Spartacus3765

96 races in versus. That and allow us to pick racers for our teams. Next update, please?

@D_Cybercherries
Hi there! Been curious about your game including bots. Are you able to actually customize your bot team at all by chance? Thanks!

My thoughts are, if they would have bundled 1-3 together, and even charge like $75 for it, you could create a larger base in anticipation for pikmin 4. But I don’t know the tech and the risks. Heck, I held out on Mario kart 8 deluxe on switch for 3 years. Not that it mattered since it sold like crazy anyway and it’s STILL going for nearly full price. So what do I know. Lol

If this was to be a collection of Pikmin 1, 2 & 3, I would not be on the fence. So $60 for a game that works just fine already on my Wii U...yeah I’m gonna sit on that fence. Great game by all accounts, and if you don’t already have it, worth it, I suppose.

I mean it totally sucks that this game is already getting this price cut, especially for those that got it at launch. But, if that means the word is spread more about this title and it gets a ton more sales, it’s a better move for the series and quite possibly, for future Star Fox titles as well. Ubisoft has my full approval to tackle Star Fox. I approached the game with skepticism, but boy am I glad I gave it a chance for $40.

@AstralOrange64
I’m not a huuuuge waluigi fan myself, but I’m more on the side of “why are they excluding him?”. In terms of sheer amount of fans (at this point) that are into him, it seems like he’s a no brainer to be a part of the roster.
As far as moveset goes, we also never thought we’d see Isabelle running around and beating up people. Waluigi could be a simple echo character to Luigi somehow. I dunno, to me it’s just an odd exclusion- and I’m sure Nintendo does have their reasons. shrug

Team Cherry “Nail”d it! 😉

I’m gonna add to this: I like the placement of Prime. Is it right? Well maybe not to some, but I got into the metroid series THROUGH prime. I’m in my mid 30s, so super metroid was obviously something I was aware of, but I got into AFTER playing Prime. Sure, I’d put Prime at the top because of some linked bias I had at the time that triggered me to get into the series, and maybe if I had gotten into super metroid BEFORE Prime I’d maybe feel that it should be before it. But man, we’re talking one 10/10 game versus another 10/10 game here. Is there really a loser here? People need to seriously calm the f*** down. Again that’s just my opinion, man.

Wow, I’m just blown away by the divide I’m seeing here from some certain posts. To make a statement about intelligence based on older games and some kind of correlation? I’m not going to tag this person just to get into some lame loop of arguing over semantics on a video game series, but please...there’s a word called ‘subjective’. To curb others intelligence over an opinion of a video game?...That’s not only wrong, it’s actually a bit sad you went to that level. You need to rethink how to state an opinion. Which is just that. In the end, you sound more like a disgruntled elderly person who can’t stand this generation’s music.

Whew, anyway. Good list, love them all. Still never played federation forces or pinball. So I don’t have an OPINION on them.

Where to begin with this game. I am by no means a game developer or anything of the sort, but what I do have in my back pocket is experience in playing past Nintendo quality games. And others here I’m sure do as well. Point being, the N64 game, and “Power Tennis” were gems in this series. But since the review of “Ultra” of which I passed (along with “Open” on 3DS) you would think that those at Camelot would be careful on how they approached this new title in the series. I went into it with a full head of steam thinking, “oh yeah, they’ve got their heads back in the game! I mean, look at that review NLife gave it. I’m sold!”. Now, I am never ever one to sell or trade a game, but for possibly the first time, I am seriously contemplating it. Yes, this game is first and foremost a multiplayer game. However, outside of that, this game feels so empty. Someone please answer me what the point is in playing through the Mushroom, Flower and Star tournaments? Isn’t that where we used to be able to unlock characters? Just a dead end. I played it through the one time in that mode and have zero desire to go back.

Ok, so then let’s go to the story mode, surely there’s more content there, right? So ok, you can unlock courts there. Anything else, or did I cover it?

Anyway, these patches, yeah they’re welcome and all, BUT, I feel like the game had the pieces ready to be much deeper and it clearly wasn’t either play tested enough or they wanted to cut major corners for time. I will be a lot more cautious when voting with my wallet with the next iteration and I know I’m not alone in that regard.

Autodesk!!! Yes!!!...lol

Is it me, or does it also feel like the game really needed a radar in 3D mode?

@mariophd

For sure. I'm just in the category of "gamer who wants more!" Lol. The controls worked out to me, just wanna have more to do with some added planets. I'd really like more levels utilizing the gyrocopter.

What @yorumi said.

It's 2016, folks. I'm fine with the game "being in the same vein" as SF64, but let's build on that. A $50 game should have more legs to it than this rather than just "ooo look at my score"

I almost feel this game would benefit from some decent DLC. But it's probably much too late.

@yorumi
I can see that. I need to put more time into star fox guard now. But I'm not sure I'll get that much enjoyment out of it.

@GeminiSaint
Yeah, which is really unfortunate if we're to see another Star Fox game in awhile if ever. Which is really sad because there's potential in this series to be something utterly fantastic. But when they (what seems to be) rush the game out when it should have more content like more branching paths, unlockables, etc., they'll look at the sales and may give up on it. I personally enjoy the game. Controls were somewhat of a hurdle, but I feel better after some time with it.

But when it comes down to it, shooting for high scores anymore as your one and only novelty for replay-ability, isn't my cup of tea. It worked with the N64 game, but for this one, it just feels somewhat empty.

Wow! That's impressive!

@JaxonH, So we need to petition to those store managers you think??

@rjejr
Yes, we've notified those who want the splatoon characters. Right now, everybody I think has them (I didn't pre-order them cuz I'm not that interested). But when you hop on, just let us know which ones you want to be on the lookout for and we'll notify when they're available. Every so often we'll feel out the group in the chat to see if there's ones worth alerting to since they either become more common or if people need to be alerted by them anymore.

@Rafie
Yeah, what JaxonH is saying. If you want 'em, we all try and get the links on the chat for pre-order as soon as they're up. It's no joke. Without it, I know I wouldn't have been able to get Jigglypuff at the very least. That one among many others.

To follow up with my post, after they've had these up for a certain amount of time for people to get dibs on them through their own site (maybe like a day or 2 window), THEN release them for possible pre-order through the major retailers (Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Gamestop, etc.).

There's no sense in complaining about what's going on with the current shortages, but rather I'd like to take the route of, "what can they do to help it out so that people would cut back on their complaining?". If they can do their best to help satisfy their "true fans", I don't see why doing something like this wouldn't benefit everybody.

Honestly, I smell an announcement of some kind of online store in the future (e3 perhaps?) for physical products that curtails to the amiibo line and availability. It'll serve both as an online store and club Nintendo replacement. Since it's easy enough to purchase multiple amiibo through various retailers, getting harder to get ones via hoops to jump through with 1.) actually having a Nintendo online account (NNID), 2.) registering consoles/software, and 3.) taking surveys about the company, this will help alleviate the mad dash/pre-order craze because they'll actually go to people who follow Nintendo and want these products. I dunno, all seems kinda logical to me.

@Kaze_Memaryu
I will never buy from scalpers or anything above msrp for these things. It's astounding to see people throw almost $100 or more at a plastic figure that literally costs a few dollars to make, if that. I understand the desire to get these things, but they're not going to leave money on the table. Unless people MUST have the first print of Villager amiibo, there's no sense in just waiting it out.

Ehhh...I'm holding my breath. I think they're going to finish out the smash roster to feel out how these will sell, then we'll see some re-stock effort. They want to keep these things hot as long as possible, then fill in the gaps when they've all been made available (to some degree).

For how early this game is in development, it looks quite solid. It's definitely gotten my attention. File me under the "eagerly awaiting more details" section. Even though it's clearly inspired by Banjo games, DK 64, etc, these guys look like they know what they're doing.

@BooJoh, @pyrotek85,
Ok, thanks. Still have the older one, myself.

So, just curious, do these not work with the older 3DS XL models?

@JaxonH
Other than most Saturdays and Sundays, I can definitely monitor sites that are needed. How do I get added to the LINE chat?

@JaxonH
I have been seeing them pop up in stores, only to be snagged within minutes, sadly. I'll have to check your link to get the jist of what you guys have going. Only missing Captain, Pit, and King Dedede. Not too worried about King Dedede just yet, but I had Pit and Falcon cancelled in an online order I placed back in December; the order cancellation happened yesterday.

Hopefully this low stock deal will be over soon. Having to constantly check to see if something may or may not have shipped to a store is aggravating.

And I'll be more than happy to join the cause to get people the amiibo they want without heading to resellers - which I still have yet to do, and I don't plan on it.

As much as this is exciting news, I wish they would also address the stock issues here in NA before introducing more amiibo, which will more than likely only give 2 per store...sigh

I still think Nintendo is putting something in place for this with their new version of Club Nintendo. I think they're probably not too happy about big fans being let down that they can't get some of their rare figures without shelling out major cash on ebay/resellers. Which leads to these big fans being upset with them for future purchases.

If their new fan service program simply has you register products related to amiibo or recognizes that you've been a platinum member for x amount of years, I don't see why there shouldn't be a system in place that gives these members first dibs at these limited or rare items. I dunno, makes sense in my mind.

I don't have much a problem with this. Honestly, I find it worse when I see posts on Nintendo's Twitter account when they place the extremely rare amiibo (King Dedede, Meta Knight, Rosalina, etc.) in quirky places and say something cute and silly like "Meta Knight looks amazing soaring through the skies! Get him today to add to your Rainbow Curse experience!" As if that wasn't what people were already trying to do. It's like they themselves are oblivious to the stock problem and think it's just as easy as walking into a Best Buy and seeing 20 Meta Knights on the shelves.

Just to note, the only amiibo I'm currently missing is King Dedede of the available 29. I just feel for those that want to get their hands on these things without draining their funds going beyond MSRP. I know I'll never pay above MSRP for these things. And I don't think anyone else should either.

Yep, I too got a cancellation email of my one pre-order...

Wow. I'm shocked to not see Brawl, MK Wii or the first Mario Galaxy on here.

Well, next question is, when do they go back up for sale on BB? Or are they just going to take walk-ins on the day of release? If they're going to have a system in place online where you can order 1 per transaction, it'd be nice to know.

Has no one mentioned Smash Bros. Brawl, yet? That and/or Mario Kart Wii. Simply cuz we could/should be able to play on the gamepad.

@Finntendo
Well, I think CN needs to be implemented wherever their products are sold. Just seems fair that anyone who has access to Nintendo products should be able to be a part of their Club Nintendo wherever they live just like everyone else. Seems like a way of simplifying things to me. Just my opinion, anyways.

I'm sure Nintendo has their reasons for not offering it in those regions, but I think it should be looked into - not that you're missing anything lately...they're rewards have been so-so compared to prior years. Beats nothing I guess.

@sinalefa, @Phle, @Taikasieni,
This only furthers the point of needing to do away with region-locking, and a universal/global account system. This shouldn't be impossible in this day and age. Also, I never meant it to completely eliminate the scalping problem. Sure, there will be those who will buy Nintendo stuff, register them through CN and still re-sell. But the point being is it would at least slow down the rate of which this is currently happening where Amazon just lets 3 be sold per email address or some stupid thing like that. Something created through Nintendo's own website account system should be heavily considered based on what's been happening these last couple of months. Cuz if the supply keeps coming in like this, it's only going to get worse before it gets better.

@Superstick
I too was lucky enough to snag one yesterday - but I'm more partial to wanting the Limited Edition that comes with the Skull Kid figure. Felt that if I at least pre-order this guy, it could be a good bargaining chip at the very least with some scumbag scalper on ebay.

Nintendo can control this. Club Nintendo is a perfect outlet to sell these limited editions, collector's editions, etc.
1.) Consumer has to create a Club Nintendo account
2.) Consumer must register at least 1 game (this should cut down on the scalpers to some degree as most I would assume don't even care for Nintendo products)
3.) Limit purchase of limited edition products at 1 or 2 per account holder.
4.) The "limited" about the item would pertain to a time frame as to when it can be purchased - not some unknown stock amount that could run out in hours.
Is something like this too hard to put in place? Seriously, I could be off base here, but what's wrong with this system? Or something like it?

@omalleycat215
Yup. I'm essentially holding the pre-order hostage. lol. Thing is, if I end up not wanting the 3DS, I'm NOT going to want to profit off of it. Stupid thing on ebay has already sold for over $400!!
The way I see it, I have a few options:

• A friend of mine is possibly interested in getting a new 3DS when it comes out, so if I don't want to pay for this one when it comes out, he can buy it off me since I already have a red XL (the new features are a good step up, but I think I can only justify it I if I did a trade in for it...which leads to my next point)
• Trade/Sell my current 3DS XL to go towards the new 3DS
• Trade with someone on Ebay who will get the Limited Edition MM with Skullkid in a way that allows us both to buy the item for MSRP.
• Last option, which is probably a bit optimistic, is to get lucky and find the Limited Edition MM on my own and either cancel my pre-order of the new 3DS or give it to someone else.

Well, I was lucky enough here in the States to get the Majora's Mask Edition through Best Buy. But to be honest, I kind of only got it pre-ordered in time to avoid the future regret because of the damn scalpers nowadays.

I'd rather just have the Limited Edition MM that comes with Skull Kid...
Maybe I could work a trade with somebody on ebay for it...hmm...

The Metroid Prime Trilogy for $10 is the deal of a lifetime. Seriously, those games are easily worth $10 a piece. To get them all for $10 is ludicrous. If you've never played them/don't own them, do not hesitate to get this. And like @earthboundlink said, I'm jelly of people who will get to experience this series for the first time.....FOR $10!

I guess I could get Punch Out!!! (since I don't own it physically) for $10...is it worth it, though?

And I'll add on to the fact that Nintendo is again adding another platform to bring to the eshop. Good stuff...however, this sounds all too familiar to what they've said in the past. "Nintendo 64 games coming! Nintendo DS games coming!" Almost feel like we'll get another little "rush" of games, then they'll forget it half a year from now. Or in the case of N64/DS games - none. Goose egg, zilch, nada, etc.

Well, this is cool and all...I guess. More interested in titles that support the gamepad. In other words, I'm not re-buying games just to have the games I already own on disc, digitally.

@ggnorekthx

I'm with ya.

News on the amiibo/gamecube controller adapter availability seems like a must to me. Ignoring high demand items and "moving on" to other things would not sit well with me for future product lines. Address the issues in some form; apologize for low stock, bring up some kind of solution, at least address they're looking at the situation, SOMETHING that informs the consumer that they've looked into it.

Aside from that, I'm not too worried about what else they announce. Granted, I have a lot of wants, but this is Nintendo we're talking about here. But as long as I'm on here, let's see...oh, some expansion on the virtual console news front; where's the N64 games on the Wii U eshop (not the silly Wii shop - that doesn't count) you promised like 2 years ago? The DS games as well? I'm tired of them bringing up things and not fulfilling those ambitions. Are we just supposed to forget that they brought them up?

I thought some Nintendo rep a few days ago said "Nintendo is aware of the scalping problem..."? If that's the case, and they sold these on their site not limiting how many per purchase, they're dumber than I thought...or the guy was not a true Nintendo rep...or both. lol

What the hell? Did Nintendo see the news about the 3rd party version of their product, and reacted by selling some ludicrously low amount of stock through their site? I just don't get it. This company cannot seem to have their ducks in a row at all lately.