Usagi-san

Looks dragon quest-esque. I like this.
Except for the Tingle outfits...

I hate how every time this CPP comes up somebody is soooo certain that there's going to be a redesign with a second stick in the future. Last time I checked this was an unfounded rumour.

To be honest the review could have done without without slipping into rumours and I groaned when it was mentioned. Any article that says they're pretty sure Nintendo is going to add a second circle pad better be able to back up what they're saying with strong evidence.

I always knew there was a secret ninja division at Nintendo. Now the only question is how I get them a copy of my resume...

Were the controls on the original game more responsive? I thought part of the challenge of this game was learning to control the character effectively without timing a jump wrong and falling to your doom and all that.

If they do release a Soulcalibur game for 3ds I hope they have a lot of customization. I really liked that element in soulcalibur 3.

It means intellectual property.

Do a search for "not google plus" on google.

Sometimes college humor can come up with some pretty clever ideas. I thought their video was funny at least.

Why do people insist the 3ds needs another anologue stick? I really don't see it. Must be a FPS player thing.

I just hope they don't do a redesign and make games that are "dual anologue stick control only". That would have me seriously peeved if it was a game I was interested in.

@Muzer: Your example is poor. Nintendo by law has the right to control how their IP is copied and distributed whereas nobody has the right to tell you to kill yourself (unless you're a samurai in fuedal japan).

Copyright law seems less moronic when you're working in a creative field and need to protect your work. If you're an artist it prevents people from using your artwork without permission which when stolen can mean a real loss of income if you're in the business of creating artwork commercially.

@nmhbm: "Beside the obvious fact that 1 pirated copy is not equal to 1 less copy sold (because it was not stolen, it was COPIED), "

Actually it is equal to 1 less copy sold. If someone interested in the product doesn't buy the genuine thing but downloads the rom instead that is one sale lost. The fact that is was copied is irrelevent.

As an example, If a customer service person keeps alienating customers they won't want to buy from that business. While the business hasn't lost anything physical what they have lost are potential sales from the purchases those customers would have made if their experiences were satisfactory.

If the aforementioned hypothetical business didn't do something to improve customer satisfaction they would lose money and be unsuccessful.

In the same way if somebody downloads a ROM Nintendo would lose the potential sale that customer would have made if the rom wasn't available. So Nintendo still loses money. Does that make any sense?

Illegal copies of games supporting other criminal activities is actually really easy to explain if you think about it. Being free they are very cheap to produce and sell so a crook could make a nice profit to support their other activities by selling them to people who don't care if they're illegit or just don't know they're not genuine.

@Ren:
's truth! Google it! It's called "copyright" and for your information it IS law.

@Ren: "more power to them"?
Just stop typing. Please.

@Ren: That kind of thinking in regards to copyright died a long time ago. It doesn't work like that.

Definately grey. This may not be legal in some countries ( Backing up games that is ).
I'm looking at the legal section of the Australian Nintendo site that states the provisions to make backup copies of computer games is not applicable to nintendo games.

@Ren: "I guarantee no one is trying to pirate Angry Birds or even things like the 'Art Style" games because they've taken steps towards new concepts at prices people can afford."
Actually you'd be wrong about that. I can almost guarantee that despite their efforts to make them affordable they are still being pirated.

I'm glad the general consensus is "pirating is bad". It's almost stomach churning when you meet someone who downloads the latest pirated games regularly and has no intention of ever paying for them. It's even worse when they think their thievery makes them "smarter" than others.

This made sense until I read the Alttp manual again and decided that none of the games correspond well with the description of the imprisoning war. Now my head hurts.

I don't think there's anything wrong with what they're doing at the moment really. However Dragon Quest 8 managed to use voice acting and keep the protagonist silent, the big issue I have with voice acting is that it's not always very good.
There are some japanese games where the english voice acting is so atrocious I just turn it on to Japanese so I can't tell if they're doing a bad job or not.

Wait... How do you have access to what people search for? Sometimes the Internet is a scary place.

If it was meant to be a joke it was in really poor taste and I don't think anyone else was laughing.

Sounds more to me like "Oh great it looks like we ticked some people off and are losing support, quick! act like it was all a joke!"

Principal: Ok, Peta tell me why you punched Nintendo in the face?
Peta: It was a joke Mr. Principal. Honest, I never "meant" to hurt him (wraps arm round Nintendo's shoulder awkwardly)
Nintendo: (under his breath) Like #@!$ it was...

So if their only efforts on the Nintendo 3DS have been a 3D remake isn't it obvious he's referring to another remake and not a continuation of Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks? The aforesaid games were all for the DS so if the 3DS is a successor to the DS and not another iteration isn't the 3DS a differant platform?

A game with sword fighting that looks like it focuses on body movement. This could be interesting, but only if things get more fast paced than what i've seen so far.

Did that dragon just... eat.. the little birdy? For that it must be slain!

Charlie Chaplin. I know, right?

The Dragon Quest/dragonwarrior monsters games often get compared to Pokemon. Both are good games of course. This reminds me that I should finish the first game.

@akacesfan: Guess you've never eaten kangaroo meat then?

I'm also 99% sure we don't have any opossums in Australia. Just possums without the o.

I can't understand this. There are a multitude of games that get released in Japan and are never seen elsewhere, we can't have everything we want.

I don't think this campaign is going to have any kind of an effect either. Think about it, if nintendo bowed to the pressure of fans they would set a precedent for others to do the same thing. We may think it's their job to please us but they still need to make money and not everything that sells in Japan will be successful elsewhere (Like Dragon Quest). At the end of the day Nintendo still needs to be the one in control too. They can't just localize a game because a bunch of people saw it on the internet and think they'd like to play it.

I don't understand why people think that they should be able to demand something and have it handed to them.

Um, isn't Ro-Sham-Bo predetermined anyway? Rock will always beat scissors, scissors will always beat paper etc...

I don't find anything about this news disappointing. It makes sense really. What exactly were people expecting?

When I heard it might be released on the Wii U I thought it might be even longer before we see it.

I just wish there was more info though, please tell me they're going back to random encounters like in dragon quest 8. It's just not as terrifying when your party is half dead and you can see the monster to run away.

@Raptor78: You're just assuming that they merely reacted to the bad press on the internet and never played it.
Like I said DOA 4 was rated M, It will probably just get released again with a new rating.

I have to admit I thought PG was a bit strange even before I heard of this figure mode thing. Afterall Dead or alive 4 was M rated in Australia although I'm not sure about the earlier games.

@V8_Ninja: Well if they're more interested in playing video games than drinking milk...

Of course Skotski makes a very good point. Parenting has a very important role in all this. .

I agree that violent games have an impact. The problem occurs when kids are exposed to violent video games when they are too young to play them. Seeing a twelve year old kid with a gun fixation because his favourite game is Halo is a creepy, scary kind of feeling.

Games are like movies and books; there are some they should never see untill they grow up.

It would be interesting to see Nintendo Remake the first NES game in 3D. They've remade Ocarina of time so they might start doing more of this sort of thing now.

I don't think the savings would be passed on to the consumer. All I can see this doing is oversaturating things with crummy games because they're cheaper to make. Mobile games cost next to nothing and they're mostly trash.

Now I'm even more dissapointed that this game isn't going to be released down under.

Does anyone know if this will be coming to Australia? It looks quite interesting.

I don't feel Pokemon's gameplay is obsolete. To each their own I suppose.

I actually prefer the simplicity of the first games & really hope they release these on the 3DS' Virtual console.

Rift, I always thought the pokemon games had an interesting mix of the modern and old in their games.

As for playing as the baddies, it's probably best players don't.
Could you Imagine the uproar from pokemon haters? They'd easily argue pokemon is bad for kids if the player was allowed to play as a criminal organisation that has been know to abuse pokemon in past games.

I find this slightly pointless. Even if it's just intended for health nothing beats a real teacher. It might even be worse since the moves are taught out of the context of a martial arts school, do they seriously think that if they show a kid how to fight (even as exercise) he/she isn't going to try it out with his mates? On a positive note maybe it will generate some interest in the real thing.

Have I said how much I'd love this to get an English release? The website has been updated since this article to include movies of the samples. I don't read Japanese but I definately like what I see. I'll be very VERY disappointed if this never makes it to an Australian release, there is so much potential for awesomeness.

Sometimes the way Link holds his sword irks me. I hope holding it low with the point to the right is just the Player getting lazy with his/her hand. I want to see be able to hold my sword in whatever position I'd like.

I'm just worried this will get released on 3DS and not on the DSi. I'd hate to have to upgrade just because Nintendo starts ignoring Dsi/DSi XL users, besides that I don't really have the money for a 3DS.

Wasn't there talk of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS being bundled or something? It's not even on any of the launch line-ups. When do we get to play this game on the 3DS?

This had better get released in Australia. I might just be inspired to learn some programming, I did mess around with small basic for a little while but this is probably a whole other beast. It could be fun though, making games you can play on your DS, what Nintendo fan HASN'T dreamt of doing that.

I think nintendo isn't concerned because they seem to do pretty well with their portables. I 've never seen anyone with a PSP in a restaurant but absolutely every kid has a Nintendo DS.