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@Incarta

It didn't come to Android on launch because Apple gave Nintendo a payout for exclusivity! Very obvious!

@Tyranexx

50 million downloads, not paid users! Well over 500,000,000 iPhones/iPads out there. Not a large percentage! Do the math!

@hieveryone

He thinks games shouldn't have fleshed out characters and storylines! Prefers to just run to the right until he hits a flag. Simple man!

@Damo New York Times posted editorial about 'sexist' Super Mario Run game! Surprised you haven't posted about it on here yet. Right up your alley!

Great businessman! Creative and not afraid to take risks. Very similar to me! Will be missed!

@HappyMaskedGuy

Millions of free downloads! Not making as much money as anticipated! Disappointing. Nintendo dropped the ball!

@Incarta

Who are these people? There are several hundred million Apple users! No one doubted this. You are making up things. Stupid!

Just as I've always said, the Nintendo geeks on here dismiss Pachter when he's critical, but trust him when he's pro-Nintendo. Totally bias!

Overpriced! Market on IOS is saturated with free games. People don't want to pay $10. Not nice!

Cheap Chinese junk! 6 levels for $10? RIPOFF! Very disappointed!

@PlywoodStick

I'm a married man. Liars/cheats coming out to try and hurt my family. Not nice! Nasty women!

@DarkmarkUnited

It's an American based airline and all passengers are American! Fact!

Not a fan of Southwest Airlines!! Rude attendants and poor food. Would rather walk! Sad!

I won't ever buy this game, but I can appreciate that it was made

@aaronsullivan

You didn't expect that an official Super Mario game on Apple would be the top grossing app less than 24hrs after its release? You thought it might lose to the 2-3 year old Candy Crush?

If you didn't expect that, I don't know what to say. It seemed quite obvious that would happen.

In less than 24hrs a highly anticipated app is the #1 download? Shocking!

In other news, analysts (boo!) predict that Star Wars: Rogue One will be #1 at the box office this weekend!

@Ryu_Niiyama

I think they are more concerned with the relatively unheard of $10 up front cost rather than no (as of yet) in-app purchases.

Only time will tell if that pricing model was the right one.

Unfortunately everyone ignored the flight attendants' request to turn off all electronic devices during takeoff, and the electrical interference caused the plane to drop out of the sky.

@TearTheRoofOff

Not really.

The stock value will most surely level off again.

Just find it funny how on here when analysts or investors say something positive about Nintendo they are great people, but when they criticize Nintendo, they are know-nothing morons who don't know what they are doing.

@Baker1000

Shhhhhhh!

Don't bring up the "$10 is too much for an app" argument, as that will only rile up the "but you have no problem paying $5 for a coffee!" crowd 😩

When Pokemon-Go released, stocks rose and it was reported on here with a positive slant (mind you, stocks dropped again soon after).

When Mario releases, stocks drop, and it's reported on here like the investors are morons and don't know what they are doing.

Interesting.

@CharlieSmile

Will you play this game, even though the only playable character is a cis white male?

People complain about spending $9.99 on this game, yet have no problem paying $400,000 for a house!!

Entitled whiners!! All of you!

If you are the top Smash Bros player in the world, are you truly a 'winner'?

Food for thought.

In my household the most popular Google search was 'how to dispose of a body'

Unfortunately it will be held at 1pm Japan time.

@Koniec

They knew several months ago these games weren't coming to Wii-U but didn't/couldn't say they were moving to the Switch until it was officially announced. You think these cancellations were rash decisions?

@3MonthBeef

Did you hear about the massive tsunami that hit Japan a few years ago? No?

Apparently it happened in Japan at 1pm local time, and the rest of the world never heard any news about it because we were all asleep. I only know about this because a friend in Japan told me. If not for them, there would have been no way to hear about it.

@yomanation

The whole premise of Thomas' article is completely ridiculous.

Because gaming/news websites in North America are unable to direct people to watch the announcement "live", it will somehow negatively affect their ability to report on it? Thus hurting the Switch's marketing?

What a load of crap. Events happen all over the globe at different times, and it will be reported on the very next day/news cycle. CNN, newspapers, websites, blogs, etc will all load up the very next morning with coverage of the Switch reveal. Just as they do when earthquakes and terrorist attacks occur while we are asleep.

His whole argument is nonsense.

Thomas is correct.

News exists in a vacuum and can only reported on the exact moment it takes place. After this happens, all record of said "moment" will be wiped from the internet, and no one will ever see or hear about it ever again. No one will ever know the Switch exists because Nintendo has chosen not to announce it at an hour when most in the UK will be awake. Sad.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy

The 'issue' could be that the game was being optimized during development to run better on the more powerful PC/Xbox/PS4 which left the stone age Wii-U in the dust?

Not that hard to figure out.

Weird.

When Project CARS announced it wasn't coming to the Wii-U everyone here was losing their minds (nevermind the fact very few of them would have even bought it), calling it 'fraud' and wanting the developers head.

Now when Playtonic does it? Everyone seems to be happy about the decision and can accept it.

I didn't buy a single Wii-U game all year, but had no idea how pathetic its release schedule was for 2016 until I saw it written here.

That was baaaaaad.

@bolt05

I was responding to the other guy who claimed that the kid 'consented'.

I'm amazed at how many people here don't see the problem with this scenario. At least a few people have common sense in these comments.

@HappyMaskedGuy

Really? This kid can clearly not legally consent to anything.

Not Scrooge either. It was great they gave him one. They didn't need to broadcast it to the world to stroke their own ego though. Check the comments on YouTube. People who go to school with him are talking trash, people are making jokes, etc.

@HappyMaskedGuy

And an obviously 'not all there' person was put in an uncomfortable situation that they clearly didn't understand, was recorded, then the video posted online (to benefit the employees) without their consent, which has since led to online jokes being made about them. Could also lead to teasing and harassment in real life now too.

Ya...totally worth it!!

Next time look at the bigger picture. This video will live on in those 'cringe compilation' videos for all eternity now, all through no fault of the kid playing the Wii-U.

@Megas

"They did it for themselves to feel good and showed to world, has nothing to do with loving the guy personal"

It's a nice thing they did, but I agree with you. This was 50% charity and 50% exploitation to make themselves look good.

As for the rest of the post, don't drink the bong water.

That's exactly the reaction I'd expect from someone who received a Wii-U as a gift

This will prevent anyone from playing the game on an airplane or in another country when traveling.

Or in submarines.

The Switch version looks so much better than the Wii-U version, I'm happy to say.

The explosions and the camera panning were silky smooth, where on the Wii-U they were marred by slowdown.

You forgot to add the Japanese honorific "-san" to his name.

Have you no bushido??

I haven't seen Jimmy Fallon this excited since that time a celebrity told a horribly unfunny anecdote on his show and he clapped his hands and did a big fake laugh then started pounding on his desk.

I'm still waiting on the Super Mario fedora and Metroid vape.

Now when you get mugged on the subway, you can get your home console stolen! Excellent!

It looks like the Wii-U version if you have cataracts

@ThanosReXXX

I don't want to rain on your parade, but you also argued vehemently that "Madmen Football" had the potential to be a good game and wasn't an obvious sham.

You win some, you lose some, I guess

I'm still waiting to see one of those Mortal Kombat 3 "Nudealities" I heard about on the schoolyard.

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