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Disney:

Retcons the entire expanded universe; makes the new Lego Star Wars canon.

@R-L-A-George seems to me based on this thread a relatively small amount of people think this feature should exist/be in the localization. Hm. Considering the amount of people who come out against any 'censorship' in these threads, I wonder where this fits in your narrative?

@Moon I don't think a Native American tribe member would necessarily appreciate a non-Native American character in a game literally playing dress up as a Native American. Culture dress up is generally frowned upon in America given the history we have of white folk playing Native Americans in movies using heavy makeup, and of course of terrible minstrel shows with African Americans being portrayed via blackface.

@Fath And really, acknowledging your Nazi comparison jump doesn't make it any better. It's like saying 'I'm not racist but...' in regards to marginalizing the real suffering created by the Nazi Party. Seriously. Get a grip....

@Fath Newspapers aren't individual people either but they edit collectively to create the best content. Also see, film companies, and really the creation of any single piece of media or art by more than one person. Your point is irrelevant... Also, you don't know whose call it was to edit the game, don't act like you do.

Anyone who believes this is 'censorship': If the creating company thinks that a piece of their own creation is regrettable, who is anyone to chastise them for editing their own work? This isn't 'censorship.' Censorship is when an authoritative body forces changes to content. This is willful editing... If you don't understand that distinction I don't know what to tell you, but not making this distinction really takes attention away from actual instances of censorship....

@Fazermint alternatively you question things in a childish manner regardless of the validity of your questions and condescend when literally everyone is telling you you're legitimately wrong... It's almost like you are commenting on something you know nothing about!

@dankykong congratulations! You know one definition of the word franchise! Here, learn another. Learning is fun! Collect all definitions for maximum fun.

"a general title or concept used for creating or marketing a series of products, typically films or television shows."

@Aromaiden or it's just one of the best they've had yet and they want to bring it to another region?

Personally disappointed that the U.S. Cars V Planes isn't Cars v Subs. As a poor urbanite I've never flown in 25+ years and Cars V Subs is a bigger debate!* You fly when you need to, no one has money to fly all the time....

*obviously thinking too deeply.

Would think this means you only need one of each character.

@Yorumi few things:

1. No, most people in the highest pay grades did not simply 'work hard,' most came from familial wealth, often dating back to periods of exploitable, free labor like slavery, 1800s immigrant waves from places like Ireland, child labor and Jim Crow era labor for blacks. In other cases, some of the most well-to-do families essentially copied or stole other inventors and/or entrepreneur's ideas and used their existing wealth to proliferate at the 'creator's' expense.

2. When you speak of 'creating' food in grocery stores, or 'creating' a common pharmacy, that is labor creating that, not capital. Capital doesn't create. Labor does. In the most basic sense, you can put a parcel of metal and a slab wood down with a small bottle of stain, but unless someone makes a door out of it, you can't call it a door. Likewise, you can't call a tree lumber until labor makes it so. And yet, capital gains (rather than creates) wealth at an exponential rate while labor creates wealth for capital and only gains wealth at very low level rates, often just enough to get labor to come back the next day. The capital/labor arrangement you describe is like an abusive domestic relationship and employers can do better than that.

3. Perhaps you come from a capital class, and if so, that would explain a lot. Otherwise, a laborer who would curse fellow laborers is only cursing himself. When you tell other laborers to sit down and shut up and enjoy the scraps they have, then you open yourself up to the same criticism. Capital has conditioned labor to accept reality as is, without any hope for an alternative and that is a shame. Arguments like yours only serve to reinforce that notion.

4. If video game voice actors want to strike, let them. As much fun as it is to hear a bunch of armchair CEOs talk about their worthlessness, I'd like to see critics cross the picket line and become scabs that do the job just as well. Something tells me most people don't have a dynamic enough voice to be effective. If voice actors feel their labor is worth more than they are being offered it should be their right to withhold their labor. People talk about markets for products, armchair economists talk about supply and demand... Why should labor not be allowed to sell their commodity in the same manner as capital?

Simply put, if PepsiCo isn't getting what they feel is fair value for Pepsi soda, they exit the market or seek new prices. If labor doesn't get what they feel their labor is worth, they too should be able to exit the market or negotiate new prices/wages.

There are just a lot of people here with the assumption that a reviewer has to like a game that you like, and to me that is comical.

The guy saying only people who like a genre should be able to review something, as if okie dokes are all he is looking for, that was great too.

@manu0 it's not just that, women make less on the dollar and, on a structural level economically are going to have less money to devote to hobby which is incredibly key in competitive hobby.

Some highlights playing with this were:
The Legend of Zelda: Sunday of Whiskey U
Star Fox Iraq - U
New Super African Dish - 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Correct Taiwan - U
The Legend of Zelda: Sweatshop of Statistic - NX
My Rear Spandex Plus - 3DS
Wii Wholesaler U - U

Lots of good grabs I've got, but the last one is probably best. Nintendo desperately needs Wii Wholesaler U.... Haha.

PSA: saying female dog is just as bad, or worse, than using the word you intended to use. The word you intended to use has been largely de-gendered. We all know what word you are trying to use, but now you are directly tying it to gender. Not a good look.

Would be interested in the cards if they could be tethered to an existing figure, and perhaps if they came packaged with multiple. I go in between places a little via train and it would greatly help me use amiibo if I could throw the character data on a card for my suburban friends to play against temporarily.

@mowerdude So, do you mean Kirby and the Rainbow Curse would have been a day one purchase if it was an entirely different game with a different concept -or- Kirby and the Rainbow Curse would never have been a day one purchase?

@ikki5 = (

@sweetiepiejonus maybe Googling figure of speech will help you get it?

This comment section's edge is so sharp I could shave my face with it. Nothing worse than a bunch of internet dudes complaining about someone taking issue with the presentation of race in something they like. Who's missing thick skin again?

Also, for those asking how else Africa can be presented without blackface Mario warrior? How about you throw some safari gear on him and put a giraffe in the background. Kids love giraffes and especially loved safari animals during this period. Animalbooks.

Probably a minority here, but some of the songs in Mario and Luigi Dream Team are terrific. The temple song especially. Hyrule Warriors is ace too, and there is a lot of Smash songs missing that I love. HOW IS THE DEDEDE THEME FROM GREAT CAVE OFFENSIVE MISSING?

Gotta figure this is one of the tougher figures to produce based on the trophy figure and need for multiple stands... Did a prospective 'Team Amiibo' consult with the SSB4 team before the trophies were made in game? I feel like some of these are overly complicated (Peach, Mario, Luigi, Zelda and Link are all pretty complex for being 'commons') and some of them are under complicated (why can't everyone ever find a Villager?). The Super Mario line seems like a shame too, because the Mario, Peach and Luigi (some don't like the pose, but the detail already seems better than SM) figures for Smash seem much better and more detailed and I would put money on them being discontinued for the next line... Seems like characters like Rosalina, Wario, Toad, Toadette, Daisy, Dry Bones, Waluigi ect should be the focus there, with an eye on sports games.

Maybe I'm crazy.

@IxC impermanence is a fact of life.

@IxC really easy solution: keep your Wii U.

@IxC

Pretty easy. You'll turn on your Wii U and play the courses because they've been downloaded to your Wii U.

You understand the concept of downloading something, right?

@TrueWiiMaster "That's kind of the point of clubs and rewards. People who aren't in the club don't get club-exclusive items. People who don't "earn" the rewards don't get the rewards. If anyone can just go out and get them it makes the club somewhat pointless."

That is in no way shape or for the point of this. Nintendo doesn't have to make you feel special by giving you something "exclusive." And anyway, they ARE giving you something exclusive: a free copy of two games, along with any other rewards you have already received by accumulating coins over the year. If you have a Wii U, you can also almost be at another 5 dollar credit, along with any other credits you've accumulated buying digital games this year.

"Also, none of these games have "up to 50 dollars value". Game & Wario and DK3D are both $30."

Remember, you also get a Gold and you also get any DDP credit for Wii U. So they're only about 3.75 times as valuable as the most valuable past physical rewards? Also remember, you receive coins on these too, which then you can use for more free games.

Is it just that you can't get something 'no one else has?' You shouldn't have to depend on Nintendo to make you feel unique, and more importantly you should feel -good- that everyone else can enjoy the same range of products as you. Why is it a 'good' thing you can have something other people can't?

Bottom line is, there is more value here for the customer and less direct cost for Nintendo (perhaps more sales opportunity cost though).

Very rad. Can't get into the DS version because I haven't played these two in so long. No longer!

@TrueWiiMaster "They have nothing to do with reaching Platinum status."

Wait what? What does that even mean? Why does Nintendo have to make you feel special? Why wouldn't you want everything offered to the entire community anyway?

I am so terribly mad that Nintendo decided to give me a free game of up to 50 dollars value instead of waiting a half a year to send me a piece of plastic or paper! I have no use for video games, if I liked video games I would have bought video games and reached platinum status! Wait...

Bummer they picked Donkey Kong Country Returns for 3DS. It's a huge download and something I'd prefer to get a physical copy of. Woulda loved Star Fox 3D. Ah well. Love the digital download rewards though. I could pick most of these games and I wouldn't have any of them.