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Until someone starts manufacturing counterfeit Amiibo, I can't really say I care about this at all. Most people I know who buy Amiibo do it to create Amiibo displays on a desk, shelf, or entertainment center. I think it's cool that Nintendo adds special content for Amiibos in their games, but that can be supremely frustrating when they're not producing half as many units as they should be to even come close to meeting demand.

I'll be happy to be one of those sales if they're inclined to bring this to NA.

This reminds me, I really need to finally finish the campaign in the original Pushmo...

It was great, but I think 2 hour sessions would have been better, although having it open for an entire day would have been the best. I nearly missed the first session due to dinner plans, and wasn't able to make either session on Saturday.

I enjoy P&D on Android, but feel the push to get you to either purchase magic stones or constantly sell off excess monsters in your inventory ends up slowing the game down too much. It really feels like you can never make the best of your inventory without the microtransactions. $30 is certainly a little steep for a puzzle game, but there are people who have spent hundreds of dollars on magic stones. I'll definitely be picking it up.

@Pahvi

No Kidding; seems a little late for that now.

Oh god, the whining...

Snaking in Mario Kart or F-Zero, or wavedashing in Smash Bros, none of it is cheating.

Cheating would be finding a way to actually change the way the game behaves in order to get an advantage, or exploiting weaknesses in the game's netcode to interfere with other players. Discovering strange patterns in the physics of a game is not cheating.

People just get upset that there are techniques which exist that might be difficult to learn and master, and thus they are bitter that better players can increase the skill gap. Mario Kart has an item which specifically tracks down the leading racer and puts them at a stop for ~2 seconds. If bad players get blue shells, then good players should get snaking.

I am glad it is a fake. TP's graphics were already held back by standard def resolution, and looked really muddy. Lowering the resolution even further would be awkward. I do look forward to the eventual HD release, however.

Baby Park! In 200cc, this is going to be a lot of fun for drunken Mario Kart with friends.

I always assumed that the E3 reveal was faked. Still looks good for a Wii U game, and I'm definitely more interested in the gameplay than I am in graphical fidelity (although I still want a big world with large draw distance).

First time playing this game, and I'm enjoying it so far, and really excited for the game to open up a bit more. I think I'm going to like all of the deep systems in the game, such as affinity. It kind of gives me a bit of a Skies of Arcadia vibe in that sense, and you can't go wrong with that. My only problem is balancing this with G-Rank hunts in MH4u (finally at G3!).

@Fidu

No kidding. Just played some Double Dash with a few friends a couple weeks ago, and they were kind of irritated about how effective it is. If they get their blue shells and lightning bolts, then I should get my snaking.

Janky demo directly ripping assets from an existing game and attempting to make a 1-to-1 copy of other existing game assets gets a shutdown notice. I forget why I'm supposed to care. Imagine doing this in the movie or business software industries, and maybe then you'll consider Nintendo's response less harsh.

Had to scramble to find a tenth without Shovel Knight on the list

It's a pretty cool demo, but it definitely brings to mind the story of Nintendo spending a month just getting the movement and physics perfect in SM64, so that it would be fun to just play around with Mario in an open room with just a box in the middle. You simply cannot translate that level of refinement into a personal project.

Looks like a blast. I'm sure my MH4U group will get a lot of fun out of this game.

Alex, I enjoy the positive energy you bring to all of your videos. Videogames are supposed to be fun, yet so many games journalists always seem so jaded!

I might actually finally try a Shin Magami Tensei game if that discount comes to NA.

@CrimSkies97

Maybe in games with limited environments, but not at this scale and with great of draw distances.

I was really hoping to be burnt out on MH4U by the time this releases. I'm 80 hours in now, and not getting bored yet, but I do want to finally play this game once it's on N3DS (I missed it on the Wii). Honestly the graphics on this look astounding for the 3DS.

I'm interested in how the new expertise in mobile will affect Nintendo's archaic social platforms. I've also been hoping for a unification of Nintendo's handheld and console platforms for some time now, so I'm extremely excited to see what NX is all about.

@DualWielding

Well if we don't see anything more until 2016, that would still put us at a minimum of 4 years after the Wii U's release before new hardware releases. Even if this is shown off in 2016, it could still be as long as 2017 before we see an actual hardware release. If you don't think Microsoft and Sony are already planning their next console releases, then you don't understand how this industry works.

This dredges up those bad feelings about Mega Man Legends 3 being cancelled.

@Zodiak13

More frustrating than that is when Nintendo does something new, but uses Mushroom Kingdom characters, and people drone about how it's "just another Mario game." Just because Mario Strikers, Mario Tennis, and Mario Kart have many of the same characters and locales does not make them the same games!

@unrandomsam
Not too much; I would mainly want it for emulators on Android.

@JaxonH
I don't think demand for the GBA title can really be used to judge demand for the series in general. I love F-Zero X and F-Zero GX, and would pick up a VC release of either of those titles, but I don't really have any interest in the SNES or GBA titles.

Come on Nintendo! How am I possibly supposed to have time for Codename STEAM before Xenoblade 3D comes out next month while I'm still knees deep in Monster Hunter?!

I've been traveling frequently for work, and I've been wanting a controller with good inputs in a slim form-factor (it's a pain to try to stuff my Logitech F310 in my laptop bag). $50 is a bit steep, but I think this will make a great companion for my Anker microUSB external battery I keep in my bag for long flights.

I can't really agree that this is in poor taste. Allowing 3rd parties to sell each other things, sometimes things which would otherwise be difficult to find through normal retail means, is basically eBay's entire business. To eBay, this is a way of advertising that you can buy hard-to-find items through their service.

I am just hoping to be burnt out on MH4U in time to take a nice long break for Xenoblade 3D.

@sinalefa
No kidding. I play games to have fun. Sometimes I play for a great story or other reasons, but for those games I have a PC. I have lots of fun with my 3DS and Wii U, and thus those systems are used frequently. Meanwhile, my Xbox One has become an extremely expensive Roku box (only used for Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Video right now).

If they can pull off some more interesting stage designs, then I will be convinced to check it out. Presumably that is their intention, because playing in one flat, box-shaped arena with only a few interactive clutter items will get boring quickly.

@Vineleaf
With MPT, MM3D, and MH4U, I have been way too busy to complain. My only issue will be not having enough time to finish everything before Xenoblade 3D comes out in April.

So excited to finally try this game out. I thought for sure it wasn't going to release until at least Q3, so I'm thrilled to see it releasing in April.

Well then... it certainly doesn't look good... Beyond the obvious graphical shortcomings, the character movement (even looking past the animation) looks off. How well the character controls, and how movement feels is critical for a platformer. If you can't get that right, everything else is pointless.

@DESS-M-8
Interesting. I can see where your perception is coming from, however I had the exact opposite reaction. I thought that the over-the-top sound and music made it much more fun to experience. To me, Devil May Cry was too serious.

Somewhat disappointed in no discount for Kirby, but then again, I just bought MM3D and MH4U last week, plus I haven't finished MPT, so I have no shortage of games to be playing and should welcome the brief respite to my wallet.

While the quality is obviously better in the Wii version, at least it looks like they're representing the art-style sufficiently.

Never got to play this on the Wii, so I'll definitely be picking it up for the N3DS if it releases in North America.

For years I had a pretty good internal timer, because of this mini-game.

This comes out the same day that I have 12 hours of flying to get back home. Normally I hate travel days, but this time I'm excited to have all those hours with nothing better to do than play a game on 3DS.

@Samurairu
I can see how that would be frustrating. I think that in the US we take for granted that many products are priced off of the USD, and thus those prices are expected fluctuate along with our own economy, just as our wages and salaries do.

@Samurairu
If you have an issue with consistency, then that is fine, but if your issue is just that the US and Canadian prices are different, you do have to consider the exchange rate. The price of digital items is based on what the seller perceives the market is willing to pay for the item. Also, the Candian price for Mario Golf ($26 as you mentioned) is still lower than the US price of $22.49.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=26%20cad%20to%20usd

In both cases, the Canadian price is better than the US one.

@DeQuimet Yes, $10 Canadian is less valuable than $10 USD. 1 Yen is also much less than 1 USD, but you wouldn't expect to buy something for 10 Yen which you would normally buy for 10 USD just because the numerical value is equivalent. Ignore the fact that Canada and the US both use "dollars", the only thing that matters is the exchange rate, which is based on the international purchasing power of the currency.

@Samurairu
Heh? $10.99 Canadian is less than $9 USD.

http://currency.wiki/10-99cad-usd

Fellow Ambassador here!

I love that Nintendo stuck it out and proved that there is still a strong market for dedicated portable gaming devices, albeit perhaps a smaller market than existed 10 years ago.

My hopes for the next generation of Nintendo platforms is the merging in portable and console, with the ability to connect the device to TVs and connect extra controllers to it as well. With Nintendo not competing in the GPU arms race, it is very likely that within a couple years' time, the technology will be small enough to achieve current-gen graphics in a 3DS-sized form factor for between $200-$300. In my opinion, that will be the best way to experience Nintendo: one platform, both portable and available on the TV, with HD and maybe even QHD capabilities.

@cfgk24 That's likely what I'll do. I'm pretty new to this whole international travel thing, and honestly I was surprised that international flights don't offer outlets in economy seating as frequently as domestic flights do.

A somewhat disingenuous comparison. The first two listings are for "New" (and presumably sealed) copies of the game, whereas the second two listings are for used copies in "Good" and "Very Good" condition.

The high prices of the first two listings are certainly influenced by the collectibility factor of having brand new copies. I imagine the used sales are in fact affected by the imminent eShop release, but sealed copies will continue to sell at high prices.

This might be useful for my trans-Atlantic flights without power outlets. If I were to get one, it's likely that I would only swap it in before I leave for a business trip, and replace it as soon as I'm home.

I'll admit, as a kid I spent a lot of time swimming around, and that will be missed to an extent. As an adult, I rarely have the gaming time to play so frivolously, so it won't be much of a loss for my MM3D playthroughs.

Good on you for waiting to test the online component before scoring. I've been severely burned by The Master Chief Collection this month (yes I am also an Xbox gamer, please don't yell at me!).

It seems like maybe he dislikes the inertia in Mario perhaps?