MailOrderNinja

@SetupDisk Yeah, I suppose they could. Aren't they offering a digital version for $40 though?

@SetupDisk Unfortunately that's the industry right now. Sony put out a game not even a year old with hardly a graphical upgrade and charged full price. I wish that remakes weren't a thing mostly and DLC is out of control, but that's our industry now. Twilight Princess pricing seems fair to me considering the amiibo included.

@zool Yeah, I can totally see that side of it. I wish Nintendo would just put the DLC online for cheaper than the toy. It would let people that have no interest in the decorative side of the figure to just get what they want. Seems to me that they'd make even more money that way while simultaneously quieting the criticism of hard to find physical DLC.

@zool I assume you meant Sega and not Sony. Honestly, I'd love it if they did and I wouldn't have to buy a new console of theirs, but alas I don't think we will see that soon.

I don't know if I see buying amiibos as a waste of money. I think people who drink, collect sports memoribilia, and various other hobbies are wasting their money, but everyone has small things that bring them small joys.

@wazlon I think I'm the opposite.I got on board with the Wii U late and wasn't happy about the waggle really, so I loved the GameCube version. I'll be surprised though if you don't aim arrows and such with the Gamepad similar to the minigame in Nintendo Land.

@zool Yeah I get that. I've not always been happy with how amiibo are handled, though honestly I'd buy them if they had nothing to do with the games. I just feel like people need to give up if they are that upset with Nintendo. In 2015 they released two genre busting critical darlings that even my friends that hate Nintendo wanted. They won awards even though on those award shows typically only heavy duty shooters win out.

And let's be honest here, the content people are crying about with this game especially are so secondary there is no reason to even care. A frankly looking boring arena mode and some heart refills? Come on people, that's such a small thing. They act like you can't ride Epona or something without Amiibo or something equally as offensive.

@zool Perhaps you should sell your Wii U and give up on Nintendo altogether. You are overwhelmingly negative on pretty much every post. Really, I'm being sincere, why bother? It's clear you have moved on from Nintendo and despise everything they are doing just go your separate way.

No idea is NA will be the same, but as much as I like Ninjas more I'd have to go Barbarians. We all know with the multiplyer they will win as the least favorite.

@R-L-A-George Please enlighten us then. Isn't a girl secretly given a potion to make her see swaps of genders and then falls in love with a guy because she fell in love with the girl version of him? Sounds like she was converted to me.

I'd like to get that Roy amiibo, but considering it is a new FE figure my chances will be slim.

This is the kind of thing that infuriates me that Nintendo seems happy to do lately. They seemed like they were off to such a good start with Mario Kart and Hyrule Warriors. I paid $20 for a ton of characters and maps and modes. Now if one has no desire to buy Legends which is basically the same game they have to file out $40 for 5 new characters? Outrageous.

Oh that is an awful scene. No wonder it's being removed. Drugging another character that then cures them of their gay behaviors? Oh man, the media would eat that up.

I can't see them waiting on a console. Wii U already has a foot in the grave. I think if there is any chance of a hybrid working they've got to be in the same box, otherwise you drastically split consumer base right out of the gate.

Not a fan of this 3DS and I love Fire Emblem. This just looks extremely plain and the shapes aren't contrasted well enough or the right shapes in my opinion to really be exciting. Complete opposite of the last Fire Emblem SE 3DS. That one was super smexy.

I used to froth at the mouth about amiibo even while I collected it. Most of it was around the hard to find figures like Lucina and Robin, which were nearly impossible to even preorder in the US.

I think they've mostly gotten much better in the US. If someone anyone near my location doesn't get one of these bundles they simply didn't want to. I was able to walk into my local Gamestop and preorder over a month after announcement.

@Fee Honestly I don't see why you would care then. Just don't bother to pick it up. I'm getting it because I'd like to replay it and I don't own a Wii controller at this current time so it would be more expensive to pick up the game used on Wii and pick up a controller and a nunchuk.

@ZAZX Except for at most GameStop locations you can still preorder the bundle with the game and amiibo that costs the same price as a new game. That might be your best way to go.

For once I'm happy to be a Nintendo fan in NA, that box is gorgeous.

It's really frustrating being a Nintendo fan in North America and seeing UK always get all the cool special editions that never make it here.

@Azikira The fantastic Skyward Sword Figma is only 50 dollars so here is hoping.

Wow. This figure is amazing.

Oh noes I can't make enormous breasts in Xenoblade and Lin can't dress like a 13 year old prostitute. I can't play Fatal Frame in lingerie! The humanity!

As much flak as commenters here get for being negative the good on the poll is clearly the strong winner.

Overall I was pretty disappointed. Mario Maker, Splatoon and Xenoblade are great, but a disastrous E3 and the Zelda delay really crushed my spirits this year. I also had a personal experience with Nintendo that left me far less a fan and very disappointed in their service. I own a small portion of blame for it, but Nintendo's supervisors overwhelming refusal to work with me was horribly saddening.

@John_Enigma it isn't a hype thing, it really is that good. People love it because it feels and looks like old school games we loved, but with all the amenities of modern games. It's like seeing a SNES or NES game you've never played that was a gem and getting to play it for the first time.

@Xenocity Right, which is odd considering the absolute love affair this industry has with first person shooters (referencing Prime of course).

I think we've seen a classic drought year that happens the year before a new console comes out. Star Fox was pushed because it clearly wasn't ready and to fill the gap in the Wii U line up next year. Zelda will release like Twilight Princess on both Wii U and an enhanced version on NX. What would be really surprising and make for a huge success is if they also launched NX with a shiny new Metroid for the more hardcore fans.

@CharlieSmile I don't know why people want a Fox clone with Wolf. Get rid of all clones and have no duplicate characters.

Releasing Minecraft on Wii U means nothing. Minecraft is on everything anymore so it's no surprise that Wii U got it (other than how long it took). The fact some people assume something like Rare Replay is coming is nuts.

I think Isaac is extremely unlikely, though my most wanted character. Shovel Knight is nearly a given and Steve? wouldn't be a stretch. Banjo Kazooie a lot less likely as they have to get MS alproval, but stranger things have happened.

As long as they release Cloud afterwards I'm good.

@ZenTurtle I think they've been extremely fair with it. Nothing has really changed and they could have easily pulled it from every platform not theirs.

@SirRandall I think it entirely depends what you like. You are certainly right that PC get almost everything anymore and with Xbox most of their big games are going Windows and Xbox. I tend to forget PC as mine is woefully underpowered.

However Xbox has plenty of games I enjoy that are at least console exclusive and I can't wait for Scalebound, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown and ReCore. On PS4 you have so many first party or PS4 only smash hits coming next year or recently announced I'm going to have to get a PS4 I think. Especially with the announcement of Ni No Kuni 2.

Man I hope they make Cloud available after broadcast.

@FullbringIchigo Very well spoken.

@FullbringIchigo Fair enough, my apologies. It just is irritating to me when I see people on here trash MS because the majority have no idea what they are talking about and are just blindly championing a business with Nintendo.

I shouldn't have assumed. My bad.

@FullbringIchigo Wow, fanboy much. Microsoft has a killer line up of exclusives right now. Nice try though.

@sillygostly In what way? They follow generally the same business practices as Sony and have a far better online product than either of them. They consistently upgrade their hardware are listening to their fans and have a slew of awesome exclusives here and on the way.

Yes this is the big news. Yes it's definitely overpriced.

Yeah the flash drive was a disaster with the DRM and the absolutely tiny size by every standard today.

It'll be out next year for sure, likely just before holidays and with a enhanced version of Zelda U as a launch title.

I don't see anything wrong with it. I wouldn't mind having a less androgynous Link.

@kantaroo That is exactly what I was going to say or better still an exclusive sequel.

Got to say I agree with him. I usually make it a point not to, but he isn't wrong.

I don't care in the slightest. I just can't wait to play the game.

It's embarassing to even say Linkle.

I think it would have been awesome since Hyrule Warriors tears open rifts to other realities to just have her BE Link from another world.

I can't believe people are complaining about this. Dream come true for me.

And you know every Smash fighter so far is getting amiibo. CLOUD amiibo maybe? Yes please.

This must occur.

@Lorddofthecastle It's fair to say you can't take anyone serious that says that Mario Maker is a $60 flash game or completely discounts games like Splatoon that people are still pumping dozens of hours into every week. Maybe you should be lamenting all of gaming if this is the case.

The more I see and hear the more I think that their new console will be that handheld and console hybrid.

@Yorumi That sounds....pretty great. Honestly I think they phoned it in with Star Fox pushing it out just because they have a gaping hole where Zelda used to be.

@Yorumi I'm not being petty, I'm actually asking, what revolutions would you have them bring to these games?