Great episode guys, here are my thoughts.
1.- Pikmin 3: Yeah I get that Nintendo is finally learning about the HD era. But I think they were swimming in the pools of money they had during the Wii times instead of having paying more attention for the development efforts that take (AAA 3rd party studios use hundreds of employees). For comparison, Sony took the money from PS3 and their saving, and started buying new studios and employers in order to be prepared for the PS4. As a results they have massive amounts of expert employees working on PS4 games that I bet will have lots of content.
But man, now that we have WiiU Nintendo will not be able to avoid the big talk about quantity, quality and price. I think, compared to many AAA HD games, Pikimn 3 IS EXPENSIVE!!!...I like Pikmin 3 but we the gamers that have been playing HD games for the last 6+ years will agree that Nintendo's Pikmin 3 is not up to the standards of what other AAA 3rd party games offer. For example, in the WiiU a game like AC3 or COD BO2 you have online multiplayer, massive (way longer than Pikmin) story modes, and several other modes. While Pikmin 3 gives you a game that you can quickly finish in under 10 hr and off-line 2 player multiplayers....sorry Nintendo but despite the reviews, this game SHOULD NOT COST 59..99 PERIOD...I'm a die-hard Nintendo fan but I don't think I should give them an easier look than I do to any other massive 3rd party franchise!...the only Nintendo games I'm playing are VC games...and that's cause of nostalgia and how so much expensive are the original old games compared to VC.
I guess this criticism agrees with that comment of one of you said that, compared to other multiplatform games, this game is not on par. Nintendo has to worry about their games big time. It's not just about fun and gameplay anymore, but also content. We need online, we need length, we need better developed stories. I feel sorry for them for not giving them enough time to adapt, but it was their decision to hold that long to come to HD, and their games WILL BE COMPARED AGAINST AAA 3rd parties!...sadly I also see myself playing more games from 3rd parties multiplatform games on the WiiU than Nintendo games...and that's bad for Nintendo...now I'm even dubious about what's gonna happen with Smahs Bros....we know there won't be story mode....and again it probably won't be a mayor difference from the previous SSB.
2.- About Wii-remote o the WiiU: stop complaining about the controls, the Wii-Remote Pikimn 3 rocks...lazy people will never try hard to adapt (evolve)...but those like me who did try hard now can't stop using motion controls (I can't play COD in Play Station anymore). I feel like there are a vocal minority of gamers that think that we have to stick in the old control scheme that never evolved. I feel like I'm in the liberal sides of things, I like to experiment new controllers, new ways to play. Since I'm also a PC gamer it is more easy for me to adapt to motion controls than a gamer that only uses a dual analog and nothing else.
3.- This years Club Nintendo's prizes were even worst than last years....oh man I was super disanointed and I lost any hype to Club Nintendo....I've been following the rewards and stuff for more than 2 years now, and it was exciting just at the beginning. The inly time it was so-so exciting was when they offered Super Mario RPG and Star Fox 64 for 300 coins or so....I wasn't a Club Nintendo platinum member when they offered the Hanafuda card, I wish they had them in offering...other than that Club Nintendo sucks.