That's a bit of a blow. I hope this doesn't make him feel like a man without porpoise.

I'm thrilled with it so far! Miiverse is a brilliant idea, and now that I can acess it off my iPod touch, it's even better. Yeah, there's no dedicated app yet, but I just created a link to Miiverse on my home screen.

Iwata also stated in a press conference that it's only in the beta stage at the moment and that posting content will eventually become available. It's all good!

Potential!

It'd be really cool to see, if this game is set before or after aLttP, how Hyrule has changed between the two games.

I didn't fully understand what they meant by 'in the same world as aLttP', but if it does mean it's the same map, then I actually think it's pretty awesome! Changing the layout of Hyrule is a necessity, to keep games fresh, but personally I think that the idea of having one game where the lay of the land is repeated is pretty cool!

I expect nothing, so anything is a pleasant surprise.

OverClocked Remix are amazing.

Heyyyy, I make ambient chiptune music under the name World 1-2: http://world1-2.bandcamp.com/

I'm glad it's the name for the collective project, though, not a particular artist, because i thought naming myself that was pretty original!

I actually got excited and thought that Nintendo Life had made an article on my little known musical venture, haha!

It's going to be a loooooong night...

Yessssssssss!

VCR? I mean VC!

Really happy this is out on European VCR tomorrow!

Merry Christmas, guys! Not a huge haul this year, but I had ZombiU and Professor Layton, but I'm happy! My fiancée bought me a Wii U a few weeks back as an early present, too!

I think they're fine. I only play a demo a handful of times, just to get a feel for the game, and then i delete it.

This weekend I have been mostly playing GTA IV, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones and Mario Kart 7.

@MrHayes77 Why on earth would this even have the possibility of affecting your choice of purchase?

Including all of the ambassador games.

I have updates for every single piece of software I downloaded.

I had:
Professor Layton
Sonic Generations
Mario 3D Land
Cave Story 3D.

Confirmed. Amazing!

I don't understand how people struggle to understand this. All three splits happen in OoT.

Split 1: Link defeats Ganon in the future. When he travels back to the past, he tells Zelda everything, they get Ganondorf arrested before he can do anything. This leads to Twilight Princess, yadda yadda.

Split 2: After Link leaves the future in OoT after defeating and sealing Ganon, Zelda and the rest of Hyrule begin to pick up the pieces of the kingdom. Some time later, Ganon breaks free from the seal, there in no hero because Link left, the gods intervene and flood, etc etc.

Split 3: During what i assume is the final battle with Ganon, Link is killed. Ganon claims the triforce and in a last resort the sages seal him without having a hero to weaken him first. With the Triforce, Ganon is able to take over the Sacred Realm, leading into aLttP.

Those of you saying that there is no part of OoT where Link dies... well, of course. Because that would mean that the game ends. However, the idea of Link dying (as much as I or anybody else may not like it) makes the transistion from OoT to aLttP make so much sense.

I feel that this official timeline is pretty easy to understand and joins all the games together better than any fan made timeline. Nintendo releasing a timeline was something I dreaded because i always assumed they'd haphazardly throw the games together in a way that would make no sense, but this is awesome.

The more I look at this, the more I like it.

For those of you asking about the possibility of Link failing in every game, and therefore there being a split for every game, consider this:

If this is the official timeline, then it is canon. Therefore, it is canon that Link succeeds in every single game, no possibility for him to fail. The only exception to this is OoT, where (again, considering that this is official) as well as succeeding in defeating Ganon and therefore splitting the timeline into two, Link also canonically fails at some point (which I believe to be him being killed in the final battle). This is therefore the only canon example of Link failing in his quest, and therefore, because it is canon, it creates another split in the timeline.

I do like this timeline.

I'm guessing that Link gets killed by Ganon during the final battle, after he has awakened the sages. Then, after his death, without time for Ganon to take over the whole of Hyrule, the sages find a way to seal him, without him being defeated by Link. That's in keeping with the town names on AoL.

Again, if this is real, I'd like to know at which point in the game Link canonically fails.

I have to say, I dreaded the moment that Nintendo released the official timeline, but (assuming that this rumour turns out to be true) seems like a good timeline.

The third split is easy to explain. Link dies while trying to defeat Ganon, and so the sages have to seal him without him being defeated by Link. That way he can take over the Sacred Realm, leading into aLttP.

Obviously, the idea of a split after every game where Link could possibly fail is a bit of a plot hole, but surely, the canon timeline includes Link failing in OoT, but not in every game. This throws a really interesting fact into the Zelda timeline, considering that officially, Link has failed at one point to defend Hyrule, leading to the third split.

The only thing that doesn't make sense is FSA coming waaaay after FS, but hopefully we'll get an English translation and all will be revealed.

So excited!

Literally the best list I could have hoped for. Hours of gameplay there! Amazing.

Seriously amazing game!

Looking forward to this more and more!

@ninigou £25 can get you a pair of good used games there, so I think it's worth it!

What stores?

I understand people's annoyance with the possibility of having to buy an add on and the looming threat of a redesign so soon after the initial release, but what i will never understand is the people who say stuff like, "Screw it, I'll get a Vita." Surely you bought a 3DS for Nintendo games? That's the only reasn I own Nintendo consoles, for the Nintendo games. I'd buy a Vita if Nintendo franchises were coming out on it, but they aren't. It makes no sense to me when people say that stuff.

Fair enough. To be honest, I don't mind that much. Hardware develops with the life of the console, and while it's right that Nintendo should have put this stick in from the start, at least they're doing it now.

One thing I know is that if they release a new 3DS down the line with the stick integrated, I will be contacting Nintendo to demand that all my data be transferred across.

I take that back. Add Minish Cap on too.

All i need is Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Coming from someone who owns a 3DS, this is AMAZING.

I agree with the no ports stance. I absolutely love Layton, so in that sense i would much, much rather a new trilogy on Wii U or something.

Gah! I haven't recieved any email! I really want the CD!

Very small amount of stuff available, but i'm kinda happy about that. At the end of the day, if there were 40 games available I would never be able to afford them all, but with three (of which I'm definately getting two - Mario and Alleyway) it makes it easier to keep up with the games released weekly.

I owned this on my Game Boy and actually really enjoyed it!

I'm 24.

Plus, another thing about the digital market. I know this isn't a full argument against it, and that's not what i'm trying to get across, but does nobody else remember the feeling you got when you were younger when you had finally saved up enough money to buy that game your really wanted for your N64 or Playstation, and the feeling you got when you stood infront if your console and pulled the shrink wrap off the game box and opened it for the first time?

To me, that satisfaction is one of my fondest memories of being a gamer.

And the fact that Reggie has stated that Angry Birds is an exception to Nintendo's stance on the majority of mobile games being crap does tend to make me wonder why he would have a shot at a company who has said that his game is pretty good.

I would like to assume he's not trying to be a by saying that, but rather that he's all for digital sales and that he's putting himself (in a rather flat-out way) in the shoes of Nintendo executives. If he is just being a ... then he's a .