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@Mauzuri That would be Dragon Quest VIII - Journey of the Cursed King. I'm a little confused though, that you liked that one, as DQ XI is basically DQ VIII 2.0.

You can even tell, that the picture was originally taken in a German shop, based on the big USK logo on Pikmin 3/ Mario 3D World and some German text beneath the takealot logo.

@Mauzuri A shame, considering two of the three games released after it are way better.

@CharlieGirl You can still download purchased games after March 2023, just not buy new ones. Even the Wii Shop channel hasn't fully shut down yet, so I wouldn't worry too much about this.

@ILIKECARGAME Except this was obviously an error and everyone that exploited it was aware of that fact.

@Orpheus79V Super Mario 3D All-Stars will get delisted in a few days, though. Nintendo is probably releasing SM64, Sunshine and Galaxy separately after that.

@WoomyNNYes They were only showing games that are available on Switch right now. So from that perspective it makes perfect sense to exclude SMG2.

I'm like 100% sure these three games (plus SMG 2) will be available separately on the eShop after March. The only thing missing will be the soundtracks.

@Tourtus You are aware this is part of all the 35th Anniversary stuff and they wouldn't keep it as intended, if they had to delay the rest, right?

@PhilMyth Ah yes, because English is such a foreign language to us from the continent. I'm sorry you can't play with your American "cousins", but maybe it's time to remember, that you are European, too and since we share a common, several thousand years old history, I sure hope the bond between us is stronger than our differences.

@Yosher You won't get anything out of rocks in multiplayer

@Saro It's a Dutch TV show that has been licensed to almost 40 other countries.

@Moroboshi876 On the 3DS version of the game the beginning will be shown in both versions. 3D on the top and 2D on the bottom screen. At a certain point in the story you have to choose one version, which is probably what you had read. However, you can always change it, when talking to a priest!

@Moroboshi876 Of course it'a possible to switch between 2D and 3D at any time. You just have to talk to a priest.

@jockmahon Yeah, of course. The battery is significantly smaller, what do you expect?

@Bondi_Surfer Of course there is something Nintendo can do: buy. This is how Ubisoft saved its ass, when almost everyone thought they wouldn't manage to survive the hostile takeover attempt by Vivendi. Not even Ubisoft itself. Remember how they were basically saying Goodbye at E3 2017 (? I think)?

@Wavey84 Mortal Kombat was never gonna be on it as the first few games are still indexed in Germany, which means they (or any product containing them) can't be advertised in any capacity or openly sold, except in adult shops only. Indexed games are basically handled like porn here.
They could have given NA and Europe their own exclusives of course, but it probably wasn't worth it for them.

@StevenG I don't blindly trust marketing claims, I trust M2, because I KNOW of the quality of their emulations. That aside, I never owned a Sega console and am not familiar with most of the games on the system- not exactly fanboy material, but nice try.

@StevenG You don't know what you're talking about. M2 hasn't worked on any mini devices before. They have done a tremendous job with the Sega Ages and GBA Virtual Console games for example, though; not re-using any code and often even using a specialised emulator for every game to ensure perfect emulation. Furthermore, I don't know why the hardware is a problem as long as it gets the job done.

In the end it is clear you didn't spend a second to educate yourself about this product and are just being negative for the sake of being negative.

@StevenG No, M2 is doing emulation. If you know M2, you know they are the best of the best.

"Ever played an old Game Boy classic on the Wii's Virtual Console"

No; in fact no one has (legally), since there are no Game Boy games on the Wii's Virtual Console.

@FNL Because this "fun and free little easter-egg" was actually promised during the kickstarter campaign, in which they btw didn't specify it wouldn't be ready with the launch of the game.
Backers had to wait almost two years for this mode and this is the result? It's downright insulting. I'm still waiting for the orchestral music that was promised, even though I'm not really looking forward to it anymore after all this mess.

@LuciferOnReddit It's not the fault of the USK. You, as a German, should know better.

@Matthew010 You actually get 2 GBP worth of points (200), which are 5% and exactly what you got back in the Wii U days (when everyone was praising the program).
For some time now they have decreased the value of gold points by giving 5 times as much. So a 60 bucks game gives you 300 gold points now. You really can't expect them to give you a 30% price cuts for 3 1/3 games, just by purchasing one game. The reason 3DS and Wii U rewards are still so cheap is, because they haven't transitioned yet to the new gold point value. Unless Nintendo doesn't give a flying Waluigi WAH for the old systems, this will probably happen, as soon as all 'old' (more valuable) gold points have been either spent or expired.

@abe_hikura Nintendo Treehouse is a division of Nintendo of America and because they are the ones hosting the livestreams at E3 it's called "Treehouse @ E3".
Gamescom on the other hand is a German expo and thus, Nintendo of Europe is the one managing Nintendo's booth and livestream presentations. It wouldn't make sense for them to call it Treehouse.

@Varkster If this behaviour would scare developers/ publishers away, they weren't in this industry; it has nothing to do with Nintendo fans. There are people like this on all platforms. #Bayonetta

@XenoShaun It's coming to Europe as well on the same date.
@AxeltheBuizel The franchise is doing quite good in Europe, actually.

Carcassonne is the IP of German board game publisher "Hans im Glück" btw. No idea why Asmodee is in charge of the Switch version.

@gurtifus: Caverna and Agricola are not Ystari but Lookout Spiele games. Could still happen though, as Asmodee bought Lookout some years ago. Agricola is very likely, but Caverna is not that popular, so don't expect it.

@Henmii He doesn't really go to the Pokémon Company. He'll be representing the interests of Nintendo within the Pokémon Company, while also becoming a director at NCL.

@FragRed He's still the President of Nintendo of Europe until the end of June, we don't know yet. Starting on the first of July he will be part of the NCL board of directors.

@Bonus-Level
Euer Spiel sieht echt stark aus! Vielleicht sind die Verkaufszahlen ja so hoch, dass ihr doch noch 'ne Retail-Fassung hinterherschieben könnt; ich würd's euch gönnen.

@Untempered-Link Yeah, thought so! Up until 2008/2009 the age rating was pretty small and unintrusive:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mario/images/f/f8/Verpackung_PM2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20090721102157&path-prefix=de

Then our former minister of family affairs made a big deal of the small text on it and prepared a law which fixed the size and position of the age rating logo for video games and films (up until that point the age rating for films has been somewhere on the back: https://www.wog.ch/nas/cover_large/d2/back/rdvd_tudorsseason2.jpg

USK and FSK (the film rating board) publicly objected the law, because it would ruin the cover art, without effectively strengthen youth protection. In the end they couldn't stop it, though, which led to some bizarre covers the first few months, like this:
http://www.uwes-adventureseite.de/Nintendo_DS/Syberia.jpg

After a short period of time USK and FSK came up with a solution to somewhat lessen the negative impact. Huge parts of the logo are now semitransparent and, while as big as required, the new USK logo doesn't take as much space of the cover art, because it isn't diamond-shaped anymore. It's not much, but I don't know what else they could have done.

The funny thing is, that due to the huge backlash, most of our DVD and Blu-ray releases now use so called "Wendecover" or stickers to get rid of the ugly logos. Unfortunately that's still a very rare practice with video games.

@TheOpponent It's pretty pathetic to despise (!) an age rating board, just sayin'. Anyway, give me your reason and I will tell you, why the USK is actually not at fault.

@Ardisan Sorry I ruffled your feathers, but I'm not the one turning it into a never-ending discussion, sweetpie.
Anyway, to bring it to an end: There are lot of amazing food items and options in the US and due to the magnitude of influences from different cultures, the variety and quality of international cuisines is often unmatched. I want to make it clear I'm not hating on the US, but merely making a judgement of the bread and cheese available in the US. There are other things to be proud of, no need to take it personally.

@Grawlog It's actually based on experience, but whatever...
and I don't have prejudices against the US, but I'll say this: Most of you don't have the ability to laugh about yourself. No German video on youtube without stupid Hitler comments by US-Americans, no American comedian who's not shouting like an idiot when saying German words (to underline what an aggressive language it is). It's all oh-so-funny, but god forgive someone makes a tongue-in-cheek comment about your horrendous bread and cheese.

@PanurgeJr Relax, it was tongue in cheek. Also, it is a well-known fact that American bread and cheese suck.

@cfgk24
Yeah, that as well. Greek Yogurt with honey, nuts and/ or saisonal fruits is amazing.

@Grawlog "What does cold even have other than cereal?"

Dude
(But I'll take any chance to post this video:
https://youtu.be/YSAqTdc-Y2g?t=56s)

@Dev You are from the US, so I'll just assume you've never eaten actual good bread, cheese or hack antipasti. There are so many amazing cold food options for breakfast and cereals isn't really one of them.

@In_Ex_Fan
1. It is possible to use Wii Virtual Console ROMs that you bought on the SNES Mini.
2. It is possible to dump ROMs of physical games you own and use them on the SNES Mini.
3. Both of these methods are perfectly legal in most countries.
4. EULAs are not laws and by breaching them, you are not violating any law; so you are NOT a criminal. Thankfully privately owned businesses aren't yet allowed to dictate law.
5. Within the European Union (any maybe in other countries as well) EULAs are forbidden. On newer systems like the Switch you don't have to agree to any EULA if you are choosing Europe as region (since the system is the same worldwide, you can try it out for yourself, if you want!). Any EULAs you have agreed to on older systems are void, because THEY are what's violating the law. I guess some countries do actually give a nibelsnarf about consumer rights.

@spizzamarozzi google translate is your friend:
"You can continue to use "Wii Ware" "Virtual Console" re-downloaded, or "Moving from Wii" to move data from Wii to Wii U, but in the future these services It is also scheduled to close."

So yes, the ability to re-download games won't there be forever, but it will not shut down in January 2019.

@Yorumi Apparently you can still re-download games after January 2019, but not buy them anymore.

I really don't get why these Third Party controllers don't include a home button. I can understand it for Nintendo, because they want maximum accuracy, but if I buy a wireless controller, I don't want to get up every time to change the game.

@amyr0se Yeah, no [removed], if you steal something, it's free.

_{@scamander Mind your language please - Octane}

Don't support white supremacists by giving them clicks.

Am I the only one who thinks the beginning of the trailer sound like the BotW theme? Lol

@Sinister Probably, because it's kinda like the definitive version and barely anyone would buy Gold/ Silver when Crystal is available. If they sell it at a later date they count on many people double-dipping and overall higher sales as a result.