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@AlexSora89 you can also get Mewtwo after so many MP matches...aka 1-stock kill your self a bunch of times until he appears

@mikegamer oh yeah...the M2 Sega work was awesome!!! Hope Nintendo took notes. They obviously acknowledged it by publishing a physical release.

@GoldenGamer88 what you said is spot on... if Bill Trinen didn't tweet about it afterwards. That alone ups the suspicion ante.

@Joeynator3000 I hope not. Hyrule Warriors was a fun diversion....but I surely don't want it to become a habit for Nintendo.

VC needs a serious overhaul (won't even touch on the travesty that is Wii U VC)... but I'm a little more optimistic now that we've learned N.E.R.D. is handling all of the VC services.

Since this is now the "hyrbrid" console, it really needs to be the ONE place where you can play ALL Nintendo games.

Make it happen Kyoto.

@World hell yeah! Bring on Armored Core!

@Jumpman touché

What's even cooler is receiving a hand-typed letter from a Nintendo of America Game Play Counselor. That's some pretty incredible customer appreciation and personalization.

You just don't see things like this nowadays...

@erv Boom! that right there is a clever angle to look at it from.

LOL at the image used for the case in the article. If you look, it's a printout and is 2-dimensional.

Hope the accessory manufacturers were supplied real molds and not a paper print-out to go off of.

@ThanosReXXX I think he's confusing retro being on a hiring spree and filling positions vs them having not been able to fill said positions.

Sure Retro has tweeted positions in the past...but for all you (@LeRaposa) know, Retro has just been expanding due to an increase in scope from the boss man (Nintendo).

Having positions open is not a bad thing....in reality it's just telling you that pure awesomeness is soon to be on the way!

Environments, animation, & A.I. engineering....

sure hope this is METROID!!!!!

@OzHuski they said there will be more later into the game awards show.

Yeah, I'd really like the ability to edit on-the-go / in my spare time and be able to upload it to play on the big screen (Wii U).

Kind of upset this isn't a possibility.

Oh well...here's to a 'definitive' Switch version

This is a really great deal if you were in the market for a 3DS.

@Nintendofan83 @Flashmanharry It doesn't make sense to drop the price/run a sale on the Wii U if you're ceasing production. The final limited quantity of units will inevitably sell (finite quantity), so you're only hurting yourself by not maximizing profits. In fact, that's a prime example of supply/demand being that supply now becomes nill. The opposite holds true for 3DS, where they want to still encourage and perpetuate the base for a little while longer.

@TheLZdragon hahaa

Although I'm not sure how to interpret all of this... I can say one thing--at least all of the rumors have been positive so far!!

Kinda hard to argue with that...

@the-madprofessor ummm....why wouldn't we want a large Switch base?

@HeroponRiki Bingo!

Good, serves them right.

@Ryu_Niiyama the reason we don't have many releases this year is because they're saving all they can for Switch. I too, wouldn't want to develop for a dying system. That's just wasting money.

@Ogbert agreed on receiving the END of a trilogy and not the whole series.

But to play devils advocate, it was a really great port that was optimized for the game pad.

Praying the amazon link will work out this afternoon...

@Ed_Fairway need to update your avatar to include the Switch

@mikegamer for real.

I hope we truly get a proper VC on Switch (we've been wishing this for years), possibly rebranded under the "Classics" line like the NES Mini Classic.

Fingers crossed.

Pretty good album...bought it last night on iTunes to show support.

Really like the chrono trigger track.

Why was there no news for this? This happened so subtly...

I've been waiting years for this, I would have thought the marketing would have been a bit more tbh.

@NIN10DOXD thank god!

@deKay yeah, I was soooo hyped for Battlefield for Wii U.... then, well...you know.

But I feel a little more confident this go-around. I think Skyrim will make it

@Jazzer94 hahaa great reference.

"Shut the **** up Donny!!"

What about storage on this??? Will the docking station accommodate external hard drives?

@abbyhitter VALID POINT

I'll never understand why companies put it on the bottom of a device for that very reason.

I'm just thankful this wasn't the rumored "digital only" console from a while back.... phew!

People underestimate that the actual console itself needs to look sleek, modern & sexy.

Annndddd..... that's exactly what Nintendo Switch looks like.

Home run Nintendo... home run.

Interesting to see AutoDesk on that list.....

They make CADD software primarily.....

Hmm... I like it though!!

THIS is what i've been waiting for (actual 3rd-party support)!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Wow...just wow

@edcomics well said.

@PanurgeJr I hope to god you're right.

@PanurgeJr likewise

@GravyThief hahaa

@GeminiSaint LOL

@Oubie for real. You've just given me a new 4-year plan goal lol.

🤓

@ironside1911 And why exactly is that??

You know, sometimes if you have big plans in the pipeline you need the immediate capital to finance your plans.

It's pretty evident that for the past three years Nintendo has been doing just that.

It doesn't necessarily mean it's a desperation move. Companies do this all the time.

I understand that it is steady income...but very small income. The fire sale of it generates TONS of immediate capital that can be redistributed into other potentially higher yielding growth and profit plans.

LOL

I love this news! So glad Nintendo has been reshuffling their finances and restructuring. Sure, it's a more stable platform owning an MLB team, but I'd rather they take those profits and redistribute it into the "NX Gamble".

@samuelvictor Where did you successfully pre-order at??

When the NL article went live a week or two ago, all web page links were something like "Oops, we couldn't find what you were looking for", etc. I'm assuming I was just a little too late, and missed the boat (I hope not).

I signed up for Amazon.com e-mail alerts in the meantime.

I'd love to know if you have any input. Thanks!

Like another commenter mentioned... I think Nintendo is courting the Japanese 3rd-party devs first. "Taking care of their own". They know that a majority of 3rd-party Western devs need convincing first...based on past history.

Seems (to me) like they're going to have a great RPG catalogue, as I think Square Enix is going to definitely be on board. We've got DQX, DQXI, and I personally think Nintendo has made some serious offers to get FF7 Remake to come to the console (why else would Cloud have been on Smash??). This will go hand-in-hand with a re-release of Smash "Complete Edition" on NX.

Seems like Ubisoft is doing their usual (Just Dance, maybe some Rabbids crap, etc.). We've got limited info on the rest of their franchises, I.e. Assassins, Watch Dogs, etc.

As far as EA is concerned... #*%@ 'em. They're obv going to play it safe and sit and wait. They don't really care about "the gamer" anymore, just sales. Even though Nintendo needs them to an extent, they don't have much of a choice. Just gotta prove 'em wrong and hope they come running back for sales.

A strong showing of 1st-party titles, a novel console/handheld idea, and reliable 3rd-party support will get the console started off just fine. Once the snowball gets rolling, I'm sure we'll see the douches that are EA show up late to the party.

Guys like Square Enix, Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco, Atlus & Platinum are going to be the 3rd-party backbone (if there is any) for NX.

@OorWullie Gosh, I hope that's the case SOOO BAD!!!

So basically (almost) every 1st party Nintendo game is now a Nintendo Select.

I guess that's a good strategy to phase out inventory / get a last minute bump in sales before the console close-out.