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I remember the 3DS launch well and how it was "doomed" by so many. That little machine has proved to be quite a workhorse after all these years. Incredible numbers.

Theres an old saying, "you pay your money and you take your chances".
The suit will get tossed.

That pun was par for the course.
Probably pick this up, I like their games.

Picked it up the other day while taking a little eshop stroll and couldn't pass it up at that price. Probably give it a whirl over winter.

If it somehow through a Christmas miracle were to include Rare games, then holy crap yes please.

Picked it up for my 3 year old. Certainly not as bad as I thought it would be, I've found it a lot of fun playing with my little guy. Worth a 7 in my book, it's got some issues but quite a bit of content.

Oh the ability to shoot fireballs from your fingertips...
Sort of proves how World 1-1 has stood the 30+ year test of time as one of the simplest, yet effective, tutorial levels in gaming history. Looks like tons of fun.

I don't know, I grew up in the 2600 era and very much remember the garbage that was the 5200, 7800 and Jaguar. Nostalgia has me interested but very skeptical.

If it's Pokemon on the Switch, that bad boy will overtake Wii U sales in a years time. Shattering Wii U sales I should say.

Still waiting for that day where every Nintendo published game (& as many 3rd party as possible) from NES to the Wii U is available to play via streaming subscription service.

Once my 3 year old gets a glimpse of this, it's all I'm going to hear about. Might as well preorder it now.

Why would they put the "L" button on the right and the "R" button on the left?

Unless you ask for it in your contract, hired actors/musicians rarely get free copies of the things they've worked on.

Picked up the RDS case and is using it for the first time on a business trip at this very moment. Seems quite sturdy, light and fits nicely in my luggage. The padded screen protector/pouch is a nice touch.

I gotta stop looking at these. Part of what makes this game so enjoyable is discovering this sort of thing on your own without the linear restraints.

The March launch and a marketing campaign that was actually a real marketing campaign were/are huge factors.

I can take or leave a browser on the Switch. Looking something up while running the new console is easy between my phone, Wii U, computer, tablet & laptop. YouTube/Netflix would be welcomed as apps, but again I can already do that on so many other devices it's of little importance to me on the Switch.

Take good care of your gear, plain & simple, and the likelihood of dead pixels, screen scratches, and broken whatevers will be greatly reduced.

$60 is surprisingly reasonable for Nintendo. And rather tempting, especially for those of us who do a fair amount of hotel stays.

Read it or not, I've got my copy paid for and waiting for me with my Switch at the midnight release tomorrow. No sleep this weekend!

Incredible seeing how the technology has evolved over the decades.

Nintendo's marketing campaign for Switch has been leaps and bounds better than their Wii U effort. Kinda makes me wonder if that's been deliberate, lesson learned so to speak. Or, they knew from day 1 that the U wasn't going to have a long life.

I'm noticing, compared with the Wii U launch and the months leading up to it, the overall press and consumer buzz seem generally positive. I remember the articles, literally daily, just slamming on Big N and the U, long before it's launch. Feels different this time around. I hope the system does well.

Got no problem with losing both. Neat ideas, but it is time to move on and really separate NS from its predecessors.

It'll give me something to do when not playing Zelda.

They should've just played the Zelda trailer first.

Waiting for a box of K-bups to show up next, with a little "NX" on the side of it.

Pro Wrestling, update on the NES classic. A winner is us.

Proud to be a Nintendo & Zelda fanboy after reading articles like that. Thank you NL.

@River3636
All I can really remember about that game was how difficult it was and spending hours and months getting through it. Then taking a screenshot (on film, of course), and waiting an extra day for processing before mailing the photos to Nintendo for proof.

My Wii U, and all electronic devices in my house, are unable to play anything by Bieber. Sorry, Ubi.

Cool, I gotta find the issue in the way-back with my name in it for beating Legacy of the Wizard. Holy crap that was a long time ago.

Edit: Found it! Nov/Dec 89. Wow that brings back some memories. Thanks for posting the heads up about the link NL.

R-Type is a blast, might have to pick that up later after work.

Does it take punch cards or is he making floppy discs the size of pizza trays to go with it?
Kidding aside, its pretty impressive what he built.

He might be douchy, but MP made some valid points. Kinda surprised he didn't mention dropping the Wii brand name and a better (actual) marketing campaign for the NX than what the Wii U had.
It seems a little weird to me the positive buzz the NX is getting compared to what the U was getting prior to its launch, which wasnt very good.

I grew up on passwords and its the one thing I'm glad has gone extinct in gaming. Dumb.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that I'll have much more cash to purchase a new console (or whatever it is) and games (Zelda) in March than I would at Christmas after buying gifts. Got no problem with the launch window, I'd kinda like to hear some price points creep into the picture though.

Love my 3DS. LOVE IT. Got it at launch, its filled with games, take it everywhere, its been awesome. That being said, I'm looking forward to what's coming next and don't mind seeing the 3DS ride off into the sunset.

I'm an "older" gamer, old enough where my first system was a Colecovision, but I remember my dad busting out the Pong system years before that. Online competitive gaming is of little to no interest to me. Single player RPGs are my current cup of tea, which seems to be the norm judging by the survey and comments.
What has me more curious however is how the industry will change/adjust/cater to an aging, yet still active, gaming crowd.

That is an awful lot of waggle right there.

Never been into online gaming other than the occasional dip of the toe with MK8. Maybe it's being part of the "older" pre-internet gaming crowd or the fact I frankly look at gaming as a personal hobby and don't give a flying leap what everyone else plays for fun. Local multiplayer is great for parties, but I'll always prefer the lights out and a great single player RPG experience over a headset and dying 15 seconds into a FPS. We're a dying breed, I hope we're not forgotten as the industry moves forward.

Some of my favorite college memories involve myself and 3 friends, adult beverages, an old 23" zenith tv and MK64 running at about 6 FPS in 4-player-split screen mode.

Cool. Like all series, some games are better than others, I'm hoping they make this one more like the early titles. Still probably a day one purchase.

My wife: "why can't they have happy meal toys like that here?"
Me: "Let's move to Japan "
Wife: "cute commercial, no."

None of it will mean squat if Big N doesn't do proper marketing for the NX this time around. Their advertising approach the last several years has been somewhere near pathetic to downright irresponsible.

Happy New Year to all the staff, your loved ones, and all the gamers that make this a great website to hang out at 60 or 70 times a day. Have a great 2016!

Since it's Christmas and coming off negative would be un-Christmas, I'm going to politely disagree with the article, say kindly that complaining about not making enough money in your career choice is nobody's fault but your own, and move on. Happy Holidays.

I'm surprised more companies don't target the older gaming crowd. There are a lot of us and nostalgia can be a powerful tool for selling. Not all gamers are online FPS junkies living in their parents basements.

Falls under the "take my money now please" category. But I've been around long enough to know it would never happen. Fun to dream though, old RARE games belong on a Nintendo system.

@TheRealThanos
Thank you, that's what I thought, much appreciated.