@Honelith Might help with speed? The new UFS card standard has a bunch more contacts than micro SD which I thinj is for higher speeds, so these extra long contacts might serve tje same purpose.
Thinking about pricing, if it's indeed $300-400 that might actually be fair since it's a portable. Unlike the 3DS and Wii u, the Switch thankfully does not have any insanely expensive (and arguably pointless) gimmicks that do more for driving up the console's price than for providing enjoyable gameplay. The various docking ideas are smart, modern, and well designed. If the device is "expensive", it'll be because it's a fairly powerful MOBILE device. Mobile as in something you're able to move it around and that is completely self-sufficient. I assume $300-400. At this point we need to NOT compare it to the XBone, PS4 and PC as well as any other stationary box that plays games. Yes it can connect to a TV, but so can most other mobile devices; it should be said that its main purpose is that of a portable. Therefore, I say that it should be compared to other mobile devices including, phones, tablets, UMPCs, and laptops in the $300-400 price bracket. All of which are also capable of gaming, with some having an actual inclination towards gaming like the GPD Win and Lynx Vision. When compared to these mobile device categories, the Switch is likely on par with some and stronger than the other devices in this price bracket and when you think of it this way, a $300-400 price point would be completely justified. All those other devices have a main function aside from gaming, like being a phone or a computer. The Switch's is being a gaming machine and it'll be the best at it in the $300-400 mobile category (which is actually a big category, so I do believe the Switch can be very, very successful AS LONG AS NINTENDO MARKETS IT CORRECTLY, i.e. DO NOT MARKET IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO XBONE, PS4, AND PC AND DO NOT, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS NINTENDO, DO NIT MARKET IT AS SOME KIND OF OVERLY UNIQUE BOX THAT LIVES IN ITS OWN FREAKING BUBBLE; rather, market it as a mobile gaming device that is quite simply THE BEST mobile gaming device you can get on the market, bar none)
I'm really loving the fact that Nintendo finally decided to learn from their competitors and from various, unique Android devices.
Things like NO MORE FARKING ACCIDENTAL CART EJECTIONS.
EDIT: Another thing crossed my mind, we'll FINALLY have a modern looking Monster Hunter game! Capcom was able to escape developing a modern looking MH game on Vita and/or PS4 because the 3DS existed, but now they have nowhere else to run. Time to finally give Monster Hunter the facelift it so rightfully deserves and perhaps so direly needed.
It looks quite nice design wise, for once, but I hate the DPad. Also, this isn't exactly a new concept, but a mixmashing of various existing concepts into one almost-coherent package.
Which I honestly prefer over Nintendo flailing about with some over-the-top gimmick that either entertains people for two seconds or confuses them about why it even exists.
For once Nintendo is copying everyone else, especially those devices in the Android space, and they're doing a good of it since they're putting their own DNA in it.
Besides, the name Switch is good. It makes sense and isn't lame like every name from the previous generation. It's like Nintendo drove their old naming team to the forest and then brought in new people who had an actual naming sense.
That said, I'm not getting this at launch. I might not even get it for 3 or 4 years. I've been burned far too many times in the previous generation by Nintendo so I'll be taking a break from buying new stuff. If I wanted Nintendo console games, I already have a Wii U with a bunch of games (that I admittedly can barely muster the strength to play, i.e. it's in another room). Most of Nintendo's home console games aren't something I want to play on the go at the moment. I also already own a couple New 3DS (JP and NA) for Ninty's portable efforts and for the few home console ports like Hyrule Warriors and console-style games like MH that pop up on it.
In 4 years time, the hype and dust will have settled and I'll get a good look at the situation. By then there should be a price drop or two and a new model or two. Games library will be bigger as well, even if Switch flops like Wii U the library will still be better at that time than at launch. All kinks in design should be worked out as well from the revisions, just like how the standard New 3DS fixed most of the 3DS's family HORRID design flaws. The youngest child carries the hope of the entire family this time, it seems.
Until then, my Vita and GPD Win will be more than enough to satisfy my cravings of console gaming on the go (and in bed before sleeping). Of course they won't get (Vita), or at least struggle to play (Win) the latest games that the NX SHOULD have little trouble getting and running (assuming Nintendo doesn't flarb up 3rd party relations YET AGAIN), but eh, those can wait. Hmmm, hmmm, by 2021 there may be the chance that another company other than GPD might make a decently powerful gaming UMPC that can run those 3rd party games at least as well as the Switch....guess it'll depend on price.
@LegendOfPokemon The 2DS is reasonably priced NOW, after several price drops. The standard New 3DS's price is....good enough, with the extra plates and bundled game that I already have. A non-bundle at $150 NOW would be troubling. But my biggest problem with Nintendo's pricing is that the XL stayed at $200 until the New XL came out at $200, and it's staying there. In my opinion that's way too high for the hardware on offer and goes against what Nintendo used to do with their handhelds (DS and previous); offering great handheld experience with great battery life and competitive, affordable prices. And this is before we compare it to its competition's prices and hardware. Fortunately for Nintendo, people are still buying their handhelds at such high prices, but I sincerely hope they don't think that high prices and cheap hardware will work all the time.
The game has already been causing issues for my phone even when not running, so I've uninstalled it. With these updates, I'm less inclined to ever reinstall it.
Vita or Shield Portable...can't really decide. I could also get it on Steam for my GPD Win...hard to decide on a portable. Not going to be wasting money on an NX so I'm ruling that out. 3DS is too weak for this so I'm sure that won't be getting a version.
Let's see...oh right I'm out of room on my Vita's memory card, so that's out. My GPD Win might need more room for bigger games so....Android version for Shield Portable it is!
Ppffftttt I harped on and on about the wireless dongle idea several times many months ago.
Funny how people are only just now creating a rumor about it.
All is lost! The ending times have cometh. Go back to your waifus and husbandos and child characters from a different dimension and cherish them before it's too late. Cherish them with all your might!
Hmm...maybe later next year or in 2018. I've already spent a lot of money on the GPD Win, my preorder of Superdimension Neptune's LE and a preorder for the Deluxe edition of Final Fantasy 15. Then I gotta save up some money for the 1/100 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Full Mechanics model kit which either comes out in November or December. So unfortunately no money will be used on Nintendo until maybe after Zelda U releases, but I'll want to complete FF15 once or twice or thrice before I get that game.
Well this is depressing...
I suppose Pokemon but I likely won't be getting that until 2017 at the earliest as FF15 shall be taking over most of my gaming time.
Wasn't an awful console, just not as good as the Wii.
Yeah I said it, I enjoyed the Wii (first gen) more than the Wii U.
Which happens to be backwards compatible with the Wii, so that's a major thumbs up for it.
Still, the time I spent playing Wii games was far greater than the time spent on Wii U. Granted most of that can be contributed to less time to play games, and also being financially capable of owning more than one console that isn't Nintendo and having a gaming PC, but also because of interest level.
All of the above, plus a Fire Emblem from Taeko Kaneda, preferably a sequel to Radiant Dawn. The only thing that can convince me to eventually get an NX and to even give a damn about this series anymore is a Fire Emblem game directed by Taeko Kaneda and ONLY Taeko Kaneda (I'd take one from Shouzo Kaga, too, but he's retired/exiled from Nintendo and only works on super low scale projects like Vestaria Saga in his free time nowadays).
@shani Because: 1) Those games being shown are VERY OLD (still, they're not as bad as N64 level, art thou blind?). 2) These games are NOT as well optimized as a port to a home console would be. Devs don't have as much incentive to do a mobile port to just one line of chipsets with a limited amount of users as they do for a popular, mainstream machine like Sony's and MS's consoles. Same reason why ports to the Wii U tend to pale in comparison to PS3 and 360, well maybe not as extreme.
ARE YOU SURE? Nintendo is a little bit like Ash Ketchum; you'd think they learned something from everything they've gone through, but once a new generation starts, it all goes out the window.
MonHun 5 for PS4 and PC please. Well, I guess multi-plat ports for NX and XBone as well. Would be nice to finally see a major game that allows co-op between all the major platforms. Could foster friendship and good feelings within the gaming community and what not (or spark a new war based on which side has more noobish players). Plus, that gives Capcom far more venues for MH-based revenue with just one game.
@Petey4Smash Well thing is, the Wii U is technically backwards compatible with Gamecube as well, so getting Gamecube games to run on Wii U would likely be similar to how they got downloaded Wii games to run. And about your 10 year theory, thing is, Nintendo put DS games, which are newer than Gamecube games, on Wii U. Unlike Wii and Gamecube games, that can run directly on the hardware, their DS games require an emulator. Which costs them money to develop, so honestly there really isn't any good reason for them NOT to put Gamecube games on Wii U eShop.
Aw, was looking forward to that Animal Crossing game as it would've been a good fit for mobile. Don't care for that FE game, as I'm pretty sure I know what to expect.
Eh, there's plenty of games featuring the same or similar game play, such as the Rayman running games. Think there was a Sonic one, too. Really nothing to see here, but of course Nintendo will still make a pretty buck on this since it's Mario.
@JaxonH A happy week for the Wii U then. PS4 has stock issues as retailers are getting ready for new models, XBone never had a chance in Japan, and the Wii U's main direct competitor, the PS3, is just too old. Its other main competitor, the Xbox 360, never had a chance in Japan either.
@Petey4Smash Nintendo is just......weird. None can pretend to understand the way they make their decisions, and honestly there's no point. Nintendo does whatever the hell they want, even if it damages consumer and fan relations. They don't care, nor do they need to care considering how wide their coffers be. Anyway, they probably only did DS on Wii U because someone at Nintendo thought people would be overjoyed to play handheld games on the big screen with the gamepad working as the second screen....without realizing that the ONLY reason why DS's dualscreen setup was usable was because they were right next to each other.
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Re: Say Hello to the Nintendo Switch, a New Concept for Gaming
@Honelith
Might help with speed? The new UFS card standard has a bunch more contacts than micro SD which I thinj is for higher speeds, so these extra long contacts might serve tje same purpose.
Re: Say Hello to the Nintendo Switch, a New Concept for Gaming
@gcunit
Which one?
Re: Gallery: Let's Take a Look at the Nintendo Switch
Thinking about pricing, if it's indeed $300-400 that might actually be fair since it's a portable. Unlike the 3DS and Wii u, the Switch thankfully does not have any insanely expensive (and arguably pointless) gimmicks that do more for driving up the console's price than for providing enjoyable gameplay. The various docking ideas are smart, modern, and well designed.
If the device is "expensive", it'll be because it's a fairly powerful MOBILE device. Mobile as in something you're able to move it around and that is completely self-sufficient. I assume $300-400.
At this point we need to NOT compare it to the XBone, PS4 and PC as well as any other stationary box that plays games. Yes it can connect to a TV, but so can most other mobile devices; it should be said that its main purpose is that of a portable.
Therefore, I say that it should be compared to other mobile devices including, phones, tablets, UMPCs, and laptops in the $300-400 price bracket. All of which are also capable of gaming, with some having an actual inclination towards gaming like the GPD Win and Lynx Vision. When compared to these mobile device categories, the Switch is likely on par with some and stronger than the other devices in this price bracket and when you think of it this way, a $300-400 price point would be completely justified. All those other devices have a main function aside from gaming, like being a phone or a computer. The Switch's is being a gaming machine and it'll be the best at it in the $300-400 mobile category (which is actually a big category, so I do believe the Switch can be very, very successful AS LONG AS NINTENDO MARKETS IT CORRECTLY, i.e. DO NOT MARKET IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO XBONE, PS4, AND PC AND DO NOT, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS NINTENDO, DO NIT MARKET IT AS SOME KIND OF OVERLY UNIQUE BOX THAT LIVES IN ITS OWN FREAKING BUBBLE; rather, market it as a mobile gaming device that is quite simply THE BEST mobile gaming device you can get on the market, bar none)
Re: Gallery: Let's Take a Look at the Nintendo Switch
I'm really loving the fact that Nintendo finally decided to learn from their competitors and from various, unique Android devices.
Things like NO MORE FARKING ACCIDENTAL CART EJECTIONS.
EDIT: Another thing crossed my mind, we'll FINALLY have a modern looking Monster Hunter game! Capcom was able to escape developing a modern looking MH game on Vita and/or PS4 because the 3DS existed, but now they have nowhere else to run. Time to finally give Monster Hunter the facelift it so rightfully deserves and perhaps so direly needed.
Re: Say Hello to the Nintendo Switch, a New Concept for Gaming
It looks quite nice design wise, for once, but I hate the DPad. Also, this isn't exactly a new concept, but a mixmashing of various existing concepts into one almost-coherent package.
Which I honestly prefer over Nintendo flailing about with some over-the-top gimmick that either entertains people for two seconds or confuses them about why it even exists.
For once Nintendo is copying everyone else, especially those devices in the Android space, and they're doing a good of it since they're putting their own DNA in it.
Besides, the name Switch is good. It makes sense and isn't lame like every name from the previous generation. It's like Nintendo drove their old naming team to the forest and then brought in new people who had an actual naming sense.
That said, I'm not getting this at launch. I might not even get it for 3 or 4 years. I've been burned far too many times in the previous generation by Nintendo so I'll be taking a break from buying new stuff. If I wanted Nintendo console games, I already have a Wii U with a bunch of games (that I admittedly can barely muster the strength to play, i.e. it's in another room). Most of Nintendo's home console games aren't something I want to play on the go at the moment. I also already own a couple New 3DS (JP and NA) for Ninty's portable efforts and for the few home console ports like Hyrule Warriors and console-style games like MH that pop up on it.
In 4 years time, the hype and dust will have settled and I'll get a good look at the situation. By then there should be a price drop or two and a new model or two. Games library will be bigger as well, even if Switch flops like Wii U the library will still be better at that time than at launch. All kinks in design should be worked out as well from the revisions, just like how the standard New 3DS fixed most of the 3DS's family HORRID design flaws. The youngest child carries the hope of the entire family this time, it seems.
Until then, my Vita and GPD Win will be more than enough to satisfy my cravings of console gaming on the go (and in bed before sleeping). Of course they won't get (Vita), or at least struggle to play (Win) the latest games that the NX SHOULD have little trouble getting and running (assuming Nintendo doesn't flarb up 3rd party relations YET AGAIN), but eh, those can wait. Hmmm, hmmm, by 2021 there may be the chance that another company other than GPD might make a decently powerful gaming UMPC that can run those 3rd party games at least as well as the Switch....guess it'll depend on price.
Re: The Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Limits Online Functions on Old 3DS Models
"The Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Limits Online Functions on Old 3DS Models"
I may need to reread the article, but what "online functions" are you referring to?
Re: Data Miners Find More New Monsters In Pokémon Sun And Moon Demo
Yeah definitely not liking any of the starters. Just gonna bench whatever I get and then trade in a cyndaquil.
Re: Pokémon Remains Committed To Handhelds, States Game Freak's Junichi Masuda
@LegendOfPokemon
The 2DS is reasonably priced NOW, after several price drops. The standard New 3DS's price is....good enough, with the extra plates and bundled game that I already have. A non-bundle at $150 NOW would be troubling.
But my biggest problem with Nintendo's pricing is that the XL stayed at $200 until the New XL came out at $200, and it's staying there. In my opinion that's way too high for the hardware on offer and goes against what Nintendo used to do with their handhelds (DS and previous); offering great handheld experience with great battery life and competitive, affordable prices. And this is before we compare it to its competition's prices and hardware.
Fortunately for Nintendo, people are still buying their handhelds at such high prices, but I sincerely hope they don't think that high prices and cheap hardware will work all the time.
Re: Pokémon Remains Committed To Handhelds, States Game Freak's Junichi Masuda
@Arcamenel
"as long as Nintendo keeps their handhelds reasonably priced"
And there we have Nintendo's biggest problem.....
Re: New Pokémon GO Update Appears To Disable Spawns And Sightings When Travelling At High Speed
The game has already been causing issues for my phone even when not running, so I've uninstalled it. With these updates, I'm less inclined to ever reinstall it.
Re: The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening Book is Now Just Days Away
Eh, definitely a pass. Really hoping the PoR and RD books get released here, too.
EDIT: Looks like I posted the same comment as Sakuraichu, huh.
Re: Oceanhorn, A Game Inspired by The Wind Waker, Confirmed for 'A Nintendo Console'
Vita or Shield Portable...can't really decide. I could also get it on Steam for my GPD Win...hard to decide on a portable.
Not going to be wasting money on an NX so I'm ruling that out.
3DS is too weak for this so I'm sure that won't be getting a version.
Let's see...oh right I'm out of room on my Vita's memory card, so that's out. My GPD Win might need more room for bigger games so....Android version for Shield Portable it is!
Re: Random: Nintendo NX Rumours From French Media and an Analyst Report, While Zelda Williams Fends Off Anxious Fans
Ppffftttt I harped on and on about the wireless dongle idea several times many months ago.
Funny how people are only just now creating a rumor about it.
Re: New Pokémon, Evolutions and Trainers Revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon
There are now more things that must be killed with fire......
Re: CoroCoro Scans Reveal More Pokémon Sun And Moon Evolutions
Jararanga is looking awesome!
Though, is it the pseudo-legendary for this gen or is it just like Flygon, Haxorus, and Noivern?
Re: CoroCoro Scans Reveal More Pokémon Sun And Moon Evolutions
@Ed_Fairway
It's still bipedal. Jararanga just has very long forearms in relation to its legs. It's like druddigon, except more agile looking.
Re: Ice Station Z Is Bringing Open World Zombie Horror To The 3DS This November
VOICE CHAT?
Re: Monster Hunter Generations Gets a Tempting Discount in North America
Damn, already bought two copies (one for me and one for lil bro) last month.
Re: Poll: Exceptional Graphics or 60fps, Which is More Important for the NX Generation?
Just make sure that the constant pursuit of 1080p, 60 FPS doesn't result in yet another fugly-as-fark game like Super Smash Bros 4 U.
Re: Volcanion Distribution Kicks Off in North America and PAL Countries
@InternetBowser
Exactly. And sometimes they won't even have any free bananas in stock.
Re: Volcanion Distribution Kicks Off in North America and PAL Countries
I'll skip it then. I despise these retailer distribution methods.
Re: Talking Point: The Problems With My Nintendo So Far, and Why All's Not Lost
All is lost! The ending times have cometh. Go back to your waifus and husbandos and child characters from a different dimension and cherish them before it's too late. Cherish them with all your might!
Re: Poll: Six Months On - How Do You Feel About My Nintendo?
@WebHead
Seems to be a common theme with everything Nintendo nowadays...
Re: Pokémon Sun And Moon's File Size Is The Stuff Of Legends
It's $10 to get a 32 GB now. There's absolutely no point in buying anything smaller.
Re: Review: Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U)
Hmm...maybe later next year or in 2018. I've already spent a lot of money on the GPD Win, my preorder of Superdimension Neptune's LE and a preorder for the Deluxe edition of Final Fantasy 15. Then I gotta save up some money for the 1/100 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Full Mechanics model kit which either comes out in November or December. So unfortunately no money will be used on Nintendo until maybe after Zelda U releases, but I'll want to complete FF15 once or twice or thrice before I get that game.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Most Anticipated Wii U and 3DS Games For the Rest of 2016?
Well this is depressing...
I suppose Pokemon but I likely won't be getting that until 2017 at the earliest as FF15 shall be taking over most of my gaming time.
Re: Editorial: Rediscovering the Gems of the Wii U Library
Wasn't an awful console, just not as good as the Wii.
Yeah I said it, I enjoyed the Wii (first gen) more than the Wii U.
Which happens to be backwards compatible with the Wii, so that's a major thumbs up for it.
Still, the time I spent playing Wii games was far greater than the time spent on Wii U. Granted most of that can be contributed to less time to play games, and also being financially capable of owning more than one console that isn't Nintendo and having a gaming PC, but also because of interest level.
Re: Feature: Five Franchises That Deserve A Fresh Chance on the Nintendo NX
All of the above, plus a Fire Emblem from Taeko Kaneda, preferably a sequel to Radiant Dawn. The only thing that can convince me to eventually get an NX and to even give a damn about this series anymore is a Fire Emblem game directed by Taeko Kaneda and ONLY Taeko Kaneda (I'd take one from Shouzo Kaga, too, but he's retired/exiled from Nintendo and only works on super low scale projects like Vestaria Saga in his free time nowadays).
Re: My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Now Available 'Indefinitely'
After getting my copy I haven't returned to My Nintendo nor Miitomo.
Re: Nintendo is Reportedly Taking 'Final Orders' on Wii U Consoles From Retailers
@shani
Because:
1) Those games being shown are VERY OLD (still, they're not as bad as N64 level, art thou blind?).
2) These games are NOT as well optimized as a port to a home console would be. Devs don't have as much incentive to do a mobile port to just one line of chipsets with a limited amount of users as they do for a popular, mainstream machine like Sony's and MS's consoles. Same reason why ports to the Wii U tend to pale in comparison to PS3 and 360, well maybe not as extreme.
Re: Nintendo is Reportedly Taking 'Final Orders' on Wii U Consoles From Retailers
@Moi
Just Nintendo's way of trying to get people to keep buying those two consoles.
Re: Ubisoft CEO: "Nintendo Has Learned from the Wii U"
ARE YOU SURE?
Nintendo is a little bit like Ash Ketchum; you'd think they learned something from everything they've gone through, but once a new generation starts, it all goes out the window.
Re: Fan-Made Title Pokémon Uranium Is Officially Dead
White knights, white knights everywhere! Well not yet, I expect the rest to flood in come noon.
Re: Editorial: Losing It All - When a Wii U's External Hard Drive Dies
@HappyMaskedGuy
Don't worry, instead of 8 GB and 32 GB, they'll release in 16 GB and 64 GB models.
Re: Editorial: Losing It All - When a Wii U's External Hard Drive Dies
Don't worry, I THINK Nintendo said there will be cloud saves, at least for interacting with mobile games lol...
Re: Video: This Studio Ghibli-Inspired Zelda Trailer Is Just Too Perfect
I've seen plenty of Ghibli movies, but I'm not getting that vibe at all.
Re: Noah's Cradle is Taking to the Skies on 3DS Soon
I THINK I have this one on my JP N3DS and.... It's kinda meh.
You're better off replaying Assault Horizon Legacy on Ace difficulty for the 50th time
Re: Nintendo NX Will "Change The Concept" Of Home Console And Handheld Gaming, Says Pokémon Company President
So basically it'll do what mobile devices with HDMI have done for years now?
Re: Sky Skipper Project Aims to Revive a Rare Nintendo Arcade Game
Cease and desist in 3...2......
Re: Video: Fans Are Getting Bent Out Of Shape By The New Pokémon Sun And Moon Anime
Did he become a 9 year old?
Re: Capcom Working On New Monster Hunter To "Aggressively" Increase Sales
MonHun 5 for PS4 and PC please.
Well, I guess multi-plat ports for NX and XBone as well.
Would be nice to finally see a major game that allows co-op between all the major platforms. Could foster friendship and good feelings within the gaming community and what not (or spark a new war based on which side has more noobish players).
Plus, that gives Capcom far more venues for MH-based revenue with just one game.
Re: 3DS Update 11.1.0-34 Brings Even More Stability To Nintendo's Incredibly Stable Handheld
Still not stable enough; needs 38,764 more stability updates.
Re: CoroCoro Reveals Rockruff's Evolution & New Ultra Beasts for Pokémon Sun and Moon
I think at this point we can confirm the Ultra Beasts to either be mutated humans or sentient aliens that can take human form.
Re: The Dolphin Emulator Can Now Play the Entire GameCube Library
@Petey4Smash
Well thing is, the Wii U is technically backwards compatible with Gamecube as well, so getting Gamecube games to run on Wii U would likely be similar to how they got downloaded Wii games to run.
And about your 10 year theory, thing is, Nintendo put DS games, which are newer than Gamecube games, on Wii U. Unlike Wii and Gamecube games, that can run directly on the hardware, their DS games require an emulator. Which costs them money to develop, so honestly there really isn't any good reason for them NOT to put Gamecube games on Wii U eShop.
Re: Super Mario Run Release Prompts Delay to Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Mobile Games
Aw, was looking forward to that Animal Crossing game as it would've been a good fit for mobile.
Don't care for that FE game, as I'm pretty sure I know what to expect.
Re: Video: Check Out Some Official Footage of Super Mario Run
Eh, there's plenty of games featuring the same or similar game play, such as the Rayman running games. Think there was a Sonic one, too. Really nothing to see here, but of course Nintendo will still make a pretty buck on this since it's Mario.
Re: New 3DS LL Stays on Top in Japan as Wii U Leads Home Consoles Courtesy of PS4 Drop
@JaxonH
Well...in this bleak situation the Wii U is in, this is as good as things will get for it....until Zelda drops at least.
Re: Wii U Version Of Hyper Light Drifter Is Officially Cancelled
Aw no Vita version. Oh well, if it's to help preserve his health there is no problem with these cancellations. I'll just get the PC version.
Re: New 3DS LL Stays on Top in Japan as Wii U Leads Home Consoles Courtesy of PS4 Drop
@JaxonH
A happy week for the Wii U then. PS4 has stock issues as retailers are getting ready for new models, XBone never had a chance in Japan, and the Wii U's main direct competitor, the PS3, is just too old. Its other main competitor, the Xbox 360, never had a chance in Japan either.
Re: The Dolphin Emulator Can Now Play the Entire GameCube Library
@Petey4Smash
Nintendo is just......weird. None can pretend to understand the way they make their decisions, and honestly there's no point. Nintendo does whatever the hell they want, even if it damages consumer and fan relations. They don't care, nor do they need to care considering how wide their coffers be.
Anyway, they probably only did DS on Wii U because someone at Nintendo thought people would be overjoyed to play handheld games on the big screen with the gamepad working as the second screen....without realizing that the ONLY reason why DS's dualscreen setup was usable was because they were right next to each other.