Nintendo Direct 1/23/2013 review

Well I was going to do a break down of the Nintendo Direct from yesterday but sadly it got late and I didn't have time to. I will see if I can give a bullet point of what was announced.

• Miiverse talk, official feeds from people in the business and YouTube vids links for game hints. Will have user created groups. Smart phone app.
• Two Wii U system updates, Spring and Fall to improve load times of games and between menus
• Wii U Virtual Console coming after the spring update. This will have NES and SNES titles but I believe it said it would not be the full catalog that the Wii has right away. These will have Miiverse integration, off screen play and a big surprise to me was you can configure the button inputs to almost everything you want. Controllers include game pad  classic/pro controller, Wii Remote and Wii U pro controller. Prices will be the same as they are on the Wii and will include a discounted rate if you already bought and transferred those games from your Wii to your Wii U.
• There will be a 30th anniversary for the Famicom. There will be one NES or SNES title for the next 7 months ( 1 month at a time )and those will be at a special price of $.30. Games are Balloon Fight, F-Zero, Punch Out, Kirby' Adventure, Super Metroid, Yoshi, Donkey Kong. At the end of the month they will go back to regualr price.
• Pikmin 3 will allow you to use the Wii U gamepad as a camera to look around through the eyes of the Pikmin to take pictures of the game.
• Wii U will have closed communities so you can support and challenge your friends.
• Starting in March we will see First party releases like: Lego City Undercover, Game and Wario, Wii Fit U, and the wonderful 101.
• News regarding Bayonetta 2.
• Super Smash Bros for 3ds and Wii U to have screen shots shown at E3 2013.
• New 3D Mario and Mario Kart Wii U game to be playable at E3 2013
• Wii Party Wii U shown. I think this is the first game to let two people play off the same Wii U gamepad. From the choppy feed I watch earlier it looked like a fooseball type game. 
• New Yoshi game with the style of Kirbys Epic Yarn. We have been hearing rumors for a while now but this visual style was a surprise to me. 
• A Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei crossover game.
• Legend of Zelda Wii U talked about but too early to show any footage. Visual style will be different from what we saw of the demo footage at E3. They are exploring changing things in the series such as having to play the dungeons in a certain order. They also are looking at playing Zelda by yourself. To me this hints at maybe a multiplayer aspect of Zelda. I had a talk with natetnu early today and came up with this. What if they did an asynchronous multiplayer where you played at different times of a time line ( like young and adult link or just alternate time line ) and what one player did would affect the others game world. This is just my thoughts and no way confirmed or hinted at.
• Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD remake with off tv play and improved gameplay and controls. Miiverse integration
• New RPG from the creators of Xenoblade Chronicles, no name but some say it might be a sequel.

I wish I had the time to watch all of this again and give a better description but you can watch it here if you would like to see if I missed something you would like to hear since I just hit some of the points that I could remember. The 7 games that will be released for $.30 will be a perfect way for me to play some games I didnt play back in the NES and SNES days. I hope you can join me in playing through them. Also do not forget to vote on our next game to play on the main page in the upper left hand side. What was your favorite announcement from the Nintendo Direct 1/23/2013? Good night all.