by Audrey Drake

Earlier this week, we here at IGN Nintendo reached out to our incredible community, asking you readers to show off your blogging skills and answer a few questions about Wii U's ability to interact with the 3DS, and what it could mean for the new system. Once again, you folks didn't disappoint, sending us tons of great content to sift through.

Below we've highlighted a selection of the best blogs that were submitted, as well as the reader we've singled out as the blogger of the week. Check out their stuff below, and chime in with your own thoughts in the comments section afterward. Our community is one of the best out there, and we're always looking for more ways to get you guys involved and to reward you for your contributions. As we've said before, if interest in this weekly feature continues to grow, we hope to keep it going, and perhaps even start handing out prizes to those who put the most effort into their submissions.

For now, take a look at your fellow readers' work. Congrats to those who were chosen, and a special thanks to everyone who participated. Game on, Koopalings!

Blogger of the Week
Let's kick things off with our Blogger of the Week. This week, that distinction goes to Exelement. Good job, you!

Exelement got our attention with his idea of using the 3DS to open up StreetPass functionality for Wii U titles, as well as to let gamers listen to the Nintendo tunes they unlock in the next Super Smash Bros. on the go. Here's a bit of what he had to say, but make sure to check out his full blog post here.

"Wii U games could be given Street-pass options. Simply connect your 3DS to your Wii U and download an application to your handheld to get started. As you walk around town, players would be able to street pass in games like Pikmin 3 or Killer Freaks after connecting their Wii U to their 3DS, even if that functionality doesn't really work for the Wii U itself, home console that it is. Then, when the 3DS comes back home, it could upload whatever new things a player found, be they stats, puzzle pieces, or whatever else developers want to add their street-passable games."

"One thing I'd love to see for Super Smash Bros specifically is the ability to take that library of Nintendo music that you gather by picking up all those in game CDs and have an instant playlist of Nintendo's greatest tracks to listen to on the go during morning commutes. Or the ability to build custom stages in the bus and then load them onto your Wii U once you got home."

Notable Submissions
That was our pick for the week's best blog on the topic we put forth, but there were many more great thoughts and ideas on show as well. Here's a small selection of what a few more of you had to say on the subject.

NLoyalist said:
"Many gamers will wish for cross-platform multiplayer functionality, but I am not one of them. Instead, I'd like to see progress carry over from one Super Smash Bros. game to the other. If I unlock all the characters in the Wii U version and the 3DS version is the same game on a different platform, I do not want to go through the motions of unlocking the characters twice."

jamieh6621 said:
"I don't think it will be integral to the success of the WiiU, but I don't think it will fall of the radar either. I think if it's going to be widely used, Nintendo has to show how it would work succesfully, much like they did with touch screen controls on DS. It could be succesful, but devs have to put the work in."

Jshuen said:
"How I think the connectivity of the Wii U and 3DS will improve on a game like Super Smash Bros... One possibility that my mind is drawn to is a robust single player experience, with light RPG elements (experience, skill points and customized power-ups), being apart of the 3DS build, wherein you can then carry on the character(s) you have poured time and resources into onto the Wii U build for competitive/local multiplayer or a single player like mode."

err_suman said:
"The install base of the 3DS breached 4 million recently, and is ever growing. If Nintendo's two current-gen systems can work together in wondrous ways, the Wii U will definitely be a smash hit. 3DS owners will want to own a Wii U. Of course, with the popularity of the Wii, this was to be expected anyway. Nintendo just has to ensure the system comes out at a really attractive price point, and they can dominate the holiday season easily."

cyclonestoney said:
"Viewing your collectibles in 3D. What if you could unlock cool 3d versions of concept art for your games? Or view 3D models of batman after completing certain parts of batman Arkham City? Basically it would just be completely optional extras that would be there in 3D if you have a 3ds, and still there (at least mostly) in 2D if you don't.

iceflower4me said:
"The pictures/videos you take on the go can be put on the Wii U for editing, sharing or for use in certain video games and apps... Another idea that can be utilized well is the Swapnote app. Whether it be you giving yourself a reminder on the bus to do something when you get home later, or notifying your friends to schedule an online match, Swapnote is an easy way to send messages to others no matter if they have a Wii U or a 3DS."


That wraps up this week's blogging blowout. Don't forget to sound off on these ideas (and leave your own) in the comments section below. We're here for you, so start a conversation and let's keep working to make IGN's Nintendo community the best it can be!


Audrey Drake is an Associate Editor of IGN.com and a proud member of the IGN Nintendo team. She is also a lifelong gamer, a frequent banisher of evil and a wielder of various legendary blades. You can follow her zany exploits on MyIGN and Twitter. Game on!


Rich is an Executive Editor of IGN.com and the leader of the IGN Nintendo team. Follow his ridiculous adventures through MyIGN and Twitter. Keep it cool, Koopalings.

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