Solid_Stannis

Speedrunning Majora goes against everything that game stands for and should be considered a criminal offense. But hey, at least it's for a good cause...

The Wii U's already a write-off. Not even a 2015 release of the new Zelda would've much altered its hardware sales. But it's certainly not because it's a bad console. It's the times, man.

Anyway, SMM should by all rights be a good seller for the current install base, though.

I don't care about the timeline, and apparently neither does Nintendo, having basically hired fanfiction writers to cobble something halfway coherent (albeit chock full of logical fallacies) from something whose connections were written terribly at best.

well, like the product or no, at least the guy is true to himself and doesn't cave in to the political correctness crowd. Good for him. Be nice if he directed his efforts towards something that might help people's perception of video games--or, hey, Japanese culture altogether--rather than the other way around, but that's the way it goes.

The greatest tragedy here is that people can't even keep from getting into petty, meaningless, and unwinnable internet arguments even in a post like this. It's the greatest disservice you could do Iwata methinks.

She'll feel bad about it, in time, if she truly has a heart. Can't blame someone for making rash, spiteful decisions in such a situation, especially when we don't know the full story. Not that we should be acting like the moral superiority police in the first place...

I'm speechless. For all my misgivings about him as president, he was an exceedingly likeable man, and his obvious passion for the beautiful art form that is video gaming is nothing short of inspirational. we shall not see his like again, and video games--no, art in all its forms--will be lesser without him.

Rest in peace, Satoru Iwata. If you want to truly honor his memory, take some time off from whatever you're doing and just sit down and play his games, like the child you once were. It's hard to ask for a more fulfilling legacy.

Until artificial intelligence is invented (and even then we'll only be able to enjoy it for three days or so until it comes to the conclusion that humanity is obsolete and kills us all) there can be no such thing as a "site's opinion." Reviews are written by people, and people are different. This is exactly why it's silly to base a game purchase decision on the opinions of the few.

Nothing gets me excited and ready for adventure like the original Kingdom Hearts.. Or to a lesser extent KH3D since it uses the same music (shame about the game itself, though...)

I'm also fond of Majora's Mask's spine-tingling muted horror, Final Fantasy X's understated in medias res piano ennui, and Skyward Sword, if mostly because of the music.

Best of series by a mile, and not entirely coincidentally the only one that doesn't lose my interest appeoaching the endgame. Also, I never was a fan of Fawful and appreciated his lack of focus here.

Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away, and after all I'm only... eating?

So many cynics... the dude had a picture of his NES hooked up, it's hard to get more legit than that. Sure, he seems a bit, err, much, but his inherent awkwardness is no doubt exacerbated by genuine excitement.

Not taking everything you see and hear at face value is a healthy outlook, but it's wasted on innocuous things such as this.

Shmebulock.

It really is hard to decide which art wtyle is the bigger affront to the eyes. Not that it really matters, there are many better points of criticism where that show is concerned.

Spend all your monies, people. Give those kids some fun times to treasure.

If this game legit features Vince Guaraldi's legendary jazz compositions, I am so there! It fits a nice bit of heady platforming like a charm... And I should know!

"Shoreditch" sounds like where they'd unceremoniously dump syphilis-addled corpses back in the 1800s. Trendy then and now, I guess.

Lookin' nifty though, wonder how long it'll take before some 'hilarious' chavs decide to ruin it with unimaginary words and anatomically unsound renditions of parts of the human anatomy.

Now there's a game that'd look swell on my N3DS. If nothing else, Kojima's departure might spur Konami on to release what they can of archive titles on contemporary consoles. Let some minute good come from this...

I'll wait with the whole "watching someone else play video games" masochistic insanity thing until my own hands are chopped off by a Sith Lord or something.

What the? Where do you pour the syrup?!?

Bethesda could release a five-minute long freemium game and the fanboys would still be all over it.

@ManateeBlubber My definition of "decade" is the one we're halfway through now... and I wasn't talking strictly Disney. Pixar's been a bit hit-and-miss since Toy Story 3, but things are looking better what with the positive reception of Inside Out (which I've yet to see myself). Anything can happen.

It's a bit of a shame that they milk it to the degree they do... some people will just be put off by Frozen's overexposure and dismiss watching it altogether. It's a pretty fine movie on its own merits... Not worthy of the hype, obviously (nothing deserves this level of pop-cultural omniscience), but still one of the best animated films of the decade for sure. Don't get blinded by hype.

Ocarina's a fine game and deserves all the praise it gets for being a pioneering trailblazer, but judged on its own merits there is scant little to enjoy that hasn't since been done better, both inside its own series and out.

Even considering that nothing should ever be conferred such a lofty title, a man can do little but cringe at these incomprehensible proclamations of "best game ever." This denotes only a lack of historical gaming knowledge, or a surplus of deep-set nostalgia, or both.

Or, err, subjective opinions I guess.

@Solid_Stannis I jinxed it... forgive me.

Can anyone just tell me... has Fils-Aime actually ever done anything to positively benefit Nintendo aside from being a middlingly gregarious spokesperson and unwitting instigator of the very dankest of memes? Oh, and explaining things away with generic corporation rhetoric, I guess.

Straight talk. I am nothing less than amazed at how woefully out-of-touch Nintendo have shown themselves to be at their worst moments for almost a decade now. This latest E3 snafu should've been a surprise only to the most ardent of fanboys... and chances are, even that contingent will realize how they messed up long before Nintendo brass ever does.

Mostly, I think Nintendo are just a tiny bit afraid of anyone bursting the bubble in which they find themselves. Sure, it allows for a continuance of superlative game experiences with that unique, timeless Nintendo touch, but it also locks them into the same mindset they had when they ruled the market back in the '90s. The wii's success was the last thing Nintendo needed to deal with their perpetual egotrip; they don't even understand why it became the success that it was. They just had the luck of unleashing the right gimmick at the right time.

For better or worse, the wants of gamers have changed dramatically, whereas Nintendo are pretty much exactly where they were in the mid-'90s, only without the commercial success to show for it. Nintendo deserves better than close-minded old men who think they can still party like it's 1993.

welp, when it comes to surprise announcements, methinks Nintendo might bring home the bacon this year as well. whether or not they "win" E3 based on already confirmed-to-appear titles is another matter entirely.

And this marks the first time Microsoft has ever done anything to attract my attention. And rather tellingly, my reaction still doesn't amount to a whole lot more than a shrug of disbelief pertaining as to how much of a waste this is on a console that doesn't justify its own existence.

The best tool for inking are the senses you were born with. If your senses are dull to begin with, you'll never be a good splatter.

It's not too late to render the old misconception half-true and really make the final entry in the series, you know. watching it linger on like a vegetable on life-support like this still hurts over ten years since I renounced any future interest in the series.

So much entitlement pjatt with you peoples.

Infinity is Kingdom Hearts' cousin Orson.

More often than not it's good to get someone from the "outside", keeps Nintendo from getting stuck in that bubble of theirs. And R'hllor only knows they barely have air to breathe in that thing as it is.

Lego Flux wildly! You heard it here first.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only really big issue I have is with the seeming randomness of the map selection. During the last testfire window, I only got to play the warehouse level, which is approximately fifteen point eight times better than the alternative, once. During the first session, the alternation was at a comparatively healthy, agreeable level.

If voice chat was enabled, we'd all have plenty of opportunity to discover just how non-"color"-blind some people are...

Heh, it's like the Satellaview is back from the dead.

I say let 'em, before they inevitably ruin Metal Gear without the aid of Kojima's guiding hand. They literally release nothing else of value these days.

...Of course, this doesn't eliminate the possibility of whomever picks up the IP to ruin it, but at least it won't be by its procreator's hand. Sins of the Father...

You can't spell MOTHER 3 without E and 3. Make it happen this year 'tendo.

They really should book Mayweather against Cena, then promptly flee the arena and bomb it into the earth's core. The world will be a more entertaining place for it.

Epic Mickey is one of my biggest personal letdowns of all time. And I've played Final Fantasy XII here, guys! That right there shoul tell you something! Awesome idea on paper; horrible execution that killed my interest within an hour.

Sid Meier's just happy Peter Molyneux exists so Meier doesn't have to be the most overrated game creator of all time.

Eh, don't be so glum mister archivist person. Chances are that one person in the project's inevitable cult following of less than a thousand people will take it upon themselves to complete your mission without permission and a serious quality dip in informativeness and presentation. Because that's what's happened with every unfinished thing ever.

Twin Snakes and Twilight Princess HD is all I need.

Sunshine needs a heck of a lot more than a fresh coat of paint to avoid my growing tired of it some 30 Shines in, which always happens when I feel charitable enough to give it another try. A better 100% completion reward than "Have a relaxing vacation, you're gonna need it after wasting hours of your life" would be a start.

If nothing else at least we can thank Sonic Boom for getting Christian Chandler in jail, where maybe he'll learn how to make something of himself.

Although, probably not.

lol alternate art be uglay

Don't get "disappointed" with Nintendo if the leak(s) don't turn out to be true. You've every right to be disappointed for its own sake if it turns out to be a lackluster Direct, but don't blame Nintendo for something they had nothing to do with. And you can't blame them for not announcing something as awesome as the overly optimistic leaks, either.

Free Xbox? Hmm, well, that's the closest Microsoft's ever gotten to a price point their consoles deserve.

The N64 games, despite their trail-blazing customization options, are clunky and horrible to play today. Licensed wrestling games peaked with Shut Your Mouth. It's probably no coincidence that the games' decline followed that of pro wrestling.

If this announcement would have been made this time last year, I would've been severely disappointed and ranting like the overly entitled jerk I try not to be. Others are doing a much better job at that than I anyway.

But, seeing as how 2015 is otherwise turning out to be the best game year in roughly a decade (mostly for Sony) I'll just take it on the chin. Take your time, Nintendo. No chance of it beating the best of the Zelda series (which has technically already been released this year) but it has as much potential as any to make for a decent number two.

Keep it real, Ninty.