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@ULTRA-64 Video Games aren't Sony's only source of income. They also have a large line of televisions, publish music, they have a movie studio, etc. They have a lot to fall back on.

@ninja89 A possibility for that occurance is that investors were unimpressed by the PS4 and concluded that Nintendo was a better investment. I have no idea if it's true, but it's a possibility.

Investors seem to be, as a whole, a fickle bunch. For example, after Apple reported record sales for the iPhone 5 their share price dropped signifigantly because despite record profits, they did not sell as many iPhone 5s as analysts predicted.

@Henmii Yes I'm sure that Pixar's upcoming projects including "The Good Dinosaur," a movie that takes place on an Earth where dinosaurs never went extinct, "The Inside Out," a movie about what happens inside a young girl's brain, and The Untitled Pixar Movie about Dia De Los Muertos" will be completely uninnovative and derivative. /sarcasm

And Pixar isn't responsible for Planes.

@Tasuki No, they are not the same thing. One of the provisions in the Disney Pixar merger was that Pixar got to stay their own studio seperate from the rest of Disney. And John Lasseter is CCO of pretty much all of Disney, not just the animation divisions.

The portion of the Nintendo audience that is me doesn't play the kind of games they make.

As has been pointed out already, June 30 is just the last day of Q2. This is probably the same deal as sites like IGN listing a December 31 release date for games that are coming by the end of the year.

@lividd3ad Actually, when a movie starts out as a direct-to-DVD release and is changed to a theatrical release, that generally means that there is a ton of faith in the movie. The same thing happened with Toy Story 2.

Regarding your most recent statement: fair enough. I enjoyed it though. More than Brave which, while still being a very good movie, had a lot of humor that felt more like an older Dreamworks movie.

@lividd3ad Cars 2 was great. It wasn't the best of Pixar's output, but it was great that they tried something different than what they normally do.

Can they please arrest anonymous now?

@sadsack777 Oooookaay…

@NodesforNoids Unless it's different in Australia Apple uses their own rating system for iOS games.

@Pikachews I don't think it is the fault of retailers when they announce ahead of time that they will be getting their stock late.

@SCAR392 Whoopee, more ignorant hating on the AppStore. That aside, from the accounts I've read it was Two Tribes that decided that their game wasn't good enough yet, not Nintendo.

@DarkEdi Development costs for games like they make are much higher than any devkit. I don't think that is a barrier for them.

@LEGEND_MARIOID I'm pretty sure LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga came out on everything. It wasn't just for Wii.

@LavaTwilight You realize that that is pretty much what we get in NA right? And these deals are terrible. You only get 160 coins for registering a Wii U.

I just read the original article and the quote used in this article is out of context. It is still disturbing in context, but it is only tangentially related to this game.

@Jaz007 And almost all of your points are incorrect.

@RenegadeJools Nice shameless self promotion.

This is really old news.

@Dreamcaster-X In the E3 multiplayer demo one car's license plate said Burnout on it and the other said Paradise.

@DarkKirby That's not necessarily what it is though.

@0SP_ZELDAiii If you just search for Conan I don't think this is the one that will come up.

@rjejr It's not based on the TV show as far as I'm aware. The toys came first and both the TV show and the game are based on those.

How is this Nintendo news?

@mumof2kids82 People who can't attend the event would be almost everyone. It's only for the press.

The best LucasArts games in the recent past were the Monkey Island remakes. I don't understand the anger towards Disney in this situation. When was the last time LucasArts released a great Star Wars game that was developed internally? Most of the best ones were made by third parties which is what Disney has just announced will be how all of the future LucasArts games will be. The days of LucasArts Point and Click games is long gone. I personally don't see this as a great loss for the industry.

@Discostew Phones are actually getting to be fairly powerful.

@Highwinter Did Viva Piñata sell poorly? That seems strange considering that it got a spin off party game, a sequel, a TV show and even a DS version.

"Mr. Game & Watch is pretty chuffed."
Why is Luigi using British slang?

@Drobotic You don't unlock them until fairly late in the game.
@Mikau94 Digital Domain made it.

The way I see it the two previous Phil Fish articles were not news but this one is because it contains actual information, ie Fez is not coming to Wii U.
Fez is a great game for the most part by the way.

He said a real life theme park was a possibility when asked about it, I wouldn't exactly call that "teasing the possibility".

@rjejr

There are five LEGOLAND parks, LEGOLAND Billund, LEGOLAND Windsor, LEGOLAND Germany, LEGOLAND California and another one somewhere else in the US, I can't remember where, and that's not counting all of the LEGOLAND. Discovery Centers.

"One figure that will be there is Dan Adelman, manager of business development at Nintendo of America. While that title may not explain much on its own, in practice he's a figurehead in working with small developers…"

A figurehead is like a king who doesn't really have any power and is just for show. I don't think that's the word you meant to use there.

Whoa, Woah, Woah!! He wrote all of that on Twitter? How many tweets did that take?

@WiiLovePeace Monster Hunter isn't 3rd party?

That really wasn't very impressive. It was pretty boring. Nothing really happened. Space ships flying around is one of the easiest things to do in computer animation and that was pretty much 95% of the short. If Pixar teamed up with Nintendo to make a Star Fox movie (which they wouldn't because Pixar works exclusively with their own original IP) I would not want the guys who made this involved. Was there even a story in there?

"Many would argue that with the advent of indie publishing on digital services such as iTunes, Xbox Live Arcade and — of course — the Wii U eShop, we’re about to enter another period of similar excitement, with game designers unafraid to produce totally off-the-wall experiences."

It already happened a few years ago on the AppStore/iTunes.

@AhabSpampurse It is needlessly complicated and seemingly risky. I can (grudgingly) accept some peoples' opinion of "Nintendo didn't have to do anything" when it comes to things like lame Club Nintendo rewards, but when this is an advertised featured of a rather expensive purchase ($100 in the US when you buy both versions) then they are obligated to provide a decent service.

Ace Attourney 5 and Investigations 2 would be nice. But how do we know there are going to be Nintendo related announcements from Capcom?

@bluerobin2 Apple didn't make it.

"not another 3D effect showcase nor a cheap port; we’re making an Actual Game".
Are they suggesting that there have been a lot of games that fall into those categories? I can probably think of many games in the cheap port category, but I can't think of many I would classify as being just a 3D effects showcase.

@neumaus But that specific patent is what was in question, so if Nintendo didn't use it I can't see how they could be guilty. Nevertheless, it is true that I don't know all of the details. I believe I may have the resources to find out though; my grandpa is a lawyer.

@AlexSora89 Except that's not why they delayed the game, they delayed it to please retailers.
@TwilightV Cars is a great movie.

@Romeo We often wonder the opposite thing over here.

@ohhaime They're in this weeks update because they all come out before next Thursday, so while they won't technically be out this week if they were in next weeks update they would already have been out for at least a day.

This does create a problem for the polls though. Since it is asking what we're downloading first I'll be marking "Just freebies for me" because I'll be downloading the Harmoknight demo today, but I'll still probably get PunchOut when it comes out later so just freebies is inaccurate. Especially since I vote that way almost every single time there's a demo I want regardless of whether I'm also buying something because I almost always download the free thing first because I have to take an extra step, i.e. adding funds before I download a paid item.

"…The LEGO Company cut its teeth on its non-licensed playsets. From fantasy wonderlands to more ordinary examples, the building bricks were an ever-popular force with children and big kids alike long before LEGO Star Wars rolled along."

It's a bit trivial, but actually there is no such thing as The LEGO Company as a proper noun. It's The LEGO Group. Also, as more of an aside, Before the bricks were popular before licensed themes were popular, LEGO made wooden toys, the most famous being a duck pull-toy. They made wooden toys until their factory burned down. And then until it burned down again if I recall correctly. At this point they invested in a plastic injection molding machine and created the first plastic bricks. The early bricks didn't stick together very well and broke easily, until the invention of the modern automatic binding brick! Then around a decade ago their patent expired and every building toy company that wasn't already ripping them off practically abandoned their unique products in favor of imitation LEGO bricks (I'm looking at you, K'nex. You used to have your own thing!)

I'm definitely getting this game. I pre-ordered it the same day as my Wii U.

By the way, does the game have multiple save slots at least for seperate accounts on the same system like Scribblenauts Unlimited, Or are save files shared like in NSMBU or Nintendo Land?

@Odnetnin It's also a very old saying.

@Ark_Sin Wow, don't you think that's a tad extreme?

Hopefully the figurines don't have to be in contact the whole time. It would be really awkward trying to keep them balanced on the gamepad while you played.

Mario was a plumber in the original Mario Bros. before he was super.

@LDXD @Melkaticox
Point taken. I personally am not against Kickstarter. The vitriol against Knux seems a little much though.

On another note, this game doesn't look that great to me. The competetive mode sounds appealing though.

I have supported a Kickstarter game project, but I would be reluctant to do so on another. The developers kept delaying the game until they eventually just said that they aren't going to announce any more release dates and just release it when it is done. That's the problem for me. Once you've supported something, there is no guarantee it will be delivered in a reasonable amount of time.

Settle down people! Knux stated a perfectly valid reason not to back Kickstarter projects (not wanting to pay for something that does not yet exist) and he's not the only person I've heard that opinion from.