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@kamikazilucas Whats wrong with the one on 3ds? I mean, with all the great games they could remake you want a remake of a game that was remade for the previous system some years ago?

@AlexSora89 Awesome bit of information there! I dodnt grew up with the original playstation due to economic reasons, but I knew Crash and enjoyed the games on the ps2 when I got a chance to buy one. I totally respect the fact that they did that.. lets wait for those remasters, hopefully fans and non fans will react positivelly so we can get a full new game in a couple of years from now... Skylanders is introducing IPs to younger audiences, and this is great!

@KTT Having Spyro there at first was what caught my eye, I personally liked the update to his design, I also liked how it inspired other dragon skylanders, then I started liking skylanders on its own even if Spyro started being a cameo on later games to stop showing up at all. But the game and the figures are fun to have, me and my best friend enjoy them a lot.. If it wasn´t for Skylanders Spyro wouldn be introduced to younger audiences.. and we wouldnt have new games either... so what they did to it was nothing wrong in my honest point of view.. but I know Skylanders is not a game for everyone...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Die? Why? Just because you dont like something it must sease to exist? Who are you? I dont like sports games, but I just dont pay attention to them and thats it, theres a public out there for them for sure.. good for them but I dont wish sports game to stop existing just because I dont care about them.

The kind of people that uses walkthroughs on every game, they feel pleasure only to tell other people they beat a game instead of actually enjoying the game, with all that comes with it, getting stuck, exploring.. solving things.. For me this is a good thing.

@Jamotello I totally agree with you. Considering Nintendo's history to go with old and cheap technology, but exploit it to the fullest (both in power for the development and the revenue of sales) the x1 would be their choice. But also, competing with smartphones and tablets, giants like Apple or Android with the massive play store doesnt seem like a good idea either. Better compete with just Sony and Microsoft. I don´t know, I think that if this will be their stellar console for at least two years (thats considering that a desktop console might be coming in the future) they need to have the third party support that in someway helped to doom the Wii U...

@Lewieboy124 Dont forget that they gave us ZombiU, for about two years it was the only game, including Nintendo titles that fully used the gamepad, it gave us the experience that Nintendo promised but failed to achieve.
I waited to buy Watch Dogs on Wii U, because I was thankful that even when every other third party was not supporting the console anymore, they were. It was too late for the game? yes, it was, it needed a lot more optimization. But they are a company that must make a profit for their shareholders on a yearly basis, if they put too much resources on a game that wont sell they are wasting those resources that could be producing a game on other platforms that would sell for sure, so which option to pick is easy and you dont need a PhD for that. They will do the same with the NX, they will give support at launch, if it fails to sell they wont anymore.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You are talking from a consumer point of view, but hey, dont forget they are a company, they dont do charity to the fans, they need to make a profit. If the console is not giving them that they will drop its support, simple as that, its easy to complain but we must understand that.

I love them all honestly.. Togedemaru is great, but I just wish its not the pika cousin.. not similar enough to pikachu for my taste. but as a standalone pokemon I love it! This game will be amazing!!!

Yes, we end up like this, or worse.. Its sad, Nintendo should consider the true target audience of the game, lets get real, no 7 years old will play this game... anyways.. I just wanted to understand a bit their way of thinking as a company..

@PlywoodStick I totally agree with you, yet, having those workers re do all that as part of the censored version is way cheaper that the many legal dramas that nintengo is trying to get out of in America. Lets be honest, politicians and religious extremist groups have waay to much time in their hands, and they will attack anything that they dont understand, so video games is one of their big targets. We shouldnt be complaining to Nintendo, who in the end is a company that wants to make profit, that means not getting problems that will cost them money, we should be complaining to those groups I believe, its their fault..

I have tons of Skylanders, and I would definetly buy this, at least for the cool robots, but tablet only? No, thanks. I even tried oneof those tablets with mappeable physical controls but its just something I cant get used to...sorry you lost a least a customer here.

@Claytonbob If the rumor of some sort of cartridge like the 3ds or vita have is true, then it wont be backwards compatible, also considering the rumour that mario maker and spatoon will come as NX "remasters" with all the content they have for the wii u. There is no point in re releasing the game where you can get the last version and play it on the new console ( assuming there will be backwards compatibility).

I think that considering the type of game Skylanders is, Crash couldnt feel more like he belong to any other game.. people have to realize that you have to embrace the new as something positive, give it a chance, people complain all the time that they want their favorite franchises back, for what? complaining about everything they can instead of looking at the new opportunities this might bring? If you like the old design simple, play the old games, thats it. The internet is being used like a purgue for all the negativity... People keep having fun with what happened with the latest CoD or Mighty No9 games, that ar ent even out yet and already are a failure do to the contagious negativity.. people think is so funny, but what are we getting in the end? less and less confidence from the big studios to invest in new games, good job internet...

@BakaKnight I have tons of skylanders and I paid 1/3 of the price on most of them used or on sale, the games are super long so you will eventually need many of them to keep up with the challenge (thats if you are playing on the harder dificulties of the game where it gets fun as you have to dodge attacks and use strategy instead of button smashing your way to the end).

@Octane I dont know why ruin it, they are testing the public, is crash still relevant? is it worth it to invest in a new game? (really invest, not license the IP to a small studio that makes an average platformer). Thats why they are making the remasters, if people buy it a lot it means this generation is looking for more platformers. Having crash in Skylanders is totally optional, if you dont like Skylanders simply dont play it, if you like it but dont like Crash, simply dont get that figure, if you like both, enjoy...

I will definetly get this skylander, Crash is part of my memories, and since I got the Wii U all my Skylanders games were for that console! So having Bownser DK and Crash on the same game will be amazing!

@Tsusasi I agree with you. I believe nintendo went for the collectible side a bit more and we still need that game that fully lets us use the amiibos. But I must agree that compared to skylanders and amiibos specially, the design and quality of disney infinity figures is way inferior. There is hardly any detail in most of them. I have skylanders and amiibos in my shelves, even tho I couldnt use them in game they look cool.

@AlexSora89 The thing with Skylanders in my opinion is that it made fans, they add gimmicks to each new game that keep it fresh, the problem with disney infinity is that they promised being the place where all your disney memories would come together, but ended up being a way to promote new movies and thats it. U see all this cheap movie games we get with every release,? imagine they coming with toys, thats what disney infinity became. I believe I read that the new packs are a Finding Dory and a Pirates of the C. ones and thats it, thats proves a bit my point. Them being greedy buried the franchise.

@JamesCoote It doesnt work just like that, you need approval for all the countries, rating of the games, that is different, but as you said, them working together as one company instead of siblings fighting to impress the parents would be nice for a change. Usually we see for example games released physically only in one region or the other. Or games with spanish subs only for europe, when all latin america count on the sales of Nintendo of america as we import their games and consoles, not from Europe.

Im from Uruguay, its not available in my country, once again Nintendo leaving Latin American fans (the ones that pay more than double to get their games) out.. thank you.. and if you are doing it, do it right, stop including spanish subtitles on the games, that way I will loose the only reason I can use to convince my friends to buy your games...again thank you Nintendo.

@GammaNoises but you cant deny that hype sells, look at the ps4, a bunch of HD versions and promises of future releases and its selling like crazy.. hype sells, people want to have "the best" even if they cant do much with it in the present.. they can brag they have it so in two years they can play it...

@Yorumi well, things changed a bit, people now are speculating that the portable part will be released this year.. not the whole thing.. its not the same..

@peeks thats why i dont support nintendo digital games, they charge you the same as a retail game (for most of them even more) and you have to buy the storage which adds even more to that price) and even with that the infrastructure they have for an external drive is pathetic, they used the cheapest usb slots that you have to research for cables, brands, etc, etc for a external hard drive to even work with the wii u...

Really?? i mean REALLY?? another download only game?? I'm not trying to start another digital vs physical version debate, but this makes me so angry...
charge it 0.5 cents.. I wont buy it.. thats it, charge 20 dollars(double the digital version) and I will buy it for sure!!

The world looks great, the character so forgetable. I mean if you invest the time making a game like this, why not invest more time in making the main character more unique, more awesome. The name also screams "indie who is not looking to get bigger" all over. Its like a project code name, take "shovel Knight" for example, its a name that makes you wanna take a look, its odd, a knight with a shovel?? its unique.. wasted opportunity here, so sad!

They should make another kart game, Sonic is an amazing character full of nostalgia, but it is not a versatile character you can put in every kind of game without it being awkward... they tried all this years so hard to make a good 3d game, but infinite movements plus a lot of speed equals stuck into walls all the time, breaking the flow..

@joey302 They are not bad developers, Sega messed up that game form the start, search for the interview with the developers you will know that it was not supposed to be a Wii U game from the start. Porting a game depends a lot on the system power but architecture above all. The wii u architecture is really different from other systems, and considering its not that powerful, and you have to know it very well, I believe they did a pretty good game for what it was, they just needed more time to fix the bugs (I havent played it yet, my point of view is considering the development and the reviews)..

(Thou shall not swear~Undead)

@rjejr They learnt the hard way with the Wii U, if they dont fix everything with the NX they are really dumb, no other explanation. But we really can´t blame them, they tried to do everything that worked for the Wii on the Wii U. I would do the same I guess considering how much they sold.
Also agree with you, the Wii was advertised mostly through the people, when they invested on advertising for the wii u it was too late. If you think Nintendo Land wasn´t a good launch game and "killer app", can you imagine Game and Wario instead, that was their original plan, at least they swiched to a game with acceptable graphics, something most people where expecting from the Wii U after what we got with the Gamecube 1.5 ermm.. Wii.

@KingofSaiyans Tell It to my Vita, I love it totally, the only console I bought games for lately besides the Wii U...

And considering that first party games for ps4 they released about 8 (I dont count remakes, hd versions etc as they are available in other systems) I feel free to say that they are selling more hype that games.. I love Sony really, but thats the impression I get from dropping the Vita and announcing games that are 20% -40% in development...

@rjejr I totally agree with you. They must march at the rythem of their own drum to succeed. Sony is mostly making hype, not games.
The TV functionality was never really used, it is already shut down. The camera was never used in first party games, not that I remember. The only one I have that takes your picture is Tank!Tank!Tank! and its third party. What Im worried about is that they do with NX what they did with the Wii U, release a half baked console, with updates on the first months to add the functionalities that should be out of the box. That is not good at all for early adopters. I never get a console unless there are at least 15 games out that I really wanna play, but I can see hwo this things hurt a console at launch, specially with reviews, considering how important reviews are for the gaming community.

@rjejr I dunno why people is stuck with the idea that the gamepad is THAT expensive, it is not. It has really out dated technology, even the battery is mediocre, Nintendo systems are not expensive to make, the thing is that them as a company have a phylosophy of making a lot of profit in every unit they sell.. thats what the investors expect I guess..

People wanting it to be released in November 2017 don´t realize they have nothing to survive with for this two whole years except for Zelda... theres no point in investing in games for a console that didnt sold well at all, especially to release it just before the new one will be revealed.. most normal people that have a wii u wont buy games as soon as the NX is revealed, we have to look outside the fanbase.. we are a lot but not enough..

@Damo You should make an article on how nintendo tries their concepts with their current technology to fully implement it on the next generation. The motion controls with the game boy advance, the dual screen for consoles with the gamecube/gameboy advance, the portable used as a controller for smash bros wii u, its all there... the evidence i mean..

What bothers me the most is that europe has spanish subs, but american version doesnt, considering that all latin america has to import american games, I am convinced that NoA is doing a terrible job, I mean, its not like they need to localize to a new language, just pay NoE a percentage and take that localisation and past it on your game.. Its like they are brothers who hate each other and try to compete.. I almost sold two friends on getting a wii u so we could play splatoon together because they wanted XCX, but when they asked me if it was in spanish and i realized it wasnt, they gave up on the idea and went to a ps4 and a psvita.. so yeah, im alone on it, thanks nintendo of america.. you guys keep doing that amazing work!!

I would NEVER pay more than 20 for this, because even knowing this is not a true harvest moon, not having anything better on the Wii U (retail I mean, I dont buy digital) makes me want this.. (and with 20 I mean including shipping to my country, I must import all my games from the US)..

Easy to develop for, thats the key! Developers complained about how difficult it was to develop for the Wii U in the beginning, thats not a good sign. If they had some king of dev kit where with a few lines of code developers could show images on the gamepad screen (different from the tv) every single third party game would make use of the gamepad screen not only that but the architecture of the console too.. thats why most multiplats stayed away from it.. If it was similar to other consoles we would have games from this current gen that had releases on the last gen too..

@GoldenGamer88 You do realize that even tho your idea sounds great from a consumer point of view it is crazy from a business point of view? Anything they make for amiibos are to sell amiibos, nothing more..

I'm slowly realizing that most pokemons hate mountains.. :S

@RainbowGazelle This is not devs not wanting to release a game in a certain region, if you could sell more why wouldnt you want that? The thing is that Nintendo of America is working as if Nintendo of Europe was their enemy and viceversa. You can see how different they are from each other, almost like two different companies, NoE releases games phisically that NoA doesnt, games that are already ready to release are released on one region and months later in the other, they create hype in a region, paying for promotion that inevitably reaches the other region generatin hype there too but when the game actually arrives to the second region, that hype is gone.. so yeah in every article I kinda comment on the same, cause I see a problem that afects fans, the almost non existent group of devs who actually support them, and even nintendo themselves, but they dont seem to be doing anything to solve that..so sad.. for everyone..

@PlywoodStick Yes but what bothers me the most is that if they said that the spanish localization was expensive or something bad for the business (in the end they must make money, i get that) but already having a localization available and ready for a region, how can they not help NoE pay that and use them too?? Lately its like NoA and NoE are competening and not working together.. maybe thats their goal.. to see who is better and not make the brand as a whole better..

@JaxonH NoA fuc*ed this game when they had the amazing idea of not releasing the game with spanish or portuguese support. They once again totally ignore latin america who import games from the US and are a big part of the total sales, they dont realize that not every game sold through amazon or best buy or wallmart wont stay in the US, I almost sold two friends into getting a Wii U (and paying 600 US dollars for it, thats how much we have to pay here).. because of XCX, but when I told them there wouldn´t be spanish subtitles they decided not to get it.. theres a change.org petition for this, so im not the only one, and the european version has spanish subs..

Dear NoA,
Please please stop with the only-digital crap, if Europe can do it, If they can translate a game in like 3 different languages why cant you? I mean you are all part of the same team right? I dont care what game this is, but please, do things right for once.. or at least explain why releasing a retail game, even if in a small batch would be such a loss for you while for others, even indie developers, it isn´t... remember that if the wii u sold 10 million it was mostly because of the fans, because u didnt a really poor job trying to sell it to the masses.. so giving back once in a while isn´t a terrible idea..

Thats true, I forgot that microsoft also lost tons of money... Now I get it why they were desperatly trying to copy everything nintendo had..

Companies have different approaches, while sony sold the ps3 in the beginning loosing money as the production costs were higher than retail price with the strategy of getting that money back in the games they sold for it, nintendo never would do that, an example of that is why the wii u didnt get a price drop. So nintendo must make a profit on hardware sales, the 3ds is saturating its potential market share.. so of course nintendo will come up with a new console that makes 3ds owners buy it.... thats how it works.. nintendo wants to make money on the new console and the games for it.. otherwise they would continue developing for the ds too..

@rsanchez1 Oh well, sorry, I thought u meant updating the screen of the current 3ds.. like what they did with the new 3ds camera, it still plays all regular 3ds games.. but of course if its a totally new console it would desperatly need a better screen and a HD graphics processor...

@AVahne I think its not about developers getting bored, many would continue developing for the ps2 or the ds if those consoles would be still popular and the market would be still active for them, the reson for that is that developing for those consoles was cheap. Nintendo has always had weak hardware because it was cheaper to develop for, so they relied on their strong IPs and creativity to take full advantage of what they had. If you are developing something you want to invest as little as you can so even if it doesnst sell u wont lose money, and thats one of the main reasons not even sony is supporting the vita.. and all these jrps that give the console life (and im starting to love them) are not AAA graphics like titles...

@rsanchez1 Why would you need a hd screen on a system that has average graphics and isnt powerful enough for hd visuals? I love my 3ds, but I cant see the logic in your comment...

new experiences? considering that all latin america import US games, why the hell wont u add subtitles to Xenoblade Chronicles X?? I almost sold two friends into buying a wii u for that but they backed up when I told them no spanish subs.. Ohh considering that the european version has them... Its like NoA and NoE are enemies... give me that as a new experience.. btw..did´t bother to read the entire article..

@NintyMan Exactly its balanced enough so you keep coming back to it! I hate pay to win or dlc, Im a purist, only bought the mario kart 8 dlcs because u couldnt pass on that! and Ive spent one dollar on Badge Arcade, thats a lot coming from me!! so they did a good job on taking one dollar from me