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@mr12calvin Thank you so much. I told my Dad to stay strong, for my Grandma when he goes to India Tomorrow. I to will attempt to stay strong, everybody else in the family will have to pull through and get through this tough time, together, as one unit...

@DarkmarkUnited Thank you for your support at this grim time. Hearing about this, gave me depressing flashbacks of 2009, when my Grandma, my Mom's Mom, passed away. I was there when see died, I was there when her funeral was taking place. It is a wound that has been reopened.

No amount of Nintendo news can eliminate the sorrow that is My Grandad passing away. We got the phone call from India about An hour ago…
It is really depressing and as such, this will be the last post from myself for a while. See you then guys......

@JHDKoopman Plus, Smash Bros and Mario Kart are Nintendo's most popular franchises. Sales dont lie. Mario Kart is the best selling Wii U game and Smash Bros isn't too far behind. I see this as Nintendo putting a lot of faith in games like Starfox, Zelda(if it comes out before the end of this fiscal year,) STxFE and most importantly, Splatoon. I agree, they will miss the mark again, but it shouldn't be missing by a as much as some might think.

@ikki5 Story of Mario Kart 8. We need more different characters, not more versions of Mario...

May 29th? Isn't that the day that Splatoon releases? If so. Does this mean that the Silver Mario Amiibo will be compatible with Splatoon? Or is it the Splatoon only Amiibo that are compatible???

@outburst That would either be horrible that if the Wii U didn't get an exclusive main series Zelda game, or great because it would be a launch Title for the NX and that would be a day one Killer App for the NX.

More like Nintendo U.S Championship. Unless they mean that anybody from around the world can participate, then yes, Nintendo World Championship.

Yes, Nintendo 'World' Championship.

Fantastic for Nintendo. This shows good signs for the future, between Amiibo, the Mobile Market and the NX, the next couple of years will be interesting, to say the least...

@Fidu Agreed, Battle Arenas should be the equivalent to more 8 Player Smash stages. As in, provided as an update.

I am always down for more Mario Kart 8 DLC. Maybe a Sonic one and Metroid one.(Ridley not included because he's'Too Big') I think that Battle Mode should come as a Free Update. The Super Smash Bros for Wii U more 8 Player Stages, shows that Nintendo can do this.

Friendly Tip-Use Lightweight Characters. The turning around the corners is easier, when using Lightweight Characters, compared to using Heavyweight Characters.

I agree. DLC done right, like the Mario Kart 8 DLC, will increase the life of a game and keep the fanbase happy, in terms of the DLC being worth the little that it actually costs. If Nintendo ever wants to do DLC for their games, they should go off of the Mario Kart 8 framework.
I keep bringing up Mario Kart 8 and as annoying as it is to hear that Mario Kart 8 is DLC done right, nobody can deny that the DLC is fantastic, reasonably priced and full of content. Personally, as many games that I brought for the Wii, me and my brother would always go back to Mario Kart Wii, same for Wii U, we can buy Mario 3D World and Smash Bros, but it's Mario Kart 8 that we always go back to. And I don't know about anybody else, but I'm always down for more Mario Kart 8 DLC, if the content stays at the same amount and it's priced the same as well.

'That would pretty much be the best thing ever.'

Am I the only one that is actually excited that Neo Bowser City is in DLC Pack 2? I mean, I loved that track in Mario Kart 7.

@Tazcat2011 That's weird, maybe 200cc gets added, but you have to unlock it. I thought that once you get the update, 200cc is automatically availible. Well then. I've done everything in the game anyway so it should be availible right off the bat for me...

@Tsurii897 It's somewhat a cross, between Bike and ATV.

@DarthNocturnal Download the update on April 23rd and 200cc will become availible.

@Tazcat2011
1.Downloading the update on the 23rd of April.
2.Well, that's it.

@TrueWiiMaster Or Battle Mode free update. Much like the additional 8 player Smash stages.

@sinalefa 200cc is automatically unlocked when downloading the update.

@Knuckles The amiibo costume from the Pit amiibo will probably be added in the update after the one for this.

@Gerbwmu Because reality is a cruel mistress...

@StraTTtheRipper Same date as everywhere else-April 23rd.

@Evenmoresteven I've put almost 150 hours total in the game. This might take my total to more than my Mario Kart Wii play time, of more than 400 hours.

The difference isn't between Night and Day. But it was to be expected, I mean, the game is massive, so I guess it's whatever. I'm sure that it's nothing that would hamper from the experience. Has it been confirmed how long the game actually is??? For example, is the game longer than Xenoblade Chronicles?

I got Sonic 1 3D Classics. So I will definitely be downloading Sonic 2 as well.

All of these 200cc videos, seem to hint at a new DLC trailer soon. I mean, it comes out next Thursday, so maybe a new trailer this Thursday???

@Goginho Baby Park returned in Mario Kart DS and that game didn't have any special items either. So I would assume that it would be as hectic as it was in DS. I've never played DS, so I don't know how hectic it is in that game, but 200cc should make up for it. Make it 7 laps and a bit bigger to compensate for 12 players, then things should be close to Double Dash.

Please be real! Please be real! Please be real! PLEASE BE REAL!!!!!!! Baby Park is my favourite course from Double Dash!!™.

@Pichupr0ject But they ARE still making games for the Wii U. The Wii U isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. Remember, the NX is only going to be SHOWN OFF next year and most likely won't be out until 2017. Most Nintendo Home Consoles, have a lifecycle of 5 years, so it's actually standard. Also, whena company releases a New Console or Handheld, they always get started on designs for the next Console/Handheld, so this is nothing new. Again, they aren't abandoning the Wii U.

Wow, somebody on the Internet that is speaking positively about Nintendo. Cats and Dogs living together.
On a serious note, nothing can really be said yet, as Nintendo hasn't even released any information about the NX, except that it's Hardware of some kind. Right now, whatever me, you or anybody else that isn't working at Nintendo can do, is speculate. I do hope that it is a crossover between Home Consoles and Handhelds, but the question is, How will it work if you want to use the handheld aspect, away from the console? Once again, it would just be speculation...

Remember, Yoshi was originally meant to be in Super Mario Bros.(1985) So his inclusion wouldn't surprise me. They already have the Sprite for Mario World and Mario Bros U. But they could also use the Yoshi sprite from the NES version of Mario is Missing, for the Mario 3 sprite.
Also, Mario Maker could be releasing September 13th, because that would be bang on the 30th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. After a quick Google search, I found out that the first date that Mario 1 released on, was September 13th 1985. So it would make sense to release it then, right? I mean, they already stated that it would release in September, so all signs point to that release date.

Here's my opinions.
How excited are you about Splatoon?
Very, I can't wait for it to arrive.
Which major mode are you most looking forward to?
Online 4 vs. 4 battles.
How do you feel about the lack of voice chat in Splatoon?
Not bothered either way.
What do you think of the amiibo support in Splatoon?
I'm loving it, all three figures will be mine!
Do you think Splatoon can be a big hit for Wii U?
I think it'll do well with the userbase, but not sell many extra systems.
It will be interesting to see what others feel.

Let's correct what the Analyst says. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
'Announcing the future to distract us from the present'-Iwata clearly stated that he announced the NX, to prove that Nintendo is staying dedicated to the Hardware market. besides, Nintendo only announced it exists, they never showed it off and never announced any of the features. They only stated that it's hardware. For all we know, it could be their next Handheld. Let's look at all of Nintendo's homeconsole lifespans, assuming that it is indeed their next Homeconsole. NES-1985-1991(6 Years), SNES-1991-1996(5 Years), N64-1996-2001(5 Years), Gamecube-2001-2006(5 Years) Wii-2006-2012(6 Years), Wii U as I will assume it would go-2012-2017(5 Years.) 5-6 years is the norm for Nintendo consoles, so why pick the Wii U out of all of the others.
'The Strategic Delay Of Zelda-I'll keep this short and sweet. 3D Zelda Game delays are to be expected, I mean the last 3 3D Zelda games have been delayed.
'The Lack Of New Announcements Durring The Latest Nintendo Direct'-E3, that is all I need to say.
It's just another Doom and Gloom article, nothing to see here.

@OorWullie 'Coming this summer' So you mean the beginning of October, like Smash 3DS...XD

@MoonKnight7 Yeah, with another human player, it's actually pretty fun. It's alright online as well.

@Inkling Agreed. A reviewer's opinion might differ from your own. For example, Mario Kart 8's Battle Mode bothered reviewers, me, not so much.

Quick question. Has there ever been a 3D Zelda game that HASN'T been delayed???

Also, does that mean that Starfox will be our holiday title then? Because they did say that Starfox will be out before Zelda this year and assuming that there isn't anything else planned for Holiday 2015, this could be the case. And if that's the case, then does that mean that Starfox is technically delayed as well???

What absolutely horrible news to wake up to. The delay itself is fine, but the fact that it's not even going to be shown at E3 is the horrible part. Nintendo is gonna have to show off Starfox, Mario Maker and a whole load of new games to make up for no Zelda at this year's E3...

I love Windwaker.
Just had to get the out there

Not surprised. Xenoblade is a massive game as it is. But for those that don't already own a New 3DS and is planning on getting one, then I'm sure that Nintendo will release a special edition Xenoblade Chronicles New 3DS. So downloading the game is out of the question, because it will either come pre installed on the system or the game will come as a physical copy...

They probably see it as Nintendo bringing in people that would only try out the Mobile market if Nintendo made games for it. That way, those people could try out games from these other developers...

Nintendo has done handled the controversial subject of DLC brilliantly. So I have no doubt that they can handle In App Purchases and pricing great as well...

If it's to make the game better, then it's understandable. Like Miyamoto once said. A delayed game can be good, but I rushed game will be bad forever...

@Jese_1 Exactly. If we still get quality games for our 3DS(s) and Wii U(s) then there's nothing for the core Nintendo audience to complain about. If anything, this will help Nintendo make more quality games for us for our Consoles, Handhelds and 'Fusions...'

@outburst Fact!!!

@Quorthon Just checked and apparently it was released in 1995 to everywhere but Japan (who got it in 1994) and Discontinued in 1998. That's 3 years(or 4 years in Japan as you stated.) Yes that's longer than I stated, but the main point remains. That and the add ons to make the Genesis/Megadrive last longer, frustrated Sega's fanbase...