ULTRA-64

Not exactly game enhancing features but amusing

@DefHalan makes sense I guess from what I've seen. I'm not keen on full modes sold as dlc but I'd take it with this in the same way I'd still like a mk8 battle mode adding. Not like that going to happen!
I'm not fussed by online but local vs is a major highlight from sf64 for me personally.

Can't watch the video right now but I'm not too worried about the controls TBH. It'll be a new angle on the game I might really like and the Co op options sound great. Has the final nail been put in other multi-player options yet? I've not heard anything about online or vs modes for ages now so I'm assuming yes....

I rented this once.....took it back to swap for another game the same day. It was awful!! I used to rent games allot back in the day, seems a distant memory now

There really are so many examples of Nintendo overlapping gaming universe and characters. It's one of my favourite things about their style. There is a fan-service mentally to their game construction that is a joy to discover. It's rare I play a 1at party title without finding something that references another game or character and I love it.
And yeah, a fan made room in Zelda seems too good to believe. Can you imagine how much people would pay to have that now!?!

Hope this makes it to Europe soon. Just bought an amiibo today then saw this and got tipping stars last month so hope it doesn't turn out frustratingly soon to rub it in. Splatoon boy amiibo only £5 on Amazon UK BTW people

@FlaygletheBagel I agree with everything you said except the remastering games overload thing. I see where you're coming from but the other platforms have seen loads more this generation. I guess it's more of a negative trend than a Nintendo problem imo.

Well that's an interesting wooden spoon in the nx speculation pot! That would lean towards a home console, at first at least, or a dual release if it is a x-over hand held/home console. TBH, I like surprises and I've got a huge back log so I'll let everyone else speculate.

@JaxonH nice

Hope these make it to Europe. I've got two big fluffy cats that get hairs everywhere!!

I'd call the success of this game/franchise as a pivotal success story in the popularity of the Wii. With hindsight, I wonder if Nintendo land should have been bundled for free with every Wii u and if it would have made much difference if they did!?!
Either way, imo, the nx lauch should come with some kind of hardware utilizing free game....

@Sakura I'm probably in a similar bracket of spending although Wii u only. I'll always choose physical if I can but I'm seeing myself get more and more familiar with spending more money on digital games now. I guess if nx IS digital only as rumored we're gonna be spending more on the e shop

I'm really wanting to see how robo mouse turns out. I really hope it shows there is some genuine talent for making games behind all the 'cheapo' games that people love to complain about....

Was thinking Mario Kart,Mario RPG,Mario party. Got a feeling I'd like a paper Mario game but never got around to it, guess there is a new Wii u one soon

I'll take a serious look at this once I get further through my back log! Simply no point starting anything new if it's 6 month's before I can play it.....

Really sad news for gamers and of course two tribes, they really have done very little wrong. I guess the industry is just so ruthless right now that quality games is not enough to keep in business. We can only hope that rive is a smash hit and makes them re think

Sounds great, I'd lost my buzz for the new Zelda a bit! But more like this and I'll soon be boarding the hype train!!

Looks like I'm skipping lunch

@rjejr my pitiful allowance is my own fault for being a bit tight mostly! I work for a mobile phone company so I get my phone/mobile internet for free, which is nice. But, It leaves me really unwilling to pay for a service from a propper provider. I'm good for updates, e shop games and general browsing but streaming, online gaming and massive downloads are a luxury. As it stands, my Wii u is 90% fine for this but I got a PS3 for Xmas and I'm amazed by how internet demanding it is!! I'm new to non Nintendo consoles and it's suddenly exposing my shoddy allowance!
So yeah, back to the article. I'd be surprised if it took one generation for Nintendo to go from bairly online to internet dependant to play. I'm actually a big fan of the cartridge ideas like others have said, keeps in line with the retro image but would it affect ports in any way?

@rjejr great point! Doesn't help that Nintendo are ultra shy about revealing download sales overall so it would be really hard to compile a complete list of sales.
I really do hope that they wouldn't make nx dl only at this point.... some might not care but my internet is awful and I only get 15gb a month so I'd have major problems

No thankyou, I like surprises and I LOVE starfox

@GameFace @Damo thanks guys, I've found his fb page so I'll harass him for some info on there soon

@GameFace cool stuff, cheers for the response. Just managed to blow my work mates minds with that video. Not sure they knew you could make a room dance with a game boy!
Side note, any tips on where to find parts and mods for game boys as I'm building a couple and lots of the sites I use are out of stock. Especially back light kits for game boy advance and shells for game boy pocket?

So who wrote this, I'm confused? It changes from 3rd to 1st person so I'm assuming Nintendo life didn't organise the event but its written as though they did!?!
Either way, amazing idea/video/tunes and I'd love to see more...

"The Latest Nintendo Direct Showed a Renewed - Albeit Temporary - Focus on the Current Generation" this is potentially a very inaccurate headline imo.
For starters, all Nintendo (officially) have done is say they will make another piece of gaming dedicated hardware code named 'NX'. Any thoughts on what they are actually doing or 'focusing on' is pure speculation and rumors at this stage.
Furthermore, you can't call something temporary unless you know the point it starts or stops happening, which we don't at this point. For all we know, nx is a separate platform to run alongside current gen, to be released in 2018 and E3 will bring 10 new Wii u/ 3ds games!?!
Now I'm not daft enough to believe that example and NX IS looming but rumors are being passed around like facts allot at the moment and ungrounded speculation is treated like facts by the media.....
Rant over, all this nx stuff is getting to me I guess?

Right up my alley this, which puts the icing on my starfox cake! If anything I'd have preferred not to wait for this as I get the impression this has been a completed game for a while waiting for a theme/angle to launch it with.

@TobiasAmaranth same here, video based articles suck!

@Maxz don't worry, I'm not some amiibo collecting maniac
I'm not really into the whole amiibo thing TBH, if there is nothing worthwhile to be unlocked I won't buy. And even at their best they're stretching the idea of value....
My point was the mismanagement of resources and decision making in general regarding amiibo. The features that were linked to the arwing are dumped into the fox amiibo and nobody loses but why bother to do all the work to make a movable model arwing then just scrap it!?! It will have cost money and time to get that far and they bundle an amiibo with everything so it's strange to do nothing new at all....

Well that's a bit poor really.... Trust Nintendo to take a high profit item people are waiting to give you money for, shoe-horn in a gimmick that THEY want, and then cancel the whole damn thing because they couldn't make their idea safe in time to sell!!
Who makes these decisions, it's just terrible management overall!?!?!

I really liked this on the Wii, controls and all! But I've never felt the need to return to Zelda games when I've fully beaten them. It's such a story based game and I spend allot of time on each game that I feel no pull to play them again. If any were really changed I might feel differently but I'd probably want to play wind wakerHD before this anyway if I did return to a Zelda!

@AVahne I had a good time with ac4, it's the most fun of the assassins creed games imo due to the pirate theme. It ran fine for the most part for me. A few framerate issues on cut scenes and heavy action extremes but nothing that ruined the flow of the game. The game does that on all the versions I've seen on other consoles anyway! The game pad works really well as a map too which is nice

New games are always good but I've had my fill of tower defense games for a while now. I've kinda overdone them recently.......0_o

Does this game have Co-op or not? If so how does it work etc. This info really is essential to the review if it's a feature!?!

@DiscoGentleman you win!

I guess this is a case of 'better the devil you know' in most ways! You need to have the mainstream games to be a mainstream console as we have just witnessed First hand with the Wii u!

Meh, new stuff to look into it guess but unless reviews surprise me nothing for me. Good week for the 3ds though after some slow week's I suppose!?!

Great film, great idea for a game......probably not very fun at all to play though

@Yorumi you nailed it with that first comment! You can always look into possible options beforehand but it's only with hindsight we'll see if they made the right call eh?

@AlexSora89 yeah, 3 cheers for Nintendo classics like amiibo festival, smash tennis and game & wario!! You won't see those gems going for cheap on sale either......

Wow, that looked amazing. By far the best one they've done I've seen!! I've never played the game TBH, it's the only Nintendo/rare game I've not played through and that bugs me. I guess if I play it I've run out of rare classics and that's so sad so I'm avoiding it....well an HD remastered version would give me a push I guess?

Great interview, I respect the guy allot. It only makes me like him more that he organized a bigger sale than Nintendo managed in 3-4 years in the space of 4-5 months!!!
The haters in this thread are maybe expecting a bit much from small studios if they expect every game to be about £1ish!! Show some respect people, we all love a good deal but quality has a price.

@Spoony_Tech I fully agree with you. Who wants to see the conclusion before the details and particulars of a game? This is a game review not a Tarantino movie, can't believe you took flak for that!! 0_o

Well more delays are never good for business are they!!
What was the last Nintendo release that WAS released on time on Wii u anyway?? I'm thinking 1st party here not 2/3rd party releases like woolly world......

@Ichiban @jariw I know right?, this entire thread is like 6 epic posts by them......

It's not a mall, it's a shopping centre!!!!
You're not an American site, they're not American people and the location is not in America......why use an American term for descriptions?? Seriously though, people watch too much American TV and get brainwashed in terms of the Americanisation of the English language!!! Rant over
Otherwise, great video/execution.......except 'wonky kong'!

It's a strange thought, a PC overheating regularly as it strained to code for ......the mighty game boy!!! As a non programmer and with little understanding of the process.....that blows my mind!!

@Sanicranfast oh cool, must've missed that. I knew it was around now but I'm not really into this whole amiibo thing. However my name is Lucas so it hard to resist this one

When does/did the Lucas amiibo release?

@rjejr you forgot to mention the amiibo are exclusive to 10 different stores scattered around 3 continents and the dlc is voted for over the course of a year so you never know what the content/cost will be until you have the game

@Humphries90 where would I read you're reviews dude? I've seen you post here allot, just curious to see some of the write ups as you seem to offer a different view to average at times