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@arnoldlayne83
So when I point out your complaints about Nintendo for their rehash and the lack of variety of genres also apply to Sony you just call me a "Nintendo zealot"?
I like Sony. I own a Ps4 and a Vita. But Sony fanboys are by far the worst and the most uneducated. They're the most dangerous for videogames too since they want a monopoly and all the competitors to be the same so everyone plays the same thing. Kinda ironic for people talking about variety...

@Vandy
Don't bother arguing with him. Just look at his trophies list
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/my/public-trophies/

And this guy complains about rehash. He's either a big hypocrite or a dumb consumer who repeat what the competitor with the biggest marketing wallet tells him: "Nintendo is evil and only rehash and Sony is new fresh original and has the best game for every genre possible because the ads say so" lol

Predictable. The WiiU version sold moderatly in Japan too then it became a million seller thanks to the west market.

It deserves it. It's really a great game. Remind me Worms and Lost Vikings. Tons of replayability too which is rare for an eshop game
Totally worth the price

@zool Lol you are so obsessed to be considered as a "serious gamer" it's kinda ridiculous. Why are you so insecure? Is that "serious gamer" an actual social identity you claim outside your house?

Please americans buy this so Sega will have money to pay for european ratings and I will be able to play Power Drift on my European 3DS -_-

@Kiyata_Hamasaki Monster Hunter X just sold 2,5 millions physical copies
Call me when a western non AAA will do that
Western developers still pushing their propaganda because they're mad there's still a part of the audience that doesn't play their AAA garbage for the wildest audience possible

Yeah more propaganda from the western industry to tell us to stop playing on WiiU, 3DS or Vita because japanese games actually sell on them. How about you try to compete fairly instead of doing those stupid surveys?

Dat Darius flop tho
Should have released it on 3DS
Hope it will do better on Steam

Any news about the online patch for Extreme Butoden in the west? Because I really like this game

Pikmin 4 is probably going to be a free to start with online like League of Legends
And I trust Next Level. What they did with Mario Strikers, Punch Out or Luigi Mansion showed these guys have fun in their DNA. They're as good as Retro Studio IMO

Looks gorgeous. This game has a huge potential

The first one was more an action RPG than a SRPG. It was all about perfect timing to juggle into critical. Loved the great work on sprites and the fantastic soundtrack in the first one so I don't need a demo to get convinced to buy this one

Released the same day as its announcement. The marketting budget is literally zero lol. Hope it's as good as the first. A real hidden gem of the eshop

Why do people keep asking for more Sonic games when the first Freedom Planet was the best Sonic game ever made?

@Peach64 People comparing Monter Hunter to a MMO don't understand what Monster Hunter is. It's an action game with very precise hitbox and animation (like Dark Souls or Bayonetta), not a RPG. It isn't about improving your character so he becomes stronger, it's about improving yourself and your gameplay to not die.

The biggest flaw of this game is it doesn't let you time to play something else. I think that's why most releases on 3DS after this one did disappointing sales.

Box Boy is the stealth GOTY

The first game that convinced me to get a HD tv was Street Fighter 4. It was literally impossible to read the inputs in training mode on a CRT screen. Maybe you guys should invest in a HD screen.

I haven't played it but it looks like an intermediate step for the people who find Fantasy Life too easy and Monster Hunter too hard.

@GMB-001
I'm like you, I'm a big fan of japanese games. But I can't deny that sales wise japanese developers are completely out of touch. The gamers aren't interested anymore and they're getting completely crushed by western developers. I mean look how MGS5 underperformed compared to the other main entries of the series. It's a huge drop.
As a publisher only Nintendo is resisting well. Mostly because they have their own market. But I'm very worried about the future of Sega and Square. And maybe Capcom. The results of Street Fighter V will be a big turn for them.
To be honest I think the huge mediatic hate campain against the WiiU backfired over the entire japanese industry. I mean you can't tell to people to not play Nintendo games because they are awful and have terrible graphics then tell them to play games like Disgaea, Star Ocean, Gravity Rush, Guilty Gear Xrd, YS or Dragon Quest Heroes which offer similar graphics as Nintendo is offering. People will see the hypocrisy and will prefer supporting the big western AAA. I think that's why the sales of japanese games in the west have plummeted.

Monster Hunter X should be around 2,5 millions with digital since it's on the same level as MH4 on the eshop and MH4 did 500K digitally.

You can tell from that picture Miyamoto was the Patrick Bateman of the group.

Yes JRPG has become a niche genre. If you don't count the 3DS, JRPG sales are abysmal on all platforms. Maybe it will be saved by FFXV but I doubt it considering the direction the game is taking.

Well they are courageous to release a HD turn based JRPG in 2015. After the flop Disgaea 5 did I don't think this one will do much better considering the situation of the market.

The musics of Code of Prinsess were made by Ace+, the band who made the best musics of Xenoblade.

Smash direct next week
Mother 3 will be released on the japanese eshop next week too
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000020398
Coincidence? I don't think so

@faint Yeah we want new jet grind radio and a new streets of rage and Crazy Taxi and Shinobi and Virtua Striker and Sega Rally and Virtua Fighter but the people who made those games left Sega long time ago. Actual Sega is an empty zombie outsourcing their IP to mediocre studios for small budget

Yeah Sega keep running after the saturated AAA market and ignoring the people who are still waiting some arcade racers/beat'em up/sports games. Its not like you were the king of those genres at one point...

MARIO GALAXY 3 CONFIRMED

The Monster Hunter series has officially sold better on 3ds than on psp. Impressive.

@Yorumi Then you are just a vocal minority since the WiiU sold much more games than the Vita
Look how games like Toukiden, Guilty Gear Xrd, Tearaway Unfolded or Disgaea 5 sold so terribly on the ps4. And those games got great reviews and were exclusives to sony.
When you look at Bayonetta 2 sales it's easy to assume those games would have sold better if they were on WiiU, where AA games sell. They've been crushed on PS4 because the PS4 audience only play AAA games. Japanese developers of AA games should support more Nintendo. This is where their audience is.

@Yorumi Not really. Outside of AAA, games on PS4 and Xbox One sell terribly (and everything sell terribly on Vita). The audience on these machines is less varied than what you think. Don't be a blind aggressive fanboy please. There is a market outside of the AAA games and Nintendo is the biggest contender there in term of sales.

3DS sales improved because Monster Hunter X comes out friday

@Baker1000 After the poor performance of the last Mario Golf and Mario Tennis I think the best move would be to close Camelot.

@AVahne Starfox has way more stuff going on the ground and in the air than Ace Combat. It's a much more arcade series. And both series have complete different artstyle. Really stupid to compare them

Play nice ~Santa

These Isaac games look like trash. The fact this guy is not capable to make them run on weaker hardware just proves how incompetent this guy is as a developer. The Vita or even the 3DS have plenty games that look better than this.

No Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is a blasphemy. Sure it's also on 3DS but you can only play it online on Wiiu

Sure but has he ever made a game?

Not really surprising for a spin off. Hyrule Warriors started at 70K with a much bigger marketing campaign.

@Blastcorp64 The insane complexity of Wonderful 101's gameplay turned it into a niche game. I don't know what numbers did they expect but it was a commercial suicide from the start. People couldn't even tell what was the genre of the game from the trailer. Well at least this awesome game exists but I doubt we'll see anything else like that game in the future. The actual industry is way too formated now to give total freedom to a crazy guy like Kamiya.

@JJtheTexan Internet rumors say it will be Nintendogs

Well Smash Bros sold 11,4 million copies this gen. It was a good decision to release it on two systems

Is it confirmed RE4 will be playable on the gamepad only? A handheld version of RE4 would be sweet

@linforcer There. Have your attention reply kiddo.

@vonseux Because it was linear and very scripted? It was really subpar compared to the open and realistic level design of Goldeneye 64

@Utena-mobile
Not really. A lot of textures of the HD version are muddy. And the framerate has dips in some parts. At least from my experience on the ps3 version

Surprising considering the first half of the year is usually the season of big releases for the Vita. Look like it's the end of its life

Great news. Hope it won't be too "girly" like the last Persona or SMTxFE. Really liked the super serious atmosphere of SMT IV