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THIS is for the Players.

@Luigifan141 "I couldn't care less about a company who makes cash cow games like Ubisoft."

Even the most diehard Nintendo fans should not be able to say that looking someone in the eye!

Have you never experienced such charity-conscious publications as Wii Play, Party, Sports, Sports Resort, Sports Club, Fit. Fit U, Music, Nintendogs, Nintendogs & Cats, Brain Training, Maths Training...every Mario game with a NEW in the title...???

...and all this selfless R&D at the expense a new Metroid, Star Fox or F-Zero game!

Interested but waiting to read the reviews before getting in on the act.

Though about everything except getting on the wrong side of you!

Come on...they're ALL fictional characters - Peach is from the Mushroom Kingdom and likewise not an earthling despite being admittedly more humanoid than her anthropomorphic citizens, the piantas. One could argue that in the Mushroom Kingdom Nintendo has created an Atlantis of countless diversity with all species living in harmony, save for a few disgruntled Koopas!

If, as in the original piece by Casey, one can get away with counting Toads as humans and white, what discounts piantas as black? Afterall they're both just anthropomorphic vegetation!

Haven't read ALL the above comments but surprised if noone's mentioned this already...was playing Gamecube today - a couple of runs on Mario Sunshine and Double Dash and look who I encounter...
No! Surely not a Mario game full of black characters so appropriately forgotten by all those looking to make people born into majorities feel bad about themselves!
What ever next? a Mario Kart game set within an community of majority black and ethnic characters? Never happen? Well it did...in 2003...

"Oh but he's not a playable character in Mario games!" I hear you cry?...moral of the story is if it bothers you that much you can always try Baseball...

Well let's think this through - Nintendo's strategy nowadays is play it safe - despite all the coverage Smash has thus far received they still plan on giving it 50% of their live presentation time. Clearly the other 50% will only be dedicated to blockbuster franchise Nintendo know is a guaranteed hit. Of their franchises, the likes of F-Zero, Metroid and Star Fox have never broken through to the masses - only the Super Mario, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and Zelda franchises have managed to break the 50million sales barrier over their lifespans. Therefore it's a safe bet that a new 3DS game with this much of an exclusive PR platform would likely be from one of these sure-fire franchises.

Now, they've already done MK7 recently so we can rule a new MK 3DS out. A new Pokemon is already known to be on the way and would they be so discreet if it the conference were about the followup to last year's X and Y? DK isn't the draw he used to be back in the 80s and 90s as proved by Tropical Freeze not seeing more fans adopting the Wii U system. That leaves Mario or Zelda...

We recently had Link Between Worlds so we can discount a brand new Zelda title. I'm concluding therefore the conference is one of three things-

The safe [predictable] option is a presentation on the new Pokemon titles. The surprise option would be a sequel to Super Mario 3D World on 3DS. Or the long shot option would be the announcement of the remake of Majora's Mask that fans have clamoured for since Ocarina 3DS. Either way, I wouldn't expect any groundbreaking announcements in terms of software.

Mario is short, plump, mastachioed, simple, working class and Italian...though in 30 years i've never felt or heard any of my Italian paisani complain that this constitutes Racism...pathetic use of the race card from Casey Malone.

Lui e' un pagliaccio che cerca di essere notato.

Don't think you can compare an Analogue NT to a Retron 5. It's like comparing a Masamune katana to a Swiss army knife.

Would be AMAZING! Sonic Team will no doubt listen to the clamour online, consult the SEGA board and then start work on another Sonic game... :-/

Not sure many of us would be on Nintendolife.com sharing a passion for hanafuda cards...Nintendo dabbled in the past with 'entertainment' media as far removed as the hotel industry but since realizing success in video games never looked back. The point is Nintendo should stick to what their good at - something that Yamauchi came to accept when video games took the company global. QOL reeks of a gimmick and final desperate throw of the dice from a naturally over cautious CEO finally fallen foul of his share holders. If they really want to make things other than software, they should focus more on toys and hardware accessories! New DK Bongos please!

Saturn stood for everything the gaming industry today does not. Risky, adventurous, shameless displays of technological power and opulence with a firm middle finger salute to the statusquo. With the Saturn died the golden age of gaming to be replaced with the sterile industry we tolerate today.

For those in more of a hurry there's a Wii U version [padded out with an intermission and adverts] lasting 4 minutes.

Never been a fan of Iwata's leadership. He has steralized Nintendo's image and with it their originality and guile. Now the finances have gone too, it's time for a change.

Idealistic. If any of this were simple, surely Nintendo would have taken steps towards it by now - they were doing this type of thing with the SNES and Super Gameboy back when Playstation was just a twinkle in Kutaragi-san's eye!. Unfortunately Nintendo's leadership seem totally unprepared for the challenge of turning around the Wii U's fortunes and even less so to counter the media barrage. Choosing to ignore their criticism may be the moral high ground but it's nothing but feckless in the minds of impressionable consumers and journalists who love a public fall from grace.

I'm amazed there are nine GAME stores left...

CHEEP CHARGER PLEASE!!!

Preordered.

I need Ubisoft in my life like a hole in the head.

Subscribed for ONM for about two or three years during the early Wii era and the magazine did a barrel role after he left the first time. Good luck to him. What will ONM ever do with the monthly print space dedicated to his modelling portfolio? Nintendo better start making more games!

A life size zero-suit Samus doll.

Until Iwata is reduced to appearing on Nintendo Direct in ripped jeans and tshirt I won't be overly concerned for his financial security.

Got it and initial impressions after an hour or so are that it's the best indie title on the eshop since Trine 2. Would recommend.

If this is true then I hope it proves to be just another broken heap of bugs lost amongst a library of better sand box adventures on the PS and Xbox systems. I supported that company by buying Zombi U but otherwise haven't since Rayman 2 on the Dreamcast and have no plans to now ever give them another cent of my cash so long as they keep up this pattern of just releasing unpolished shovelware for the time's most popular platform.

I am offended to my very retro core.

The Chinese government might prefer Nintendo's family friendly mission statement but as highlighted in the press, Chinese gamers have been monopolisized by PC gaming since 2000 - ie MMORPGs and FPs...neither genre is Nintendo's strong point. I fear Microsoft, with their links here will attempt to mop up.

Another factor is China's 'family planning policy' which has enforced the majority of affluent Chinese families to have no more than one child...a real spanner in the works when you consider 4 player local muliplayer for the whole family is Nintendo's angle of choice!

Super Punch Out is a top five game on the SNES. Punch Out Wii isn't a top 20 game on a system with a FAR weaker library.

In summary:
SNES = "Right on!"
NES = "Got him!"
Wii = "Too close!"

Bet you got A LOT of hate for that on every other gaming site but this! Kudos.

ummm...the noughties called - they want their haircuts back...

When you think how much it would cost to buy each of these NES titles separately on VC and then consider the improved presentation and fresh challenges on offer while still retaining the core feel of the original titles, it's an excellent investment for £8.99 or $15. It's under half the price of the recent Game & Wario title and does the micro-game genre ten fold better. It's also brilliant publicity for some of Nintendo's less familiar early work [also on VC] - a win win situation for both them and their consumer.

Think I might send him my spare 3ds to take with him to the next Nintendo exec. meeting...

RIP Danny. You will be missed but never forgotten.

Yes the majority of British gamers seem to prefer EA sports titles and FPS's [a la COD] as their software of choice as suggested by sales in this Country. Unfortunately Nintendo do not offer a competitive platform for either.

Eavesdrop on any gaming conversation you hear out in London and you'll likely learn how important graphics and performance specs are over anything like originality or imagination [which sets Nintendo at somewhat of a disadvantage].

[Flame Alert] There is another section of UK "gamer" that seeks from a console more than just a gaming machine but a must-have luxury tech accessory with which comes all the bragging rights and status associated with owning it amongst their circles. These are the same people who covet the very latest Apple phones and laptops, expensive jewellery and designer clothes and buy consoles without stopping to consider what games are available to play on it. There was an interesting article on here recently about Nintendo's non existence market share in Poland - well that general impression of their stereotypical Consumer isn't too far removed from our own here in the UK.

Nintendo will only ever appeal to those enjoying their childhood; with unbreakable ties to their childhood memories or those in close family groups...and I wouldn't trade mine for all the world.

Footage looks ugly by Dreamcast standards. Shocking for 2013.

Well written.

Moment they cornered the perp:

Permadeath is my mode of choice when applicable. Achieving success through other means than just brute force I find far more rewarding.

Donkey Kong is like the FA Cup - the original and most prestigious title in it's field. 'King of Kong' was brilliantly done when considering the premise - [reaching a high score and kill screen on DK] is hardly high octane viewing! Truly staggering to see so many master scores in the same championship - I wish I had the skill and perserevance to pwn an arcade classic.

Want!!

@Wildfire If that was your handiwork, I doubt I'll have been the first to tell you that you're a very talented artist, Monsieur. Kudos.

Just me that didn't like NMH then? Personally I found the inventive boss fights not enough to salvage the monotonous trawls to said bosses and desolate free roaming sections. It reminded me of playing another game back on the Dreamcast called Headhunter - yet this game came out 7 years earlier and was more pleasing to the eye on inferior hardware.

All Suda managed to achieve with NMH was taking a tried formula, combining it with touches of his own art style [developed on titles like Killer 7] and trade out the cliched square-jawed no-BS lawman with Travis Touchdown - a douche bag with a rip off light saber - hardly the foundations of an original IP that so many seem to suggest.

Hyperstone Heist was a great game - one of the best on the Genesis and 2nd only to SOR2 in it's library of brawlers IMO. It was also the first TMNT console port to use the "shell shocked!" quote when losing a life if i'm not mistaken - found here in the title of this review.

Jealous. Agree with Mookysam - Nintendo should put various 1st party soundtracks on general sale in new online stores.

Sweeet!

This won't "showcase" the Wii U in a positive light when it comes out looking twice the part on the PS4...

Like any decent '80s martial arts movie - I'm more comfortable cutting my teeth against other western journeymen than having my donkey handed to me [or my spine broken] by those Oriental phenoms.

[We made generalised cliches like that in the '80s - deal with it!]

_{Watch the language -Lz}

^^ my DONKEY!? ^^^ lmao!! at least censor it to "posterior", "rump", or any other remotely inoffensive reference to one's anatomical back side! Priceless.

Meow!

Can't wait to play this on my Pika 3DS XL!