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I'm guessing 98% of NintendoLife readers are too young to remember original Kings Quest (Sierra On-Line). This was how we played video games in 1985.

Bad Ninty. More speech liberty is always better than less.

haha... fools.

If there isn't a big Zelda feature then its dumb and why bother.

@NEStalgia , interesting, presumably your claims are correct that would make sense.

Doesn't seem worth it when you have Ganon's horse, Epona, and the Royal Stallion.

@impurekind , "the relatively high price of the system",
When adjusted for inflation the original NES with ROB in 1985 would today cost $330.
Its not a scientific survey, but everybody I've spoken to (not N fanboys, just parents around the soccer field etc) have all commented how $300 is a deal for a portable console.
Please explain your perception of "high price".

@PlywoodStick "More like a $200 difference [for Tegra X2 over X1]",
Perhaps, but I'm skeptical of that number. I'm suggesting that given leveraged purchasing (at least 30 million units), they could have gotten us the X2 if they raised the retail price by ~$20 and forget about trying to make a profit, just break even. Tesla cars aren't selling 30+ million units — I'm just supposing that they could have made it happen, and the system would be better for it.

1. Would it void warranty? Additional heat and all that.
2. Probably not worth the $130 price tag.

Okay fine, but they still should have used the X2 instead of the X1. Consumers would have paid the extra $20 and the system would be better.

I don't like any guide that turns playing a Zelda game into farming.

@StuTwo , right but he's terrible at anticipating. See my comment above (#35). Pachter is a joke and everyone except the media knows it. He reports the obvious ("Oh look, Zelda is popular") while trying to appear prescient.

I have 18 years in hedge fund research and market analytics and Pachter is a joke. Media likes him, but his research isn't very good. This is the guy who recommended selling Netflix stock and buying Blockbuster stock — that's how bad his judgement is. He's basically a media personality at this point. A lot like how Bill Nye isn't really a scientist, he's basically a clown, but the media likes to use him as a prop.

How about stfu PETA.

Bring the orig MT version to Switch VC (whenever it is avail). MT needs the money and will gladly make a deal.

I ordered a Switch yesterday through Gamestop, should arrive later in the week. I'd like to know if this one is from a batch that has been remediated.

I had similar but was underground. Talus struck me into the rock below and I couldn't do anything but turn in circles. Glitch exists.

"She and I", not "her and I" (paragraph 6). Grammar is hard.

So is there no cell data option for remote play?

I want to be able to download it for the U, and move it over to Switch when I get around to buying one. Doubt that would happen though.

I could try to care but that would be too much work. Nope, don't care.

Wrong. All things being equal a more powerful system is always better. If Nintendo were to come out with a bleeding-edge console that surpassed PS or XB while having all the N titles... OF COURSE that would be a good thing. Gimmicks can sometimes matter, and obviously content matters, but to disregard pure processing and graphics ability is naive.

Do you guys even have an editor? Proof read? Even MsWord could find these errors if you asked it to. Jees.

What thomas said is correct. I was just thinking last week about buying some Nintendo stock in anticipation of NX and Nintendo's great reversal. Now I'm back to thinking they are a bunch of **** ups who can't figure out what they are doing. Its like watching Blockbuster video slowly die because they haven't figured out what people want.

I hope the gender options rumor isn't true. SJW morons are being granted WAY too much influence and should just go away because its dumb. I would have no problem if they made a Zelda game with a playable Zelda character as the protagonist, but don't change Link who has always been male. Are they going to change Mario and Luigi to trans characters next? STAHP!

NICE! But I want to download it for when N makes them take it down. Can we can such a version?

So much tease! More than my gif even. But honestly its just about 3 years late.

Right, so a new console needs great games at/near release. Duh. We are still waiting for a new original Zelda for the U, and it looks as though it will be a simultaneous release with the NX (meaning that the U never gets an original Zelda). Splatoon is a great game and really shows off the gamepad's usefulness, but its 3 years late to the party. And stop nagging about 3rd party being necessary — if the console is a success then 3P will come.

@Baker1000 False. All Zelda's should be given face lifts before Mario's.

Proof that the U is underpowered. It's better, but not by much. Great game though. The best Zelda to-date.

I have no idea why this is even a problem.

I believe that they are working hard, and I'm sure it will be as good as they can make it. BUT... my criticism is that they didn't start this process 2 years before the U was released. No hate for the Zelda team now, its bad management planning back then. SS was 4 years ago.

The U just wasn't capable enough to compete. Nintendo needs to give us a powerful system finally, for the first time in 20 years. Sheesh.

Make a complete Home Entertainment System for once. Fully functional and robust DVR (can be an add-on), comprehensive streaming media support (like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, etc with ALL the major media channels), make it a snap to dev for (you can put up a Roku channel in a few minutes, for example), if they have another Gamepad (can be an add-on) make it function as a remote and TV guide for all your media, Bluray player (just pay Sony for the usage rights), and for goodness sake give it CPU POWER because even if Nintendo doesn't think they need it the media and consumers don't know that and they publicize raw numbers. Esp if its a modular system N can promote the tricked out version as "most powerful" while the basic module is affordable.

3rd P Devs "moved on" because there was nothing there for them on the U — impossible to dev for, and no audience. Give them something to dev on and they'll come back. Anybody who says otherwise is unfamiliar with the business. If Nintendo's next console is under-powered, they will have officially and totally lost the console wars for good. They will be Sega. ... I've said for years, make a modular console with upgradable parts. Add memory, add CPU, etc.

Its 3 years late as it is. This should have been made for release with the U in 2012. The U would have been a smash hit if it had. Instead of making that horrible Skyward Sword, they should have been working on the next-gen Zelda at that time. Its just sad to see such poor planning by management. I don't begrudge Aonuma making this game as great as it can be, its just a reflection of bad planning. These "discoveries" of how to make the game cool should have been made in 2011.

I'm an "old timer", got NES with R.O.B. in 1985 when first released. Played this game a million times. Had Nintendo Power for years, as did all my friends at school. I have NEVER heard of this (and I remain extremely skeptical until I try it on an original NES).

Too bad they stopped trying to set new graphical standards.

You guys still trying to convince yourselves that the U is as capable as the other "next-gens" or "new-gens" or whatever you want to call them? Face it: Nintendo done f****d up.

Weak sauce.

"It is little more than Omega Force's brand of one-man-army combat with Link and his friends dropped in the middle."
But everybody already knew this from the start.

One of the best cartoons ever, and this was a decent rendition.

Don't care about a scarf whatsoever.

NES is a bit interesting, but overall.... meh. I'll wait for the new one.
And why isn't the new one avail this Christmas in the US?

Meh. Time for a real upgrade. Most cell phones have better screens and more processing power than this handheld. When will it integrate with the U as a second controller or something?

"If you're arguing the Wii U has the raw graphical processing power to rub shoulders with PS4 and Xbox One, then you're factually off the mark." 9/10 readers of NintendoLife just got their panties in a wad.

Is this an add-on to the Wii?

@midnafanboy, Friendo, Its not that I want a new console per-se, its that the market and developers do. The PS4 sold more in one month than the U has in 2 years. If you want consumers to buy your console then you need games... and if you want 3rdP devs to make games then you need them to be excited about deving on your console, and clearly 3rdPs don't care about the U. This should be obvious to everybody but the fanboy drones. Is this situation supposed to improve as the U ages? The U was 2 years too late to market; should have replaced the Wii sooner. At this point its too far behind. Cut the loss and start over: new console by Christmas 2015. And don't call it a variation of the Wii. Disagree? Fine with me. P.S. I'm no hater: I've been a Nintendo fan since before most on here were born. I want to see a N revival.

@DilMan33 Hero Mode starts after you beat it. And I find the Hero Mode to be quite difficult in this game.

Tell me again how the WiiU is "just as capable as the next gens" bla bla bla...
Time for a new console Nintendo, srsly.