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@ohako If you have the Nintendo 3DS stand that came with Kid Icarus: Uprising, it will actually help you control the game easier by freeing you from the task of holding the console as you push buttons.

I personally already have all these titles, except Inazuma Eleven, but even the 50% discount for it is not that tempting to me.

Miitomo is apparently now officially available in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Portugal.

Mario Party 11 for Nintendo Switch, anyone?

He also seems to be a DigiPen alumnus, which might explain how he got the job at Nintendo Software Technology Corporation in the first place.

This is rather odd, considering the cover renders they released in press coverage does not feature the amiibo logo, which is nowadays dominant over the Nintendo Network logo.

Why release physical retail versions of the game for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, but not the Wii U?

Miitomo officially remains limited to only 20 countries thus far, whilst Nintendo Account/My Nintendo is available in 39 countries at this point. Although, keep in mind the app initially launched in only 16 countries, only increasing the roster with every big update.

Nintendo claims they are releasing Super Mario Run in over 150 countries this December, around the same time as the major Miitomo update. Additionally, Super Mario Run supposedly works with Nintendo Account, basically adding the same friend list as on Miitomo, and probably a little more than that.

I am wondering whether it is coincidence that December will see Nintendo expanding their mobile strategies into so many new territories, possibly even in countries not acknowledged on the Nintendo 3DS settings.

Am I the only one who sees this as a waste of a Wii U GamePad with official The Wind Waker design?

@gardevoir7 I'm still very active on Miitomo almost everyday. Can I add you to my friends list on Miitomo, please?

I've been playing the game on and off on my Nintendo 3DS due to its immense difficulty, even from the get-go! The greater difficulty isn't from the bullet storm of the enemies, but rather the confusing dungeon crawling map.

So, basically, we now have an official remake of a Wonder Boy title for the Wii U, and a spiritual successor of the Wonder Boy series for the Switch?

Huh...

@Zach777 That's its Japanese release date.

I liked the first Fairune too, it was pretty solid despite its odd gameplay mechanics and how very short it was.

@MeloMan Mario and Luigi are fraternal twins, so they are likely the same age.

I personally had the physical Wii disc for years now!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I doubt Nintendo of Europe are going to bother with localising the English language from the game's American spellings this time around. It wouldn't be the first time though.

This only applies to factory workers, not actual retail showroom sales people, right?

With the Brazilian Portuguese support, the app is now officially available in Brazil too, making Miitomo now available in exactly twenty... countries... worldwide... sigh...

I find it strange Nintendo Life has not reported that Pokémon GO is now officially available in France, after being postponed due to the tragic events in the city of Nice earlier this month, as well as Hong Kong!

I know this is a fan-made demo, but geez louise the animations they gave some of the Pokémon is terrible!

@TF-Warrior Check out my forum thread for more details!

@DavidMOrrom I just found out that The Pokémon Company confirmed to IGN France that the reason the app was not released in the country was indeed due to the recent tragic events in Nice. I was right this whole time!

@DavidMOrrom It is likely now is not the appropriate time to release an app like this in France after what happened in Nice on Thursday.

I'm not sure if any average joe can really pull off an actual live-action film based on Pokémon. I mean, did anyone ever make any working live-action films based on any even more "grown up" or "realistic" video game series before? In fact, has nobody learned anything from the horrific Pokémon Apokélypse parody trailer that was released a few years back?

@LegendOfPokemon There is no nudity, although the woman's very light beige coloured bikini top (as well as the bright light) does make it look like it is part of her skin. I should not say this, but look closely!

She's scantily dressed all right, but she's definitely not showing anything objectionable though.

Isn't Donkey Kong usually considered to be Mario's first ever game too though?

I thought there already was a Pikachu Café in Japan, and a new Pokémon Café that recently opened in Singapore. Although, granted, The Pokémon Company can licence the Pokémon franchise independently from Nintendo.

@shani You do realise Nintendo cannot simply "ditch" DeNA, especially after Nintendo purchased a whopping 10% stake in the company after they announced their partnership.

@Knuckles Keep in mind that Geno, despite being a character in the Mario universe, is actually a property of Square Enix! This is why we got a Geno Mii Fighter costume directly after Cloud was introduced into the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U roster.

This reminds me the stupid bootleg "Sonic the Hedgehog 4" for the SNES, which is actually a rip off a Speedy Gonzales video game.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Nintendo themselves are publishing Shovel Knight for the Japanese market, exclusively on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS of course. Only the Nintendo 3DS version got a physical release though, but the Shovel Knight amiibo will be distributed as well. Both game and amiibo are coming out in Japan on June 30.

Although, they justified the name for Western audiences with the release of the original Sonic Adventure, solidified it further with Sonic Adventure 2 (which sort of retconned in the name "Robotnik" for the Japanese audience as well), and had since officially used "Dr. Eggman" as the character's name in English localisations onwards, I highly doubt those who grew up with the series will be able to fully accept the "Eggman" moniker, especially with the older games still using it, and not to mention that Archie Comics' writers phased in using both names in the Sonic the Hedgehog comics depending on the context, with the "Eggman" being pretty casually used.

Is it just me or did Nintendo of Europe desigin their websites to be very similar to the layout that has been used by the official Japanese website since March 2016?

Unfortunately, it is not necessarily up to PlatinumGames to decide when to make a proper sequel to Ōkami, since the IP is owned by Capcom. Likewise for the Bayonetta series, an IP technically owned by Sega. (Which is why adding the character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U as the likely consumer choice at the ballots, since the developers were already working with Sega.)

@gardevoir7 Aren't the Kid Icarus anime shorts already available to watch at any time via the North American Nintendo eShop? I'm pretty sure they have been re-uploaded there since last year, sometime after Nintendo of America finally discontinued the Nintendo Video app.

Did these two Swedish dorks do Iwata's signature "please understand" bow from the old Nintendo Directs?

@Smash_kirby Apparently, for the same reason why Yacht Club Games had to cancel the physical release of Shovel Knight for the Xbox One.

I must admit, the app itself is really bare-bones in some aspects, but I'm personally still pretty active on it though, probably because I was lucky enough to find a lot of people using the app and they remaining active even to this day!

I guess the appeal of Miitomo is the same as the point of it - if you don't have a lot of friends using it with you, then the app won't work out for you. The best part of it that it is like a Facebook or a Twitter, away from both the real things!

Nintendo Life ought to contact British-based YoYo Games and find out what is the issue behind GameMaker: Studio's lack of support for the Wii U platform. This problem is hindering Hyper Light Drifter's chances of coming to the platform, not giving Undertale a chance to grace the platform, and now this!

@gardevoir7 You forgot to mention the more faithful Minecraft clones are also available for the Nintendo 3DS, such as Cube Creator 3D and Battleminer.

I am still having high hopes for this forum post I made a while back, as it very much relates to Nintendo's horrid market share situation and poor localisation in the Middle Eastern region.

Just earlier this month, Baby Metal made their U.S. TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Check it out in the video below:

Isn't anyone considering Nintendo might be trying to revive the Space World concept, also known as Nintendo World in later small iterations, traditionally held as a summer-based Nintendo reveal event? They unveiled the GameCube in Space World 2000 this way. So, who knows how Nintendo are going to approach revealing their next platform this year between July and December.

I dunno about you guys, but I'm actually enjoying using Miitomo on a daily basis, especially as more friends are becoming as active on it as I have.

At this point, I'm not sure I might be ready for another Nintendo app outing to keep me occupied this way.

Gosh, I cannot believe I managed to snag factory-new copies of both Ōkami and Ōkamiden off Amazon very recently! I haven't played either game yet, but hopefully I will be able to get to it soon enough seeing how so many people are so positive about the series.

The U-shape could have been fitting for the Wii U branding. Nintendo may have considered releasing an updated version of Wii Fit U, like they did with the original.

For the people who never seen, or don't remember what the original Super Famicom console box art looked like, here is a photo of the original print:

Additionally, this isn't the first time Nintendo Co., Ltd. repeated the retro box art design. They also used it for the box art of the Club Nintendo-exclusive Super Famicom Classic Controller for the Wii:

I personally find these rumours rather dubious. All these details feel like all the conjecture the English-speaking internet people has been incubating for years about prospective future Legend of Zelda titles. Pipe dreams which fans have been wishing for their favourite series to become, something which Nintendo isn't exactly known for.

Additionally, I cannot see a potential "Linkle" in this game. The Linkle from Hyrule Warriors (Legends) has a completely different combat style from Link, and Link himself has been quite a gender ambiguous pretty boy of sorts for a long time after the original release of Ocarina of Time. Many people still mistake him for a girl (although calling him "Zelda" is just an old ignorance.)

I really cannot see Nintendo actually pushing a budget for real voice acting, especially as they need to finish a game with extensive dialogue for multiple regions in multiple languages. I know Nintendo is no stranger to games with full voice-acting, like in the Star Fox series, Kid Icarus: Uprsing, and Code Name S.T.E.A.M. However, this is expected to be a huge title considering, and seeing Nintendo placing it in this game is so unlikely. They're not exactly like their colleagues at other AAA companies, after all.

Plus, I find it ridiculously nonsensical how easily so many people accept this title is getting a dual-platform release like another "Twilight Princess", especially as we know nothing about the upcoming codename NX platform and its technical architecture. It's like in 2011 when everyone thought Skyward Sword is coming to the Wii U just because Nintendo officially announced the console earlier that same year, and we all know this new Legend of Zelda title is being built from the ground up specifically for the Wii U hardware.

As annoyingly fast as that got, am I the only person who was more impressed by this video's amazing gameplay than the mod itself? I am aware the player must have exploited a few glitches, but still pretty impressive.

I personally ever finished this game only once after so much frustration, and I didn't even get all the Chaos Emeralds either!

"It's been a long time since this developer went anywhere near Nintendo hardware..."

Total understatement! The only time Monolith Productions ever made something for a Nintendo platform was the Game Boy Advance version of Tron 2.0, a licensed video game released in 2003.