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IMO this Nintendo Direct was even weaker than I expected. I was at the very least expecting a glimpse at Star Fox..

Well already got it on PS Vita, so will probably skip the 3DS version which will [most likely] have lower FPS (hell even the Vita-version has some framedrops). I am however going to buy the Wii U version if it runs on the gamepad. It really is an utterly fantastic game btw.

I bet the only worthwhile thing to come out of this is a release-date for Mewtwo..

I'm guessing we'll get some Splatoon, Mario Maker, Xenoblade, Yoshi and Mario Maker (all games IMO we already have plenty of information on) info and if we're really lucky, they might show us some Star Fox.

Ah well, here's hoping I'm wrong and it'll be hype.

Animal Crossing Wii U would totally save the day and might be even more of a system-seller than Zelda.

Quite lovely to see such a young child talk/know about the history behind Nintendo's characters.

For a second there, while reading the title, I thought this was cancelled again! Really glad to see that's not the case and a lovely interview to boot!

Also guess I'm a purist, because I'll definitely play through end even if it's clear I won't be able to get everything done before the days run out.

The mobile gaming market (not handheld!) is also very different from the traditional gaming market and almost souly depended on F2P games. From most [mobile] market studies it's clear that only about 2-5% of the people playing on mobile actually spend any money. Which basically means if you want to succeed on mobile for long periods (so not just one time hits like Flappy Bird), you have to either keep pushing out content for your F2P game (which of course can be bought with real money) or make a new F2P game once the user-base of your old one starts to decline.

Besides this, the popular games on mobile are often a lot less involved than the games we've come to love from Nintendo. Obviously this doesn't have to mean Nintendo will go down the same road to achieve success, but it does mean I'm highly sceptical about all this. And IMO if Pokémon Shuffle is anything to go by for what's to come out on mobile, I think my scepticism is justified. A lot of people will be happy to play those types of games though, I'm just not one of them.

I find it fascinating how so many people seem to believe in a 'unified platform', whereas this would mean that all games would've to work for both the home console and the inferior handheld/streamer. Obviously a bigger, more expensive console is always going to have 'stronger' hardware than it's portable, smaller counter-part. Unless of course you make the portable incredible efficient power-wise, but that would mean it'd probably have to cost more than the home console.

Unified account system, sure, but sharing between devices is nothing different from what Sony already does between the PS3/4 and Vita.

Been following this game for a while and will definitely buy it on release! Looks totally charming IMO.

I still can't believe they only released a white cradle for the regular N3DS and black only for the XL..

Like I'm going to buy a white cradle for my black N3DS.. Ugh Nintendo, get your freaking stuff together.

While I'm not impressed with this trailer, I am a total sucker for Western games/movies, so if it turns out to be any good, I'll most likely get it.

OMG Don't Starve on Wii U! Even though I already own it on PC and Vita, I'll still be getting this, in hopes of seeing more of Klei games on the Wii U (Mark of the Ninja f.e.)!

Seriously, if even these coverplates will be hard to come by, Nintendo really has to get it´s head out of it´s own ass..

Clicked 'Nothing for me this week' before noticing the 'One of the Kirby 3DS HOME Themes' option.. whoopsie! Definitely getting one of those!

While I'd have loved another 50% in the first week, I'll still be getting this one soon. Always love me some Kirby, but never bought it back when it first released (was probably not really looking at Wii releases anymore), so will be nice to finally play this one! And of course it's not going to be overly hard, I mean, it is Kirby after all. I mostly enjoy playing challenging games, but it's still nice to take a break and play with the Pink Puffball for a little while.

Looks utterly beautiful to me, so I'll definitely get this [if it gets decent reviews].

While I'm actually not that into Xenoblade, I have to admit that's one incredibly gorgeous cover-plate!

It reminds me of Hyper Dimension, so that definitely makes me want it to come to the West. Though I'm already pleased we've got Xenoverse coming our way soon.

EDIT: "Higher-res" scan (or at least a bigger image + translated )
http://a.pomf.se/znolvs.jpg

Huge Zelda fan here, but Link's face looks way to horrendous for me to find this 'awesome'.

EDIT: On a side note, I also haven't bought the Link Amiibo, because that looks even worse than this. I'm hoping (and guessing) there'll be a Zelda Amiibo series when Zelda Wii U releases and expect those to look better (if not for the simple fact they'll pose the model in a way they won't need the weird yellow bar for Link to lean on).

All of those Kirby themes are lovely! I'll probably only end up getting one (if we even get all of these here) of those and both Majora's Mask themes (because Zelda).

I just randomly clicked next until I had all my games and savegames on the N3DS. No problems here.

Couldn't you just start the article with: "it's a multiplayer quiz game focused on unique usage of the GamePad," because I didn't have to read further after that.

"The wait is over at last"

.. for Americans.

"amiibo functionality has been added to New Nintendo 3DS XL."

So not to the regular sized N3DS? (I already know it is for both, so dunno why you would put XL behind that)

Probably getting both those Zelda themes, because they're looking good (and I love me some Zelda)!

Good to see they'll be working 'till November, since I still have way too many other games to play first.

@TheRegginator People like you disgust me. If Sakurai hasn't created a single worthy Smash game, how come you care about Smash to begin with?

Is that the actual sound from the cutscene? No music playing in the background and some awfully blandly brought voice-acting. Really made me cringe more than the graphics ever would.

Got it right away! Had exactly 3000 stars left.

I have to somewhat agree with the first post, seeing as I love Point&Click games, but am not at all interested in 2D shooters with aeroplanes.

Yes please! This game is utterly great. I do hope they go with the original graphics though, did not care much for how the one with 3D models looked (judging from screenshots/trailers).

Note: The one with 2D graphics and the 3D depth-filter on the 3DS is my favourite port.

I already re-bought this game on the 3DS as to not having to waggle. Obviously not buying this version (would've if it had supported the gamepad).

It is an utterly fantastic game of course.

Main reason I've never gotten into Monster Hunter is because the one I did buy had way too long loading-times between (IMO) very small segments, which put me off the entire game instantly. I prefer my open-worlds to actually be an open-world. Plus big open-world RPG's are pretty much always popular in the West (if done right, obviously), so here's hoping they'll make one for the Wii U with an actual open-world.

Seems really strange that the article doesn't contain a link to the actual post by Nintendo.. Adding a source link to your articles is something a good 'reporter' should be doing automatically IMO.

I'm glad I won't have to actually choose between these games, can't wait to get both!

People who say: I was going to get the XL anyway, so it doesn't matter to me; do you have no sympathy or something? I'm from Europe and I can still see how there are plenty of people who'd rather buy the regular N3DS in the US, so it still matters to me that Nintendo would do something so stupid. Maybe next time they won't sell the thing you want in your region, will you care then?

If the thing wasn't region locked, this wouldn't be that bad, but since it is, this is just an utterly stupid move by Nintendo.

And this is coming from an European.

Already got my New 3DS, so mostly just hoping for new game announcements! Plus knowing when and which face plates will hit Europe would be nice.

Looks gorgeous, but as some have already stated, quite a waste of time and effort.

This is as fake as fake gets.

There wasn't a shipping option to select when I bought one, but ok..

I wanted a XL and might still get one of those as well, but just couldn't resist buying this now.. So I did!

I've got an email, but I can't login on the page/url the sent me..

I feel terrible for having missed the post about it being pulled from the Eshop in Europe.. Was thinking about buying it about a week ago, if only I had done so.

Not like I don't have enough games already on the 3DS, but Tetris was my first Gameboy game together with Super Mario Land 2. Ugh, really feel like a fool for not having bought it now.

I never even heard about this promotion.. apparently earned myself 5 coupons. So I'm glad that you guys posted about this and that the exchange period has been extended!

Why anyone would pay over 400 bucks for a broken piece of junk is beyond me..

Honestly I couldn't care less about watching movies on a 3DS. Also just seems really random and useless to release this [now] instead of say a more recent Pixar movie.

Main reason I keep buying every Nintendo console, those games are all of such high quality, just like almost every game Nintendo releases. IMO Rayman feels a bit out of place though, since it's on all platforms and Nintendo had nothing to do with it (same goes for Bayonetta 1 actually ).

Wow, very original and beautifully made!

So, so jealous right now, being an European and all...