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@Peach64

Where'd you find it at such a price?

I got the double pack for £40. Which is more than fair, but cheaper is always nicer.

It's almost as if an indie developer making their first game doesn't have unlimited resources...

@audreypots

It isn't.

Speed Mario Bros? That is the worst gimmick they could have come up with. Seriously, you're just going to bump the speed of the cpu in the emulator and call that a valid game? Luigi Bros was a clever idea. Speed Bros is just lazy.

Any of the other modifcations to the Mario games in the remix levels would've been better. A whole game where the platforms disappear every few seconds. A whole game where you have to keep collecting coins to stop the game from becoming a big pixelated blur.

Speed Bros is just urgh.

That said, I would still like a retail collection of the two Wii U titles. But this Ultimate release just seems incredibly lazy.

@readyletsgo

It's £29.86 on Amazon.

No 3DS games are ever £39 on Amazon.

@FragRed

Right after christmas. People will have received vouchers and money. There's a reason there are always huge sales in January after xmas.

I'm not saying a pre xmas release wouldn't have been better. I'd have liked it this december, but it's clear they're pushing Smash Bros and Amiibo for xmas. Other games can wait, apparently.

Looks so good.

Wish it was out before xmas, but January will do I suppose.

The inclusion of the Cherry powerup is going to lead to some awesome levels I'll bet. Wonder if there will be any other powerups included.

I need to have them all.

I'll have no money left for the actual game at this rate.

Little Mac is crazy powerful.

Normally, with any other character, in a 3 minute match, I get around 7-8 KOs. With Little Mac, I'm getting 12+.

Haven't found anybody else that easy to play as yet.

@BigH88

You best get purchasin'.

http://www.first4figures.com/component/option,com_myphp/Itemid,3/product,118/

The NES one is such a disappointment and missed oppurtunity. It should look exactly like the NES GBA: http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120709001702/dragonball/images/3/3c/GBA_SP_NES_Style.jpg

And make it a New 3DS as well. Then it'd be absolutely flawless.

@BlackSpy @SuperCharlie78

Wario: http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/gallery/smash-bros-characters_1/KCwUn9U.png

@Tsurii897

I never expect big news.

This way, I might be pleasantly surprised!

Hoping the Smash Bros for 3DS demo goes live for the rest of the world during or after this event.

I don't expect any earth shattering information or reveals. But a demo release seems about right.

@AcesHigh73

They're the second biggest supporter of the Wii U after Activision.

A few poor choices: Raymans delay, Watch Dogs delay, etc. But I feel that they've put sufficient effort and given adequate support for the console as the system tried to find it's footing.

EA and co that released a few years old ports and then gave up are the problem. Ubisoft persisted and released a lot of games before they finally came to the conclusion it just wasn't financially viable.

Despite a few annoying decisions, I think Ubisoft have done good overall. If Nintendo can increase the Wii U userbase with Smash, Amiibo and whatever else, then I think Ubisoft will be one of the first companies to start bringing more games to the system again.

@Artwark @Octane

There is no trademark issue here. The game is not using the Flappy Bird character.

The "flying through gaps" genre of game is not and cannot be trademarked or copyrighted.

That'd be like Gaijin Games (Bit Trip, Runner 2) being able to sue every other developer that makes an endless runner. Or Nintendo suing everybody that makes a platformer.

@RCMADIAX

At least Blok Drop U is at the top.

Any idea when the extra Blok Drop U levels or Super Robo Mouse will be coming out?

@RCMADIAX

I thought as much.

Can you tell us which of your titles has sold the best at least?

@BensonUii

3DS does not support the Nintendo Web Framework used to develop this title. Maybe a future 3DS update will support it. Or maybe the New 3DS will.

"My dev kit is already paid for multiple times over"

I know it's personal and private information, but I'd be really interested to know:

A) How much a devkit actually costs. (Not that I've done any programming in years).

B) But more importantly, how much RCMADIAX is actually making off these games. The prices are just so low, I just can't imagine him making a lot of profit. At £1ish, and with Nintendos cut taken out of it (more like 70p per sale I guess?) And then there's the second member of the team now...it just seems impressive that there is much profit to be made with such low price points.

C) How many units of each game have sold. I hope Block Drop U has sold the most. It's his best game to date.

Would be interesting information.

@shibbyduckegg

I was hoping for £9.99 ideally. But £10.99 isn't too bad. I wasn't happy with £12.99 at all.

I just preordered them all from Nitnendo's Official Store this morning.

I was about to ask if this information had appeared on NintendoLife yet, as I hadn't seen it.

ShopTo have them for a few pence cheaper. £10.85 each. If you're so inclined. Will save you about £1.70 if you buy them all.

@Shambo

Appears to be coming in both old and new versions.

The specifications for the screen size for old 3DS XL are wrong. They have the dimensions for the small 3DS. (3.5 inches rather than 4.88)

How can they possibly expect us to wait until 2015?!

It had better be the 1st of January 2015!

I don't expect the 3D to work anywhere close to the range of movement shown in the video. But if it eliminates the current 0 degree angle of movement to fall out of the "sweet stop" that'd be great. If it just accounts for the general small amount of movement thats unavoidable when playing portables, that'd be perfect.

@Xiao_Pai

I didn't realise the japanese release was in just a couple of weeks.

I thought 3rd of October was the worldwide release date.

This will make the wait harder!

I really wish the Nintendogs obscuring the screen were gone. They're just annoying.

Some of the 3DS stages look amazing. I really hope the Wii U gets some better stages than shown so far. Pac-Mans 3DS stage is infinitely better than the Wii U version.

I want it now! 3rd of October is so far away.

@evanescent_hero

Oh yes, I forgot about the end of the first game.

Is there also a reason for Samus' skimpy outift? I don't recall her ever dressing like that. But I didn't complete Other M... so who knows what happened at the end.

@97alexk @B3ND3R

Fair enough then.

I haven't played Xenoblade. Looking forward to it on the new 3DS though.

What is with all these skimpy outfits all of a sudden?

@ricklongo

It's an amazing and beautiful story though.

But the gameplay is just exploring the environment learning the story.

@ricklongo

Then you won't like it.

It's an interactive story.

@C-Olimar

No. When you increase the sample pool, the results diversify.

You'll notice it happen with everything. User reviews will always be more varied than official press reviews. Due to the increased number of user reviews.

Not every single review from the press was positive. And when you increase the sample from (i dont have exact numbers, so lets just use examples) 50 reviewers, to over 50,000 gamers. The results are bound to be a lot more varied.

No reason to buy it again. Game has absolutely zero replay value.

Price needs to be right to shift some copies on Wii U. If it launches at the PC price, that'd be an insanely bad decision.

Game is fantastic though. Best story telling in a game ever, bar none.

@MrMario02

Two of those games are tech demos. And another isn't even confirmed for Wii U.

The Wii U has lots of great games coming up, but come on.

You could've included Xenoblade Chronicles X, Mario Maker and Splatoon, amongst others, rather than games not yet confirmed to be coming to the system.

@GameInfinite

I think that was a false rumour spread by somebody impersonating a Nintendo twitter account.

@WaLzgi

It's still selling well though. And Smash and Pokemon will both be huge.

The Wii U isn't selling, and while Smash will be huge, I think the Wii U still needs more attention than the 3DS at the moment.

But as I said, I've only got 1 3DS game to look forward to at the moment. So the 3DS does need some new game announcements. But at this stage, the Wii U can never have too much attention.

Wii U needs it more, but whatever.

Come to think of it, Smash Bros for 3DS is the only upcoming 3DS game I'm interested in. So maybe the 3DS could do with some more announcements.

Nintendo calls platformers "action games".

I assume "action" is an option?

It was always a little weird/jarring hearing Iwata call NSMB a "2D action series" rather than "platformer". But thats just what they do.

I've just realised I've been confusing this game with The Swapper.

@darkswabber

I think the difference is that Indie developers say these things whilst announcing games for the Wii U.

Whereas major publishers say these things whilst withdrawing most if not all of their support.

@Smooty

Unattainable. Once the Wii U is a retro system. The DLC will be inaccessible to new systems.

I didn't mean the content would just stop working without an internet connection.

@Hy8ogen

Expansion packs were a little different, although I wasn't keen on them either. They were different in that they came on discs. So even in 10-20 years time. It will still be possible to get a complete version of a game with an expansion pack. Original game + expansion disc = complete. Less of an issue.

Games being more expensive to make is a whole other discussion. Another one that I'm probably on the unpopular side of. Basically, I think developers are trying to go too far too soon. If it's too expensive to make games for the PS4/XBOX One, then just make games for the Wii U/PS3/360 instead. Or have the hardware take much smaller jumps in power each generation. But lets not get in to that. I don't want to start another clusterf***.

I'd rather have a higher base price, if it meant all content was there from the beginning with no DLC ever. But clearly, I'm the minority.

Thank you for being conversational! It's better this way.

@RainbowGazelle

A valid point.

I just think it would be nicer for the possibility of missing content to just not apply. I think that would be better. Clearly everyone disagrees though. Some disagree with baffling vitriol.

@WaLzgi

Well that is the very definition of DLC really isn't it. If something extra is added months after a games release. That's just what DLC is. Or did I misunderstand your question?

@Prof_Clayton

Well I can't really comment on the Wii U's struggles, or Nintendo's release schedule. But there are other games coming out before, during and after the release of the DLC packs. So I don't think they'd be leaving the Wii U to die by not releasing them.

@RainbowGazelle

Thats unfortunate. Hopefully you're not missing out on too much content.

This is my concern that I'm raising here, which is largely falling on deaf ears. By the time the 3DS gets taken offline. There's going to be plenty of content thats inaccessible. Much more than for DS.

@WaxxyOne

I'm aware they're trying to do it right. They've said several times they're wary of how to do DLC correctly and they must make sure they do it properly.

It's just that my opinion is that there is no properly. I'm glad they're not doing the shadier side of it, cutting content and all that stuff like EA and so many others do. But I'd rather they didn't do it at all.

@Hy8ogen

I'll try to explain my position a little better.

I consider a copy of a game incomplete unless it has 100% of content available for it.

So, for example, if I have my bare bones copy of Mario Kart 8 with no extra content. And you have your copy of MK8 with all this new DLC. My copy is incomplete. Because there is other content that I don't have. It doesn't matter that its classified as "extra" or whatever. It's content for the game that I am missing. My copy is incomplete.

I consider this the case with every game. So it's not that 99.9% of games are incomplete. It's more that a percentage of the copies of most games these days are incomplete.

I hope that clarifies my opinion a little better.