I`m going on saturday, i`ll be wearing a goomba cap. pink/red t-shirt, and blue jeans, if you see me say, i`ll be happy to say hi or stop and chat.
don`t forget to take your 3DS to the event, you may see me pop up in your street plaza. also, i have finished all of the puzzle panels with exeption to the mario tennis one, which i hope to finish on saturday.
anybody struggling with the pink pieces will pretty much have good day picking them up, just remember to keep checking your 3ds regularly through out the day.
also, i`m taking a friend with me, he`ll be dressed as mario, so we`ll be easy enough to spot.

I`d have thought that it would make sense to bring out some must have games during the summer months. how on earth are parents ment to stay sane during the school brake if they can`t keep there kids numb infront of the tv?

i would have been happier if nintendo had made it a multiplayer day for any game. just promoting it as a kid icarus event may put off alot of extra people that might think about turning up to a local gathering.

@tinymario i`ve add you in, my code is 2492-4742-9380

@tinymario if you ask around in the MK7 thread on ths 3DS forums you might have better luck with people responding to friend requests.
anyways, i`m glad the glitch has been sorted, finally

considering that nintendo, sega, hudson, and d4/snk hold the majority of titles on the VC, it`s not really supprising that sales are biased towards these companies, especially when the only 3rd party to come close of having as many games on the VC is capcom.
nintendo really could have had so many more classics on the VC if they had offered some sort of incentive to get 3rd party publishers and devs to get their games re-rated and put up for sale on the VC.
when you think how many games each console on the VC has originally had released, there could easily be weeks with 4-5 games to purchase for a long time to come, and that`s not including games by defunct publishers or games with external licensing agreements.
the other thing i would love to see is a side by side comparison of sales figures for the overall top 20 selling games on WW and VC. i think that would be an interesting read.
and another thing to add, considering nintendo are tight lipped about WW sales and happy to release charts for the VC just goes to prove how poorly the whole wii shop is managed, especially when it comes to WW.

tbh, if kid icarus gets a sequal, they need to sort out the controls because uprising is unnecessarily horrible to play.

if nintendo did a bundle sale, i can see exactly what`ll happen.
they`ll just bundle up a bunch poor selling games that nobody is interested in or really wants, and then complain ebout it being a total disaster because everybody saw through the sham.

during the 80`s and 90`s, one thing sega were always good at were making great arcade games, especially their racers.
i always preferred their arcade games over the console games too, so i`m glad this came out. now i`m crossing my fingers for outrun to finally make it.
also, on a weird note. i remember mtv used clips of the guy crashing in this game as part of their anti drink driving ad campaign in the early 90`s.

both 1080 and wave race need new entries at some point.
tbh though, i was supprised that neither turned up for the wii as they would have made good use of the balance board.

i went to the one in london and got loads of street pass hits, so if anyone is planning to go to any of the next three, make sure you get there early, and hang around for as long as you can.
i managed to get about 25 of the pink pieces on puzzle swap. the oppertunities to grab that amount in one day are few and far between, so take it while you can.
also, i didn`t even play against the squad and they guys there were just handing out the kid icarus cards, along with the posters. i`m not sure if they`ll just hand the cards out again quite so freely, but you never know.

@Assaxsin87 it has to be seen to be believed on how dire the situation is.
it`s not just GAME and gamestation, it`s everywhere that sells games.
nintendo has always had the least amount of shelf space for games, and even then, we`re not guaranteed to get any new releases. so, yeah, don`t blame the buyer, blame the damn seller instead.

so now it`s 2 gamecubes stuck together instead of one and a half.

i would rather see nintendo start bringing over their nintendo world stores to the UK. atleast that way we can actually get the games we want on release days,
actually, just getting a good choice of games overall would be nice rather than relying on the generic bland section at most game shops.
still, it`s good to see that GAME themselves are able to buy in more zumba dance party sing-a-long party games.

tbh, it`s just as much blessing as it is a curse.
on one hand, games that are hard to find the shops can be bought online and will remain online for aslong as the licensing and agreements last. but if you don`t like the game that you downloaded you have no options with returning the game and getting your money back, nor can you trade it in for a new game when you`re bored of it.

how hard is it to play a game through a few times before sending them off to nintendo for checks.
i would have thought that programers should atleast run the code a few times during development aswell.
also, planning and setting a budget for advertising should really be considered at the beggining of the whole development process.
you could have the best game ever made and nobody would ever buy it if you never made people aware of it. there`s a simple truth in any business, you need to spend money to make money.

@bulbasaurusrex although your point is valid, fluttershyguy was using satire in response to the joke post that i`d made before him.
just think, you maybe running right in these games, but your controlling the direction that you`re going with a thumb on your left hand. so therefore lefties rule, haha.

that`s got to be the biggest pile of right handed propaganda i have ever seen.
time for us lefties to unite and rise up against our oppressive right handed menaces.
witches and warlocks suite up.

tbh, there are quite a few software studios nintendo either owns, or works with that could quite easily help out developing nintendo`s IP`s.
metroid, punch out wii, and donkey kong returns are all good examples of what can be done.
even if these studios took on more staff specificly to help deal solely on nintendo franchises, it can only be a good thing.
atleast this way nintendo`s inhouse devs aren`t rushing to meet deadlines in order to go from one project to the next.

i had the chance to download and use the Nintendo Zone app a few weeks back when i went to Hyper Japan in london.
tbh, i wasn`t really impressed with it at the time i used it. hopefully there maybe some better stuff put on there since then, but i`ll wait and see.

I`m heading to the london one on saturday. i doubt that i`ll enter, but it`s worth going for the street pass hits alone.

@fluttershyguy and @bahooney, it`s not a case of us not liking the games, it`s the fact that the shops just aren`t stocking them in.
most nintendo fans are screaming out for the new titles, but we just aren`t able to get them.
TBH, where my local GAME is concerned, i haven`t seen any new games on the shelves for nintendo in months. and i`d bet that they`re having trouble with the other platforms too.
HMV, which is my second go to place are hit and miss at the best of times with new games, simply because they have other stuff to sell too. CD`s, DVD`s and so on. even then, i haven`t seen many new titles on their shelves latley either.
the supermarkets tend to get looked over alot of the time, basicly because nobody really thinks to go into a supermarket to buy video games. even then, they can be hit and miss too because of the limited floor space given to games.
so, it`s not really that good to be a UK gamer at the moment unless your willing to buy online. and as we all know, having a new game has to be an instant fix, who really wants to wait for games to be sent in the post.

tbh, the sales of nintendo games are still being affected by the fact that shops like GAME and hmv aren`t stocking new games as they get released. with that in mind, i`m not suprised nintendo games aren`t selling well.;tbh, if wasn`t for online shops like amazon, those games just wouldn`t sell.

@c-olimar if nintendo doesn`t make the patch download mandatory, then that situation is very plausible.
it will become an unfair advantage if people are given the choice.
the problem with the news peice is that it doesn`t state either way, so it`s up for interpretation on how nintendo are going to handle this.
for everybody`s sake i do hope that everybody is made to download the patch.

if the glitch fix is for wuhu i can`t see that the cheaters will be willing to download the fix.
they`ll be at an even bigger advantage because the legitimate players will download it, and there won`t be any chance of making some ground back.

Just got my new piece. shame it wasn`t a pink one though.
by the way, can anybody tell me how many panels there are in total so far?
so far i have 16 including the new one.

new letter box stationery has been sent out for this, which looks boring compared to the US and japanese ones.
still, i might watch the presentation tommorow, if i remember.

why these devs can`t get it into their heads that they are their own worst enimies sometimes.
a bit of market research with a target audience would go far for a games development.
and the thing is, nintendo shouldn`t always have to put their money into advertising everybody else`s games.
devs need to put a bit of money and effort into getting their own games noticed, whether it`s a newspaper add, or even hiring out stands in shopping malls or games expos to promote their games.
getting feed back from the public from taking their games out to events will deffinitly help them to make better games.
i remember the days were i could walk into my local games shop and they would have a console jn the corner of the shop to promote a new game, having them return would help.
tbh, with all of the millions of wii`s out there, i honestly can`t understand why it`s so difficult to sell the 6000 units to begin with, including the shovelware. with a bit of thought and effort it shouldn`t be a problem.

didn`t this news come out a some time back. i`m sure i`ve read about this before.

i might look into getting rush rush rally if the review is favourable.
also, the 3D machine video being the first and only paid video this week is a bit pointless, it`s been on the video service twice, for free, now they want us to buy it. no thanks. they could have put up another video that`s not been seen to go along with it.

it would be nice to actually have new racer from nintendo that didn`t involve power ups and a cast of mario charecters. so, i`d be happy to have a new F-Zero, wave race, or 1080.
all 3 were great on the N64 and gamecube, i never understood why they dropped all three this gen.

their trade in prices were never that great in the first place, but atleast they`re still trading.

i`ll definitly be going to the MCM expo, it`s definitly one of the better expo`s of the year in london.
any wrestling fans out there may want to go for there aswell because the FWA usually turns up to each MCM event. they`re deffinitly good fun to watch inbetween all of the other stuff that goes on.

obviously nobody buys xbox games in japan. well that`s one good reason to go there on holiday then.

nintendo are fine as they are.
if people want crappy ftp games, let them get their silly apple ipads and mobile phones. those type of games are better suited to that market anyway.
i just don`t think that ftp games would make much of an impact for very long on games consoles. simply because gamers want to buy games in one go without worrying about having to buy them bit by bit.
besides, we get game demos which are freel, even if they are there to entice you to buy the final product.

i can`t understand why so many people like Dead or Alive so much.
the story mode sucks, the time trial mode for some weird reason is called arcade mode. and you can`t set up rematches with the online mode.
i would have thought that there would have been a similar arcade and online modes to street fighter 4.
mario kart 7 feels a bit rushed, i would have been happy if nintendo ironed out all of the problems.

tbh, i`m struggling to find a good reason to spend my money on games for the 3DS really. there isn`t many that i`m interested in, and now that GAME is on the way out, the selection in the shops is now going to be bare minimum, and the deals will be even fewer and far between.
the first few months may have been tough, but the next year or so is going to be hard on alot of games companies if something good doesn`t come along soon.

tekken prime doesn`t deserve 7, maybe a 5 at best.
i don`t understand why namco renamed the arcade mode as free play, and not even give the characters the usual endings that you`d normally expect.
for those who are new to tekken, putting the game in the easiest setting would normaly help to give you a fair chance, which it does for the first few matches, then it just goes into cheap overdrive for the last remaining matches, which is really of putting.
the 3D display is terrible, it`s really hard to get it in the right spot for the affect to work. for most games it`s not a problem, but i just turn it of for this one.
the cards as an unlockable element of the game is pretty useless too, i`d rather have new costumes, or charecter bio`s or something a lit bit more worthwhile.
the gameplay is no way near as fluid or entertaining as Dead or Alive. although i do find Dead or Alive really easy, and doesn`t have any form of an arcade mode what so ever.
so, really, tekken prime and DoAD should be two of the 3D`s great games, but their flaws are just too annoying to recomend eother of them. go with street fighter 4 instead.

geez, what the heck are they gonna do with all the second hand party games they`ve got.
they can`t burn them, nobody in hell would be caught playing that crap.

there are some shockingly bad mega drive games on the VC. why sega didn`t remove those first, i`ll never know.

well, nintendo had better get working on some other IP`s for the 3DS if they want to warrent that excuse.
there were 4 mario platformers for the NES if you take lost levels into account.
tbh, there really shouldn`t be any problem with making atleast one sequal for the 3DS, even if the game is vastly different from the first.

i bought this recently, and i`m just a bit dissapointed in it really.
the arcade mode is really a time attack mode not a proper fight 10 two round matches to get to the boss, the closest to an arcade mode is the free play mode where you can set up a match with how many rounds per match, time per round, and being able to choose your opponent and difficulty of the charecter you`re fighting against.
with the online mode against random people, you can`t set up rematches, so if you want to replay against somebody again you might be lucky if you get them as a random selection again.
there are some good sides to the game, there`s plenty of modes, charecters, stages and it`s nice to look at.
it`s just that the downfalls of the game let this one down, coupled with the fact it`s way too easy,
i`m glad i picked this one up cheap, i`d be gutted if i had paid full retail price for it.

i`m not suprised that turbo grafix games are going, the best game that it has on the VC is street fighter 2, and it`s not exactly the best port either. and most of the other games i`ve tried are pretty weak anyway.

i think that the d pad control isn`t quite as sharp as the nes version, it seems slightly off to me.
don`t get me wrong, it`s still a good buy, but it just needs to be tightned up a bit.

if digital is the way to go, there really needs to be playable demo versions of each game made available.
i`ve been burnt more than enough times with wiiware games that have turned out to be less desirable.
atleast with physical copies, if i don`t like a game, i can return it. and with old ganes i don`t want any more, i can trade them in. how are you gonna do that with digital games? you can`t.
the other thing is aswell with download only consoles, as somebody mentioned above, some games will eventually be removed from sale on the nintendo shops. the other point to add to this is, i can`t see nintendo continuously rolling the entire back catalogue of download games over to each successive new generation of consoles, there`s going to be some cut off point where nintendo will say enough is enough.
even if you took a download only console into a store for trade in, the staff are going to delete everything off of the memory regardless of how much you`ve spent on games. then your only left with what ever the value of the console is.
the other thing that will be a worry is if you sold the console on privately, you would still need to be very carefull with it and still delete off anything that holds personal details within the console. names, credit/debit card numbers, phone numbers, your friends list, etc.
tbh, the whole digital age has way too many things to worry about, even if they are only small things.
really, i just hope physical media still hangs around for as long as i`m still gaming, having the choice is always the best option, whether or not if they are the right choices, it`s mine to make.

I never heard of them before, but I'm glad i have now.

fairly decent week for a change. i`ll pick up the DoA demo tomorrow and maybe the VC games when i have cash to spare.

problem is, anybody intested in this will have already hunted down the samurai showdown anthology anyway. so i don`t see that it`s gonna sell too well on the VC unfortunately.

capcom should have just recoded gotchz force for the wii as a NPC game.