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@Einherjar Well, they're not scalpers really, as this games was released around 4 years ago. It's just the used games market. Still, though, not a big deal.

N-N-Non-Issue!

The URL for the map image file; http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ajrj/world/images/world_map.png

@JaxonH Really. I mean, I can understand people not knowing what Steam is, new IP and all, but Monster Hunter has been a good series for over a decade, even in the US. Just that combat... yuuusss, it's so rewarding when you pull off something clutch, like knocking a monster out of its enrage phase.

@triforcepower73 Dungeon or overworld, it's still a level and the Zelda levels make better use of space and feel handcrafted while many parts of Xenoblade are just terrain copy/pasted over and over and over. The level design in Zelda is all about quality over quantity.

Just because Skyward Sword and A Link Between Worlds are the most recent, and rather underwhelming, Zelda games doesn't mean Wii U will suffer the same fate. The elemental areas are cool if done well, by the way.

@ObviouslySheik In Monster Hunter 3 most of the big monster hunts are contained in missions. Missions all have a 50 minute time limit which only rarely comes into play. It only ever fails you in the hardest single player missions when you're slow, as the pace of multiplayer hunts is much faster.

You know, if it weren't for Skyward Sword being so forgettable this question wouldn't even be framed, let alone asked. I'm willing to believe the motion controls (and Miyamoto) troubles just screwed up the development time frame of that game. Everything they've shown of Zelda U thus far looks great, even if they haven't released a sexily-cut trailer with a 'wow' feature meant to stun the audience.

It's painfully obvious that they're holding that kind of stuff back for E3 to make a splash. They haven't even shown NPCs, towns, dungeons, sword combat, bosses, or items yet, so anyone criticizing the little they've shown thus far is only betraying their own foolishness.

@ObviouslySheik You know, monster hunter has a time limit... I get you though, I love MH despite the time limit.

@triforcepower73 "XCX will absolutely eclipse Zelda in world design... and music."

...HAHAHAHA, have you ever even PLAYED a Zelda game!?! If you have, you clearly need to go back and look at a dungeon; literally ANY dungeon. There isn't a square inch of Xenoblade's lifeless MMO world that even matches any 3D Zelda game in level design.

"You're probably one of those people that played it for an hour and hated it." Oh am I?!? Clearly you don't know what you're talking about, as I finally quit Xenoblade in frustration after 50 wasted hours. Even if the story suddenly gets good at the very end that in no way justifies the 50+ hour SLOG through repetitive combat, fetch quests, and lifeless environments!

@BassLostie MMO GAMEPLAY. Multiplayer is a type of mode, not a style of gameplay. My point is that it plays in the style of wow and guild wars, regardless of whatever online stuff (none) it will have.

@BassLostie Unless you hate MMO gameplay, in which case you very likely will. Don't believe the hype.

Zelda U, then the Witcher 3, then Dragon Age Inquisition, then Monster Hunter 4, then the as-of-yet unannounced Elder Scrolls VI, then Majora's Mask 3D (ranked so low only because it's just a remake), THEN Xenoblade X when I feel like playing a lame MMO.

The ONLY THING X has a chance of eclipsing Zelda at, unless you actually prefer flimsy MMO combat over action adventure gameplay, is the story. The linear structure could give Xenoblade a boost over Zelda's nonlinear stuff which could really hurt the plot.

Zelda wins because duh. It's amazing how much environmental puzzles and collision detection can give or take away from, in Xenoblade's case, gameplay. Story-wise it's a toss up, no one really knows anything about either Zelda U or Xenoblade X's plots.

Obligatory 'there's nothing in entertainment going on in January' filler article!

I kid, I know writers gotta eat. Anyway, the Minish Cap was just about the only 2D Zelda game I ever liked. The first 2 were way too hard, Phantom Hourglass & Spirit Tracks were pretty bad for Zelda, and A Link Between Worlds was an improvement, but still far too simple and non-vertical for my taste in Zelda.

Minish Cap had a lot of neat quest like the kinstone combinations and shrinking down to explore the environment in different, creative ways. This concept, also seen in one dungeon in Okami and to some extent in Pikmin, should be explored more in games.

I'm all for taxing things reasonably, but Brazil went a bit overboard, obviously. Not that big companies should be listened to about taxes, especially not in American politics, Je-sus Christ, but this is a clear misstep.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Majora's Mask 3D are about to become the best games on 3DS.

That and you must realize that Xenoblade can only worsen from Wii to new 3DS.

I like this minimalistic approach. Too bad the original game isn't to scale -_- so much more water... 7.8 XD

Yeah, no, even if someone mentioned a timeline at some point it was never really thought out well or used as meaningful connective tissue between the different pairs of games. Whenever a new feature gets introduced it's treated as news within the game like 'pokemon eggs, whaaa?' or 'hey, there's a fairy type now... deal with it!!!'.

It's pointless to consider, just like the Zelda timeline.

'Gaudy Polygons', 'Moody Verisimilitude', or 'Puffy Pastels'; which pack will you choose?

Did not expect to find Bilbo in this article... Anyway the paperweight looks lame, the mask isn't even 3D. I'd much rather get the higher quality Majora's Mask soundtrack as a download on club nintendo. Plus Nintendo could do that for nearly free.

It's unfair to have an overall category with both 3ds and wii u, handheld games are always less impressive because the hardware is limited and developers find bigger success in the console market (the Wii U's early lethargy aside).

@2Sang Actually the movie is really good, even by 'adult' movie standards.

@BlatantlyHeroic The villain isn't the focus of Frozen, especially since there isn't a clear antagonist for most of the movie.

@AndyWARbear Specifically the article still says "As a token of his appreciation..." in the second to last paragraph. I'm plenty willing to nitpick journalism. As a fellow journalist it's up to us to peer review and keep things up to a higher standard.

@AndyWARbear Well the author refers to Akiko Kuroda first as a she and later as a he. So technically the article is implying that she's transgendered, though what really happened was a simple clerical error.

I love that the deck on this article is just "will it ever end?"

Seriously, though the Link and Samus equipment is cool, I couldn't care less about cat cosplay though.