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@SmaggTheSmug Oh yeh that was hilarious. I love it when that happens. Especially when it was outlandish like BG&E 2 and then it turned out to be legit. I was in stitches

@QwertyQwerty It raises it exceedingly high. It's why I do calculated guesses. You know what my realistic expectations are? Games like Mario Party and Art Academy. And release dates.

And that was because I looked at both Franchise and Developer release times. Tempers the expectations

Huh. That is actually pretty cool

@QwertyQwerty I love it! As someone who used to get genuine insider info and a researcher of sorts, this time of year is hilarious as leakers make random guesses.

It is so funny to see them call it "100% legit" and I was sat there knowing they were 100% wrong.

These days I prefer to make calculated guesses and play the guessing game like everyone else. So much more fun!

@BensonUii He says it will be following BotW's release date logic and will be released in 2020

@BensonUii That Blast Ball was going to be released this week. One of my mates told me about it. Guess he was right after all.

@BensonUii Huh, the rumours were right after all. It was this week

@Tsurii I sadly have to agree with TFH. Love the feel of the game. Hate the forced co-op.

I had this down for pre-order since day one and I'm no Metroid fan. This looks like a great start for me in the Metroid franchise

Eventually these puns will turn to dust

If anyone thought this topic would be pun free, they made a mis-stake

@ULTRA-64 Let's not get batty about these puns

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Well technically it does because it has vampires

All it screams to me is Disney and that is a good thing in my books

To be fair, if they started production in January and released it in December that's still a long time. I'd be more concerned if they said it would start production in late 2017

@Piersen they already had people posing on Amiibo stands at Hyper Japan

I keep them in a solid black box and will eventually get small bags for them. But I'm just a paranoid collector

@Kroko That's strange because in my area I get at least 10 a day

@thesilverbrick He makes a good point. But then we are getting Gen 2 pokemon eventually

@gcunit Not relevant but dang your avatar pic is awesome. Sexy ass Link pole dancing? I need that in my life XD

@Angelic_Lapras_King This right here! It might actually work!

I have pre-ordered one for my partner. The perfect Christmas present for my beginner-gamer

If it's good I will by heading to Japan at long last

@ThanosReXXX Awww....you're no fun...walks away in a sulk...

Time to get back to my Tokyo Mirage Sessions then!

@BLPs Oh I knew you were being snarky, so I made a joke about Breath of the Wild (read my comment again )

I could believe it. Depression is cured by a range of things including a lack of fresh air, socialization and exercise. With a motive to go outside to catch Pokémon, this game acts as a distraction and an aid to depression as you are busy playing a game

@BLPs Oh relax it's not a bad situation. At least Nintendo didn't delay an open world adventure major IP. And they definitely wouldn't do that multiple times. Nope, they would never do that.

EDIT: TT have been one of the good developers for the Wii U. Given their track record, they should be allowed a guilt-free pass for one of their games being delayed for the Wii U

@Dakt Based on how good TT are for Nintendo support, I would assume there were technical difficulties

Sounds good to me! Better get my arty stuff together and blitz it this weekend!

If any of you have been to Hyper Japan you might be aware that it is more of a culture event than a gaming event. It has gaming elements to it but it is not as key to the industry as is E3, EGX or Gamescom

And to be honest to those who think they should bring Zelda, EGX is far more of an important event to bring Zelda to the UK for the first time than Hyper Japan

I think it is meant to be a salamander lizard so they have the shape right. I like the little guy!

@Anti-Matter Yeh but there are only at most 100 of them in total. That is a much easier accomplishment

At the end of the day, they have over 700+ pokemon. Of course they are going to run out of ideas! Can you honestly expect anyone to make up so many species and keep them all as original as possible??

@Stu13 I like demons!

@Ichiban I think Nintendo's idea is to make it fully portable. PS4 and Xbox still require some form of connectivity to the home/internet. Nintendo might be trying to make it so you can take your game on the go without the need to be connected to the internet or a console

@Marce2240 My mistake XD

@Marce2240 Patents are used for protecting concepts. The final result could be drastically different

I just realized the origin of Drampa's name. Dragon x Grampa = Drampa.

He has an ancient Japanese dragon feel and even has white hair.

lol that is epic

@TsukiDeity lmao the Slopes edition! And it comes in a DVD case that is slanted to give a sloped feel

@Dizzard You now need to nickname him as the dragon from Mulan

I think they look pretty cool to be honest. Tapukoko looks badass though

@BaffleBlend No, they said only the splatfests are ending. The online servers will still be up and functioning

@Peach64 I think it is more they are needing to save ideas for themes for the sequel. We run our own splatfests in our Nintendo gaming group and I am already running out of ideas! They are a lot harder to think up
EDIT: Our last one was Team Hoshido v Team Nohr

@agqwestern Late to the party but welcome we still have raving beats and a buffet

@Grumblevolcano Now that makes sense! And Nintendo are only stopping event-support. They stopped doing content ages ago with the latest content being only really an encore rather than the start of new support.

And yeh, I think that's a good assumption regarding Mario Maker. I love how people instantly start assuming the worst-case scenario.

At least the servers aren't being turned off. That support is still going strong

@JamesCoote To be fair, they will need to focus on Spla-two-n and making up ideas for its splatfests. And they have done 15 Splatfests. Some of which different! How could they possibly keep that "fresh"?

Also, I think the amiibo as @MasterGraveheart mentioned could have a play in this

@BakaKnight You will not be disappointed at all! I am already in the 2nd dungeon and loving it all the way!

If this is true than that is a good start in restoring faith into the franchise. I wish them all the luck and hope that Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice is a good game at the very least

Actually, I played the first 3 hours and it already demonstrated how tough the music industry is

@Tsurii Me too, but at least there will be a physical Wii U version

@ThanosReXXX This is a Shiekah Braincell Nigel...take it...

Things is, there is no way to predict. Until we know the launch line up, the hardware, the gimmicks etc. Only then we will know if it will sell big