Who is going to buy this? Diehard Nintendo fans who refuse to own any console but a Nintendo one? Because I think everyone else who's into gaming has already played this. (Except maybe PC-exclusive gamers who hate Origin and piracy).

why would anyone want to see the old endings. Fuck artistic integrity, they sucked, plain and simple.

EA isn't sure if players will have the option to view the original endings.

Only if WiiU owners somehow dislike having logical outcomes and less nebulous writing.

People either a) rebuy this with still inferior graphics to the pc version (if they have it on a different console) or b) are serious Nintendo fans playing the third game in a trilogy as a way of getting into the series, will not care either way so this whole question is moot.

The more pressing issue is that since there is no way to carry over choices and events from the other games (since they were not on Wii) then why does this game even exist?

But but but... artistic integrity! Waaah!

I'm usually right there with you, Patrick, but preserving the original Mass Effect 3 endings for posterity on a Nintendo console coming out almost a year after the game's initial release strikes me as a goddamn weird place to take a stand. Are you going to demand they don't add any goofy tablet shit to it, either? For art? I know the games press has a bug up it's collective ass to condemn what happened with the player backlash here, and it's not as if the slippery slope argument has no merit, but is it any more correct to pressure Bioware/EA to release a game with content players really don't want/are blithely unaware of to satisfy industry journalists' sense of moral outrage? Nobody asked George Lucas to change Star Wars and no one's asking you all to badger EA into changing Mass Effect back.

Whether you agreed with BioWare's decision to expand on the endings (hint: I did), this is a horse too high, my friend.

The only question is will they get ME2 as well (since it isn't copyrighted by Microsoft) or at least an option to make some decision for ME1&2 like the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 offered? (via a comic, cutscenes, whatever works!)

This is silly, anyone who's interested in the franchise has already bought and played Mass Effect 3. Who's this for? I really don't see people who didn't give a shit about the franchise until now, suddenly going out an buying ME3 because it's on the Wii U. Nintendo paid EA a bunch of money so that they don't release another console without any interesting launch titles, that's what this story should be about.

So now we're going to complain when it doesn't have the original endings and instead has the extended ones? Alright.

Slow ass time even for gaming news.

Good the original endings were stupid.

Wait, never mind the ending.. So you can play the 1st one on Xbox and PC, the 2nd one on xbox, PC and Playstation 3 and the third one on Xbox, PC, Playstation 3 and Wii U. How is this going to sell, who is going to play a fragmented experience. Genarally speaking, whatever format you started the saga on, your most likely to finish it on given the continous story threads you bring forward with each sequel. ME3 is probably the least stand alone of the triolgy.

EDIT: Apologies if this has already been mentioned ad nausim, BUT I WAS EATING MY LUNCH.

Whatever. Not the first time something has been edited and modded after release. In this case its pretty clear the game was rushed out te door. The edits helped.

@avantegardener: It's just a big cash cow to EA, the figure since ME3 sold well on all 3 major platforms that it will do the same on WiiU.

But your right, despite what Bioware says in all the press videos ME3 is NOT good entry point for newcomers to the franchise. Until M$ allows the first game to be released on PS3 then Xbox and PC will be only way to experience the full trilogy(PC is arguably a better experience than Xbox).

Patrick sure picks some weird things to worry about in the gaming industry.

Really? You're getting up in arms about this? Say what you will about artistic integrity, but those extended cut endings do their job of making the ending less stupid/terrible. Also who is going to buy it on the Wii U in the first place?

@Jedted said:

@avantegardener: It's just a big cash cow to EA, the figure since ME3 sold well on all 3 major platforms that it will do the same on WiiU.

But your right, despite what Bioware says in all the press videos ME3 is NOT good entry point for newcomers to the franchise. Until M$ allows the first game to be released on PS3 then Xbox and PC will be only way to experience the full trilogy(PC is arguably a better experience than Xbox).

lol... M$... did you come up with that as its hilarious

I like the comic on the PS3 better than actually playing ME1, the gameplay in that game, on the PC at least is sometimes painful

First i want to say i love the Mass Effect series, so i don't understand any of this because with out playing the first two games will anything in ME3 make sense to a wii u player? And i agree with all the other comments that how many people who will only own a wii or wii u even care about these games.

I don't really care what set of the terrible endings are included, but they should probably remove the "middle finger to people who didn't like it" option where it ends if you shoot him.

I've got this great idea how to solve all the problems:

Don't release it on Wii U

What difference does it make? Any one who cares for this series will have played it before it's available on the Wii U anyways. The ending was garbage, so what you would get out of it would probably just be more disappointed fans.

Let's just say it, if even Bioware thinks of the new endings is canon (the true ending) then wasn't all the belly-aching actually the correct side of the argument. It is unpleasant when people you feel are distasteful trolls are proven to be on the correct side of an argument. They argued their side poorly and without much tact from many people's perspective; yet it is hard not to conclude the peopel who complaied about the ending were probably correct.

Broken clocks are correct twice a day, and SOMETIMES trolls have a point.

If people want to see the shitty old ending then they can just you tubed it

Its weird how the gaming press seems to always side with EA, I can see that they don't mind the ending after all they play dozens of games a month and rush threw them so they can talk about it ect so don't builder up as much attachment to the story but come on wend 90%+ of the people who play it hate a part of the game its safe to say that part of the game sucks

Downloaded the Extended Cut but haven't had time to go back and replay the final mission. I was gonna wait until I've finished my FemShep playthrough before seeing the ending.

If their going to add the game to the Wii U then add the extended cut because its what most the fans on the other consoles liked more anyway. The real question though is why are they even adding the game to the Wii U? As previously stated on 75% of the other comments, anyone who cares about the series and hence the ending has already played the game. Buying just ME3 not having ME1/2 doesn't really make you care. You have to completely change the game and adopt some of that weird tablet stuff into the game which is man hours and money. Then release it on a completely different console. How is this profitable? No one will buy this game on Wii. Maybe its to introduce Wii gamers to the series for when the release the next Mass Effect without Shepard 3/4 years down the line possibly.

I actually know a few people (work colleagues mostly) that bought the first two Mass Effect games on PC and had to start over on the Xbox ME3 because they didnt realise just how different the game would be without the save files. They actually didnt notice until we compared stories of what happened in our games. My point is that anyone can play the 3rd game without playing the ones before, sure they will be missing out on a whole lot of story and even some characters, but the game seems to be complete enough on its own that the WiiU version should be fine for those new to the series.

Now...i wouldnt do it that way but ive got all 3 360 versions of the game so i dont have to make that choice, but people could do it if they wanted to and enjoy what is actually there.

It is not a question of playing a game on a different platform. It is a question of a game that is older when newer things are being released. Since we have no release date for the platform or software Mass Effect 3 on WiiU is going to have to compete against what ever is the latest on the other platforms. I like choice but games released like this need to be discounted heavily and even then I wouldn't expect big sales numbers.

Why would absolutely anyone anywhere care about this? What terrible reason must you have to want to see the original endings?

WiiU needs more than these old games and few Nintendo exclusives, i hope they have much more in store for us.