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One of the big problems is that these stores undercut themselves. I'll rarely buy anything from HMV or GAME simply because I know, even without amazon or any of the other onlines, that their own websites will be priced lower. If they can't even compete with themselves, what chance do they have against amazon?

Hilarious.

'No new console' 'No new console' 'No new console'...ad nauseum

'ok, new console. No improvements.'

250 stars is worth absolutely nothing anyway.

That's like advertising food as coming with a free napkin.

I can see this working as long as the digital downloads come down in price as physical ones do. Steam works because stuff gets cheaper after a while, and they don't expect you to pay full price for a 4 year old game.

Nintendo didn't do this with any previous online attempt (save that single Sonic sale, I think?) and my friend regularly complains that XBOX Live Arcade still expects £45 for Modern Warfare 3 when you can pick up a disc for £15.

Haha, saw this yesterday. Very funny stuff. The kuribo's shoe video is brilliant, too

I thought the swordplay was pretty much perfect, although I have to say I had trouble getting the skyward strike to charge on occasion.

I was about to call April fools then I saw it was posted on the 2nd.

Should have been at launch.

I think it goes hand in hand with the naming debate - if it sounds like a Wii and looks like a Wii, parents will say 'you've already got a perfectly good one at home'. It needs to be marketed as something different or it'll just seem like a new controller.

@AcidFox

After this he'll be

puts on glasses

down in the dumps
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

nintendolife is a really cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything

So gutted this came out near Skyward Sword! I've bought it and it's just sitting there for the moment

Looks incredible though, can't wait to give it a proper go over the holidays. Great review as ever

'Oh no! The Nintendo community is a lot more vocal than the 4 nutjobs who still think PETA is good. Better backtrack. Fast.'

Calling it 'Pro' implies that it's in any way pro, and not a complete botch job.

I can't see it being particularly comfortable reaching the face buttons over the damn thing, either.

They should just call it a day, recall the 3DS and have another crack at it, lol. There's been so many little updates it's going to only be available in patchwork soon

I'm happy, it means the 3ds I buy will have 2 circle pads, haha

So glad I didn't buy one at launch, it seems like one thing after another with it at the moment

Any idea who the participating retailers are?

Had this preordered on Amazon since it was announced at E3 2010. Probably means I'll have to repreorder to get the controller bundle and therefore lose the price I locked in then.
Bargain.

Strange considering how close the Wii.U is, so I guess its not that big a redesign. It'll be interesting to see if nothing else!

@James Don't know how to embed images properly, but still

http://media.photobucket.com/image/the it crowd larger glasses/michanley/The IT Crowd/final3.jpg

Maybe scheme wasn't the right word...

I've been looking for Super Paper Mario for ages, I'll be getting this!
I think I've read somewhere that the cases aren't reversible like the New Play Control ones, though, which is a shame

Still, £15-20 isn't bad at all!

I didn't play either when they were first released - unfortunately, I played them first on Wii VC. I've finished Majora's Mask completely (with all the masks, etc.), and I ran out of steam on Ocarina around the shadow temple. 'Nuff said.

Is this going to be a full priced game or more in the £20 region?

Seems like a bit of a random thing to decide. They should put an option on that lets you delete your save

In all seriousness, that's like saying you can only boot it up so many times. Just plain unnecessary.

It's probably the most obvious idea ever (and I'm sure it's been thrown around in the forums), but Pokemon TCG + Augmented reality would be perhaps the coolest use of the tech to hit 3DS.

They said 'We're doing high definition Sonics, we're doing obviously Aliens: Colonial Marines, so you can bring them across'. What else are they going to bring across? It's not going to be the 2006 one, the werehog hit Wii too. We already know Sonic 4 will be on it, that much is obvious. I don't see what else they could be talking about, to be honest!

Arkham City. Never thought I'd see the day.
Colour me excited!

"showing the ability to observe your monsters from all angles"

Not coming out in Sweden, Denmark or Norway. Sorry guys.

Is this controller being partially designed by Victorinox?

That's made my day. This is going to be something special

Thank god you barely ever have to move the camera in these games. That sounds incredibly awkward.

I wonder if the cover art will be reversible, like for the New Play Control! series...

Come on Super Paper Mario and Warioland!

In the tradition of taking games and making them first person, they're making a first person F-Zero for 3DS. It comes with a free chunder-bucket attachment.

@James You clearly know something we don't! Quick! To the rumourmill!

The Sun is on free dinners

That's a 3DS game. That's a 3DS game within 3 months of the console launching.
When devs eventually 'get used to it' we're gonna be in for a treat!

It's becoming harder and harder not to buy one, haha
I can't afford it atm and I'm not crazy about the launch titles, so I'm gonna wait for the inevitable hardware reconfiguration. Honest.

A 3D Galaxy would blow so many minds it wouldn't be financially viable. That's the only explanation that it isn't already here.

@ Raylax
Yes, although only on the top screen. No, this functionality has been discontinued. Only the Australian model can do that. This may be added at a later date. You're thinking of psychic paper. Not for the under 6's. Yes, 'Zinger Brown'. Neither. Hypercube.

@James Ohhhh, there goes the weekend
Cheers!

cough Birmingham cough

@BellGoRiiing With SpotPass connectivity?

@Warioswoods I know what you mean, it feels like Retro put a lot more effort in! NSMBWii isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not as good as it could be

I got burned buying my DS when I did (I bought it a while after launch, so a few months prior to the lite). As I'm cash strapped and not massively craving any of the launch titles, I'll give it a bit, methinks

I meant for Rayman, haha
My mistake!

As easily as they think they can defend it by saying it's a good product, we're still being shafted as usual. I don't get how they can charge us a £70 or whatever it is premium for living in Europe.

Someone should tell Ubisoft that some developers occasionally do this thing called 'making new games'. They should totally look into it.

If the UK/US launch titles are anywhere near as disappointing as the Japanese line-up, they'll probably have a fair few sitting around.

I have fury.

Nice to see the trailer in a higher resolution than the console can output! Always useful

FINALLY!