Llamageton

Looks just as great as E.X. Troopers.
Seriously, chibi or not, why couldn't Level 5 or Nintendo or whoever is making that FedFo turd make the game cel shaded at least?

Gonna see which of the DSi-only DSiWare games I wanna buy first, then see what games I wanna buy to play on the DSi.
Since Nintendo never gave a damn about finding a way to get the games to "run off" SD card like on Wii (games are stored on SD card, and then temporarily transferred to the internal memory when running), I'll do a bit more of my DSiware shopping on an actual DSi as I hate doing data tetris just to download game.

Nice, but why buy a game that will be 100% obsolete within a few months?

@BeardedSquash
Problem is, I don't understand the "lower bar of entry" aspect. The consoles are low spec'd but they're still VERY expensive (and overpriced) for what they are since Nintendo kept shoving in VERY expensive gimmicks that not everyone who wants to play Nintendo games even wants to use.
Instead of decent specs and convenient, modern multimedia functionality, Nintendo wants people to pay a premium for features that may or may not add much to the experience, if at all (depends on each person's own experience at least).

More Just Dance, and a new Rabbids game.

@MysteryAozz
The Wii U can run Wii and Gamecube because the CPU architecture is the same as what they used back in 2000. For the NX to run these games, it'll have to be done through emulation.

Nintendo needs to stop treating people like they're stupid. People know what the Wii U could do and what it's built for. They just don't care, and see no reason forking over so much money for a console that's not much cheaper than the better valued competition (more expensive than the competition now).

This was started before the NES Mini was announced, so the NES Mini really had no effect on this project at all, aside from maybe the guy's choice in whether or not to male extras to sell.

@StuOhQ
Buying it could also have the inverse, where they'll think it's okay relegate Metroid to low budget, ugly as sin games.

@Olmectron
Style should never used as an excuse for awful graphics.

The demo turned me off from this game even more.

@Damo
Benchmarks don't tell the whole story. Any "tech-head" familiar with Android would tell you that. Or at least most of them. I have a Shield Portable, and while I still love it, my old Nexus 5's Snapdragon 800 (stolen) still beats it in performance. NVIDIA's chips are usually pretty good aside from their heating issues, but they aren't an insurmountable wall for everyone else.

Clean, but awful design from a gaming standpoint.

We've known this for quite a while now, how is this news?

X1 was released last year and was already matched and surpassed by competing chips. NVIDIA has yet to even formally announce a successor, aside from a chipset for cars, for this year which either means they're bailing out of mobile or they're announcing it next year. Either way, even a chip designed and produced this year still wouldn't be more advanced than those in phones you can buy today or later this year. By the time the NX releases, even a chip that was finished early 2017 still wouldn't be "well in advance of any mobile phone". Well, such an SoC would be better than what's out RIGHT NOW, but by the time it releases it won't be that much more advanced than other mobile devices that came out 4th quarter 2016 or coming out later in 2017.

Tegra is the entire SoC, not just the GPU. If you're talking about GPU, then you should refer to it as the Kepler (K1), Maxwell (X1), or Pascal (possibly Parker) GPU depending on which Tegra will be in use here. Please.
Hopefully the Ninvidia Shield's presumably custom Tegra will be using an octacore Denver CPU with 8 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and a Pascal GPU with at least 512 CUDA cores, as this is only way they'll be competitive with the by-then 4 year old Xbox One. Even if these are the Ninvidia Shield's specs, expectations should be kept in check, as NVIDIA has a long track record of making their Tegra chips seem way more powerful than they actually. They're actually very similar to Nintendo in this regard...maybe this partnership makes a lot of sense.

Ninvidia Shield Portable 2.
Anyway not buying until the first price drop and they release a cheaper model than the base one that has the controls integrated and doesn't come with the dock, which I don't care about. The fully portable Ninvidia Shield.
The GPD Win will still be my main portable for the next/current gen anyway.

AFAIK there's no such thing as an X2. Tegra Parker will likely be using some other letter followed by a 1, but even then it's unknown if Parker will indeed release considering NVIDIA seems keen on pulling out of the mobile arena considering their chipsets aren't very popular with device makers.

Still a ton of things they need to fix in terms of availability of just about anything in game. People in the suburbs have to drive hours to find anything while people in rural areas are almost completely screwed.

I'll be getting it on PS4 anyway (finally got one of those) so I'm not too iffed, but it's good that they know that people will be pissed even though they really wish to give Nintendo fans the best version of the game as possible. Hopefully, even if NX matches the XBone in power, that Nintendo makes developing for the NX easy and cheap enough for multi-platform developers so they won't feel pressured or forced to abandon it.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

RIP

@rushiosan
Except E.X. Troopers looks better than this with more detailed (if tooney) assets, yet also plays better. Of course that game has lock-on, but I wouldn't find any issue aiming if there was an aiming option.

ALSO, there were many FPSes on DS that are more detailed than this game, and ran on a lower resolution screen yet were still very playable.

This is just a poor excuse to cover up the fact that they thought "kawaii" sells games.

"which is extremely impressive given the limited hardware"
Not impressive at all considering the game looks godawful visually, even for a 3DS game.

After playing it, it's nice they gave it free, but EUGH. Those who are somehow actually interested in this game and the full versions, do yourself a favor and get a CPP or a New 3DS. The default gyro controls are beyond awful. If you're a 2DS owner like me, you're screwed unless you enjoy using awful controls.

I'll download any demos that have no play limits, cuz might as well.

Ah NoA, being poopy compared to NoE is what you do best.
Still if it's at least a limitless demo I'll give it a demo. Probably won't play it more than once though so the death of the online servers isn't too big a deal, especially since if I want to play a futuristic sports game I already have the far superior Rocket League.

Omg I'm so glad we get those amazing looking Star armor.

I like Legendary, so I'm confident it'll be good.
Love how Legendary seems to like Japanese pop culture enough.

Just Dance 2020 on Wii 3 confirmed.

I'd like Nintendo to do one of these for the GBA, and use newly-manufactured AGS-101 screens so modders can have a fresh supply of screens to extract for OG GBA screen mods

Just a little bit of PR fun and ganes, no harm here.

@dronesplitter
The Atgames devices always have horrible sound, but the visuals are usually fine. And while infrared controllers are spotty, there's still the choice to use real controllers.

They're doing this so they can sell a 2nd edition, and then a 3rd edition, and then a 4th, etc. etc.
And each successive version will retain half the games of the previous version while using so-far-unused games for the other half.
It's a business practice that I hope Nintendo won't use, but I still fully expect.

Now that I think about it, using the Wii controller ports is actually pretty cool. If they ever get around to SNES, N64, and Gamecube and make brand new controllers for those that use the Wii port, that'll in turn provide brand new controllers for VC players on Wii, Wii U, and presumably Wii 3 to use. Especially Gamecube, as that can give Smash Bros. players official Gamecube controllers without the need of an adapter.

They're finally doing it. They can finally grab the market that Sega, Atari, and other dead console makers still had left.
Nice list of games, but it's too expensive for my taste. It's nice that they went for max compatibility with the jillions of Wii accessories floating around people's homes, but this raises some suspicion.
Considering how badly Wii sales dropped off in the final years, I expect that Nintendo still has a ridiculously high stock of Wiis, maybe Wii Minis, left in their warehouses. I wouldn't be surprised if they're taking those, removing all the unnecessary hardware like the DVD reader, wifi, and SD/USB readers and repurposing the mainboards for plug and play machines like this.
And if not for this, then I'm sure they would do that for the eventual mini N64 and mini Gamecube, as using unsold hardware should be easier than trying to figure out how to emulate their systems again.

Anyway, someone needs to send one of these to Mark at Classic Game Room

Not seeing this so called "quality" that supposedly arises from the lack of quantity. Guess Amazon just doesn't like Nintendo related stuff.

Omg KILL THEM BOTH. WHERE'S MY SALANDIT?

@retro_player_22
Read the article and you'll know it'll work with SNES as well.
AFAIK the PS SNES still just used SNES hardware.

This... Looks... AMAZING!

Pretty great game. It was free on PS Mobile, so I enjoyed it on my Xperia Play. Too bad they're not rereleasing this on Vita. Some PSM devs rereleased their games as "normal" indie games on Vita's PSN store, sometimes as enhanced editions, so I was hoping this would follow suit for the people who aren't able to play it.
At least Nintendo people will get to play it now.

EDIT: You may want to fix the line about the game now being brought to the west as it has technically been in the west for years now.

It's like crack, but legal everywhere

@Peace-Boy
Yes I know about it and whenever I ever get around to installing homebrew on my Wii U, I'll use that patch. But for now I'm in no rush.

Oh man I remember really wanting this game when it came out in Japan. Then forgot about it even though I have a JP New 3DS nowadays, but it'll be great to understand the game better on my Murican 2DS. That price though :/
gonna have to see reviews, Would've loved to play this with my lil bro but buying two copies....

@Damo
I much prefer the form factor of the original. The SP did have that front-lit/back-lit screen though, which made it much more convenient to use, but the original was more comfortable to hold for long periods of time and now that I'm older, less cramp-inducing than the SP. Which is why I'm gonna stick an AGS-101 screen (with ribbon cable adapter) from my pink SP inside my pink original GBA (both were bought off ebay within the last couple years as I no longer own my original systems, fate made them both pink).

@manu0
The hell are you on about? Every FPS on Vita obviously uses the stick, every Monster Hunter-type game, every action-adventure game, every 3D beat-em-up, a bunch of JRPGs, hell even Need For Speed allows the use of the right stick for stuff. Oh, and I definitely can't forget Touch My Katamari. That uses the right stick, too.
At this point I can't help but feel that you're merely yet another troll.

Still glad we got it.
Still will be waiting for a price drop though.
Sorry Hirata-san, I know you MIGHT not be disappointed anymore, but I still am.
Still wanna play the game, but still don't want to pay full-price for what's essentially a chewed up bone.

"a massive improvement in terms of form factor"

No.

Please tell me if evolves into something stronger. This sounds like the perfect Pokemon for people like me who despise fairy and would love to annihilate them all.

Pppfffftttt.

I miss the days when Nintendo had at least a smidgeon of modesty in them, instead of this arrogant image they exude which has severely dropped the quality of their products, especially in relation to the current time period.
Well mostly it just sucks that Nintendo seems to be incapable of market research and couldn't realize that the Wii was merely a fad.

@manu0
The Vita ain't that much bigger than a 3DS (certainly more pocketable than a 2DS), yet has a bigger screen than any 3DS model and...gasp TWO ANALOG STICKS!

Anyway, it's curious to see this concept device using the Dingoo stereo speaker placement.