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@Sgt-Jack-V According to data by Niantic, more people play it than in 2016. Considering it has WAY more features now (Quests, Trades, Raids and monthly community days where you actually meet people) it's not really that weird.

@RunGMhx It works like XBL worked back in the day (dunno how that changed since then, since I haven't used my 360 since 2011 or so):

The "Primary Switch" (where you created your account) can play everything offline, if you want to play your games at a friend's place, the profile that bought the game has to be online at all times (or the game will pause).

In theory, it is possible to share games that way, but is certainly against Nintendo's TOS and is only meant to enable gamers to play Download games with friends, e.g. when you played Splatoon on your brother's console, want to show it your friend, but your brother needs it on a Mario Kart tournament.

@NEStalgia "Waifu Splatoon" was the name play-asia gave to market Peach Beach Splash, which is kinda fitting, I think

@Sebas I think "Luigified" are more of an issue to some as these actually "waste a slot", while Echoes are "something extra".

But to be fair - Sakurai always stated clones don't take a potential spot as they are easier to balance. I think the "Echo-Fighters" is just a marketing scheme anyways to clearly communicate to everyone that they aren't stealing any spotlight. Because to me, it seems kinda arbitrary which chars are echoes and which aren't.

@Atariboy 200 marriages failing "because of" Fortnite is still a lot

@Sebas I'm not against Isabelle... but original how? She looks very much like a "Luigified" Villager clone.

So... will the new amiibo be US-exclusive? At least I didn't see it in the EU-direct...

@DarkKirby Totally true. I had to review "Burst", but was surprised that behind the obvious fanservice the gameplay was quite solid (with flaws like framerate, but still good) and appealing characters.

Of course the spin-off games are more obvious in their saucy nature. I still want "Waifu Splatoon" though!!

@subpopz So it's kinda like New Super Luigi U? (Not in terms of gameplay, of course!)

@Smigit I'm no coder, so I just assume you're right

@JayJ I doubt Y-L could run on an unmodded N64. Unless they re-did everything with N64-limitations which they even didn't properly do for the stretch-goal, as it basically would involve doing the whole game's assets and playtesting from scratch.

It's a bit much to ask for something as a limited extra.

So juristically speaking not the Ultimate Edition. Just in case they wanna release another.

@th3r3ds0x Well, that was the point of my reply.
People complain about Nintendo not doing the downwards spiral in terms of race to the lowest price, but that's really because their products are of a quality and that the customer keeps paying the price. I saw Local stores even asking 60€ for a new copy of Pokémon White 2 (inlcuding the sticker that tells customers that online features have been abandoned by now).

If Mario games ever declined in quality like e.g. the Sonic games I bet they would face the same fate. It's an easy offer versus demand calculation.

@BigKing They only do it with games that still sell. Nintendo games that don't have a high appeal drop as quickly in price as others, e.g. Art Academy U, Star Fox Zero, Fling Smash, 1-2 Switch, Animal Crossing amiibo-Party, etc. ...

I think they should have went with Base Game+DLC AND no forced online. 11€ at once really is a lot for mobile games, but smh some people have no issues playing 100 bucks a month for microtransaction in Pokémon Go >_>

Austrian developers, awesome!

@UmbreonsPapa At the Smash Ballot it specifically said twice that you can nominate Video Game characters: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/100/087/2ca.jpg

One could stretch it and argue Goku appeared in games, but Sakurai also said with the Bayonetta reveal that only characters originating from video games were considered for the ranking.

Rules can change ofc, but it does make sense they set their limits that way.

@BensonUii That's a valid point, and I'm not saying it's impossible, just very, very unlikely, at least talking about Ultimate. With all the stuff packed in there I think Nintendo would want to cut back down on content before they invite a whole different universe - especially one that has several different licence holders all over the world.
And yeah, of course these are all just assumptions from what I've witnessed how Nintendo likes to act out.

They do however need to communicate very clearly why they picked Goku over other fighters from other non-gaming media, and that in a way so that even the most dense fans get it.
For example:
Clones were always hated in Smash because people thought till SSB4 that "they are taking away a spot" - while actually, they were just something extra, as clones are easier to balance than a whole new character. If they didn't want to include clones, it would essentially mean less characters in the roster.
Now that most are re-branded as "Echo Fighters" everyone seems to be okay with it and suddenly get the concept.

@BensonUii Also: With the last Smash Ballot, it was clearly stated that characters have to originate from a game to be considered. Of course it could change in the future, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

@BensonUii "Also Lucario appeared on a Pokemon movie first before in a Pokemon game. But he made it on Smash."

That comparison doesn't work. The anime was always there to promote the games, not viceversa. Pokémon of the next generation were always teased a bit earlier in the anime.

Fore example: It's no coincidence that the "reboot" movie for the 20th anniversary rewrote the plot to include Ho-Oh, Suicune, Entei and Raikou to promote mainly the re-release of Pokémon Gold and Silver (and them being Raid-Bosses in Pokémon Go around the movie's release) while also officially introducing Marshadow (also part of the plot). That was all to advertise Monsters connected to their main franchises.

We don't have a situation here like with Marvel comics adding Agent Coulson to their plots because they liked the new character in the movies. The Anime can't just invent Pokémon.
Only very rarely special forms cross over (Ash-Greninja and the Pikachus with Ash's cap are the only exceptions).

I could imagine that Smash could go towards a "Marvel Vs. Capcom"-future but with other characters, like Smash Vs. Shonen to include Goku, Luffy, Naruto...

But not in a regular Smash and certainly not Ultimate. It would open the floodgates to more and more characters...

@NEStalgia *Boss and assist trophy. Yellow Devil, Ridley and Metalface were hazard bosses in SSB4.

@NewAdvent People get around that, especially in the creative industry. You can't get fired when you're Freelancer. Or you only get hired on short-term contracts.

@90sRetroGaming That's the thing about crowdfunding, especially on sites like kickstarter: The developers don't owe you anything. A friend of mine had the brilliant idea of backing a kickstarter to get a mocap-syctem for 900 bucks (because it worked out with the oculus rift before for him).
He never got the mocap system because the company went bankrupt before...

@Silly_G To be fair, Daisy was more present due to her sports outings. Before March of the Minis Nintendo seemed to completely forget about her and is only slowly coming back. I wonder if they make her a playable character in the next Mario Party/Kart/Sports Game

@NEStalgia Who says he can't be both? A boss in Story-Mode AND a stage hazard (which due to the wording might only appear at certain times like midnight, I think).

Also: SC5 didn't have an outfleshed Story Mode but two character films for each fighter in their form of "Classic" Mode and some kind of Adventure Mode that was more like "Event-Mode" (talking in Smash-Terms) with a text narrative (so no videos).

@Cobalt That's not true, they said they will REVEAL every character before the game releases - so leaks like with Smash 4 (where everyone knew Duck Hunt Duo was in prior to the game's release because of an ESRB leak) won't be possible.

As said on E3, the original Smashers will be unlocked, the rest is unlockable (though I don't remember if this meant theoriginal 8 or original 12, thus including the unlockables).

@DTFaux Well, the reveal trailers so far (not counting those of Smash 4) could very well be part of a story mode. All of them had them fighting against enemies in their game.

The 2015 3DS download got a 3/10 from NintendoLife... I think I'll pass.

I think the Game Theorists had a neat explanation how BotW fits best into the "Hero fails" Timeline (only timeline where the villain is always Ganon, not Ganondorf, only timeline where the hero outfit has a yellow stripe, etc.)

@Asaki Thank you!

I don't mean to sound disrespectful, but I really don't understand why they are so popular. I mean, I can understand why you'd want 1 or 2 of them... but how can they take up so much shelf-space that comic- and used game stores seem to sell only those?

I really want to understand the hype. Would I also be able to sell mllions of figures when I make one design and then apint the colours of branded characters all over it?

@rusellohh: This technique doesn't work in normal stages. This game removes the time-limit mechanic from Pokémon Trozei and replaces it with a turns-mechanic. Therefore, to prevent people from clumsily wasting their turns only turns that actually do damage are allowed. Just as in Bejeweled.

I wouldn't say it doesn't need any skill just because a technique is missing. It's just a very different challenge: The challenge to foresee the chain reactions you are creating and choosing the best outcome there is. Or how to build a pattern like this by making chains WITHOUT making it collapse.

Try to play until Stage 31 or so. I got to 46 and still didn't pay a single penny and got 3 gems left from in-game drops (you get one after every Mega-Evoltuion Boss). I didn't even use any coins, not even for Mew.

There are Extra-Stages however which swap turns for time. You can swap items as you wish.
Though the limits are very tight: from 30 seconds to like 2 minutes, even expanding gives just extra 10 seconds with coins and 15 with a gem.
You have to catch a lot of Pokémon to unlock more. 35 mon or so got me 6 stages till now.

Oh, and don't trust any reviews that come online till now. The game is out three days. Every complaint I hear in the reviews a re complains that I had the first day. In that destructoid review it sound like any Pokémon after a certain stage just gives you 3%. Actually it's just the extra stages and some pretty useful 'mon that are that low. Up to Stage 40 most Pokémon still have a default ctahc rate of 30% or 50%, which I usually raised up to 60-70% on the first try, which is still pretty good.

Don't know if this changes up higher, but at that point you should have around 40 'mon available which can make catching Pokémon easier since you can play out their weaknesses.

There are more ways to get coins (watch out: SPOILERS!):

Stage 37 is Meowth. It's scream produces coins instead of traps. Wellt, they are still a trap, but if you put three of them together you get 100 coins. Haven't caught it yet, but I bet it also has an ability to raise your coins if you use it as a helper.

The event-stage isn't overly hard. Okay, I didn't win at my first try like the others, but after some time I beat it without paying. Catching is another story, but you can level up Pokémon to do more damage and get Pokémon that are super-effective against them to increase hits and catch rate. With this I could even beat 3-turn and 5-turn stages without spending even in-game currency, and I don't think I spend a lot of time thinking about my turns. I just put together some 'mon and where like "oh, a 3-chain...5...8... nice, didn't see that coming."

So I think in the end it won't be impossible to catch all the 'mon, you just have to get used to some different playstyles if you don't wnat to spend real money. Like rushing through the game and getting back to some monsters later when you either leveled enough, got enough super-effective monsters or just need that particular monster to boost your team for the enxt battle.

Plus: You get 500 coins every day you connect to the internet to check for events which boosts getting coins a little. So you can get a super ball every 5 days even without playing.

I guess you missed some importand discounts... I mean... Bravely Default!!?

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/244104-this-week-s-european-downloads-december-25-duck-hunt-gba-games-and-so-much-more

Hmmm... if they add the Gamecube Controller adapter... couldn't they support like up to 9 players?

Half of them where talking aboutNintendos new white Playstation 4

No 3DS-Love?

@Waluigi: What about Mario Party 3's story mode?

@Peach64: Germany/Austria didn't get Luigi B, Toad or Yoshi back in October...

The lighting and rendering is really neat, but the animation is terrible and the human's eyes... Uncanny Valley O_O

@speedreeder: Oh my, that really sounds terrible. But a friend of mine also had a broken shoulder button. No more warranty for a few, but they repaired for free anyways. They had snailmail though, but he didn't complain about it so I guess it was fast enough for his taste.

They should really reconsider Daisy's miniskirt colordesign...

@speedreeder: Actually I was quite satisfied with Stadlbauer's repair services. A friend of mine even got his account back after his 3DS was stolen.

I was a part of the Austrian Nintendo club. Yes, they charged 5€ per year, but they offered really cool community events and contests were your chances of winning were pretty high. I'm sure I got way more than those 5€ back. And they had a real nice and friendly forum! I really only missed the Stars catalog which Stadlbauer only couldn't do because they had issues with Nintendo Europe over it.

Too bad this era is over now, but I hope we are FINALLY allowed to take part in german contests. It really sucks that even after June 2013, were NoE took over, the terms of service still list only Germans can partake... even though I can order from the Stars Catalogue!

@Darel18: you sir deserve a like!

What? Adventure Time? Was that actually released in Europe? If not, then this game's more like Phoenix wright, a Retail download exclusive...

I'd love to see Fire Emblem DS 2 released some day...

Are you sure Lost Levels is the US-Version? Was there even an US-Version? Isn't it rather the Japanese Original?

@Marcony-64: I also meant it philosophically. Ever heard of tomboys? It still has a bad connotation, as do guys who are more sensitive or passive, because they don't fit into the stereotype of a male hero/hunter.