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Hmph. Rewarded as a traitor deserves.

I'll think on Medabots a bit mote. I'm mostly focusing on saving up for the next Smash DLC, though.

Read: he wants to see Nintendo pull a Sega and ONLY put their games on XB1.

"There. Now can you PLEASE stop asking me to put such a minor character in Smash?"
—Sakurai, probably.

Continued support for Wii U gamers as the top priority? That's what I was waiting to hear.

Woolseyism is a hobby of mine, so I'mma try to rearrange the translation of the lyrics to fit the rhythm later.

...though if it IS coming soon, it would explain why they chose now to release the Badge Arcade.

Think about it; $10 is the smallest option to add funds to the eShop in advance (barring the "needed funds" option, which is at the time of purchase). Add $10, get 10% (meaning $1) back. That's essentially a set of bonus free plays every time you put funds in the eShop.

Cloud-based? That explains the choice of new DLC. (ba-dum-tssh)

I'm not really expecting this in NA anytime soon, unfortunately, given Nintendo of America's abysmal track record with digital releases. Probably next Summer at the earliest.

I'd say I'm looking forward to the Kirby games getting released on the North Americal VC, except that they probably won't be.

It

It doesn't even have face numbers

If someone told me they spent $20K on that thing, I'd assume they were either lying or mistook it for 25 cents.

Nintendo's definitely not "indie". They're not pretentious enough to be "indie".

The Badge Arcade's really generous; note how in the poll most of its players haven't spent a dime. And, as they've proved today, even if you miss a catcher one time, they'll come back later.

As for children, parental controls stop them from even ACCESSING the eShop without a parental PIN if they're set up.

Wasn't that a really early episode anyway?

...and why is Regular Show still even a thing, anyway?

@shauntu: This. The NES's heyday was way before the Electric Soldier Porygon incident (December 16, 1997). This is the same reason EarthBound took so long to get a rerelease; that with all its flashy effects was released well before the incident as well.

Along with what @Koniec pointed out, there really shouldn't be this much complaining.

Did nobody notice the word "RUMOR" in the title?

To the surprise of nobody.

(Sigh) this woulda' been the perfect time to release Wild World.

You know. I WAS going to comment on how indifferent I was about this because it's so unbelievably minor and not in most games anyway.

But now I'm GLAD this happened because now I get to see every last one of you bastards suffer.

I hope AC:WW comes to North America, too; I never used the online features anyway. It was always a single-player experience for me.

For the love of... This idiot had TWO games pulled so far, and the remaining one is a wonder why it hasn't been pulled (since it's a carbon copy of someone else's free mobile game). Has he not learned his lesson YET?

Not even getting into the fact that Bigley himself is Ridley from the Metroid series. (For the non-Miiverse-savvy, he started as a joke against the "Ridley is too big for Smash argument, as parody scribbles of badly drawn Ridleys being size-compared to countries and planets and galaxies and the universe itself.)

So the Mini and Animal copy abilities are older than we thought.

So... Yokai medals are YET ANOTHER Amiibo competitor?

We have to buy Stinger. Nintendo needs to get the message that there's still a market for the VC.

Ah yes, Metal Gear Mobile. Truly the most anticipated installment.

I wonder if this means now's the time to buy stock... hmm...

...what. That's just, what.

(Sigh) Even with the (cheaper) 3D ports out, this is still upsetting because of what it represents; I just don't want the Wii to keep dying further and further. I'm getting old fast enough already, you know?

For some reason, I doubt this figure. Probably because it's so much higher than the amount of Wii Us in circulation.

Ah, this is just like someone saying "totally radical, dude" ten years ago. Undesirable, yeah, but completely ignoreable.

They can win ME over by releasing the Advanced trilogy on the Virtual Console; those actually WERE good successors. But oh right, they have no plans to do that for some reason.

Pirates vs. Ninjas?

Are we in 2007 again?

Most physical-only sentiments I've seen amount to elitism. "I don't give in to the download trends, therefore I am BETTER than you sheeple" and all that. And not only has those attitudes made me better accept retail downloads, it has actively turned me away from buying physical.

You guys who think like that literally sound like those hipsters who insist on listening to vinyl records only just because they're not sold by "the man".

I don't mind the delay, but... broad audience?

Is

Is he being sarcastic

I'm sorry, but Nintendo's audience is really, really limited to pretty much just the people who grew up with it nowadays. I've never seen even a single Wii U owner under 18.

...where's Wild Gunman and Hogan's Alley?

It's like they're intentionally trying to offend people as much as possible with this abomination.

This is a good move for him, and I'm proud of him for finally getting around to it.

Funny everyone keeps saying he should join Nintendo. That might actually be a good idea, since he already has close connections to them, being close pals with Sakurai and all.

FINALLY.

The Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology philosophy simply wasn't working anymore. I'm glad they finally realized that more power does NOT mean they've sacrificed their integrity.

I do suspect the placebo effect is pretty strong even in gaming. It's why I refuse to study matchups in Super Smash Bros. despite being a competitive player; If so-and-so is utterly hopeless against this specific opponent, I don't want to know, because that'll lead to me basically giving up.

As much as I hate the very existence of Nindies in general, I've resigned myself to this. He's what a lot of people want, and I understand why.

Okay, what the hell, Nintendo.

The Virtual Console is literally the last thing this company has going for it. Everything about this screams "we don't care anymore, let us die quietly already".

I WOULD say we should say something, but oh right, high and mighty Nintendo has flat-out stated that they ignore any and all fan petitions.

Two years, huh? Today, due to the timeframe, that means the mayor of AAAAAAAA picked AC:NL up at release, fiddled with it a couple of times, and then never touched it again.

@Zach777 I'm aware of that. It's just a compulsion. I guess I like to see how gameplay and stuff changes gradually over time and all that.

I WOULD get Chibi-Robo, but I still haven't played the original 2006 game yet.
I have a compulsion to do things in order.

Picking this up for sure. The ACTUAL Game Gear may have had some serious issues, but as the VC releases show, it may have had a chance on more competent hardware. Also, it looked damn cool.

@allav866 Not to mention Multiplayer, which Nintendo treats as an impossibility but the Game Gear just said "oh, here you go". Which is weird, considering multiplayer is typically Nintendo's forté.

Well, let's see how this goes. And if it's awful, I can safely shrug it off as non-canon.

I'm not surprised, considering how hard Nintendo's profits have been taking a hit. Every little extra counts.

Note: Do not confuse with the WiiWare game or 3DS sequel.

Right now, Nintendo's going the way of Atari; people know about it widely and acknowledge its influence, but only those who grew up with it care about its continued existence.

Hopefully they'll take this as the cold splash of water they so desperately need to wake up.

And people wonder why I've stopped supporting Pokémon as a series. It's in no small part because of how draconian Game Freak's gotten over the years.

The only reason I haven't changed my avatar to reflect my refined opinion is because I'm too lazy to.

Snake, Wolf, and the Ice Climbers.

...hey, I can hope.

@Dr_Corndog While I personally also like the Inklings better and think this issue needs to be fixed, I do see the appeal myself; the Octarians are pretty tragic villains once you get into things, so I can easily see why people would want to throw them a bone every now and then.