Skipping down after getting halfway through the comments. All the salt over an additional character. I get it, the game's recent and multiplatform, so the character's impact is negligible for not being a Ninty exclusive, but when one says "eShop", what are the arguments in favor? I'd imagine Shovel Knight is one of the "must-buy" recommendations, up there with the Shantae games (Risky's Revenge being a large proponent for DSiWare).
I like the character, and his goofy proportions, and dat shovel, so I'm good by it. But seeing all this Isaac love... Man oh man, I'd love a Golden Sun character in. Heck, make half of Isaac alts be Felix (like the other Robin, and Olimar, the Villager...), and I'll swoon.
Heck, just give me an app that can back-up and re-apply amiibo data, and I'd be fine with that. Would be hella weird, though, if I got my Wario and Palutena mixed up, ohohohoho~.
And I just got a 2.0-updated rip, I was so want of the OST. The fully instrumented version of the final battle music, for sure, as well as the Squid Sisters music I first fell in love with from the debut Splatfest announcement. Also got the credits music on there (good heavens, do I love the credit reel; so many cute asides that really open that world up!). Otherwise, I have Game Chops' 'Splatunes!' album (giving it a proper listen, I really like much of the music, such that I had the album on repeat for the hours I took cleaning my room), as well as MtH's "Gentlesquid" mashup.
Far as availability goes, well, we've seen Game Freak/The Pokémon Company/whoever release all the main games' soundtracks on iTunes, so there may be hope, even if only from that storefront.
Skimming, I'm with @AlternateButtons here. When it comes to pirating, it'd been soundtracks. Games? I have so many, on the cheap the most, and unless the distribution rights tank, I know I can get them eventually. Music is likewise in that vein, these days. It's readily available for purchase, and Bandcamp allows me to listen to it at home if I can't buy it yet. I think, if these things we like are readily available, we'd prefer to buy it, knowing we've got a recognized claim to it. But amiibos are stupid scarce, and not available digitally, so in light of our alternatives — giving too much money to people who don't contribute to amiibos' proliferation — it's frustrating not know WHEN, if ever, we can get these things. I'd think there's many who've given up on the idea of "eventually", given Nintendo's handling so far, so if they are a fan of a title, here most egregiously Splatoon, why should they not allow themselves to enjoy what's part of their download?
I was able to nab the Splatoon amiibos, but if I couldn't, I wouldn't pay scalpers, and never on their terms. I'd likely just stew at not being able to access it, which may even be more damaging than hacking my way in — knowing I can't have something just because of some gimmick, I might well turn sour to the whole thing. (Incidentally, I feel this way for "backer-only" playable content; I believe all non-trivial content should be timed exclusive.)
I begin thinking about Jim Sterling's breaking point with amiibo, where Splatoon's got significant content (beyond outfits, story levels retooled with different weapons and conditions) locked behind amiibo. Instead of a little treat for having a figure, like in Mario Kart 8, it's real, valuable gameplay that near no one ca get to because there's not enough going around to allow them.
So, yeah, Nintendo, if you don't want this happening, don't maintain a situation where these efforts are so damn valuable.
In mathematical nomenclature(?), there's "(Saiyan)", "(Super (Saiyan))" (+, 2, 3, etc.), "(Super Saiyan God (Saiyan))", and "((Super Saiyan God) Super (Saiyan))"... right? Or more shorthand, "SSG Saiyan" and "SSG Super Saiyan"?
OH THANK GOD (for Jim)! That week or two was set to be jam-packed for big releases, and I was getting worried I could even keep up. Now I've the wiggle room for the Disgaea 5 set.
Huh, went this afternoon before work, as they had some left, and one of the clerk even had got an e-mail just before I arrived, that they would extend the preorder through tomorrow.
Strange, though, that my pre-order price is...$99.99 USD?! Something is incorrect...
Odd-fitting as dating-sim-style character model interaction seems to me for a turn-based strategy war game series, I was caught by the allegations of rape and curing of a "lesbian problem" for a recent title. But, a quick Googling got me selections from a translated transcript of the Soleil conversations in question. I take it the "let me help you handle being around cute women" and the "I wouldn't want to get touchy with you before marriage" lines are, as mentioned above, were misconstrued via translation generators.
THAT cleared up, non-biological incest (step-, adopted, etc.) is endemic of teh animu, though implications on part of the player character in a Nintendo game is If-fy (ha!). But, as with much of Fire Emblem, I cannot be assed to look into it enough to cease being so out of the loop on particulars.
Any Kirby Wii title would be favored, I'd say. Kirby's Epic Yarn floats around $20, I think, but Return to Dream Land is still around $40/$50! Just like Metroid Prime Trilogy, getting it at a reasonable rate would be aces.
The only reason I would ask or expect a response to a gameplay question on Miiverse is if I was desperate and didn't feel up to sifting through a likely spoilery GameFAQs file. Elsewise, a large lump of my posts had been TFFCC braggings (namely, my "first runs", which maybe I should finish up before the redesign hits).
I mean, why else have tags? Not like there isn't swaths of users who seem oblivious (most criminally to "Mark as Spoiler", but even on ACNL, I've commented on Dream Address shares for the user to add that tag).
With a friend over, I booted into the Wii U eShop to find 'I've Got to Run!' on sale for a single cent. Since Nintendo funds appropriation allows for only as much as is needed, I nabbed it. Not too good of a game, but funny for how differently Roy the Marshmallow Boy handled. After we passed it between ourselves, popped into Miiverse to see what others had to say. Learned the (stately better) 3DS version was ten cents. So, had to get it. And wow, it is so much more on 3DS. More familiar jumping, more significant graphical assets, and a wider set of options for it all. Not disappointed in these both, as a fun night for us.
On one hand, bullocks to retailer exclusivity. On the other, phew, Palutena's on Amazon. Shame I don't have that Prime trial anymore, so shipping costs on top of my State's taxes. Actually requested the 31st off from work just to nab this'n, so gotta get that request changed.
Something geared toward women, or what Nintendo's statistics suggest for an average woman? Yeh, okeh. But my first impression is, "That's hella pink, innit?"
@AVahne Yeah, gonna hafta peg Xseed to step in and be awesome again. Really, though, they're at if not THE top localization house this side of the Atlantic.
As someone who, for home consoles, has mained Sony's stuff (and, heck, currently I'm pouring time into a Vita over my n3DS), when it comes to multiplatforms, I've sided with Sony unless there's something specifically unique to another platform. Nintendo's gonna need to at least reach parity, so that it's not a problem to do straight ports, and if these devs aren't encumbered by that process, they may just do more with their Nitnendo versions, like the second-screen jibberydoo we saw in the launch ports (and which the Vita could certainly use more of, Bethesda~). And beyond power, network features. "Cheevos" are a metagame now, on Xbox, on PlayStation, on Steam, and soon even GOG. Miiverse is excellent (I certainly like it more than what I've gleaned of the current PlayStation sphere, though trophy-triggered screenshots are cool, and I'm bummed to miss out on that for shared-list titles I've started on PS3/Vita), but Nintendo need to at least match, so that "immigrants" will have all the luxuries of their previous homes, and more.
Oh, thank goodness. It's still on life support. Nabbed an early run of 999 off eBay, and have VLR from PlayStation Plus, where I'd prolly wanna play the followup... once I play the first two, uguu~
One word: Pom-poms. Whenever I see that little icon in these screenshots, I melt a little. If you can't get behind that icon, then maybe a Kratos mod is more your speed.
Time to save copies of my activities. Ah, so many things registered... So, uh, number of things redeemed. (Yeah, still a bit salty over the Coins reduction.)
"Squid Girls!" uses whatever that track from the Splatfest announcement is, as does, thanks to being tabbed away from changing the track, "Octoling Assault!". Music prolly plays on my baser brain, and I don't mind.
@russellohh That is a very good point, which has bubbled to mind as I read about this stuff. Still have yet to play Awakening, so I don't know how romances work in that aside from what I've read up here, but it's one thing to have custom companion characters turn out how ever you, as the player, guide them to be (as I'd imagine for a Tomodachi Life followup), and another for these characters to have defined personalities. Haven't played BioWare's stuff much, either, but I want to say the romance options also fall more in line with the characters' traits. So while it's groan-inductively restrictive as the player to have but one character in each game who can swing for same (what I'm reading, they can also swing for opposite?), in-game, this can fall in line with statistics.
(But then, take any given non-customs RPG, and you're apt to see a whole spread of ages, races, etc., so "reflective of real-world populations" has never been the go-to line for these ragtag heroes to tow.)
Regardless, that there's any effort on Nintendo's part, it's a great start. From here, they just need to keep pace, rather than stagnate for fall back.
As for concerns of accidentally triggering unintended/unwanted relationships, I have to ask if, in Awakening, one could "max out" an opposite-sex relationship without triggering a romantic interest. If so, just do that. If not, just do what the straight not-interesteds have done before. Yeah?
As seen from other (admittedly early) comments, these spinoffs are good, but the Wii U (and to lesser extent, 3DS) is still missing a token core game from these franchises. For Metroid Prime and Metroid main, it's been since 2009, right? And F-Zero, an absolute no-show...
@davidevoid I think it's that Nintendo has since locked the pricing (which was based in fixed tiers of Nintendo Points). When WayForward had their anniversary sale, they claimed something along those lines for why Shantae:RR (and, in a similar boat, Mighty Milky Way and Mighty Flip Champs!) weren't included.
Saw this review, and started to freak out internally. "When was it put on the eShop?!" But yes, I went into the game off my enamorment* of the earlier ones, and it wasn't until I was reading reviews some time after beating it that the word "gimmick" ever came to mind. This game is so built around its gyro and knowing the screen will be turning, it never felt too forced (though playing Crygor's stuff on an SP over the at-the-time-of-release GBA felt slightly misaligned). If the New 3DS's added power would allow true Virtual Console conversions of GBA games, I might would have to buy this as soon as it hits eShop, to beat it for the third time.
Thinking of Galaxy Force II, maybe Space Harrier and/or Super Hang-On. All of which, if I'm getting this right, are from-behind/second-person(?) views. Played some of the others on PS3 or such, but if Monster World IV gets the 3D treatment, oh I just might would have to. Oh, and the Phantasy Stars!
I make myself sick waiting around this past Black Friday getting a Wii U, then make an impulse buy on a (Latin American?!) PS Vita, and both systems are pretty much "ehhh..." in prospects now. Le sigh. But as said, there's a strong back-catalogue, but I think in both cases, there's some rejuvenation that could go toward getting word-of-mouth out.
The PS Vita and especially PS TV have janky Store issues, with interface, usability (especially of the Download List), updates (PS TV's still showing stuff from, like, March, and its "New Releases section is interspersed with 2012 content), and compatibility issues (PSP, PS1, minis, there's something in all those categories that has no reason to not be immediately accessible on those systems).
The Wii U, though, I'd say is struggling with the Nintendo Network. Not online functionality, but against with the Store. PS systems have Cross-Buy, but that's rarely been seen on the eShops, and even then not an automatic process, with purchases still being bound to the system they were purchased on. No cloud saves (with the 3DS in a restricted 30-file limit for local backup), and a web store presence that's a bit hidden from view. If Ninty would finally announce their integrated followup thing, with account-based content accessibility and perhaps achievements (tied in with their rewards program?), that would be enough hype just in the, "I guarantee, it's not gonna be a pain in the butt to get and keep your games," that, with a price drop, could get folks to say, "Eh, why not?"
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Re: Rumour: Fresh Sources Suggest Shovel Knight Is Indeed Digging His Way To Super Smash Bros.
Skipping down after getting halfway through the comments. All the salt over an additional character. I get it, the game's recent and multiplatform, so the character's impact is negligible for not being a Ninty exclusive, but when one says "eShop", what are the arguments in favor? I'd imagine Shovel Knight is one of the "must-buy" recommendations, up there with the Shantae games (Risky's Revenge being a large proponent for DSiWare).
I like the character, and his goofy proportions, and dat shovel, so I'm good by it. But seeing all this Isaac love... Man oh man, I'd love a Golden Sun character in. Heck, make half of Isaac alts be Felix (like the other Robin, and Olimar, the Villager...), and I'll swoon.
Re: Talking Point: The Argument For And Against amiibo-Cloning Tool Amiiqo
Heck, just give me an app that can back-up and re-apply amiibo data, and I'd be fine with that. Would be hella weird, though, if I got my Wario and Palutena mixed up, ohohohoho~.
Re: Splatoon Original Soundtrack Bringing 2 CDs of Noise to Your Pointy Squid Ears
And I just got a 2.0-updated rip, I was so want of the OST. The fully instrumented version of the final battle music, for sure, as well as the Squid Sisters music I first fell in love with from the debut Splatfest announcement. Also got the credits music on there (good heavens, do I love the credit reel; so many cute asides that really open that world up!). Otherwise, I have Game Chops' 'Splatunes!' album (giving it a proper listen, I really like much of the music, such that I had the album on repeat for the hours I took cleaning my room), as well as MtH's "Gentlesquid" mashup.
Far as availability goes, well, we've seen Game Freak/The Pokémon Company/whoever release all the main games' soundtracks on iTunes, so there may be hope, even if only from that storefront.
Re: It's Autobots vs Decepticons in the Upcoming Transformers Splatfest
Where my Minicons at?!
But nah, goin' Decepticon.
Re: The Piracy of amiibo Now Seems Possible With the 'amiiqo' Device
Skimming, I'm with @AlternateButtons here. When it comes to pirating, it'd been soundtracks. Games? I have so many, on the cheap the most, and unless the distribution rights tank, I know I can get them eventually. Music is likewise in that vein, these days. It's readily available for purchase, and Bandcamp allows me to listen to it at home if I can't buy it yet. I think, if these things we like are readily available, we'd prefer to buy it, knowing we've got a recognized claim to it. But amiibos are stupid scarce, and not available digitally, so in light of our alternatives — giving too much money to people who don't contribute to amiibos' proliferation — it's frustrating not know WHEN, if ever, we can get these things. I'd think there's many who've given up on the idea of "eventually", given Nintendo's handling so far, so if they are a fan of a title, here most egregiously Splatoon, why should they not allow themselves to enjoy what's part of their download?
I was able to nab the Splatoon amiibos, but if I couldn't, I wouldn't pay scalpers, and never on their terms. I'd likely just stew at not being able to access it, which may even be more damaging than hacking my way in — knowing I can't have something just because of some gimmick, I might well turn sour to the whole thing. (Incidentally, I feel this way for "backer-only" playable content; I believe all non-trivial content should be timed exclusive.)
Re: The Piracy of amiibo Now Seems Possible With the 'amiiqo' Device
I begin thinking about Jim Sterling's breaking point with amiibo, where Splatoon's got significant content (beyond outfits, story levels retooled with different weapons and conditions) locked behind amiibo. Instead of a little treat for having a figure, like in Mario Kart 8, it's real, valuable gameplay that near no one ca get to because there's not enough going around to allow them.
So, yeah, Nintendo, if you don't want this happening, don't maintain a situation where these efforts are so damn valuable.
Re: Enter a Crazy Code to Unlock a New Character in the Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Demo
In mathematical nomenclature(?), there's "(Saiyan)", "(Super (Saiyan))" (+, 2, 3, etc.), "(Super Saiyan God (Saiyan))", and "((Super Saiyan God) Super (Saiyan))"... right? Or more shorthand, "SSG Saiyan" and "SSG Super Saiyan"?
Re: NIS America Confirms Rodea the Sky Soldier Delay
OH THANK GOD (for Jim)! That week or two was set to be jam-packed for big releases, and I was getting worried I could even keep up. Now I've the wiggle room for the Disgaea 5 set.
Re: Mewtwo Still Looks Just As Fearsome As A Packaged amiibo
Oh, oh! A Ditto amiibo, with G&W-style interchangeable figures, looking like malformed versions of the Sm4sh 'mon fighters!
Re: Video: Say Hello To The SNES Game Which Ships Inside A Game Boy Cartridge
Still waiting for Super Game Boy functionality on the 3DS Virtual Console, Nintendo. C'mon, lemme at that colorized Metroid II!
Re: Mewtwo Still Looks Just As Fearsome As A Packaged amiibo
I have the little figurine that came with the PKMN TCG Mewtwo set (with a giant Mewtwo EX card), but this...my childhood demands I get this.
Re: Video: Get Into The Rhythm With the Stella Glow Opening Movie
Atlus has a track (ha) record (ha!) of releasing games with a music CD in first runs. Hope they lump the "English Ver." tracks in one for this one.
Re: GameStop Confirms amiibo 3-Pack Pre-Order Event This Weekend
Huh, went this afternoon before work, as they had some left, and one of the clerk even had got an e-mail just before I arrived, that they would extend the preorder through tomorrow.
Strange, though, that my pre-order price is...$99.99 USD?! Something is incorrect...
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Tackles Criticisms of Bonus Features in Games
Odd-fitting as dating-sim-style character model interaction seems to me for a turn-based strategy war game series, I was caught by the allegations of rape and curing of a "lesbian problem" for a recent title. But, a quick Googling got me selections from a translated transcript of the Soleil conversations in question. I take it the "let me help you handle being around cute women" and the "I wouldn't want to get touchy with you before marriage" lines are, as mentioned above, were misconstrued via translation generators.
THAT cleared up, non-biological incest (step-, adopted, etc.) is endemic of teh animu, though implications on part of the player character in a Nintendo game is If-fy (ha!). But, as with much of Fire Emblem, I cannot be assed to look into it enough to cease being so out of the loop on particulars.
Re: GameStop Confirms amiibo 3-Pack Pre-Order Event This Weekend
Well, crap, and I was penciled in for work tonight. Going to bed now, a couple hours before opening...
Re: Weirdness: Sonic the Hedgehog is All About Self-Effacing Humour on Twitter
checks username Wait, I follow that channel. So it IS the official Twitter? Good heavens...
Re: Nintendo of America is Bringing Three 'Classic Kirby Games' to the Wii U eShop This Week
Any Kirby Wii title would be favored, I'd say. Kirby's Epic Yarn floats around $20, I think, but Return to Dream Land is still around $40/$50! Just like Metroid Prime Trilogy, getting it at a reasonable rate would be aces.
Re: Suda51 Isn't Done With No More Heroes and Travis Touchdown
Still no No More Heroes 2 for PS3, but then, the Move controller is still severely underserved without a speaker...
Re: Editorial: Super Smash Bros. Should be Integral to Nintendo's NX Future
"Super Smash Bros. for NX", featuring a digital upgrade discount, and new story mode.
Sell me, Nintendo.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Soundtrack CD Club Nintendo Reward Powerslides Into View
Count me a jelly Yankee. Good heavens~
Re: Awesome New Nendoroids are Unveiled at Wonder Festival 2015
Given how readily Mega Man is lumped with Ninty chaps, can Capcom just sell those series over to Nintendo now? (And Konami, Castlevania?)
Re: Reminder: Amazon-Exclusive Palutena amiibo Orders Open Today in North America
Managed to nab one (the ten minutes it took for the page to go live), and nabbed Groupees' JAST VN bundle on preorder price. A gewd day for lewds.
Re: Weirdness: Here's What An All-Human Star Fox Team Looks Like
Took me a bit to realize just why Peppy ("Pepper"?) here was holding her gun like that: Weaponized bunny ears.
Re: Nintendo Explains Reasoning Behind Upcoming Miiverse Redesign
The only reason I would ask or expect a response to a gameplay question on Miiverse is if I was desperate and didn't feel up to sifting through a likely spoilery GameFAQs file. Elsewise, a large lump of my posts had been TFFCC braggings (namely, my "first runs", which maybe I should finish up before the redesign hits).
I mean, why else have tags? Not like there isn't swaths of users who seem oblivious (most criminally to "Mark as Spoiler", but even on ACNL, I've commented on Dream Address shares for the user to add that tag).
Re: Nintendo Download: 16th July (North America)
With a friend over, I booted into the Wii U eShop to find 'I've Got to Run!' on sale for a single cent. Since Nintendo funds appropriation allows for only as much as is needed, I nabbed it. Not too good of a game, but funny for how differently Roy the Marshmallow Boy handled. After we passed it between ourselves, popped into Miiverse to see what others had to say. Learned the (stately better) 3DS version was ten cents. So, had to get it. And wow, it is so much more on 3DS. More familiar jumping, more significant graphical assets, and a wider set of options for it all. Not disappointed in these both, as a fun night for us.
Re: Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria is the Next Wii U and 3DS Cross-Buy Release
Still need to pick up Book II for PlayStation systems, but now I'm a bit curious on how this package compares to the two-pack there.
Re: Dark Pit and Palutena amiibo Are Retailer Exclusives in North America
On one hand, bullocks to retailer exclusivity. On the other, phew, Palutena's on Amazon. Shame I don't have that Prime trial anymore, so shipping costs on top of my State's taxes. Actually requested the 31st off from work just to nab this'n, so gotta get that request changed.
Re: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away Aged 55
Mouth is still agape.
Before I went to work tonight, I saw him shaking hands with DeNa's lead, back straight. And now... Wow. This is so sudden.
Satoru Iwata, direct to the next.
Re: Splatfest Details Are Confirmed for 18th July Splatoon Battles
B-B-B-But... I know I wanted another one soon, but I work this weekend too!
Anyway, roller coasters (more maneuvers, less wet), and sleeping for EUing (food has more variety, but it's harder to go wrong with a good sleep).
Re: If You're A Female In Japan, Then The Nintendo Girls Game Museum Is For You
Something geared toward women, or what Nintendo's statistics suggest for an average woman? Yeh, okeh. But my first impression is, "That's hella pink, innit?"
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Isn't Bringing Devil's Third To North America
@AVahne Yeah, gonna hafta peg Xseed to step in and be awesome again. Really, though, they're at if not THE top localization house this side of the Atlantic.
Re: Nintendo Download: 9th July (North America)
This Epic Indie sale feels like an aftershock of the Humble Nindie Bundle. Tempting...
Re: Talking Point: Raw Power Isn't Vital to Nintendo's NX, But It Does Matter
As someone who, for home consoles, has mained Sony's stuff (and, heck, currently I'm pouring time into a Vita over my n3DS), when it comes to multiplatforms, I've sided with Sony unless there's something specifically unique to another platform. Nintendo's gonna need to at least reach parity, so that it's not a problem to do straight ports, and if these devs aren't encumbered by that process, they may just do more with their Nitnendo versions, like the second-screen jibberydoo we saw in the launch ports (and which the Vita could certainly use more of, Bethesda~). And beyond power, network features. "Cheevos" are a metagame now, on Xbox, on PlayStation, on Steam, and soon even GOG. Miiverse is excellent (I certainly like it more than what I've gleaned of the current PlayStation sphere, though trophy-triggered screenshots are cool, and I'm bummed to miss out on that for shared-list titles I've started on PS3/Vita), but Nintendo need to at least match, so that "immigrants" will have all the luxuries of their previous homes, and more.
Re: The Animal Crossing amiibo Range is Bigger Than We Thought
Yet, still no Sable. Like @Lizuka said, why one and not the other? Or Labelle, for that matter?
At least we have K.K.
Re: Zero Escape Volume 3 Will Tell a New Tale on 3DS in 2016
"and PlayStation Vita"
Oh, thank goodness. It's still on life support. Nabbed an early run of 999 off eBay, and have VLR from PlayStation Plus, where I'd prolly wanna play the followup... once I play the first two, uguu~
Re: Nintendo Has No Plans For amiibo Support In The Legend Of Zelda: Triforce Heroes
My Wario-clad "Link" or riot.
Re: Blast Ball is Actually the Tutorial in Metroid Prime: Federation Force, With an Intriguing Story Promised
Coulour me intrgued. Just...let's disregard the Other M portrayal when the face-to-face comes.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Director Defends Absence of Female Playable Characters
One word: Pom-poms. Whenever I see that little icon in these screenshots, I melt a little. If you can't get behind that icon, then maybe a Kratos mod is more your speed.
Re: Reminder: North American Club Nintendo Rewards Will Disappear Very Soon
Time to save copies of my activities. Ah, so many things registered... So, uh, number of things redeemed. (Yeah, still a bit salty over the Coins reduction.)
Re: Stay Fresh With This Funky Splatoon Themed Album From GameChops
"Squid Girls!" uses whatever that track from the Splatfest announcement is, as does, thanks to being tabbed away from changing the track, "Octoling Assault!". Music prolly plays on my baser brain, and I don't mind.
Re: Nintendo Life Weekly: F-Zero Wii U, Octolings, and Same-Sex Marriage
@russellohh That is a very good point, which has bubbled to mind as I read about this stuff. Still have yet to play Awakening, so I don't know how romances work in that aside from what I've read up here, but it's one thing to have custom companion characters turn out how ever you, as the player, guide them to be (as I'd imagine for a Tomodachi Life followup), and another for these characters to have defined personalities. Haven't played BioWare's stuff much, either, but I want to say the romance options also fall more in line with the characters' traits. So while it's groan-inductively restrictive as the player to have but one character in each game who can swing for same (what I'm reading, they can also swing for opposite?), in-game, this can fall in line with statistics.
(But then, take any given non-customs RPG, and you're apt to see a whole spread of ages, races, etc., so "reflective of real-world populations" has never been the go-to line for these ragtag heroes to tow.)
Regardless, that there's any effort on Nintendo's part, it's a great start. From here, they just need to keep pace, rather than stagnate for fall back.
As for concerns of accidentally triggering unintended/unwanted relationships, I have to ask if, in Awakening, one could "max out" an opposite-sex relationship without triggering a romantic interest. If so, just do that. If not, just do what the straight not-interesteds have done before. Yeah?
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Approach to Transforming Franchises Clashes With Fan Expectations
As seen from other (admittedly early) comments, these spinoffs are good, but the Wii U (and to lesser extent, 3DS) is still missing a token core game from these franchises. For Metroid Prime and Metroid main, it's been since 2009, right? And F-Zero, an absolute no-show...
Re: There Are Now Over 600 DSiWare Games And Apps
@davidevoid I think it's that Nintendo has since locked the pricing (which was based in fixed tiers of Nintendo Points). When WayForward had their anniversary sale, they claimed something along those lines for why Shantae:RR (and, in a similar boat, Mighty Milky Way and Mighty Flip Champs!) weren't included.
Re: Review: WarioWare Twisted! (GBA)
@Gridatttack "Sew Hard"!! Even my friend who never caught on with WarioWare had his fill on that minigame.
Re: Review: WarioWare Twisted! (GBA)
Saw this review, and started to freak out internally. "When was it put on the eShop?!" But yes, I went into the game off my enamorment* of the earlier ones, and it wasn't until I was reading reviews some time after beating it that the word "gimmick" ever came to mind. This game is so built around its gyro and knowing the screen will be turning, it never felt too forced (though playing Crygor's stuff on an SP over the at-the-time-of-release GBA felt slightly misaligned). If the New 3DS's added power would allow true Virtual Console conversions of GBA games, I might would have to buy this as soon as it hits eShop, to beat it for the third time.
*not a word, but sounds like it could be
Re: Eight SEGA 3D Classics Get Discounts in North America
Thinking of Galaxy Force II, maybe Space Harrier and/or Super Hang-On. All of which, if I'm getting this right, are from-behind/second-person(?) views. Played some of the others on PS3 or such, but if Monster World IV gets the 3D treatment, oh I just might would have to. Oh, and the Phantasy Stars!
Re: The First Western Splatoon Splatfest Kicks Off on 4th July
Team Doge, and when I whipped up an MS Paint-tier dogoo from the Neptunia-verse, I got mad Yeah!s. Who'd'a thunk?
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Promises a Lot of Content and Playtime
I still am totally turned mushy over the pom-poms icon.
Re: Talking Point: E3 Highlighted Nintendo's Development Shift Towards NX, and Away from Wii U
I make myself sick waiting around this past Black Friday getting a Wii U, then make an impulse buy on a (Latin American?!) PS Vita, and both systems are pretty much "ehhh..." in prospects now. Le sigh. But as said, there's a strong back-catalogue, but I think in both cases, there's some rejuvenation that could go toward getting word-of-mouth out.
The PS Vita and especially PS TV have janky Store issues, with interface, usability (especially of the Download List), updates (PS TV's still showing stuff from, like, March, and its "New Releases section is interspersed with 2012 content), and compatibility issues (PSP, PS1, minis, there's something in all those categories that has no reason to not be immediately accessible on those systems).
The Wii U, though, I'd say is struggling with the Nintendo Network. Not online functionality, but against with the Store. PS systems have Cross-Buy, but that's rarely been seen on the eShops, and even then not an automatic process, with purchases still being bound to the system they were purchased on. No cloud saves (with the 3DS in a restricted 30-file limit for local backup), and a web store presence that's a bit hidden from view. If Ninty would finally announce their integrated followup thing, with account-based content accessibility and perhaps achievements (tied in with their rewards program?), that would be enough hype just in the, "I guarantee, it's not gonna be a pain in the butt to get and keep your games," that, with a price drop, could get folks to say, "Eh, why not?"
Re: Yet Another PAC-MAN Glitch Has Surfaced In Super Smash Bros.
Turn down for PAC! wub wub wub