@Peach64 True, yet what's difference between this and every other NSMB title? This one's releasing foremost as dlc, but essentially they're all just expansion packs.

@Arcamenel #84 I'm surprised people would honestly care about that kind of thing in a Fire Emblem game anyway. Seems stupid.

Paying £40 for any handheld game is laughable, let alone one tied to Nintendo’s insulting DRM. No sale.

Nailed it.

@AutumnShantel

Your resemblance to Miriel is shocking.

@R-Moss I wouldn't go that far... but i don't think it's a great FE when compared to the best of the series (FE GBA and PoR imo). It's still good but, certain mechanics/elements in the game make it really feel toned down. Stuff like; being able to travel the map freely, pairing up (AND dual striking), shops availability, random weapon pick-ups etc. It's making this game a lot easier than it should be.

I'm up to chapter 8 so far, on classic/hard and it doesn't seem to actually be that challenging at all thanks to those combined features. Story wise it hasn't been that impressive either, but i'll wait and see before i judge that.

Don't buy the DLC, people! you won't be able to live with yourself LOL.

Seriously though, most of the DLC doesn't look all that worth it to me. After playing the first, free map i immediately felt that it was kinda pointless and only serves to make the game too easy.

@SilentHunter382 This is a bunch of mini-games, nothing text heavy. It was obliviously delayed on purpose.

Not worth it atm. Maybe in 3/4 years.

@sonicfan1373 You believe a game like this is capable of damaging the sales of others?

Pity the console itself didn't follow that sentiment.

Awesome, that game is a higher priority for me.

@ThomasBW84 I thought IV was just confirmed coming, with no other details?

@RetroGBHippie92 More like FE, as in it's grid based maps. Combat wise (including monster fusion and all that) it's more like DQM, i suppose.

Do you have FE? I'd get that first if i were you.

Really lame thing to do from their perspective... to admit defeat and say “Hey, we won't be able to compete for people's attention anyway, so why bother?”.

Not that i care, mind you. Nintendo's past 2 E3 events were extremely tedious to watch, barely had anything new/interesting to show off, despite the fans all thinking they'd “bring it for sure this time!”, ha. This year they were probably planning to showcase Wii Fit as the majority focus anyway. I think for as long as Iwata's in charge, they'll always be desperate to try and appeal to casuals at the foremost.

Other announcements wise, this sucks because it probably means they don't have anything left. This year i was at least hoping for a new 3DS Metroid/Star Fox/new IP, but what do they announce instead? A massive flood of Mario games and same-old rehashes ( the Zelda and Pokemon do interest me, but still..). My interest in the Wii U couldn't be any lower.

@rayword45 But you guys already get cheaper games and stuff to actually spend your club points on. Don't be greedy, lol.

@Five-seveN The only AC i've played was GC. From what i can tell, very little has changed about the game since then despite having regular entries. I get why people like the game but, i doubt there'd be much incentive for me to play it without those cool hidden NES gems. It just gets boring after a short while.

DKCR is awesome indeed. My low interest is due to owning it already. Wish it was a new game.

Also, this should've been the article's image:

1 game too many for me. I already own FE, so only needing 2 would've got me to buy LM and take AC or DKC as the freebie (since my interest in those are low). Don't care about the rest.

Just don't buy anything from Nintendo digitally, the only way to get them to even acknowledge this as an issue. I'm way ahead of most of you guys, by boycotting their DD service since the beginning (pricing is the other obvious cause for that). Old news.

Great compilation. Well done, sir.

I'll admit that in the past, i used to constantly reset when something didn't go to my liking. Many hrs were wasted... I honestly don't have the time for that kind of BS nowadays.

I've played through enough FEs now to know what's up, so i'll start with Classic – Hard, no resetting. If they die, so be it. I don't like the idea of playing casual at all. Without the challenge/satisfaction, these games just wouldn't be as enjoyable.

Got mine yesterday.. want to play it now but, i made the foolish mistake of buying Devil Survivor 2 on DS, only a week before. Luckily i'm nearly done with it.

@RetroGBHippie92 Buy. It.

@Peach64 For how much? i do truly hate Game, but the pre-order bonus forced me to use them. The book's quality is very decent, so no regrets.

This won't be online, i can guarantee you.

I kinda did like the look of this game when i first saw it, the graphics are pretty nice. Why is it that so many of their other 3ds titles look like turds in comparison?

@John-San3 Adding challenge doesn't really fit into modern Nintendo philosophy. I fully agree with you, the balanced difficulty was big reason for why LttP was so good.

@AgentAPE Been easy since Minish Cap actually... that game's nearly a decade old.

All those lame Mario announcements had me worried, but THIS definitely has my interest... thank god it's new!

@Einherjar You yourself should prefer these games to be released on PS3 instead. Just think, what's the likelihood of it being localized for the west on an ailing console? even slimmer than usual. I'm sure you must realize Europe is often ignored when it comes to such games, so at least with PS3 you can import the game when/if they ever decide to.

@GreenDream Isn't really moot since i was comparing home consoles, but you're right about MS at least. Their exclusive offerings are non-existent, it'd be impossible to argue otherwise lol.

The Wii isn’t best for exclusives though, PS3 is. Nintendo have steadily phased out most of their franchise i care about. They play it too safe, rarely straying from Mario/Zelda (Mario is stale and overused, Zelda's have been dropping in quality since Windwaker). The lack of new IPs is pretty lame too.

As for PC, i usually stick with older, unique titles (and DRM-free) since mine is rather low-end. It isn't worth upgrading just for gaming, consoles suit me just fine. There are plenty of good games that never make it to PC aswell.

I was more or less a N fanboy until owning a Wii. Their huge shift in target audience was enough to slap some sense into me. It had a few great games, but imo, that didn't make up for the incredible mass of low quality, cash-grab software produced for it (Nintendo's own output included!). There's a much better game variety on the PS360, this is fact.

@Exile20 What a wonderful list!
Listed twice: Tales of Symphonia, Xenoblade Chronicles (Monado doesn't exist)

Never released outside JP: Dragon Quest X, Tales of Graces (not on the Wii anyway..)

A mobile phone port - Final Fantasy IV The After Years
NOT even JRPGs - Zelda games.

"Many more" huh?.. not likely.

It's Capcom, it was to be expected. I may buy once it's 15 or less.

The barstewardization continues...

I have little use for a 'secondary home console', the idea of having/needing a complementary one is just silly imo. You'd be more invested in one or the other, no? One will inevitably gather dust and waste space while you focus your time on the other that caters to your tastes better/provides steady releases with third-party support.

As things are, either the Wii U or the PS4 will be bought by me early next year (my PS3 will easily last me until then, great games are still coming), i won't have the time for both. Whichever fails to impress enough by then will be rejected until the end of the generation, when i can then pick up that console/missed must-haves for dirt-cheap (..it's getting pretty likely that the Wii U will suffer this fate). This is the smarter course of action, wouldn't you agree?

I will regret nothing by doing so.

@Tony_342 "When you buy a Nintendo system, you're not buying it for the games that are out right now..."

What the hell?...that's exactly what you should be doing, smh. Most people would disagree, as you can tell from the sales numbers so far.

@Geonjaha This happens to every game they decide to remake now, in lieu of any real new content.

Oh well, i'll always own the superior Wii version. The controls didn't exactly ruin the game, so there's no reason for me to buy this.

Take all the time you need, i'm in no hurry to buy your system.

Needs to happen soon. Advance 2 was such an awesome game, almost too perfect. I hoped for a long time that we'd get an entry comparable to that one, but with a new cast and storyline...

Dual Strike was good apart from the butchered balance and carbon-copy storyline. Dark Conflict wasn't much, the gameplay changes were rather poor and unnecessary imo. Also the huge cut back on non-campaign content annoyed me.

@AbeVigoda On your first playthrough? i've never done that, but do find the dialogue in all except the 2nd to be pretty dull though.

@QuickSilver88 No... keep it to portables only pls. It's more suited.

@Araknie I think people should actually look up the original's control scheme before deciding it's unnecessary. Dual sticks had nothing to do with the camera.

Dunno if i'll ever buy this, LM wasn't too exciting to me the first time round. The lack of demo isn't helping their cause.

@Axed84 Agreed, i kinda like the style of it without them tbh, so i really don't care. Lame thing to complain about.

Just be glad the animations are now more fluid/less blocky than anything they've done previously in 3d.

Really? because i'm sure i've seen you complain about other factors before, in a similar way. The voices for one iirc.

@Placlu Hopefully a bigger (i.e. competent) EU publisher picks this up, rather than Ghostlight. NoE should be the ones to do it really, maybe there's a chance because of their upcoming collaboration title.

@Five-seveN Every FE i’ve played has allowed you to save via 3 or more slots, you can easily revert back to a previous chapter/mission if you wanted. Stop looking for dumb excuses to try and rip on the game, man... if it doesn't interest you, just move on.

No QA/testing done at all by the sounds of it. A big slap in face to those who waited...

@Koapa Nope, could take up to months. My advice: get a refund.

OoT

@DarkCoolEdge Well, now it's official. WiiU is the new generations Wii

Yep... and looking at my Wii library, that also ensures i won't be buying one for a very long time.

Btw, i found some interesting quotes from Iwata regarding third party support:

"Nintendo tends to release too many titles at the launch of a hardware system and as a result suffers a drop in new games for quite some time after launch, and for the Wii U launch, we are being very careful not to let it happen,"
"Fortunately, third-party publishers overseas are launching many titles for us this time, and we were able to push back the release of some of the titles that we had originally intended to release as launch titles until next year."

That's pretty embarrassing after witnessing the reality, lol.. Nintendo are in dire need of new leadership.

That's one highly agreeable rant, i must say.