn't study their history. It's because banks keep printing money that we get economic crises.

I think it would be more accurate to say that this generation hasn't been to kind to JRPG's, WRPG's have been doing fine.

True. That's what I meant, actually.

By the way, please don't abuse the apostrophe. :(

Considered Arc Rise Fantasia, but I've decided I'm not getting anything which doesn't use IR pointing or Motion Plus.

Why is that? You said you enjoy RPGs, and the ones you listed don't use either of them. I don't understand.

But then we would have people whining that it's running 720p Wii games on a console that is designed around 1080p... Not to mention that today's TVs are all built around 1080p and 2160p and the picture would be scaled to hell with disastrous results.

Nit-pick: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening was a Game Boy game (that got re-released as a DX edition on Game Boy Color years later).

If the Wii U had a motion control system consumers considered to be an improvement over the Wii, I suspect that Wii U would be at least outselling the Wii.

The Wii already had that, and it was called the MotionPlus. It didn't work out too well because by that time most third-party developers had jumped ship. Given that, I don't think a Wii 2 would have worked out much better.

The Wii and the Wii U don't use emulators for backwards compatibility. The hardware supports the games natively.

Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga --- I really like RPGs, and there's not much to choose from for the Wii....

You enjoyed that? I've heard nothing but bad things about it.

I think the Wii has a solid selection of RPGs. This generation hasn't been too kind to the genre on home consoles in the first place. Xenoblade Chronicles makes up for it, easily.

Have you tried Arc Rise Fantasia?

How about Dragon Quest Swords? You could justify that one as a workout regimen.

Lots of people forget about Opoona. I haven't played it yet, but supposedly it's very charming.

Tried Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World? Lots of people turn up their nose at it, but I liked it a lot, especially the characters. It also helped that its narrative was far better structured than its prequel.

Not really an RPG, but try Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. It's an accessible rogue-like that's lots of fun.

Eye candy is no substitute for new rehashes^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hgames.

It's unlikely Nintendo could have made the Wii U capable of rendering Wii games as HD, as they are not emulated, but run on the bare metal.

Emulation? You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Backwards compatibility on the Wii and the Wii U is not achieved through emulation, but with hardware compatibility. Through underclocking their CPUs behave just like their predecessors.

The Legend of Zelda is a tired franchise that needs to take a long look at its roots before making another Ocarina of Time remake with patronising bullshit, tons of fetch quests and dumb puzzles that try to make you feel smart.

Nintendo dragged its feet in the move to HD and is paying the price.

You're not wrong, but on the other hand not moving to HD made them a fortune in the previous generation.

While the 3DS certainly won't disappear, it will be interesting to watch how well it fares among adult gamers when physical controllers become commonplace in the iPhone accessory aisle.

You're comparing different markets. Smartphones have tons of games that require no investment that can be played for a couple minutes. Portable consoles offer more elaborate games that are played during a commute, in the car, on vacation, etc. Also nice while over at family while the grown-ups are talking.

It's even worse than that. Basic navigation even breaks without JavaScript enabled.

Yesterday I tried visiting the websites of two electronic chain stores (owned by the same parent company) with JavaScript turned off. I couldn't get past their language selection page as the cookie that saves your selection is set by a JavaScript onclick handler!