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I actually love this!! Way nicer than the 3DS or Wii U menus imo! Really simple, clean interface.

"Doesn't change the fact that we shouldn't have to pay at all"

Talk about entitlement. I have to pay for someone to provide a service that costs them money? Mindblowing, isn't it?

Especially considering the fact that EVERY SINGLE OTHER CONSOLE GAMER currently has to pay in order to play online games, this is by no means a ridiculous thing.

Just so long as the battery doesn't explode, we're good 👍

YESSSS NIGHTS!!!! I've been waiting forever!

It's a darn good thing we have a hundred other devices that can stream way more than the Switch ever will. Honestly, if the Switch never got Netflix I'd be perfectly happy either way.

Thank goodness, Miiverse was trash.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy I think what @LeRaposa is getting at is that 3D games are more marketable to a serious gaming audience than 2D games, which can only really sell to casual players, retro gamers, or kids (those three also being Nintendo's current audience, so you and me).

But I think there's another point there, a point about the sheer number of 2D platformers we've received this past generation, and how its limiting the variety of games we're seeing on Nintendo's platforms.

Personally, this past gen, when I heard that the next Pikmin game was going to be a 2D platformer on 3DS; when I heard that instead of producing a new Metroid game that Retro was making another 2D DKC game; heck, at Wii U launch when I heard we were getting ANOTHER NSMB game...I wasn't excited at all, it felt like more of the same, and it didn't feel like we were moving into a new generation of gaming.

So, not saying 2D platformers aren't fun and don't have a place in the industry anymore (if that's what you're saying, @LeRaposa, then you're dead wrong), just saying that Nintendo has been pumping out a TON of them and that personally, I would like to see them try some different stuff. And YOU BET my late-90s-born self would totally support Nintendo experimenting with and continuing to evolve the 3D platformer (outside of Super Mario, of course, which they already do a great job with), but in whatever Nintendo does, it should be unique and fun (Splatoon, anyone?). That's what they should be going for! And on a side note, was that not Iwata's whole vision for Nintendo in the first place? I remember presentations where he said stuff like that about how Nintendo ought to be.

I like Mitch's comment at the beginning. It'll be hard to truly erase a player as big as Nintendo from the industry, especially considering their historic popularity and popularity in Japan especially, but you can't help but think back to SEGA's history, where the problem was less so about the failure of the Saturn, and more about the PlayStation's IMMENSE success in the meantime. This definitely played a big part in the N64's lower-than-expected sales, and the truth is SEGA's past failures isn't what killed the Dreamcast, it was the PS2. Nintendo might have a great product, but how will consumers view the product in light of the competition? That will determine Switch's fate. Also what defined the failures and successes of every other Nintendo system when you think about it.

@UK-Nintendo Haha, that's a really cool chart!

@Anti-Matter I've heard there are carts you can buy to backup your GB save games if that's what you're worried about losing, but yeah, I've never heard of GBA batteries dying. Not yet, anyway.

SONIC!!

I want to believe that all resources are going towards the Switch, hence why launches and all games other than Pokemon have been trash for the last year or two. Hoping that this will be their best console launch yet!

Just bought a collector's edition, too good to pass up!!

I'd love to see My Nintendo grow into something revolutionary for Nintendo, glad to hear Reggie saying it will only start off as a rewards program and will grow into something greater, as I was kind of worried for a minute there...

@edhe Pretty sure you still get a choice, but instead of bad endings for both choices, they're "good" endings now, right? Am I missing something here?

This sounds incredibly reasonable to me. They're just changing some dialog pieces or something so that the characters handle the situation better, right? Perfectly legit.

Rewards system isn't much different from what they've been doing already with Club Nintendo and all.

All they did was remodel Club Nintendo to work as a mediator between Nintendo platforms and smart devices. A couple of new features here and there, but it's still basically a rewards program.

Albeit a better one! Hopefully we see some awesome physical rewards in the future as well?

Anyone wanna fill me in on when this gets Western release?

Interesting setup, and a great way for Nintendo to create success for the portable version. I could see Hyrule Warriors fans getting pretty amped up for this!

I haven't even played the Wii U version yet tho. That would be step one...

Reminds me of what Melee was to Smash 64! It WAS called SSB "Deluxe" in Japan, although it had more than enough content to be considered a sequel.

"Super Smash Bros. For NX". As if it's the Emerald or Crystal version of Smash, haha!

Aww, too bad America is so serious when it comes to all this garbage :/ I admire how much fun Japan has with such sensitive topics.

Must....preorder!!

WHOHOOO!! Awesome! Can't wait to play!

I was going to say, wow that's the most unoriginal map I've ever seen...and then i realized that's because I've been playing it all day! XD oops!

I would not recommend the 3DS version, tbh. I've played it and...well, it's visually very disappointing. You might think, "Well, obviously, cuz it's 3DS", but seriously, it looks like they shoved the Wii version onto the 3DS without optimizing it much for the handheld and then just released it. Low framerate, trashy graphics, and overall just a disappointing port. The game still plays decently well, but I would definitely stick with the home console version if you can.

Man, so great to hear that the Wii U version is fantastic! The 3DS version was trash...I played the demo on the japanese eShop when it came out months ago, really bad port.

TVii was trash: the app only ever worked half the time. It was slow, laggy, and aesthetically unappealing. Appreciated the concept a lot (it was a brilliant idea) but the execution was a mess.

Why even allow it in Canada if you weren't going to include the NHL in the sports section?? Overall I felt TVii was underfunded and underdeveloped; not meant to be anything more than a tech demo, and even in future updates the app never got much better.

That is pretty awesome!!

Honestly after watching the trailer, I was cringing. Never watching this unless for lols.

@Ralizah Morally, I would never find myself playing a game like this (although I certainly see the appeal), but your first comment has a lot of great points to it. It helps put into perspective that there are many other great things about Senran Kagura that are hard to notice when such a big fuss is made only about the fan-service. Well said!

@Sergio151 Yeah, Japan is full of it! Just ask any anime/manga fan, or "otaku", as we're called

@ollietaro I have played the demos for each, albeit very briefly. It's matter of time commitment

Ugh, I need to hurry and learn to read Japanese so I can use my import 3DS! All of the gems that I'm simply missing out on...

Wow, the bit-switch feature has me so captivated lol
But seriously, advertising the number of heroes and enemies in your game? Such an indie game trailer... XD

AH!! I still haven't jumped into Monster Hunter yet!

...it feels like a new entry is coming out every year...no time to catch up!

Yeah, more games should definitely have features like this!

Wow, this game looks great! Might download it.

No way!! That's awful news... We loved you so much Iwata-san!

Same sort of stuff was happening over at SEGA of America, minus the racism. All industries have incidents like this, so it's unsurprising to hear about it, but I really wish that NST got back on track to making bigger games! I loved MP Hunters, and those sports games looked awesome!
Also, while I usually agree with Japanese development more than I do American development, I'm on the Americans' side of this argument Environments?? Are you kidding me??

Virtual Console is nothing but a nice little extra for Nintendo fans. I view it as a way to get more content onto the consoles. It's completely optional, and if you really want to play the old games, you're WAY better off just buying the original consoles and games.

I think it was good for them to focus on recent software. The fact is that the games all look great, it's just that they're reusing many of the same engines from previous games, so nothing really seemed "original". In terms of content, Nintendo is killing it! So much on 3DS this year and next!

Alright! I've always thought Miiverse really sucked so I'm glad to see such creative change! Glad that Nintendo actually cares about the design of their social network Can't wait!

They had a demo of it on the Japanese eShop recently. I played it, and it's actually a pretty fun game. I'm a little bit unsure about the production value: it seems like they took sprites from the DS and they've barely dealt with the 3D effect either, but pure fun imo. You can switch between 3 characters using the touch screen! It was pretty cool.

@JLPick actually, that would be pretty awesome! That way I wouldn't have to download the games, which I'm not a very big fan of doing in the first place.

Personally, I say if you're going to release a game on a modern console, remaster it. If not, buy it on the original console. But then again, there has to be a cheaper way of being introduced to those older games. Amiibo tap and Smash Bros are cool ways of doing this, and I think Club Nintendo was interesting too, but I would much rather see an arcade service or something that allowed Nintendo players to play these old games as if they were in an arcade: just to try them out. Maybe there could be a cheap, 24-hour fee or something like that. I'm saying this mostly from the perspective of a guy who prefers to buy the original consoles and games, although I totally understand that it is super nice to be able to play these games on HD TVs on Wii U: for old consoles, you need an old CRT television (although old games look great on them )

Ugh...release the arcade version! Why are they even releasing crappy NES ports of ancient arcade games? Just release the originals...

OH come on! Release it on Wii U, dang it! I need me some Rock Band

I feel like F-Zero could probably be done even without the New hardware, but the rest of the list is pretty solid!

@rockodoodle I just bought Azure Striker, and you need to check your receipt for the purchase in the eShop to download Mighty Gunvolt: it has the download code on it. It says so on the Azure Striker game description screen in the eShop.

I got a code for being a registered member on the Pokemon website, through a Pokemon trainer newsletter. It wasn't for being anything special either: it seems all members got a code.

YES!! One of my favorite courses!