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"Tom Whitehead assures you he's not on a maniacal quest to destroy Nintendo"

It's a pretty sad fact that he feels he has to. Let the fanboys be angry. I think the reasonable people want an honest perspective; not one that tries to justify every mistake Nintendo makes.

I already have four of the six NES games on the 3DS VC. Unless they reduce the price for owning those or have a decent sale It's still a no-buy for me.

I was really excited about Pokemon finally coming to the Virtual Console, but $10? Virtual Console games are already overpriced, I just think Pokemon would have been worth the high cost, but then they make it even higher. Probably going to pass on this now.

Talk sense into Square Enix to localise Dragon Quest, and continue and improve the 3DS Virtual Console, those are main things I hoped you'd do Nintendo, so for once I was impressed with a Direct.

@iphys - Yeah well we already know that Nintendo is lazy with the Virtual Console. They could add the GBC colour palettes to GB games, but they don't do that because emulating the features of their own 20 year old hardware is too hard. They could also release GBA games on the service but don't because they wan't them to do better on the Wii U, and so make up excuses about not having save states making it not worth it.

This was the best Nintendo Direct ever. Dragon Quest and classic Pokemon for the 3DS VC - I'm surprised and impressed.

Oh my God! This has made my day, week, and probably month too. Square Enix finally stopped being complete imbeciles and gave us some of the great Dragon Quest games!

It's sad in a way that people were waiting years for this instead of just playing the infinitely superior PC version. Seriously guys, if you dropped the console loyalty you'd have a lot more fun.

Moral of the Story: For most people in this situation, Nintendo's archaic chat and friending policies mean they'll never find their soul-mate. I hope you're proud of yourselves Nintendo, breaking up relationships like that!

This is news? It's like people need to hear another company praise Nintendo every so often just to keep them going.

Nah, still inferior to Dragon Quest Monsters.

So first of all, it's limited only to friends, so it's very isolated and kid-friendly, like many of Nintendo's super OTT safety based online experiences.

Then, it's only about asking questions and getting answers with friends. What? Surely its just inferior to a messaging platform then? I think Nintendo's going to quickly realize that its extremely limited approach won't stand up on an established platform. People don't care about Mii's enough to sacrifice functionality, unless they're hardcore fans, in which case they'll buy anything you put out.

EDIT: Just realised that the app asks the questions. If it's anything like Streetpass, we can probably expect deep questions including "Do you like cats or dogs?".

So over-reaction, such pathetic.

The fact that this actually comes as a surprise to anyone is a bit of a laugh. Triforce Heroes was obviously set up to be a multiplayer game, designed around multiplayer. They added in the single player after all the nagging they probably got from people with no friends who feel the need to be able to play every Zelda game.

TIP: If you don't have anyone to play with, skip the game and look for something else to play. Not everyone has to appeal to everyone, even if it is a franchise you enjoy.

@MoonKnight7 - Pretty sure games like this are designed to be played with friends. Single player and random online is an afterthought because people without people to play with demand to be included. Sometimes its nice to finally have a multiplayer focused game.

@arronishere - Maybe they just think that only games that are 9-10/10 are worth throwing down £40 for?

"That's right - we've been cruelly denied the chance to gaze at a fictional lady in her underpinnings. Gnash those teeth and grab those pitchforks."

I mean, say what you want, but It's just kind of pathetic really that Western boards think they have to censor this kind of stuff in M-rated games.

Wow, that's only about the 50th stability joke we've had.

Don't know what to say really that hasn't been said before. Really want, along with the other seven Dragon Quest games. Won't be able to get. Squeenix are idiots.

@nathanjones007 - Yes, but online play will only be active at the times specified in the article.

Just play it on PC guys, don't wait around for it to come to a console where the experience will be inferior anyway.

One less reason for me to buy the next Nintendo console I guess.

Very slow news day when a product is being advertised that only would have been possibly useful 15 years ago.

"Maybe someone has a moral objection to the content of a game, and they'd like to know what it is before they commit to it."

Didn't take him long to get down to moral outrage becoming a factor in something.

Wow, that doesn't look fun at all.

@Galenmereth - "There are region locking concerns that aren't just about greed; what about the money aspect?"

The irony of your comment...Regardless, the important thing here is that region locking holds no advantages to the consumer. Not having region locking on a console might come with minor inconveniences (and for a large company, an inconvenience is all it is), but every other gaming company is willing to take that little hit for the sake of their consumers. Nintendo isn't. That doesn't quite inspire me to support their products. Up until the 3DS they didn't even need region locking, so pretending Nintendo is some special case is just pulling the wool over your own eyes.

@Chaotic_Eevee - Well said. The longer that people have a way to bypass the idiocy that is Nintendo's region lock the better.

Here's hoping he gives them some insight into how things like Youtube work, and why their current stance is laughable.

This game was great fun back when I played it. The local multiplayer was also a blast, just like many DS games at the time.

Super Mario World, of course. Mario 64 comes close, but it always ages so badly. SMW doesn't have this problem. SMB3 is good, but anyone who thinks that the NES game can compete with the superior SNES game is deluded. :3

Square Enix is too busy banging their heads into the wall to localise Dragon Quest games. Making sense is for other companies to do.

I loved this when the DS first came out. Tried it again recently and it really has aged. It hasn't been that long and I'm already hoping for another remake!

@AlexOlney - Haha. You realise if you don't say this game is a 9/10 the people who bought it might have to admit they came for the sex appeal, not the (mediocre) gameplay.

cough I mean, yeah. Best fighting game ever. I'm sure everyone plays it for the articles...

@abbyhitter @Iggly - The two reviews were written by two different people, with different opinions.

It's a character and game based pretty much solely on old NES games. Of course Nintendo would give it an Amiibo. Make one for an indie game that wasn't inspired by 20 Nintendo games and then we'll see.

I'm surprised these people bother trying to compete with Nintendogs. Love it or hate it, it's simply the top of its niche genre. Apparently the people who buy these titles are either uninformed or really just desperate for more.

It's not a game I would really compare to Minecraft much. They are very different, and each have their own strengths/flaws. Since both are amazing I would always recommend that people try out both.

With that said, I do love Terraria, and I'm currently playing through the 1.3 patch on PC. I can't honestly see any reason to really get the 3DS or Wii U versions at this point. I was thinking the 3DS one for some portability, but if it ends up being considerably inferior to the PC version I'd probably not be able to look past that while playing it.

@Spectra_Twilight - Unfortunately, policies like that ensure people skip Nintendo consoles for being 'kiddy'. Preventing a game from having online capabilities at all because some kind of age system can't be implemented? It's pathetic, and I hate to see it holding back good games on the platform.

3DS Version Of Dragon Quest VIII To Feature No Beginning in the West.

Ah, the man who calls people with different opinions to his own 'abhorrent'. I think I'll keep my distance, thanks.

I'll add it to the list.

Games I'd buy if Square Enix got their act together (and localised them):

• Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
• Dragon Quest VIII (3DS)
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland (3DS)
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Cobi/Tara's Adventure (3DS)
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (3DS)
• Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 2 (3DS)
• Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
• Dragon Quest XI

It's looking more impressive every day

I'll add The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to my list of reasons to get a New 3DS. That makes one so far.

It's a big shame, especially because we've seen the potential LEGO actually has with its games through LEGO Worlds (Which is very promising despite only being in Early Access).

Well seeing as Nintendo never planned for there to be an overall Zelda timeline, and only pretended that there was one to sell a book and silence fans, I really don't see how this is any surprise.

I'll add it to the list of good games that we won't be getting from Dragon Quest.

If anyone is interested; the Dragon Quest Monsters spinoff is based on the monster recruitment and battling from Dragon Quest V (Which came about before the first Pokemon game in case you're shouting "Pokemon ripoff!").

The Joker games (1 and 2) came out here for the DS (at least the standard versions did), and I'd recommend buying the second one over the first, as it basically improves upon it in every way.

Wow, what a malicious and incredibly stupid thing to do.

No Dragon Quest III - list is automatically incorrect.

Ah, a game that was innovative and amazing for its time, that is now a shallow mess overshadowed by countless other 3D games and even most other Zelda games. Nostalgia keeps this boat afloat unfortunately.

@manu0 - Hahahahahaha. Oh the grand old excuse of internalised misogyny. It's funny in a sad sort of way.

Oh for god sake, can everyone stop the whining over inclusion? Most gamers dont care the gender of the character they're playing. Trying to change the gender of established characters is just stupid - male or female. If you want to complain that you cant play a character other than Link, then fine, but it's a Zelda game, what exactly were you expecting?

For all those who game on PC and are looking for a Harvest Moon clone that probably won't suck (like most Harvest Moon games unfortunately do now): Here

Terraria is an amazing game. I already own the PC version ofc which is getting a huge update very soon. I will buy it if it comes out on 3DS though.