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It looks pretty fun, might wait for a review tho. Nintendo life *hint hint

Interesting Taiwan has no mention here when (for the last generation anyway) Nintendo of Hong Kong was looking after distribution for both regions. I cannot get over Nintendo's approach to new markets. They distribute consoles with minimal support which only condones piracy, ruins their reputation and frustrate fans. The saddest part is I can't see a day when Nintendo will stop shooting themselves in the foot and engage with the market.

Oh and here's how i see the service going - the vast majority of Hong Kong consumers will have already got at least one other region's account already set up on their switch possibly with NSO already and won't bite for this without a VERY compelling reason - a subpar offering compared to JP/EU/US will mean low subscription rates and minimal future support from Nintendo killing the region's hopes for quality localised support.

I could actually write a thesis on this whole fiasco and I just might.

I'm just glad there won't be any cringey matchmaking, though I guess it's still a possibility 👀

@ThatNyteDaez @Lalivero @Mathieu_B
Volkner 4 life 😘

Bravely default?

Instead of focusing on the success of the switch in this article, why not focus on the fact that Nintendo has made playing with a friend online so unintuitive that she called out to fans for help? And to top it off this clunky, unintuitive and limited service is now subscription based!?

Give us some non European languages and destinations and you'll have a purchase!

You can buy it on the Republic of Ireland eshop. This is the first time in recent memory we haven't been thrown in with the U.K. which of course I'm happy about but I really can't see the logic of this choice. It's an eshop release. How much can it cost to put it onto one of (I would assume) it's biggest markets, and a digital one at that?

For every future buyer of a 3DS: go buy a US machine before a European one, and anywhere else in europe before U.K. now I guess

What the hell am I supposed to play on my 3DS this christmas ;'(

When I read this article's title, my mind went straight to a premium DLC feature that would give every pokemon a proper cry instead of that 8-bit noise they have. Seriously, I would pay for every pokemon's cry to be downloaded onto my 3DS and play in-game. Like, pay money. Gamefreak, are you listening?!?!

"Certainly, as Grand Theft Auto V hits the streets it serves as a timely reminder that not all the tales video games tell are full of gritty storylines and QUESTIONABLE CHARACTERS."

You haven't met Tingle yet then!

@TobieOBrown Thank you for taking the time to write out such a long response and I did actually read it before you think I just skimmed it looking for things to argue about. I'm far too tired for that

"For two, the takeaway of this story isn't "Nintendo stock drops" - it is, rather, "Nintendo is failing.""

Tbh I think you're going a bit far if that is what you can gather from this tiny article. Personally, I see investor confidence is down and the fall in stock price reflects that. You can attribute it to whatever you want but all it is, at the end of the day is speculation.

If nintendolife want to do an opinion piece on what Nintendo is doing right, the many things they're doing wrong and the things they can do to fix their current situation I would more than happy for it to be on this website. I'm not afraid to criticise Nintendo but I don't think that this slump is necessarily indicative of any real concern that I have for the company, not that I don't have them.

@Biliquid: I like a few nintendo games and I'm pretty sure 50 years from now the likes of mario or pokemon will be around in some form. Whether or not Nintendo as we know it exists in the same way doesn't really matter

I'm really not sure share price indices and what not should really have a place on this website. Sure, sometimes there are articles that are indicative of actual things of interest going on in Nintendo, Japan and the gaming and technology industries at large but this sort of article...not so much. We're gamers, we're not investors. and vice versa. just pointless IMO

Is it so hard to plan ahead so there is at least one 3DS VC release each week? Nintendo are actually idiots, I'm not asking for gba or snes games, I understand that they would eat away at sales of older VC titles and even new eshop releases atm but I just want at least a single game for the systems the VC is currently supporting GAH!!

NOOOOO I only want a white wii u but I'm holding out for one with a bigger HD. Is that stupid? I waited for the white 3DS and XL and that worked out okay but I don't know about the Wii U yet

Hope this gets a simltaneous e-shop release.

Don't even have a wii u but I'm still gonna get this! So excited

I feel a lot better about this game knowing other fans like it. I was a bit doubtful before this video, thanks NintendoLife for re-lighting my interest in this game

Why does this look so much like dragon quest?

@Kyoto Oh thank god. I did not want to have to buy a physical copy of that game. Shame it's a week late though.

@Grubdog Hang on I thought EO IV was to be released on Friday 30th...Where's the eshop release?

Bit of a slow week for 3DS. I suppose it's for the best though with the Etrian Odyssey, SMT: Soul Hackers and Harvest Moon releases hogging up my free time and my bank balance. Still it would have been nice to have a game worthy of tempting me :

Got Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Animal Crossing saved a few bob between them, happy out. I wouldn't have any problems getting all my codes from game so long as there is even a 5% discount

I hope it looks better in movement cos so far I'm more excited to dust off the old GC version and give that a play instead.

What a huge amount of titles available this week. Still nothing for me though

Awesome, gonna pass this onto my sister. It's times like these I love being in Europe:)

Nano Assault 3DS for me this week, shocking that there's only 1 VC release between the WII U, WII & 3DS! Get a grip Nintendo.

Guys you surely can see it from their perspective. They got the rights to publish DS2 before the 3DS remake was announced, and it's not as if they're trying to give this title to legitimate EU customers at a profit either. You can complain that they sat on the rights to publish for too long, which of course is true, but that's a problem that just got worse over time. As in, it was too late to publish a DS title as it was dying out in favour of the 3DS (which was struggling in sales too remember?) and then the 3DS remake of Devil Survivor was on the horizon leaving them with the poor position of releasing a sequel to a game that is itself a spin-off of a niche series of JRPG that has already been updated for the 3DS. Releasing it now, several months after the PAL release of Devil Survivor: Overclocked is really the best and final time to do so (and seeing that they are only looking to break even, they know this also).

The fact that DS2 Break Code has not been confirmed for release in US markets let alone the PAL region leaves 3 possibilities.

1. It may not be released internationally at all.
2. It could be released only in Japan and the US.
3. It's to be released in all regions.

And at the same time, Ghostlight have the following options

1. Release DS2 in Europe at no loss (THIS IS THEIR BEST OPTION) AKA try to do something.
2. Having wasted any number of resources to complete the title, do nothing and take a loss.

Does anybody have any better suggestions? I don't and so I'm going to support this release because I'm one of those Europeans who haven't imported it/

Getting the bundle. I've been playing Strange Journey like crazy on my regular ds lately. It's a shame we didn't get a European release of that either.

Just imagine if every publisher did this? The PAL region wouldn't be the runt of the rpg gaming world

Definitely getting it. Also considering getting the eshop version of DS:Overclocked, always wondered why it wasn't there to begin with :

At the end of the day you can choose to support devs who will put the effort into supporting releases in our region or you can choose not to. Being a european, I know what choice I'm gonna make.

@Spaciouz Of course, they can do whatever they want, it's a free world. I just don't think people should be frothing at the mouth over this rendition that adds nothing to the original because I'm pretty sure the original was made with the same (but fewer) instruments. Even the tempo remained untouched like.

wow is anyone else completely underwhelmed by this? It's an utterly pointless rendition that didn't excite me in the least tbh

Well tbh I think maybe we will get a shot at the 3DS remake if this sells well enough. I'm not gonna play it just in case I can play the updated version later on in my own territory but at least in worst case scenario I'll have a personal collector's edition of it all to myself

Hang on wasn't this released in the US anyway? So are they doing a multi language release or just giving us the American edition with a European rating? Either way I'm buying it. Gonna show support for publishers who will take a chance to publish in Europe.

If only more publishers would do this. I mean even a limited release is better than no release at all right?

Since they're still supporting the 3DS why not patch fix the abysmal lag in Code of Princess, I payed €30 for a game I find hard to play with the lag and it's stuck on my 3DS for eternity, can't trade it in, can't play it. Waste of time and space, oh and money.

@JGMR Some games are too niche to have a physical release, or are too small to warrant the expense. At the end of the day I just want to play games and if having to bear a download-only title every once in a while I will.

So Sega seem to be clearing out all the Gamegear games..Does that mean they're making way for something else? 3D Classics and Megadrive games? Also I hate Nintendo for no SNES games on 3DS :

The selection of RPGs on the 3DS is abysmal in Europe, due to the region lock we're years behind even the US. Luckily Sega is pumping out these Gamegear classics which makes me a little less angry but Fire Emblem and 2 other cheap port RPGs (SMT:DSO and Tales of the Abyss) do not make a worthy successor to the DS's awesome RPG catalogue. I am dissapoint

Done, WII U needs moar games!!!1

christ!!

that looks not so good

50000

is this supposed to be an hour long?

stafy no densetsu 3ds fo sho

@mOh holy crap how did we forget timesplitters:O

And just to be controversial, I kinda liked Doshin the Giant hides

@squirtodile I'm playing Fire Red atm, but i'm only using cute un-evolved pokemon and its tough as nails!!

ok so maybe micro wouldn't work, but damnit I want a handheld that can fit in my pocket!

@Red_Kinetic You forgot Micro

soul caliber!!

Speaking of Mother 3...

Nah I do wanna see some changes to the 3DS homescreen and maybe SNES games on the virtual console and while we're at it, I hope they let us link our Wii VC games to the 3DS, that'd make my year. And ofc Monster Hunter 3G localised and with added online mode.

Not too much to ask is it?