Yogsoggoth

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Nintendo is currently selluing between 250,000 and 300,00 3DS units a week. It certainly isn't the 4 million in 3 days of the iPhone 4S, but it is far from a flop.

This is right up there with the stupid commercials Nintendo was running last spring where they were advertising the price drop on DSI and the new red case for Mario titles (no price drop on Mario DS titles, just a red case). Seriously, how stupid is Nintendo. They release a new system and continue to aggressively advertise for the old system. If I bought the DSi XL bundle and then discovered that no new titles were being released, I would probably never buy another Nintendo product. I know that Nintendo is a bit backwards in the business sense, but this is just stupid.

What's really sad is that people are rationalizing Nintendo giving you less console for the same price. If Nintendo wants to take something away, they should, at least, drop the price.

$40 for a free computer game or a $10 DSi game? Releasing five days before Super Mario 3D Land? Cave Story is doomed.

You must be playing a different game than I am because I am really enjoying this. I think it is one of the stronger VC titles to date. I would give this an 8 or a 9.

Smartphone gaming is terrible. I can't wait until this stupid fad passes.
No controls and no buttons = no game.

I'll wait for the reviews. The meterosexual look of Link, the androgynous bad guy, and a more masculine than Link, Zelda really rubs me the wrong way.

This could be the best game ever, but I have too much pride to pay the 1000% price increase.

Star Tropics
Adventures of Lolo
Zelda II
Punch-Out!!
Metroid

I'm pretty happy about this deal because Nintendo is actually giving some pretty good games. Nice!

It's sad to see so many people go to such great lengths to defend Namco's nonsensical decision and to also deride people that think it is a "big deal". The fact of the matter is that Namco did this to prevent reselling the game. There is no other explanation. If you choose to give Namaco your money even though they are engaging in this type of behvaior, that is your business, but please don't act as if this isn't a big deal. What's next, games that can only be played once?

I understand being metrosexual is all the rage in Asia, but Eyeliner Link and his Angelina Jolie lips really makes me want to skip this game.

Aren't Rovio's 15 minutes of fame up yet? Angry Birds is one of the most over rated games to ever hit the market. It is seriously the pet rock of the gaming industry.

We'll have robust online. I have no idea what that means, but we'll have it. It will look exactly like what we have now, but we'll call it robust.

I have bought fewer games for the Wii than for any other system I have ever owned. That was an amazing accomplishment for the Wii, just not a good one.

I think of a hardcore gamer as just that a "hardcore gamer". Theses are the folks that love games and gaming. They love all types of games and will play what feels good and is fun. FPS fans aren't hardcore because that is all they play.

The problem with the Wii isn't the shovelware, Izbirdboy correctly pointed out that all systems have shovelware. The problem is that the ration to shovelware on the Wii is very, very off. I went to the Target over the weekend and I looked through the Wii section and it was just bad. Everything is some sort of mini game collection or hunting simulator.

Let's be honest, the Wii did give us the greatest game of this generation (Super Mario Galaxy 2) and a bunch of other good things, but it just wasn't enough. Not even close.

I guess Nintendo decided they wanted to get a piece of the Street Fighter IV and DOA action. Man, Nintendo has really, really lost touch.

By what definition of classic is Urban Champion actually classic?

Wii lost hardcore players the minute the system specs were announced and that is why hardcore games do not sell well on the Wii. The Wii U lost the hadrcore gamer the minute the specs were announced and the fact that the Wii has successfully branded themselves as the shovelware console.

Wow, Nintendo still doesn't get it. They are releasing a style of game that has been done to death and can be had for $.99 on the app store. This was obviously a much better choice than any of the Japanese three that we can't have here in America. It looks like the 3DS will be my last Nintendo system; the company is just a shadow of itself.

Nintendo wants to attract core gamers? Core gamers love games and Nintendo doesn't seem to be very interested in releasing very many for the foreseeable future. And what message did Nintendo send core gamres this week when they refused to release the Japanese three in the U.S.?

Nintendo has just lost a sale for a WiiU. I am sick and tired of Nintendo. I heard it with the N64. Then I heard it with the Gamecube. Finally we heard it with the Wii. Nintendo keeps promising that they will change, but it never happens. They want core gamers, but they never try to get them. They say that they "get" online, but they continue the friend codes, local wireless nonsense vs true online, and the pitiful attempts at the estore.
These three games truly are the last straw.

I was a bit disappointed with Lego Pirates. The game starts interestingly enough but quickly descends into a rather monotonous mish mash of blah dueling and obvious lever puzzles. What really steams my broccoli though is the inexplicable slowdown in some levels (Singapore is a good example) where the frame rate stutters and lurches like the Frankenstein Monster. I certainly hope this is not an indication of how future 3D games will be.

I really don't understand DSIware. It is outrageously over priced. $5 for a notebook? $8 for Dodogo? Sony has a much better download program. $5 will get you any number of Playstation 1 classics or minis. Not to slam the DS because I do enjoy some of their downloads, but the pricing structure leaves much to be desired.