Mega Man X9, SNES style.

@Ernest_The_Crab Well, I never used a guide for Super Metroid. I got stuck a couple of times, but figured it out after a while. I think half the fun is trying out different things and figuring out the rules of the game.

I agree though that this problem may seem bigger now that we have the internet.

Have people lost the ability to try stuff out?

@Peach64 "Do people now understand why Ubisoft had to make Rayman multiplatform?"

I don't think the problem people had was Ubisoft going multiplatform, but them delaying the Wii U version until the ports are done.

@Luis_Gimpy Big difference. I have nothing against good old expansions or robust DLC. Microtransactions more often refer to buying a weapon or a new level for a dollar. That model has many problems, not least the annoyance of buying a game that feels incomplete.

I'm boycotting "all of our games will have microtransactions" EA, anyway.

@KnightRider666 I will. I've heard from other sources as well it is the best one next to the first X. PSX, right?

@Kevin Castlevania: Rebirth for Wii was pretty good of what I played. I wouldn't say no to more stuff like that.

@KnightRider666 The first X is my favorite by far, but I've only played the first three, and 7.

@KnightRider666

I agree. Or what I'd really like is a SNES-style Mega Man X9.

"It was appealing to only a very small hardcore base of fans. That's how franchises die."

Sad words. Why must every franchise appeal to the broadest possible audience, thereby losing the hardcore audience with the more specific needs? I think they could've kept the Metroidvania Castlevanias (and innovated within that formula) as a separate thread to the God of War clone Castlevania.

@NintendoPro64 Yeah, that'd be nice.

A pacifier because it's for "young developers", maybe? It doubles as a light bulb, which is more obvious what it stands for.

Good stuff. I think the eShop will shape up pretty well down the line.

@rdenton85 I don't think you can transfer the save file.

Japan isn't very advanced in these topics, after all.

Or rather, they're not a very gender equal country, so I'd assume the above, as well.

Haha, awesome. Merciless is a bit prog metal.

Overall it feels natural. So many of the old NES tunes felt like 80s metal, anyway. (In the best possible way.)

Give me one of those dev kits, please. It won't be gathering dust in my hands.

Solomon's Key is a pretty cool game. Might get it.

Didn't US get exactly the same Wii U VC games as Europe?

And this week Europe got Mega Man and Pac Man, as well.

Metroid 5.

As long as they don't go the EA route of microtransaction hysteria... That would destroy Nintendo for me.

I would really like to see the 2D Metroids for GBA.

Super Metroid is short and I'm replaying it in May.

Sounds perfect for me.

I hope they keep handing out two games a week for Wii U VC. As for this week, I think I'll pass.

@PinkSpider

It already has good HTML5 support (for a console browser).

@Ernest_The_Crab

It's basically cash, but on a card. Anyone can walk up to you and steal your money if you leave it on the table, right? The distance for NFC is only like an inch.

If it has the same attention to detail as the first LttP, this game could be fantastic. I just hope it doesn't feel like a lazy rehash that only tugs at nostaliga strings. I hope for meaty dungeons and a dense world with lots of secrets.

Sounds like a risky move. Will the press hype Nintendo's smaller presentations as much as they undoubtably will the big conferences? Sounds pretty cool, otherwise. New stuff popping up throughout the expo.

Yep, that's still Yoshi alright.

How is it gimped?

Not very strong lineup, but SMW is awesome, of course. Hopefully they will roll out at a couple a week after this.

Cool that they actually take Miiverse feedback into account. I hope "tweaks" don't mean more guidance or lower difficulty, though. I wouldn't mind some puzzle solutions being sped up a bit, though. A couple of things have taken minutes to solve even after I know the solution.

"Kids nowadays do not think that way. That’s why we needed to have a cutscene in there to explain you have to look in the walls for a secret."

Sad. Secrets were such a magic part of many NES games I played as a kid.

I played the demo of this and didn't like it. Felt like a super simplistic "Punch-Out!!" without the uniqueness of the opponents.

It's been a while since I played Kirby. Definitely getting that.

I want a new Nintendo Direct about the spring update!

@ajcismo That made me want to try Legacy of the Wizard. I've heard of it before, but never played it.

And this is why review scores are often bad. The review is great, but the negatives to the reviewer may be positives to some (me included).

Getting this on Friday.

Sony pays well, I guess.

An old game will hardly be a system seller.

Toki Tori 2. I didn't play the original, but this one looks interesting.

God no. I don't want iOS crapware on the eShop.

@Peach64

"When the top selling eShop game comes close to the top selling IOS game, then it's impressive, but that's never going to happen."

It will never happen, but that doesn't say anything about the quality of the games. Many times more people own an iPhone than a 3DS, and generally I would say 3DS owners are more invested gamers and have a bigger appreciation for games with tight gameplay, which is why a game like Gunman Clive sells more on a platform which has proper buttons.

You're not implying Candy Crush Saga is a great game just because it's a top download, are you?

@Eien1239

I don't mean like that. Action games can allow for creative use of abilities without being puzzle games. I just mean I hope the abilities aren't just replacable with "red keycard", "blue keycard".

Edit: Oh, maybe you meant the other way around,

I'm cautiously interested. I hope they let you be creative with the different "forms", not just use them for some specific key moments.

SNES is easily #1 for me.

Looks great.