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@HyrulianOfHyrule Are we supposed to get a confirmation email immediately after we sign up? Or is there only going to be an email for if/when we get selected for the beta?

Signed up immediately (after reading the fine print, of course).

Kid Icarus would be a great candidate thanks to the quality characters it already has. I could see the events of Uprising either being a trilogy of movies (1-9, 10-17, 18-25) or a season or two of an animated show, and that's not even touching new storylines. (Man, we need a sequel.)

@Plucky But if Litten's final evolution is fire/ground, that messes up the dual-type triangle. If it were fire/rock, then it works.

Marking this video as "News" is misleading. "Recap" would be better, as well as not using the word "leaked", but I guess they've gotta pay the bills somehow.

I haven't actually tried the controls yet, but:
If the controls enhance the game, and/or make it more fun to play, then by all means, use them. The problem comes in when it divides the players into two camps. Regardless of your opinion of the controls, a large number of people, especially reviewers, had trouble with the controls. Are they close-minded? Maybe. But still, the controls to a game shouldn't be a barrier to enjoyment for such a large chunk of players. With Splatoon, it sounds like 99% of people got the hang of the controls eventually, but this game, it sounds more like 50-75%. That's not enough.
Another point: using rough, probably inaccurate math, the graphics could have been 50% better or more without that second screen displaying another view. They could have just made a better-looking lowerscreen UI from Star Fox 64 3D, and sure, the controls might not be as good, but all of a sudden, the controls stop being a barrier to enjoyment, the graphics get a lot better, and perhaps the campaign could have been longer. That's saying nothing about competitive multiplayer. It would take a game with a 69 or so on Metacritic to a minimum of 80. And it would give the general uninformed public one less excuse to hate on Nintendo.

The body/head is most likely dog, and the tail could just be stylized, but the legs almost look like they have hooves. It could just be low-quality paws, though. I'm putting my money on it being a Normal-type Dog Pokemon.

It's too bad Avalanche Software closed down. They had a lot of good developers there. Hopefully they get hired elsewhere soon.

@Indy83 Splatoon's Squid Beatz minigame lags just enough to be incredibly frustrating, though I'm not sure if that's a Gamepad issue, or if the devs just didn't sync it right.

This is for Wii U, right? The article doesn't say, but I assume it is.

This should calm European 3DS owners down for about 5 minutes

http://youtu.be/B8TG1OBU6VA

I thought the starter designs were kinda boring, to be honest. I was really surprised that the internet was blowing up over Rowlet and Litten. Gens 5 and 6 had much better starters.

I hope the Duel Events don't replace Dream Events. I don't have a Wii U, but I love the music from these games, and more Dream Events = more remixes.

What's with the Wii U and extremely hard platformers?

It's kind of sad there has to be this much effort just to introduce a new game mode to a video game competition.

Speaking of cost: Bulk high-quality 32GB SD cards could be as cheap as $4-5 (with 64GB being around $10). Bulk Blu-Ray disks (which have a memory limit [50GB or so]) are about $0.80-$1. Plus, the price of SD cards has been dropping steadily. So let's say cards would cost $4 more than disks. Sure, it would be slightly less convenient for the publishers and developers (of course, Nintendo needs to win them back, so...), but if we look at bulk optical drives vs bulk memory card readers, the difference is at least $40. So, you'd have to buy 10 games before the higher price of the carts equals the money saved by not having an optical drive. That would help get NXs into people's homes. This could be the difference between a $349 and a $299 console. Plus, solid-state/flash storage is way faster than disk-based storage, so that will help with performance too.

That certainly would be odd. Well, I guess Portal's a video game, and Sonic does like to hop franchises (Smash, Olympics, Wreck-it Ralph). It's just, Sonic characters wouldn't look right as Legos, and the only Lego sets I could think of for Sonic would be Tails/Eggman inventions, like planes and bosses and whatever.

Mario boss fights in general are pretty dull. I mean, the Galaxy games had some notable ones, but besides those... Most seem to be either enemies you should typically run into as part of the level, or the fight is more platforming than boss.

This'll make up the lost revenue from the Wii U's decline.

Maybe I'll have to pick this up. My original Pokemon Yellow cartridge had a glitch that removed the Lift Key from Silph Co., so I could never complete the game. (For a while I thought I was doing something wrong, but then I looked it up and voilà, the Key was supposed to be behind that plant, and I check there again and it wasn't there.)
Plus, I never knew there was a Surfing Pikachu minigame. Sounds cool.

@IceClimbers One one hand, this project's been in development for at least 2 years, if not more, already, which means it could very well be a launch (or the dreaded "launch window") title. It wouldn't surprise me if Retro was also helping other teams make NX games too. On the other hand, teams that want to make a quality product first and foremost usually wait until after the console's been out for at least 6 months, so they have more time to polish/optimize it (like Super Mario Galaxy). PLUS, we already (probably) have a "hardcore" tentpole release (Legend of Zelda) at launch, so assuming a Retro Studios game is in a similar category, they might wait a bit (at least a couple months) so sales don't get cannibalized.

It'll be before Black Friday, at the very least. Even though NX isn't coming this holiday, people might be inclined to spend less on video games this Christmas if they knew the full details about a console launching in March. (That means we're looking at a mid-July - early November reveal window.)(Plus, I'm sure they'll reveal it before the PS4 Neo and PSVR come out.)

Guys, be grateful. At the very least we're not only getting LoZ Wii U footage, we're getting live gameplay.

Well, if the NX comes out in March of next year, then I guess it only makes sense for this game to release then too.

Well, darn, here I thought we'd know what the NX is at or before E3.

And I just bought Shantae and the Pirate's Curse a few days ago. Shoot. And I don't have a Wii U, and I already have Rhythm Thief and Freedom Planet, and I don't really want any of the other games. But charity...

An interesting set of localizations, seeing as other parts of the game have some... interesting design choices. I mean, people that want to avoid nudity/promiscuity in games will already avoid this title. Well, I support the decision, and trust that Atlus knows what they're doing.

Man, a lot of Europeans are making comments without thinking.
Of course 7th Dragon III and Sega Classics Collection 3D don't have release dates in Europe. NIS America was in charge of that before they broke away from Atlus. Now that Sega's publishing, or if Atlus finds another company to publish in Europe, it will take some time to take the reins, but then you'll start seeing release dates.

Oh wow, I forgot to finish Heist. Perhaps I should do that before getting any DLC.
Maybe I won't get the DLC, actually. To be honest, Steamworld Heist is kinda boring. I blazed through the first half, but in 4 months I haven't even bothered to finish the 3rd section of the game.

"Come on, Reggie, give us Mother 3!"
"How about I give you this?!?" fireball
"But what about Star Fox?"
Laser eyes
Although we did get Star Fox this year. Maybe they'll pull another Earthbound Beginnings.

I feel like Star Fox Zero is going to end up like Kid Icarus Uprising: Amazing game, but everyone ignores that and instead whines about the controls, leading to the game getting 83 on Metacritic when it should have been 93.

The series may be boring, but I can tolerate it so we get all this great music.

Miswritten article + fans with lack of general gaming knowledge = purists in a seething rage

If only there was some way for the developers to balance a character after it's been released...

@Xaessya The CD-i games are criminally unrepresented in Hyrule Warriors Legends. I mean, they have "The King of Hyrule" as a character, and it isn't King Harkinian. Lost opportunity.

I waited for the price to drop for Mario Kart DS before I bought it. By the time Mario Kart 7 came out, I gave up.

@AVahne Not to mention reporting on a joke as if it were a dead serious announcement. (The Pokemon article)

Turns out Flipnote Studio 3D is available for free to North American users too (until the end of the month). I thought I'd never be able to get it.

This is actually a legit news story. I saw it on another site before today.

@RainbowGazelle Maybe Gerscovich is the brand manager for both America and Europe, despite being senior vice president for Sega of America.

Ivo Gerscovich is a legendary brand officer. Him being in charge of the Sonic brand in the west is a positive.

This looks interesting. I'll have to give it a try. It's just a shame so many people on here don't have a lot of friends in real life. It makes me sad. I guess you have to be social in order to get the most out of a social app.

I really hope Fire & Ice's delay was to make sure the game was good, and not only to release alongside Season 2 of the TV show.
Oh, and we knew the "special reveal" wasn't going to be a game, do I'm not sure how Sega of America was silly. More like misinformed fans were silly.

@Grumblevolcano That DLC really crowds the market, doesn't it.

@Grumblevolcano Both games you mentioned are already out, plus Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice is the only 3DS game currently confirmed for a September release. I wouldnt call that time "packed" just yet.

I'd complain about North America not getting it, but half the comments on articles about the new account system are people in Scandinavia or people with Windows Phones complaining that they can't use Miitomo or the account system or this or that.
So rather than contribute to that vocal minority, I'll say that it's great that Flipnote 3D's becoming available!

I think a good compromise for crossbuy would be to offer a significant discount on future buys of the same game. So, for a Virtual Console game, you'd buy it for, say, the 3DS, for $5. Then, if you ever want to download it to a new system, you'd only have to pay, say, $1 or $2. That way, Nintendo still gets money for making ports, and more people can afford to get games for multiple platforms. And it wouldn't have to be tied to Virtual Console, although that would be a good place to start.

Rhythm Thief, anyone?
Good lists, by the way.

I was hoping to see Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure on the list, but it only had 8.5, while it looks like SM3DL has an 8.7. I'd kind of like to see a top 20 list for eShop and for retail.