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It's kind of strange to hear this, but I guess it's expected. The gamepad is a large, underutilized beast, but it's also the primary controller packed with every system. Then again, this is supposed to be a hardcore action game, and from what i've heard online, most hardcore players hate the gamepad and love the pro controller/classic controller pro, and this fits right in with that.

Just my two cents, I like the gamecube controller a lot, but it does have its quirks to me. I hated it's small d-pad that felt uncomfortable to use, the z-button's placement wasn't symmetrical, and the c-stick was a little small. Other than that, I liked the face buttons placement, the analog stick, and L & R triggers. I do hope the gamecube controller adapter gets more use than just Smash 4.

Cool. Looking forward to it.

I'm assuming exclusivity rights are bid for by these companies, and considering how crazy and quickly amiibos are selling right now, NoA wouldn't be too picky over who sells them. Just cuz Amazon doesn't want to sell the Wii U doesn't mean they can't sell anything else Nintendo has.

@rjejr because money talks, not loyalty.

Well, I guess the rumor about the NX being weaker than a PS4 is true, then.

@rjejr Makes sense to me. Amiibos are Nintendo's hottest things in the West, now.

I can see why SMB2 is absent from Super Mario Maker, since it plays so wholly different from the other Mario games. I kinda saw the gameboy Donkey Kong, and later Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, as the successors of SMB2. Closest in gameplay, anyway.

I've already imported Palutena, along with other w4's. Thanks for the heads up, though.

I might get the game solely because it's imageepoch's last game. I don't like SRPGs, but it looks decent.

Lots of great games. I recognize the music in the trailer from Giana Sisters, I really ought to go back and finish it. The game was way too hard for me, the bosses in particular. But that music was epic.

Maybe i'll finally pick Two-Tribes' games. They didn't interest me before, but after seeing the clips, they look pretty cool. Too bad I won't really have the time to play them, urgh.

I'm still salty about how SEGA killed Phantasy Star in the West.

I'm surprised at how little SEGA tapped into their old IPs after going 3rd party. For a while, we got Jet Set Radio Future, Shenmue 2, Crazy Taxi 3, House of the Dead 3, etc. It made having an Xbox worth it, to me. But now it has gotten to the point where they mostly use their name, release the occasional Sonic game, and little else westward.

Almost makes me think this is what Nintendo will be like in several years now.

The poll results made me laugh. So many people uninterested in the new Animal Crossing and Metroid. I want to at least give them a chance before passing on them completely. I passed on a lot of games because of 1st impressions, and some of them ended up being my all-time faves.

@antonvaltaz Even if the U.S. never had those computers, there were computers and graphic cards with similar fidelity, so it wouldn't be totally alien to us.

@antonvaltaz Even if the U.S. never had those computers, there were computers and graphic cards with similar fidelity, so it wouldn't be totally alien to us.

There's currently a bug in the game that about 50% of the time would wipe out your save data after you finish a certain amount of the game (around the NES world if playing fromthe beginning). A dev currently put a patch for the game in lotcheck, so be on the lookout for it soon.

Has everyone forgot that this is just how NoA operates? Announce nothing until the week it releases? It's what i've been seeing from them since the Wii U was launched.

The Letter was essentially early access, pushed as a full game. Remember that.

The only one i'm missing is Ecco, since I wasn't a fan of the series. But I think it's still worth picking up at that sale price.

Is it possible for whatever electronic parts in the amiibo set the yarn on fire, in some way? Like rough handling, extreme heat, or anything like that? Could be a spontaneous combustion type of thing.

I haven't played the demo yet, but Soul Axiom interested me the most, since it's the sequel to Master Reboot, and I liked that game a lot. I just get really sick playing it due to motion sickness.

I tried Runbow, but I didn't like it all. Not my thing. Mutant Mudds was excellent, but way too hard for me, so i'll pass on that. I still need to try the other demos.

@manu0 I just noticed that. That is really hilarious. I'm pretty sure the pic is unrelated to the interview, but that is funny.

I have so many games I haven't finished yet, that buying more would be foolish. And I am just one person. I do buy indies, even ones rated poorly here on this site, and it doesn't even matter anyway.

I hate Fire Emblem a lot, and from what I saw so far of this game, it did give me strong vibes of FFX-2 (which I thought was okay, if too fanservicey). I'm just going to wait until it comes out before passing judgement, it's not going to be an automatic buy.

Okay, knowing the Japanese name for the game makes this have more sense. Ibunroku is apparently the name used in the Persona and Devil Survivor series. And these images from the trailers definitely go with that, over, say, the main-line series like SMTIV for example.

I'm one of those people that just buy the ones in the store. I originally wanted just the Zelda-themed ones, but the collector bug bit me. However, I refuse to pay over MSRP for figures that still hasn't been used in a really neat way yet. Training computer players to fight in Smash is fun, but there really needs to be more than just acting as unlocks. Something that ties them together just like Smash does. Then I wouldn't feel burned out over the freaking things. They do look nice on my bookshelf, though.

I grabbed the bundle, since I only owned two of the games listed already, and most of the others were on my wish list. I'm new to Humble Bundle, so something like this like a wish-come-true for me.

@Harry_Legs "But right now Big N seems just to want to cater to the likes of us (fans)."

The recent Direct looked more like them milking the fanbase, more than catering. There's a bit of a difference.

I'm only a little interested in the game, since I don't really like playing online, and the game seems like it was designed for online play. I'm still getting it though.

I would laugh so hard and loud if Nintendo put up this ballot not to determine a character for DLC in Smash, but to get everyone groveling to put their character in. It makes Nintendo the "king" again, like in the old days, and that's exactly what they did with amiibo. It would be absolutely delicious.

I mean, this can only end badly, but in a very entertaining way.

Maybe a home theme. I just plopped down ~$140 on games this week, so a lot of these games are hitting the wishlist. Can't wait to try Xenoblade tomorrow.

I might be interested in Car Battler Joe, since it is a spiritual successor to Vatlva. And I can't get enough Ancient anyway.

@rjejr Give up. The Wii U is not going to get a boost from XCX. That ship has long since sailed. It may give a good bump, but not much else.

I may know how the protag got his power, but who knows, the game may still throw me for a loop. I wonder if the revelations in the first Untold game get brought up in this one, or if it's stand-alone.

I'm afraid that the game would be rare where I live, so I went ahead and pre-ordered it.

The only thing i'm wary of is the mystery items, since it could be anything. Odds are good it's just to clear warehouse stock, but I enjoy grab bag stuff anyway, and wasn't more expensive than the usual pre-order stuff.

This is definitely a hard game to review. On one hand, you can tell a lot of love went into it, and it emulates those old "electronic football" games well. On the other, it is just 3 extremely simple games. If you're not pulled in by the screenshots, you probably will not like the game.

Pretty sure that stigma was well justified. I used to buy his games until the spikey walls debacle occurred.

@Funbunz I agree. I know it had to do with picking music from the earlier games as part of the decision, but three of those tracks hardly qualified as music. It didn't help that the west hadn't gotten SMT 1 & 2 at the time. At least the Jakyou Manor music with the real organ was really cool.

I went ahead and got this bundle, just for a change of pace.

I don't care what impact this has on the company, as long as the game is good.

This will be the second EO game I won't preorder, first being the mystery dungeon game. What a disappointment. It's going to take something like what Persona Q did with their special edition to get me to preorder the game.

I don't see Tales of games going to Nintendo platforms ever again.

And now I know why the SMT developers never considered making their protagonists female. What's interesting is the comparisons to Samus and Link. Before, Samus was just like Link; she didn't talk or have much of a personality, just got the work done. It wasn't until you beat the game that you realized she was female. It ultimately didn't matter in the game's story, that part was specifically for the players. Seeing the uproar over female Links is hilarious, since it wouldn't matter for the stories there, either. It would only affect the players.

Even if Nintendo makes the most powerful console after the Wii U, even if it is more powerful than the next Playstation or XBox, it will still not help Nintendo win back 3rd parties. Their reputation is nearly completely shot. It was a process that started at the tail-end of the SNES era and goes all the way through their hardware consoles. They could change it, of course, but it would require them to change the way they think, and I don't see that happening with their current management. And they need those 3rd parties, if not for their immediate sales, but for the long-term. Having years with just two or three releases from major 3rd parties is a big black eye to the consumers. Indies may be great, but they don't have the visibility of the major companies, sadly.

Well, at least Reggie seems hopeful, and not just blindly throwing out blind optimism. I don't like where Nintendo is heading, and it will affect their handheld systems as well if this keeps up.

I looked at all the screenshots, and it seems only a few natives are wielding something that looks like bows. They mostly wield pickaxes, which just seems to make them look less intimidating. Maybe they're neutral?

I just noticed in your thumbnail shot that the fafnir knight looks a lot like the princess class from EO3. Considering that EOU1 had the "main character, not SMT protagonist" as a gunner, maybe a precedent for including a class from the next game?

I don't know yet, but that screenshot looks unbelievable! I may just have to get a PS4 sooner than I thought...

@SilentHunter382 My sentiments exactly. Besides, the game may not be localized by SE in the west anyway.

Looks pretty neat. I may look into it in the future when it comes out. Still have a ways to go before my backlog clears up.

@CaviarMeths If you think of the game as a really repetitive and "fanservicey" version of Punch-Out, then it's just a mediocre game. Imageepoch isn't exactly known for quality games, after all.

I still don't know if this particular game would be up my alley just on what's written here so far, so it would help to see what others would think about it. Gotta keep my expectations low, after all.

@Josaku I didn't notice until you mentioned it, but you're right. Maybe that's what the NLife staff prefer, but it does seem lopsided. Would make the console look weak in comparison to the other two. Baby steps, I suppose.