SurferClock

Holy smokes, Baseball Simulator 1.000! One of the very few NES games that my dad, no joke, would play for HOURS on end! To this day, I've never been sure why he was so fond of that particular game when so many more realistic games were available at the time, but it's one of those quirky childhood memories that I can't help but wonder if I romanticized merely because it was my father playing video games, or if he really was just that enamored with it. This one may just be worth a download, if not just for the sheer nostalgia of it.

"Woah woah woah, stop the clock!"

Yes, stop it, turn it back, and have the developer put a little more time and effort into this! Having watched a gameplay video, it seems that this was a good working prototype for something game-esque, but I don't think folks should be expected to shell out money for this. This is a demo at best.

So, does it read data from AC:NL to determine how this conversation goes? I'm still checking into my town on a daily basis, so perhaps I wouldn't have an emotionally-burdened Isabelle in my version...?

If it is true, I will certainly appreciate the heads-up! Can't wait to be able to get ahold of these...after all, they're called a-MII-bo.

Add me to the folks who hope that whoever can do something about it, will. Or maybe one among their ranks stands up and goes, "but guys...we can put the Charizardite and Mega Speedup in ourselves. Why do we need to ruin the online competitions when we can just let the scrubs squabble over their petty competitions?" ...y'know, or something similar to that. Anything to get them to leave the scoreboards alone.

It's too bad nothing else Mario Maker related will make it onto the 3DS...maybe at some point we'll get a Mario Maker Player on 3DS to allow folks to try out levels from the Wii U.

What an awesome interview! As with a couple of other folks, my question was answered even before the selected questions for Charles, and it was fun watching the two of you interact and spend a few brief moments building and playing Mario Maker levels. I love the potential that Mario Maker represents, and I can't wait to eventually get my hands on both a Wii U and the game.

I'm going to be incredibly disappointed if Comix Zone doesn't happen.

...what is it about this song, the Japanese version at least, that makes you feel so ~sleepy~ while watching it? It's not like it's a Jigglypuff singing or something.

First of all, love your work, and all the joy you've brought fans such as I over the years.

My question to you, Mr. Martinet, is the following, "Have you ever felt the need to change or rephrase a line given to you, specifically for Mario? If so, why?"

Zoinks! Shaggy's sounding a little rough these days...I miss Casey Kasem all the more now.

Oh man, can you imagine if Blockbuster was still around and Nintendo did this?

RupeeClock is good people, always has been...but you don't have to take my word for it!

I think I would be just as giddy if I were in his spot, between actually getting to speak with one of Nintendo's representatives, talking about the Gaming Lounge, watching one of my co-workers play the most -awwwkward- round of SMM ever, and knowing I was anywhere -near- Charles Martinet. It's nice to see genuine excitement with this kind of reporting. Heck, we just had a recent announcement for Nintendo coming to Universal, and it seemed like it got lost amidst the bevvy of other announcements because the reporters didn't have something tangible to make of it.

Nice to see it starting to pop up, at least. My "new" old 3DS will benefit from this, if I could just get ahold of one...hopefully HHD will come with it?

I spent my final remaining coins a few days ago on Excitebike 3D. Fare thee well, Club Nintendo, and may your successor provide more happiness than salt.

I'm definitely most excited to finally get the base that will allow my Flame Red 3DS to make use of amiibo!

Issat...issat a Mega Yoshi I saw there at the end? Awesome!

Keeping fingers crossed for a 3DS version/connection/add-on...c'mooon, E3!

I'm going to join the legion of folks who are suggesting that you Nintendo Life columnists put leaks like this behind spoiler tags, ESPECIALLY so close to the presentation! Unconfirmed or not, it's really unkind of you to so blatantly spill on something like this.

$2.50 each for the first 6 Mega Man games? That's quite a deal, considering I have none of them.

Might be getting the AVGN game for the 3DS...but the Humble Nindie Bundle may have just created a heck of a backlog for me.

Loving all the new stuff with this update, especially being able to stock StreetPass hearts!

I can definitely get behind this...I can't wait to see the bonus games! Just pledged my support and gave most to the developers. What's awesome is you can choose how much to give to code.org and the Humble Tip as well as the developers of the games.

Swapnote theme seems salt in the wound of anyone who spent a lot of time with it, just to have it neutered by Ninty.

@bro2dragons Someone at NoA should make this happen!

Now they need to reduce the game prices by half!

Wow, first Heart, and I not only beat, but caught Celebi as well 10% catch rate! 0 moves left, but the S Rank doesn't matter for special stages. That was a pleasant surprise.

I played around with the Bow-wow back entrance room glitch a bit. If you don't have your sword, most areas are impossible...great to hear there's a way to beat the game in 10 minutes...I wonder if we'll see some of that during SGDQ this year!

I'm really enjoying the additional StreetPass Mii Plaza additions! After playing the heck out of the initial first wave of DLC plaza games, I've fully finished 3 out of the 4 games (Mii Force is giving me a LOT of trouble as far as its achievements), so two new games were quite welcome.

Ultimate Angler is a really nice game, very pleasant and relaxing outside of the occasional excitement of hauling a nice big catch in. The color-coding of the bait is a nice touch, being able to combine it to rank up your catches is awesome, and I can see myself actually going back and trying to get the best possible catches. It took all the best elements of the two more relaxing games from the first pack and combined them.

Battleground Z is also quite nice, though I can't tell if I like it more than Ultimate Angler just yet. My first HUGE plus with this game is that I am the hero, and if my Mii Fighter being used 90% of the time in Smash is any indication, then that should show how much I enjoy and am connected to my Mii character. The hobby-based weapons bring a nice element of surprise, and the invincibility where you battering-ram the zombies reminds me of the original Super Mario Bros. Starman, a delightful touch. The story's okay so far, and I like the pacing of the game, to where I can look forward to StreetPassing folks again to advance the story.

The VIP Lounge, don't know much about it yet but it seems nice, and the StreetPass Birthdays, I'm looking forward to eventually finding someone with my same birthday mostly!

Overall, the new stuff is most definitely worth it.

Hey, Pokemon Rumble World is now available in the US! I'm downloading it right now.

...make that eventually on account of Wave 4 being sold out. I won't even have to worry about it until the fall thanks to the NFC reader not being available until then.

Voted for Kid Chameleon, and I HOPE I can get my hands on a Charizard amiibo.

Kinda sad that AVGN hasn't hit the 3DS yet. That's kinda what I'm waiting for.

I really hope they show off the NFC portal, as I received a new original-model 3DS for Christmas this year, which I assume will last me roughly 3 years as my original one did.

Lookin' forward to it, especially for the 3DS!

In before "bashes his head against blocks" gets intense scrutiny, but there it is, in the NINTENDO style book! XD

This game is undeniably fun, wonderfully spaced out for maximum enjoyment, and it feels like all you really have to do is persist and strategize. Conquering tough levels feels triumphant when you've not had to spend any coins, set up your perfect team, finding those unexpected chains of combos (managed a 49 combo to end a stage, the Tetris Attack geek in me got so giddy at all that perfect placement!) ...it's sad that very few other franchises will be able to capture this sort of mood for their F2P games.

Honestly, I'm pretty happy with the game. It's a nice little diversion during work breaks, engaging, has the mechanics that I can only -wish- Trozei would've come with, and seriously, 30-minute heart charges are the most lenient of any of this type of game that I've seen!

@SEMevs You have to go on the Hatena website at http://en.flipnote.hatena.com/ first, log in with your information, and it actually gives you the proper username (jumbly assortment of letters and numbers) and password (no more than 6 characters) that you put into Flipnote Studio 3D, which allows you to log in on your 3DS and retrieve your notes from the Hatena site.

On topic, there's rather little to say, other than "haha, that's funny that someone is trying to do that."

You just have to be very persistent! Some parts of it are easier to get through than others, but it's a nice, small download when you do finally get to it. Don't lose hope, folks!

Mario Maker delayed to help adapt it for 3DS...
oh goodness PLEEEEASE let that be the case. D: Doubt it, but a guy can dream!

I feel like Battle Trozei / Link Battle should have had the features touted in this game...I'm not talking about the micro-transactions, but the ability to actually -level- the Pokemon you have! Stuck on the 9th section of the game currently, so here's hoping I may actually be able to finish before Shuffle comes out. I'm actually sort of (cautiously) optimistic for this and would like to see how this all pans out. No matter what you feel about it, it's not like Nintendo is -forcing- you to pay for these micro-transactions. Your patience and skill can be rewarded!

Would love to see this get a lot of love AND a 3DS version.

I tried pairing characters with the voices and...just...no. It doesn't work. This makes the Ninja Turtles adaptation look good. Who writes a 400-page script with intent on TRYING to do something with it? Sheesh.

EDIT: After reading his thing at the very beginning of this manifesto, I can definitely see why he might've put this out there, but this could very well have remained hidden for all time and been to his great benefit. He knows it's fan-fiction cheese as its absolute worst...so I suppose it's forgivable. If you ever want to see what the Michael Bay version of Super Mario World might be like, though, read as much of this as you can before, invariably, you'll start skimming because this is ridiculous.

@PvtOttobot I'd unwrap it! :I (What's inside?)

The default Home menu is really ugly with the new scheme. :/

I can't be the only one reminded of... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/377178
(Some language may be a bit unsavory! You have been warned)

Multi-Man Smash using the Miis on my system! So many garbage StreetPass tags from big names like "asjsfhss;j001" from Anguilla, so of course I wanna beat them up! Yah! Take that! That's for not giving me any puzzle pieces! Take that!

As if I didn't love Martinet's work already, he goes and gets himself a Vine. It's nice to see his work reach out to more candid settings so he can really let loose!