I definitely think N64 Classic is coming, but it made a lot of sense to not release it this season, for a couple of reasons. 1) It would have been directly competing with Pokemon: Let's Go and Smash Ultimate, and 2) It would have been directly competing with the Playstation Classic. No sense in releasing the N64 Classic in such a hotly-contested Holiday season when they can just hold off until next year.
I mean, I personally wouldn't have had the money for an N64 Classic , so I'm ok with it not releasing right now.
Man, could you imagine? One computer crash could have instantly changed millions of childhoods in the late 90s and early 2000s. I sure as hell wouldn't be the same person I am today. Glad everything worked out.
A 21-year-old kid isn't supposed to get cancer. That's just terrible. Good for Nintendo for at least making his wish come true in his final days though.
R.I.P. Chris. We'll continue the fight from here, my man.
Hey, I gotta give Sony some credit. They put up a better fight against Nintendo in the handheld market than anyone else ever has. The PSP in particular sold fairly well and had some classic games on it.
I still play my 3DS almost daily, and I've had it since 2011. The library is already enormous and good games are STILL releasing for it. It's the best handheld system ever.
There is no doubt this will be the last Smash Bros. game for a long, long time. With as much content as they seem to be packing into this, I think we'll be good for the next decade haha.
I used to be the same way. I would often lean toward buying PS3 games JUST because they had an easy list of trophies to achieve.
Over the years though, the obsession faded and now I'm back to buying games simply because I'm interested in playing them. I still enjoy earning trophies and achievements and love the added challenges that they provide, but they no longer dictate the games I play and I no longer obsess over "100 percenting" games through them.
That said, I would love to see Nintendo implement their own unique take. How cool would it be to earn new profile avatars or home menu themes by completing in-game challenges? Now THAT would be something to obsess over and have a lot of fun with.
At this point, you just plain don't like making money if you don't port your game to the Switch. Hottest console on the market and you're not bringing a remastered collection of games to it? Lol, ok then.
Question is: Is this the third version of Smash 4, or are we looking at Smash 5? This trailer potentially hints at an all new game, but there's definitely not enough concrete evidence yet.
Always difficult to predict what we will see in the pre-E3 Directs. I'm assuming the heavy-hitters like Smash Bros. for Switch, Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Switch will be saved for E3, so it's hard to think of what major announcements might come out of this. Hope there's a surprise or two.
I just don't understand why My Nintendo can't offer free Virtual Console games like Club Nintendo used to. It can't possibly be that much of a burden on Nintendo's wallet to offer me a free download of Metroid for 50 gold coins. Like come on. I get that this rewards system is free, but you have to actually give me some incentive to give a damn.
I want to get Doom for my Switch soooooo bad, but that $60 price is keeping me away. I know Switch games tend to be pricier than the competition, but 60 bones is a bit much for a game that I can get on Xbox/PS4 for 20. Soon as it drops to the $40 range, I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.
Makes no sense that Netflix isn't on Switch yet. None at all. Hottest console on the market right now and they're just cool with missing out on those dollars?
Fire Emblem, Super Mario Advance 4, Metroid: Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission will forever be my four favorites on the GBA. Absolute gaming perfection right there.
I missed out on Bayonetta 1 and 2, so I'm pretty excited to see those get a re-release on Switch. Also very much looking forward to Mario Tennis Aces, Octopath Traveler and plenty of others.
But there is one clear choice for me when it comes to top tier hype levels: Metroid Prime 4. I NEEEEEEEEED IT!
Looks like Sonic Generations and Sonic Colors are still the kings of modern Sonic games. Really seemed like SEGA was onto something with those two games, but it's been downhill since.
These numbers should finally open Nintendo's eyes. Your fans have money just waiting to be thrown at you. Make enough stock of your products and you WILL profit heavily.
Keep pumping out SNES Classics, bring back tons of NES Classics next year and have 5 million N64 Classics ready to go for launch next Fall.
Was able to get one rather easily. Got in line at Wal-Mart an hour and half before midnight, so it wasn't too long of a wait. Last year, my Wal-Mart got 6 NES Classics, but they had 26 SNES Classics this time. Guess Nintendo was serious about producing more this time.
I have not played the original Star Fox since I was a wee lad, so I'm also very much looking forward to playing it. The previously unreleased sequel too!
Hope Crystal gets a release, since I've still never gotten to play it.
My only guess for why they're not releasing it at the same time as Gold and Silver is that they're hoping more people will "double dip" if they hold off for a few months. I mean hey, it's gonna work on me. If Crystal was launching on the eShop alongside Gold and Silver, I would probably only get Crystal. But since it's not, I'll be downloading one of the other two, and I'll still get Crystal if they release it later.
His answer totally contradicts the success of Sonic Mania. That game was what the fans wanted and hoped for, and it ended up being a huge hit. Making Sonic Adventure 3 is the next logical step.
If they want to keep making totally new games like Sonic Forces, that's fine. But I don't see why those games can't coexist with ones that revisit the classics.
Just bought this for my Wii U last year, so I'm not double-dipping. If they would have just added the new characters and modes as DLC for the Wii U version, that would have been good enough for me. But $60 for those extras? No thanks.
This is fantastic news..... but I'm not ready to celebrate yet. Once I actually have a NES and SNES Classic physically in my possession, after having paid the normal price for them, THEN I'll be satisfied.
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Re: Lots Of Rare amiibo Figures Appear To Be Getting Re-Runs For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
I really hope they plan on restocking Kirby. I amazingly haven't been able to find one since launch.
Re: Reggie: N64 Classic Mini Is "Not In Our Planning Horizon", But Wouldn't Ever Rule It Out
I definitely think N64 Classic is coming, but it made a lot of sense to not release it this season, for a couple of reasons. 1) It would have been directly competing with Pokemon: Let's Go and Smash Ultimate, and 2) It would have been directly competing with the Playstation Classic. No sense in releasing the N64 Classic in such a hotly-contested Holiday season when they can just hold off until next year.
I mean, I personally wouldn't have had the money for an N64 Classic , so I'm ok with it not releasing right now.
Re: Here Are The Top 10 Best-Selling Games For Wii U, 3DS, Wii And Nintendo DS (As Of September 2018)
Crazy enough, the Wii U list is actually probably the strongest overall list of games here.
Re: Three, Yes Three Resident Evil Games Are Headed To Nintendo Switch In 2019
Time to buy RE4 for the fifth time!
Re: Mega Man 11 - A Glorious Return To Form For One Of Gaming's Greatest Heroes
Fantastic! Can't wait to play it.
Re: Guide: The Best Pokémon Games - Every Mainline Pokémon Game Ranked
The disrespect for Ruby and Sapphire! Should be much higher.
Re: Junichi Masuda Remembers How A Computer Crash Nearly Wiped Out Original Pokémon Games
Man, could you imagine? One computer crash could have instantly changed millions of childhoods in the late 90s and early 2000s. I sure as hell wouldn't be the same person I am today. Glad everything worked out.
Re: Chris Taylor, The Super Smash Bros. Fan Battling Cancer, Has Sadly Passed Away
A 21-year-old kid isn't supposed to get cancer. That's just terrible. Good for Nintendo for at least making his wish come true in his final days though.
R.I.P. Chris. We'll continue the fight from here, my man.
Re: Sony Will Step Away From The Handheld Games Business In 2019, Leaving It All To Nintendo
Hey, I gotta give Sony some credit. They put up a better fight against Nintendo in the handheld market than anyone else ever has. The PSP in particular sold fairly well and had some classic games on it.
Re: Random: Someone Just Sold An Early Copy Of Super Mario Party On eBay For $7,100
Must be nice having that much money to just throw around stupidly.
Re: Monolith Soft Artist Would Like To Make Baten Kaitos 3, Asks Fans To Share Interest Online
I will 100% buy remasters of the first two games. Do it!
Re: Fox McCloud Won't Be Flying Solo In Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle For Atlas
This is one of the few multiplatform games that I will be getting for my Switch instead of my PS4 or Xbox. Star Fox's inclusion sold me.
Re: Yes, King K. Rool Really Is Coming To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
We've got Ridley
We've got King K. Rool
All we need now is Geno and this game will feature probably the three most requested Smash characters since Brawl.
Re: Dedicated Handheld Systems Are Still A Key Business Driver For Nintendo
I still play my 3DS almost daily, and I've had it since 2011. The library is already enormous and good games are STILL releasing for it.
It's the best handheld system ever.
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Notes That Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Could Be The Last In The Series
There is no doubt this will be the last Smash Bros. game for a long, long time. With as much content as they seem to be packing into this, I think we'll be good for the next decade haha.
Re: Star Fox Swoops Into Starlink: Battle For Atlas, Arrives On 16th October
Welp, this just became a day one purchase.
Re: Inti Creates Announces New Bloodstained And Gunvolt Titles For Switch At BitSummit
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is such a pleasant surprise. That's an absolute day one purchase.
Re: Kimishima Says Nintendo Has Plans For The 3DS In 2019 And Beyond
My 3DS is still a regular part of my gaming hobby. 7 years and still chugging right along. Nintendo's best handheld system ever.
Re: Soapbox: How Nintendo Switch Helped Break My Crippling Obsession With Achievements
I used to be the same way. I would often lean toward buying PS3 games JUST because they had an easy list of trophies to achieve.
Over the years though, the obsession faded and now I'm back to buying games simply because I'm interested in playing them. I still enjoy earning trophies and achievements and love the added challenges that they provide, but they no longer dictate the games I play and I no longer obsess over "100 percenting" games through them.
That said, I would love to see Nintendo implement their own unique take. How cool would it be to earn new profile avatars or home menu themes by completing in-game challenges? Now THAT would be something to obsess over and have a lot of fun with.
Re: Sega Reveals Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster, But It's Skipping Switch
At this point, you just plain don't like making money if you don't port your game to the Switch. Hottest console on the market and you're not bringing a remastered collection of games to it? Lol, ok then.
Re: Super Smash Bros. For Switch Is Coming This Year, And It's Got Inklings
Question is: Is this the third version of Smash 4, or are we looking at Smash 5? This trailer potentially hints at an all new game, but there's definitely not enough concrete evidence yet.
Re: Surprise! There's A New Nintendo Direct Coming, And It's Due Tomorrow
Always difficult to predict what we will see in the pre-E3 Directs. I'm assuming the heavy-hitters like Smash Bros. for Switch, Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Switch will be saved for E3, so it's hard to think of what major announcements might come out of this. Hope there's a surprise or two.
Re: Soapbox: My Nintendo's Updated Rewards Scheme Is Anything But Rewarding
I just don't understand why My Nintendo can't offer free Virtual Console games like Club Nintendo used to. It can't possibly be that much of a burden on Nintendo's wallet to offer me a free download of Metroid for 50 gold coins. Like come on. I get that this rewards system is free, but you have to actually give me some incentive to give a damn.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Life's Favourite Games From Switch's First Year
I want to get Doom for my Switch soooooo bad, but that $60 price is keeping me away. I know Switch games tend to be pricier than the competition, but 60 bones is a bit much for a game that I can get on Xbox/PS4 for 20. Soon as it drops to the $40 range, I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.
Re: Netflix Gets An Update, But Not On The Console You Were Perhaps Expecting
Makes no sense that Netflix isn't on Switch yet. None at all. Hottest console on the market right now and they're just cool with missing out on those dollars?
Re: Video: The 26 Best Game Boy Advance Games of All Time
Fire Emblem, Super Mario Advance 4, Metroid: Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission will forever be my four favorites on the GBA. Absolute gaming perfection right there.
Re: Feature: The Biggest Nintendo Switch Retail Games of 2018
I missed out on Bayonetta 1 and 2, so I'm pretty excited to see those get a re-release on Switch. Also very much looking forward to Mario Tennis Aces, Octopath Traveler and plenty of others.
But there is one clear choice for me when it comes to top tier hype levels: Metroid Prime 4. I NEEEEEEEEED IT!
Re: Castlevania's Second Season Airs On Netflix This Summer
Stoked. I loved the first season, even though it was so short.
Re: Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D Land And Ultimate NES Remix Join The Nintendo Selects Range
For real though. If you don't already have Super Mario 3D Land and A Link Between Worlds, you've been doing this whole 3DS thing wrong lol.
Re: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Sells 500,000 Copies Worldwide On Nintendo Switch
Those are good numbers. No excuse to not get FighterZ now.
Re: GameStop Tweets About Nintendo Direct, Then Quickly Deletes The Tweet
Dammit, Nintendo! We're gonna start rioting soon!
Re: Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Coming To Switch With amiibo Support
Capcom, you have earned my respect on this day. Big time. Well done.
Re: Review: Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS)
I really hope they put a lot of effort into the inevitable Mario Party 11 on Switch. I miss when this series was really good.
Re: Review: Kirby Battle Royale (3DS)
Definitely seems like this should be a $20 eShop release, not a full $40 retail one.
Re: Review: Sonic Forces (Switch)
Looks like Sonic Generations and Sonic Colors are still the kings of modern Sonic games. Really seemed like SEGA was onto something with those two games, but it's been downhill since.
Re: Anniversary: It's Been 10 Years Since Super Mario Galaxy Landed On The Wii
Hard to believe a decade has already passed. I remember first playing Mario Galaxy like it was yesterday.
Can't wait to pick up Mario Odyssey this weekend (finally!) and see how it compares.
Re: The SNES Classic Mini Has Already Hit Two Million Sales Worldwide
These numbers should finally open Nintendo's eyes. Your fans have money just waiting to be thrown at you. Make enough stock of your products and you WILL profit heavily.
Keep pumping out SNES Classics, bring back tons of NES Classics next year and have 5 million N64 Classics ready to go for launch next Fall.
Re: Anniversary: It's One Year Since Nintendo Showed Us The Switch
Has it really been a year already? Honestly doesn't even seem possible.
Re: Review: FIFA 18 (Switch)
I'm very interested in getting this because I still haven't gotten a FIFA game since FIFA 2002 on Gamecube. Seems like a great handheld game to have.
Re: Poll: A Retro Quest - Were You Able to Buy a Super NES Classic Edition / SNES Mini?
Was able to get one rather easily. Got in line at Wal-Mart an hour and half before midnight, so it wasn't too long of a wait. Last year, my Wal-Mart got 6 NES Classics, but they had 26 SNES Classics this time. Guess Nintendo was serious about producing more this time.
Re: Poll: Nintendo's Switch Arcade Archives - Is It the Retro Gaming You Want?
My only issue is the price. $8 for 30-year-old games? Really, Nintendo?
Re: Editorial: The SNES Classic Mini, Star Fox, and Downsides to Being a Mega Drive Kid
I have not played the original Star Fox since I was a wee lad, so I'm also very much looking forward to playing it. The previously unreleased sequel too!
Re: Rumour: Data Miners Find Evidence of Pokémon Crystal in the Gold and Silver VC Releases
Hope Crystal gets a release, since I've still never gotten to play it.
My only guess for why they're not releasing it at the same time as Gold and Silver is that they're hoping more people will "double dip" if they hold off for a few months. I mean hey, it's gonna work on me. If Crystal was launching on the eShop alongside Gold and Silver, I would probably only get Crystal. But since it's not, I'll be downloading one of the other two, and I'll still get Crystal if they release it later.
Re: SEGA Knows Fans Want Sonic Adventure 3
His answer totally contradicts the success of Sonic Mania. That game was what the fans wanted and hoped for, and it ended up being a huge hit. Making Sonic Adventure 3 is the next logical step.
If they want to keep making totally new games like Sonic Forces, that's fine. But I don't see why those games can't coexist with ones that revisit the classics.
Re: Metroid: Samus Returns Makes Top 10 Debut in UK Charts
Really hope Metroid: Samus Returns at least hits 1 million in sales worldwide. I want this series back for good this time.
Re: Review: Pokkén Tournament DX (Switch)
Just bought this for my Wii U last year, so I'm not double-dipping. If they would have just added the new characters and modes as DLC for the Wii U version, that would have been good enough for me. But $60 for those extras? No thanks.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 17 (Switch)
Nintendo needs to resurrect Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball.
Re: Nintendo Is Resurrecting The NES Classic Mini And Increasing SNES Classic Inventory
This is fantastic news..... but I'm not ready to celebrate yet. Once I actually have a NES and SNES Classic physically in my possession, after having paid the normal price for them, THEN I'll be satisfied.
Re: Review: Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
I've been seeing great reviews for this game all over the place. Metroid is back, baby.
Now everyone....... GO OUT AND BUY IT.
Re: Get Ready for a Nintendo Direct on 13th September
Hope they say SOMETHING about Virtual Console on Switch. ANYTHING.