SavoirFaire

Damn someone made the Super Princess Peach joke already! Appealing to "female gamers" is nebulous corporate speak. Perhaps ramp up more releases for the 3ds and you'll sell more, tho I also think the point was already hit on: it's price drop time. I can't imagine at this stage of the 3ds there are people still on the fence waiting for "that one game" to make it worth buying the 3ds

@OneBagTravel Thanks the laugh, something I dont get around here much anymore

On the subject, I'd really like some more light gun games, there are so many fun, mindless shoot-anything-that-moves arcade games, current and back in the day, that I can't believe nobody tries to port them to consoles. I'd love to play operation wolf or operation.. thunderbolt i believe it was, at home. Lots of good times in the arcade from those shooting games of old, and i'd say it's a genre more neglected than side scrolling shooters (which seem to be making a comeback). Granted, I dont consider these a FPS, which there are plenty of.

As much fun as the Mii concept is (didn't MS copy that too, or were avatars co-created?), I really hate the fact that the Mii's arent tied to savegames/accounts the way that is done for PS (not sure about xbox as I never personally owned one, just used a friend's).

Would be nice if Nintendo went over and talked to Square Enix!

Well until we see how this next set rolls out, I will give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt. I am not sure how a website that over-promises their stock is Nintendo's fault.

that said if this next set's figures are hard to find, any of them, then Nintendo is just letting this opportunity waste away, which is just a shame.

I think the biggest danger is when the next generation comes, how do you put out a new game that tops a Mario kart with 100 tracks? Or SSB with a roster of 80? Eventually the DLC thing should play out, I would think a year or two after the initial release.

I cant understand all the hate on the smash costumes. 100% optional, and since Mii's are (to my understanding) 100% local, 0 impact to online either. They are a bit overpriced for me, considering what they offer so... I didn't buy them! I'm not sure what the price point on the costumes would be for me to pick them up, very low I'd imagine.

Mario Kart DLC is great. Let's just call it Mario Kart Infinity here on out

So let's just hope we get another DLC pack announcement at E3. 16 more tracks, and King Boo!

All this will do is be another game that pushes people to pick up the Wii U because of the already impressive (imho) library. I think a price cut in may + Splatoon would do a lot more for the wii u than just a single game. A one/two punch has the potential to really move units. The games are there, people just need that extra push.

@DefHalan and @IceClimbers thanks for saying what I was going to post, and likely better than I. The same nonsense...every...thread... whenever the NX is brought up. I think I'm going to start avoiding the clickbait and just, oh, go play fun games on the Wii U

I made a realistic vote, and picked Simon Belmont, who I think is deserving and has a chance. Most votes people make don't have a chance.

Being the cynical person I am, I expect 2-4 more new DLC, Nintendo may be iffy on one at best, and any planned character that gets a ton of votes will be played up as Nintendo listening to the fans. I don't think Nintendo is putting that much faith in internet!

Nobody did this yet? Fine I will:

Ludicrous speed: GO!

I wonder if there was this much rage against Disney, by Disney fans, when the infinity figures had exclusivity in some stores.

I see GameStops site is hosed atm. A hard look can screw up targets site. Good thing I'm not too keen on Ness. Tho if this was Ganondorf or ZSS Id be going nuts.

I would hope ~6 months into amiibo insanity Nintnedo has realized what they've done and are making enough to keep up with demand. The lack of king Dedede restock however makes me skeptical.

Let's see:
-no mention of a unified, more friendly account system
-no info on rare amiibo restock
-no seppuku from Iwata for the zelda delay

There, now that I've bashed Nintnedo a bit I can say nice things without being branded a drooling fanboy.

Enjoyed the direct, was excited to see smtxfe was alive but wasn't thrilled with what I saw. Atlus has earned giving them a chance tho.

Good to see fatal frame coming. That game intrigued me. As I don't have a n64 the VC offerings I will pick up as they come, tho I have the ds mario64 so I will sale wait the original. I don't see the appeal of the ds games. Are they that hard to find still?

Dlc for smash is fine with me. Fighters cost money to make. This is industry standard (check out the MK X pricing, if anything it is still cheap!). Mk8 looks good, excited for 200 cc and I hope we see more dlc for it.

Other news didn't do much for me, but overall a good direct. As was mentioned already in comments, I think nintendo was careful not to spoil their e3 info with this.

The only people writing off the Wii U because of a Zelda delay are the same people who wrote it off already for reason a, b, or c, and are just coming back to troll. Keep feeding them, tho, it makes the comments section fun, if not a bit predictable.

Wasn't surprised that this was delayed. Was also not surprised by the comments in this thread. Was surprised by how weak some of the trolling was, however.

Gotta think a bit about this one. SMT IV and Luigi's Mansion are automatic picks tho.

I've enjoyed this little match 3 game, and haven't spent a dime on it (and never will). Thanks Nintendo!

Ugh lets not spend a lot of time on the NX this far out. Let's deal with the next 2 years of Wii U. No point really in even talking about NX overall as people have been saying same thing about nintendo consoles (Moar power, 3rd party, etc) for some time now and nothing has changed. Need a different mjndset at Nintnedo before we need a new console.

Warner Bros flakes out on another DLC? you don't say...

Well If Nintnedo is going to shoehorn something into games each generation I would be really pleased if it I s going towards amiibos now as that would be much better than shoehorning in the gamepad or motion control seeing as amiibos are minimally disruptive in comparison, and poor implementation should have little to no impact on the game.

Hurrah! Will have to find something to complain about next week... I know, my lack of eshop funds!

For those that have them all, are the portable entries worth picking up as well if you also have the console ones? I see a lot of people asking this but not many answers.

I thought these characters showing up was a foregone conclusion as well. I do like the asthetic on these amiibos as they are like game board tokens. Doubt I will get more than toad however (if I get lucky)

I do hope this isn't the direction of amiibo however on a large scale. I worry that nintendo will take an American business approach like ppl are always begging them to, and turn out cheaper amiibos. I prefer the smash line as they ha e some character to them. i hope the super Mario line isn't the "new direction" for amiibo.

I'm going out on a limb here and thinking Nintendo is making an amiibo sandbox game, and the cards is there counter to "high price DLC", so people can get the chars they want for a buck or 2 each, and then collect statues as needed.

Sadly, I check the amiibo set picture that leads into this story, and I total up 9 more I want well done Nintendo, my money going to you yet again

"where possible more stock will be manufactured"
I hope this doesn't mean they went around...smashing...molds once they were done with the first printing!

Really hope this makes it to the US as this is one of the NES games I never did beat, and I beat a lot of them. As I recall I got to this point with a really long jump and could never figure out how to get past it.

Yes I will abuse the heck out of save points on this one. Playing some of these NES games and realizing I beat them without save points blows my mind now on how awesome I used to be 😎 emphasis on "used to" 😭

Please throw money at this man.

Gotta be a rough life being a toad. 100s of guys and just the one toadette, and the captain almost lost her!

Not at all a pokemon fan, but as one that totally doesn't get the freemium, p2win, etc practices that have come along with the advent of mobile gaming, it doesn't surprise me nintendo is taking the plunge. As usual when people wish for Nintnedo to be like other big gaming companies, be careful what you wish for. I'd hate to have to pay $15 a month to play mario kart online.

I am in "what's all the fuss about" mode. I'd rather play Xenoblade chronicles on a big screen, and if there isn't a substantial list of new 3ds only games I want to play, I will likely never bother. Not to mention my backlog now could last me well into next year if I stopped buying new games period!

MM coming in the mail. Was hoping we'd get Blaster Master this week. something else to add to the envy list.

Mine still shows pre-order a-go so I am hopeful. Was not able to pre-order king Dedede so will have to get lucky there. It is this Friday? I didn't even know!

@mjc0961 I remember reading last year that all recent super bowl musical bits are pre-taped to avoid a disaster. Apparently it was a big deal for red hot chilli pepper fans that they lip synced last year.

I thought the show was ok, but honestly I would have liked to see Lenny kravitz as the star with just Katy perry as a guest. I've always thought kravitz doesn't get enough credit.

I'm also not sure of how well people's memories are, but I can assure you all that no halftime show will ever be as bad as the black eyed peas!

To be fair to nintendo, I think it is fair to say that no -retailer- expected these to take off as they have. Nintendo can't produce a billion amiibos and hope they sell, they have to balance production with retailer demand plus a small cushion.

That said, nothing stopping them from making more. I hope to someday get a captain falcon, little Mac, and pit amiibo. I got lucky and my Rosalina is in the mail, hopefully without any flaws!

Call me an old fart but I think the current YouTube promoters are going to run into a payola type scandal in not too much longer (one may argue it has already occurred) and end up gutting the YouTube market to where people simply view it as another form of paid advertising. I think Nintendo is just being up front about something that I would wager is done behind closed doors as current policy. No proof on my part, just the belief that there is too much money in all of this for it not to be about money!

I have been sucked into other things but may have to come back and give this a whirl when it comes to NA. I am amazed at how may hours I put into HR, and only stepped away because of other games.

That said, I am still shocked Skull Kid didn't make it as a playable character.

MPT for me. Question: can I purchase games for wii u through a web portal? I will be travelling the next 2 weeks and don't want to miss what is next. Speaking of what is next, what happened to the previews we were getting for awhile there? Seems they dried up.

Man I feel for you guys that got your orders cancelled. Until Feb 2 I am cringing when I see an email from best buy as I have a bunch of Amiibo pre-orders and fear they won't meet them (meta knight by mail and shiek, mega man, and bowser store pickup).

I'll be picking up Metroid Triology when it arrives. Already own Galaxy 2 and Punch Out (and DKCR for that matter).

I wonder if this is pointing towards some sort of wii/wii u interface upgrade, where we can launch wii games straight from the Wii u without a few extra button pushes. I know I have been turned off buying Wii VC games (probably a good dozen insta-buys if they come to wii u VC) because a) it seems like a pain to get there and b) it seems like a pain to buy them.

I also happen to own a PS4 and I consider this Nintendo's answer to all the HD remasters that are coming out for PS4 (and xbone). Seems like 3/4 of my PS4 library are titles I missed as I never picked up a PS3, and that is a good strategy to lure people in on the classics from the Wii esp at a steal of a price.

So wait, the Amiibo's give access to a new board each, or just the same board with a character "theme"? Theme = lame, new board = nice. I am leaning to theme since new board makes too much sense.

Both claimed. Enjoy!

Really wish I could get into this series but I don't even have time to play the games I've already purchased! MH3 Wii U demo didn't do the series any favors I think.

As much as I hate defending nintendo on amiibo production, keep in mind nintendo fights for shelf space in stores, amiibo was an untested product, and Nintnedo has been lambasted as a "failure" by a great deal of the gaming "media" for years. They can't make 10 million little Mac amiibos and just hope target and whatnot will buy then. They produce based on what they think will sell, plus a bit. The fact amiibos took off as they did is to me as a fan, a great but frustrating thing as nintendo seems to, as usual, have a terrible time with communication.

That said, a simple statement on the willingness to produce more of the sold out line would go a long way.

I've got a ton of stuff to register before the deadline. I was saving up to ensure platinum status for next cycle but guess I will blow it all now. Hope there are some good games I'm usually lukewarm to physical rewards.

I am part of the problem: I think amiibo integration is weak at best (to the point that I view cost/benefit as worse than Disney or sky landers), supply stock is an embarrassment, and communication was horrible (but getting better) and yet, in spite of all of that, I have purchased 11 of them (more if there was stock), will purchase more as they are released, and may even get the full super Mario set bc I like the style.

Nintendo would do well to make a sandbox game that uses the figures. I can't imagine that people that knew little of the way the figures would work in a game are impressed with their implementation after the fact.

Was hoping for a female robin. Will pick up lucina for sure... and likely all of the super Mario set as they look like board game pieces and are pretty neat. I now need another display rack however, as my current one is going to be full +1 when the next wave hits.

Will pick up gba yoshi since I never played that one.

Will also switch over my DK trilogy whine to Axelay! Was hoping NOA would get that this week as it looks like a good game!

this is bafflingly stupid. Clearly there still is a demand.

When you make a product and stock is hard to find, I think that falls under success.

When you have to explain to people what it does, when it doesn't do what the other 2 "toys in games" product lines do, then that's a failure.

so a little of both I'd say!

I would swear we were officially told the whole cast were getting amiibos when all this started.

I was hoping to see a large crop of new games for years end or some sales. I'm sure I'll find something to spend $$$ on in the next few months as I've picked up most of what I want with the last gasp of the NDD promo.

If we are looking forward to 2015 I think what we'd like to see game-wise on the VC is a good topic for the site.