Nintendude92

I honestly can't believe the ammount of people saying 8 is a bad score. It's as if because they want to buy it, it must have a 9 or they get insecure. Because if it recieves 10, it's ludicrous and compared to everything.

Please pay more attention to the writing and use that to gauge your mileage.

This game is great by any scale.

I'm on Atlus' side after Catherine. Will keep a close eye on this.

I want more details on the dlc, really.. From what I've been reading they charge you nearly $5 each map, unit (normally bundled with a map).

I also hope this game and its additional content doesn't get censored or modified for "the audience in the states", because alot of games like this do. It's still traditionally fire emblem but features like marriage or interaction is geared towards them and the onslaught of games like that on 3DS over at Japan.

We'll see I guess

@5. "No offense but I find a lot of this review to be based a bit too much on your personal opinion."

It's almost like a review is the authors opinion and not anyone elses!

@Bass_X0 I'm nearly certain they'll leave it. It's down two entire expansions and alot of the costumes that were paid for the other consoles are free here.

Now one thing they SHOULD fix is charge moves on lite mode.

Mighty Switch force update is great, and now I know NoA is full of crap for saying the Mario kart bugs couldn't be fixed without revised retail copies.

The retail game was actually pretty good. Online play could cement a purchase from me at only $10.

@14 Those shots pretty much single handedly destroyed any type of competition in Mario Power Tennis. They would be fun in like an item mode as per tradition but otherwise I am glad they are not here.

..so far anyway

Simply fantastic. This game oozes replay value after a stellar singleplayer campaign!

Kinda surprised that the VC is being neglected. There's plenty to enjoy on the service but it's still so young-- I do not understand the drought.

@SkywardLink98 12 hours isn't too bad, I'm really looking for at least a Mario 3D Land length. Not long at all, but a healthy amount of fresh content

I don't know that I'll enjoy multiplayer and the bulk of unlockable content seems to be oriented for showing off to other players. So I'm on the fence in terms of overall length of the campaign.

How long is this game? I feel like it would have a star fox length and live off of replay value through the Cauldron feature. No review seems to mention length of the campaign, but that it is stuffed with tons of unlockables

Mm, I can't be mad with the rush they had, I've still got plenty to play

I do want Mario land 3 though!

@Koops3 Gotta know if this is considered an official release. Gotta get dat license

I would be more shocked at this news if similar things hadn't happened on the dream cast already

Will wait for marvel pinball, especially if there's a wolverine table like on iOS

If this had multiplayer, it would be local and none of you would use it anyway

I'll say that it does take away from some of the wacky charm-- but this tough as nails platformer is NOT to be played multiplayer towards the latter half, I'll tell you that much

The peripheral itself looks fine. Just not buying it. If there's a revision, fine, but no peripherals.

How long is it exactly? You mention bonus levels in any given stage-- but how many stages overall? I'll probably pick it up regardless but still, would be nice to know

And @15. They've already stated it's not going to be there and the reasons why. They say it's costly and a time consuming process for a small team-- but they want it on there as soon as possible.

If I had a nickel for every time a gaming site has quoted 4chan and been right, I'd..

Not have a lot of nickels, I guess

Is the pace of gameplay we've seen in footage as fast as it gets? As in, is there a run button?

It just looks slow to me. To put it bluntly,

"I think the game looks slow. Is it slow, in your eyes?"

This was a good year for Nintendo games, even if it took them forever to come out. Every game on this list is deserving of praise!

@2. Rayman's controls are fantastic. Once you get in the groove of hopping and bopping on enemies, you can move more fluently than you could in any platformer-- save super meatboy. Have you seen the par time clears? The way everything just flows together perfectly? The game is an underrated gem. The points you make are that of brand recognition. Man, I sure like Kirby. Man, co-workers sure do like Mario more than Rayman.

Rayman is a roaring good time with friends, the level design is something to marvel at and the aesthetic is simply wonderful. I'd rather drive innovation with something so lovingly crafted than to play it safe like Kirby did.

Say Rayman didn't make 3rd on this list, I doubt kirby would have been next up. I liked Kirby, I 100%'d it, but it isn't anything spectacular.

@44. "It should at least make up for the disappointment of Epic Yarn once I get my hands on it."

"once I get my hands on it."

^So it deserves a spot in your opinion having not played it?

I have this and Super Meat boy.

I would buy this again on the eshop no problem, and might even enjoy it on that format more. I just doubt Nintendo would take it with how crude and offensive some of the things in isaac can seem. Major points to Nintendo if it gets a green light

Seems far too short after the first five levels out of the way in under 10mins.. but that could just be me jumping to conclusions.

Looks great, sounds great, plays great

You have 3,000 coins and all parts? I'm nearing 3.5k and still need ~3 parts

@45. it's based on the duration of your drift, and turning inwards reduces the time needed to build the boost

Finally the eshop exclusive games are coming out.. gonna grab pushmo

Pushmo is good, and we just got the firmware update. Wario Land on the way right? Just wait a bit

Since some people wanted to know,

According to Kotaku, here are the item options:
All Items
Coins Only
Bananas Only
Mushrooms Only
Bob-ombs Only
No Items at all

You cannot disable a specific item. No axeing blue shells.

However, I saw in footage that you can get a mushroom in first place.. so there's that if you have a convincing lead

Pass on both.

I saw the trailer on the eshop. It looks really retro, but it also looks really slow.. I'm not big on slow platformers

@82. I saw a video where someone received two stars at the end of a cup. I don't think you're in the clear quite yet

Say Corbie, I read in the game informer review that you could disable blue shells via the community features. But what I read on IGN was that you can set a specific item to be the only item used in the race, and that you couldn't cherry pick a roster of items.

Is there a way to turn off blue shells via the community feature without axeing the rest of the roster?

Yes, I hate them

Eh if it's anything like the other entries in the series there will be a best character/kart combination.

Unless the terrain makes a substantial difference, for the best time trials "traditionally" there is a best kart. So I never took too much interest in this feature

So I agree with Miyamoto's initial hesitation but for different reasons..

There's already a review on eurogamer.. wonder no longer

It's an average game, you'll have fun if you're into time attack.

Online is no good, lag and these crap items that slow you down

Honestly I'm taking a pass on this because creating characters or customizing a world is what I want Animal crossing for. I thought this would be a decent platformer but I guess not. From what I've read in a few reviews the controls are strange to suit the creatures created-- and that doesn't appeal to me. I can see why it could be fun but I have never been one for creation tools-- save the stellar Warioware: DIY.

Good review

An interesting concept that is ultimately too pricey. They did a pretty good job of trying to mask Activision's love for DLC.

I'll wait until they run this into the ground before buying any version if at all, I'm sorry

Good review, just can't stomach paying for additional on-cart content

The reviews that are down on this game are because Kirby has been in some very good experimental titles recently-- but it has been too long since his last traditional outing. This is the Donkey kong country returns of 2011

BLUE SHELL WITH NO WINGS<3

In Mario kart 64, the blue shell traveled up the middle and hit anyone in it's wake right up until first place.

This is much better, I felt flying blue shells were utterly pointless to players in the back; they aren't any closer to the lead after using it.

But really, Bullet bill fills the role and doesn't ruin the winners lead

Expanded friend functionality to go along with Mario Kart 7's features

Comes out too close to Mario land, but I will probably get this one

The problem with that is there are virtually no good free games on the iOS.. Sales are an okay idea, but I like Nintendo's firm stance on price. But the 3rd party not maintaining value, often having their games on both platforms with the iOS better and cheaper is troubling. Cut the rope and plants vs zombies being prime examples. Retail is a bigger issue. If you want $40 off me, you're really going to have to bring the bells and whistles these days-- there's incredible value on things like steam and other platforms that make it easy to ignore mediocre 3DS outings

What is it with the comments here? "Oh it got an 8, I was expecting a 9.. I'll buy it anyway though"

8's a good score. And at the end of the day, this game is very light on content if you're not a high score type of person.

Don't botch this one up too, Nintendo. There's still a software drought and Mario can't come soon enough.

Oh my god the multiplayer was sooo much fun, you need friends to play it with.. We still dust this one off, damn shame MP3 didn't have one

The Sonic 4 team is on this one too.

Release the games, (and the colors conveniently at the same time) and they shall come.

Mm.. might get Xevious

They are doing arcade-esque titles.. If they gave me Donkey Kong, I would love them forever.. That or Mario bros. Might buy this to have the set depending on what the other titles end up being, still not sold on xevious

@24. on a summer month on a new platform? Those copies of Zelda all went to starved users. Myself included. It pulled in 7.9 mil on n64, they haven't sold that many systems yet.

It's also a remake. Fantastic game and I'm glad it's doing well, but I don't expect record numbers from anything on 3DS for quite some time

@16. Yes I have.. Mario Land is only 4 worlds long, Link's Awakening short, beaten ocarina time and time again and plowed through donkey kong on a plane ride..

Japan very far ahead.. and since every region has their own manager, it looks like this could be a trend :/

Might buy Shantae since I bought an eshop card

@22. With other titles (and 3D xevious too right?) out, that's poor reasoning. The shop has been out for a few weeks after being months late and the pace is slow. I think everyone has a right to be upset.

Oh man, they left out Johnny Bravo?

No sale.

Action buttons? First I've heard of those..

Do you feel this Mario kart will be watered down in terms of competitive play? I've maxed my VR several times on Mario Kart Wii thanks to bikes-- and this looks like we're only getting kart drifting. It's kind of worrying.