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@BoogilyWoogily Keith, thank the rest of the staff for us, it's a fun game and a great job, any complaints I've heard so far and just not valid, excepting the sound of course, a shut off for music might have been nice though. Been waiting and watching for this one since first heard about it... not disappointed at all. Additional battles or 'challenges for an additional fee as DLC would have been nice to extend it's life or replayability. but what do I know Im no designer, just want to play more of it... Tedious? Pft. not. Some people you just can't please.

@nesrizo96 I have several examples of where N copied others idea and released them before the originating company were allowed to thermselves System flaw and Face Fighters anyone? that's just one minor example... it was released after but a copy for sure. there have been many others, There's NOTHING new under the sun... NOTHING, and I mean nothing.

I bought Both Mario Kart and Sega All Star Racing, needless to say, I no longer have MK. I thought Sega did a much better job and I'm looking forward to this one, PS MK did the alternate vehicles poorly anyway, they felt tacked on or an after thought, not really a benificial part of a new experience...don't even get me started about balance and glitches... in MK.

@Sean_Aaron the problem of digital download is that the physical fomat is around for much longer than the comapny makes the digital redownload available. Which only serves N's wallet...It's the same problem with WiFi focused games, they are far less valued once the initial sales tide subsides as within a year or two there are no servers to play them online. Once servers no longer operate, the games WiFi content is useless and you are left with the little bit of token single play content they might have supplied in the first place...This is a present problem with many WiFi Ds games right now, the online has been pulled already... I have dozens of DS games, some not even opened which are worth half thier original value because they wifi can not be played now...

I notice he justifies his decisions with (faulty ) logic. Makes it sound as though it should be so, but on paper and in the rest of the world, his logic does not stand up.His spin doctor approach fools few except his employees. You will never convince me another persons thoughts (not in physical form) no matter what the function ie book, movie, game etc,, is worth the same on or off a physical holding contraption.

@argus they didn't say Zeplin it said deep purple..."Deep Purple to Avril Lavigne"

@Capt_N I'm sure your last paragraph nailed the reason right htere...

@tanookisuit I have seen gamestop repeatedly put games back on the shelf, that I returned for scratches, would not play, and they still wanted to off it to someone else who wouldn't return it. They did this knowingly. people kept returning it and rather than call it a write off, they still tried scamming people with it...

@DrDaisy that is the premise of the whole game.. the scanning of the book.

To me this is BS because the Magic or illusions game that was sold for the Ds was heavily dependant on the Magic cards all being there and they frequently resold THAT often without the special deck.. so why not here? Because they didn't sell enough, at a high enough price point, to make the money back, that's one reason. If it's not easy money Gamestop is not interested...

"We do not hold such a premise that digitally distributed software has less value. In fact, as we have discussed this with a number of software publishers around the world, we have found that their opinions are completely divided on the topic of the price points .."
this is exactly why we are NOT seeing the same flood of interest from game designers on the 3ds that we did on the DS, companies are standing up against Nintendos unfair [read as unbalanced] business practices

It is strange how they alllow the music industry to create the gold standard with the topic of IP rights but when it comes to physical VS digital values they would take the opposite attitude [of said music industry] and say that physical media should be the same price as digitial.. "He who lives by the YEN will DIE by the YEN". -SyFyTy say....

@gamecubefan ... I could not agree more....

@BulbasaurusRex
... isn't GTA the same/similar premise, be a good drug dealer/criminal?

This is funny as I just wrote him (Jason) an email asking for this info as I had heard nothing for a while and wallah here it is,,, but it probably wasn't my letter he was responding to, doesn't really matter I got the info, it works for me. Been following this one can't wait to buy it.

How is this news? Other sites mentioned this almost3 months ago. But after 2 years and when all servers are down, unlike games of yesteryear, these new ones will be un usable trash since there will be no one lift oneline to connect / play the servers will be discountined and the emphesis is about online co op, These type of moves provide more interactive play but at the expense of long term value of the game. No mpore saving it on the shrlf for later play. Still I'm getting it.. dam.

this bites I wanted the Fire Emblem puzzle, like Japan got so that US and Europe had SOME hope that would arrive here as well. I never get the pieces/street pass tags anyway, no one near me owns a 3ds.

Devil Survivor 2 is not likely to get a 3ds makeover as they have stated thier reason for doing it on DS was because it covered both systems and the DS had a larger guaranteed install base. A 3games were fantastic though SMT DS2 was actually better than 1 IMHO.

Hey if Nintendo wants to make and sell me a new map/challenge/scenario for FE or even Advance Wars each week/month I'll buy it. Your damd right I would. without a second thought...In my head it's the same as me buying the next game piece-meal. If it's one of my favs why not? I say Bring it onnnnnn N.

If they really wanted to get this rolling, they would drop the price one some of these games offer just a small amount fewer maps lets say, and let people buy thier way past the amount they normally would have originally spent. I believe most would keep buying long past that original content if they liked it and if they don't they would not have played that new content anyway, so no loss for them I have always said even before the DLC discussion that I would gladly pay for monthly episodes of my fav strategy game; like a game-of-the-month concept. IN this way they could sell say 30 % more content per game. per person..

If they only release, this game, a new Fire Emblem and an Advance Wars for the 3ds,I would be a happy (ambassador) camper...even if no other games ever released, not that I don't want more.. I would love a CIV REV 3ds. I still have a back stock of over 70 DS gamers I purchased, many not even opened yet, that I want to play...

Why a game this direct and simple is not converted to 3d like Excitebike and made available on the 3ds for more us beyond my comprehension. IT seems as though Nintendo is selling thir worse games first (not this one necc.) and slowly building up to the worth while back stock. Just to make sure these have a chance at making a buck by offering them with no competition to speak of.

it IS a layton rip for certain, I got it. couldn't finish it.. but the name says it all You are 'Forbidden to Remember' playing it ever again....

Al joking aside, the John Deere Heartland DS Farm game (not the proper ds name though) got really good player reviews, so maybe it holds something, I'm mildly interested myself.

@Burning_Spear I agree, It would have boosted thier sales.. maybe they're hoping for people to pressure N into another contract? I've used that business tactic with corporate clients before myself in my business...

this has always been my concern with Nintendos multiplayer, they only support it for short periods. How many full campaigns can I play through ( I have dozens) at once. I have five games that they are already stopping the online servers for the DS(i) games.... that sucks and will greatly change the way I buy games (read how many I buy) this next gen (the 3ds gen) They need to support at lest 2 gens down the road to be fair. Most games only have a shelf life of a few months before they stop serving them...

PS these passme features and Street pass will only make these games more useless once the next gen arrives. There will be need drive to play them when no one else owns one. Just check out the online capabability for those games released for the DSI only 2 years ago, they are no longer online anymore (very few exceptions).I preferr no online except local as it kills the long term value of the game...

Fire EMblem Kakusie or Awakening as it will be known ouotside of Japan or also known as ... THE game you CAN'T *LAY OR HAVE. I hope al you 1st day buyers speak Japanese. cause it won't see Engrish. I'd bet money on that one.

I imported several from different countries for my DS: Crazy Frog Art School, Art Academy (provides step by step lessons & can use camera to suppliment art, some art carts include games for break time between artwork), Paint by DS, Paint by Ds Classics, Paint by DS Miitary Vehicles, Colors (homebrew version). And a few others I can't find at the moment, With the exception of those with similar names., all (including colors) provide options the other ones don't; Art Academy does not provide animation or digital capabilites or 3d (layered) painting, as good as it is...Not all versions have colored pencil, oil, air brush, and other medias...But hey, let's face it being creative (with visual art) is not for those with a limited mental capacity or restricted [to] only mechanical aptitudes ie thumb mashing or even those without fine coordinated muscle control. But those nay-sayers of Colors 3d, probably already knew that... right? Riiighhht. Pfft for YOU we have.. 'Let's Draw'. can-U draw-a bAlL? maybe a RoCk?

Wow, we gamers can be a whiney bunch can't we. One moment we're complaining that every game is the same and they're reselling us the same thing yearly ( BTW with new maps I'm ok with that) and in the next breath we're complaining that they changed too much. Changes should be incremental at best but there's nothing wrong with a spin off or one off. TV shows do it all the time. ALSO Nintendo, PLEASE bring this to the USA & UK thanks. 1 more thing Advance Wars with the Ghost Recon 3ds style depth would be amazing. PS Both art styles AW DoR/DoC and Dual Strike, were both good with me. Without Intelligent Systems games i may not buy Nintendo products.Every Nintendo game I like turns out to be I.S. made.

@Joshers744 Yeah Sim Golf bu Sid Meier would rock also, especially on the 3ds. or Sim Ant Farm anyone? Hey don't knock it till you've tried it...

This is a must buy for me. Actually I would have bought the 3ds just for this one game, I like it ThAT much. I know several locally that feel the same way... Come on Atari, we're counting on you.. please..

RCT is certainly NOT shovelware, that is certainly the statement of the uninformed or ignorant. Minecraft is more shovelware than THIS, and that isn't either.. If you people want to support and inspire them, post to thier facebook page...If this and Fire Emblem were the only two games released all year for the 3ds, I'd feel satisfied.

@Moose_4 YES great idea. You would think these companies would come up with sales like this instead of rewriting/coding it for iOS for .99 cents/ Also any one card would easily hold all 3 games.

Yeah I paid the $20 USD because of a previous experience with some games that were on eshop with the same name (but highly reduced content)
***cough 'system flaw' cough 'House MD' cough*..... That is apparently also the case here. Buying retail cart allows me to play it on more than one console since I own and use all 3 (that it may be downloaded to). I still enjoy magnetica which was my 1st purchase for my original DS lite. also liked Luxor for Ds too.

The late great P.T. Barnum (Huckster, Charlaten, Circus Millionaire Magnate Spin Doctor Extraordinairre) once said, it doesn't matter what they're saying about you as long as they're still talking about you..." (good or bad) is all publicity) HE built an empire that stands long after his death... this crapcom 'mistake//typo' is just an example of that type of hype/advertising. We'd be fools to think it was an accident... PT Barnum was also responsible for stating that... "there is a fool born every minute..." FYI he is the one and same of Ringling Bros Barnum & Baily fame and glued a horn on a goats head and sold admission to it as a real unicorn!! PS I still enjoy Crapcoms games though...just don't appreciate the publicity stunt. If you think companies are above this, guess again.

@pixelman could NOT agree MORE with that statement.. it's gettin' ollldddd
if I find the Fire Emblem is NOT being released in NA I will sell my 3ds and never look back I swear on my dead mothers grave. It seems like they are throttling releases to cover the months where there are none available. And to me 85 % of eshop games are abysmyl and not even as good as a bad Ipod game. Does not apply to ALL e

If Sony is doing little to support thier console BEFORE its launch, why should I believe they will support it, after I've already got one. Heck if not for these gaming site debates I would never have heard about it at all, that's just sad... You can give gold away FREE, is no one knows about it, no one will get it...PERIOD 'He who has something to sell and goes and whispers in a well, is not so apt to get the dollar as he who climbs a tree and hollers." an old business proverb. PS I would prefer BOTH succeed as competition drives better game design and innovation.

this and Advance Wars are th first two games single handedly responsible for getting me hooked as a Nintendo Fan. Please,...PLEASE Keep them coming to the US... Love to see this redone as a 3d Classic like Kirby was...

I had that MobiTV app for my phone, that was an awesome TV app, used to watch the comedians on my phone daily with thier fulll shows. Would LOVE to see that on the 3ds... with product oriented shows??!!!
<<<Advance Wars Rumble at 3PM dailyyyyy Grrrrrr, can yu predict who will win?>

replace it? this 'typo' was nothing less than a publicity stunt. To believe otherwise is to rank ones self among the gullible.

they said "more than half a dozen", where are you getting hundreds?. 7 is more than half a dozen, more than 12 would be 'more than a dozen', I would expect no more than 8 or so.

regarding DLC; Nintendos 1st mention ever about DLC (not that long ago) was directly related to THIS game... as recorded by Andriasang. It was only after this one that mention of DLC came about for other Nintendo games on the 3ds.

its no wonder these companies get the wrong idea about whos interested and whos not. Gamestop has had this game on thier site for 3 months but the clerk couldn't find a street date (in his register)and therefor could not take a deposit pre order. Finally just 20 days before release they can. What does that tell the Devs? I can't help but wonder if this is intentional.

I like what BattleToad said above about releaseing them in episodes I thought of something similar before regarding yearsly releases. Instead of changing gameplay, battle methods etc... just add episodes.... I'd buy them for sure.

this is great news for anything like Advance wars, so we can find online players years or months after buyingthe title... but Nintendo's probably doing it to decrease pre-owned sales also.

why does Japan get all the cool stuff and the US gets all the cookie cutter old hat crap re runs?

why ias it they seldom comment on US release until after the actual release (or so it seems)

I have always said Nintendo has left the largest hunk of money on the table with the DSi. If they just stop thinking Pokemon and Mario for a moment, and think more Mobile Info and Wiki accesss maybe, they would easily double the lifetime and maybe even profits of this concept.. Thier limitation to gaming is thier downfall overlooking a windfall of money and uses. Done right it could have rendered the netbook obsolete.

looking forward to this, I enjoyed the last one better than MK on the DSi.

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