Considering that female Thor has looked more and more like saying "Look how progressive we are!!" with inclusion of -ewww- memes. I'd say no.
Just make a new character and/or franchise and build it up, it's not that hard. Switching the gender just because is worse than having no character at all.
Guys, stop overreacting. This would be bad if Nintendo was developing the mobile titles, but they are only giving IP rights to a mobile publisher.
This doesn't mean that Nintendo is straight-up going mobile, they are far from taking the road that companies like Sega, Square Enix and SNK have taken.
@Sanya Star Trek TNG, The Big Bang Theory, ruining the Family Guy joke and his status/attitude regarding said status. GamerGate is waaaayyy on the bottom of list of reasons to hate Wheaton.
Note: This is not a Gamergate thing, people were complaining about Wheaton long before GG ever heard about it.
There was a thread on the 3DS subreddit around an hour after the announcement that was mostly hate towards Wheaton for is work on TNG and TBBT as well as his personality and status.
The story (which is all the game has) is boring and cliche. It only got good ratings because it had a gay love story, no more no less.
There are many films which have produced better stories with similar setups that many people haven't seen, so go look for one of these films instead of wasting $20 on Gone Home.
At this point with the way that many companies want to use VR, it most likely will be just another gimmick. There are great places where VR could fit great, but absolutely nobody is looking to those places with it.
@TheLilK98 That's about it. Because YouTube likes to jump the guns for some companies (i.e. Sega, Capcom, etc.) a system like this is unfortunately necessary to prevent further incidents like the ContentID rollout and attempt to grow new content creators, unlike YouTube itself.
NintendoLife Becoming Kotaku with every Game Theory and clickbait article.
But in all honesty, the depictions in Qix are not that offensive. Modern political correctness is getting a bit out control when these things are found. Making it a bigger deal than it is when people (usually caucasian) feel the need to be unnecessarily offended for other people who usually don't care.
@DiscoGentleman Thank you. Not many people understand that feminism has been jumped upon as a bandwagon and made to look like a supremacist movement.
Does that make feminism bad? hell no. This same kind of thing has happened things such as atheism, OWS and even the world of academics because people want to be all high and mighty and feel as if they can do no wrong.
The most disgusting part of all this is that people who have been fighting for women's rights as far back as the 1950s are now being shunned and discredited because they don't want to take extreme positions and/or if they slightly disagree with anything. It's the No True Scotsman fallacy to the max, and it doesn't stay there.
@belmont About FF and MGS. Square Enix & Konami have recently started putting those games on Steam and they seem to be on track to release the latest games on there as well. It's been a fairly recent things that has gotten people's attention when thinking about console value this gen.
You can pretty much get almost all of the major 3rd party titles that PS4 and Xbone on PC, usually Steam.
The Wii U is really the only console that you'll need this generation, PC swiftly beats the others in their graphics/power battle.
Also, isn't CoD losing sales with each game. Ever since Black Ops I heard.
Is everybody skipping over the part about stock? I've seen people everywhere talk about how they can't find the game anywhere because the stores ain't stocking the game properly, pile that with the pre-purchase of shelf space policy at various stores and you don't get a good situation.
I'm not saying that the game would be a top sell, but I am making note that the people who didn't pre-order the game are having an extremely hard time getting their hands on it.
There is no reason for a 136 year ban from anything.
I don't care if you can't beat Mac or Meta Knight, they are still beatable and don't deserve a nerf or to get players banned.
Hopefully this is only a glitch, because this is just ridiculous.
The issue is that the RetroArch creator (and other emulator makers) are not being credited for making the software that the machine uses, which Hyperkin is currently taking full credit for.
It's not a legal matter (yet) or a financial matter, it's about principal.
@SuperMalleo Polygon has been highly questionable as of late, so that score really shouldn't be trusted.
Either way, this review unfairly assumes that we're looking for a straight-up Zelda game. What I see is a dedicated action game with Zelda characters, which is something that I've been hoping would get made since 2009.
ProJared did give the best assessment of HW with the same score.
@Yomerodes You're really stretching that defense, this and Pokken are not even close to being the same and we pretty much know that it will hit Wii U eventually while this machine is for very young school kids. Regardless, the Wii U mentions in this article are extremely unnecessary and make this site look as bad as Kotaku.
No excuses.
There better be a Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, No Mercy or WCW/nWo Revenge review. You can't go without mentioning at least one of the best wrestling games of all time.
The story is not great and that's all that people hold it up by, I could write a much better story with the same basic characters and a better setting.
It's not worth $20, it's not award worthy (BAFTA, Oscar, etc.) and definitely not necessary for consoles.
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Re: Game Jam Tasks Developers With Creating A Zelda Title Starring A Female Link
Considering that female Thor has looked more and more like saying "Look how progressive we are!!" with inclusion of -ewww- memes. I'd say no.
Just make a new character and/or franchise and build it up, it's not that hard. Switching the gender just because is worse than having no character at all.
Re: Video: New Pixels Movie Trailer Passes One Million Views in Less Than a Day
@Azooooz Because the movie itself is doomed to be bad.
Re: Nintendo Set To License All IP to Mobile Publisher DeNA
Hakuna your tatas, people.
The Nintendo NX is coming.
Re: Nintendo Set To License All IP to Mobile Publisher DeNA
Guys, stop overreacting. This would be bad if Nintendo was developing the mobile titles, but they are only giving IP rights to a mobile publisher.
This doesn't mean that Nintendo is straight-up going mobile, they are far from taking the road that companies like Sega, Square Enix and SNK have taken.
Calm down, there is nothing to worry about.
Re: Video: Nintendo Star Makes Brief Cameo Appearance in Pixels Movie Teaser
@outburst The Longest Yard and Spanglish are also good.
Re: Video: Nintendo Star Makes Brief Cameo Appearance in Pixels Movie Teaser
Adam Sandler and Kevin James, expect crap and literal s**t in the form of a poop joke.
Re: Live: Watch Wil Wheaton and Nintendo Show Off Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. on Twitch
@Tsurii897 Jokes from when it was still good. But yeah, Family Guy is beyond dookie at this point.
Re: Live: Watch Wil Wheaton and Nintendo Show Off Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. on Twitch
I myself hate Wil Wheaton for the reasons listed above (2 and 4 especially), but I will definitely still buy the game.
Just no Abe Lincon in Smash, please.
Re: Live: Watch Wil Wheaton and Nintendo Show Off Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. on Twitch
@Sanya Star Trek TNG, The Big Bang Theory, ruining the Family Guy joke and his status/attitude regarding said status.
GamerGate is waaaayyy on the bottom of list of reasons to hate Wheaton.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Misses Out at BAFTA Game Awards, Though Indie Releases Earn the Spotlight
I told y'all BAFTA was BS, but nobody listened.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Wil Wheaton as Voice Actor for Abraham Lincoln in Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
Note: This is not a Gamergate thing, people were complaining about Wheaton long before GG ever heard about it.
There was a thread on the 3DS subreddit around an hour after the announcement that was mostly hate towards Wheaton for is work on TNG and TBBT as well as his personality and status.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Wil Wheaton as Voice Actor for Abraham Lincoln in Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
@Grumblevolcano Nope, it's more than that. Wesley Crusher and The Big Bang Theory may have brought more bad press to this announcement than anything.
There's also the whole "nerd jesus" attitude.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Wil Wheaton as Voice Actor for Abraham Lincoln in Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
I hate TNG, I hate Wesley even more. But I'll still buy the game.
Also, Big Bang Theory? eww.
Re: Gone Home Console Versions Are "Not Actively in Development Any Longer"
The story (which is all the game has) is boring and cliche. It only got good ratings because it had a gay love story, no more no less.
There are many films which have produced better stories with similar setups that many people haven't seen, so go look for one of these films instead of wasting $20 on Gone Home.
Re: Site News: A New Readership Survey Has Appeared
I'd pay for a (optional) subscription fee if you guys would cut it out with stolen Kotaku articles.
I read NintendoLife, not Kotaku.
Re: Complete First Season Of Donkey Kong Country TV Series Coming To DVD This May
Relevant.
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Re: Masahiro Sakurai Discusses his Thoughts on Virtual Reality
At this point with the way that many companies want to use VR, it most likely will be just another gimmick.
There are great places where VR could fit great, but absolutely nobody is looking to those places with it.
Re: Weirdness: This Video Uses Super Mario Bros. 2 to Illustrate the Consequences of Capitalism
What's wrong y'all? I come to this site to read about games. Not politics, not opinions on modern society or social status, just games.
Please stop taking articles from Kotaku, I and many others avoid that site for a real good reason.
Re: Nintendo Launches Beta of 'Creators Program' for YouTube
@TheLilK98 That's about it. Because YouTube likes to jump the guns for some companies (i.e. Sega, Capcom, etc.) a system like this is unfortunately necessary to prevent further incidents like the ContentID rollout and attempt to grow new content creators, unlike YouTube itself.
Re: Video: YouTube's Gaming Historian Takes Offense At One Element Of Mario's Game Boy Past
NintendoLife
Becoming Kotaku with every Game Theory and clickbait article.
But in all honesty, the depictions in Qix are not that offensive. Modern political correctness is getting a bit out control when these things are found. Making it a bigger deal than it is when people (usually caucasian) feel the need to be unnecessarily offended for other people who usually don't care.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Tournament Organiser Steps Down Following Allegations Of Sexual HarassmentÂ
@DiscoGentleman Thank you. Not many people understand that feminism has been jumped upon as a bandwagon and made to look like a supremacist movement.
Does that make feminism bad? hell no. This same kind of thing has happened things such as atheism, OWS and even the world of academics because people want to be all high and mighty and feel as if they can do no wrong.
The most disgusting part of all this is that people who have been fighting for women's rights as far back as the 1950s are now being shunned and discredited because they don't want to take extreme positions and/or if they slightly disagree with anything. It's the No True Scotsman fallacy to the max, and it doesn't stay there.
Re: Fake Commercial for 'The Nintendo App' Stirs Debate
This is stupid, really. I honestly don't see how this would stir a debate, much less trick someone into falling for it.
Also, I hate Matthew McConaughey and I could instantly recognize what ads this was copied from.
Re: Crunchyroll Arrives on Wii U as a Free App in North America
This means exactly what it means.
Re: Science Tries To Ruin Our Fun As Zelda's Hookshot And Mario Galaxy's Planets Come Under Scrutiny
After the horrible Rosalina episode and the way that he kept shoving the Mario is Psycho theory down our throats, I decided to just give up on GT.
His "theories" have gotten so asinine that even MatPat's die-hard defenders/followers are having a hard time trying to watch through cringing.
Re: Nintendo Is Bringing Holiday Magic To Shopping Malls Up And Down The United States
Why not Ontario Mills? That place is huge and a landmark.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@belmont About FF and MGS. Square Enix & Konami have recently started putting those games on Steam and they seem to be on track to release the latest games on there as well. It's been a fairly recent things that has gotten people's attention when thinking about console value this gen.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
You can pretty much get almost all of the major 3rd party titles that PS4 and Xbone on PC, usually Steam.
The Wii U is really the only console that you'll need this generation, PC swiftly beats the others in their graphics/power battle.
Also, isn't CoD losing sales with each game. Ever since Black Ops I heard.
Re: Bayonetta 2 Falls From UK Charts After One Week
Is everybody skipping over the part about stock?
I've seen people everywhere talk about how they can't find the game anywhere because the stores ain't stocking the game properly, pile that with the pre-purchase of shelf space policy at various stores and you don't get a good situation.
I'm not saying that the game would be a top sell, but I am making note that the people who didn't pre-order the game are having an extremely hard time getting their hands on it.
Re: Retro City Rampage Gets Beefed Up on WiiWare With 'DX' Update
Thank you based vBlank.
Now the completion counter might finally say 100%
Re: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Online Brawlers Reporting 136 Year Ban Glitch
There is no reason for a 136 year ban from anything.
I don't care if you can't beat Mac or Meta Knight, they are still beatable and don't deserve a nerf or to get players banned.
Hopefully this is only a glitch, because this is just ridiculous.
Re: Nintendo Returns to Profit as Wii U Sales Show Signs of Life
@SahashraLA
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Gives a Glimpse of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Fighter Reveal
It looks like DHD, but I'm also seeing what looks like shoes that are unblurred at the bottom.
Re: Weirdness: Sony Fan Creates Petition In Hope Of Bringing Super Smash Bros. To The PS Vita
@TeeJay Yes, it does so we can do this...
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Re: Weirdness: Sony Fan Creates Petition In Hope Of Bringing Super Smash Bros. To The PS Vita
They can't handle the thought of Nintendo having games in general.
Re: Nintendo Confirms GameCube Controller Adapter Will Have More Use Than Just Super Smash Bros.
Amazing, Nintendo.

Re: Want Bayonetta 2 On PS4 And Xbox One? You Might As Well Ask For Zelda Or Mario, Jokes Kamiya
And even more Xbone fanboys are buttblasted now, thanks to Kamiya.
Time for the song that best celebrates this moment.
Re: Limited GameCube Controller Edition of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Comes to Light
One important question, will these new Gamecube controllers actually work on a Gamecube?
Re: Meme Run is Coming to Troll Your Wii U Very Soon
This is Soda Drinker Pro level bad.
Worse, they won't be doing it for free.
Re: Hyperkin's RetroN 5 Console Allegedly Infringes On The Rights Of Multiple Emulator Authors
The issue is that the RetroArch creator (and other emulator makers) are not being credited for making the software that the machine uses, which Hyperkin is currently taking full credit for.
It's not a legal matter (yet) or a financial matter, it's about principal.
Re: Review: Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
@SuperMalleo Polygon has been highly questionable as of late, so that score really shouldn't be trusted.
Either way, this review unfairly assumes that we're looking for a straight-up Zelda game. What I see is a dedicated action game with Zelda characters, which is something that I've been hoping would get made since 2009.
ProJared did give the best assessment of HW with the same score.
Re: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bug Allows Miiverse Image Posting Shenanigans
Truest Miiverse post ever.
Re: SEGA Announces Sand-Based Arcade Game, Probably Not Coming to Wii U
@Yomerodes You're really stretching that defense, this and Pokken are not even close to being the same and we pretty much know that it will hit Wii U eventually while this machine is for very young school kids. Regardless, the Wii U mentions in this article are extremely unnecessary and make this site look as bad as Kotaku.
No excuses.
Re: SEGA Announces Sand-Based Arcade Game, Probably Not Coming to Wii U
Why is this a Wii U article? Are you mocking us or something?
Re: Mega Man 7 Storms onto North American Wii U eShop
Unannounced on the very day that I beat Mega Man 6.
Re: Video: Mii Fighters Get Ready For Smash Bros. Battle with Nintendo Heroes on 3DS
@Melkac
Re: Video: Mii Fighters Get Ready For Smash Bros. Battle with Nintendo Heroes on 3DS
"It wouldn't surprise us if this commercial makes it across to the West in the coming weeks"
Please, no. Just no, not an AKB48 one.
Just no ABK48, please.
Re: Robbie Lakeman Sets A New Donkey Kong World Record To Dethrone Hank Chien
He still didn't beat Dean Saglio's score, but great job anyway.
Re: Project: Nintendo 64x64
There better be a Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, No Mercy or WCW/nWo Revenge review. You can't go without mentioning at least one of the best wrestling games of all time.
Re: Nintendo's Unity Presentation Confirms Critically Acclaimed Gone Home for Wii U eShop
The story is not great and that's all that people hold it up by, I could write a much better story with the same basic characters and a better setting.
It's not worth $20, it's not award worthy (BAFTA, Oscar, etc.) and definitely not necessary for consoles.
Re: Mario Kart 8 DLC Coming In November, Features Zelda, F-Zero And Animal Crossing
Link in Mario Kart = All my money.
