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I still use it, but only to find out when Rainmaker and Tower Control is in rotation on Splatoon 2. Thats it. It literally has 1 good function, it really could’ve been way more

Very surprising to see Angry Birds didn’t crack a single one of these lists. That game was just as much of a phenomenon as any of these games

@PBandSmelly It allows people with physical disabilities to play games, just like everyone else. It’s probably the most Nintendo thing not to be made by Nintendo, and I’m surprised it was Microsoft who stepped forward to make a way anyone can play. Definitely deserves to be on this list

Japan liked that

It should probably be pointed out the Wii U is 100% backward compatible with the Wii and this game didn’t get a Wii U release. It’s likely most of those Wii purchases are Wii U owners.

Couple that with conveying how Just Dance would even work on the Xbox or PS4. Customers know the Wii and Switch still have conventional motion control. But how would it work without Kinect and Move, and how do you explain that to customers?

This is just a better fit on Nintendo consoles, no matter how old they are

@nessisonett I wonder why all the downvotes? I kinda agree.

Doesn’t mean we’re right, I can tell when I’m wearing the nostalgia glasses. But all the top down 2D Pokémon games feel more timeless to me. It’s an aesthetic that ages beautifully- just look at all Incredible 2D indie games coming out now. I can’t say I’m excited to replay Pokémon Moon- but give me Emerald, Ruby, and Red version any day

Boy what a bad launch. It’ll cross a million worldwide, but this is Luigi’s main squeeze, and a really great game too, definitely deserved better sales than that.

If they could’ve released maybe 2-3 weeks earlier, I feel like sales would’ve been much better. How many people were prone to pay $60 for a spooky game on November 1st? Especially when it has to compete with better, discounted evergreen Nintendo titles?

Just a bummer player #2 couldn’t be #1 for once. All eyes now on Pokémon.

I don’t really see this sentiment reflected in current Nintendo though. It was under Iwata and Kimishima that the craziest ideas, concepts, and IP were created. Ever since Furukawa came in, we’ve only received ports and sequels of already popular and established Nintendo franchises.

Maybe enough time hasn’t passed for him to show his stuff. But I’m ready for a new wave of Nintendo IP.

I might be in the minority here, but he got those cheap. Yeah holy crap a cool mil is a ton of money- but these items will only appreciate in value. Mario Bros 40 year anniversary is coming up- this set will probably have doubled in value by then. Imagine what they’ll be worth in 40 years. In a few months, 2060 will be closer to now than 1980. And if kept safe, by 2083 these games could go for deep in the 8 figures. Man what a find.

If any of his grandkids are gamers, they’re family will have some of the greatest video game heirlooms on the planet

It’s meant to be. If Nintendo kept the Wii U on life support, the Switch wouldn’t have gotten the spotlight it needed.

Which is a lesson Xbox desperately needs. The 360 was so good, tons of people found no reason to upgrade. Hulu STILL works on it, and the 360 came out in 2005. That’s insane.

Not only did they shamelessly copy Cuphead’s gameplay and art style, they also short changed the animation. Instead of the loving frame by frame fluidness of yesteryear, it looks like it was animated in Flash and made for Newgrounds.

Comparing this to Cuphead would be like comparing the original Tom & Jerry cartoon to the newest iteration on Cartoon Network.

I kinda miss the days before the internet where glitches couldn’t be patched out. Many games live far beyond their lifespan because a glitch or exploit is found and can be mastered for speed runners.

I’ve played this game to death (clocked in at 740 hours), so I can’t see myself picking it back up anytime soon. But I still find myself watching speed runs of BotW for hours and hours on YouTube. It’s all so fascinating

@Dpishere not only were they hard to come by, they were friggin weird. People weren’t playing in their houses, they were playing in some kind of black light, funky neon cubicles.

@N00BiSH most Sonic 3D games have been garbage since 2003....

However, just about every Sonic cartoon since has been really good. So you win some you lose some

@Ovedo Looking at this from a different perspective, it’s crazy that the Mario IP is getting left in the dust on mobile. Mario is an absolute juggernaut on console, but it’s not a stretch to say both of his IP on mobile are colossal financial failures.

These numbers hopefully paint a clear picture for Nintendo. Half pint Mario experiences don’t resonate, and Japanese style IP stacks cash. A mobile spin on Splatoon, Bayonetta and Kid Icarus would fit perfectly on mobile

@Ovedo Not owned by Nintendo, that game was developed by Niantic, who got the licensing from the Pokemon Company, in which Nintendo only owns 33.3%.

So basically Nintendo only got 1/3 of whatever licensing royalties that came from Niantic’s income from the game. I’d be surprised if Nintendo got anything more than 10% of Pokemon Go’s total income.

@Heavyarms55 Crunchyroll would be an awesome addition. But really, I’ve dropped Netflix too in favor of Hulu and YouTube. YouTube is 100% free, and Hulu’s content library has slowly and quietly dwarfed Netflix (at least to my tastes). Plus, getting Live TV on my Switch is pretty sweet- this literally would’ve been the definition of the future for 6 year old me.

@CharlieGirl https://9gag.com/gag/abYPZOp#comment

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This isn't really a surprise. If a Banjo game came out for these 3 platforms, which one would have the most sales? Nintendo's.

There's a nostalgia factor here. Crash in the beginning was a PlayStation corner stone. Plus, there's more 100 million PlayStation 4's out there. If it was even close, there'd be something terribly wrong

I agree with most people- the market exists, its just that market doesn't own an Xbox One. They own a Switch. So would Microsoft invest that sort of money into a game for Nintendo's platform, when the next Xbox is due out in a year and in need of awesome exclusives?

I say fat chance. If a Banjo game makes it to Switch, it'll be the end of Xbox as we know it. With PlayStation using Microsoft servers for PSN, Xbox IP selling better on non Xbox consoles, Microsoft already owning the PC platform, and streaming looming, there'd be no reason for Microsoft to maintain Xbox as its own separate platform

If anything, this speaks to the sheer magnitude of Clash of Clans

It's an ongoing joke- we were closest to world peace when Pokémon Go dropped. EVERYONE with a capable smartphone was playing across the globe. It was madness.

I've heard of Clash of Clans- for a bit its marketing was everywhere. But never have I met someone playing in the wild. Whatever R&D they invested to make the game that addicting was money well spent

This isn't only a good answer, its a great direction. No, handing out Nintendo IP licenses isn't a good idea- despite how well Rabbids Kingdom Battle did. Nintendo IP is best handled by Nintendo. However, movie cameos, cereal and breakfast isle partnerships, Happy Meal Toys, funko pops, and other memorabilia offers nearly zero risk and huge gains.

Glad to see Nintendo is in rational hands

Gotta say, this is probably the most Studio Trigger that Studio Trigger has ever Studio Trigger-ed.

If nothing else, this should definitely raise sales in Japan

@Tantani Aaaand just like that Nintendo’s stock just hit a 52 week high.

They’re literally printing money. And with Japan (so pretty much Nintendo) hosting the Olympics next year, it’s only gonna skyrocket from here. We’re talking Wii era numbers

OPENS ROBINHOOD

If Nintendo cracks the Chinese market before the holidays, that 18-20 million sold prediction is gonna get shattered. Now's the time to buy up Tencent and double down on Nintendo

Ok, if Joe-Schmo from mydadworksatnintendo.com says there's a new Switch coming out, I'm skeptical. But this is a Chinese company that's gone through the R&D to release accessories for the new Switch. There's money behind this, which in my mind makes it more credible than any recent leak.

I literally come to this site for news like this- a new Switch model would skyrocket Nintendo stock. Some rumors do seem silly, but the ones with credibility are almost like insider trading.

@sanderev Oh I can absolutely see Nintendo doing that, especially if the mini sells for $199-$249. Without the detaching Joy-Cons, Nintendo can make a much thinner, lighter, and more durable handheld. If I can't play 5-10 out of 1500 games because I wanted to save $100, then that's a pretty sweet trade off to me.

I'd like to just pause and commend Nintendo on being able to keep things secret. The next Xbox is still 16 months away, and pretty much all the magic has been leaked out of its hypothetical backside

Leading up to the reveal of the Switch, the world had ZERO idea what the hell it actually was--- nothing more than a vague concepts from generic patent blueprints. No one saw K. Rool, Joker, or Banjo coming AT ALL in Smash Ultimate. Metroid Prime sequel? Not a peep till the reveal trailer! And now new Switch models are over the horizon--- how do they change the formula? No dock bundled? Native Bluetooth? Less bezel? Double the battery life? No one has a clue!

This is super rare in gaming nowadays, and I think it should be commended.

I don’t think people quite understand the hype around this character... and at this point it’d be too hard to explain. A lot of those grown ups screaming were 5-10 years old when Banjo changed platforming forever.

Watching the reveal, my eyes watered up. For me, my first 3D game wasn’t Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time— it was Banjo Kazooie. The soundtrack, the characters, the enemies, the worlds, my child mind was blown. In some of the best ways Banjo stood toe to toe with Nintendo’s own. I don’t think there’s any equivalent in gaming that I can draw that would properly convey the gravity of Banjo in Smash. It was just a complete pipe dream. And now he’s in

Even if they were in their right to do this, there's no way Nintendo would've allowed them to win this case. Too much is riding on Nintendo IP. The Olympics are in Tokyo NEXT YEAR, they can't let some random 3rd party company do as they please in the streets. It would set a HORRIBLE precedent for every company in Japan trying to make a quick buck. This had to be squashed fast.

Plus, Nintendo World opens simultaneously with the Olympics at Universal Studios Japan, where a Mario Kart attraction is sure to be a main feature. MariCar didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting out of this

I feel like this was a golden opportunity missed. It should've been called Pokémon Center

Maybe the Quality of Life initiative wasn't so dead after all...

I think Nintendo knows their a gaming company, through and through. Pitching something that isn't a game wouldn't have worked. Now here we are.

However, I do find one fatal flaw with this- its the Plus Plus device. Millions of people already own devices that track health with higher accuracy- why not make an app for those devices? Forcing people to buy a Pokeball will greatly minimize the user base. If this was an app for Apple Watch or Android Wear, this would go gangbusters

I guess you could say....

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That’s the one unforeseen consequence of the Switch- it shows that AAA Nintendo on mobile works. So how do you justify $60 games on your home platform, then release the same IP on mobile? You rarely can- either one is going to be overpriced, or the other will be a cheap knockoff.

As weird as it sounds, Nintendo should be dedicating most new, original IP to mobile. The user base is nearly infinite, good games easily rise to the top, while bad ones are quickly forgotten, with far less invested. Curiosity and impulse buying can allow anything to trend.

A great example is ARMS- a fantastic original idea, fizzled out imo by its full $60 price and focus on motion controls. The entire time I thought, this would be a fantastic mobile game! In portrait, lean your phone left or right to dodge punches, swipe up on either side of the screen for quicker direct punches, swipe outward for punches that leave the screen and surprise your foe, but take longer to hit and leave you vulnerable. Two fingers on the screen block attacks, and double tapping a side of the screen let’s you sidestep. However you set up the controls, the concept would’ve absolutely been a hit on mobile- the simplicity of touch, coupled with the complexity of different arms customizations, plus the rollout of new content and that new age, Splatoon-tendo charm would’ve given the game legs (hehe), to stand on.

People literally buy Nintendo hardware just for Mario Kart. It just didn’t make sense to do a mobile version- it was either going to be a cheap knockoff, or devalue the Switch experience by being too good. Investing into games like Dragalia Lost for mobile is a much better route to take

Insane this franchise is almost 20 years old. I tried to explain how big trading card games were to my younger cousins, they just couldn’t grasp the concept.

@Toastess I didn’t say he deserved the prize, just that I felt bad for him. I’m not an artist, but I know how hard it is to make money from artwork. That design probably made him just a few bucks, if that, on a cell phone case. Now the Pokemon Company themselves is handing you 10 large for it, and putting it in their game. A life changing amount of money, and worldwide notoriety, lost, not because he stole someone else’s drawing, but because he initially thought his award winning design was meant to be for nothing more than a phone case. Really sucks for him.

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So sad, because if what he says is true, he didn’t even really cheat. It’s his design. He just used it to sell some cases.

It’s not far fetched to believe people took the design for their own gain— but now it’s obvious why that rule was in place. Either way, I feel bad for the artist

@MimoDX2 but... you CAN.

A movies setting just from a trailer allows people to be engrossed into the world, whether their familiar with it or not. Just look at Detective Pikachu- they went WAY over the top to bring you into the world of Pokémon... and it was AMAZING. Then you look at Sonic, and it looks like they just plopped him into the real world.

There’s no connection at all to the rich history of Sonic- the sprawling level design, the wide variety of enemies, even the design looks like some 3rd party knockoff that couldn’t afford to buy a license to use Sonic.

With 2D animation, EVERYTHING is left up to the artists creative process. Every frame scripted, designed, put in a storyboard, then animated. How characters move and interact with others and their surroundings can be totally organic. If something doesn’t look right, it’s almost tangible, and is changed during the designing process. It’s why 2D animated features age far better than 3D animations or live action CGI.

Just from the trailer you can tell- the movie DOES control Sonic badly (Sonic can grab missiles out of the air but can’t dodge a tranquilizer dart???), the level design (setting) is empty and lifeless, then the CGI is just piss poor (not just Sonic, all the CGI looks second rate). Seriously, How does Wreck It Ralph have a better Sonic than the Sonic Movie?

The movie LITERALLY makes all the mistakes a 3D Sonic game does, which could’ve mostly been avoided by just not being 3D. Eyes that connect across the bridge of your nose is TOTALLY FINE if it’s animated. A creature that flies by spinning its multiple tails... how would that even work with CGI?

3D Sonic games mostly haven’t worked. IMO it’s because Sega has tried to put incredibly unrealistic characters into realistic settings and scenarios. Now the movie has exasperated that to the 9th degree. That’s just how I see it.

“Uziel is responsible for 22 Jump Street...”

Nice

“....The Cloverfield Paradox....”

Uh oh

“....and is also responsible for the live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie”

GO BACK WE MESSED UP

Seriously, why a sequel? The Pokemon world is MASSIVE. I’d love a PG-13 movie exploring the crime underworld and Team Rocket, with Leonardo DiCaprio as Giovanni.

He’s right, and I think investors will think so too.

Look around- Google, Netflix, and Apple are jumping into the arena balls first with ZERO interesting IP. Microsoft has been bleeding money from gaming off and on for nearly 2 decades. Why?

Look at the reward. There’s not a pot of gold, but a Scrooge McDuck ocean of f*** you money at the end of the gaming rainbow. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft stock are ALL up +200% in the past 5 years. Hell, even EA is up a dizzying 160% in that time.

Disney, while riding high and mighty now, is selling a FINITE product- movie tickets, vacations, TV shows, cable channels. Nearly all of their media is for consuming, and once consumed, can become stale. Businesses in the same boat (Netflix, Apple) are hopping into interactive entertainment, because now there’s a way to charge for that interaction- and it’s MUCH more compelling to keep paying to play.

Yes, Disney still has their IP in video games, but just look how gaming responded to what EA did with Star Wars. Without in house gaming studio’s, Disney’s IP’s are all in 1 basket, and it’s someone else’s.

I've never seen someone try to distance themselves as hard as Iizuku did from that Sonic trailer

Seriously, he might as well have said "That's not Sonic"

Mania was without a doubt Sonic. The gameplay, the trailer, the soundtrack. Everything about it reminded us why The Blue Blur gave Mario a run for his money in the 90's.

IMO, to truly pay homage to Sonic and his reign at the height of video games, the movie should've been 2D animation. Sonic games NEVER worked in 3D, why would a movie? An 11 minute short made to advertise Mania got over 35 million views. Give the people what they want

Didn’t Bayonetta 2 sell 1 million copies on the Wii U?

He kinda makes it sound like the game flopped because of Nintendo’s Wii U. I certainly wouldn’t know who Bayonetta was if it weren’t for her (cough absolutely broken cough) inclusion in Smash 4

So is this coming from Microsoft then?
Because if I may quote a certain clown

its not about money, it’s about sending a message

I’ve always said Bryan Cranston would’ve been a much better choice for Dr. Robotnik. His charisma, voice, and overall acting expertise would’ve sold the roll much better

@AlohaPizzaJack no, we all deep down say this coming.

The amount of man hours and tech that went into Oculus and Vive is staggering. The Switch, when you strip away the Nintendo magic, is a mid range tablet from 2014. There was no way this was going to run decent VR

Proof Nintendo is coming out with a new Switch model. Retailers are trying to dump in bulk at discounted prices!

@KingdomHeartsFan I've always felt Nintendo's stock has been vastly undervalued. They own IP's and characters that are more recognizable than Mickey Mouse himself.

It'd be foolish to sell now, especially with Detective Pikachu 3 weeks away, new hardware on the horizon, no strong or new competition from Sony or Microsoft, a mainline Pokémon game this year, and Nintendo virtually hosting the Olympic Games next summer. If played right, their stock could double within the next 18 months

Holy crap this just blew up Nintendo stock by 5% and climbing! Good time to be a stockholder.

I can see this snowballing right into Nintendo's move into the movie business. Detective Pikachu, a mainline Pokémon game this winter, and entering the Chinese market all before the Olympic Games next year. Hot damn now's the time to buy

had a great relationship.

Really, I think Starlink performed far below Ubisofts expectations, and Mario + Rabbids- which did perform well- has had sales fall off a cliff like hardly any other Mario game before it.

Ubi has been mostly burned by partnerships, with only Mario + Rabbids being the exception- and even that was getting panned before people gave it a shot. I just don’t think Ubisoft wants to use resources to bet big on risky projects that don’t star their own IP.

Plus -here comes the business talk- I think Ubisoft was only in bed with Nintendo to keep the Vivendi hostile takeover at bay. There were rumors for years that Nintendo was interested in purchasing a percentage of Ubisoft- large enough to stop Vivendi from being a majority holder (thwarting their hostile takeover), but smaller than Ubi’s share so they could remain independent and became Nintendo’s new Rare. Vivendi wouldn’t overstep it’s bounderies in fear of Nintendo swooping in with straight cash to thwart them. However, this was only rumored and possibly just a nuclear option for Ubisoft.

Ubisoft stopped the Vivendi takeover without Nintendo, and now are silent about Switch support. I don’t think a Mario + Rabbids sequel is happening, and Ubisofts exclusive efforts across the board will probably begin disappearing soon

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“Mother 3”

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