EllenJMiller

Accounting for Nicalis time, that's March 3rd 2016, right?

Physical Miku and Mario, no downloads this week.

Ever since I got into Vocaloids, I've been hoping for a game to grace one of the consoles I own. The 3DS is up first, and I gotta say, I might have bought it just for Puyo Puyo alone.

Designing my house was the main appeal of the AC games for me, so being able to design the houses of others makes this the kind of game that really appeals to me. I also like that it doesn't limit you too much, some may see it as a lack of challenge but I see it as an opportunity to really flex design muscles and make something great without being too limited by a request mechanic.

I own the disc version of Successor of the Skies, so I'll be grabbing the original to enjoy. I remember reading the import previews of it back then.

The game wasn't anywhere as bad as the reviews I've seen made out. I had a blast with it. Beat single player, continuing to enjoy multiplayer. I'm not going to say the people doing reviews were wrong, just that it's another example of how what I think of games just doesn't match up with what others do.

I've not bought any golden eggs, just used the ones I've gotten from multiplayer and beating the single player mode. Most of the things I've seen people buy with eggs are the more outlandish costumes. I used the 30 I was initially given to get a nice little outfit assembled.

Honestly, I'm glad I didn't let reviews deter me.

Runbow and Sin & Punishment for me.

@Ryu_Niiyama I used the Gamepad with the Default control scheme, I know Itagaki recommended the Wii U Pro Controller.

I didn't notice any difficulties with it. I don't have a Pro Controller to try and compare to, sadly.

Just beat the single player campaign. Really liked it, continuing to love multiplayer. My faith in Itagaki was rewarded.

Day one. Been pumped for this game since I first saw it.

Yesss, I'll be grabbing this and Runbow.

I've put in a fair few hours into both the single player and the multiplayer and...

I'm glad I bought it. Yeah, there's jank, but after playing games for a quarter of a century, I can live with some jank if it's great elsewhere. Liking the single player story, @Udders78 is bang on with the 80s action flick vibe. Online is great fun, the customization is cool for characters and there's some rather fun game modes.

Glad I got it. A welcome addition to my groaning shelves.

@manu0 Animal Crossing: Your Favourite Songs CD. Was Club Nintendo, I picked mine up at Christmas from the store for about £2 or so.

@lividd3ad It wasn't.

Only CD mentioned was the Mario Kart 8 OST.

Not amused, but oh well. Maybe it'll come up on the Nintendo UK Store.

@TheWPCTraveler Last night was taken up with getting to grips with Devil's Third in single- and multi-player, but I stuck Disc 1 of the Senran Kagura 2 OST on before bed, and I loved what I heard.

I'll be playing Devil's Third before getting seriously into SK2, but the "Point me in the direction of their boobs!" line sounds like Katsuragi.

@JoseAcosta I've got a soft spot for 'Mamma Loves Runbow', it reminds me of bright and vibrant SEGA games from my childhood and teen years.

The first series of the Pokemon anime was weird in a wonderful way. Every few years I spend time blowing through the Indigo League and Orange Island arcs. The later series lost a lot of the odd charm.

Day one for me, I already bought a digital copy of the soundtrack.

They're talking about the Ranger series spinoff, Pokemon Hydrangea.

I was 1,000 stars away from the blanket, and originally planned on holding out for the goodbye coin. Eventually I decided on the cards, as they'd be useful and go nicely with my Premium Mario Playing Card deck, and my Magic Made Fun Playing Card deck.

I got the Pokeball when I picked up X from GAME, it's pretty nifty even as just a display piece.

11 games of interest or already pre-ordered on there. As a Brit I already own Woolly World, but I gotta say I'm pretty happy with my decision to get a Wii U, lots of interesting games coming out for it. 3DS too.

(And that's not counting things not on the list or coming later.)

It's cover plate 042 I've got my eye on, but no sign of release yet.
Currently rocking the Monado plates, as I have been since my copy of Xenoblade 3D arrived.

Legit excited for this, I've been hoping for Girls Mode 3 to come this way, and here it is. 2nd game is fun as hell, and I thought it wouldn't be for me. Sometimes you have to take a chance.

@Grumblevolcano
Son of a-

Sent a tweet to the devs. If that is the case, I'll go switch my pre-order on Devil's Third to the Nintendo UK store and nab that Ivan tee.

I've got a physical copy of Devil's Third pre-ordered, and the Happy Boobs edition of Senran Kagura 2 pre-purchased so no-

Wait, I thought Runbow was launching this week?

Ah, Pachter. A man of one tune.

@ottospooky Pros: Great shirt to go to the beach in.
Cons: IVAN!

I own all the 3D Classics to support M2. Even Altered Beast.

Still hoping for Revenge of Shinobi, ESWAT - City Under Siege, Ristar, and others.

I ordered with NISA Europe and I'm keeping my order there. Now, the real question is if I dare to spend £9 quid more and order Devil's Third from the Nintendo Store for that Ivan t-shirt. Currently got it pre-ordered for £30.99 from base.com.

Can't wait for my Happy Boobs edition to arrive. Want that soundtrack! And, y'know, the game. But I'm a sucker for soundtracks.

And I'm firmly in the camp of "Don't like, don't buy." I won't have hand-wringing authoritarians telling me what I should find offensive or problematic, and I certainly won't have them preventing me from playing a game because they find it 'toxic' or whatever BS they're spouting.

Come west and bring Rhythm Tengoku The Best + with you, please.

Sonic Jam on the Saturn is still the best compilation of the classic Mega Drive games.

@playoldgames My secret technique to resist that is that I collect for 11 different systems at the moment, so money that might be used to pick up dross like the Imagine games can instead go towards picking up things that fit the 'good/interesting/weird' rules of acquisition.

Big websites will cover the contents of the direct regardless, so I'd rather have Nintendo talk to me rather than talking to some journalists who will then write up about how problematic and toxic they feel Nintendo are, how they're doomed to fail because reasons (oh and here's some news that you were actually looking for).

I hope they keep the 'directly' gesture, because it was never an Iwata-exclusive thing. Many people on the Directs have used it, and it perfectly sums up what they do with the broadcasts. Have Morimoto cover Japan, Reggie and Bill cover the US, and have them sometimes make appearances on the EU stream with Shibata.

I could never go for a 'complete' set for a console, there's too many games I don't care about. But it's a damn cool collection. Personally I'm working towards assembling the best Wii collection that I can with all the games I find neat, fun and interesting. Mostly European, but with some JP and US imports. Got Zangeki no REGINLEIV, Earth Seeker, and Captain Rainbow on the way from Japan, which just leaves Project Zero 4 currently. Yet to order any US games for it, but Fishing Resort, Excite Bots and Kirby's Dream Collection are likely targets.

Gunstar Heroes and the Hatsune Miku demo for sure.

I don't have my 'dream job' and I make sure to know what my contract says about not disclosing private information I hear in the course of my work, and what happens if I do.

Game, two sets of cards and the free kit for me. Shame they didn't send out an e-mail for Project Zero earlier this week.

A reversible cover is one thing, but it'd be nice if they produced an -extra- cover so I could have the Wii and Wii U versions in separate boxes.

I'm rather looking forwards to this game, the guest characters are just delicious extras.

I was hoping for some SEGA 3D Classic goodness this week. Ah well.

The same goes for games themselves, really. There are games that I don't like but others do, and there are games I love that others dislike. I'll play my games, they can play theirs, and no one has to spend money on games they dislike.

They also get points for linking to Triple-Q's excellent remixes, like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS4v2K0J-ac

For me, these limited editions are appreciated because I love having a physical copy of a game, and I love goodies like artbooks. If a game is coming out that I'm interested in that has a special edition, the chances are good that I'll get that in special edition form.

Rather a limited edition small retail run than e-shop only.

I can't disagree with that, there's plenty coming out for me, there is titles that have still to be localized (Rhythm Heaven I'm looking at you) and still time for others to come out. I'd say 1-2 years rather than 2-3.

As cool as it would be, I can't really trek down to London just for that considering all the games releasing in the last months of the year.

Jeez, that's a lot more than I thought it'd get.
Also on a non-Nintendo matter, nice to see IA/VT Colorful doing over 30k.

I'm surprised we've not seen Pack 3 and 4 for Mario Kart 8 yet, maybe scheduled for November and May like the previous two. Also I'm hoping we may see a second season for Hyrule Warriors when Legends comes out on 3DS. More characters, more costumes, more weapons.