Chaps

I've never even heard of Dragon Age before, but I can't help but point out how utterly cliche that title is. They might as well have named it "Legendary Adventure" or "Dragon Legend Quest Magic"

I can already imagine the exclamations that are going to be made when the typical Nintendork gets this:

"Wow, look at those graphics! They look like, real life!"

"Wireless gameplay?! You mean this game doesn't need batteries?!"

Something that really irritates me is that 1UP basically cites this rumor as a fact. I swear, there's a 90% chance this is false. Sakurai wouldn't reveal 3 characters in one sitting, relatively shortly after revealing 5 characters at E3. None of this news has shown up anywhere else; not at nintendo.com, nor smashbros.com Every article cites the French site as the source. Hardly reliable if you ask me.

I think it's a hoax; every OTHER news site with this information, cites their source as that one french site, that's it.

I wouldnt' be surprised if GW is really axed in the end, though. It's already been confirmed some characters are going to get the ax, and GW appearing 2nd time around isn't really as interesting. I'd say Pichu leaving is practically a gauruntee.

I doubt Ness will leave, though. I think all the original 64 characters are going to stay.

Finally, I Marc, I think your argument works both ways. Adding relatively unknown characters to the roster helps Nintendo, too. Virtually no one outside of Japan knew who Marth and Roy was, because the Fire Emblem franchise was contained in Japan; but once they appeared in Melee, they gained popularity; now suddenly there's two GBA and an upcoming Wii games as part of the Fire Emblem franchise hitting North America/Europe/other regions.

I think it's safe to say the biggest controversy surrounding the price is (and should be) the blu-ray player and all that jazz. Graphics honestly should be a very trivial issue. When the current-gen consoles (Cube, Xbox, PS2) first came out, people were gawking at THOSE graphics, and sure, after one or two games, you become desensitized to it and suddenly it's routine to have those visuals; you're now accustomed to it. Do you really think that if you're going to play a PS3 , say, one or two years from now, that everytime you boot up the system you'll be going "Wow..man, I can't get over how good those graphics are..." You really won't.