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Oh, good to know it's coming to all those cities. Thanks Nintendo

@ArmoredGoomba Eh, I mean it will still work if they launch it months later. If that Mario game rumor is true, then they are fine.

I'd rather them release the game when it's ready, not with some deadline.

@Nintendo_Ninja Bad sales? Seems like the opposite to me.

@fortius54 and yet Nintendo will sell a lot of these in the next few months.

@Vineleaf And it worked.

I will side with Nintendo. The search here was absolutely bonkers. I saw HUNDREDS of people looking for this thing at one store. The demand was freaking high.

Besides, they already said this was just the first shipment. They may be shipping right after manufacturing

And you guys didn't mention the 2016 date for Super Mario Galaxy 3? It's November btw

@MegaMari0 And only a few days in between to boot. Nintendo is weird about their timing of announcements. Deny everything until this specific time.

@Everyone How is it a middle finger to Wii U owners? It's a port of a 3 year old game. Should they just NOT release their biggest game on their new system? How does that make any sense?

@NodesforNoids Sounds like fun

@Sakura Unsure? I guess that describes Capcom

@impurekind A few things:

#1: This kind of thing rarely happens with Nintendo, and compared to the rest of the industry, Nintendo are SAINTS when it comes to bugs and errors. Also, some of the other things are nitpicky at worst.

#2: Having no backwards compatibility was inevitable. BC takes power and space to implement, and the Switch's design wasn't going to allow it. Just keep your old consoles. Also, "Nintendo in its heyday" didn't have backwards compatibility on anything aside from the Gameboy.

#3. They fixed the Gamepad's problem by realizing it was a bad idea from the start. Switch on!

#4. I'll admit the account system is horrid, but I can see them doing something similar to Sony (2 of each system per account) in the future

Actually, I'd still consider a Nintendo a saint in the industry if those "problems" were the worst ones they did.

@RetroRider There's just the main series, which is still going on, and then there are Pokemon Origins and Pokemon Generations. Origins focuses more on the games themselves while Generations focuses on Legendaries and/or Team Bosses.

@998613game You still gotta remember that reviews are still opinions. With that said, the reviewer for each game may not be the same person.

I wouldn't place my decision all on one review anyway, good or bad. Some reviewers may just hate games that I fall in love with or vice versa.

@RetroRider Except this isn't a reboot. Pokemon has no reboots.

@KoopaTheGamer More importantly, this is the first time the directors commented all together in one news post!

@MetaRyan Many fans don't seem to realize that companies want money more than pleasing a handful of fans.

@Yorumi: I look at it this way. You're paying $5 - $13 for a figure/collectible/toy and the software is extra.

@BlatantlyHeroic I rest my case

Which brings us to the debate of the century:

Does the internet make people stupider?

OR

Does the internet bring the stupid out of people?

3DS is capable of 8 GB but the "standard" is usually less. I doubt 16 GB is the limit.

@Emperor-Palpsy Good question. I'd imagine they'd have to offer the inkling some temporary invincibility or just redesign it.

@Anti-Matter The problem there is that the Switch has to be designed to stream to the Gamepad. It's not as simple as just a controller.

@jimi Actually that's an opinion

Except it doesn't need it. Most of the Wii U's biggest games never or rarely used the touch screen aside from a map screen.

The Gamepad did very little for the Wii U and I doubt we'll lose much by not having it again.

Now as for being a touch screen for menu options or drawing? I'd say that's reasonable.

@Haiassai At the same time, you don't invest in something you don't think will work. Investments involve both invention and marketability. For instance, I'm not going to invest in some fancy gadget that no one will buy.

@CB85 At least Nintendo usually puts quality of software over deadlines and profits. ...usually

@crimsontadpoles On that note, I find it smarter to have a strong launch for the Switch and potentially gain more profit next year than try to salvage this year. Releasing some "big" title on the Wii U before the switch comes out would just be stupid in the long run.

@JustinBailey You do know that return policy is used by most retailers, not just Gamestop...

Yeah, I think that may be Mario Kart 9

@masterLEON Yeah, I get the feeling that half the comments here were made without reading the article.

@XCWarrior Except that's not what happened...at all.

@BlatantlyHeroic Except they have released console games before. The sales were probably lousy.

It makes no sense to release Pokemon on a main console. Handhelds have always sold more, and fans will buy the games on handhelds regardless of the whole "everyone having their own system" logic.

@Lucina Well not everyone wants this, so they can comment about how they don't want it.

All these Alolan forms point to one thing: DARK TYPE GYM!

Well that's inevitable anyway, though I doubt they'll kill it until at least 2017

@ericwithcheese2 The thing is this wi fi may last longer since it's first party. Wii and DS had a third party running their wi fi

@impurekind Exceptions to the copyright law include educational and fair use.

Educational use only allows educators in a physical classroom to use works without permission.

Fair use allows review or parody of copyrighted works among other exceptions.

Fan games like the Metroid one are not considered parody or review and rip out trademarks like Samus the character, the Metroid logo, and is considered a similar work to the original source. Despite the fact that it's non-profit, it's still considered infringement due to its similarity.

Going back to a point you made, I don't assume Nintendo is always in the right. However, that doesn't mean that fans are either.

@thehoppypoppy Sure it would. Someone would be in prison for killing an unarmed trespasser. You might want to brush up on self-defense law first...

@impurekind Except those fan games are also infringement despite being free and celebrating franchises.

More like "given the nature of the internet, people post random crap with just assumptions"

Popplio and I are gonna make a great team!

@Tasuki Ironically they may gain some for Natsume's glorious mishandling of the IP.

@CanisWolfred Or talking about some "timing" strategy that's not backed by any trend (if there are any) in the industry. At least the speculation is limited to a handful of threads that can be avoided.

I just go outside or go to work.

What a farce!

Everyone knows Pit can't fly

@ThrowMeBarrel It's not nice to laugh at me Besides. I have a slick N3DS-only Majora's Mask design!

@DarthNocturnal I dunno why I laugh every time I see "slopes" as a must for Super Mario Maker. It just seems trivial to me.

@KTT They nerfed Frozen too

@kevfrei No, because micro transactions involve money. They did this before with AS/OR I think and those games did not have micro transactions.

Speed up? They practically released a new game or update every year. Is this gonna end up like Assassin's Creed?