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@JustinH @AdanVC @zeldafoursword @ejamer @daveh30 @paranoide Sorry folks, NoA has confirmed that this is US-only.

Totally spot-on. This is a phenomenal game.

@NekoGeo It's actually pretty straightforward and you don't have to dig too deep to get a lot out of it. The manual explains how to use everything but playing around is the best way to learn.

@HaNks You're thinking of DS-10, which is available as a retail release. This, M01D, is only available on the eShop in the west.

@Yosher It's a high-quality emulation of a well-known synthesizer, and it's also the digital version of a retail release.

nnggggggggggggg

@emblem We received the game on launch day so we're currently putting it through its paces.

@Salnax We truly do live in the end times.

Fantastic news, although I'd never dare play a flying game on an airplane. Too meta for my nerves.

@Zero11 Just flip off the wifi and you're golden. Some flights even have wifi so you probably won't have to even do that.

@IAmNotWill Oh, it's truthfacts. I tallied bananas and tick tocked with the best of them.

Imagine this, but to kids songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFgB40TW29M

@moomoo Nope, just "Get Ready to Wiggle" by them.

It's fun and has great features but a lot of those features have some notable growing pains or don't otherwise differ too much.

@Marshi This is a good game.

@Samurai_Goroh I'm going for X. Superior X!

Vivendi, their former parent company, wanted to squeeze billions from Activision to pay down their own debts. Kotick and co. weren't down with that, so thus this.

Good on 'em.

Cool. I'll play this.

@Dogpigfish The new world/story whatever just means it's another "universe" much like how Black Ops and Modern Warfare differ. Should be the same game.

@Adam I never found a cabinet One of those arcade machine tracker websites told me that one was nearby but when I went over there was no such thing.

I dunno about a remake but maaaan we're overdue another F-Zero.

BEAST DAVE

@Ernest_The_Crab That's my view. I'm sticking to it.

@LordGeovanni Works fine for me. Servers probably weren't ready for every gaming news site to direct to it twice in three hours.

@LordGeovanni Shoryuken organizes the tournament, and NoA told them that they couldn't stream Smash Bros. They published the news, and it spread kinda everywhere super quick.

We emailed one of our Nintendo contacts asking for comment and they said they were looking in to it. Said contact emailed us right before we posted our new story saying that the decision was reversed.

So, it was definitely NoA's doing, but we still aren't sure of the reasoning behind it. Given that it's way past business hours in NoA's time zone I wouldn't expect to hear back from them until at the earliest tomorrow, provided they even bother commenting at all.

@LordGeovanni One of our Nintendo contacts did get back to us saying that the decision was reversed. We're awaiting official comment from the company.

@PinkSpider Nope, no re-review!

Oh whaaat G-LOC? That's awesome, I really enjoyed that one on GG. I can't imagine it holds up well at all now but I might give it a shake.

Excellent. Still waiting to cash in that Twilight Zone Kickstarter table for consoles.

Coming 8th of Smarch, 2013.

@DRL Yep! Well sorta. My birthday is Monday so this weekend is when I'll be doing all the fun social stuff. Happy birf to you too!

@True_Hero Thanks! I'll chuck some for/at you.

@Five_seveN Cool, glad you liked it! I need to update it, actually...

@CapnPancakes Thanks, cap!

After two years I am sick and tired of Find Mii so I welcome these with open arms. Digital games that make specific use of StreetPass — I'm cool with that!

This game just looks fantastic.

nintendoexecs.tumblr.com

@ivanmata You mean like "Graphics: 7, Sound: 8, Gameplay: 7" etc? We're not doing that, sorry! We already have a bunch of pretty stars to use; we don't need any more.

We don't feel this score is inconsistent at all. The game was designed for a handheld and a lot of the shortcuts they can get away with (e.g. marionette enemy animation, texture detail or goofy low-poly models) on a handheld are much more glaring on a big screen. So, its faults are far more obvious and can more easily hinder one's enjoyment.

(Also, just because it has more stuff doesn't mean it's a better game. It just means it has more stuff.)

8 is a pretty good score, y'all. In fact, we consider it "very good":

If we award a game an eight, you can be sure if you like the genre this is a sound buy for you. Minor niggling factors or a badly judged difficulty spike may have made this game fall short of a nine, but it is not to be dismissed lightly.

Man I totally forgot about the 3D Classics version I have. I almost spent the cash on this one, too.

Good save, everyone! Thanks!

Better than S-E's estimations of "everything will sell ever."

Sounds like you guys could use some more FREEDOMS over in Europe.

@Ndayday Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I still read this as Revelaitons, can't nor want to help it.

@PORYGON Hah, well you could always not pay Nook, although I don't know whether owning a house "triggers" other events.

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE TOM

@SegaGamer93 Nope, you're made mayor the second you arrive.

@grimbldoo No matter when the timeline was created, Nintendo officially recognizes one. Several, in fact!

@ACK: I don't have a problem if you, or any other reader, aren't pleased with my analysis, but to have someone seemingly question whether I even performed the basic task required to remotely qualify for tackling the preview in the first place is, frankly, ridiculous. That wasn't directed at you either.

Well, it's not like there isn't a problem, because I want to be thorough and inclusive for the benefit of those not fortunate enough to have had access to that event yesterday. Having an opinion isn't a problem.

As far as the write-up goes, the demo was just the one dungeon and frankly doesn't feel very illustrative of the final game, so I wasn't prepared to toot the horn or sound the alarm on whether the game is on the right path or not. Previews are weird like that, especially if, like here, this is the first time anyone outside of Nintendo got their hands on the game. To me, it felt an awful lot like a standard top-down Zelda game, which I feel I made clear towards the end.

Perhaps it was a mistake but I wrote this with the assumption that the reader would already have some familiarity with LttP, or a 2D Zelda in general, because a lot of tropes carry over into this one, hence why I didn't go into great detail on that stuff. The dungeon had a big emphasis on verticality, which fits in with the first game's design. Other than that the dungeon didn't stand out very much — enemies and encounters were standard and a bit dull, all seen in LttP. Even the boss was a recycled standard Zelda-style boss.

My impression was that there seemed to be three things Nintendo wanted to actually show off with this demo, so that's what I wanted to focus on:

• It's a 2D Zelda that kinda looks like LttP, which, yes, it totally is and does.
• Link can turn into a hieroglyph and walk across the wall. I mention that the sample puzzles were simplistic but proved that the concept has promise.
• Verticality will be emphasized in the stage design. I climbed a ten-story tower. I think they nailed that one.

@Dark-Link73 Are you implying that I didn't actually play the game?

Maximum Velocity, go Martin!

Play Maximum Velocity! It's great!

I was so hyped for this at the time and am super excited to see this emerge. Crazy to think it's been 12 years since it got canned.

@FiveDigitLP The Ultimate Edition includes all the DLC from the other platforms, and among that is the Classic Suit — i.e. the Raimi suit — so you don't have to play with the new design if you really loathe it.

@RetrogamerFan It's $40 new, if that makes a difference.

@CoffeeWithGames If you mainline through the story it'll take like 8 hours or less.

@TheRavingTimes haha yeah my initial approach was pretty terrible, but I've since beat it using a sinolar tactic.

originally I figured since my team was mostly overpowering I could fight on two fronts, but that's a generally terrible idea unless your weakest unit is able to slaughter all opposition. Which mine wasn't (I thought it might be a good opportunity to grind).

I kept everyone together, recruited Severa and knocked it out. <3 Lucina.

Interesting how a plan like that would've backfired. I'm curious how February's numbers will stack up in comparison — given the dearth of new software, I wouldn't expect any movement until March numbers come in.

Also, this is the second time I've seen that show referenced today, which I had never heard of before being not-British. First was this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21654930

Yeah that was fun! GG GG GG