ChessboardMan

I love this game…

I find it odd that this actually works…
Remember the Yoshzilla bug from the 3DS version(not checked if it works in the WiiU version yet)?
Well I discovered that if you take Yoshzilla too big usually that technique, then it KOs him via a ring out because he's too big. Though maybe the fact that the eat move is an attack means it counts as a launch when he bursts out of the egg?

@StarDust4Ever I'd assume that the extended tongue is a separate piece that can be plugged into the mouth.

Remember kids, if you're going to buy this, invest in some resealable food bags to look after the swappable parts.

I'll be ordering one, but mostly because I have the Bros to ride on Yoshi.

I had the deluxe but never figured out how to activate the premium deal… I never found an activation code in the box…

Well I recently replayed the series on my iPad, so I see little reason to buy this version.
I mean, it might be nice to use the mic to shout objections again, but not That bothered.
One thing I would like to know is if the Vase writing part the Extra court case at the end of the first game, works in this version. On the iPad, and Wii too I believe, it is extremely broken to the point I had to skip past it on the iPad …

Tempting, but I've already got it ordered from the Nintendo Store…

And Not with the Special Edition?! What were they thinking? Definitely no sale then.

I've seen the Twilight Girl one before, quite a while ago I think… how old are these?

@SigourneyBeaver Wow, I also ordered from ShopTo, though I preordered, so I'm still impressed they managed to fulfil your order. I can only imagine that Amazon just didn't order enough in the first place, if other online retailers can fulfil "late" orders…

walks in with SE Smash GC Controller
Hey guys! My controller finally arrived yesterday, now I can finally make use of my GC adaptor that came with my version of Smash Bros. at the UK laun- why is everyone looking at me like that?

I wasn't impressed by the demo either (even though I worked out it included a race level and a tubular level hidden on the World Map), but my biggest issue were the controls which just weren't quite intuitive enough. They just jumbled every move onto the face buttons, which could lead to the wrong button being pressed, instead of moving some inputs to the Very Distinctive shoulder buttons(which are just used to pan the camera…).
The final score was what I was expecting from the state of the Demo, through reading the review makes you expect a higher score.

The DK one is terrible and awesome at the same time …

The Rosalina's Mother Edition…

Yay! Now I can try the Knuckles infinite jump cheat!

For Free!

@sinalefa @BensonUii
Good point, that is a pretty big oversight…
What do you have to say for yourself, NL?

@TheItalianBaptist
Not quite, but it's probably close.
I saw someone do (or rather, start) a lets play of Superman 64, who even managed to get in contact with the lead developer or someone, who seemed to claim that the rings weren't even that big a part of the game, or even that they weren't in the main game at all. I've also heard of, I think from the same lets play, that there's a "Beta" version floating around that, among other things, keeps the rings sections to a practice mode only… maybe they sent the wrong version to the manufacturer? XD

I remember one version having a Really interesting mode, where one player was at the top, one at the bottom, and clearing lines made the blocks move up or down, depending on who cleared it, the idea being to force your opponent's play area to shrink till they are defeated…

This isn't included, is it?

The best way to experience this game, is probably watching the Game Grumps videos. One of them even has a frame by frame look at the cutscenes, which seem to be all over the place too.

And oh, whose bright idea was it to put Locked levels in the demo, and hide unlocked levels past those locked levels on the map? I wonder how many have missed noticing those extra demo levels?

I tried the Demo for the 3DS version. Feelings like there's a good game there, trying desperately to get out, but the biggest obstacle is the horribly over complicated controls that just felt really intuitive. One big problem is the use of L&R for simply panning the screen, something most people probably wouldn't even touch. If you're just messing up because you're getting buttons confused in anything other than a kind of rythem game, then, quite simply, you've done something wrong with the controls.

How about some Super Scope games next?

IT'S PIKACHU!!!!!
http://youtu.be/YMtlAqgvtZ4

@Wouwter I once woke up and found that I was Miley Cyrus, which was extremely confusing because, for starters, I have no idea who they even are!

Wake up Sheeple! Nintendo is up to something! WiiU contains none of the letters of "Sky Net". Coincidence ? I think not! This is a preemptive denial! A suspicious denial!

… they can't be serious, surely? I mean the problems with this idea are endless, including the fact porting games is not an entirely simple process so it would be a while before it would even arrive, by which time everyone has brought it already.
But why choose to do this for Smash, and not the other Ninny games on the 3DS?
Is Smash just the most hyped game ever, or is it a troll choosing the most ridiculously Nintendo game possible to suggest this for?

Now maybe Nintendo could like… publish the Wii/WiiU Project Zero/FatalFrame games for Western Territories, since they do seem to be heavily involved in the series these days and Koei Tecmo themselves are so unwilling to commit to the series themselves outside of Japan, and the WiiU could do with more exclusives in general in the West?
As I was pretty disappointed that IV never saw a release in the end. I even had a preorder for the game on ShopTo…

@Yorumi I wasn't saying Crunch time is the entire project, and I was just giving a general idea of what can go on during Crunch Time, from personal experience of working at a Video Game Developer.
They actually Were burning game discs at the company I worked at, towards the end of a project, as there can be slight differences between test hardware and actual hardware. The QA team Would be staying Late With the Programmers, so that the software could be tested as soon as the disc was burned(or a new build complied). This is an actual thing that happens. I don't believe I ever said the fixing of bugs wasn't done by programmers, though I did refer to them as Coders, since it is the same thing. A Coder writes code, i.e. The Programming? Occasionally with very Specific bugs you might have a level Designer/gameplay implementer there too, but usually it was the QA team(to test to see if "X" bug is still present in the new build), the Programmers (who will have to have another go if that didn't work, plus they may have a better idea of what is still causing the bug if they see it happen) and the Producers (just to mostly oversee things, and talk to publisher probably)who are there the latest.

@ikki5 wow, someone has obviously never heard of "Crunch" time?
Towards the end of game development, developers and testers will probably be there until midnight, with coders trying to fix "X" bug, then a new build needs to be compiled, then a disc burned with the new build, then a tester has to try to reproduced the bug the coder was trying to fix, then finally the updated build can be sent to the publisher for their testing team, and the developers might be able to go home for the night.
If the bug wasn't fixed though, then they'll have to have a closer look, try to fix it again, and wait for the new build and testing.

The true potential of the WiiU?
Boss Vs mode!
Where the player using the game pad controls a boss character, and environmental hazards!
Or a referee mode, where the player with the Gamepad controls environmental hazards and item spawning!

@KodyDawg well… let me put it like this… see her outfit? That's made out of her hair. Also, when you do powerful special movies, you summon demons, that pretty much become physically embodied via your hair, so the bigger the moves, the bigger the demon, the more hair it uses up, and the less hair there is left for your outfit.

… hopefully that gives an adequate picture.

@HappyHappyist with the WiiU's Google Maps thing to let you walk streets hundreds of miles away? Probably another couple ways too.

@LUIGITORNADO @Stu13 actually, it's Ripley, referring to the star of Alien: Isolation, who will be DLC.

Ok, my take on this? Remember how the 3DS Smash can be used as a controller for WiiU Smash? Perhaps they'll have it so that the audio, maybe more, can be streamed to the 3DS. It would perhaps make sense for 8 Player Smash if multiple screens were being used, right?

Sigh, I miss the 2D Castlevania Games…

There should be some new ones…

That Lord of Mirrors whatsit doesn't count with its God of War gameplay…

So are they announcing a sequel to Minish Cap soon?

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Just kidding, they hardly seem in a fit enough state for Nintendo to give them that franchise again any time soon.

So… when Smash gets past 2 mill, are they going to Greenlight a new Megaman fighting game?

I was sad when I heard that it wasn't coming to this region, but this is good news indeed!

@B3ND3R

@B3ND3R plus 2, carry the 4, and we work out that the game will actually be delayed last minute due to the Giga Yoshi bug…

@B3ND3R wait… no, that would be Thursday, the 2nd? It's still September… unless you're furthest reaches of the World(including Japan where it is already out…)? But even then, you're be in the very early hours of the day so it is unlikely to really count since you still have to wait several hours, unless you're going to a midnight launch?

Well ShopTo are already charging and processing my order, so I'm hoping it arrives Thursday, perhaps even tomorrow!
Strangely enough, the Nintendo Store UK kinda broke street date for Hyrule Warriors, my Special Edition arrived on the Wednesday before it was supposed to come out. Which is a big improvement over what happened with Mario Kart 8…

@rjejr In the UK at least, Friday is the release date for most things gaming, and the big releases that come out on Tuesday (I think there was some CODs and Halos that did that?) very occassionally, seem weird here.

The fan one… doesn't actually look that much like a NES… at all?
I'd have preferred the design for the box of the official one as a design.
I can't understand why the fan one doesn't do that, to be honest.

@Interneto Probably? I was really suggesting that the damage was as much due to age and years of constant use, than directly Smash Bros. Fault. Like Smash was the straw that broke the camel's back. Though, it was probably a straw made of lead, I'd still guess that Smash is only a small part of the reason behind this happening.

Ok, I've seen some of the photos on Tumblr, and let me say this, those must be some day-one 3DSs, as the D-Pads look deformed in some of the photos as well.

Ok, I can understand the new game themed 3DSs, but the NES themed one, with most 3DS owners looking to upgrade waiting for next year's new model, seems a silly move. If they had used that design as a special edition to celebrate the new 3DS's release, then damn, everyone would be all over it. But most long time Nintendo fans Have a 3DS, so are going to be content waiting for the new model.

Bah, you kids complaining about lack of online multiplayer.
In my day, the Internet barely existed! If we wanted to play multiplayer, we had to go out on the streets, find another person, knock them unconscious, drag them back home, tie them to a chair, wait for Stockholm Syndrome to set in, and then, and only then, would it be safe to untie them and hand them a controller so we could both enjoy multiplayer games.
Yep, those were the days.

I like my mindless brawlers, but that looked hilariously bad.
The only vaguely good thing, is that the trailer isn't actually for WiiU, so who knows, maybe it'll see some improvement by Halloween?
However it does seem to be committing a console beat-em-up sin. All the way through watching, I was thinking "why only three characters? A band can have any number of members, so you'd think they'd include enough for each potential player?"
Then it hit me. This game is single player only.
When you're porting to a console which has such a strong couch multiplayer line-up, then not of including it, in a genre that has always been so much better when played with friends, is either really stupid or lazy.
If they add it, then they'll have a chance of being fun. Within it, I can't see myself picking it up apart from when seriously reduced.

Wait, isn't that a photo of the "new" Special edition 3DS, that isn't one of those NEW 3DSs? Or did they announce they were making a New new DS with that design too?

Well they made it clear they have no respect/love for the franchise by allowing Uwe Boll to make the movie…

For a while there, I thought it was Robotnik at the end of the video.

Then I realised it must be an antagonist from the game (I think I even know which one, though I don't think I've played far enough yet to encounter them quite in this form, so no spoilers).
Do they have similar voices, or the same actual voice actor?

Heh, that's a website, somewhere, that was, somehow, making 3D screencaps of Wii games. One of them was Xenoblade, so I actually have 3D pictures of Xenoblade already, though no idea if the quality of the 3DS version will be the same.