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@Wolfy76700 @nab1
I like those sorts of stages in competitive. They add extra strategies that are available to both players.

@Bunkerneath based on what I played of the free version of the app, (which was the beginning section of the game,) looking through the telescope is the majority of the gameplay, plus story segments in between. It might get more involved later, I didn't play it a ton.

@JKRiki I also did pretty poorly most of the time. That will probably be better in the final game where I assume there will be some sort of skill matching.

@CCore28 I have it, and I think it is quite a good game, if a bit short.

Then again, I'm one of the what seems like few people who thought it looked interesting when it was announced. I enjoy multiplayer coop games quite a bit.

@DarkKirby They already do have non-intrusive ads in the form of sponsored pokestops, or if they aren't there yet they plan to add them.

So are they hoping that one of these times Nintendo will just stop caring or something? What were the hackers expecting to happen?

Advertising is fiction too but it still affects reality. The way things are portrayed in media can affect how people think about things. Media can affect peoples opinions and over time change what people consider normal. You seem to acknowledge this on some level or you wouldn't be concerned about children playing M rated games. That people play GTA and don't go out and kill people afterwards doesn't mean they don't have an affect on people.

@gatorboi352 you might have two whole dollars! Or Pounds or Euros, etc., as may be the case...

All they should need to do to take it down from App Stores is submit a DMCA request to the owners of said stores.

If this really happened I can't see this as anything other than straight up attempted theft.

They deleted the original video and reuploaded it without the gremlin.

I don't know about the King Bob-bomb one. It seems to me like it is intended to teach you to try to pick up Bowser.

I didn't like it much, though I seem to be in the minority. I felt like it was poorly paced, for one thing, and the use of in game lines didn't seem to fit very well. It seemed odd for Peppy to give advice like use the brakes or do a barrel roll when I assume he is busy with other enemies. It makes sense as a tutorial, but not so much as a moment in a film. It was also weird that they introduced the visors and then never really gave a good explanation for what it does. I felt like it overall interpreted the game too literally so that it felt like I was watching an animated version of a Star Fox level instead of an animated Star Fox short film.

@pikasaiyan98
He wrote one of the songs in Skyward Sword, I think it was the song that plays during the opening cutscene.

Is that peach inside that pink shell? Is that another power up?

@Technosphile 10 million sales this financial year, meaning they have until mid 2014 to hit their goal. They may be counting on Mario Kart and SSB.

I'll bet that witch is the Lorule version of Ganon. Maybe they'll call her Shanon.

@sillygostly Yes, let's have a game starring Mr Mime or Jinx

It's interesting to note than when they redid that trailer for OoT3D they changed the line cited as being problematic.

I wonder if the reason for the delay is that Mario 3D World was falling behind and they needed some extra manpower and brought in Retro to help.

@pixelman I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said.

I didn't get the impression he was being arrogant. It seemed more tongue in cheek to me.

I was interested until I heard the rap/dub step.

@rjejr In the demo I was able to do multiplayer with just a regular classic controller.

@rjejr Thank you for being a parent that actually cares what their children are playing.

People may be less inclined to complain if the rewards for NA were as good as those in other regions.

@Spoony_Tech Their not even the biggest mobile success story…

Is this as creepy as I think it is or is this just another American-European cultural divide thing?

@Technosphile Are you sure? I'd argue that it is evidence of the opposite.

If all of the dialogue is sung that makes it an opera. It doesn't need fat ladies or Italian singing.

To quote a recent New York Times article:
"The weight of the studies supports the position that exposure to media violence leads to aggression, desensitization toward violence and lack of sympathy for victims of violence, particularly in children."

It's an interesting article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/opinion/sunday/does-media-violence-lead-to-the-real-thing.html?hp&_r=1&

Hopefully with Iwata as CEO NOA will pick up publishing duties for some of Level 5's games. I'd really like to play more of them.

I can't tell what's going on in that video.

So is there any actual data on what "casuals" think or is everyone just assuming?

@TheRealThanos It sounded like you were already talking to Americans about the rest of the world and this I didn't feel the need to specify.

@Luffy I had the same problem in the demo. Press select to fix it.

@element187 It's true that reviews are opinions, but IGN reviews are uninformed opinions. The same reviewer said in their review for Game & Wario that there were only 12 minigames: 8 single player and 4 multiplayer. Anyone who's actually played the game knows that there are 12 single player minigames, 4 multiplayer minigames, and MiiVerse Sketch.

@TheRealThanos We eat cheese sandwiches and buttered toast, it's the two together that's a bit weird.

@WinterWarm @TimLatshaw It's not like he's the only person who will be making decisions either.

The only thing here I'm interested in that I don't already have is Runner 2, but I don't think I'll be buying that soon.

@Obito_Tennyson Cartoons don't have the stigma of being only for children in Japan like they do elsewhere.

I was unimpressed. The frame rate was super low and too many shortcuts were taken.

"Presumably Disney's executives looked at the release schedule for 2013 and decided it was looking a bit barren, because the movie was re-tooled as a cinematic release and hits theatres next week."

It's a possibility, but I doubt that was the reason. For the last few years Disney has put out two animated films per year: a Pixar film in the summer and a Disney animated film around Thanksgiving. This seems like an extra movie to me.

@PokemonManiac Same here.

@ScorpionMG Nintendo doesn't seem to have any problem releasing VC games in Japan though.

@photofool83 But a 6 would suggest that the game was above average.

@DePapier Most mainstream media don't like to report on news that doesn't fit their narrative. For most games journalism that narrative is that Nintendo is doomed with no hope of recovery.

I am grateful for NLife's approach though, since their reporting that the blog is there but not reporting everything that's there. If I want to know exactly what the blog says I'll go to it.

@feline2 It would be a terrible trade because the Vita hasn't hurt Nintendo in the slightest.

Cool video, but I remember that level being a lot faster.

@HugoSmits I'll have to take your word for it, but when 3rd parties say the Wii U isn't powerful enough and then put the game on the 360 and PS3 it stretches credibility.

@Captain_Gonru I'm not sure how Robin Hood would have licensing issues. I'm pretty sure that character is in the public domain.

The cutscenes in SSE made very little sense. From a Gameplay perspective it wasn't that great either. I had a good time playing it with my brother, but I won't miss it much if there's something better in its place.

On a side note, the article kept saying CG cutscenes. The whole game is CG, I believe what was meant was prerendered cutscenes.