MegaAdam

We're all playing the Splatfest, right?

Other than that, trying to finish Breath of the Wild before Odyssey comes out.

Are all three releasing on the same day? That seems counter productive.

That review read more like an 8 or a 9 than a 7, imo. I don't think anything mentioned was negative. I was surprised by the praise in the review, and then surprised again when I saw the score.

Launch games always have a unique place in the market. They usually get more leniency from reviewers as there isn't an established library demonstrating what a game is capable of, and as stated early adopters of hardware are also some of the most prolific consumers of software.

Like any other platform, as more and more games arrive, the harder it will be for any particular game to stand out. We're already seeing that with the Switch.

@impurekind
"and you're not stating it like it's an opinion; you're stating it like it's an indisputable fact."
I haven't done anything of the sort. I was merely pointing out that you made an assertion and have refused to actually support that assertion, and instead have attempted to shift the burden of proof onto others.

You're trying to use weasel words, but when you say there's pretty much zero doubt something could happen, you're making an assertion that it could happen. Your weasel words don't change the semantic content of the message. Back up your assertion, and if you can't, don't be surprised when you get called out on it, as you have been here.

@impurekind
You are the one that made an assertion: that Nintendo could make a hardware replica of the original SNES with perfect accuracy for $70.

Others disputed your assertion, and instead of backing up your assertion with evidence, you have attempted to put the burden of proof on them, asking them to prove that what you said isn't possible. But that's not how evidence works. It's impossible to prove a negative; you made an assertion, and you should provide actual evidence of your own to support that assertion.

@rjejr

Purchase isn't limited to one machine on iOS, I wouldn't think it would be on Android either.

Thank goodness. The race to the bottom we've seen over the past couple of years in the Wii U eShop drowns out the quality content.

DLC is one of the worst aspects of modern gaming. Not quite as bad as microtransactions, but still pretty terrible.

I can't really blame them, though. This is the direction that the industry has been going in, for a decade.

Shut up and take my money.

If they released a North American equivalent about the SNES, I'd love it.

Pretty surprising. Hopefully not the beginning of the end.

So it's only pre-installed in Europe?

I'm sure I'm too far down in the comments for anyone to see this, but...

I think it's smart to not show NX if it's not going to be ready for the holiday. Too long of a delay kills hype. Look at the 3DS. Most info was known in leaks in the months before e3. It debuted at e3 to rave reviews; the glasses-free 3D was the greatest thing since sliced bread. By the time it launched in March 2011, pretty much everyone had forgotten about it. The hype had dissipated.

And there's a pretty compelling case that e3 hasn't been helping Nintendo's message recently, either. Look at the Wii U. Announced at e3 2012, and the general public came away with the impression that Nintendo was releasing a new tablet accessory for the Wii. Sure, a lot of that is on Nintendo's branding, but the confusion resulted because there was little focus on a new console among the cavalcade of info at e3. I think this will come into play with NX too; Nintendo wants to control the message.

I feel like Nintendo Life is paying way too much attention to short term fluctuations in stock value and trying to read way too much into it.

I can't get the comments to work. Every time I click the comments, I get taken to the home page.

Also, the games list is much less intuitive. The old one was one of the best sources to see eShop games on the web. This one is kind of a mess.

NX launch titles should include:

Smash Bros. 4 Complete/GOTY Edition
Splatoon Complete/GOTY Edition
Pikmin Trilogy
The Legend of Zelda for Wii U/NX in a Twilight Princess situation

The goal for a new console should be to convince everyone who skipped a Wii U that they should pick up the NX, and look, all the great games on Wii U are now here for NX owners!

Doesn't having both versions on one system kind of defeat the point? You can't trade or battle in between them!

Nintendo has lost the third parties and I don't think they're going to get them back.

Wow, this is kind of terrible.

Why wouldn't they just release the Wii there? Or even the Wii Mini?

This article only draws attention to this game and gives the creators of it more support. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

I was assuming it was that Killer Freaks from Outer Space game. There was a lot of coverage back in 2012 when the Wii U was announced.

I really wanted that standard white New 3DS. I would have loved an ambassador model like Europe got. I guess I'll just grab the Majora XL.

Show me your moves!

Everyone complained that Nintendo's standards for developers were too strict. So they did what everyone wanted to do, and greatly loosened them.

This is the result. Cheap, terrible games flooding the eShop and crowding out the quality. Honestly, I liked it better when every game that was released had a basic floor of quality.

It would crash and burn so hard.

If companies like Microsoft, Palm, and Blackberry can't cut it in the modern smartphone market, why would Nintendo be able to?

Every Nintendo console will have Smash on it. It's as inevitable as Mario Kart.

In this thread: lots of people who don't understand how intellectual property works, but feel compelled to act as experts on the topic.

Definition of annexation: "the forcible acquisition of a state's territory by another state." I'm not sure what else you can call it when Russian soldiers seize Crimean parliament.

@ibis_87
It was annexation. Quit rationalizing the Russian invasions of Ukraine.

It's nice to know that they've dropped all pretense of two versions of Pokemon being anything other than a cash grab.

The Rogue Squadron games were some of my favorites on N64 and GCN. I would love to have this game.

I didn't even know this was released.

Hmmmm . . . blue or red . . .

You can't honestly think they'll keep both old 3DS, old 3DS XL, 2DS, new 3DS, and new 3DS XL on the market all at once, can you? No, the old models are going to be replaced, and if you want them, you should get them now.

It's surprising to me that they're announcing this so early, because I'm not sure who will buy the old version knowing these are on the way. It could definitely hurt their holiday sales.

It's funny, because last generation, the criticisms were all from developers who insisted the Wii Shop and DSi Shop needed to be more open and accessible to small developers.

We can't have it both ways. I would personally love to see only games of some quality make it through, but who is to be the judge?

NL,

This is perhaps the sort of story you should be digging into, and if need be, warning your readers that they're likely to lose their money backing what amounts to an obvious scam.

Licensing concerns won't be an issue? Get real. He can't sell calendars with Nintendo characters without having a licensing agreement in place.

They have customizable Special attacks, not Smash attacks. Smash attacks are when you smash the stick and press A; special attacks use B.

Is that the same color as the red launch color?

Those Wii U projections are bad. Really bad.

Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars

Didn't they add the ability to save custom courses on the Wii VC releases of Excitebike and Wrecking Crew? Seems like they could have done the same here.

I seriously doubt this will make it to NA Club Nintendo. If anything, it might be a Platinum prize.

Seriously, this is a terrible move to help the Wii U. If anything, the Wii U version should come out first.

@MussakkuLaden FYI, DJ Hero's DLC has been taken down by Activision.

Otherwise, as far as we know, you should still be able to access the Wii Shop Channel and purchase DLC. No guidance has been given otherwise. I know FFCC:MLaaK and MLaaD are not on the list of games whose services are being shutdown.

I would love for these to get released on a Virtual Console eventually. I doubt it will ever happen on Wii U, though.

@palatinus This seems to be what obviously happened, and development of the game was interrupted, but then the publisher tried to mitigate their losses by releasing the game as it was still in a middle stage of development, before optimization and bug fixes really began.

@Mk_II
Exactly. Mobile games aren't the money machines investors believe them to be.