Mass Effect 3 Wii U Includes Extended Cut DLC, But...

@LiquidPrince said:

I don't understand why you would want the original cut.

I'm sure George Lucas thinks the same way about Star Wars, or Ridley Scott about Blade Runner.

Yeah, they should include a way for Wii U owners to see how much they botched the original ending. I'm being serious. They need to see what the hulabaloo was all about, if they even care.

What I think is a bigger issue is that I figure most people buying this for the Wii U will have this as their first Mass Effect game. That's kind of ridiculous, considering the importance of carrying over your decisions from the previous games. And I doubt the new players will be able to create a meaningful enough attachment to any of the Mass Effect characters to get that upset about the ending anyway, especially since many of the characters are already dead by default.

@Redbullet685 said:

I don't get why anyone would buy this on Wii U.

I'm going to assume at this point that if you wanted to play the Mass Effect series, you probably would have done so already. Or at least had ample opportunity to the point that this wouldn't be profitable.

I prefer the extended endings honestly. I don't believe that the endings as they were before were really BioWare's vision but it's what they had put together in the very limited time they had being most likely pressured by EA to get the game released.

I feel the extended cut endings are better and honestly I would never want to play the game without them. If we had gotten these endings when the game originally came out yeah some folks would've still been upset but I don't think it would've been as big of a backlash as what happened.

I don't know who would want to actually play this version of ME3, but know that you are easily getting the worst version. A world without Wrex is a fucked up place.

Meh don't care

Again who's the person that's been holding out on playing Mass Effect 3 that stoke its they can finally play it on the Wii U? Let's say Nintendo fan never has played previous Mass Effect games, been hearing about this series for years now, having never played the previous games will they even care how it ends?

Bioware will cave under the pressure of cake-fattened fans used to concurrent having and eating states yet again and will in fact remove the extended cut ending via a further DLC exclusive to WiiU.

I have serious doubts that the handful of people who buy this game for this platform would care in the slightest about the endings. EA should comment on whether the single player DLC will be included or not.

Why would you want to see the endings everyone hated? Christ! is like Bioware can't even try to do right ever apparently.

@LiquidPrince said:

I don't understand why you would want the original cut.

I definitely prefer the original endings.

I don't get why anyone would buy this on Wii U.

@Shaanyboi said:

Who the fuck would want the original endings?

Actually, here's a better question; Why would anyone buy this on WiiU?

Without ATLEAST Mass Effect 2 to come to the system, it's about on par with going to see the last Harry Potter movie without ever seeing any of the prior films. You can't carry your save over, the events have NO context, the characters are there under the impression that you know who they are... It's fucking pointless.

It is extremely silly, but it is EA. They're the ones who advertised it as the "perfect time" to enter the series. Logic never stopped their marketing department from trying to make more money.

Can't see why Wii U players would care.

It just gets funnier and funnier.

I don't understand why you would want the original cut.

I can't imagine there are many people clamouring for the less complete versions - and certainly no elegant way of asking which they'll want if you include them. Even just framing the question would be something of a minefield.

Who the fuck would want the original endings?

Actually, here's a better question; Why would anyone buy this on WiiU?

Without ATLEAST Mass Effect 2 to come to the system, it's about on par with going to see the last Harry Potter movie without ever seeing any of the prior films. You can't carry your save over, the events have NO context, the characters are there under the impression that you know who they are... It's fucking pointless.

Extended cut made literally no difference in the terribleness of the endings. Who cares.

Uh, they shouldn't because those (original) endings are fucking garbage that don't make a lick of sense.

If someone makes the conscious choice to get Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U they don't care/ deserve to not get DLC.

BioWare can't catch a break. But hey, that's what happens when you try to please everyone.

360 and PC still the only way to play the series as far as I'm concerned.

They expanded the endings, hardly changed them. If they want to see the old ones, they should just go on youtube.

The new ending was great. It just concluded and answered some of the questions that people may have had. I see absolutely no reason to return to the old ending. I mean, they are the same endings essentially, just the new one goes further and explains more things. What's not to like about it?

Why not remove the patches and bug fixes while we're at it? /sarcasm

The new endings seems to just be longer versions of the old ones........

I'm sure this matters to the five people who have been waiting to play Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U.

This implies the endings for the extended cut actually alters the three original choices.  They don't.

I liked the new endings way more than the old ones, and judging by the stories of all of the rest of the game being written by multiple people and the original end being written by one guy, I think it's fine that they changed it.

Can't see why Wii U players would care.

(There are no spoilers in this post, but beware the comments.)

When Mass Effect 3 arrives on Wii U, the recent Extended Cut downloadable content will be on the disc, too.

"The extended ending is basically going to be part of the game instead," said series producer Michael Gamble to Siliconera this week. "You won’t have to download it."

The Extended Cut downloadable content tweaked and expanded Mass Effect 3’s multiple endings, finales that came under criticism from fans for not providing enough answers and closure. After the downloadable content is acquired by the player, the endings are seamlessly altered, as if these were the original endings BioWare came up with. We know that’s not the truth, though, but will every Wii U owner?

I asked Electronic Arts if Mass Effect 3 players on Wii U will have the option to see both versions of the ending. In essence, giving the the option to turn back the clock and see the original conclusion designed for Mass Effect 3.

The publisher said it “can’t confirm if that choice will be available,” but hopefully we can sway it.

One hopes EA and BioWare include the option, even if the Extended Cut endings are the default. The changes to Mass Effect 3’s final hours are hardly on the level of Greedo shooting first, but as we’ve seen in film (remember E.T.’s walkie talkies?), revisionism is a slippery slope. Mass Effect 3 isn't a heralded classic enshrined in years of acclaim, and players deserve to know how BioWare decided to close out its trilogy before fans demanded more.

Whether you agreed with BioWare's decision to expand on the endings (hint: I didn't), this option is important.

I’ll make sure to keep my eye on this, and report back when EA has an answer.