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The handheld market has shrunk, but it's still there to some degree. Nintendo will be flying solo with their next handheld, apparently.
I still believe in a next generation DS console of some sorts, and that's not the NX.

I do like that Nintendo is bringing back it's classic red logo, though. The grey one was so lifeless for an entertainment company.

Honestly, I don't think this means what you think it means, guys. Retailers do it constantly around these parts, DS mixed up with 3DS, Wii and Wii U games. Sometimes even with some Xbox games on the same shelf.
Why? Because Xbox and Nintendo sell poorly here. PlayStation has five times the shelf-space of the other two.
It's not a good thing.

@marnelljm As a huge Starfox fan, you should be relieved that Nintendo is taking its time with it, rather than deliver a suboptimal experience that could tarnish Starfox's name.
As a Wii U owner, yes, it kind of sucks.

Don't take for granted that Kimishima is a stop-gap solution just because of the one-year term. Iwata was always elected for consecutive one year terms.
It's business as usual for Nintendo as far as I'm concerned.

Super Mario Bros. 3. But it's kind of weird for me to chose between 2D and 3D games.

@BenBertoli I might have been too harsh with you, hence I apologise.
This is the kind of game to play several times to beat the scores, it's got a pretty standard length for this genre. It's not a game for everyone, that is granted.

I bought this in 2007 for Wii VC, and it's in my top 5 N64 ever since. It pushes the envelope for the N64, it's got insane amounts of action on screen at an high pace and there's never a dull moment. I like the challenge, I like the nonsensical anime story, I like the gameplay unique twists like the sword/raygun thing and the two types of aiming, and I even like the music.

I played this with the GameCube controller on Wii, which sadly is not an option on Wii U. It is by far the best controller I could recommend for it.

@bluedogrulez On later levels, you play as Airan Jo, not Achi. Achi is kind of the main antagonist of the game. Airan is Saki's "girlfriend" or so it turns out.

This review is utter garbage. This game is a classic, even in this day and age. I still prefer it to Successor of the Skies, but you cannot go wrong with either one.

And Saki is not a woman, any reviewer who fails to do its homework with the game's lead character, loses his credibility.

When I read the title, I imagined a new eShop game, but it must be just a Virtual Console release.
I am quite fond of the original Excitebike, has anyone got their hands on this Famicom floppy disk sequel? It is a worthwhile game?

Cool. Now hoping they release a New Nintendo 2DS, with the c-stick and amiibo reader for $119 or so.

I never knew this back on the NES. I remember when the GBA was released with this Super Mario Advance game. I though it was a brand new game and one that was trying to innovate from the Super Mario Bros. formula. I loved it.
It is a great game on his own right and Nintendo should remake it or develop a true modern sequel to it (and the exotic worlds of Super Mario Land 1& 2). Variety is good for the Mario lore, the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser are getting way too much attention and it is getting stale.

Bomberman and Bonk deserve better masters than Konami. Buy them Nintendo.

It's good news that they're going with AMD APUs this time. It's what every developer wants. They need to narrow the gap between their hardware and the competition's development process.

I'm also playing Earthbound in his memory. Anything else, I just can't find the mood now.

AMD Jaguar is old news. The real NX better be coming with the latest AMD architecture like the upcoming Zen.

Nintendo has already denied that the NX will run Android. However, Amazon might be porting its Amazon Prime apps or something to it. This would cater to the music, film stuff that Nintendo doesn't do.
Xbox One has Xbox Video, Xbox Music. Amazon could be Nintendo partner for that sort of thing.
And I'd love for some Disney/Pixar films with Nintendo's IPs.

Never played any Twisted Metal. However if this is something like Vigilante 8/ V8, them it's the game I'm waiting for since the N64 days.
Tell me it's a game of exotic cars with big guns, please.

@Takerkaneanite6 And with the game pausing to access the inventory. Lame.
As were the Murfy stages on the Rayman Legends ports to PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Gameplay wise, the lack of GamePad will be felt, but Ubisoft couldn't care less about gameplay.

Quel dommage. Ectoplasme! Mille Millions de Mille Sabords!

@MegaAdam The problem it that now they are also risking losing the fans as well. Pulling a SEGA, I thought Nintendo knew better than this.

@Hachiko Maybe by the time they finish it, it's coming on NX2 instead. =/

@Aromaiden No, I also bought it amongst other things for a new Mario Galaxy or similar in scope game, which by the way we are clearly not going to get either.
There is a fine line between liking Nintendo and being a sucker for them. I'm not keen on crossing that line, so Wii U is going to be the last machine I buy from them in quite a while. I played some very good games on Wii U, but right now I don't feel that my loyalty and investment has really paid off.

@Aromaiden Too late and not for the console I bought, so I could not care less.
I guess I'll take my time with NX too. I reckon I won't buy it before 2018 and some price drops. I'm done with putting my trust in Nintendo's ability to deliver.

So they've just been sitting on their lazy arses for the most part of the last 2 and a half years and they acknowledge it. And they still complain about the difficulties of developing in HD, in 2015!
You got some nerve, people.

@Luna_110 It happened with Steam a couple days ago with the opening of the Summer Sales. I could not buy anything in the first hours of the promotion, server overload.
And everyone pretty much agrees that Steam is an amazing online service. So, is it ok for Valve to fail but not for Nintendo?

I love Ryu and Street Fighter II as much as the next guy, but Nintendo should not allow characters from games that are long gone from Nintendo hardware.
I liked Snake on Brawl, but hated the fact that Wii got precisely zero Metal Gear Solid games. I know the 3DS has Super Street Fighter 4, but if Wii U doesn't get some love from Capcom, the character should not be there.

@arrmixer The cost has most certainly dropped over 2 and 1/2 years of production. It's almost a variant of Moore's Law.
The Wii U needs a price cut for like yesterday.

I don't think Wii U will be missing out on this, really. Rise of Lyric was an awful mess.
SEGA, please stop milking Sonic. You just killed the cow last year.

@CreativeWelshman Possibly, it may have something to do with the new network/service DeNA is working on.

@Moon That button is to control your TV like a universal remote. On/Off, change source, volume up/down... It's quite nifty, actually. Nothing to do with TVii, which is a streaming service.

@moomoo Weird that NoA priced it that way, here in Europe it's €40, cheaper than most 1st party retail titles.

@Quorthon I'm not slandering anyone, I stated facts. The money the pledgers gave SMS was not dropped on the street's cobblestones. It was consigned with a specific purpose, not to be forfeit.

Thank god I never gave them a penny! I would be talking to an attorney, instead of you right now if I had.

@Quorthon So you consider a sensible and legitimate business practice to lie and deceive your consumers in exchange for their money?
Fact #1 Slightly Mad Studios made a formal promise to develop a Wii U version.
Fact # 2 Slightly Mad Studios received money from their costumers with the intent of delivering said version.
Fact # 3 Slightly Mad Studios did not deliver said version.
I'm sorry if don't bother trying to understand their angle. So you pay for something and then you may or may not have it? They don't owe you anything, though luck chap, it's plain economics. That's it?

As it stands now, Slightly Mad Studios are a bunch of liars, and if they do not refund people they'll become a bunch of thieves. It's not business, it's theft. Maybe even racketeering.

I was hoping for a more lengthy single player campaign, but I'm still getting it.

Maybe?! So they're liars and stole Wii U pledgers money to make the game on other platforms. There's no sugar coating this.

Grande artigo de retrospectiva, Shiryu. Foi ao ler os teus comentários há muitos anos no GameOver, que resolvi comprar o F-Zero GX e depois a minha vida não foi mais a mesma, claro está. Já conhecia o X, mas na GCN a coisa ficou mesmo a outro nível.

Well, Nintendo has been teasing our supersonic thrill inclinations a lot on the Wii U, haven't they? First Nintendo Land, now the superb Mario Kart 8 DLC... I like to be optimistic and believe in the grooming theory. A new F-Zero is bound to happen, whether on Wii U or the next generation, I believe. F-Zero NX makes too much sense.
Starfox was at a point almost as dead and now it's coming back on Wii U, Fire Emblem was on a downward spiral until Awakening. Nintendo just needs to reinvent the franchise to a new breed of players as well.

I've bought the first one for €3 on an eShop sale.
While this sequel does looks much more refined and therefore I am more than willing to pay more than that for it, I find the current price tag excessive.

€12 would fare much better.

My Chemical Romance was the soundtrack of my teenage years. Good story.

@CaviarMeths I believe Microsoft has a respectable presence in the U.K. Elsewhere on Europe, I don't think so.

We need a Super Mario 64 remake on Wii U, it would be just perfect.

I want a full set of Splatoon and Starfox character Amiibos.

I'm not sure he is that well know outside of the Star Trek fanbase, but a celebrity nonetheless. Good show, Nintendo.

Fire Emblem is the only Nintendo IP that would work as a live action show, really. And it could be quite a good one, there's layers of plot there waiting to be used.

Excitebots is a game I never had a chance to buy as it was never released here. I'm a big fan of the original Wii Excite Truck, so I'd get it in a heartbeat.

@Grumblevolcano Analogue triggers were not needed for F-Zero before. Sure, you can play GX with them if you tune the controls, but it's fine without them really, I prefer the A button to throttle (and it's the standard actually).

Yes, the the "Nintendo 4Dee's" is coming!

Well, the games are really hard, though. I'm 24 and to this day I am unable to finish any Mega Man games.
And I started playing with Super Mario Bros.

People are not buying Wiiware anymore. He's turning down money, plain and simple.