Oh god three huge titles all before E3.
This is gonna be good.

The boxed version is very tempting, I just want to know what the UK price is.
For that delicious cover art and a physical copy I'm willing to pay a little extra.

Let's be honest here, this is the same tale in the days of old, it's just back then we didn't have a forum to access such places.
I bet a ton of people get stuck at trying to find Kraid's lair, meanwhile I'm getting super missiles and power bombs much earlier than intended.

Wow, Totaka's song continues to makes it rounds even now.

This turn of events makes me wonder if some YouTube content generators can rightfully earn money by producing Let's Plays, but then how should it differ from people producing video game reviews, for example? I wonder indeed.
Still Nintendo are protecting their interests without actually stepping on the fans, which is fair. Heck if they are delivering Nintendo targeted adverts on Nintendo content videos it's not SO bad, right?
By all means they could've gone berserk like SEGA did with Shining Force videos on YouTube recently, but didn't.

People have always joked about how Tom Nook operates, much in the same way he jokes about a few consequences himself in the games, just harmless friendly jokes.
Over time these sorts of things circulate and twist, and a different sort of image starts to form though, ya know?

It's a good thing Ubisoft are much more attached to the letter 'U' than the letter 'E'!

Let's see if they dare include Snowflame in their ever increasing roster of DC characters.
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Snowflame_%28New_Earth%29

Seriously though, it has Dex-starr? Awesome.

Nintendo in the past did bring Mario to the PC as a platform, or rather they licensed Mario for PC games developed by other companies, who produced some pre-school, typing and education games (some of which were also on NES and SNES.)

When Nintendo did this they were not as strongly established, since Mario has become much more renowned they now keep him exclusive to their own Nintendo systems, of course.
Of interesting note however, there is an official Pokédex iOS app.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pokedex-for-ios/id573135437?mt=8

@Hysterical
That means they're taking advantage of the 3D rendering capabilities, that's cool.
Who knows, maybe there will be some Spotpass goodies or DLC addons?

@MadAdam81
In what sense? The illustration there is making a pretty clear point of riding on Gogoat through the city.
Edit: Come to think of it I was forgetting of the use of Surf, though that usually puts you on the back of a generic blob in later games, a lapras in Gold/Silver/Crystal and a Seel on Red/Blue.

So the 6th generation is introducing Pokémon as mounts? Very interesting.

Fire up the petitions! Let Capcom know we want physical copies of this, seriously.
Even if you have to order them through Capcom's own site I'd rather have this physical.

@Peach64
That's true, they even had TV adverts, and many Fire Emblem games stay in Japan as well.

I would blame Fire Emblem's lack of presence of the charts down to the lack of stock that seems to be available in stores, I had a very hard time getting ahold of a physical copy and in the end settled for a digital download.

I'm duty bound to pick up Super Metroid for a mere 30p, it seriously is one of the very best SNES titles ever conceived.

That said, a shame that another week has passed and Cave Story is still nowhere to be seen in Europe.

@ThomasBW84
Heh, of course.
It's not like Nintendolife does not have sister sites though.

Maybe it's time to launch kickstarterlife.com?

Looks like a duller version of Magical Drop to me.

I'm just wondering has the same role as usual, since the 3DS can take measures to save automatically when quitting applications, either by closing through the home menu or pressing the power button.
For example, if you did some bad weapon fusions in Kid Icarus Uprising and wanted to undo them, your only choice is to remove the cartridge without closing the software, otherwise the changes are saved on exit.

"Wooden it be nice?"
Dude, that's clay.

A stern reminder of why I don't like Ubisoft.

Sounds cool, I trust that it uses the remastered engine they've made for Android rather than the abhorred GBA port.
Plus it should fit the screen perfectly.

Did I just travel back in time to Newgrounds?
It's one thing to stick a video game character you like into a different universe, but it's another to make such a character wreck everything in sight Dragon Ball Z style.

Now, Nintendo have two main sides, their ever-strong handheld division and their fluctuating console division.
The DS and 3DS had slow starts are remain the handheld leads in the dedicated handheld gaming sector (read: not mobile gaming), however the Wii U appears to be enduring much worse than just a "Slow start" right now.

Whilst the 3DS can certainly make do without a formal E3 presentation, the Wii U seems to especially need one right now to reach a broad audience not currently invested in Nintendo as much.
If an E3 2013 presentation was delivered to present a new 3D Mario, new Mario Kart and new Smash Bros, that would be enough. We know that these titles are going to a lot of good for the Wii U.

The reality may be that Nintendo now depend on internet circulation to do the work for them. The occasional, heck frequent Nintendo Direct presentations deliver a lot of news straight to the fans, but then gaming news sites such as Nintendolife and others circulate the news for them.

Nintendo have also proven once before that Smash Bros Brawl was commercially success with thanks to the official website's daily updates. A repeat strategy for the upcoming Smash Bros title could do wonders again.

Now here's a key thing, think about it, Sony has already revealed the PS4 in their own conference earlier this year, and Microsoft have scheduled an Xbox reveal conference this month. They COULD have opted to reveal new systems at E3, but didn't. Just how relevant is E3 now?

Those are just my thoughts on the matter. The grand spectacle of E3 has since diminished in recent years, you must admit the reveal of upcoming Nintendo software in E3 presentations differs little from the Nintendo Direct presentations,

No thanks, NintendoZone is hardly a convenient way to watch videos at all.

Legitimate means of playing your old favourites on the go is always welcome, but the SNES cartridge size will always pose a problem.
Now if only Nintendo would actually SNES titles on the 3DS Virtual Console!

@dumedum
It should be, WayForward developed that one.

I recommend Mario's Super Picross over Picross E or Picross E2, the puzzles are much more challenging, and there are a whole 300 puzzles to tackle.
It also features a working "try it out" mode for free-mode puzzles which the 3DS games are lacking, and has some pretty nice music.

I saw some BearShark animation on YouTube, I think it was College Humour or something.
It looked absolutely awful though, I can't see the appeal or any talent in it, and it has a cruddy eShop game too?

Midnight3DS is right, the eShop's quality over quantity claim is falling into question here. We don't need a repeat of the DSiWare service's endless supply of shovelware.

Wow, that's a lot of 3DS eShop titles this week.
...None of them are Cave Story though.

The DLC prices seem a tad deep for being only one map, though they come with the benefit of being replayable unlike other chapters of the game (not counting occasional Risen encounters).

Even the free Champions of Yore 1 map has been helpful in levelling up a few of my weaker units, Donnel can better look after himself now.

Money is indeed a scarce thing in the game so far, so that Golden Gaffe pack is very tempting, it would afford me the right to buy luxuries and forge weapons, making those near-kills into sure fire OHKOs.
At such a point though it would be like ponying up some change so I can forgo strategy in favour of brute strength, and I am already doing quite well at the game without it, even if I am playing on the newcomer mode.

Tank Tank Tank is not the only free download I have claimed Club Nintendo stars on.

I've also claimed them for:
3DS Titles:
Pokédex 3D (no longer available on eShop)
3D Classics Excitebike (free at launch)
3D Classics Kid Icarus (free with promotion)
Nintendo Video
Eurosport
Nintendo Letterbox (aka Swapnote)

Wii U titles:
Zen Pinball 2
Tank Tank Tank
Wii Street U

I really suggest Fluidity Spin Cycle (or Hydroventure Spin Cycle as we got in Europe), going for 5-star ranks was an absolute joy, and the full 360 rotation puzzles were brilliant.

No reports of pirated games they say?
Isn't it possible that the hacking team would just keep their systems off line??
I mean come on, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

The most committed of those online players will probably take to establishing their own servers somehow, it has happened before with Dreamcast's Phantasy Star Online to my recollection.

That is, those who aren't moving onto the Wii U edition that is.

Another week, no cave story still.

@ToxieDogg
Gunman Clive is even cheaper and even better though.

I downloaded SpeedX 3D after Nintendo Life's favourable review and was severely disappointed, even though the game was fast it utterly failed to convey that rush, that sensation of speed, that thrill.
You just casually glided by some obstacles whilst listening to the one and only song in the whole game, whilst said obstacles don't even make a noise when you pass by them, the experience hardly even registers with you as there is little feedback at all; aside from crashing.

So frankly I am completely disinterested if they are bringing more of this to the 3DS eShop, I ain't buying.

Professor Layton Vs Ace Attorney I wanna see, and whilst they're at it, see if they can't make Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2 a reality.

The 3DS is already doing fine with Nintendo Direct presentations, now that websites circulate the news for them whilst their enfranchised fans continue to watch them, but the Wii U is in dire need of an effect E3 presentation to wow the public at large.

I don't know how effective a Nintendo Direct for the Wii U will be at this stage, all things considering.

Superb game, this will give a lot more people a chance to play it.
The original GBC production only ran something like 88,000 units if I am not mistaken, they were few for sure though.

I wonder if the 3DS VC version will respect the GBA enhanced mode, which unlocks another form and alters the colour palette?

Yeah, it was live a while ago.
The new update is very good, Nikki sends new notes that introduce new features, you can speed up and slow down the drawing process animation, take photos and sound recordings from within the application, use multiple colours per notes, attach photos and sounds to replies, has an undo/redo button, it feels like a much more full-fledged application now.

I think I can see how this will pan out for me.

I already have Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon and loved it.
I need to try out the Fire Emblem demo still. If I like it, I might actually buy that.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is an absolute purchase for me.
With those three games, I will be eligible to get the Animal Crossing download code when it launches in Europe, awesome.

Looks yummy. Pink is a yummy colour. Yum yum yum.

Where's Cave Story+ already? Nicalis said we could expect this soon, but that was March 28th already.

Ahh well, I'm sure I'm going to load that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon demo.

If Nintendo were to take the fan translation, alter it as necessary and release it for 3DS and Wii U VC, that'd be amazing and I'd snap it up immediately.
From what I had heard even guys at Nintendo were looking forward to playing Mother 3.

I spotted the video on the eShop and was pleasantly surprised, I'll keep an eye on it.

I wonder if that Japanese audience can appreciate a game made in Canada?
It looks like they do!