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More, what's it called? "Off-TV Play"? That's good. The fact that Wii emulation (and by extension Wii VC) cannot stream to the Gamepad is bad. Here's hoping they do a transfer service for Wii VC to Wii U VC.

Doubt it'll be a full fledged eReader, more likely just Nintendo comics and strategy guides, not plugging a .mobi into the SD slot and reading..,,

TWERPS might work better than D&D. Good thinking going on here, though.

As long as the circle pad bundled MHTriG isn't a GameStop exclusive, this is good news. If this is a trend of Nintendo thinking "core" games don't sell in NA, let Gamestop take the losses, then this is bad news.

Good to know. More evidence that this isn't really a "release", though. More a direct-to-preorder sort of thing.

This was great news, then I read more, notably the word "April", and it was good news. Then I read the phrase "GameStop exclusive" and I realized, this is bad news. OpRa used Amazon pre-orders in their campaign... these are meaningless now. They've not only gone with GameStop, but have pre-order links on their site. Given how well Xenoblade did in EU, I think they're plotting to duplicate that with a production run just a little bit more than the pre-orders. It's still a good-ish thing, but it's not looking like minds were changed. Those who want the game can pre-order it from Nintendo or GameStop, and everyone else likely will never even hear about this game.

Whatever the launch price is, it'll drop within a year. Best to wait on new tech, 3DS being a prime example. More 3rd party support? Then they learned nothing from the 3DS... Wii U needs Mario or Zelda (or perhaps Smash Bros.) at launch to get people to pay the early adopter tax.

So, after porting OoT to the 3DS, they decided, why not? Let's keep going and make another Zelda game!

So I guess it'll play like OoT 3D, but with a new story, and no, it's not Majora's Mask.

About what I'd expect, really. Nintendo has fairly even reviews - YMMV, as they say. Everyone loves Steam, and everyone hates Microsoft.

Yeah, not so much D as E - Not this fiscal year, and we don't announce next year's stuff this year.

This dongle reminds me of the argument that they couldn't make Katamari Damacy for the Wii, because it only had the one analog stick. Seems developers are still saying this, as Nintendo has made this... thing, only for a handful of games, seemingly to please these "One stick? How do you work with that?" thinkers.

The irony, of course, is that these same IPs get released on iOS just fine.... apparently NO sticks is good, one is bad, but two is good again..?

Wow, MH4 looks more like Shadow of the Colossus than Monster Hunter... Then again, I preferred Shadow of the Colossus to Tri, so maybe it'll be a good thing.

It is an interesting thought, but Nintendo's "improving" these Ambassador games for future sales.

A no-frills emulator would be nice, though.

Ah, so the price cut did work. Odd that the 3DS software's not selling as well, but then, the DS selection of games is more than adequate.

Probably just 3DS hype. Sales figures, upcoming releases we already know about. They still are trying to figure out how to sell 3DS when you can't show the 3D on 2D media.

Well, that was nauseating. Not the game, the trailer and its spiraling motion sickness inducing shape rotating in the background. Ugh. Game should be good though.

Next week's sales will tell the tale. This week's had the Ambassador Program inflating numbers.

On game development? Zero.
On which games series they should consider producing? Lots.
They should gauge the fan interest in what kind of pie to bake, not what kind of apples to bake into the pie.

So long as they keep selling, companies will keep making 2D games. So I'll keep buying so they keep selling.

Yup, someone thought that 7s look enough like 1s that a Formula 1 logo... let's say, "homage"... was the way to go.

Sounds interesting, they seem to know what about DLC perturbs fans, so maybe this won't be concentrated evil like all other DLC... somehow.

Sadly, this is how Capcom makes money. It's got a new hat! Buy it again!

...and millions do.

20 free games is enough to appease me.

What I want to hear about, though, is that Q&A Iwata did where he mentioned the pay cuts... full of interesting info we have to wait on the transcript to verify...

Nintendo feared the 3ds would be another Gamecube, so they slashed the price drastically...
The 3ds is NOT profitable at this price? A first for Nintendo?
While we all think the Vita is Nintendo's concern, it's really the smartphones that they're truly worried about...

Only hearsay at this point, but intriguing nonetheless.

Ah, now this is how you deliver a bitter pill. Coat it with honey. Certain other gaming companies should take notes.
Really smart maneuvers, drop the price to increase sales, especially with the Vitas coming, then this generous compensation program to sooth all the ruffled feathers. Give plenty of notice so consumers don't feel cheated or blind-sided... Yup. This is how you do it.

It is interesting... on the live stream they basically said they haven't the resources to make games like Legends 3 - fan loved but not so profitable - so maybe they'll let someone else make the game.

Same drivel they peddled with Darkstalkers. They're far too concerned with monetary gain and not concerned enough with pleasing their customers.

This is what happens when they value money over fan service. MML3 wasn't going to be very profitable, if at all, but fans love it. They'd rather make more money. In this economy, I can't blame them. I just hope they don't waste money filing injunctions against the inevitable fan-made Legends 3.

Ah, Netflix' latest salvo in their war on those costly plastic rings. Stream on your Wii, on your PC, on every device! Just don't make them buy, store, ship, and maintain those archaic optical coasters and Netflix will be much happier.

A"teething" game for Squeenix, eh? Hopefully they'll get the hang of the 3ds from this and release a better game later.

@2 Simply the difference between "I promise I'll buy it" and the much more effective "I will never buy it".

We may think they were premature, but it had to launch by the end of their fiscal year, so to Nintendo, it was, if anything, late in launching. I don't know how well their policy of letting 3rd parties lead the way worked out for them, though. At any rate, the first year of any system is always bad.

Hence the stock drop - investors hate uncertainty.
More than one Wii U controller?
No, not even sold separately.
Maybe, we're considering it.
Maybe a 3DS would do?
We're working on stuff that uses more than one.
Maybe? We'll have to see if it's even possible, but we still won't sell them separately, you'll have to bring yours to your friend's.

I just hope Nintendo will have an excellent service plan. Fingers on a resistive screen... things will break.

I haven't very high hopes for the eShop, but I do think it'll be better than the DSiWare shop. I don't think 3d videos will come to be, but 3DS Netflix will meet most of my video needs... I'm still shocked there was no DSiWare eReader, the DSi is perfect for that... the 3DS, not as much. All in all, I don't expect much from the eShop, but I expect even less from the browser.

As expected, Nintendo's not going to do three different cash/point systems for three different systems. It'll all be eCash or whatever they're calling it before you know it. The worry still exists that points/point cards will eventually be phased out and no longer honored, but that should be a few quarters away, yet.

Ah, more good news in the 3DS forum. Glad to see it! heh. I'm eagerly awaiting the impressions of 3DS Sound, myself. That video that circulated around last week made it look more or less EXACTLY like DSi Sound, which would be bad... better playlist support was desperately needed there.

Looks like Nintendo's serious about online this time around... now, to see if they have... understanding to add to their intent.

Good news, this. Now, if only they'd let the 3DS play MP4 video files off of the SD card... that would be great news.

Oh.. crud. The PS3 browser is nigh-unusable. I prefer Opera on the Wii, in all its gimped glory to the PS3 browser... Here's hoping Flash and HTML5 make it into the 3DS browser, or I'll be sticking with a DSi for quick browsing.

The worry is that when Nintendo phases out Points completely from all three of their shops, outstanding points will not be honored...

"towards the end of May"... So, that means, like, August, right? Such is usually the case. Luckily there's absolutely no harm in waiting to get a 3DS, only benefits.

Given what they need to add is a bigger battery and second inward-facing camera, they'll likely jump straight to 3DS XL. Bigger is better, as they say.

That "Iwata Asks" was full of 3DS info. They did say that at max brightness, 3d vs. 2d was 25% different in battery life. And that wireless didn't tax the battery much, something like 10% if the game is transmitting a lot.

Also of note - no short term plans for a more compact redesign. So no 3DSLite, but they may jump straight to 3DS XL...

He really isn't wrong. The 3DS is cheaper in NA than anywhere else. VERY consumer-friendly. They should do what always has been done - soak the early adopters and drop the price in time for the holidays. That makes everybody angry! heh

That's good news for EU, anyway. Still no word on what will be IN the eShop, though. Or what "advanced" means for the browser. Flash lite? Java? Less than ten weeks till launch and they're still working hard on finishing the 3DS... Here's hoping it all comes out half as good as the hype has it sounding.

Interesting... seems all the non-gaming functionality is coming via a future system update. No web browser until the update. No eShop till the system update. And the shop uses 3DS point cards, not Nintendo Points? Hmm...

All in all, reason to wait to get a 3DS... They're not done making the thing yet.

"small dent" being an understatement.

Interesting mistake... So either it's a straight-up "Here's the 3DS, here's when it'll lauch, here's what it'll cost!" show off the main floor, which is highly unlikely; they could do that with a press release... More likely they're wooing developers or online content providers or some other back-room dealings... since all they're doing is renting a back-room. heh

Makes sense... Timing's right and Nintendo knows they need to put 3DS units in peoples' hands in order to really generate buzz. At the least I suspect they'll have 3DS units there, at most I'd hope they announce the pricing and launch date.

Guess we've got another six weeks to wait...

Yup, 3DS games will cost more... Hopefully not too much... I'm not a huge fan on multi-million dollar game budgets, but then, these days, a dollar really doesn't go near as far. Such is life.