I'm an american living in Central Asia... the only way for me to get Nintendo games is over the eShop so... it's not like i really have a choice.

tweeted.

if you want a healthy dose of "NINTENDO IS DOOMED" comments check the comments on any article about Nintendo on the Verge...

... its painful.

Joy...

There are already Mario games on the market, so there are Miiverse communities around those games.
Zelda games are AWOL on the Wii U, hence no where to discuss them Miiverse style.
I think this might be a secret admission that new Zelda? Not any time soon...

Fire Emblem DLC for me this week ^__^

The side-by-side videos showing how the demo compared to the final game combined with the reports surfacing about the outsourced dev tossing out all the original material is fascinating... cause to not mourn a lost port on the Wii U...
Rayman this sh*t is not.

ugh. looks like my 3DS will be waiting until March 10th to get it's hopes up again...

... I really really wanted some good Virtual Console options.

Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Awakening

I have some eShop games, but my retail download copy of Fire Emblem was my first time getting a 'full retail' game over the internets, and I must say... if it is a game I am planning on picking up day one and it is on the eShop, then I might just go download.
It was remarkably painless and the knowledge that i have Fire Emblem in my system at all times is kinda awesome.
That being said, I plan on picking up the cart eventually because, well, i'm a collector...

@Shadow100 as ridiculous as it sounds, that one feature will basically make animal crossing for me.
I loved the animals in AC:WW but the odd doll thing ordained as my avatar bugged me...

@Damo well, crap.
learn something new everyday...

eShop like a mofo.

The thing is this model DOES have a backlit screen.
There was a later model revision of the SP with a better/brighter screen.

the only game i want/need is Fire Emblem ^_^

One glance at that screen shot of Super C and I hear that tinny 8bit thunder, helicopter blades and kick ass music.
Hard to say no to your favourite game from 2nd grade...

@Windy @TheInvisibleTor agreed. i thought it really fit the aesthetic.

Honestly, I had this game on my iPhone and liked it well enough, but having a few bucks left on my account, i snagged it on the eShop and... the 3DS version is, in my mind, the best version.

Ill stick to Japanese because I often read faster than the voice acting and end up clicking through it. It is less annoying if the speech fragment is not in a language I understand

$@%€¥, Square Enix!
$@%€¥!!

Mutant Mudds owned me all weekend.

@rayword45 granted, what I said was an opinion, and the control system 'worked' but it never felt as good as a real dual-stick set up and felt like a compromise or a work-around rather than a real good situation.
Personally I really like playing RE: Revelations sans CPP because it plays just like RE4 and that worked for me ^_^

That being said, I did love Moon and Dementium, but it was like playing platformers on iOS: the controls worked for me, but never felt perfect or native.

But if Renegade Kid wanna make a new fps, i won't complain... as long as they keep making '12-bit' games too. Mutant Mudds owned me.

@Strongo9 not really... it feels awesome on the 3DS considering it is finally a return of some of the great mechanics of my favourite platformer ever (Virtual Boy Wario Land).
The Wii U will have more levels, the iOS port has a crazy price point, but at its heart i think Mutant Mudds will always be better on the 3DS

@DePapier because it is at best a passable control scheme and I don't think the CPP penetration rate is good enough to depends on as the necessary input.
Nobody really wants to divide the user base.

I wonder if Mutant Mudds will ever go back to its tragic OG 3rd person platformer/shooter form?

http://www.unseen64.net/2012/12/09/maximillian-and-the-rise-of-the-mutant-mudds-cancelled-ds/

@HeroOfCybertron this seems like a perfect candidate for an xseed localization to the eShop.

Crap... and i thought DQ IX was a dangerous game for me... this looks positively lethal (in a very good time-suck kind of way)

@aviator ftp often ends 1of 2 ways.
1- you play until you hit a moment where you either wait hours for a cool down or you pay money. See also: NimbleBit games, Simpson's Tapped Out
2- the dev tries to be unobtrusive about it, makes no money. See also: Punchquest, Gasketball

FTP is a model that cheapens expectations to the point that, like over on iOS devices, even 1.99 or 2.99 becomes too expensive, limiting the potential for larger games that are not simply time wasters.

In short, FTP rarely equals what I consider good gaming.

I only have a vanilla gb micro but vanilla never looked so good ^_^