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Best Nintendo TV ad since the classic UK Rik Mayall ones.

@Al_Godoy this particular series of articles is meant to be a collection of NL contributor's mario memories. In my opinion it doesn't somehow make it less authentic that those memories didn't occur at the precise moment the game was released.

I think it's nicer that they don't actually- our hobby is a broad church and people of all ages love mario as it's one of those things that transcends age, gender etc and all the other differences that seperate our species.

Side point- mario bros 2 was my first mario game too. Stayed my favourite for a long time because of the memories attached to it.

On topic I'd love another Crazy Taxi but I'd be scared Sega would mess it up. Would like to see a HD collection of the first 3 though.

@KeeperBvK Lifehack for you: Simply stop reading the last paragraph on articles and you will become 0.3% happier as a person. Also that way NL can continue to encourage people to use the comments and increase their revenue with extra hits, meaning the continued survival of the site while not offending you personally -everyones a winner dude!

Looks like Mewtwo is siting on a transparent potty.

I can think of some pretty obvious design flaws with a transparent potty...

A true gentleman who will be sadly missed. Rest in peace Iwata san, not very many will have touched as many lives as you have in their time on this planet.

@unoclay It certainly is that good and you're in for a treat if you haven't played it yet. Apart from the style the actual game itself is brilliant too. Its a puzzle platormer but saying that sells it short. Apart from the atmosphere the aspect I liked most was the fact that it doesnt hold your hand, instead you learn how to do stuff by really clever game design that encourages you to experiment.

Might pick it up again myself to experience it on the gamepad with headphones if it's an alright price.

Hmm looking at those last comments it appears nx will be a replacement for both 3ds and wiiu so a hybrid home/portable could be on the cards. Or maybe not who knows at this stage apart from nintendo themselves and a few select developers

@rjejr refreshing to see a bit of sense on here! These sorts of rumours often take some basic facts and apply some spin or get lost in translation at source.

IF the rumour is true then foxcon is probably the original source and that 20million figure could be production estimates i.e. they have been contracted to produce up to that number. 20million still seems well off though because nintendo have never been a company to tie up its capital in stock-look at wii and amiibo shortages for proof of this approach.

Anyone know if the games u can get from them are just simple codes? I have most on there but my girlfriend doesn't so itd be good if i could get her some codes from my account

@Bass_X0 i loved zelda on n64 and had a wii with a huge amount of vc games but never had ocarina on vc. Why? Because of my sweet gamecube zelda collectors edition disc and also the free copy of ocarina with master quest i got with GC wind waker. Both worked on the wii so more than covered

@willgord I absolutely second that- it's getting annoying now after the hyrule warriors stuff the other day. Just have a headline saying 'spoilers new smash characters' and have the info in the main story. It's not hard...

Well the new PR company nintendo hired are earning their money at least, quite an eye catching idea.

@AhabSpampurse snap mine is waiting for me at home, get ready to be smeared in my paint

I know it's an old game (and those who wanted to will have probably played it by now) but zelda being tetra -spoiler alert!

Would be good if it's existing amiibo as i have most of the FE characters but my bank balance has suffered as a result so wouldn't be getting any dedicated amiibo for this. I say that now but no doubt when they reveal what they look like I'll start throwing money at the screen again...

Shopto sent me all I preordered-ness, pacman and charizard and i have the others on preorder from nintendo. Interestingly ive had no problems with shopto but amazon messed up in similar fashion for my little mac and shulk. Most retailers seem to have had problems to be fair apart from nintendo probably due to putting up preorders based on guesswork of the volume they're going to receive.

Dear god that's truly terrifying.

Played the demo of eo4 and didn't get on with it. Then my better half got two copies of it for Xmas as 2 people got it for her so she gave me her bonus copy so thought I'd give it more of a chance. 70 hours of awesome fun later I'm a total convert! Recommend it to anyone who likes their RPGs to have an in depth levelling system with a real sense of character progression.

@Shugo you know they won't be able to help themselves ruining the genre again. Nice its on wiiu but rockband 4 will be so much better.

I really liked the first one but they could do with making it a bit more varied in terms of the battle mechanics. It starts to get a bit samey and that's not so great for such a long game...

@FragRed Ah Future Zone! The Future Zone near me had a snes set up so you could play Starwing on it. Me and my friends used to use it as a free arcade. Until the shop staff got so annoyed with us that they switched it off one day at least.

For retro I shop at my local retro game shop in Cardiff. Theres something so nostalgic about actually browsing a load of nes games on a shelf...

@Blakenator Well said. I too played rockband obsessively and it really made some great memories for me and my friends. I suspect youll have a blast with the new one at uni. Good times await.

@Patriplexity Probably because NL were given it ahead of release in order to have reasonable time to play enough to be able to write a fair review I reckon.

@justlink Insider info! Would be interesting to see what they ask about availability if you have the time to post.

@KnightRider666 same here. Played the original for 60+ hours and getting close to that on the new one. Tracks from secret of mana and chrono trigger make me very happy indeed. Roll on EU release!

I'd buy this in a heartbeat. What I'd love to see is a theatrhythm game covering odd squaresoft games like chrono trigger and secret of mana. Imagine the awesomeness of that...

As far as international releases go this would be perfect for an e-shop release if they wanted to do it with virtually no risk. Make it happen Square Enix!

@BinaryFragger Yeah I have the vita EU version -can confirm it's an actual gamecard!

@Shiryu That review is genius. Congratulations you won the internet.

Be nice if they put it out as an eshop exclusive with subtitles. The kind of experience it is i'd personally prefer subs anyway and it'd keep costs down without voice acting.

As it's got fairly unique gamepad related gameplay then it could make sense for Nintendo to pick up publishing duties too.

@WaveBoy You do that, meanwhile I'm off to play Shovel Knight....

Those shots somehow look more realistic than the real ones- kudos to platinum...

You mention the sound effects are recycled but does this extend to tyranosaurs moo-ing? Now that would elevate this to at least 4 out of 10 material...

@unrandomsam probably, but just to completly undermine my point flowerworks is a port of a wii game too

@AndyWARbear thanks, off the back of this I checked the comments on the kickstarter page and there's potentially something fishy going on. Personally ill wait to see how this plays out but I doubt I'll back it.

@AndyWARbear Hey dude, what inconsistenies have you seen? Be nice to know.

@andreoni79 Just don't buy it then, I'm more than happy for you to have a different opinion.

A few weeks ago I (& probably a few other people) would have happily paid full price for a remastered version of the first game so I don't mind paying a little more than the price of bayo 2 to have them both on disc. Bayo 1 was my favourite game of the last generation

Excellent news! Loved the first one its got such character. Glad I'll be able to play it on my wii u too.

Chasing aurora was really good fun the sensation of flight was a highlight. Problem was the single player mode was over too quickly for the price they were (originally) asking for it.

Glad this made it. I backed it but looked like it would fall short last time I checked

@Jowy 6 & 7 is the correct answer! You win a special prize of a warm feeling of general satisfaction.

To be fair although its an april fools those mock ups are pretty sweet. Congrats to NL for producing those product shots

April fools for sure...

@JamieO That was a brilliant review. Perfect example of how to review a retro game positioning it in the context of the time with some interesting facts. MK is one of the defining games of my childhood.

@Damo Why thank you, i look forward to my girlfriend consistently kicking my a$$ with her superior logic

What id like to know is if I can play on the wiiu against my girlfriend on the 3ds? I know its cross platform multiplayer over the net but can I directly connect to the exact opponent I want either using local wireless or the interwebs? Anyone know?

@CargoSushiimira lol dude as a heterosexual 33 year old man i'm also weirdly anticipating this too. Its a oddly compelling game...