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@ValhallaOutcast Basicly it's because of Secret of Mana and Link to the past. There were French versions back in the day here in quebec (SoM was in France). So the OQLF signed a deal with the Canada Gaming association back in the day and Nintendo signed it concerning the "if a french version exists, it must be sold along side the english version" deal.

@ValhallaOutcast It's not the box. The box has french on it. It's about two games that are available in french elsewhere but not present on the console. The law says if the games are available in french somewhere in the world then they must sell that version along the english version. Nothing to do with the box.

@HalBailman It's not french facism. You have no understanding of how we need to protect our heritage from the english people surrounding our province. Even the english who invaded us back then knew the importance of this and allowed us to keep our language. Now with that said, I still think law 101 is too restrictive. The law for video games is simple : If a game is available in french elsewhere in the world, it must be made available in french if you sell it in quebec. Which Nintendo failed to do with the SNES classic because there are two games on it who are in fact available in french in europe.

Their bodies were not ready ..... *sorry, had to say it lol

@MadAussieBloke lol! Doesn't mean they're not taken though.

Bought the first two on 3DS and bought the HD version of MSF on Wii U. I absolutly love Wayforward. Now bring me a Wii U Shantae!!!

I think a lot of you have no idea how much it costs to actually make a game, especially with a small studio like Keji's.

Obviously he started his company with people who have experience and skills. So let's say you have one game you are working on, you have at least 3 programmers paid $60.000 a year (Bare minimun when you start in this business, at least, around here), that's $180,000. Then you have, let's say 2 artists for $50,000 a year which means another $100,000. Consultants, let's add another 2 at $70,000 (Because we have consultants here that are paid way more here) and thats another $140,000 ... we're already at $420,000 in yearly paid salary and I haven't even begun to list the other people that might be on this project. This don't include any company benefits that they might pay either.

Add operating costs : city taxes, building rental/purchase costs, electricity, licenses fees, trademark fees, lawyer fees.

My point is, you people think things are free in life when they really aren't. A small studio like the one Keji has can't afford to make 3 million games a year. If they are have one project or 2 going, they propbably have to hire outside sources as well. And quite frankly, $900000 seems rather low especially knowning the living cost in Japan.

Never heard of this until today .... why?

Meh, I got MHTri3 on Wii and was utterly disapointed in it. I'll pass.

Long time Castlevania fan who buys all the consoles and all the handheld in existance for any castlevania games that could come out and Lords of Shadow was the perfect reboot for the mess the series was getting into story wise. The timeline was so screwed up it's unbelievable and Lords of Shadow was a very good game to do just that : Complete rebooot.

Mirror of fate looks promising and I hope it can be as good if not better than Lords of Shadow.

DAY ONE!!!

So ... the only WiiWare game I've been eager to play since it was announced ... will no longer come? wow ... seriously? Well, screw that re-release of Cave Story then. I'll speak with my money ... no La-Mulana ... no more Cave Story.

Totally have to disagree with this review. I give this game a 7.5 out of 10 easy. I bought the game on day one and It's the 3DS game I had the most fun with so far. I truly enjoy having to look through the book and moving around to attack the spirits with the camera.

Its like FATAL FRAME, but you're the character instead of moving someone with a camera. I truly recommend this title.

This is why I am against Digital ONLY releases. When the licenses expires, you can't download them again, They're gone! If you lose your game from a hard drive crash, console crash and the game was removed because of licensing issues ... and you paid for it ... you can't get it again.

What happens when companies decide to stop offering your paid for games for download? You paid for nothing. Especially if you can only play them if connected to the internet. We need both.

Not to mention, they are thousands of games on steam that are the same price digitally than the retail version. Which is a total ripoff.

The only good thing about this title is the "Battle of the holy" track from stage 1. It's sad.

@WhiteMage75 No, he means "coin-op", as in the the original arcade version which was COIN OPerated. The NES version came after.

Been to the site ... there are no new rewards.

No way I'm playing games on a smartphone. I have one, tried playing on it, it sucks. I hate smartphone games. I regret ever buying a smartphone in the first place. What a stupid idea that was.

Animal were meant to be consumed by humans, I'm sorry. But a world without meat? No. NO!

This is a 10/10 in my game But 9 is acceptable.

@zezhyrule Nah, it does deserver 10 imo.

I played the demo (you can get it off the Nintendo Channel) and I loved this. I'm definately buying it for myself lol.

Frankly, most of the self claimed hardcore gamers I've met, only play FPS and car driving games ... to me that fits the title of casual gamer. To me, Hardcore gamer means someone who plays all styles of games, from Tetris to mario, from Call of Duty to Dragon Quest.

Honestly, now that there so many RPGs announced, it changed my mind on the 3DS and I'm definatly getting one.

Zelda is not hard at all ... not even the second quest ... seriously. People think it's hard?

I've never played the one currently out ... maybe I should.

I don't see the point of this magazine. If it's a one time thing, then it's a cool idea. But beyond that ... I don't get it. Maybe it's just me lol

@justinr I'm not trying to force my opinion on anyone. If I were, I would get a gun and shoot people who disagreed with me. Don't put intentions on me where there is none. Stop insulting my intelligence with this kind of argument. Saying to someone that he's forcing his opinion on everyone is a sign you are no longer able to think of counter arguments and need to resort to insults and douchebagry.

I hate people who do that. You have your opinion, I have mine. No need to resort to stupid arguments like that.

@justinr Yes, it's paying for nothing. When I buy a game disc, cart or whatever, I want to own it and be able to play indefinitely. You obviously don't know the value behind playing old games 20-25 years later.

When you start seeing play sessions in increments of money, you devalue de game. When I play my Super Mario Bros 3 cart that I paid for $100 back in the old days, I still see it as a $100 game today because it is that awesome. And I own it.

If I couldn't play it anymore, it would mean that my investment in this game is gone and that I now have a useless cart.

And yes, you have paid for nothing if you pay for a $60 game and it gets shut down years down the road. It's a loss in your investment. And like I said above, if you view your play sessions in money increments, then you devalue the game each time.

I still play games from the Atari, Nintendo era and still view each game for the price I paid them for back in the day. Online only games that you pay for and get shut down are a waste of money. Something I realized when I finally stopped playing World of Warcraft after 6 years. The money wasted on it for the sub and the item shop. I feel ashamed to have been caught up in it.

I don't like your way of thinking. You are basicly saying game companies should only do online games that will eventually die and can't be played ... well ... this is when I'll stop being a gamer.

And I don't like your quote here - "if you're still playing that game 5 years later - which also is very highly unlikely" -, it is in fact very likely. I have a wall of NES, SNES, N64, PS2, Gamecube games that I still play after all those years. It's more likely than you think. Your either naive or very young to be saying that.

I'm not in support of online only games, and I never really cried about Nintendo not having online. I don't care for it personally. I'm a huge Dragon Quest fan though, and now, for the first time, this is the first DQ game I won't be buying just because it will be online only.

My problem with online games ... like those where you need to log in online to play (I'm looking at you Blizzard and StarCraft II single player) ... when those companies go down the drain, or close the servers, you won't be able to play the game anymore and you will have paid for nothing. To me, that's unacceptable. Online is a niche in my opinion. Sure, Nintendo should have it, but not if it means losing offline capabilities.

As for you @justinr, I think you are missing the point. You are putting everyone in the same boat. Not everyone cried about Nintendo's online. Just that those who are, are more vocal then those who don't care about it.

@WolfRamHeart

Personally, I never cared for online. Never understood people crying over online.

Ugh, so this is a full MMO and no option to single play like a real Dragon Quest game? Disapointing. I'm so sick of Multiplayer being a main feature. I stopped playing WoW and some other MMOs because of the fees, time and stupid people.

Guess I won't be getting DQX now

If Walmart wants to do it, it's their choice. All those complaining are poor shoppers to begin with. Also, here in Canada stores have to update their prices before a certain period during the week which happens to be before August 12th, which gives them no choice to put the mark at 169.99 before that time. It's the law.

So all the complainers need to learn to be smarter shoppers.

EDIT : To be clear, stores put out new panflets and adverts on Wednesdays, it needs to be printed before that. Which means that once it's out on Wednesdays, the prices listed are what they should be and it's the law that the store must honor that price. So since August 12 is friday, it's after the adverts will be out, therefore, they have no choice to sell it at the price advertised as the law requires them to do it.

Release the game first and then we'll see ... I mean, c'mon!

I'm personally both happy and disapointed with the Wiishop. Poor interface, no account downloads, console lock. I regret buying a lot of WiiWare titles that had 8-10 in reviews here on nintendolife that were absolutly horrible and now I'm stuck with them. Hence why I don't check reviews anymore, lesson learned. The screenshots for the games on the Wiishop are too small .. no videos ... lack of demos .. barely if any publicity for the titles.

Size limit for games was just ridiculous. Not to mention the lack of onboard storage on the Wii.

Am I the only one who doesn't care about multi-player? I don't see why people want multi-player in EVERYTHING!!! My god.

That's good news. It will save me from buying games that really sucked ... ugh ... Ghostslayers, Magic Obelisk ... money wasted.

The real hardcore gamer doesn't give a damm about system specs. He cares about games, and to me, Nintendo produces some of the best hardcore games out there.

Seems to me people who play FPS and Call of Duty games call themselves hardcore ... they are not. In my book, you are not a hardcore gamer unless you like Nintendo's franchises and all games in general. If you like only a certain part of gaming, like the so-called hardcore class, you are not hardcore. You are a wannabe. But not a hardcore.

The Wii provided me with everything I needed ... Nintendo brand games. Nobody buys a Nintendo system for 3rd party games to begin with. It's just a bonus.

Why do you people want yet another remake or a port of an old game? Seriously. I'd rahter have a sequel. It seems today we are flooded with remakes, re-imaginings from the video game and movie industry. It's getting ridiculous.

I want RE6.

Why does SONY PR people always speak as if they are lacking maturity and reason?

I personally don't understand all this multiplayer craze ... it's probably why I stick with Nintendo. It seems to me that most games on XBOX, PC and PS3 are all about online and frankly, this annoys me. Because it takes away so much from the single player part of the games in favor of online and when I go home, I want to enjoy my game without having to deal with a bunch of little kids screaming and insulting everyone.

And not being HD wasn't an issue, and I know why Nintendo did it. Back then, HD tvs weren't really as widespread as they are today. As for third party support, I agree somewhat, but lets face it .... Nintendo brand games is where it's at.

I don't consider people who don't like Nintendo games, hardcore. To me, they are missing the key part of the console industry. But I'm glad Nintendo will go get those people with the WiiU and keep what I like about Nintendo.

My Wii never collected dust.

Everywhere I see analysts saying that Desktop PC will die next year, consoles will die off in the coming years .... I think not. Obviously, these so called "Analysts" have no clue about the gaming market, the real gaming market.

And I don't believe retail games will die off, the PSN network incident is proof that games only accessible online becomes a problem when the network is down for a long period of time. You can't play your games you purchased, and that to me made the case in favor of retail sold games.

I was never in favor of only downloadable games because I'm a collector, but also because you give info like credit cards to the supplier of your games which can then be stolen by hackers ... again, the PSN network proved the system is not safe.

I do believe that games on a media and games downloadable should co-exist however, but I do not believe and do not support the theory that retail games will disapear. In my mind, it makes no sense at all with all the issues involved with PSN and STEAM for example.

And for those analysts who think consoles will die off because of devices such as the iPhone .... no way. Small screen, poor sound quality, poor controls.

I don't see any gamers, casual and hardcore, wanting to spend 6+ hours in front of a tiny screen.

Gah! This is a must for me! I've been playing Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest ever since I got my free Dragon Warrior game by subscribing to Nintendo Power back in the those day.

First day buy for me! Hope it comes here.

Wow, this looks great!

This is a classic. I still have the cart. It's a very good game.

@Raylax

Speak for yourself. Getting All Stars + Soundtrack and history manual in a nice little collector's box is awesome. I personally don't feel ripped off at all and I'm sure most of us who own it don't feel that way either.

I got mine for $19.99, well worth the price.

Ok, for all those who think SONY owns Blu-ray, you are wrong. The Blu-ray was developped by the Blu-ray association, which SONY is a member of. SONY does not own the exclusive rights to it AT ALL. Just because SONY has been pushing the Blu-ray a lot more than the others, doesn't mean they own it.

Your powers of deduction are slow ... I mean, Other M ... place the M in front of Other and see what you get. Seriously.

@P. D4NG3R:No, this is exactly what Casltevania is. Back to it's roots as it should be.

Ugh, Monkey Island in #1? Wth!