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I don't remember seeing this in the Direct. Was it only shown in the European Direct?

WHOOPS!! Lol.

@rjejr That's a fair point. At this point, who knows what might happen?

@rjejr I've always assumed that most directs were regional, to some point. I mean, they definitely have to do different takes for each language, and even after that, I'm sure they personalise each one. In the past, there was probably continuity between what Iwata said in each region, and then they would always have a brief segue into Bill Trinen or another detailing regional releases. Though I don't think Damien necessarily means that we're getting a completely different direct, if that's what you thought.

That bunny looks so... untrustworthy. I shall read carefully.

There's no chance of Miyamoto taking charge of this; he's never spoken more than a few sentences of English to the public. I'm not putting my money on Kimishima either, though he might pop up for a brief statement.

I see three possibilities: either they hire a professional speaker, they find someone who's not a well known executive to be an official speaker, or regional directs become the norm (meaning that Miyamoto or someone else could be a regional speaker for Japan). Iwata had a big job and was pretty good at his English; not too many other people may be willing to do that in addition to their daily work. I guess we'll see who in a few days, though.

I gotta say, when I first saw this article listing, I assumed it was just another Nintendo Direct-related troll article using the logo. This is so exciting!

I don't even care what gets shown. It's just nice to feel that Nintendo is back to normal.

Wow, you know you're up late in the United States when Nintendolife starts posting their first articles of the day. Have a good night, er... morning, everyone!

One of my favorites, too. Isn't it a little weird, though, to call the second generation "the first Pokémon games to introduce new types," and "the first time we saw new Pokémon," when we technically got 151 new Pokémon and 15 new types in the first generation? I wouldn't call Gen 2 a first just because it's the first title that wasn't the first (read that carefully, lol). Still, I loved the color, the intro animations, the phone records, and the synced-up times of day. I remember thinking it was cool that some Pokémon only showed up in the actual evening. Red Gyarados, Ruins of Alph, the appearance of Kanto; they were all really cool when I was a kid.

Here's an interesting statistic: in 2014, 80% of single parents are female, and single parent households are common, more than half. That means that kids who "own" consoles are much more likely to have mothers taking care of them than fathers, as sad as that is.

https://singlemotherguide.com/single-mother-statistics/

I'm scared...

So... darn... adorable!

Now that is really clever! Great job, fan!

Since the developer kits were distributed, does anyone know if any rumor has said anything about whether it's harder or easier to develop for it than the Wii U? Because, to me, that will have a direct influence on what kind of 3rd party support the NX will have.

"That's right. He/she is Shiba [a Japanese breed]. "
Wait, you mean one of these?

Aww! Aaaaawww!!! (sips cup of tea, pauses a couple seconds)... AAWWWWW!!!! I don't know what to say...

@faint I think I'm going to delete that part of my comment, because I really want people to focus on my main point.

But in all fairness, you're right, I guess it isn't really the same as Facebook, now that I think about it.

Hey guys, do you remember that time Nintendo sold that console where they only developed one game for it? No? /sarcasm

I mean, he's right about this app trying to be what people are just going to use Facebook for, but why does he get the idea that this is Nintendo's only direction they're going with mobile? Obviously, they're going to develop several, or dare I say, many games on mobile. Does he really think every app Nintendo is developing for this platform is a Mii-based social media service?

"December is the biggest selling season in our traditional business, and we want to do right by our lineup of software and hardware. We thought it best the smartphone application would follow after that."
Well, that's kinda stupid. Why would they think that a Mii-based mobile game would get in the way of ANY of their console software sales? MiiTomo uses an IP no other holiday title is using, and is on a completely different device, with a ftp model. Who would buy this game instead of anything on their console? In fact, they should really be filling out their holiday season with MORE titles, since it's so bare.

It's good that Nintendo is starting to be more sustainable internally, but it's still a shame that they didn't make any more profit. Mostly, I'm just glad to see Splatoon doing so well.

@bitleman @Gerbwmu I never really thought of this as a spin-off, since it's made by Nintendo, is the same genre of game, has its own place in the timeline, and technically features link. It's as much a main Zelda game as 4 swords is. The only oddities are how its a multiplayer game, and the lack of a freely explorable overworld.

Yay, Miyamoto doesn't like excessive violence either! You, me, against the rest of the world, Shiggy

Then again, I don't think this non-violent philosophy makes very much sense in an adult-oriented shooting game

@stinky_t, Team Not to Be would be a very depressing bunch.

I still probably won't get this, but maybe a decent review would change my mind. It's still currently a no.

I still probably won't get this, but maybe a decent review would change my mind. It's still currently a no.

@Gerbwmu It doesn't even officially have a 2016 release date right now, in my opinion. The only thing that says that is some post-E3 infographic, and how trustworthy can that be? In my opinion, a 2016 release will be "officially announced" in the interview.

@NintyMan, And I wouldn't underestimate the power of "just a few comments and teases." We haven't heard any news in a year! Any sliver of information is going to be heralded in these dark times, the infamous Hype Famine of '15.

This tells me there's no direct this week.

The 3DS is so stable, I strap 3DS's to my shoes, so that I never ever trip!

@gatorboi352 I don't think us Nintendo die-hard's make up 10,000,000. I may be one, but the 6 or 7 people I know or have met personally who own a Wii U aren't total fanatics, and usually own other systems. 2 of them are small children. Now, that may be just my experience, but why exactly would a little kid "freak-out" over a controller that looks just like their dad's iPad?

Nintendo isn't lacking in the family-friendly factor; the problem lies more in the fact that, well, it's looks just like their dad's iPad. Why get a Wii U, when dad can just download you Minecraft on his identical-looking device that isn't tethered to the living room? It's not that it isn't interesting, but unless their parents have played Mario when they were kids, they'll probably just say "enjoy what you have."

@MoonKnight7 I'm kinda hoping for more gimmicks, in a sense. I want Nintendo to do something that isn't what the Vita already is to the PS4. Motion-controls, 3D, and second-screen gaming have been a blast.

I was really not expecting Nintendo to go the route EVERYBODY thinks they're going. I'm still skeptical, or maybe this isn't the NX's only feature. Nintendo's gotta know that this is the #1 idea on people's minds, and they love doing the unexpected.

Go ahead and release it, but I have no reason to get it, or any more Zelda remakes from now on. I got Wind Waker HD because I never owned or played it, and I got Majora's Mask becuase it was my favorite one. But now that I own every Zelda game, with Majora's Mask out of the way, I have no need for anything that's not brand new.

@Kobeskillz @WhiteTrashGuy, it sounds bland when I listen. I guess it's because it doesn't express as many moods and emotions as symphonies from composers that I like. It's all epic and heroic, but that's all it expresses. This is what I hear in this performance, as well as the tracks that were on the CD that came with Skyward Sword, and other previews I've heard them play. Is there anything more meaningful that they play in live performances?

Oddly, I'm just feeling happy that some big news is finally being talked about, but it baffles me too. Roughly between the time-span of the release of Skyward Sword and Zelda U, Nintendo will have remade EVERY 3D Zelda game that came before them. It's just so excessive, and it's going to take a lot from Nintendo to convince me to buy it (meaning I probably won't).

...Still don't like it. I feel really bad, I love the symphony, and people keep telling me to go see it, and keep telling me how incredible it is, and I really want to like it with them, but I just don't think it's any good. I can't be the only one who thinks so, can I? Maybe that wasn't one of their better pieces, or something?

Though I already had this Splatfest, I'll root for my fellow Cat lovers across the pond!

I don't blame them, this seems to happen with a lot of Wii U ports. Here's to hoping that the NX, while I still hope will differ from its competition, is easier to develop for.

I heard terrible things about Yoshi's New Island, so I didn't get it. Did anyone think otherwise?

So they asked for a budget that wouldn't yeild the game, hoping for the miracle that some private investor would fund the rest? That's similar to betting your loss at a casino and hoping you'll break even, except someone else is paying the bet and eating the loss instead if you lose. If that's not irresponsible, I don't know what is.

I never got this game, so this will be new to me. I don't quite understand it, though. It got really popular, but why was it great? What did it do, other than show you all of your attempts at once?

@Aromaiden Oh wow, that much? Still, if he's paying his lawyer, the lawyer is going to cost him a lot.

If he's having trouble paying off $400 dollars, then how's he paying his lawyer? I'd understand if it's about principal, but he was saying before how he needed a payment plan, because he couldn't pay it off right away.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, he coukd be family or something. No need to jump to conclusions.

@MitchVogel, Ah, I see. I'm a very patient person, so I guess I've always overlooked the security process. Even as a musician, where they're guaranteed to think my French Horn is a weird metal death machine, and I get stopped and searched at every terminal I take it into, it's still worth it to see what it looks like above the clouds.

Wow, I saw this theme and immediately thought "who in their right mind would choose cars over a plane?" and the reviewer and first 2 commenters say car. I mean, really? What more amazing thing is there in this world than flying?

@rjejr, yeah, but I'd say that Mario Maker's living up to expectations, if it is indeed selling around the same speed as Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon. Both Mario Maker and Splatoon are turning out to be two of the more popular titles on this system, and will have no problem getting to NSMB.U's total sales at this rate, years down the line. What more could you expect?

@rjejr
"This is a 2D sidescroller w/ MARIO in it, shouldn't we have expected it to do at least as well as new IP kid-squid Splatoon?"
I think that's more due to Splatoon selling unusually well rather than Mario Maker selling unusually bad. I'm not sure how verifiable, but according to a post on the Splatoon Thread, Splatoon is selling faster than Mario Kart 8 at this time after its launch.

However, I still don't think that Mario Maker has the same appeal to the casual market as a traditional Mario game, because it requires too much out of the player to play the main part of the game.

Bummer. I was actually looking forward to this, but I don't know if I'm going to like it with these shortcomings. I think I'll be fine using the visual messages, but the backstory that sounds like it's from a Kirby game. At first, I kinda liked how abnormal the plot was, but the more I read into it, the more it just sounds downright silly, like it's cheap satire. The worst thing out of all of this is the poor level design, if that is indeed true.

I wanna ride this to school every day.

Inklings ftw.

Though I have this nagging feeling that they aren't give us any official results per se. The way the poll was set up was kinda strange. Do they have an efficient way of categorizing and tallying the votes? Grouping together those that voted for K. Rool and those that voted for King K. Rool, or those that voted for Inking vs those that voted for Inkings, or Inking Girl? I have a feeling they might just survey small section of the votes, and guess from that.

The end of console cycles may happen sometime, but it's not happening next gen, and cloud gaming isn't going to boot it out. I think it's more likely that we'll have a longer console cycle, when people grow tired of buying a new machine every 5 years, and companies just have to try to support their current console for longer. But people still buy iPhones every two years, so it's not happening any time soon.