Tsuchinoko

@ThomasWhitehead Its being released the same day as the Lucas amiibo.

@KickButt_Gaming what is Baito's name in the non-Japanese version? Im curious what they changed it to. Something rabbit related Im guessing.

@Undead_terror ah, its done in rows. Thought it might be a full page since theres a rumor that a data miner found that theres an additional 100 slots before updates.

So I have a question, since I don't have the game. Before there was an even 100 on the costume page, but when new ones are added what happens?

@nintendolife you know you don't have to make your audience sound so stupid. Its not like there aren't dozens of online tutorials on how to play hanafuda, and its not even an incredibly difficult game to learn.

Really guys, Yokai Watch is an amazing game, and super fun. I prefer it over Pokemon.

That outselling Pokemon thing though? Debatable. Its still fairly new and Pokemon has ridiculous longevity and is so engrained into public consciousness.

@Krisi don't misunderstand the laws. Constitutional age of consent may be 13, but Japan has actually never updated their constitution in many situations like this. It is extremely outdated. Prefectures have all written into their own laws that the age of consent is 16-18 (nearly everywhere is 18)depending on where you live.

If you're arguing over censorship in this case and want them to not change the outfit, think about why an underaged girl, and I don't care if she's 13 or 15, needs to be sexualized anyway. And I don't care if she's a fictional character. These characters are made to be representations of people, and if game creators and those that consume their products sexualize the character then chances are they do the same to the real thing. If you want to make a sexy character, 18+ is a very easy age to chose. There's no reason to make them so young.

I don't mind a fictional character being scantily clad or whatever, but at 13 or 15 its inappropriate.

And before anyone tries to say its a cultural thing, I live in Japan, and underaged girls being sexualized in media and art is a problem.

Theres several other games I'd rather see resurrected.

Yeah, this isn't news. Wasn't there a full announcement saying the amiibo was being sold separately before the game came out?

I really do wish they would continue the 3DS VC.

@ss3_kakarot What else was on there?

Honestly 14,000 is not the incredible bomb that it could have been. I think hitting the top 10 is a good thing. Hopefully sales in the west will be better.

I'm hoping that in a few years we see a smaller scale release that is similar to his original gamecube/DS games.

I think what a lot of reviews are leaving out is that since Chibi-robo is travelling the world in this game, he collects snacks as treasures. I m playing the Japanese version, and while many westerners know what a Tootsie-pop is, Japanese kids would not. Its a nice little bit of foreign culture that the kids get to discover. Its not just blatent product placement. I don't know if all versions introduce snacks from around the world but I think kids would be really interested in that. Plus it tells the year it was created and country of origin. Its actually charming.

And besides that, the game is actually fun and cute. Its not going to revolutionize the industry, but its a pretty decent game and I'd recommend it.

@Liam You're missing the Rathalos set.

Datamine!

I tried this game a few days ago. It was actually really fun.

@readyletsgo I guess so. Maybe I'm over thinking it. I was curious as to why I hadn't heard a lot of Nintendos involvement at TGS outside of HW, but I kinda get it now.

Who knows though. Maybe they'll have a surprise announcement that will blow all of those endless anime, dating sims, and Dynasty Warriors and Nobunaga style games away (really thats all there is, oh and one horse racing game).

@readyletsgo no problem. Yeah the company is in a weird transition period. It would be nice if they had some visibility, but at least they are making an appearance at TGS.

Its going to be very sony and smartphone heavy, but I looked over the scheduled games that are going to have presentations and its really like, hmmm, not sure how to express this. Basically the same three genres of games cover all twenty or so titles I saw. Hyrule Warriors has the Tecmo Koei connection but it still stands out a lot.

The majority of those titles don't really seem to have cross cultural appeal, and I live in Japan and I was still a little surprised by it.

Maybe someone else can look it up and tell me Im not being totally crazy in my observation.

@readyletsgo Hyrule Warriors for 3DS will be there. I don't remember if I've seen anything else.

@Dutch_Cheesecake All of the DLC stages so far have been from past games except for Suzaku.

This is a wholly original stage with many different versions.

$2.49 for one version, $3.49 for both.

@Soren i think Sonic is actually the only 16-bit style character.

Apparently the Smash amiibo and some others also unlock in-game figures of Chibi-robo imitating the pose of the scanned character. They haven't shown this in action yet though.

@Volke93 Call your insurance. I'm sure they'll cover therapy if you show them what you just wrote.

@Volke93 You're awful.

@RupeeClock its for little kids. And if you have a product that holds fries, you sell a lot more fries. They aren't going to include a toy that is for holding a product they aren't involved with.

@Rhydas It is very much worth your money. So fun.

@Kaze_Memaryu Geeze you're a downer.

@Blueberry that would be a dream. I'd work there!

And Momotaro is just the start, other IP will be continue. The whole Hudson situation was a big loss for the gaming industry but those IP are not lost.

@Kaze_Memaryu Just because something isn't interesting to you personally doesn't mean it doesn't hold significance for other people.

I love Momotaro Dentetsu. Its a very long running series here in Japan with lots of fans. To a lot of people this is a pretty big deal and there have been many of these released on Nintendo consoles. I was sad when I thought the series died. Glad Nintendo is giving it life.

@Garushi The tourney mode is from, which is a WiiU exclusive feature. Thats what they are referring to.

I honestly don't understand why this is a news article. The Fire Emblem concert, and Smash 3DS' Taiwan and Hong Kong release all happen today. Did you guys cover any of that?

Getting this!

Its so interesting that the US and Canada are the only two counries that do exclusives.

Guys, really, just listen and really hear my words. Yokai Watch is such a fun, charming game. Really consider getting it.

@Sinister It free...

Everyone forgets Canada exists.

@Great_Gonzalez learn the meaning of the word obsession. That word is applying to exactly zero people in this conversation.

@Omenapoika exactly. Though I kinda like having the character to be decided up to a point, including appearance and gender. Even though I'm open to a female Link, I would rather she be either a separate character or a specific incarnation of Link. I'd rather not turn this into an avatar situation with a customizable protagonist.

@Tsurii oh wow, I had no idea. But was this just an idea the Zelda team were throwing around, or was it specifically for Hyrule Warriors?

And about the gender-swapping, I guess I have an unusual opinion about that for Zelda. There are many versions of Link. Although sometimes the same Link has appeared in multiple games, most of the time its different people. And each time his relationship to Zelda is different. Maybe there could be a female link who is Zelda's best friend or sister?

Anyway, having a kid sister type to Link that similar to him would be cute. It would be nice to see the regular Zelda cast grow.

@Neko_Rukiafan Its gender-swapping, which is different. Link isn't turning into a girl, this is a female counterpart. Adventure Time did this successfully. Thor isn't turning into a girl either, its a female version.

@Grumblevolcano its interesting. Releasing an update with Lucas, the Miiverse stage, and the Splatoon costumes the day before the E3 presentation.

What is that pose in the screenshot? I don't remember that from Brawl.

@Kirk maybe you should stick to less superf

Apparently with paypal included they're somewhere around 2,810,000.

The goal is very attainable. The kickstarter has been gaining steadily. In the past five or six days they completed 200,000 worth of stretchgoals. It seems like they have a huge amount of money to raise for the WiiU version, put people are really throwing their money at this game.

Edit: forgot to say the main campaign page doesn't show the additional money they've been receiving through paypal.

@JaxonH this is so getting to the WiiU.

Hmm, there are obviously Gunner Miis, but strange how the gun looks like the Splatoon guns? Is it an entire Mii skin and not just an outfit?