Jimtaro

Toon Link is Best Link IMO

That said, no way am I buying the 3DS game just to play him on the Wii U. Even with the rumours about Female Link, I don't like the idea of double dipping just to get the full content.

@Ichiban
Now that's a blast from the past. I had it for the Atari Lynx! Never liked the second game though and update of the original would be most welcome.

It's so refreshing to hear a developer address issues and to offer up an explanation for them occurring (as well as a fix). People are often more forgiving when they hear an explanation (not that this was a major issue) so it makes sense to treat your customers with respect. Well done Bertil, so many more could learn from your attitude.

I'll take NX launch title over iOS game any day, please let this be a full blown game and not a smartphone 'experience' Nintendo!

I agree with most of the points that @Kirk has made. I've enjoyed the Chibi Robo games in the past but this title, much like Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, looks like a generic by the numbers approach. I could be wrong of course, it could be fun, but initially there is nothing special that grabs my attention or makes me want to play it.

So many what-ifs these days...

These people need to get a grip...lag has never been an issue for me in Wales and nationality doesn't automatically make someone a better player. What next, banning Americans from Call of Duty?

Is this going to be live action or the much rumoured new animated series? Either way I'd imagine we'll finally have a new game to tie in to the project whatever form it takes.

Does anyone know if Nintendo released any official art books? I've got a few from smaller books from Japanese gaming magazines, and the Hyrule Historia they put out some time ago, but I'd love to see more Nintendo concept art and sketches.

I'm hoping for a tactical view on the gamepad and a first person view on the TV screen! It would be nice if they bundle in all the DLC too at this point since the games been out a while.

I really want to try StarTropics but Wii U emulation is average at best. Looks like it's Gunman Clive instead then.

Ha! Looks like great fun!

@Kevlar44
Still this? I agree with your definitions and indeed what you're saying. It just feels a little click bait to be centring posts around unfounded rumours (and then to be told the source is genuine so it must be true). There is no journalism there, it's just a cut and paste equivalent of what he said/she said. Like I mentioned in a previous comment, I hadn't experienced that sort of thing here and knowing how it's frowned upon by a vast majority of websites (due to the reader backlash as evidenced here) I was taken aback to see it still being practiced.

Dear Nintendo

Please put stuff like this in those Nintendo loot crates you're thinking of, as it would really sweeten the deal.

In all fairness I doubt that the original game was built with Amiibo in mind, so they're a bit limited as to what additions the figure can unlock without altering the program code so much. That said, it will be interesting to see how third parties tackle Amiibo support going forward. Maybe they'll offer more than the cosmetic unlocks in most Nintendo games?

That's actually a nice looking figure, it would be great if it unlocked some extra content for Shovel Knight too but I think I'll pick it up regardless.

@Kevlar44
While appreciation is all down to the individual reader, it's evident from the amount of people questioning the source that people want confirmation too. That's just basic professional writing. That said, it's not me writing it, and every author can present to their readers whatever they wish. It's just very often, unsourced rumours are a big no go in this business which is the point I was making. I guess I was surprised to see it being posted here.

@Damo
I'm sure he is but this is just isn't professional writing. Don't get me wrong, I've been writing for gaming sites for years and I know all too well the importance to get onto news fast, it can be a challenge to get new content out there at the best of times. Alas unfounded rumour posts don't do you or the site any favours; perhaps put together a more comprehensive piece with confirmed references? Or follow it up with some own research? It's just not worth the hassle of posting a quick article sometimes, I know from my own experience that readers will often want sources or confirmation. It's just the business we're in.

Website articles based on unconfirmed NeoGAF posts are a thing now? As much as I love the GAF, even I'd want to do some research first.

@Tubalcain
I should have been clearer, I was referring to GOW: Ultimate. You're correct the fourth game won't depend on the success of Ultimate, but if you want fans to purchase the ultimate editions of two and three, wouldn't it be better to encourage them by example (a good release of ultimate one) rather than promise them that things will be better next time? Actions speak louder than words and all that. Even market research can only tell you so much but means nothing without the effort.

@Genesaur
Fair enough then, I've not been their biggest follower so their reputation is still relatively new to me. If they're committed to good games for Nintendo then that can only be a good thing.

@Tubalcain
You've got to address me if you want me to respond dude. Whether you consider a game to be weak or not is entirely up to you, that's no biggie, but in using Gears of War as an example a lot of impressions are that it isn't as much of an upgrade as hoped. Not as much as what has been promised for the second, third and spin off games at least. In that case, why is the fate of what is essentially a better game being based on sales of a likely weaker game? Because of course the sales for the weaker game are going to be lesser, that is the point that doesn't make sense.

@TheRealThanos
Oh I agree about keeping an open mind. Like I said twice before, I really hope that Shin’en Multimedia aren't like that, my whole gripe is that some companies do use such tactics and that it's becoming popular so I hope they weren't joining suit.

@Tubalcain
Capcom were waiting on sales of the Resident Evil HD Remaster (now joined by sales of the Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster) before deciding on Resident Evil 4. As mentioned, Ready At Dawn have suggested that their sequel to The Order: 1886 will be a much better game, if sales for the weaker original improve. The God of War games are in a similar state with sales of God of War 3 HD determining if remasters of the previous two games come or not and I believe Gears of War is following the trend. By all means, if companies want to release games then do so, but using weaker entries to fund and gage interest in bigger projects just doesn't make sense.

Is it wrong that I want a Transformers G1 or Beast Wars game like this?

@HollywoodHogan
Not quite Hulk, you've almost got the idea though. If an author released a bad book, then told readers that there wouldn't be a sequel because no one bought the bad book, then whose fault is that? Now it may not be the same case here, I really hope not, but a lot of game developers are adopting this standpoint of expecting consumers to support their 'bad books' by (falsely) promising us bigger and better next time. But hey, I appreciate you reading my manifesto so it didn't fall on deaf ears.

Slow news day huh? It's nice to see Japanese adverts using some actual gameplay footage though, Nintendo at that. The usual approach was a minute of animated intros accompanied by blaring J-pop while a 'celebrity' gushed excitement over the littlest of things. Almost as bad as the tedious boy bands and grinning families we had in the UK!

Part of me cringes at the increasingly abused "provided X title is a success first" logic branded around by multiple developers in this day and age. While I can accept that low sales for Fast Racing Neo (or any other game) would hamper support for future titles, a growing number of developers seem to be using it as a disguised blackmail. "Do you want us to develop great games for your system?" they ask. "Then our previous (often worse) titles had better sell well first" is the follow up. Like it's all down to consumers.

Developers Ready At Dawn did this with The Order: 1886. They produced a lacklustre game yet claimed that a sequel would be far better, providing that sales of the original were good. So does that mean we gamers have to support a poor product just in the hopes of getting a better one (if the developers deem us worthy) later on? Why aren't developers making more effort and trying to win fans over with good games in the first place, rather than hollow promises?

So I desperately hope that Shin’en Multimedia aren't going down this route. Fast Racing Neo looks like a promising title, one I'm looking forward to, but if any developer wants my future support then they're going to have to earn it rather than demand it.

@rushiosan
Oh I quite agree! I remember when an expansion pack was at least half a games worth of new content, packaged with its own box and manual and often offering hours more content to an existing game. Alas microcontent seems to have boomed and we're having to suffer the price.

I've yet to jump onto the Amiibo bandwagon in a big way, I have a few figures that I like but have yet to purchase any for the sole purpose of unlocking specific game content. To that end, would it make sense for Nintendo to provide alternative access for content otherwise hidden behind Amiibo?

E.g. Figure X unlocks a level for Game Y, but the price and often difficulty in obtaining Figure X means that consumers are getting frustrated in not being able to play the full game. What if Nintendo instead sold this unlocked level, as DLC, for a smaller price than the figure?

That way people can still play the full game for a small extra cost, or have the choice to continue to hunt for the elusive figure for a little more? Would that reduce the need for a device like Amiiqo by giving consumers options rather than forcing them down a specific route? Or am I just not getting the craze?

Will be giving HHD a go but not Festival. It's all good and well people talking about Nintendo branching out with their popular franchises but Festival looks downright lazy. If we start lapping this up now, get ready for Metroid Spot The Difference or F-Zero Top Trumps in 2016. I hope that I'm proved wrong but it feels like Nintendo is just putting out any little thing and expecting a nice big gush of gratitude because "it's something".

Well my wallet is safe for yet another week...but I'm not sure I like that.

@Legromancer
The steep pricing for a game that's already been out for a long time and the lack of DLC on the eShop. You don't honestly think that's all down to the developers alone and not Nintendo do you?

Played the original on the Commodore 64, and this one on the PS3. Too little, too late I'm afraid Nintendo.

Won't anyone think of the children?!?!

It's always nice to see more games with Amiibo support and those Amiibo puzzles look fantastic. Hopefully they can all be used rather than just the usual select few.

That Yoshi one looks really cute!

Flog that (un)dead horse Ubisoft!

@ianolivia
Isn't that a fixed board game rather than an open sandbox?

That reminds me...

Dear Capcom, where is Onimusha 5 please? Thanks in advance! Me.

Is there any reason why Nintendo aren't doing this with their own franchises? The Amiibo are in place, now we just need the dedicated game.

On one hand I'm not the biggest MercurySteam fan, their Castlevania games were good but lacking that special something that makes Castlevania...well...Castlevania. On the other hand I'd take anything these guys were planning over the chibi sell out that is Federation Force. Nintendo don't seem to know what to do with the franchise why not open it to new developers?

Just preordered the game and my first pack of cards. It's a shame we don't get a new full blown Animal Crossing game but I'm curious to see how this one idea can work in the long term.

Isn't this already possible in the original games? Whereby you fight each boss a second time towards the end of the game and can use their own weapons against them?

I do wish that this Legacy Collection added the remaining four games though. They may not have been released on NES but they round off the original Mega Man storyline.

@97alexk
Hmm...let's agree to disagree here. I'd be very surprised if Nintendo had more first party titles lined up for 2015 but haven't yet announced them. Especially when so many people are getting ready to bail out on the Wii U, keeping quiet about a big release now just wouldn't make sense. Likewise I wouldn't depend on third parties to fill the void either. As for someone not liking any of these five games, yeah, that happens. They could like every other Nintendo game but those five may not appeal to them and that would be perfectly normal. You can't expect them not to buy a Wii U on the basis of those five games alone, that would be silly, but it would be nice to have a few more alternatives to choose from (be it eShop or VC titles) rather than to depend on that five alone.

Thankfully we do have new VC titles coming and no doubt but it would be good if Nintendo promoted those, along with some higher quality eShop titles, alongside their retail releases. That way users who don't like the five retail games being released may still have something else to look forward to.

@97alexk
So that's five games (Europe) for the rest of 2015. Don't get me wrong, they should be good games, but if someone doesn't like them then they haven't got many new alternatives have they?

I wonder if the eShop will be running a promotion on these games, I haven't tried any of them but would like to start.

@Darknyht

Thanks for explaining that, I never knew Nintendo categorised their franchises like that. Sadly, it seems like typical Nintendo to have such a rigid and 'safe' structure in place. I wish they would stop relying on historical data so much and actually take more chances with both bigger releases for their B and C franchises, and some new ones on top. Sure that data has served them well in the past but tastes change and unless the NX (and the business culture within Nintendo themselves) changes to match those tastes, they're going to be lagging behind for another generation yet again.

I'd love a world wide Nintendo poll asking consumers which famous IP's they'd like to see as NX launch titles.

Give us new levels for Captain Toad, new worlds for Yoshi, new missions for Pikmin, new dungeons for Zelda etc. The possibilities for DLC are endless and if Nintendo want to set themselves apart from the PS4 and Xbox, they could focus on giving us rich, quality DLC for their games. Especially if they're so slow in releasing full titles. Sure what they've done is MK is a start, Splatoon was good and SB could be more refined. But they need to start doing this for more than just three titles before they can take the moral high ground.

@Dr_Corndog
That actually highlights another problem. Nintendo are easily the biggest developers of the Wii U. Sure we have others, but it's Nintendo and their games that are keeping the machine afloat for the most part. With that in mind, perhaps it's not the best idea for them to 1) drop annual releases and 2) only provide DLC for a small handful of games. Yes, with more third party developers onboard Nintendo can afford to take that stance but when the machine depends on them, it would be nice for at least more games to incorporate DLC if we're not getting annual releases.