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Cool, I was hoping for a score of around 7 for this game. After the very disappointing "Lost Valley" game, this should be a welcome relief.

Awesome! I missed out on the Kirby soundtrack when it was last available (I was able to get the Mario 3D Land soundtrack previously though). I knew sooner or later that there would be something I really wanted on the Australian Club site. Thanks Nintendo!
I still have over 5000 stars as well - which is a lot in Australia (meaning that I can still get that something special [if there will be one], fingers crossed)!

@shigulicious Maybe but it's not really surprising, Mario and Link have always dominated Nintendo consoles.

6 out of 10 games that I voted for made it into the top 10, not too bad (Fantasy Life is missing though).
Glad to see Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros., Luigi's Mansion, the Zelda games and Super Mario 3D Land there.
On another note, I am glad to see that Tomodachi Life and New Super Mario Bros. 2 (nothing really new about it) did not make it into the list, I did not really enjoy those games (although many of my friends did).

Australia has sucked for stocking any of the Amiibos (at least my local stores).
After months of not being able to find a single Amiibo, I saw the whole Mario Party range yesterday. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser (and yes even) Toad. Who knows how long they will last in store? I decided to get Yoshi, Toad and Bowser while they were still available. My first Amiibos!

I played this on my American 3DS and I have to agree with the score for this one. I really did not enjoy it much at all. Too much work and there is not even a town. I just found it tedious and boring.
I am looking forward to Story of Seasons though!

Who cares about downloadable games? I already have all the games that I want. I want collectables like NA got. Otherwise, I feel like I spent all my time filling out those surveys for nothing.

Looks like someone has seen Wreck-It Ralph!

Alright, I won't hate Japan for getting more awesome Sega 3DS themes. However, can I hate them for the million and one other awesome things that they also get?

Maybe this will be a reason for me to finally get a Smartphone or the like. I have had my mobile phone for more than a decade now (it has no internet, apps, camera or anything like that). The only thing that it can actually do is make phone calls. I have always been fine with that, as that is all I ever wanted it for. Maybe Nintendo finally making this step is also a wake up call for myself.

Thanks EB Games! While I am at it, can I also pre-order the future Mario and Zelda games for the NX as well? Even though no details are known about them yet either. We all know that they will happen, so why wait?

@Liam_Doolan I would just be grateful to find any of them in the stores at all. I like the majority of characters who have been released so far. I can't justify paying the extortionate prices I have seen for them though.

My cousin and I both wanted the original (wave 1) Yoshi. I almost bought it but stupidly decided that I would just get it (if he didn't) in the not too distant future. This was before they became so highly sought after. We can only find him for $40 or more now though anywhere we look. There is a slim chance we may be able to get him in the new Super Mario Brothers series about to be released. It would have been nice if we could have gotten the original though.

I don't like hearing that people have bought truckloads of ones that they don't even want (just to make a profit) when there are people who can not even get their one favourite character now. There really needs to be a limit of 1 per customer for each Amiibo, if they are this hard to find. I don't think it is fair at all to let other people constantly miss out on the ones they want, when other people are buying them just to make a profit.

@Liam_Doolan I just wish that some (or any at all) places near where I live could have restocked some. I guess that I was destined to just be one of the unlucky ones who will never be able to get a single one. Well, not unless I pay almost 3 or 4 times what they are actually worth.

@ikki5 Yes, hopefully it will never happen to them again.

If this game turns out to be a success I hope (no, I PRAY) that they do not sell the rights to Microsoft.

@Seren77 I tried looking for them may times (the latest being 2 days ago). I also enquired about them to staff but was told that they still did not have any available.

I have not seen any places where you can pre-order these things. They sell out in 5 minutes on release day over here (Australia) and they are never restocked. I would buy maybe 1 or 2 from this wave but I have 0% - 2% of actually finding any of them anyway. Many stores (that were and should be carrying these) near where I live, don't even have ANY of them now.
As for people from other countries saying that Peach, Luigi and Yoshi are easy to find - just try finding them over here.
Your only chance to get any of these Amiibos in Australia (from any wave) is to pay the scalpers on eBay (or at least that has been my experience). I think I will pass.
As for the Australian replenishment - what resupply? Obviously the stores near where I live did not get any of these.

Another weak, sorry I meant week goes by for the 3DS. Seems like Nintendo thinks that just having game discounts (and not much else) is good enough for the 3DS at the moment. .

@SilentS Harder games than Battletoads? I am glad I never came across them then. Battletoads was more than enough of a challenge!
After a long while, I usually give up on games if I find them too extreme in the difficulty department, like many people I know do. So I am impressed that you persevered with the game for so long and were able to conquer it in the end.

@SilentS You didn't use cheats did you? The thing is I gave up after a while. I stand by my previous comment though, you did have to be a gaming legend in order to conquer it. The game is consistently voted as one of the hardest games of all time. So congratulations if you did beat it.

Should the game be able to have the same level of insane difficulty if the Battletoads are included? I would hope not!
Yes, I am from the NES generation of kids who tried (yes, tried) to finish the game. You had to be a game master (or legend) in order to do so though. I could never get past the 3rd stage (Turbo Tunnel, the stage with the vehicles) - and there were 13 stages in the game!

Why do I suddenly think of Danger Mouse when I look at the artwork of those cartoon mice?

@Achoo I said that this was just one of the things that Nintendo was making me unhappy about. If it was just this CD, I would let it go.
My problem is mostly to do with the way Nintendo treats Australia. Our games are overpriced and sometimes we never even get the games at all (such as Tappingo, which looks like a great game!).
Then some people have been saying that some of the Amiibos are easy to get, including some of the ones I wanted (except for in Australia).
I have also been playing games such as Disney Magical world and Animal Crossing where many Australians have been unable / missed out on content because we don't have any Nintendo Zones here.
I won't list all my reasons (and there are a few more as well), suffice to say I wasn't surprised to hear that other people are getting the soundtracks now - except for us in Australia.

I don't even have a Wii U, I only bought the game because I wanted the soundtrack. I ended up giving the game to my sister and her husband as a present.
I am starting to get REALLY angry with Nintendo!
They have done so many things to make me mad in the past year (announced they are closing Club Nintendo, the Amiibo shortage and being unable to find most of them in Australia, having many slow weeks where they released basically nothing to the 3DS, not releasing VC games to the 3DS...).
Now they are delaying the release of this CD. Why am I not surprised? If it wasn't for Majora's Mask recently, I may have given up on Nintendo.
I know it's just a CD and that it's not that big of a deal, but this is yet another disappointment from Nintendo after so many other disappointments in such a short space of time. They begin to add up.

I just went to Great Bay using this method (I don't have Epona yet).

I really wish that both Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie could have a chance (I played through Banjo Kazooie many times). They are 2 of my fave games ever from back in the N64 days. It would be one of my dreams come true to finally have them on a portable system.
Super Mario 64 would be awesome as well (I barely play my original DS XL anymore).
Also, I am thankful to Ninty for putting OoT and Majora's Mask on the 3DS. I always wanted to play those games but I was a teenager until the 2000s and could never afford them. I did however rent OoT from my local video store (which was a big mistake on my part, as I could only have it for a few days).

I can already see some Australian scalpers rubbing their hands with glee at this news. They will buy a truckload of them so they can continue to sell them to the highest bidders on eBay (but hey, at least you don't have to pay the [usually] exuberant international postage fees, right?)
I am not trying to be pessimistic, just realistic. For an Australian like me (and some of my friends), the "Amiibo" word is just not one that I care to hear anymore.

@electrolite77 Yes it does, it seriously does.

Not much for the 3DS this week. That's alright, I am about to start on Majora's Mask anyway. I am still playing Disney Magical World as well (love that game)! So if there is no great 3DS game for the next few weeks, that's fine by me.

I owned a N64 back in the day but somehow never got around to playing OoT or this one. I spent most of my time back then with Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie / Tooie.
However, I have had a 3DS since day one along with a copy of OOT (which I really enjoyed). I am really looking forward to playing Majora's Mask as well now!

I always find the reviewer's ratings useful. I may not agree with them every single time but they do usually do make me reconsider buying games (either for or against buying them that is).

I am also tempted by this in Australia (but not that tempted). Since Nintendo announced that they would be adding more items to Club Nintendo over the coming months, I think I will pass for now. I am also worried that if I spend the couple of thousand stars that I have, something better might appear.
I love the Zelda games - but a CD soundtrack I can live without (at least for the moment). I will hold onto my stars and pray for something AWESOME to hit the site.

Not really surprised, Nintendo has been getting worse in just the past year or two. I play my 3DS more than any other console. However, the number of good games for the 3DS (that actually do get released here) has really been diminishing (I can count the number of good games released for the 3DS on one hand in the past year). Maybe it would have helped if I was a Pokémon fan? I thought the Nintendo Direct would give me hope - but no.
Why would I bother to buy a New Nintendo 3DS then?.
Then we have Club Nintendo, something that was actually starting to be good in Australia (with many great items arriving over here in just the past year). So of course, why doesn't Nintendo just get rid of that as well? Less cool exclusive merchandise to go with the less cool new 3DS games - makes sense...
Even though Nintendo may still be more committed (okay, WAY more) committed to their handheld than a certain other company is to theirs. Perhaps Nintendo have just spoilt me too much in the past.

@Superstick Yes they will be, sadly. It has already been proven.
The only Amiibo I wanted was the Yoshi one (original Amiibo), my fave Nintendo character. Though I searched high and low, it proved futile.

I liked this game better than the 3DS version (I thought the boards sucked in the 3DS version). Unfortunately, Nintendo would rather release this on the Wii U instead of on a handheld for which this game was originally intended. Wonder if Nintendo will ever get a clue and release any of the GBA games to the 3DS. Nintendo has been going downhill (for me) recently for multiple reasons.

People should love this! In my experience, Yoshi has been one of the hardest Amiibo characters to find. I see ones like Mario, Kirby and Luigi all the time. Could never find a Yoshi though, which aggravates me because he is my fave Nintendo character...

I see there is no mention of Australia here. What a surprise... Well, not really. When it comes to Nintendo Australia we are usually just grouped with Nintendo of Europe. Then whenever it is convenient for Nintendo, we are not.

Yet another week and nothing good for the 3DS. It doesn't matter, I am getting used to long stretches of nothing for it now... The only good game on the horizon is Majora's Mask. Used to be that there was always something I was interested in on the way - how times do change.

I love the pic of Yoshi and Mario together! My 2 favourite Nintendo characters!!

I guess Nintendo doesn't want my money this holiday season. Still nothing worthwhile for the 3DS...

Mario Kart 64! My friends and I spent so many hours with that game (even my parents played it).

Reader Awards? This is the first that I have heard about this. Though I do get extremely busy when December starts and don't have nearly enough time to read all the announcements here as per usual. I guess that explains it.

@Porky So one size fits all, is that it? Notice that I didn't say common (yes, I know small, medium and large are common) - I said "relatively common".

Why no 2XL? That's a relatively common shirt size.
Oh well, I guess I will have to pass on then. I would have gotten one of these.

This is one of the reasons why I bought an American 3DS. All we ever do in Australia is wait and wait. Then if we are lucky, we may just get the game... at probably double the price.
When I go to America, I usually stock up on eShop point cards for this very reason.

One of the best consoles ever (in my opinion)! So many memories with this thing.
Sad story about probably my favourite game from this console though (after Super Mario 64) - Banjo Kazooie. We will never forget you.

I got all excited over this game for nothing.

I really enjoyed Persona 4:Golden on the Vita. The reason I liked it so much though was because of the variety in gameplay. This was a game where you were basically free to do whatever you liked (including planning your day, racking up social-links and visiting the various places in the town and city).

Hearing that most of this gameplay I mentioned has vanished and that it instead utilises "first-person dungeon-crawling and map-drawing gameplay of Etrian Odyssey" really does not impress me at all.

Think I might just go and play Persona 4 on my Vita again instead.

I have had Rune Factory 4 on my American 3DS for months. I had given up on them releasing it over here in Australia.
Probably will pick up the Phoenix Wright Trilogy. I can never get enough of my favourite Ace Attorney! I played all the original DS games but it's been so long that I probably need a refresher course.

@Schnedlick Yes, that would have been a better idea. I may have considered getting cards (if they were offered). Christmas cards are something most people keep for a while. Wrapping paper on the other hand, straight in the trash.

For that many stars, I probably would want to keep the paper instead of wrapping presents with it. I would hate to see someone tear into it.