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Not like we needed a public statement to know Nintendo hasn't been about power for the past 15 years.

I also don't necessarily think this means a gimmick; If they make a console that's cheap to manufacture, easy to develop on, and has an appealing software base, it will sell. Nintendo's strength is in their IPs and their affordability.

@lividd3ad

Subspace Emissary took roughly half of that.Take that way, My Music and the FMV, and you are left with around 2-3 GB for the core experience and all the other modes.

So glad they didn't go with something boring like Mario characters.

No one who uses it is ruining my game, so I don't see the deal.

I don't care about them, but they are considered a feature of Nintendo's products, so may as well.

Ultimately I don't care about which characters show up, so long as there is variety and they represent Nintendo's history as a whole. The characters merely need to be fun, and they need to be balanced. We can't judge neither until we've had the opportunity to play as them ourselves.

Next up: Samus finds a bag of Doritos Cool Ranch in the darkest depths of a forgotten civilization, and Link fills his bottles with Coca Cola™.

One million? So bold.

I wish them the best success with this product.

Bloomers OP!

Eeeee koi are so cute. <3

As a feminist, I have no issue with the portrayal of women in a game designed for sexual gratification.

My issue is when the sole representation of women in a product are to be victims or sexualized, or just obnoxiously designed based on some narrow scope of what it means to be a woman, in products where sexual or romantic themes are not the core value. Cases where male characters are treated like actual... people. This includes tropes such as the damsel in distress, bikini armour, and the token pink female.

It only holds back the device commercially, raising manufacturing costs for something that offers little to the consumer.

The strongest appeal XBox had in Asia is the online service is great for fighters. Now you can play most fighters on PC, and since many fighting gamers use fight sticks, their skill transfers seamlessly. Unless you are an odd one to like shooters, not much appeal left in the hardware.

It's marketed well for its intended audience.

If you are going to sell a game where sex is an intended feature, that's fine. It's only a problem for me when horrible depictions of women are in a game where it doesn't belong, which happens more than it should.

I don't like how Nintendo interacts with people outside of the company.

Mach Rider HD.

That was physically painful.

Panel de Pon, please.

3d = brown, and bloom. Gotta have that bloom.

Really, though. I like how he captured the characters themselves very well in the pictures.

Everyone wants every character ever to be playable.

Personally I rather have them focus on 30-35 characters and make them GOOD. Make sure they are fun, unique, and balanced. It adds more fun and life to the product overall.

That duckface sums up the whole thing.

Few other expressions could convey the level of stupidity that you would have to exhibit to hear something that does not even make sense in the context.

Hand-holding was a large part of why I hated Skyward Sword. The game always treated me like an idiot. We never had this stupidity back before the 3d era and we don't need it now.

Hip Tanaka I love you. <3

I hope this one has the option to turn off game music. I am still a regular on Wii Fit Plus, so I am happy to finally see a sequel.

I have been supporting both from day one. This is an incredible turn of events.

Thank goodness they never gave in. I am so sick of stale male protagonists.

It is not as black and white as analysts make it out to be. The main-stay Nintendo products can remain where they are. That said, I think they could try developing something like Panel de Pon for eShop and other portable devices. Just having the Nintendo name on it would generate a lot of interest.

I don't mind this at all. We scarcely have to care about rupees. Some of the recent games have almost made them important, but not quite.

HD = Bloom. :/

I like the improved lighting and shading, but I have never been a fan of bloom. It is not pretty or artistic or realistic in any game.

After LttP and Link's Awakening, sure. I love the story, aesthetic and characters, though the wolf segments were kind of lame.

I read the title as "digital rights", emphasis on 's', IE DRM. Good thing I read the whole article. >.>

This is the moment I have been waiting for. I was ready to buy the Wii U at $350 with a good bundle like this, so a price drop is a bit of a pleasant surprise.

Come on, folks. We haven't seen his B Down special yet.

We don't need another Captain Falcon clone.

Atlus would give Nintendo some much, much, much needed spice that it has been lacking as of recent.

Basically came out a year earlier than it should

Anyone catch Niconico viewer count? I remember when we only had 30k on Twitch, they had 105k over at Niconico.

The fact is so closely resembles Legend of Zelda is why I bought it.

@yuwarite I do not know American actor well! I just liked what I saw. ^~^

¬ ¬ I came here because of the art.

Well played.

Not like you had to have women playing games to have female protagonists. :/

F-Zero is something you do not really need to focus on changing at its core to be appealing. All creativity should go into the tracks and potentially racers. F-Zero GX had an absolutely gorgeous array of tracks to race on.

Animal Crossing belongs on portable platforms, that's for sure. I usually play it on the go, like on the bus or before a meeting, and just half an hour to an hour a day is enough.

Yeah... Peach does not really hit any notes with me. I know it is asking for a lot, but maybe she could be given more... functional attire. Maybe she can be given an outfit like Luigi and Mario, only pink instead of green/red, and she can be less like a trophy and more of a hero. Not a change to her "classic" look, but just for games like this.

I do not like when people expect him to be dishonest on his Twitter account. Good on him.

I'm not even mad. This is an interesting course of events.

"I think we've reached a point where we don't need so much more hardware power - we need better games."

A fine summary of my feelings with games these past few generations.

@Koto Have you played either of the Tellius games? ¬ ¬

@invmat

Actually, the historical hero Anri never had any children, yet Marth and his line are considered descendants. What is more is the series is full of characters being adopted or not having any parental links. They could still allow stats/skills to be inherited (parental tutelage) , and just give the child a default hair colour or something. Political correctness aside, i would have enjoyed same sex unity in FE:A just because I would have liked more options.

There is Gaius as well. ♥

The press release and the video is kind of creepy, honestly.