@Koopa-King While I'm not sure their reasoning was quite right, I kinda agree. The Minecraft Mod is available for free I believe, even if the base game is not. It was not done to make a profit, nor to promote a product. This, while also presumably free, was created to Promote the game. It's saying "BUY OUR GAME! And enjoy this!" It was made to create a profit by convincing people to buy the base game. It also doesn't help that Disney are rather infamous for overzealously protecting Their Intellectual Property.
@ThomasBW84 Well I would be making levels, but my preorder from the UK Nintendo Store still hasn't arrived. My delivery estimate is Monday. Very bad form from the Nintendo Store, reminds me what happened with Mario Kart 8. Depending on how wide spread this late delivery is, it might be even be news worthy, though obviously it pales in comparison to GAME's blunder. Did anyone else here order from the Nintendo Store, and are still left waiting?
@Starwolf_UK Amazon have the Shovel Knight Amiibo listed now? Well looks like I'll be buying that from a company less likely to fudge up my payment so badly…
Hey NintendoLife, where's a link to the KS page? Or do you feel that the project is too suspect? Or have they yet to start? I have to admit, having those "Real Classic" goals before the actual current gen consoles, is extremely odd… Often with a project that is a little too niche like this one, it's better off not to start with so many stretch goals or even start with none and mention them when you actually approach the main goal. I would be surprised if they have actually fully considered the full cost of many of those stretch goals.
I got a Turok vibe from that last FPS segment, what with that T-Rex.
Ok, weak connection at best, much like the rest of the video. The first segment was clearly DK, but well, enough that it was obvious, but then a little jarring with how loosely it followed the well known formula. The MK one followed the source material a lot more closely, even with what felt like a nod to X-Ray combos from the recent titles. The contra style shooter… couldn't really place a reference at all. With this kind of video, I think it's better to follow the reference material a little more closely. Like for the DK one: make the layout near identical to the original, include some barrel jumping. I mean, I get part of the charm is when Eddie breaks away from the game mechanics to cheat and win, but that only works if they follow the mechanics initially (hence why the MK segment works perhaps the best). Unless they wondered away from the source material so much to prevent being sued? As Nintendo might not be entirely happy with the tribute…
@EllenJMiller postman? Nintendo UK seem to use some other delivery service for me, that is hit or miss. I mean, yesterday they followed my instructions to deliver my Wooly World SE just fine, but today they completely failed to deliver my ZS Samus and Dark Pit, even though I was home when they made the delivery attempt. I think they must have pressed the wrong door buzzer entirely. Really annoying, as if they were Royal Mail, I'd just pop down to the Post Depo at my convenience(it's a short walk from my flat). But now I have to hope they don't mess it up a second day…
Rive seemed fun enough, but ran AWFULLY on my WiiU for some reason. Could it have been that it was still downloading the other demos at the time or something? But during the Boss it was, well, nearly unplayable.
Forma was… eh. Nice enough, but unlikely to hold my attention for long enough, It was pretty confusing that you had to back track all the way to a door in the first area, with no clear indication that it was open now? And I kinda hate it when demos don't include a boss battle. Do trailers and teasers, sure, but I want a demo to give me a clear idea of how a game plays. Including Boss Battles, since these can make or break a game often.
Extreme Exorcism was a lot of fun, I kept trying it over and over! And that was just by myself, I want to try it with multiplayer too! It's a very fun and interesting gameplay mechanic. Very interested in the final product.
@QuixoticRocket @kamifox1 Not to mention some of the games are not out yet in some regions. Shakes fist at the Moon
It kinda sucks, but yeah, it's understandable, and hopefully, depending on the success of this one, maybe they'll have more regions available next time.
Oh No! They're making a Endless Score Attack game from Pacman, how untrue... to ... the... original?
Crossy Road is actually pretty fun, and the microtransactions are very unintrusive. Sure, you could argue there isn't much to the game, but the same could be said of a lot of score attack games, including many good ones. Like the original Pacman.
Crossy Road actually does have a lot to it really. Yes, much of this is characters to unlock by even collecting the in game capital or buying them(and let me just say, you really do not have to buy anything), but there are also a lot of secret characters too, that are Not unlocked by microtransactions, which serves to give players a purpose to play other than score, to unlock these secret characters. And unlocking new characters is really cool, as though they all play essentially the same, they do add their own twist to the presentation. I just unlocked Micheal Boom, a Micheal Bay parody, so there's fake lens flare and constant explosions going off.
As to this Pacman game, it seems to me to be an interesting way of injecting charm into a Pacman based endless runner. As lets be honest here, Endless runners work well on mobiles. Seems a better idea than that Sonic Jump game.
I would much prefer the Nintendo Smart Phone games be like this, than Pay To Win games like Transformers Battle Tactics. As that game is just a horrible horrible thing.
@DarthNocturnal I find it unlikely that Hasbro would be behind the awfulness of the Pay To Win-ness of Transformers Battle Tactics and the like, because I wouldn't think they see them as a real avenue for cash, more promotional material for the toys. They're not a games publisher, they're a toy... publisher? Though if Hasbro was behind it, it might explain the awful F2P model being used by the TF/Angry Birds crossover, which otherwise mars what might be a fun game.
I actually wonder just how much involvement they actually have with the app, as, well, it's rather odd. Right now there's a G2 event. An event with characters based on the "G2" toys, such as Laser Optimus Prime. With characters based on the original G2 toys. Which, so far at least, there do not seem to be any plans to re-release (though G1 Trypticon is coming, and there is a Year of the Goat Laser Prime, though the game character is very much not based on that toy). There was a Combaticons event, which makes sense with Combiner Wars, and everyone is really expecting Bruticus to be announced soon, but the characters in the event were clearly based on the G1 toys. A while ago they had a Beast Wars event, with characters based on the old Beast Wars Toys, despite the fact Some Beast Wars toys have recently been Redone. And several characters are based on old Collector's Club/Botcon exclusive toys that are no longer available(unless you try ebay and other second hard markets). These seem to be very weird choices of toys to promote. Ok, some of the older toys might be to appeal to older fans and such, but the CC exclusives are a bit unknown really. I suppose seeing them in the game did make me look them up, but it's not like I can buy them in a way that Hasbro will profit from.
But weren't the bugs only 60% of the problem? From what I've seen the bugs make people laugh, but the boring fights and levels is what make people really groan.
Wow I was lucky this time. I was checking Facebook on my iPhone when I saw Nintendo post that they were up for preorder, so I immediately clicked the link and preordered Boweser Jr and Olimar.
Played one Konami game, the Star Wars card game… it's quite terrible, with players on even doing the card battles for most of the game. No, experience riveting gameplay of tapping static storm troopers to kill them. Over and over.
Ok, so the inclusion of a Steam version seemed tempting, until I saw the pricing of the tiers. $60 (well $65 for new) for anything that's somewhat special? Seems pretty steep. Looks poorly thought out really. I'll wait for it to hit Steam as a special edition with most of that "KS exclusive" stuff, as we all know it's going to happen. Heck, I'll then wait for a sale probably.
@astrogamer Unfortunately games they market to the mobile market are very different to those their fan base are used to, or desire.
I recently downloaded an iOS game, a Star Wars Card game. It was, quite frankly, pathetic. The card battles were sort of interesting, but most of the gameplay was tapping static storm troopers. And the reason I actually decided to try the game, was because I saw an advertised "Contra Style" mini game. I found and tried it, and again found it lacking. The virtual joypad on the screen was hardly ideal, but the fact that taking one hit reset your weapon to default, made the second level near impossible. It seemed to be terrible level design. I know it's a minigame, but that's how they'll treat their franchises on smart phones. With as little respect as possible.
Personally, I would like for them to sell some of their IPs if they are leaving games "as we know them", though it's unlikely. The Game Grumps were talking about how they wanted to buy a video game IP the next time some go up for sale. Though they're probably not ready to buy Metal Gear at the moment.
… looks strangely early days, for a game due out by the end of the year? Not one clip of a Boss, level gimmick or anything that leaps out and grabs you. Not even a big nostalgia vibe coming from it, though it is obviously meant to be inspired by Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, but it looked a little closer to some Castlevania games? We'll have to wait and see, but nothing really stands out in this teaser trailer …
@Nintendian That seems to be an Extremely optimistic figure. It'll most likely be .00000001% or something. I don't really know, that's probably crazy optimistic too.
I'm not sure this will turn out the way they're hoping, to be honest. Unless there's some seriously drastic changes that are going to be some big steps backwards in terms of actual gaming, it just doesn't seem like that great a fit for smart phones. And if those kinds of changes are made, fans of the first are not going to be missing much. Might turn into another iOS Dungeon Keeper… ugh…
starts up the first episode, and hears the opening Wha?!? goes into panic mode, as last time he was playing L4D, he was using a mode to replace the Tank music with the AoT opening Oh phew… realises it is just the Anime A Tank smashes through a wall and beats him to death
@andyg1971 I thought it was Pre-Ghibli Miyazaki, like Castle of Cagliostro. Heck, I think even Nausicaa was pre-Ghibli, technically. The Unfortunate thing about Sherlock Hound is that Miyazaki only Started on it, but there was a pause in production due to legal issues, so he only directed 6 of the 26 episodes. His influence was certainly felt in the rest of the series, but those six episodes are probably the best. My personal favourite is The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. I think it was shown in cinemas before screenings of Nausicaa in fact.
"From the makers of the Luminous Arc series" I knew it! I said I thought they were related when you mentioned it in that Japanese Games Mag weekly article thing!
@bouncer0304 … kinda like? It's directly Referencing Sherlock Hound. Or do you mean you only "Kinda Like" Sherlock Hound? In which case, I am very disappointed…
I remember on one Birthday, long ago, playing the original version on my PS3 with some friends over. It was an awful lot of fun. We had more than three players, so we were cycling players, especially funny when one person was claiming that the wizard had a less effective jump. Then, when someone else was the wizard they were like, "nope, jumps the same as the others!". … I miss having multiplayer sessions in my flat…
@Discostew I think that actual 3D videos on YouTube do let you choose your preferred display method, including using red/cyan 3D glasses. Not entirely sure where to find the options to change it though…
And here I was thinking that the biggest problem with Sonic Boom was the same problem with the other recent-ish Sonic games that were universally panned. It was extremely unfinished. I mean, not just buggy, but the design needed further development. Watching the Game Grumps play it makes it clear that the combat needed more work to make it actually fun and interesting. I don't know if it could have actually been fixed, but most people can tell there's a serious problem with the combat, so why didn't the developers do anything about it, even if the only solution was to cut it down? The answer is, of course, they didn't have enough time. At least, I hope they did actually realise there was an issue with the combat…
Stella Glow, from what little you say about it here and from the screenshot with a witch in it, reminds me of that tactical RPG series on the DS, that was about witch hunts or something? Luminace or something? Luminous Arc, that was it! … Luminous… Glow… I seem to see a connection here…
… hang on a sec, Assassination Classroom is a what? I've read a few chapters, and I'm pretty sure it was standard Shounen stuff… http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_Classroom Where did you get "erotic" from?
@Peach64 But it's against their own rules. They're promoting breaking their own rules. If they're doing it for business and not as a joke, then they're basics saying "we don't care if you break the rules, that are in place to protect the interests of buyers, so long as we're profiting off it too.". And that is just disgusting.
Nintendo do have a production problem, but can you blame them for trying to play it safe by producing less? Better to make less and manage to sell more of the percentage made, than to make loads and end up with a huge surplus of unsold. As for limited editions, they are supposed to be limited, it's part of the whole idea.
The problem is that scalpers are getting their hands on too much of the supply. It sounds like they, initially at least, had no limit on orders of certain, much desired, items, which was just a bad idea.
Another problem is that eBay isn't enforcing their rules properly. Nintendo needs someone to go search eBay, and start reporting those sellers, as the majority of them tend to be breaking rules.
They should also make it an actual policy to not sell to them intending just to resell, and after adding this to their TOS, try matching the emails of eBay sellers found, with the orders made directly from them. It won't catch very many of them, but it might start sending out a message.
But they also need to accept the initial production runs on certain characters were far too small, and accept they need to make a second run of characters like Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, etc.
while not an interesting bug, I've discovered that sometimes when I get hit by the thief bird, such that I drop rupees, I can manage some kind of double hit on it, that makes it just stuck flying downwards, making it skim along the ground, forever in a single direction, until gets caught in a corner somewhere. I've managed to repeat it several times.
Wait, you mention considering Stadium, a game for which the main draw was fighting with your Pokemon on the Big Screen. As a 3DS remake. But yeah, Pokemon Snap could certainly work.
I had the first one on Xbox Live! It was very fun! I hope this comes to the UK, rather than just the U.S. or something like that. I'd buy it as soon as it pops up. Also, I'll hijack friends' 3DSs to make them download it too.
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Re: Reminder: It's Super Mario's 30th Anniversary
I'll Celebrate By…
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… sending the Nintendo Official Store UK a complaint about how my copy of Super Mario Maker STILL hasn't arrived.
Pretty peeved to be entirely honest.
Re: Disney Infinity 3.0's Toy Box Mode Offers Blatant Splatoon Clone
@Koopa-King While I'm not sure their reasoning was quite right, I kinda agree.
The Minecraft Mod is available for free I believe, even if the base game is not. It was not done to make a profit, nor to promote a product.
This, while also presumably free, was created to Promote the game. It's saying "BUY OUR GAME! And enjoy this!" It was made to create a profit by convincing people to buy the base game.
It also doesn't help that Disney are rather infamous for overzealously protecting Their Intellectual Property.
Re: Disney Infinity 3.0's Toy Box Mode Offers Blatant Splatoon Clone
A blatant Splatoon rip off from Disney, the company voted most likely to sue your butt off for infringing on their IPs.
I do hope the irony is not lost on them.
Re: Community: Create, Share, Play and Rate Each Other's Levels on Nintendo Life
@ThomasBW84 Well I would be making levels, but my preorder from the UK Nintendo Store still hasn't arrived. My delivery estimate is Monday. Very bad form from the Nintendo Store, reminds me what happened with Mario Kart 8. Depending on how wide spread this late delivery is, it might be even be news worthy, though obviously it pales in comparison to GAME's blunder.
Did anyone else here order from the Nintendo Store, and are still left waiting?
Re: GAME Apologises for Super Mario Maker Pre-Order Issue, Should Repay Extra Charges in the "Next Couple of Days"
@Starwolf_UK Amazon have the Shovel Knight Amiibo listed now? Well looks like I'll be buying that from a company less likely to fudge up my payment so badly…
Re: 3DS Saber Rider Game Back In Development, Kickstarter Campaign Mentions Wii U, PC Engine, SNES And amiibo
Hey NintendoLife, where's a link to the KS page? Or do you feel that the project is too suspect? Or have they yet to start?
I have to admit, having those "Real Classic" goals before the actual current gen consoles, is extremely odd…
Often with a project that is a little too niche like this one, it's better off not to start with so many stretch goals or even start with none and mention them when you actually approach the main goal.
I would be surprised if they have actually fully considered the full cost of many of those stretch goals.
Re: Video: Iron Maiden's New Music Video Pays Tribute To Donkey Kong, Of All Things
I got a Turok vibe from that last FPS segment, what with that T-Rex.
Ok, weak connection at best, much like the rest of the video.
The first segment was clearly DK, but well, enough that it was obvious, but then a little jarring with how loosely it followed the well known formula.
The MK one followed the source material a lot more closely, even with what felt like a nod to X-Ray combos from the recent titles.
The contra style shooter… couldn't really place a reference at all.
With this kind of video, I think it's better to follow the reference material a little more closely. Like for the DK one: make the layout near identical to the original, include some barrel jumping.
I mean, I get part of the charm is when Eddie breaks away from the game mechanics to cheat and win, but that only works if they follow the mechanics initially (hence why the MK segment works perhaps the best).
Unless they wondered away from the source material so much to prevent being sued? As Nintendo might not be entirely happy with the tribute…
Re: Gallery: The Yarn Yoshi amiibo Is So Cute And Cuddly, It Hurts
@EllenJMiller postman? Nintendo UK seem to use some other delivery service for me, that is hit or miss. I mean, yesterday they followed my instructions to deliver my Wooly World SE just fine, but today they completely failed to deliver my ZS Samus and Dark Pit, even though I was home when they made the delivery attempt. I think they must have pressed the wrong door buzzer entirely. Really annoying, as if they were Royal Mail, I'd just pop down to the Post Depo at my convenience(it's a short walk from my flat). But now I have to hope they don't mess it up a second day…
Re: Gallery: The Yarn Yoshi amiibo Is So Cute And Cuddly, It Hurts
Truly, it is a work of Art!
Re: Nintendo's Official UK Store Restocks on Some Rare amiibo
@rjejr @JaxonH for some reason Shopto sent me my Gannondorf (now Hamondork) and Palutena, last Friday, for some reason.
Re: Nintendo's Official UK Store Restocks on Some Rare amiibo
Just put in an order for Wii Fit Trainer and Kirby. Now if they'd only restock Villager and the other Kirby characters… and Pac Man… and…
Re: Feature: Our Impressions of the Full Nindies@Home Line-Up
So far I've tried Rive, Forma and EE.
Rive seemed fun enough, but ran AWFULLY on my WiiU for some reason. Could it have been that it was still downloading the other demos at the time or something? But during the Boss it was, well, nearly unplayable.
Forma was… eh. Nice enough, but unlikely to hold my attention for long enough, It was pretty confusing that you had to back track all the way to a door in the first area, with no clear indication that it was open now? And I kinda hate it when demos don't include a boss battle. Do trailers and teasers, sure, but I want a demo to give me a clear idea of how a game plays. Including Boss Battles, since these can make or break a game often.
Extreme Exorcism was a lot of fun, I kept trying it over and over! And that was just by myself, I want to try it with multiplayer too! It's a very fun and interesting gameplay mechanic. Very interested in the final product.
Re: Here's A More Detailed Look At Nintendo's E3 2015 Schedule
Could the article be edited to include the equivalent times in other major time zones around the world? It would be rather nice to have…
Re: Humble Nindie Bundle Allows Wii U and 3DS eShop Gamers in North America to Pay What They Want
@QuixoticRocket @kamifox1 Not to mention some of the games are not out yet in some regions.
Shakes fist at the Moon
It kinda sucks, but yeah, it's understandable, and hopefully, depending on the success of this one, maybe they'll have more regions available next time.
Re: Talking Point: Retro Gamers Beware, PAC-MAN 256 Could be a Template for Nintendo's Smart Device Future
Oh No! They're making a Endless Score Attack game from Pacman, how untrue... to ... the... original?
Crossy Road is actually pretty fun, and the microtransactions are very unintrusive. Sure, you could argue there isn't much to the game, but the same could be said of a lot of score attack games, including many good ones. Like the original Pacman.
Crossy Road actually does have a lot to it really. Yes, much of this is characters to unlock by even collecting the in game capital or buying them(and let me just say, you really do not have to buy anything), but there are also a lot of secret characters too, that are Not unlocked by microtransactions, which serves to give players a purpose to play other than score, to unlock these secret characters. And unlocking new characters is really cool, as though they all play essentially the same, they do add their own twist to the presentation. I just unlocked Micheal Boom, a Micheal Bay parody, so there's fake lens flare and constant explosions going off.
As to this Pacman game, it seems to me to be an interesting way of injecting charm into a Pacman based endless runner. As lets be honest here, Endless runners work well on mobiles. Seems a better idea than that Sonic Jump game.
I would much prefer the Nintendo Smart Phone games be like this, than Pay To Win games like Transformers Battle Tactics. As that game is just a horrible horrible thing.
Re: Talking Point: Retro Gamers Beware, PAC-MAN 256 Could be a Template for Nintendo's Smart Device Future
@DarthNocturnal I find it unlikely that Hasbro would be behind the awfulness of the Pay To Win-ness of Transformers Battle Tactics and the like, because I wouldn't think they see them as a real avenue for cash, more promotional material for the toys. They're not a games publisher, they're a toy... publisher?
Though if Hasbro was behind it, it might explain the awful F2P model being used by the TF/Angry Birds crossover, which otherwise mars what might be a fun game.
I actually wonder just how much involvement they actually have with the app, as, well, it's rather odd. Right now there's a G2 event. An event with characters based on the "G2" toys, such as Laser Optimus Prime. With characters based on the original G2 toys. Which, so far at least, there do not seem to be any plans to re-release (though G1 Trypticon is coming, and there is a Year of the Goat Laser Prime, though the game character is very much not based on that toy). There was a Combaticons event, which makes sense with Combiner Wars, and everyone is really expecting Bruticus to be announced soon, but the characters in the event were clearly based on the G1 toys. A while ago they had a Beast Wars event, with characters based on the old Beast Wars Toys, despite the fact Some Beast Wars toys have recently been Redone. And several characters are based on old Collector's Club/Botcon exclusive toys that are no longer available(unless you try ebay and other second hard markets).
These seem to be very weird choices of toys to promote. Ok, some of the older toys might be to appeal to older fans and such, but the CC exclusives are a bit unknown really. I suppose seeing them in the game did make me look them up, but it's not like I can buy them in a way that Hasbro will profit from.
Re: Video: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric Blame Could Largely be With SEGA, Not Big Red Button
But weren't the bugs only 60% of the problem? From what I've seen the bugs make people laugh, but the boring fights and levels is what make people really groan.
Re: Bowser Jr., Dr. Mario and Olimar amiibo Now Available for Pre-Order on Official Nintendo UK Store
Wow I was lucky this time. I was checking Facebook on my iPhone when I saw Nintendo post that they were up for preorder, so I immediately clicked the link and preordered Boweser Jr and Olimar.
Re: Review: Johnny Dynamite (3DS eShop)
So… is this a Mighty Bomb Jack clone?
Re: Mobile Is Konami's Future, According To President Hideki Hayakawa
… what the He k is Power Pro?
Played one Konami game, the Star Wars card game… it's quite terrible, with players on even doing the card battles for most of the game. No, experience riveting gameplay of tapping static storm troopers to kill them. Over and over.
Re: Former Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi's Kickstarter Launches, But Won't Come To Nintendo Consoles
Ok, so the inclusion of a Steam version seemed tempting, until I saw the pricing of the tiers. $60 (well $65 for new) for anything that's somewhat special? Seems pretty steep. Looks poorly thought out really. I'll wait for it to hit Steam as a special edition with most of that "KS exclusive" stuff, as we all know it's going to happen. Heck, I'll then wait for a sale probably.
Re: Nintendo of America Apologises for amiibo Shortages and Promises More Re-Stocks
Are they still not going to re-stock the villager and Wii fit trainer like they apparently said, or are they wisely going back on that decision?
Re: Talking Point: Is Konami About To Exit The Console Game Business?
@astrogamer Unfortunately games they market to the mobile market are very different to those their fan base are used to, or desire.
I recently downloaded an iOS game, a Star Wars Card game. It was, quite frankly, pathetic. The card battles were sort of interesting, but most of the gameplay was tapping static storm troopers.
And the reason I actually decided to try the game, was because I saw an advertised "Contra Style" mini game. I found and tried it, and again found it lacking. The virtual joypad on the screen was hardly ideal, but the fact that taking one hit reset your weapon to default, made the second level near impossible. It seemed to be terrible level design. I know it's a minigame, but that's how they'll treat their franchises on smart phones. With as little respect as possible.
Personally, I would like for them to sell some of their IPs if they are leaving games "as we know them", though it's unlikely. The Game Grumps were talking about how they wanted to buy a video game IP the next time some go up for sale. Though they're probably not ready to buy Metal Gear at the moment.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Skell Models on the Way in Japan
Hmmmmm…
TO AMIAMI!
Re: Super Doomed'n Damned to Channel Retro Capcom Action on Wii U This Year
… looks strangely early days, for a game due out by the end of the year? Not one clip of a Boss, level gimmick or anything that leaps out and grabs you. Not even a big nostalgia vibe coming from it, though it is obviously meant to be inspired by Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, but it looked a little closer to some Castlevania games?
We'll have to wait and see, but nothing really stands out in this teaser trailer …
Re: Akihiro Hino on Why Fantasy Life 2 is Not Coming to the 3DS
@Nintendian That seems to be an Extremely optimistic figure. It'll most likely be .00000001% or something. I don't really know, that's probably crazy optimistic too.
I'm not sure this will turn out the way they're hoping, to be honest. Unless there's some seriously drastic changes that are going to be some big steps backwards in terms of actual gaming, it just doesn't seem like that great a fit for smart phones. And if those kinds of changes are made, fans of the first are not going to be missing much. Might turn into another iOS Dungeon Keeper… ugh…
Re: Feature: The Best Alternate Reality Super Nintendo Classics We Never Got To Play
What about a ShadowRun 2? That might have been cool, especially considering they allude to one after the credits…
Re: Gallery: Yarn Yoshi Is Just Too Darn Cute
I thought this was going to be about the Amiibo at first…
Re: Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains Launches On 3DS eShop This May, Anime Episodes Also Available
starts up the first episode, and hears the opening
Wha?!?
goes into panic mode, as last time he was playing L4D, he was using a mode to replace the Tank music with the AoT opening
Oh phew…
realises it is just the Anime
A Tank smashes through a wall and beats him to death
Re: Feature: The 'Best' Nintendo-Themed April Fools' Day Pranks of 2015
@andyg1971 I thought it was Pre-Ghibli Miyazaki, like Castle of Cagliostro. Heck, I think even Nausicaa was pre-Ghibli, technically.
The Unfortunate thing about Sherlock Hound is that Miyazaki only Started on it, but there was a pause in production due to legal issues, so he only directed 6 of the 26 episodes. His influence was certainly felt in the rest of the series, but those six episodes are probably the best.
My personal favourite is The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. I think it was shown in cinemas before screenings of Nausicaa in fact.
Re: Feature: The 'Best' Nintendo-Themed April Fools' Day Pranks of 2015
@NESlover85 @RupeeClock not to mention this Watson has a mini remote controlled Dr Watson based on the Sherlock Hound one.
Re: Atlus USA is Localising Stella Glow on Nintendo 3DS for North American RPG Fans
"From the makers of the Luminous Arc series"
I knew it! I said I thought they were related when you mentioned it in that Japanese Games Mag weekly article thing!
Re: Video: Something's a Bit Off About this New Trailer for The Great Ace Attorney
@bouncer0304 … kinda like? It's directly Referencing Sherlock Hound. Or do you mean you only "Kinda Like" Sherlock Hound? In which case, I am very disappointed…
Re: Video: Something's a Bit Off About this New Trailer for The Great Ace Attorney
Man, I would Love to see Sherlock Hound get some new loving, it's Miyazaki's greatest work in my opinion.
Re: Review: Trine Enchanted Edition (Wii U eShop)
I remember on one Birthday, long ago, playing the original version on my PS3 with some friends over.
It was an awful lot of fun. We had more than three players, so we were cycling players, especially funny when one person was claiming that the wizard had a less effective jump. Then, when someone else was the wizard they were like, "nope, jumps the same as the others!".
… I miss having multiplayer sessions in my flat…
Re: Underground Is Coming Stateside Next Week, And Even Has Its Own Exclusive Laparoscopic Controller
Someone buy this and send to the Game Grumps, with a note "maybe this will give you the skills to finish Trauma Centre?" .
Re: Video: What If Street Fighter II Was A 3D Classic?
@Discostew I think that actual 3D videos on YouTube do let you choose your preferred display method, including using red/cyan 3D glasses. Not entirely sure where to find the options to change it though…
Re: Sega Producer Explains Exactly What Went Wrong With Sonic Boom
And here I was thinking that the biggest problem with Sonic Boom was the same problem with the other recent-ish Sonic games that were universally panned.
It was extremely unfinished.
I mean, not just buggy, but the design needed further development. Watching the Game Grumps play it makes it clear that the combat needed more work to make it actually fun and interesting. I don't know if it could have actually been fixed, but most people can tell there's a serious problem with the combat, so why didn't the developers do anything about it, even if the only solution was to cut it down? The answer is, of course, they didn't have enough time. At least, I hope they did actually realise there was an issue with the combat…
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Re: Japan Weekly: Famitsu Gives More Details on Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and Xenoblade Chronicles X
Stella Glow, from what little you say about it here and from the screenshot with a witch in it, reminds me of that tactical RPG series on the DS, that was about witch hunts or something? Luminace or something?
Luminous Arc, that was it!
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Luminous… Glow… I seem to see a connection here…
Re: Japan Weekly: Famitsu Outlines More Details on Splatoon's 'Hero' Mode and More
… hang on a sec, Assassination Classroom is a what?
I've read a few chapters, and I'm pretty sure it was standard Shounen stuff…
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_Classroom
Where did you get "erotic" from?
Re: Weirdness: eBay Trolls amiibo Fans With Gold Mario Tweet
@Peach64 But it's against their own rules. They're promoting breaking their own rules.
If they're doing it for business and not as a joke, then they're basics saying "we don't care if you break the rules, that are in place to protect the interests of buyers, so long as we're profiting off it too.".
And that is just disgusting.
Re: Sonic Team Boss States That There Are No Plans for the Iconic Franchise to Drop Home Consoles
Sonic Runners confirmed for XBOne, August 2016.
Re: Talking Point: The Limited Edition Battle With eBay Scalpers Can be Tackled More Efficiently by Nintendo
Nintendo do have a production problem, but can you blame them for trying to play it safe by producing less? Better to make less and manage to sell more of the percentage made, than to make loads and end up with a huge surplus of unsold. As for limited editions, they are supposed to be limited, it's part of the whole idea.
The problem is that scalpers are getting their hands on too much of the supply. It sounds like they, initially at least, had no limit on orders of certain, much desired, items, which was just a bad idea.
Another problem is that eBay isn't enforcing their rules properly. Nintendo needs someone to go search eBay, and start reporting those sellers, as the majority of them tend to be breaking rules.
They should also make it an actual policy to not sell to them intending just to resell, and after adding this to their TOS, try matching the emails of eBay sellers found, with the orders made directly from them. It won't catch very many of them, but it might start sending out a message.
But they also need to accept the initial production runs on certain characters were far too small, and accept they need to make a second run of characters like Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, etc.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Soundtrack Release Has Been Delayed Until April In Australia Due To Production Troubles
So… anyone know when the rest of the world is getting the Soundtrack?
Re: Video: More Bizzare Majora's Mask 3D Glitches Surface
while not an interesting bug, I've discovered that sometimes when I get hit by the thief bird, such that I drop rupees, I can manage some kind of double hit on it, that makes it just stuck flying downwards, making it skim along the ground, forever in a single direction, until gets caught in a corner somewhere.
I've managed to repeat it several times.
Re: Indie Title Bizerta: Silent Evil is Stalking its Way to Wii U
Ooooo, I love me some good horror, but that title is none too subtle, Silent (Hill) (Resident) Evil? Sounds like the name for some kind of parody.
Re: Feature: Five Nintendo 64 Games We'd Love to Play on 3DS
Wait, you mention considering Stadium, a game for which the main draw was fighting with your Pokemon on the Big Screen. As a 3DS remake.
But yeah, Pokemon Snap could certainly work.
Re: Protect Me Knight 2 For 3DS eShop Is In the Process of Being Localised
I had the first one on Xbox Live! It was very fun! I hope this comes to the UK, rather than just the U.S. or something like that. I'd buy it as soon as it pops up. Also, I'll hijack friends' 3DSs to make them download it too.
Re: Trashmania Trilogy Developer Unsure Of Wii U eShop Title’s Future
So… Slendytrash?