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I would love to see keys or doors you could have only activate by getting X coins. Of course a 4th difficulty setting as well to shove these 1% completion or less boards, after a certain amount of attempts.

Angry Sun is pretty much pure evil, would love to see it in game. Flame chomps and Cooligans as well. I refuse to make an ice board without Cooligans!

@Miles_Edgeworth A friend has uploaded 3 levels so far and they have been played maybe 20-30 times each.

OT: I really enjoy these shows of skill, however this begs for the need of a 4th difficuty level, where one puts these sadistic levels that have a fraction of a percent as a completion rate. There is too much nonsense in the "hard" difficulty setting, and too much easy stuff in normal. Perhaps this will even out over time. I enjoy a challenging level, I've got a few I poured 20+ lives into and eventually beat because they were well done. Way too many though that are not thought out hard, just random crap thrown into it hard. Can't be easy for a computer to distinguish the difference. Most people dont have the patience.

I'm glad to see they are holding off to touch the game up. Triple a seems to mean big budgets and big patches nowadays, not necessarily great games.

As many have said, what about xenoblade? Nice clickbait I guess.

To make Mario tennis the big release they would have to rename it amiibo tennis and give it full amiibo support, kicking off a line of amiibo themed sports games where you play as the character you want, and giving people an alternative to EA sports games. That would have made Mario tennis a great title to play up during the holidays.

I'm going to change it up this time and go with the team that seems most likely to lose popular vote, and pick science. However, that is what I would pick anyway as my artistic talent registers as nil.

Same as well on Olimar. Picked up all of this wave, except modern pixel Mario. Who sells that?

Ugh too much to do today! I am definitely down for trying other's Mario Maker levels. I've got a few ideas of my own, tho it didn't seem I was getting 15 minute unlocks earlier, do I have to keep playing?

I really hope the enemy selection is as extensive as the games that are in focus really are. There are some flat out nasty enemies in Mario games, things that were wisely used infrequently.... by those with more restraint than I

Ah there is ZSS. too bad I let my prime shipping expire :/

Having same issue with ZSS. Hope it pops up soon!

And here I am hoping for the Nintendo selections re-release of Pikmin 2 on the eshop!

@bigislandhikers I think you'd call those blasters. People that are good with blasters (especially the Luna Blaster) are awesome when they are on your team, sucks when on the opposition.
@shani I get frustrated on tower and rainmaker, though I love those modes. My last game of the night we likely would have won if our 4th player was helping to guard the tower instead of off painting the central area... at the end of the match... I would have hoped in the "A" ranks that those type of players get weeded out, but not yet.

I saw Charizard a few weeks back at toys r us and picked one up.

Have been seeing Pac-Man pretty regularly. I was lucky to snag the Splatoon 3-pack on release.

Really hoping that Nintendo is geared up for Holidays in the US. The sad part is, if we get enough stock, people may start to realize how little amiibos do!

Hurrah! I hope we start getting closer to full parity with our Euro friends soon enough. I likely wont pick this up today, but at some point soon without a doubt.

I guess nobody is allowed to just release a game for the Wii U, it has to "save" the system or "turn things around". Thanks @Spideron these "stories" are getting old.

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that someone that goes and publicly speaks ill of their company, even in the most mundane ways, gets fired. I'd expect the same for my job.

Is Nintendo really that much different from other video game companies when it comes to secrecy? If someone was leaking footage of Uncharted 4, got caught, and fired, would we be any more surprised than if it happened with someone leaking footage of Smash? It seems like nintendo gets a rep for being super tough, but I'm not sure any other gaming company would be any different.

It seems to me that the Mario and Luigi series knows what kind of game they are, and has fun with it.

Paper Mario after only playing the super paper Mario and sticker star seems to have an identity crisis of what kind of game the paper series wants to be. Still need to sit down with the original (in my endless backlog) and give it a shot. Get the feeling it will make me mad about the last two lol.

My first splat fest where I didn't cap my rank. Blast my busy Saturday! I'm now traveling for work, and don't even know who won in NA!

I too have noticed more connection problems since the patch. I'm wondering if they tried to alter something with matchmaking and it is somehow impacting stability in a negative way. I had maybe 10-15% disconnects which is a huge increase from normal.

@Robotron2084 I'd strongly advise the single player experience as well. it is short but quality stuff.

Keeping my fingers crossed for a NA release, though I am not hopeful since the original release was through Gamestop.

It's good news but it's bad, it's bad!

You can stop reading the comments now, this will sum up the overwhelming majority of them!

Not really sure what the problem with the underpass is. it's a good stage in my book. The side corridors are good in my book, a bit harder of an avenue to take and flank people, especially on tower control.

Not to keen on raising the level cap to 50. Why? Level means very little. Perhaps it is just for progression oriented people to not ding 20 and say "beat the game, done!" If it's just something else to fill up, I guess it's not awful, just seems rather pointless.

50 more outfits. I thought I almost finally had them all! Am I the only one that levels every piece of gear they get? hello? anyone else insane?

@rjejr I'm all for 3 map rotation, if we are allowed to blacklist one of the 3! I don't really have a most-hated map I would blacklist, but it would be nice to see the option if you had 2 small maps and kelp dome, I know I'd be more prone to blacklist kelp dome.

I'm fine with my Wii U library, and there are still a few games coming that I want, and who knows, maybe more down the line once we find out what the NX really is and if the Wii U Library really falls off a cliff in July 2016.

That said, nobody can seriously expect any Nintendo system to be on parity with 3rd party releases until it is on parity with power AND release date of the MS and Sony systems. Release it late, get the games already out on the other systems, that wont sell, and it's over.

It is unfortunate that Nintendo is in this chicken/egg problem with 3rd party releases. I picked up a few 3rd party games on Wii U, and some were good (Arkham City, ACIV), some weren't (Arkham Origins, Lego Series, Injustice). There "weren't" games were because of the lack of the full DLC, and oddly enough, were all WB games...

So what's the over/under for running out of stock? Considering Target (in US) had Jigglypuff for almost a week as an online order, I'm guessing Amazon's stock may last a few hours.

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oops prediction is 5 hours!

Yah having issues myself (only by luck am I home today!), I'm guessing they have good stock and it'll sort out soon enough.

I also picked up Charizard from TRU earlier, so apparently the restocks are coming, at least for the rarer ones, not the mythic rares tho

@BakaKnight Careful what you wish for! once people find them, and realize they dont do all that much, the whining shall begin anew!

So without bothering to sift through the back and forths of Quorthon and those he is arguing with, can someone tell me something: Did the devs of project cars promise a Wii U release and then take money for it, and, since the release is not coming, do people get their money back? To me that is the only relevant question/answer. I'm not a big driving game (without weapons on the car that is) fan, so missing this isnt a big deal to me personally.

There were 2 games coming out before July 1 2016 that didn't seem to get their due at E3. I really hope Fatal Frame 5 can get as many headlines (and a physical release!) as Devil's Third when all the dust settles.

@day Sorry that coin number should have been in parenthesis, as a snail is worth a slot addition or a stat reroll, which costs 30,000 coins.

Point is, those are some hefty rewards considering how long it takes to earn 30,000 coins.

Proud Team Water Slide member. It was a fun splatfest yet again. I was a King Dog last time, and King Water Slider this time. The prizes:

Dog: 24 snails/720,000 coins
Water Slide: 18 snails/540,000 coins.

difference of 6 snails of 180,000 coins. Considering a match is ~1000 coins, that's one heck of a loser's purse for a day long event.

Got Blaster Master finally! Hurrah! (as well as earthbound beginnings, shanta, and giana sisters).

Now to start hoping to see Bubble Bobble and my nostalgia collection will be complete.

Still want to see some of the classic Square games from way back, but I'm not holding my breath.

Just posted asking if anyone had heard this. Was hoping it was just a dumb rumor 😭😭

This is such a great game, despite a few (debatable) missteps. Any sequel is a guaranteed buy for me.

I will fifth or sixth the request for a text interview, I can't watch this on phone or at work easily.

Good to start them on it, but Nintendo has always had issues with third parties, for a LONG time. zero reason to believe this will be any different.

Here's how it will go: we will get ports, some good, some not, of games that have been out for PS4/Xbone for 3 months to a year, and they wont sell because... people already have them! Third parties companies will declare failure yet again, bemoan how they tried again, and go back to business as usual.

If Nintendo is trying to go head to head with MS and Sony, they need to get into their console cycle and have comparable specs. if they don't, then we'll have another Wii U, which has a lot of good games, but doesn't get the "core" gamers, and ends up being a console people have along with their PS4.

Heck, why would anyone buy a game on NX that is on the PS4 anyway? I'd expect the DLC to be missing (thanks WB!) or half-arsed (thanks Ubisoft!). Account systems? Heck, do we get another half a decade of VC drip-feed, of the same games we have already been drip-fed?

Point is, if the NX is supposed to "turn things around" they have a LOT of work to do. If they can't pull it off, then there should be zero rush to put out this system. I don't have high hopes which is why I hope this is a Christmas 2018 system rather than 2017. I think we all know new systems are around the holidays now (well, November/December range)

I hope Nintendo is stealing a few ideas from their competition on the NX. I really like the smoothness of the account and save game system on my ps4, and I hope a stronger online presence is planned.

What I don't want to see is options being forced into games to where they become gimmicks. motion control, multiplayer, and the game pad can have their place in a game, but it shouldnt be crammed in for no reason.

@OldWeeDog I don't understand! I don't! shakes fist

I am slogging through Yoshi's new island (got it free so cant complain too much), and am relieved to hear this doesn't have the baby Mario mechanic. Was expecting an 8/10 so 9/10 is a nice bonus.

I don't get too bent out of shape about Amiibos. If I am at a store like target that sells them, I check on stock. All Nintendo has done with amiibo's for me is cost themselves money as I won't pay more than $20 including shipping.

What is baffling is how popular they are, when they do so little! Imagine if there was an amiibo centric game! Splatoon to me is their only misstep with how content was locked behind amiibos, as the challenge modes are fun and if not included in the base game, at the very least should have been cheap DLC.

Don't really disagree with Reggie on this. What I do disagree with is all the people that will come in here and misconstrue what he said as an attack of some kind. Reggie is in a big "cant win" week it seems.

I'm just as puzzled as anyone that fatal frame and devil's third didnt get so much as a nod during the direct. What about more mk8 DLC, or a mention of smash dlc?

i will say i am looking forward to the paper jam mario and luigi game more than i expected. Last 2 M&L games were well done (much better than the last 2 paper mario games). I think the problem with paper mario is that they dont know where to take the game because of M&L games taking the RPG route already. I'd be fine with M&L being the duo, and paper mario being the extended party. this just makes people feel we wont get a proper paper mario for wii u, so i understand the frustration.

also what was all the pre-e3 teasing of a new punch out? that sure didnt seem to pan out.

To me, E3 is a "when in rome" scenario. Look at all the praise Sony, MS, and especially Square Enix get for showing games that are years out. Wasnt KH3 mentioned 2 years ago? Nintendo shows games that are coming in the next year, and they get lambasted because they set a prescendent last year. they have only themselves to blame.

The E3 direct could have done an ending montage of 10s a game for things nintendo is working on that we didnt see during the main presentation. Heck, the one thing we are sure about is Zelda coming in the future, what else is there, that we didnt know about?

I feel bad for Reggie, though. He knows he is going into "gotcha" land doing any interview so soon after that E3 presentation. He likely has his marching orders from Japan, and has to do his best to follow them. Call him a corporate stooge if you like, but he has a job and his bosses are paying his salary.

I think I realized what my biggest problem was with the event. It was seeing the amiibo lead in, and thinking we were getting an amiibo-centric game, and then having it be Skylanders.

I also think not seeing games a year+ out coming for Wii u gives way too much credit to the "Nintendo is killing Wii u for the NX" crowd, which is disheartening. A price cut and some year+ direct info would do well for Nintendo now.

We are now getting to the few figures i really want. will not pay over $20 (shipping included) for any of them though except Palutena as that one looks really good. Let's hope nintendo gets this supply thing figured out by christmas.

Would be nice if i could even pre-order reliably anymore. can't even seem to do that! when they write a book about Nintendo going the way of Sega and Capcom, amiibo's will definitly deserve a chapter!

So how did all that hand wringing on the graphics of Hyrule Warriors turn out? It's no wonder other devs show cinematics of games 2+ years away. otherwise they get ravaged by everyone. The graphics > gameplay crowd I would have thought by now would have been drowned out after being wrong so many times. Sadly, they keep coming back.

@holygeez03 I came here to post that exact comment. I'd like to see a Mario sports package. As a stand-alone game, I'm not to keen on just tennis.

Disappointed. Trolls will love this topic so I'll comment and bow out. This seems like a company that is throwing in the towel on the Wii u and trying to keep it and the 3ds alive long enough for the NX. Reggie's mention of the NX was his way of saying "wait til next year" imho.

Will give Nintendo credit for sticking with near future. Too many others are going 2016+ and getting raves.

Now I hope nintendo keeps the usefulness of amiibo very low. imagine how bad stock would be if there was an infinity-style game for amiibo!

Fire Emblem: now with feet! really looking forward to this!

I still like my amiibo, but I am certainly a collector of the figures for the figures themselves, not their use in the game. their use in game is largely a joke.

If all were available for MSRP, I would have one of each in the smash line (no thanks super Mario line, except toad b/c he's new, and peach for my daughter). All Nintendo has done is cost themselves money.

At first I thought Nintendo was caught off guard, and maybe ramping up production later on isn't as easy (tho I have seen restocks of sonic for instance popping up). It also may be that some characters are just not profitable to make, so we wont see them again (ala the super-limited ones that are very detailed). If Nintendo wants to "fix" amiibo to me, they just need to fix stock, and it would be wise to have it infinity-style stocked by Black Friday this year. Then again, it's them not making money, so that is there problem.

I'll be "lucky" this year and on vacation travelling, so i will only tune in for the real-deal information and hopefully miss a lot of the leaks that turn out to be false.

The best stuff is always the smash leaks. I wonder how many different fake smash roster leaks there will be.

I think the only negative i have with splatoon is the slow rollout of content. I guess the devs can say "we meant to do that" and for the moment I'll take their word for it, and not just assume they had to release the game before they were done. however, i do hope this doesnt become the norm for nintendo releases. That said, if this is the next generation of nintendo devs, i'm feeling much better about the next system and the next generation of games. I just hope Splatoon doesnt go the way of metroid, fzero, or some of the other franchises, with too-rare releases.

Definitely a strong 8 from me. I have been one more gaming myself each night for an hour+, and now I am traveling for work and miss the game

I am enjoying the single player much more than I thought I would, more so now that I know I can unlock a few things from it. I also scored the triple amiibo pack so icing on the cake for that.

I was lucky the other night and got in a solid, repeating team of 8, lots of close, fun matches, then the shuffle happened and they were gone

If this game has staying power remains to be seen. I hope the level thing doesn't turn people off, I have been in a lot of mixed groups and the level doesnt make that much of a difference to me. I am a roller guy tho, my FPS days were back during Quake's heyday, I am too old to aim now

I will go with physical 100% if available, but as I missed a lot of the snes and n64 era, I'll pick up the vc releases that I want, and I have sunk a lot of money into that from looking at my backlog.

I think the digital download age is still too new to worry about how things will pan out in 10+ years. Haven't read all of the comments but these sort of "controversies" pop up from time to time, the most recent I recall was GTA V having some music tracks removed that caused some outrage.

Simplest solution is to push lawmakers to enact legislation that states when you revoke digital rights you refund the money, but good luck getting anywhere with that.

One of the bigger issues I see today in gaming is the massive day 1 patches and wondering just how many new releases are even playable right off the disc anymore.

Fun game. I remember having to put my nephew in his place on the "versus" style of this, and mario kart ds as well.

however, isnt this game still readily available? I swear i still see this on best buy shelves. I just dont get the need to put DS games out there when they arent yet that hard to find.