Kid_Sickarus

@VanillaLake I haven't played any metroid released earlier than Super Metroid (which I loved til I got stuck I forget where), but after playing AM2R I also want to play Metroid 2 (like watching a remake then seeking out the original to see the differences).

@-DEMISE- I would have been happy to pay for it. If it had popped up on the e-shop I'd have felt practically compelled to

@MadAdam81 yeah, maybe so. I don't know a great deal about game development so I'm not sure how much was hard work and how much was standing on the shoulders of giants. I do know that having downloaded it I enjoyed it and if it had been an official release I would have felt it was money well spent and would have been hopeful for more. Thanks for the reply.

I understand what he means, it's just a shame we can't demonstrate a desire for 2D adventure platforms rd by continuing to be free to download such a quality bit of work as AM2R.

When you see Pokeclones survive in app stores, the decision to brand this original work as Pokemon leaves me scratching my head.

@ShikabaneHime13 fair point. I'm not interested in buying either, but that's not to do with price it's just that I already have more than enough electronic tat in my house, it's full.

@ShikabaneHime13 and you know for a fact that these are all the same people?

@Kirk good for them.

@JaxonH well that sounds... pretty awesome

@Uberchu I can confirm the Humble 3DS code does work- I'm sat next to my 3DS which is merrily d/ling the game as I type

https://twitter.com/TheGossMan/status/739219481755549696

@Dakt what happened when you entered the code? Did it not give the option to d/l it then? It sucks that it would work for some but not others

@russellohh I'll have to keep an eye out for a deal 😜

@russellohh lol, touché. Except I have a massive steam library so I'm already aware of the benefits of digital. My point was that in a largely closed ecosystem of console digital sales prices are too easily controlled by the retailer (in the absence of meaningful competition).
Fortunately, in the absence of rampaging nieces my hard copy games have all survived perfectly intact.

Going digital only on consoles is like opening your wallet and saying "help yourself".

My friend and I would effectively co-op games by kicking passwords back and forth, each playing a bit further then passing the password back at school the next day.
Not sure if that would be much good for an RPG though, you'd miss out on story etc.

It does seem the mid 90s were the beginning of the rush for more and more impressive visuals. I think that's why SNES and Megadrive are so fondly remembered- the perfect blend of graphics (for their time) and gameplay.

@DTFaux absolutely, mega man has never been my jam but I can understand some of the frustration when fans (whose interest and money formed the foundation of the franchise) get multiple games cancelled and then when something MM related does finally get released its "not for them" and they should "just ignore it".

@Mario-Man-Child dude, if you're going to say stuff like 'first' then you need to develop a thicker skin.

OT- so much disappointment over MN9, but how many non Kickstarter games go through the same level of downgrading from their initial vision, we just never hear about it?

@Kid_Sickarus uses Obvious Joke. It's not very effective.

I'm bidding on a collection of Pokemon cards at the moment, the seller is some dude called Young_Bryce2007... heeeeey!

@Spooj how would that be enforced? And what would happen to the money- either Google keeps it or if it goes to the offended party, it would be chaos as people would intentionally be trying to push the boundaries of "fair use" looking for a pay day and the resulting backlash would affect all the genuine users.
IMHO anybody attempting to make a living based off of Fair use of content is taking a lot of risk until the case law and legislation is firmer and takes account of the particular issues of the internet.
Maybe they'll come out on top, maybe they won't.

Good luck all

@cfgk24 I got that same email, initially I thought it was a cancellation email- embarrassingly, my reaction was loud enough to startle my wife who was two rooms away.

You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance...

between Game and Nintendo Store, buying this game is a freaking crapshoot!
I wish Nintendo had partnered with somebody competent.

@InternetBowser from now on I will be quantifying all my costs in Splatoons.
For example, my MOT cost me 30 Splatoons but my lunch was only 1/10 of a Splatoon.
In on topic news, I shall be sticking with my Speedos, aka 'The Budgie Smugglers'

Is there a game genre that Nintendo couldn't put Mario into? (Other than wrestling volleyball, apparently)

@Xenocity thanks for the context, I have little understanding of the stock market so it sounded a lot worse before I read that

@Clownshoes that quote has been garbage for years, its from a completely different time when Nintendo could tell people what they want.
Now the customers shape what we want- hence the massive changes to Xbox One's initial direction, the upcoming mid-point console revisions etc.
I'm not a fan of the extreme approaches of knowingly releasing a broken game to patch later, or early access for half finished messes that trade on promises of improvements to come, but people are not the patient masses we were back in the 80's and 90's, we're now spoiled with options and if Nintendo doesn't deliver, and in a timely fashion, their market will continue to go elsewhere.

@123akis once I would have agreed with you, but time is no longer on Nintendo's side. Now they don't have the luxury of taking their time to get it right, they need to get it right and right now!

I did still get an "Ingress" vibe, but I don't mean that in a bad way. At the very least this should extend some of my walks with my dog, so she'll be pleased

Meh, I'm sure people will just continue to assume all decisions they don't like the outcome of are made by Nintendo's various Twitter accounts and keep directing their displeasure there.

@SanderEvers Virtual Boy was marketed as portable (as long as you had a table nearby)

@Moshugan
Nintendo, take our advice,
You need a surprise,
At E3.

@Radbot42 I would have liked to see this all as a Nintendo Direct where it was just bad news after bad news but presented by puppets and spun like they were all awesome announcements.

Is anyone from Nintendo actually attending or are they just sending a Wii U demo disc labelled "See you next year!"?

Oh well, at least there are plenty of new releases on the way to fill the gap...

@Yasume is it selling badly? I couldn't find anything with a Google search about poor sales but I did find this, which seemed quite positive...
http://nintendoenthusiast.com/news/amazon-star-fox-zero-currently-the-top-selling-game/

@VanillaLake yes, very close indeed. I am aware of the meaning of mediocre and I'll assume you're being patronising as you're feeling defensive given that half the comments in this thread appear to be debating you.

@VanillaLake you called it better than you thought, it's 72 now. You're wrong about that being a mediocre score though.

Does anybody else remember comics in the 90s? The big publishers releasing variant cover after variant cover- shiny, holographic, guest artists- and the hundreds of crappy "dark and gritty" comics trying to to make the medium "mature", as well as reboots and pointless "first issues" of already established comics? Does anybody remember how speculators thought "collectors editions" would all one day make them a fortune? Does anybody recall how that bubble grew and grew then burst spectacularly leaving the industry a shell of itself for years?
Remind you of anything?

Thanks for the heads up, NLife, I would have totally missed this otherwise.
This should be much more widely available as a 'value edition' rather than as a limited. Right now there's a lot of hype that Nintendo could use to fuel sales of all three versions together- I'd be interested to learn how many people miss out on this version to later buy a single version of the game (with intentions of buying more later) but don't go on to any more purchases after getting their fill with just one campaign.

Play them off, Keyboard Cat.

Super happy electric mouse scourging enemies with the fury of many storms?

Pretty much. They started a fairly protracted explanation of the numbers that have been put in images etc. over the last few months then dropped that "bombshell".
It almost felt like trolling.

@ShadJV there's going to be a sonic party in July. Something might be announced there.
Oh, and three quarters of the panel could have stayed home.

The suckitude of that "announcement" was powerful enough to become sentient, go back in time and erase any enjoyment I gained from the preceding 45 minutes.

@WiiLovePeace so much sense in one post it's like I'm not on the Internet at all!

I remember carrying a massive snes library around with me on my nds with a flashcard. I have long since reformed my ways but it still makes me feel like Nintendo is late to the punch and their pricing and pushing of new 3DS is just woeful.

I hope all the best for Greg, aka ZeNfA Productions, but I don't think this is the game that will get me on board as a fan, based off that video.

I'd like in on the MK8 evening. My NNID is TOADally_dude if anyone is up for mk8, ssb or Splatoon