Nicolai

"I don’t really feel like I want to remake any of [the Mario games]. It’s more natural to always create new mechanics and new games."
I may disagree with Miyamoto on many things, but this... this makes us soulmates!

... but otherwise: what the heck is wrong with creating new characters, Miyamoto?!

I sure hope they stay around long enough for me to get a salary job and paid vacation, so that I can choose where to go on vacation. I wanna play me some Taiko Drum on the streets!

It does seem like a really odd mistake to make. I suppose it's possible that the PR department isn't told the exact date beforehand (for anti-leak reasons?) so someone went ahead and wrote out "Nintendo 3DS: TBA; Nintendo Switch: TBA," and when the announcement happened, they quickly filled in the 3DS date and forgot to wipe the Nintendo Switch Part. They probably had the logos already, though, so it still seems weird that they wouldn't have the other details, unless maybe they received the logos from the higher-ups at the same time the Direct happened. It's a very unusual mistake.

Dear Lord... I m-must worship at this temple!

I believe the motion equivalent to button-mashing is "waggling."

You stay "most of us will buy them anyway," but I flat out refuse. I won't buy 1-2 Switch, a Pro Controller, an extra set of joy cons, and an extra dock until they've dropped the price dramatically; perhaps to $30 for 1-2 Switch, $50 for a Pro Controller, $50 for a dock, and I'll just wait until Nintendo releases a LoZ Edition joycon set that I can't pass up. I will not support and can't afford the prices they have now.

I mean, to think that I'll eventually want 4 pro controllers, yet I'll have to pay $280 (Basically a Nintendo Switch) for asp of them? I only paid $87.50 total for my Wii U Pro Controllers, thanks to that awesome mega clearance they had in 2013.

Calling this right now: in the next single-player campaign, you play as Marie, the main protagonist, to rescue Callie from the evil clutches of...

@Ralizah My bad >.>

Hey, Shantae Half Genie Hero was announced for the Switch yesterday. Odd how I haven't seen an article on it.
https://youtu.be/dcv-cf1CdeU

A "June" calendar? wtf? They can't even be bothered with a year-long calendar?

And it's not even a physical calendar either. Just an image. You could literally either redeem your coins, or just copy the image right off of the web page. It doesn't make a difference. There is no reason to actually redeem for any of this.

Now we need one that looks like Cookie-bite Mountain.

I'm sensing a trend here. They set up the last chapter making you think that they split up because the splatfest created inferiority issues between them, but now we know that is not the case. Now it's setting up to look like their careers just drifted apart as they each took solo gigs, but I bet next chapter we'll find that it's much more complicated than that.

@Steven_the_2nd Perhaps that's only for flexible goals, or if a goal succeeds, but they fail in their project? I'd send an email to support for clarification, but at this point, I'm not too worried that it won't reach it's goal. It's really rising pretty fast!

@Equinox @Steven_the_2nd You say that IndieGogo doesn't refund the donation if it fails, but I did some research on the site, and discovered that this is not the case.

On their support page,
under Refunds, it says "If you contributed to a fixed funding campaign that did not met its goal, your refund will be sent automatically within 5-7 business days of the campaign's deadline."

The campaigner is responsible for refunds only in the event of an achieved goal, or if the campaign is a "flexible goal," where the campaigner is allowed to adjust the rewards in the event of a failed goal. However, the SwitchCharge page clearly states an $80,000 fixed goal, and when clicked, says "This campaign will only receive funds if at least $80,000 USD is raised by its deadline."

I'm sorry to hear all this; it's sounds like someone like me who didn't grow up with Banjo Kazooie might not enjoy this. This game certainly won't win me over with charm, so it was the fundamentals I was hoping to appreciate.

The real unfortunate thing is that I don't really know if I would like it or not without playing it myself, but I'm not willing to take a chance on it right now. I hope when it comes to the Switch that it has a free demo.

"Those with nieces and cousins active on Twitter were monitored most closely."
Best line right there

This was like reading Nintendo of America fan-fiction!

I went for so long without knowing how to do this. I even made it to this surf champion's place in the mountains, and even she didn't tell me how to do it!

I remember the good ol' days when you found out about a game via being at a friend's house and rummaging through his stash. Good times, good times...

Spirit Tracks Zelda is still my favorite.

Boy is that lazy. You'd think in a case of public misinformation that he'd give more than one word as a "clarification."

"Clothing has never played a more important role in any Zelda titles than it does in Breath of the Wild."

Tri Force Heroes says hello.

But I always taste my cartridges to make sure I'm comfortable with them, like a dog circles his spot before he sleeps. This might be a deal-breaker for me, if I can't trust my Switch games.

"Trial and Error?" Definitely error.

@Tsurii, now if they don't release that tech demo, I'm gonna throw a fit.

sigh It sucks that this is the way the world works. But... no blame to Nintendo for this one.

"News."

But in all seriousness, I still prefer the black joy-cons.

37ºF seems pretty hot to me, but the joycons are what you will be holding, and I'm sure they're cooler than the rest of the system.

Ah geez, I thought this was just about Nintendo Accounts, but I guess this is another step. Nicolai was taken, so now I'm nicolai8bit.

I remember giving my gf a "You're a good egg!" Yoshi valentine one year from these. I'm not sure if she liked it or not.

Dang it, I always assume the NL front page is safe for work. That was a little embarrassing.

Well that was misleading. I thought from the bold tone the title was giving thatthis confirms the game places right after OoT, and before aLttP, MM, or WW. Which would really narrow it down! Now that I see how the question is worded, it really just rules out the SS timeline split theory.

An easy way to make about $3 mill.

Sounds fun, but I don't know what Nintendo's presence is like, or whether I'll even be available on that date. I dunno about hotel prices either.

This is.... I know it doesn't matter, but why the heck not?

Yeah, I remember the Nintendo Switch. Good times, good times...

It's like all of these 3rd party developers are saying that the Switch is going to be successful as way of saying that it will be fine without their help, as an excuse not to develop for it.

Remember when people thought bottled water would never sell? And now this...

I've played it, but never owned it. I'm excited!

A company is made up of a lot of people. I'm sure people throughout Nintendo thought differently about it, and someone in nintendo said one thing, where someone else said another. Though, In the business world, it's still all reflective of the company.

Also, for those complaining that this is clickbait: did the article not deliver what the title promised? They even put in the word "apparently." People at square said Nintendo was cold to them, and that was as big of a deal as I was expecting.

Someone NEEDS to send me that Mario statue.

It's probably Mario. Maybe zelda, but probably mario. Those are the only two Nintendo franchises worthy of "most famous in 30 years"

Eh, the general public doesn't need gameplay, they just need to see Mario on an iPhone.

@Vee_Flames: I don't blame them (or me), because when I am asked a question, I acknowledge the fact that I only know as much as I know, and I just answer it anyway. At the moment, the Switch version does seem more enticing, doesn't it, with it being more powerful and more portable? But we'll know more later on, and opinions will change.

Forshame, the 22% who merely "liked" the trailer :/

I want to live in a world where Nintendo sells this!

For anyone wanting to skip to the part where he plays it, skip to 36:58.

@Moon: The only one. 6 billion people on this planet, and you're the only one that didn't think Shark Tale was a non-ripoff blockbuster

All jokes aside, I'm not either. But whatever, its not like I was expecting Steven Spielberg.

There's a lot of other characters there, though... It could still be a coincidence, but it'd be a really weird coincidence. It so perfectly feeds into these rumors that it's hard not to believe that this was planned.

"but HEY! That's just a theory.

A GAME theory! Thanks for watching!"

Darn, I'm just one state away!

@Damo: Target now has Breath of the Wild game listed for June 13th. It's up to you if this is newsworthy or not.

This is an interesting idea! I like the name

They should have put that on the DKCTF box art. "Now Waggle Free!!"