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@Franklin I think Niantic said that was coming soon. Next update maybe?

@Shepdawg1 It's really as hard (or easy) as your luck would dictate to tell you the truth. I've had some incredibly easy runs since I ran into the Polyphemus item early on.

Then again I had some rather long runs before since I got full Guppy and the only other item I had was cough Soymilk cough. Kind of made the final boss a rather rough fight.

@holygeez03 Yeah it would be pretty anti-climatic if he beat it using warps.

@holygeez03 Huh, if warps are fair game I don't think it's really going to take him all that long to beat SMB3. I think with 2 flutes it was possible to just skip to the last world?

@NEStalgia That would be a real light show that's for sure.

@NEStalgia Maybe the amiibos will summon respective partners? That's what the wolf link amiibo does after all.

Would be kind of amusing seeing a Bokoblin following me around, though it might get a little confusing in combat haha...

I figured it would probably be in the game. Probably give a hefty stat bonus seeing as it IS the hero's clothing. I wonder if you can play the game with no clothing (so no stat bonuses), would probably be entertaining to watch to say the least. Might be more Dark Souls-ish since you'd have to rely on dodging at that point (which should be fine with the smaller hit boxes now).

@DiscoGentleman Happy Birthday! I baked you a cake but then I got hungry unfortunately...

@memoryman3 Uh...this is right in the article:

"We already knew that Miis would be optional with Switch, and that Nintendo was introducing an avatar system similar to that seen on Sony's PS4, where images of famous characters can be used as your profile pic."

@Damo I hate to ask you to do this Damien, but could you put in more links in articles? It's just too many people are jumping the gun on any "news" and forget previous confirmations (or don't read the articles). Having the links there will make things like the quote from above more visible and will have the added benefit of adding some extra heft behind the article's content.

@Ralizah Wouldn't be the first time. Wii Sports was sold separately in Japan for about $20 US if I remember right (did not come as part of a Wii purchase). It also sold fairly well in Japan too for something that wasn't a pack in (3.77mil copies).

@Damo I will take 50 of those beans off your hands if they grow into magical flying plants that lead me to out of the way locations with shiny heart-shaped jewels.

@JaxonH I think on the UI article a bunch of Playstation owners were talking about how purchases were tied to hardware as well, just it was less annoying to transfer between consoles.

@gcunit That's entirely possible. If it were dressed up as a "leak" it would probably generate more publicity for them rather than them mentioning it as a side note in one of their presentations (they'd still mention it of course as a "confirmation" but they can simply gloss over it).

@bluedogrulez No, cause the eShop is currently disabled. He wouldn't have access to them until launch, when they enable the eShop.

@Dakt That and games from Europe generally have more language options compared to that of NA.

@Mellor2000 Amazon is probably concerned if they honour it people will complain and they will get some bad publicity if they don't honour it for everyone. That in turn would cause some additional issues if people outside of Europe try to rush that offer as well.

EDIT: Nevermind it seems that you can't order it from the US.

@IceClimbers Not many people seem to be good at reading between the lines unfortunately.

@Mogster Sure it's not a long time, but it doesn't change the fact that he's overreacting to something that can be enabled and disabled on a whim.

Your comment is a strawman btw if you were trying to take apart my comment.

@LegendOfPokemon Because this is prior to launch? Why would they say anything yet especially if it IS ready by launch?

This console is from someone that has it more than 2 weeks early. They wouldn't enable eShop functionality before launch, that would be silly.

It's just a tiny bit of code change to enable/disable the connection to eShop (or any online connection for that matter as long as it's not p2p). It means that the connection is disabled and NOTHING else. You're looking way too deeply into this.

@Piersen Ah. I remember reading that story somewhere but couldn't remember from where.

@Piersen Is that...from Gyo?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It's an issue with gacha based games in general.

This is actually rather tame compared to other gacha based games, like say Granblue for example. I remember there was a guy that spent well over $6,000 trying to roll for something in Granblue. It has to be said, at the very least Fire Emblem doesn't have any limited/restricted characters, unlike ALOT of other gacha games.

Puzzle and Dragons has Godfest exclusives (during the period they are active[normally you can't roll for them] you can STILL roll regular stuff) and seasonal/themed collabs which only come around infrequently (with very poor rates for anything rare, even worse than rolling the normal machine). Doesn't also help that stone prices are HUGELY inflated in NA compared to the prices in Japan (almost double from what exchange really would be like).

Granblue has some "godfest" exclusives that work the same way as well. The problem though is that seasonal collabs in this case are NOT separated from the regular machine (unlike Puzzle and Dragons). They also had creatures that can only be rolled in a CERTAIN YEAR. And don't get me started on them "nerfing" gacha creatures.

@SpentAllMyTokens It would certainly explain why it would take so long for them to release the first pack if it was a Master Quest variant. That would require reworking dungeons and puzzles (effectively making a new game, but faster since all of the resources are complete at that point).

A simple difficulty change like "take more damage" and "no heart spawns" would take nowhere that long to implement (especially from experienced programmers).

@Not_Soos Well it's not like that hasn't happened before. When NSMB U came out it was the same price as Super Mario 3D World when that released. Of course, NSMB U price dropped a bit by then but they were still priced the same at their respective releases.

@Spoony_Tech Actually, it sounds more like they plan on making a 2D Zelda on Switch with the 3DS team.

Hm...I wouldn't be too surprised if they manage to extend the battery life with games like this which would have a more portable aspect to them (possibly less draining on the console).

@nab1 Nintendo themselves have NEVER confirmed Gamecube VC on any of their platforms.

There was one staff member or manager in NoA that said it but no one really high up has ever confirmed something like that.

@MitchVogel Didn't the ports also include an option to play the games in the original style as well?

@Mogster So you're saying then it's alright for say a popular RPG series new entry's entire plot to be leaked, everything down to the dialogue involved, before the game is put out?

I can say a TON of people would lynch said person if that happened.

It's entirely possible for a manufacturer to want to hide details for a surprise (could be additional functionality added later that could be implemented using some of the hardware components). Not necessarily the case in THIS example but entirely possible nonetheless.

@electrolite77 Oh so it's misused exactly the same way as the SJW term.

@retro_player_22 It's to emphasize that the Switch is a home console first. A smaller box size would imply that it's a portable which is not the marketing direction Nintendo wants to take with the Switch.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Someone should photoshop that...a tiny Miyamoto in a banana hammock that's being held by Iwata Nintendo Direct style.

@Spiders Well the Wii U didn't have those kinds of streaming services at launch. Neither did the Wii. I wouldn't be surprised if it just isn't there at launch but comes later.

@Nico07 Wasn't Bomberman Blitz a multiplayer only DSiWare game (a budget one too if I remember right)? Also, Bomberman Land was a minigame collection.

It's been awhile since there's been a full fledged Bomberman game with a proper single player mode so it wouldn't be all too surprising if people pick it up.

@Henmii It seems like the Bomberman face will change. It appears the dead Bomberman face happens when she gets her clothes blown off. In the second picture where she's about to toss a bomb it looks like the face turned into an angry Bomberman.

Is that...a Pacman reference? The 4th girl, the one done in the style of a Magical Girl seems to have what looks like Pacman and two ghosts on her backpack.

@AlexSora89 Can you fire energy beams out of your eyes =D?

@World With the number of scalpers out there I wouldn't be surprised if that happened eventually.

@Yorumi Well Japan did buy over 3mil copies of Wii Sports (the game wasn't a pack in there). As long as there's at least 5 somewhat entertaining activities chances are it will sell copies over there.

I probably won't buy it (Jackbox Party seems more entertaining AND will be cheaper) but I won't pretend that there isn't a market for it.

@SKTTR The new Fire Emblem game can't come soon enough I feel.

@ThanosReXXX You know I was kind of expecting an Infinity Gauntlet reference a lot sooner from you XD

Oh so the price differential really was because of the keychains.

@Frank90 I think you mean "3k" unless you really meant 3mil.

@WinterSugoi Yeah a lot of games that run off a gacha based system are pretty expensive. Puzzle and Dragons costs about the same as your example but you only get like 12 rolls vs the 55 rolls you mentioned...

@gatorboi352 It's not a good assumption to make for sure.

However, unless we consider the Virtual Boy a portable (it really isn't) all main Nintendo portable lines have sold more than 50mil units. Even the 3DS, which had a rather rough start is well beyond the 50mil mark now.

He's not exactly wrong per se but in the Switch's case it's really going to end up being a matter of perception in the market (is it a portable or is it a console). And frankly, Sony has already shown us that it's entirely possible for a portable to never even remotely reach the 50mil mark.

@kevfrei He has the potential for a very diverse moveset (hence why I voted for him way back during the Smash Ballot).

He's had elemental bombs, giant bombs (which could be used as a form of charged attack), multiple vehicles (jetpacks, submarines, etc), animal friends, whips, etc.

They can even reference his N64 days by making him able to bounce off of his bombs.

@A01 What do mean by that? I can't really watch the video at work but do you mean you can drive around using items while dead?

Cause Mario Kart 64 had a mechanic that involved driving around as a bomb, to blow people up after losing all of your balloons, which happened after death.

@rjejr Oh god the first thing that came to mind was Link trying to sell the Switch, opening up with "Well, excuse me princess!"

@allav866 By default, if the game is on Switch it wouldn't be region locked since they removed region locking with the Switch.

So that means in the States it'll translate to somewhere between $20 and $30 if we base it on how the Switch was priced in the US and Japan. Hm...that's interesting the minimum was the same as what I was predicting. I'm guessing they want to gauge the price level that consumers are willing to pay after having owned the Switch for a couple of months (since they start charging in Fall).

@Mogster Sounds like Europe gets the raw end of the deal if that's the case. If we go by the actual prices of the Switch in the different regions the Switch fee will be half (at bare minimum as it can still be lower since 30,000 yen is the max price) of that of the PSN fee in the US. Sounds like more of an issue with NoE pricing.

@ElementSponge Probably be a bit more expensive since our pricing for games generally reflects the exchange rate at the time when the game was released. Unfortunately, our exchange rate is pretty bad right now though. Looking at a PSN 12 month membership, that costs about $7 more here than in the States.

@CapricornDavid If he was in Canada he'd be paying $400 for his console with the added despair of almost no price competition at launch. I know, first hand experience as a Canadian.

@Torterror I thought that was obvious since it's in his original comment.

@gatorboi352 I still feel that Wii U despite not doing spectacular could have still done pretty well if they had gotten their act together with their marketing.

Decent/good/excellent marketing would have drawn in much better sales numbers which in turn would have pulled in 3rd parties. It's rather unfortunate they screwed up the marketing from the get-go, never managed to fix it either.

@IceClimbers I think it might just be considered to be 3rd party by Nintendo. It's being developed by a 3rd party, with maybe a bit of input from Intelligent Systems.

That or maybe they don't consider it to be a heavy hitter of some type.

@gatorboi352 Then again Wii was different too and it ended up outselling both rivals by a considerable amount.

It's not really the "different" aspect that's the issue here. The Wii U had a host of other problems (the worst definitely being a very bad marketing campaign, even Nintendo didn't seem to know what it was).

@duffmmann You're comparing using that of a standard HDD to an SSD (not to mention a HDD that's been proven to be slower than most PC based HDDs). If they really wanted to nickel and dime us directly they could have taken the Vita route where there's only pricey proprietary options.

That being said, I doubt that the "storage" space was ever really intended to be used for games otherwise they would have emphasized that more. It's main purpose is most likely for the console operating system and updates to ensure that the console runs fast. They didn't use a smaller size most likely cause no manufacturer would offer such a small size at an affordable cost so they opted for a larger one and allowed people to save/download to it (being a secondary purpose).

@duffmmann Actually quite a bit of money. The drive in the Switch is a solid state, those are generally much more expensive than a disk drive (though much faster).

Actually, it would really depend on how good of a deal they could get on larger solid state drives (that's debatable especially since it's not like they are in a good position to negotiate with larger "partners"). As an aside, size might be an issue. I have a solid state in my laptop but that's a device that's actually thicker than the Switch itself.

Also, everyone clamouring for a HDD rather than a SSD, that would contribute considerably to the size and weight of the Switch itself (to the point where it wouldn't really be "portable" anymore). Putting it into the base doesn't make much sense either since you wouldn't be able to access it while playing it as a portable.

@Adhrast The game itself also has voice chat enabled.

Also, last time I checked guys, going through Steam and Battle.net, you can't voice chat outside of games with someone that isn't already on your friend list, just a thought. That's unless of course you're using Discord/Skype which sounds like how the phone app works.

@Discostew I think it supported both 1.1 and 2.0 actually.

@kamikazilucas So how would it have fit in a console that size? The smallest Ethernet adaptor for the Wii and the Wii U is already a couple of times thicker than the console itself. If the intention is to put it in the base, not enough people would use the base anyways as the console is perceived as a portable at the moment.

Also, the Vita did not have an Ethernet port. The Vita is also going to be the device that draws the most number of comparisons, as yet again, the public is viewing the Switch as a portable.