Topic: Code Name: STEAM

^tbh honest I'm surprised at the US release date as it was months before both the Euro & Japan dates which very rarely happens with Ninty and even more so when it's a developed in Japan.

I was keen on this, then tried the demo and the enemy turns were enough to put this on the backburner. that slow turn was a big mistep and turned me off purchasing. However, I have retried the demo after the patch and my interest has been rekindled, and a purchase is now (and once again) extremely likely.

Whoop-whoop! I've got an email that saying my pre-order copy has been delivered today.

Releasing here tomorrow, Buying tomorrow. The demo has won me over.

Does anyone know if you can transfer your demo rewards to the full physical game or does it have to be the digital one?

It should transfer over to either No problems.

Yes, you can transfer your progress to the full game.

I tried out Marth and Robin in the game. They are nice as bonuses, but they are not really remarkable

So there's better characters? What are their special abilities?

Marth is entirely close range. His falcion is good for striking weak points. However, he has this great ability of being immune to overwatch.

Robin is good for range and is pretty hearty. His main ability also increases critical chances.

They are good as fanservice, but they are not that necessary.

Even so they're still the best use for the Amiibo's yet imo.

The demo is the first few maps and it should give you a good idea. It is a bit slow at the beginning, but it picks up after you get 4 characters

I'm so disappointed by the poor sales of this game. It is my absolute favorite 3DS title bar Awakening, and I really want to see this series become more than a one-off.

EDIT: ...Not like Starfy... My beautiful spinning star prince, you were too good for this world!!

I still need to get this... I feel bad that I haven't bought it yet

I need to finish this game, put it down due to finals and haven't picked it up yet even though I got to a neat part

My son beat it a whole back and the only reason I'm as far as I am is to get better players to play against him in lol.

It's okay. We'll just keep asking for more IPs, right?

I'm hoping Ninty wont take the reason it's flopped is because it's a new IP and Splatoon will prove otherwise, STEAM seems more like it's trying to be something for everyone but ends up being nothing for no one. With so much mish-mashing of elements (especially niche genres) going on it was always going to be a hard sell, I even think people said as much on the first few pages of the thread. For example I'm a comic fan but I'm not a steampunk fan and it did make me go "meh" at first but I still followed as I'm fond of IS games and the demo reassured it'll be great, I'm also sure FPS fans aren't keen on the TRPG elements to it and the americana doesn't hold up well in Japan/Euro or even in the US etc. The reviews didn't help either with the infamous example being Polygon's.

TBH I'd rather see a game like this being made and flopping than not being made at all because resources are tied to the likes of Super Mario Party X and Mario Fishing.

If Splatoon flops then I think Nintendo would see it as there being no point moving outside of Mario, Zelda, Smash and party games (the only 1 million sellers on Wii U that aren't Mario, Zelda or Smash are Nintendo Land and Wii Party U) along with Pokémon for handhelds. Of course the huge question is whether the Splatoon hype translates into sales.