WiiUExposed

The game hasn't even released yet in NA and there's already DLC announced...

Where's the Nintendo defense force claiming that day one DLC hurts the industry?

@hcfwesker Really? Wow, that's a huge oversight.

What about Link? He's hugely based around a projectile game with his arrows, bombs, and boomerang.

@Kaze_Memaryu Sony and Apple sued the guy who created jailbreaks for iOS and the PS3. Both companies lost.

Like I said, Nintendo has a much stricter grip on the 3DS online than the Wii's. They can easily force people to update their systems before connecting to online games, which I think already happens. There was even a flash cart manufacturer who straight up said that one 3DS update made all their currently released flash carts obsolete because they said no firmware update to their flash carts could bypass the new wave of security on the 3DS. Nintendo can easily shut these guys down if they feel like it.

@Kaze_Memaryu It took a lot of research into the Wii's OS to figure out USB loading. The 3DS isn't nearly as easy as the Wii to hack, and there are legit parts of 3DS save memory that are write-only. These guys would have to force the 3DS to ignore the eShop account status to have any hope of SD card loading, and they're already against that.

Also Nintendo equipped the 3DS to deal with hackers. There were error codes that were bypassed within weeks on the Wii, but Nintendo has a much stronger handle on the 3DS than they could ever hope to have on the Wii.

My point is that 3DS gameplay won't be getting hacked until the system's irrelevant to the point where Nintendo won't care.

Thanks to the author who put in the part about how they don't support piracy with this. I can't stand it when people write lies about how all homebrewers=pirates.

@JonathanX 99% chance that it's a calendar

Still no news on elite status awards though. Hopefully the trend of disappointment turns around.

I can't stand how console modders are demonized so much because actual pirates steal their code. If you want to demonize people, look at the online cheaters and pirates. These modders only intend to make custom tracks and whatnot.

I can sum up console hacking in 3 sentences really. Homebrew=good. Online cheating=bad. Piracy=bad.

About damn time.

@electrolite77 I'll edit my post. I thought that this community might've been above that.

It's funny how lots of people defended Nintendo's mistakes, saying they didn't have to change (not members of this site). But now Iwata admits they have to change.

EDIT: Actually people are doing that on this site. Go figure

@rjejr They're 2 separate applications, but since the Transporter imports pokemon into the Bank, you effectively need both.

Censorship is just silly.

Great list. Just two things that weren't mentioned in this list:
1. Bring back older IPs- Metroid (2D and Prime), Starfox, F-Zero, etc
2. As others said, get the VC in top shape. Get the entire Wii VC library on there and more. Have some GCN and GBA games too.

@grimbldoo Point is that you're making it out to be like Nintendo can't possibly make this game's development time to be shorter than Brawl's.

@grimbldoo
Actually if you have five chefs preparing the soup, those chefs can prepare the ingredients individually rather than one chef preparing all himself. Gotta try a little harder man.

@grimbldoo Namco Bandai's helping

It shouldn't take even the same time as Brawl's development. Namco Bandai's helping, there's no story mode, and the online won't have to be shoehorned in.

Very good guide, great job Mr. Whitehead.

@Oren Well I certainly wish there were more people like your friends here in this world.

@minotaurgamer If "creating hype" includes making all gamers outside of Nintendo's dedicated base ridicule Nintendo, then yes, Nintendo created lots of hype.

@Wonder_Mask
Importance is subjective, yes. But the widespreadness of that importance isn't.

@Tedikuma I also tried changing the "Page Style" in Firefox to "None" and it allowed me to save the picture.

@Tedikuma If you're a Windows user, try using "Snipping Tool" to capture your pictures.

@SanderEvers People are saying that Nintendo has to make different hardware to be different. I just destroyed that point.

In no way shape or form did I mention the success level of Sega.

You're using an irrevelvant argument against mine.

Nintendo doesn't even make games that fully use it anymore. Nintendo Land is the one that really uses the Gamepad, and the line up of Wii U first party games don't use the Gamepad in anything big.

You don't have to differentiate yourself through hardware. You do it through software. Sega had no trouble at all being different from Nintendo in the 8 and 16 bit eras, and it wasn't because of controllers.

One step forward.

A few miles back.

@electrolite77 I can understand that

@electrolite77 Only thing I disagree with is 64 remake since we already have a remake for it: the DS one

@Hyperstar96 Now, if only more people were like that

@LetsGoRetro Happens when I write a comment when I'm tired. But less than 1 per 2 states falls under the range of less than 2 per 1 state.

Yes, I'm aware that this is damage control. But I gotta save a little face, right?

23 locations across 50 states is less than 2 in a state. That's pathetic.

Nintendo: Connect with others online through Miiverse!!!!! But don't let them play Mario 3D World together

@Fingeldor It's all good man, I didn't mean to sound rude. The demo was incredibly fun for me, so I gotta get the game at Christmas.

@Linkstrikesback Thanks for the info

@Fingeldor I know that. I want to know if the update is available to those who haven't logged in time to the actual game.

And I just got a response from someone else.

@Fingeldor Yeah sorry that I don't like spending my money whenever I feel like it

Gonna pick this up later, is there a way to download this before actually playing the game?

EDIT: @linkstrikesback just gave me an answer

Having millions (hyperbole) of Japan exclusive events hurts the "worldview"

But anyway, pay to catch is a crutch for people who can't catch it themselves if the pokemon is available in game. If the pkmn isn't available in game, then that's a fault on Game Freak, it's annoying to see so many pokemon that you pretty much need to cheat to even obtain.

@Ibrahim77 Yep. Factual.

@Macarony64
Wii U GamePad and Vita are very similar. PS4 is capable of doing it although I don't think it will be used very heavily.

@wasf I have no idea why people think that doing a smart business move is somehow "fearing" another company.

This is how business works. If you can provide a similar experience with your own products, try to snag a piece of the competition's install base.

Just business man.

@Ernest_The_Crab The thing with Fire Emblem is that there were options: Casual and Classic to entice newcomers and keep challenge for veterans.

Most other Nintendo franchises wouldn't give that kind of option.

For example, 3D Marios have slowly gotten less and less complex since Galaxy. Galaxy 1+2 are still masterpieces, but by taking out huge hubworlds and levels to truly explore, they lost a whole lot of depth.

Keep handholding to an absolute minimum in Zelda games. Likewise with Metroid, Fire Emblem, and more Nintendo franchises. Not every Nintendo franchise needs to be 100% accessible to everyone.

"Let me search for something that isn't there"

The game looks like crap when you compare it to games like Kid Icarus Uprising, Mario Kart 7, Resident Evil, Star Fox 64, etc.

Those games did not suffer from 3D-related slowdown, Kid Icarus being the best example due to its fast nature and great graphics.

@TheOneHacker I like the way it looks, and since I actually never owned the GCN version (beat my friend's copy), I'll be getting this.

I wish that the models and textures were updated. The only major new graphical update was the lighting (which "major" is an understatement) (and high res isn't major). Looking at screenshots, I can tell that the models and textures are Gamecube quality. I wish they gave it the Ocarina of Time 3D graphical rehaul treatement rather than just lighting. Still picking it up though, probably Christmas.