@MitchVogel "In all seriousness, I become less and less interested in this the more I hear about it. This doesn't really look like either franchise in the title and I was initially thinking it would be."
Couldn't have said it any better, though I personally didn't care as soon as they showed the very first gameplay trailer. Just looks like too much weeaboo stuff with nothing showcasing either series except SMT's battle system, if anything.
Moon Chronicles felt like a subpar Metroid for DS game, glad the way I got it was from that Nindies Humble Bundle cause I would've been disappointed if I wasted money on it otherwise.
Haven't tried out Xeodrifter but I've heard it's really short so I'd rather not bother. Mutant Mudds also doesn't interest me, feels like it plays out too slow imo.
Nothing here. Was considering Terraria, but not for that price. FRN also looks boring and repetitive, don't see the fun in a racing game that has ridiculously linear courses.
I may get SW Heist to have something to play on 3DS again while I'm on my way to and from work but $16.99 is too much when I've got eShop funds saved up exclusively for the Smash DLC since November... I might get it if I get paid soon though, the price doesn't sound awful considering Dig was good. I just hope there's enough content to merit that price, cause Dig was good but way shorter than I initially expected.
No price for this one? Kinda sucks considering FRN and SWH gave us pricing along with the release dates, but oh well. I just hope it's somewhere along the cheap price of the PC version, it wouldn't make any sense to have it any more than that (like seriously, all this time the Amazon listing has had it for $29.99, that can't be the actual price right?).
I watched this without knowing it'd have spoilers, though I kinda figured just from how some scenes looked a bit fishy in some ways... that's really annoying how they preemptively show things in pre-release trailers :. I'm not really expecting the story to be amazing or anything but I'd still like to experience it and its cutscenes firsthand on my playthrough than having so many things spoiled with a single trailer before the game's even out...
I think the one thing I dislike the most from this trailer is the voice acting, though. Everything about the game seems fantastic but those voices don't feel as good as the first.
Really dumb thing to patent lol, though I do remember the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi games in the PS2 era having tons of different loading screen minigames. Then again, those were made by Bamco, so I guess it was fine.
They look a bit squished together and it looks weird. Still colorful and decent looking though!
Also am I the only one that thought the title was referring to a new power-up coming with "Triple Power"? Kinda bummed now that it just nods to the costume, we're in desperate need of more variety in power-ups, and all games after SMB3 have plenty to offer...
The more I look at this game the uglier the in-game art style looks...
It's a shame, I really love Mega Man and was hoping this to look pretty cool but the gameplay just looks like a dash-fest as others have mentioned, plus the visuals are... ehh...
Mario & Luigi games are great and I had a huge feeling this one was going to be no exception, so I'm glad I was right. Definitely picking this up when it comes out, January 22 is enough of a wait for me so I can have a chance to save up. Plus Xenoblade X is going to consume too much of my time anyway.
I'm 100% on board with you. 2015, unfortunately, is full of ridiculously disappointing games from Nintendo. The only few that I've enjoyed thoroughly have been Super Mario Maker, MH4U... and that's really it. All I'm looking forward to now is more Smash DLC, Xenoblade X next Friday and M&L: Paper Jam; with Pokken, FF: Explorers and Zelda U being maybes.
With Nintendo pretty much giving up on Wii U with the upcoming NX it's hard to feel invested anymore, but I'm definitely going to get the few good games out of this and next year's near-shovelware entries.
I'm honestly disappointed that Nintendo is coming out so soon with another entry and ditching the Wii U just like that, it almost makes my purchase feel worthless.
I really like how convenient the Gamepad is (I prefer it as a display a lot more than a TV) and how cool some of its features are, like being able to control any TV with it, playing console games wirelessly (even if not at a long distance), among other things as well. I just wish it would have much better games on it, its library right now is incredibly lackluster and this year's games don't help at all (except for Xenoblade, in my opinion). Next year barely has anything interesting enough other than Pokken (again, barely), and all other attention is just focused on 3DS games. It's really sad.
I'm hoping that the NX doesn't just full-on replace the Wii U honestly. That'd feel like a spit on the face from Nintendo when they make a system that they'll just kill in 3 years and have hardly any worthwhile games for it.
@maukenboost "Can't be excited for Twilight Princess HD, it didn't look much different honestly"
My thoughts exactly. It looks extremely lazy if you ask me. A simple port would've been fine. It just looks like they're continuing to avoid full-on Gamecube on Virtual Console at this point.
It's not mentioned in the poll, but I was mostly happy with the mention of the 4 data packs Xenoblade X will be getting. I've been wondering about them for the longest time to see if North America would get them before release in December 4 like Japan did, and I'm glad they let us get them right away that same day. Since they're big in file size I've been wanting the ability to download them well before the game's release so I can be fully prepared beforehand.
Other than that, this direct sucked. Again. Don't care for anything they mentioned besides the XBX details and to a lesser extent, Cloud coming to Smash. His addition is confusing but I welcome any newcomers as long as they're not indies or King K. Rool, so hey. I think I'm mostly indifferent on the last bit with Smash because I was expecting Cloud to come out that same day. Nintendo making us wait ANOTHER month when the ballot has already ended a while back was so stupid and annoying that it killed any excitement I could've had over Cloud.
Actually, I also kinda liked Reggie mentioning Iwata at the beginning. It feels nice that they didn't ignore him passing away, and at the same time he quickly left it at that instead of dwelling on it for a long portion of the broadcast. The short mention of him was good enough, I feel like.
Yeah, no. This hardly looks any different other than it being brighter and having some slightly (barely) upgraded textures on things.
The models still look outdated and overall doesn't feel like it really is HD at all. Worst thing is it's probably gonna sell for full retail price much like the 3D remakes did, when that's not fair at all, especially considering the fact that this barely looks any different.
PaD is cool so maybe this new entry will get me to buy it. I decided to hold off on the Mario+PaD version here in America as I needed the money, so maybe I can just wait for this sequel instead. Not in any hurry either.
Was gonna get Rodea as I had it preordered, but I'm gonna have to hold off on that one. Need what little money I have, I'd rather not spend it on a game that doesn't seem like it'll hold up.
I don't care for Triforce Heroes, but I actually did not expect this costume, so it kinda surprised me.
It's a pretty nice costume, looks colorful and pretty cool. The level you get it from was also nice. At least the whole idea of stacking up enemy in 3-man totems was cool anyway, the rest was kinda easy and dull.
"In MK8 we had amiibo outfits and 200cc for free" Ehhh... I wouldn't consider the amiibo outfits to be free, considering you need to spend $12.99 for a single one because you need the amiibo in the first place.
I was hoping the replacement for Club Nintendo would come out this year. It sucks they're delaying it to go together with Miitomo for like 4-5 months but eh. I just hope it turns out better than Club.
This quirky idea seems kinda neat, though I doubt many people will care for it. It's free and all but it doesn't look like something that'll drive people to use it outside of giving it a quick try. It's a shame though, it sounds like a nice twist on the simple comment-based social media we have today.
I really hope that game saves get stored in this whole cloud service. Maybe then I could ask to change my NNID to something else without losing my save data in my entire 3DS and Wii U library.
I hope these hidden games aren't as awful as they ones they've already announced since E3 this year. Not getting my hopes up too high though, I'm sure it's just going to be more disappointing games not worth getting.
Give it an achievement system. Having different ways to play a game and getting somewhat rewarded for it with a milestone is really nice. Hyrule Warriors kinda does this, but something akin to Steam achievements being jotted down the way they are would be so much nicer for showing them off.
For the love of god don't give NA the shorter end of the stick. The American CN was absolutely terrible, it felt really unfair how EU and JP got way nicer physical goodies while NA was just lol terrible eShop games (which would repeat even) and really boring merch.
Going off from what the article says, PLEASE go through with the idea to give points from just playing games. It's not fair that certain fans that don't have the money to spend on games constantly, have to miss out on goodies from a company (and their series) that they like. You don't need to purchase EVERYTHING to be a fan, reward people for making the most out of the games they do have, even if points awarded are less than when registering a game.
Aside from these things I kinda hope they allow users to change NNID names because I've wanted to do it, but if I do so by calling Nintendo I will keep my digital purchases and all, but I kinda lose all my save data and it's not worth it. I hope something is done about that cause I have way too many games where this would hit me a bit too hard.
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Re: Accusations of Plagiarism Directed at Popular Super Mario Maker Level Creator
@Megumi Same.
Re: Hitoshi Yamagami Talks a Bit About Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem's Conception
@Splatburst That would just look about as lazy as Twilight Princess HD.
Re: Hitoshi Yamagami Talks a Bit About Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem's Conception
@MitchVogel "In all seriousness, I become less and less interested in this the more I hear about it. This doesn't really look like either franchise in the title and I was initially thinking it would be."
Couldn't have said it any better, though I personally didn't care as soon as they showed the very first gameplay trailer. Just looks like too much weeaboo stuff with nothing showcasing either series except SMT's battle system, if anything.
Re: Jools Watsham Explains Why his Latest Game Didn't Release on Nintendo Platforms
Moon Chronicles felt like a subpar Metroid for DS game, glad the way I got it was from that Nindies Humble Bundle cause I would've been disappointed if I wasted money on it otherwise.
Haven't tried out Xeodrifter but I've heard it's really short so I'd rather not bother. Mutant Mudds also doesn't interest me, feels like it plays out too slow imo.
Re: Nintendo Remains Bullish Around the 3DS and Its Future Prospects
>heck, we're going to be cheeky and highlight Metroid Prime: Federation Force, because we want to believe in Next Level Games.
We don't talk about that.
Re: Nintendo Download: 10th December (North America)
Nothing here. Was considering Terraria, but not for that price. FRN also looks boring and repetitive, don't see the fun in a racing game that has ridiculously linear courses.
I may get SW Heist to have something to play on 3DS again while I'm on my way to and from work but $16.99 is too much when I've got eShop funds saved up exclusively for the Smash DLC since November... I might get it if I get paid soon though, the price doesn't sound awful considering Dig was good. I just hope there's enough content to merit that price, cause Dig was good but way shorter than I initially expected.
Re: Poll: Are You Excited About Minecraft: Wii U Edition, Or Is It Too Late?
Too late. PC version is the definitive one and there's no reason to get this for Wii U when Nintendo is killing it off with the NX soon anyway :').
Re: Art: Here's Another Western Take On The Legend Of Zelda's Link
Art is cool but if it's not pretty and young-looking it's not Link to me. I'll pass, these realistic faces make him look way too ugly in comparison.
Re: Weirdness: A Dragon Punch Would Take Your Head Clean Off, Says Science
Just sounds like a load of BS to me but still kinda cool I suppose.
Re: Terraria Digs Its Way Into the 3DS eShop on 10th December
No price for this one? Kinda sucks considering FRN and SWH gave us pricing along with the release dates, but oh well. I just hope it's somewhere along the cheap price of the PC version, it wouldn't make any sense to have it any more than that (like seriously, all this time the Amazon listing has had it for $29.99, that can't be the actual price right?).
Re: Nintendo Download: 3rd December (North America)
Really bad week ignoring Xenoblade, of course. But who cares, that just means there's more room for Xenoblade to be played instead of other games!
Re: Video: Build the Buzz for Xenoblade Chronicles X With This Extended Launch Trailer
I watched this without knowing it'd have spoilers, though I kinda figured just from how some scenes looked a bit fishy in some ways... that's really annoying how they preemptively show things in pre-release trailers :. I'm not really expecting the story to be amazing or anything but I'd still like to experience it and its cutscenes firsthand on my playthrough than having so many things spoiled with a single trailer before the game's even out...
I think the one thing I dislike the most from this trailer is the voice acting, though. Everything about the game seems fantastic but those voices don't feel as good as the first.
Re: You'll Now Be Able To Play Mini-Games During Loading Times
Really dumb thing to patent lol, though I do remember the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi games in the PS2 era having tons of different loading screen minigames. Then again, those were made by Bamco, so I guess it was fine.
Re: We'll Be Seeing More Of Level-5's 3DS Title The Snack World This Month
Yo-Kai Watch has a movie...? Didn't think it'd be around for so long for it to have an anime and movies already under its belt.
Re: Triple Power Coming to Super Mario Maker With Paper Mario Costume
They look a bit squished together and it looks weird. Still colorful and decent looking though!
Also am I the only one that thought the title was referring to a new power-up coming with "Triple Power"? Kinda bummed now that it just nods to the costume, we're in desperate need of more variety in power-ups, and all games after SMB3 have plenty to offer...
Re: Video: New Mighty No. 9 Trailer Aims to Bring Back the Hype
The more I look at this game the uglier the in-game art style looks...
It's a shame, I really love Mega Man and was hoping this to look pretty cool but the gameplay just looks like a dash-fest as others have mentioned, plus the visuals are... ehh...
Re: Review: Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. (3DS)
Mario & Luigi games are great and I had a huge feeling this one was going to be no exception, so I'm glad I was right. Definitely picking this up when it comes out, January 22 is enough of a wait for me so I can have a chance to save up. Plus Xenoblade X is going to consume too much of my time anyway.
Re: Art: Halo Character Artist Gives Legend Of Zelda's Link A Realistic Makeover
Looks ugly. I'm too used to pretty-boy Link.
Re: Review: Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS)
Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a better option for a 'Mystery Dungeon'-type game on 3DS. I'd recommend that instead.
Re: Feature: The Twilight Princess HD Fan Project That's Taking On Nintendo At Its Own Game
This is way better than the "facelift" for Wii U, TPHD just looks incredibly lazy to be honest with how little and meaningless the differences are.
Re: Square Enix Offers Black Friday Deals, Live Now, on Its Official North American Store
$6 for DS Chrono Trigger? That's amazing!
Re: Nintendo Download: 26th November (North America)
Nothing good as always. I at least recommend getting MH4U that cheap though.
Re: Editorial: It's Not Fun to Criticise Nintendo Games, But It's Been Unavoidable in 2015
I'm 100% on board with you. 2015, unfortunately, is full of ridiculously disappointing games from Nintendo. The only few that I've enjoyed thoroughly have been Super Mario Maker, MH4U... and that's really it. All I'm looking forward to now is more Smash DLC, Xenoblade X next Friday and M&L: Paper Jam; with Pokken, FF: Explorers and Zelda U being maybes.
With Nintendo pretty much giving up on Wii U with the upcoming NX it's hard to feel invested anymore, but I'm definitely going to get the few good games out of this and next year's near-shovelware entries.
Re: Feature: Reflecting On Three Years With The Wii U - Part One
I'm honestly disappointed that Nintendo is coming out so soon with another entry and ditching the Wii U just like that, it almost makes my purchase feel worthless.
I really like how convenient the Gamepad is (I prefer it as a display a lot more than a TV) and how cool some of its features are, like being able to control any TV with it, playing console games wirelessly (even if not at a long distance), among other things as well.
I just wish it would have much better games on it, its library right now is incredibly lackluster and this year's games don't help at all (except for Xenoblade, in my opinion). Next year barely has anything interesting enough other than Pokken (again, barely), and all other attention is just focused on 3DS games. It's really sad.
I'm hoping that the NX doesn't just full-on replace the Wii U honestly. That'd feel like a spit on the face from Nintendo when they make a system that they'll just kill in 3 years and have hardly any worthwhile games for it.
Re: Humour: The Pain Of Being A Wii U Owner This Christmas, Summed Up In Rap Form
Nice rap, and unfortunately all too fitting. Such a disappointing year outside of Xenoblade...
Re: Poll: Did The Nintendo Direct Comeback Fire on All Cylinders?
@maukenboost "Can't be excited for Twilight Princess HD, it didn't look much different honestly"
My thoughts exactly. It looks extremely lazy if you ask me. A simple port would've been fine. It just looks like they're continuing to avoid full-on Gamecube on Virtual Console at this point.
Re: Poll: Did The Nintendo Direct Comeback Fire on All Cylinders?
It's not mentioned in the poll, but I was mostly happy with the mention of the 4 data packs Xenoblade X will be getting. I've been wondering about them for the longest time to see if North America would get them before release in December 4 like Japan did, and I'm glad they let us get them right away that same day. Since they're big in file size I've been wanting the ability to download them well before the game's release so I can be fully prepared beforehand.
Other than that, this direct sucked. Again. Don't care for anything they mentioned besides the XBX details and to a lesser extent, Cloud coming to Smash. His addition is confusing but I welcome any newcomers as long as they're not indies or King K. Rool, so hey. I think I'm mostly indifferent on the last bit with Smash because I was expecting Cloud to come out that same day. Nintendo making us wait ANOTHER month when the ballot has already ended a while back was so stupid and annoying that it killed any excitement I could've had over Cloud.
Actually, I also kinda liked Reggie mentioning Iwata at the beginning. It feels nice that they didn't ignore him passing away, and at the same time he quickly left it at that instead of dwelling on it for a long portion of the broadcast. The short mention of him was good enough, I feel like.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Receiving A High-Definition Face Lift
Yeah, no. This hardly looks any different other than it being brighter and having some slightly (barely) upgraded textures on things.
The models still look outdated and overall doesn't feel like it really is HD at all. Worst thing is it's probably gonna sell for full retail price much like the 3D remakes did, when that's not fair at all, especially considering the fact that this barely looks any different.
Re: The 3DS Is Getting A New Puzzle & Dragons Game
PaD is cool so maybe this new entry will get me to buy it. I decided to hold off on the Mario+PaD version here in America as I needed the money, so maybe I can just wait for this sequel instead. Not in any hurry either.
Re: Nintendo Download: 5th November (North America)
Was gonna get Rodea as I had it preordered, but I'm gonna have to hold off on that one. Need what little money I have, I'd rather not spend it on a game that doesn't seem like it'll hold up.
Re: A Little Bit of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is Coming to Super Mario Maker
I don't care for Triforce Heroes, but I actually did not expect this costume, so it kinda surprised me.
It's a pretty nice costume, looks colorful and pretty cool. The level you get it from was also nice. At least the whole idea of stacking up enemy in 3-man totems was cool anyway, the rest was kinda easy and dull.
Re: Talking Point: Super Mario Maker's Update Continues Nintendo's Focus on Major Games as Services
@Locke159 It's apparently coming out at 8 PM EST for whatever reason. I expected it to be way earlier, like 12 PM or something. It's stupid.
Re: Talking Point: Super Mario Maker's Update Continues Nintendo's Focus on Major Games as Services
"In MK8 we had amiibo outfits and 200cc for free"
Ehhh... I wouldn't consider the amiibo outfits to be free, considering you need to spend $12.99 for a single one because you need the amiibo in the first place.
Re: Koei Tecmo is Planning Another Major Collaboration With a Western IP
"while the 3DS in Japan will has Yo-kai Watch: Three Kingdoms to look forward to."
will has. You mean will have, or has? Might wanna fix that either way.
Re: Bertil Hörberg Releases Playable Game Boy ROM of Gunman Clive
This is pretty damn cool. Not a huge fan of Gunman Clive, but this is nice nonetheless.
Re: Review: Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets (3DS)
@Dr_Corndog Ok.
Re: Review: Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets (3DS)
@BenBertoli Opinions.
Re: Review: Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets (3DS)
Not surprised it's bad, Gravity Falls isn't that great either.
Re: Satoru Iwata is Awarded With Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at Golden Joysticks
That's nice to hear.
I'm not sure on Splatoon being the best Nintendo game though...
Re: Nintendo Is Making Female Characters Cover Up For The Western Version Of Xenoblade Chronicles X
Her limbs look shorter in the NA screenshots, but it's probably just me.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Delays With My Nintendo and Miitomo are Disappointing, but Not Disastrous
I was hoping the replacement for Club Nintendo would come out this year. It sucks they're delaying it to go together with Miitomo for like 4-5 months but eh. I just hope it turns out better than Club.
Re: Gallery: Catch Up With Nintendo's Miitomo Reveal and Concept Images
This quirky idea seems kinda neat, though I doubt many people will care for it. It's free and all but it doesn't look like something that'll drive people to use it outside of giving it a quick try.
It's a shame though, it sounds like a nice twist on the simple comment-based social media we have today.
Re: Nintendo's New Membership Service Is Called "Nintendo Account"
@Thatguywhoeats Onowhat?
Re: Nintendo's New Membership Service Is Called "Nintendo Account"
I really hope that game saves get stored in this whole cloud service. Maybe then I could ask to change my NNID to something else without losing my save data in my entire 3DS and Wii U library.
Re: Nintendo's New Membership Service Is Called "Nintendo Account"
@MikeW "This new guy that's head of everything didn't come up with a good name. He gives me bad vibes!"
Absurd.
Re: Nintendo Has Unannounced Wii U And 3DS Titles Ready For Launch Before The Year End
I hope these hidden games aren't as awful as they ones they've already announced since E3 this year. Not getting my hopes up too high though, I'm sure it's just going to be more disappointing games not worth getting.
Re: More Details Emerge on How Nintendo Accounts Will Work
Wishlist for this revamped 'Club' system:
Aside from these things I kinda hope they allow users to change NNID names because I've wanted to do it, but if I do so by calling Nintendo I will keep my digital purchases and all, but I kinda lose all my save data and it's not worth it. I hope something is done about that cause I have way too many games where this would hit me a bit too hard.
Re: Zelda Fans Vent Anger At Nintendo of America Over Doge Memes In Tri Force Heroes
@Bearface The article links to the meme.
@DarkKirby Someone gets it.
Re: Zelda Fans Vent Anger At Nintendo of America Over Doge Memes In Tri Force Heroes
It's like a generic tumblr user hijacked the translation.
This game as a whole sucks anyway, who cares.
Re: Review: The Magic Hammer (3DS eShop)
That art at the top looks nice but god does the game itself look awful...