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A mini-version of this would have been a nice minigame for planet Robobot

This is interesting, what with the demo doubling down on the VR world part of it, that was a pretty big turnoff. I'm certainly more interested than I was before.

It's 12,500 blocks though, which is about 1/5 of the space I have left so maybe down the line...

Gunvolt 2, DQ VIII (from what I understand it's far superior in both and game and story to VII), erm... there's not really a third one that stands out. I'll have a look at Federation Force because the 3DS has... one(?) shooter on it, but it doesn't look super appealing. Surprised they never ported OG DOOM over considering that got ported to everything back in the day including people's cats. (play DOOM on your cat!)

I personally feel like there are way more eshop games being built for the Wii U than 3DS at this point, but Nintendo themselves look like they're shoveling dirt on the former.

@ImDiggerDan Setting aside the precedent if they actually pulled a move like that, I'm hoping this doesn't force you out of the dev business for good. I enjoyed playing through Digger Dan (excepting the levels with those accursed no-clip yellow bugs) and hope you've got more in the future.

There's no concern over nintendo removing this remotely if we've already purchased it, I hope.

I've always felt this version aged better than N64 Ocarina of Time (though I would give the OoT remaster the edge over the MM remaster, both are terrific)

"Get your free DK3 with purchase of Kirby Robobot or MH Generations, because you probably own everything else"

Have already spent over 3 hours using Marin to drop whales* on things and I'm still laughing every time.

*yeah, yeah, wind fish, sure

Both demos, Hyrule Warriors DLC, and saving BoxBoxBoy when I get paid next week. The original was a good deal at $2.50 during that my nintendo sale. I hope BoxBoxBoy is the actual game for BoxBoy's seemingly endless tutorial.

I will assume this is an enormous practical joke until the very end.

I like that you're bringing this back.

@ap0001 Jump Jump!

Slide Slide!

Ugh, 8.

Man am I glad so many people beat me to the punch here noting that 8 is the worst of the classic series, not 7 (though obviously "Junk Man" has not aged well). It starts with that god-awful ball mechanic and voice acting and just gets worse.

Well, worst of the classic series. X5, X6 and X7 were all broken glitchy dumpster fire trash heaps we don't have to acknowledge.

presenting "Big the Cat 64"

Next, Yacht Club Games brings us the First Person Shoveler (Shoveller? I can't imagine this is a particularly common word)

Smurf yeah grabbing this DLC.

Nothing at all this week

Goodness these guys are something. Looking forward to it!

Still waiting for the eventual 3DS version but if this game is even "eh, it's alright" instead of awesome it should be a career-ender. If this is not even as good as Legend of Dark Witch (disclaimer: that game is super fun) it's inexcusable.

It's an open world mario, except you travel around in said open world with other characters in a car, together.

It was... good! I wasn't expecting that. Not as good as Sony's but still, I was expecting atrocious. The treehouse segments were not particularly good, I would definitely change those up for next year. A lot of awkwardness.

Next year I hope there are games that make me want to buy a console for them. Neither Nintendo nor Sony made any progress with me on that front.

Downloaded the Rhythm Heaven demo last night, was enough to convince me to get the game when I have spare funds which is not right now.

The old man is actually the OTHER king of Hyrule and it takes place in the cd-i timeline. This explains why Link has to collect his own [deep voice] dinner. Link awoke because said king hadn't contacted the kingdom in over a month.

people how are you supposed to beat the lumbearjack game I'm laughing way too hard to actually concentrate during it

This game confirmed for purchase down the line (just spent this month's on kirby)

@ap0001 this demo is... weird

Neato

@twadezelda3dsxl live now in NA, just paid $2.72 after tax

@LegendOfPokemon sold

Will be interested in more information on this down the line, did not warrant an immediate "ugh" like STEAM.

I'd be excited if they can recapture lost gamecube players let alone lost wii ones.

How many puzzle pieces are there anyway?

will never turn down free themes

will always turn down free miitomo rewards

Replace "Mario Party" with "Sonic" every time a new series entry is revealed and one would imagine they're reading the same things...

Dear Mario Party: that is not good company

Why bury details like that, so weird.

Paper Jam at $20 is tempting even if it's not any good but I still need to get Kirby at $40 because the kirbs over everything.

Obviously, and I will beat this drum to death, Mirai DX at $30 is a steal. Love it.

It's a bit of a disappointment, Linkle and her crossbows are my second favorite to play with in HWL after Ganondorf (obviously because Ganon rules), though I am at the same time going to enjoy the idea of that super vocal and angry 0.001% seething into their pillows tonight. I like to think that they ruined it for the rest of us, really.

Nowhere in that press release does it say it's good news, of course...

just waitin' on sale news and expecting an 8/10 or 9/10 zelda game I won't get around to playing until like 2019 anyways.

I'd say #bringbackthespinner2016 but they already did

God of War looked solid as usual, I can't say there was a "rush out and buy this console!" game for me though.

None of the other games stood out apart from FFXV which got like... two minutes?

@rjejr When you have rollgoal at your local fishing spots what more do you need?

Ugh, rollgoal.

comically outlandish predictions and no final fantasy legacy collection smh (it'll totally have the first ten core series games, tactics, the option to have them totally remastered, a free live chocobo with purchase, codes to download other characters for smash, it can make you a sandwich, whatever you guys want!)

Depth perception's not good enough for these huge Bethesda worlds but there's no outright hostility like there is towards EA.

pushsquare's user base not super impressed with this conference either apparently

When I woke up this morning I was hoping some of the E3 sale discounts had leaked, but when I plugged "2016 Nintendo E3 D" into my phone browser it had the autocomplete suggestion of "2016 Nintendo E3 Disappointment"

I know I'm not super hyped internet browser but come on it hasn't even happened yet!

I haven't bought an EA game since Madden 2011(?)

Not knowing what the E3 sales are actually going to be has moved Kirby from a day 1 buy to a week 1 buy. I don't think I'm alone in this and I've gotta wonder what Nintendo's thought process was here unless they just don't think 3DS Kirby qualifies as a major release.

@donutman If you enjoyed that 8bit Elise fight you are some kind of crazy person that was brutal (and oh so satisfying to finally beat after taking more than the entire rest of the game combined)

AP's top 5 having played about 2/3 of this list or their earlier Sega iterations in some cases:
1) Azure Gunvolt (surprise!) 9/10
2) 3D Fantasy Zone II 8/10
3) Retro City Rampage DX 8/10
4) Steamworld Dig 8/10 (wish this game had been longer)
5) Legend of Dark Witch 1 8/10 (wish this game had been in English)

Cave Story is one I really want to get to at some point. Gunman Clive 1 and Shovel Knight were solid titles that didn't crack the top 5 is all, no slight on them.

Weirdly, almost every eshop game sequel (Switch Force, Gunman Clive (that freaking panda stage), Dark Witch, the Pushmo/blox games, we can count Plague Knight) has been not as good as the first one. Gives me a bit of concern for Gunvolt 2 and Shakedown Hawaii.

Some of these look pretty intriguing for the price but these week is all about dat kirbs

I've enjoyed this quite a bit so far - it kind of reminds me of the old PC Jetpack by Adept Software (I freaking loved that game). I wonder if a level creator is possible here? Enemies for the most part are neat, puzzles and mechanics are varied, no level is stupidly challenging to simply complete.

My biggest complaint is that the time limits on some levels are a little tight, where not remembering the exact square the secret gem was in first try or hitting two corners instead of making the turn because you were a little too far forward is enough to make you miss the time bonus. The second complaint was mentioned in the article, the music, but it's not an experience killer by any means.

Another neat little extra would be like a small bestiary with quirky bios, some of these things look pretty interesting and it would be fun to know where they came from. Not you yellow bug that can go through solid walls, you can go away - but the rest of them.

Solid 7 1/2 out of 10 for a dollar. Great deal. Would purchase more from this studio.

Nothing this week, but next week is the Kirbs so I can live with it.