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Registration for this was a complete hassle. The original one was so simple allowing you to bring a +1 if you were picked. This time around we've completely ballsed it up to register as a group, i'd added my friend to the family group but as they'd already registered i couldn't add them to my application. Now we are reliant on both separately getting chosen or we'll be going alone (or most likely not bothering and wasting a place!). Really could have done with some clear instructions or just making the process a whole lot simpler.

Usually i'd agree that fps and resolution aren't the most important thing and that gameplay is king. In this case though i suspect there are a lot of people who thoroughly enjoyed the original and maybe even played it portably on the 3DS too and were expecting this to be the ultimate version of the game. I was expecting that this was going to be an HD remaster, the fact it's still SD is a huge disappointment. I'm doing a lot of my gaming in 4K these days so 1080p is already a big drop down in quality.

Bought it myself at that price, had tried to get a few more but most were unavailable. I hope Nintendo are paying some attention. Have always thought they should have an e-shop "fire sale" on old 3DS and Wii U games now that the systems are in decline, provided there aren't plans to re-release on switch it goes to show how many sales they can get if pricing games at the £5 mark...

Whilst I wouldn't qualify for this anyway it's a little annoying that there is no consistency between different regions of Nintendo. Are Nintendolife planning on bugging Nintendo UK as to why none of this applies to us. Have joycon drift issues but not wanting to pay over the odds for a repair when the US are getting them free. Also not wanting to buy anymore until they make a statement about fixing it...

I don't really understand this swell of opinion from people saying we no longer need scores. If you personally don't get anything from a score that's fine but for a lot of people it only adds to a review.

For me, when I came back to console gaming towards the end of the Wii and Ps3 being able to sort a list of reviews by system was a great starting point. Didn't mean I just bought the ones at the top but meant I could then start reading reviews of ones nearer the top and combining with my own preferences.

Reading a review assumes I have an interest in a game to begin with. What about those games I'd never have played if I hadn't started seeing them getting big scores from various websites and then started to read the review?

Things like metacritic also make it easy to find very differing views on a game you are on the fence about.

I also don't see how an essential/recommended/nothing/avoid system is any less of a score. It's just a 4 tier one. Whether a game is essential or recommended is no less arbitrary. If you don't want scores and want people to read the whole review then just go the whole hog and have no indicator of quality outside of the text....

@greengecko007 I appreciate the effort you've taken here. And i also appreciate there is a running lore throughout the series. There is a general story that runs across all these games, i just feel that outside of the direct sequels(that are signposted and storied as such) it's the same story being retold but in a different setting or era. And all of this is beautiful in it's own way. What i take issue with is this idea of retrofitting a timeline to something that was already written before anyone thought of timelines. It's silly. I also don't want all future zeldas to have to tell a story that fits with the others, i want a zelda game to exist in it's own right. I've just spent far too much time watching Last Jedi reviews that were effectively people getting upset about a perfectly good film because it "ruined" the lore. I don't need that in my zelda games, i want a game with good mechanics and for the most part to hell with the story. It was always a sideline anyway...

@NintendoVideoGa Sorry dude, i gave that video enough of a go. I don't get it. There is nothing to tie anything together at all. It's a summary of all the games with occasional spots of a boat that they then say relates to windwaker/hourglass. If you can give me timestamps of the revelatory moments i'll go back in. Until then it's all bobbins and the lore nerds need to pack it in...

@greengecko007 I've played all the games when they've been released. There has been no tie made between any games until the lore fans came along. I'll admit, i don't try to read into what i'm told but if you can explain exactly how these games linked into each other prior to the historia coming along i'd be interested to listen. Until that point though it's just a bunch of lore nerds trying to piece together games that weren't meant to be pieced together. While we're at it, perhaps you could tell me the lore that links mario 1,2,3,world and sunshine???

@greengecko007 it's worth mentioning that lore has made no difference to any of my zelda experiences. Not even sure i know what even constitutes lore quite frankly. Don't recall any of the zelda games you mentioned being steeped with "lore"

@greengecko007 Why do you need consistent lore? I've been a zelda fan since the NES and i enjoy the games for what they are. They were never designed originally to flow because that wasn't how games worked back then. Each game exists as it's own experience. I see no point to try and and patch lore into it like you seem to want to. If you want a lore heavy game just go play warcraft or something designed that way in the first place...

@oorwullie are those reviews recent or before they reworked it? When it originally released it got panned but the developers went back to the drawing board and released a huge patch that turned things around including giving original kickstarter backers another code to give to a friend. I got one from a mate who backed it but not got round to it yet...

Been watching this guys videos for a while now, although he has more money than most its still fun to see what can be achieved if money isn't a limiting factor. Watching him rip his house to bits and rebuild is pretty fun and to the guy who said they'd rather have an arcade, he has an arcade room too. Also check out arcade impossible for a good arcade YouTube series, they don't do much these days but there are a stack of historic videos to watch.

Would be nice if Nintendo could persuade Falcom to start bringing their games across to switch. So many good JRPGs that are mostly being overlooked elsewhere and perfect for a portable system. A Trails in the Sky trilogy release on one cart would be great...

Sony/MS need to be careful how they approach upgrades in future. If they keep doing iterative things they may get away with it but if they go for another new console with no backwards compatibility so soon they'll drive people to PC. Nintendo shouldn't need to worry as they'll have a large install base and people making exclusives by then, plus if people keep doing things like DOOM where they've proved they can get it running well then all is good. If they do want to upgrade surely they can offer an upgrade to just the central panel for a reasonable price? No need for a new dock or joycons...

As someone who grew up in the days of the NES I appreciate the nostalgia of the older games but find it baffling that people think the older games are still better. All you need to do is think about how SMB3/SMW would be received if released today and how SMO would be viewed if released back then. I've had an absolute blast with SMO so far and my only complaint is how soon the main quests ended. The end game content hasn't disappointed thus far though...

I can see both sides but for me scores are important. People started giving scores because people wanted to be able to rank things, metacritic exists because eventually someone would want to know what a certain games average review score was. People like numbers and top 10/20s. It's in our nature!

Without a grade and just a big wall of text you have to some reason to invest in reading it. It's fine if it's a game you've been following the whole time but what about really good games with little or no PR money behind them? How do these games get noticed? A score helps them to do that, it makes someone like myself take note and then invest in the text to see what the fuss is about.

Another problem recently(more on Eurogamer than anywhere else) seems to be people spoiling the games in the review. Skipping to a number alleviates that if you want to go in spoiler free.

If everyone stopped giving numbers they'd better expect hits on their review to drop. There are far too many games and too many reviewers, if we have to read all the text we'll probably stick to only reading certain people's reviews...

@NintendoFanBoy16 yup, it's rather frustrating. I've had a bit of a moan at them and been told it's been escalated but not expecting much out of it and even though money isn't an issue i'm not paying £180 to a scalper out of principle. I have little time as it is for games so it's pure goodwill on my part that means i buy most nintendo first party stuff day one, technically it's not a great investment so unless they can come back to me with a fair response i'll just buy what i've actually got time to play....

@james_mueller The UK store is not that great really, it is another vendor (Zavvi i believe) just with a nintendo front end slapped on the front. It's no better or worse really...

Well this is just great. Can someone tell me where the email has come from for this? As far as i'm aware i am signed up for all things nintendo and follow the facebook, i also "registered my interest" in the game on their site but i've not got an email. Had i received one i might have stood a chance.

What really riles me though is that i did receive one email from nintendo customer support this afternoon in response to my complaint about lack of communication when GAME released their stock in the middle of the night which said there were no announcements about this product. Maybe if Nintendo's A.. knew what it's elbow was doing this wouldn't have been such a complete mess. I'll be complaining again later.

That said, i've cancelled around £400 of pre-orders. Nintendo thrive off the loyalty of their fans, if they don't treat their fans with a bit of decency they lose that loyalty. It simple really...

@Starwolf_UK Yeah, all goodwill has gone out of the window for me, not really embracing any of the new account stuff going on at the mo and cancelled a bunch of preorders. I, like a lot of people, have other consoles and a PC so i'm not stuck for things to play. I just like to support nintendo as believe they make awesome games, if they are going to make it difficult for me to get the games/amiibo i want i'll just stop bothering. Right now, nintendo need as much goodwill as they can garner but between this, controversial sackings, lacklustre mobile debuts and youtube copyright strikes they aren't doing a great job at the mo...

I'm pretty annoyed at missing out on this, hope there are more on the UK store. Refuse to believe demand is that high, just really short stock shortages. If i can't get this i'm not likely to stump up the money for the individual games out of protest and maybe more besides. I'm not really sure what else i could've done, i've registered interest in the game, subscribed to social media feeds and emailed the nintendo store for information(they game me no information) but i have a job to do, i can't spend time during the day watching nintendolife/online retailers like a hawk....

Why in hell have they done this to me?? I got fed up when the wave 4 were out of stock before i even had a chance to buy, it made me rethink my need for amiibo and i saved myself some money. Now i'm £100 out of pocket and have more figurines i don't have room for in the post! I'm an idiot...

This whole thing is a farce, are we actually going to get some kind of response from Nintendo on this? I started off with these Amiibo quite happily buying them all, after missing out on a 2 hour preorder window for the latest and now finding that ones i'd ordered aren't actually being fulfilled i'm not so keen to play ball anymore. As far as i'm concerned the long preorder period was enough time for Nintendo to assess demand and make enough figures to meet said demand. It's really starting to make me question my loyalty to the guys as their customer service in all of this has been awful. I currently buy games i know i won't get round to immediately just to support the game but maybe i'll start getting games as and when instead. It's all just really frustrating! Why don't they want my money!!!

Feel exactly the same. If they make more stock available i may consider carrying on collecting but they do need to give people a chance to preorder either by signing up to receive one of each on release or at least warning when they will go live with preorders.

@ToxieDogg @DESS-M-8 My experience of it was reading an article on here to say they had gone up on nintendo.co.uk, checking as soon as i could(about 2hours) and finding all preorders had already gone. Preorders shouldn't be selling out...pretty much given up on collecting them now...

Pretty annoyed now as only just read this and a load are sold out already. In a way it's good as maybe the "got to buy them all" spell is broken but I'd imagine that people buying full sets is crucial to these shifting long term. They've probably shot themselves in the foot a little here...

Yeah, I'm moaning too. I got an email but just in two minds now. Not only do I want an xl model I also wouldn't want a white one. Seems odd there is no choice. Am I right in thinking that with the introduction of faceplates there is no such thing as a limited edition model? Will probably just wait it out and I hope I don't get a black mark for not being enough of an ambassador....

I could well be unlucky but they use yodel/hermes which i'd argue stacks the "luck" in favour of something going wrong. It's all dependent on your delivery driver really and what he/she deems an acceptable delivery. In my one order of 12 amiibos, one gc controller and the smash game/adaptor it was sent out in 7 separate packages, the DK figure & the GC controller weren't actually despatched until this week, i still have no controller... It's not actually nintendo running everything, it's the hut group so again depends on whether you think they give good customer service, i personally stopped using them a good while back.

To anyone from europe moaning about not having this in your country, YOU ARE NOT MISSING OUT, it's a poorly implemented online store, they've messed up everything i've ordered, the prices are way over the odds and most of the exclusive stuff is tat. Just stick to the reputable online stores in your area. As for anyone in the USA i would happily trade our UK online store for all the games you get that never see light of day in europe...

@Peach64 I did, originally because there were special editions available but then i thought i'd prefer my money to go direct to nintendo even if it was a little more. After my first proper experience (smash and amiibo release) i won't be using them again, 10% off or not. I don't think i'll be leaving shopto in such a hurry again. Not only are their products reasonably priced, the customer service is fantastic and the deliveries reliable...

Had a moan about this in the forum. They sent this email out after all my preordered amiibos/smash had already been processed. Technically I could've qualified for all the key rings. If what I've been told about the store being zavvi in disguise is true then I'm glad my purchases have been moved back to shopto. The official store will be used for limited special editions only...

Am a nottingham gamer and still yet to get to either gamecity(except for the zelda thing they did) or a Streetpass East Midlands thing. Always seem to clash with other things. Good to hear we are getting some kind of gaming culture museum early next year, will be able to check that out in my own time!

@MAN1AC I don't disagree but at this point with two.consoles to support (they need to keep expanding the 3ds library too) they need to get more people in across the board. Buying up a proven developer gets them off the ground running with WIP titles that could be ported across. In the meantime the extra internal staff can be working on more games from scratch to release down the line. They did specifically mention acquisitions and did bid for atlus so was somewhere in their plan just lacked.the balls to.go all in...

PS with regard to mergers and acquisitions how the hell did they get outbid by SEGA for atlus? That would have been a complete coup for them! With the money they have and light of SEGA non too grand financial record i would've thought outbidding them would've been easy pickings...maybe just buy sega now for a double whammy, announce that in a live E3 stage show and you've won E3 regardless...

Like others i'm a little disappointed in this decision by Nintendo. It makes no difference to us fans who get hyped for Directs and it will still be the same announcements just in a slightly different format but for all the people we need to start taking notice of the Wii U it's not the right way. Now is the time for the big N to follow the conventions a little bit, they aren't in a position to "be like apple" as someone suggested and shun the norms, they need to play ball and have a "comeback" E3. To shun the main stage presentation again this year just screams that they don't have enough to warrant a presentation which isn't the message they should be giving out. Plus, if it's true then what are they doing? Where are the mergers and acquisitions they mentioned, where are they spending their money to put things right? I'm working on the basis that they have a ton to reveal but focussing on the floor show implies otherwise. Also, doing the live reveal takes the responsibility of getting the streaming right out of their hands completely...

Took a while to get into this game on the PSP(MHFU) but what helped was having friends who were quite far into the game that i could fire questions at as it's not very forthcoming with information. Unfortunately those guys don't own nintendo systems so i'm alone this time, put over 60hours into offline on the 3ds and want to take the jump to online(as have both versions), it's a shame i'm busy when the NL hunt is going on on saturday as would've been a good kick-start. Any online hints for a noob so as not to wind people up?

For me this is a wasted opportunity, the first game was fantastic but rinsed the FF series of most of it's best moments and songs so not sure there is going to be enough here to convince me to purchase. I would've thought extending it to the whole square-enix universe with tunes from the chrono/mana/DQ games as well as some new FF stuff would've been the sensible option. This may not sell as well and cause them to axe the series without really thinking about why it failed(which seems to be SEs thing these days)

MMO was my concern first thing when i saw some of the Nintendo Direct clips but i'm still holding out hope. Not that i'm against MMOs, i spent more time than is healthy on WoW and rate it as one of my favourite games of all time, it's just not what i wanted from X. I wanted a similar experience to xenoblade, in a new world with HD graphics and the pad would allow your teammates arts to be selected in addition to the main chars. Would have allowed for better teamwork on breaking/toppling etc. I still have hope though..

It's a sad state of affairs but i'm sure they'll turn it around. If i was Nintendo i'd reduce my expectations in terms of lifecycle of the Wii U and try and release a console more powerful than the PS4/Xbone around halfway through their lifespans to try and rock the applecart a little. They need to expand rather than shrink their workforce though in order to do this and keep the wii U furnished with interesting titles though. They'd need to release it with a 3d mario or zelda at launch and get the third parties to release their content on it at the same times as a matter of course. Would need to be PC-style architecture to minimize the effort required to port.

In the meantime they should really be stressing the benefits of a family centric console that can get the whole family playing(which it is!). Considering all the bad press around videogame violence it shouldn't be too tough for Nintendo to pipe up as the family alternative.

Completely agree with this, it is something that REALLY bugs me. On release of the Wii U the Virtual Console to date from Wii should just have been carried over and then built on with additional titles like earthbound and more from other consoles like Gamecube. I just don't get why we have to go back to the start with the VC, i'm currently with Super Mario RPG started and incarcerated in "wii-mode" where even if they do release it on wii u vc i can't carry my save over. The whole thing is poorly thought out...

I think boycotting is a strong word, although it sums up what a lot of people have done(me included) you have to remember that for most people waiting for a game to be cheap or buying secondhand is "the norm". For me, i have probably enough games to last me my whole life so i don't ever really need to buy on day one. The reason i do buy full price is because it's a game or genre i want to support. Games companies do need to create good will as far as gamers are concerned and they did the opposite with this decision causing a lot of people to downgrade Legends from day one status. If we don't get another, so be it, but hopefully the Wii U sales they did get will give them an idea of what could've been, shame we'll never be able to fully measure the effects of their decision. I still believe that any company that is brave enough to make a Wii U exclusive game that gets good reviews will be rewarded

Am in the UK, and whilst i can see how the relay thing should be quite good i've found it to be more of a curse than anything. Have been in situations with friends where we all have our 3ds' and only get 1 hit each through relay rather than all streetpassing each other as the nintendo zone blocks the normal streetpass mechanism.

The european rewards are pretty naff but even if this was available i wouldn't bite. Am part way through Super Mario RPG but have stalled as i want to be able to play off screen on the gamepad but know i won't be able to bring my saved game across once it's available on wii u vc, can't believe there is no way of transferring it across, seems silly to me...

The problem i have with this that no one seems to raise is as follows:
Phone: Device i need to have powered up at all times and i do everything to conserve battery.
Handheld/Mp3 player: Device i run down until it's out of charge.

I struggle to keep battery in my phone as it is without spending hours gaming on it when travelling to work and back. Getting a little tired of this idea of your phone replacing every device you ever had. Do TV shows get filmed on phones? No. Do photographers take their photos with phones? No.

I still see a market for machines specifically for games. Nothing wrong with making something that is dedicated to just one things. This is why i hope nintendo are around for sometime, they aren't trying to get their sticky fingers in to all media, they just want to make good games!

Don't understand this really. Sony have already announced their console, by E3 so will microsoft. E3 will only be a follow-up on those announcements. Nintendo may not have hardware to announce but if they have Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda, X news for Wii u and Smash Brothers that is more than enough for an E3 presentation. Hell the last nintendo direct would've been big enough for an E3 if you ignore the lack of wii u games. The likes of ubisoft/ea etc never have hardware to plug yet always do a big presentation. My excitement for E3 is waning somewhat...

Absolute rubbish, turned up in nottingham to nothing. There was someone playing on a 3ds who seemed involved with the event but they were head down ignoring people and I didn't even get a streetpass. Boss of the shop didn't really know what was going on. Maybe I was too late to the party and everyone's charge had gone but I had high hopes and was let down. To have 3ds' in the store that weren't streetpassing is poor.

I'll head along to the notts one at some point if only for the streetpasses it's so rare to get a streetpass these days!!!

Held out on buying fez after his opinions on Japanese developers but cracked eventually, regretting my purchase now as it funds thus idiot. After having played it I can say it would really benefit from two screens as I lost track of the amount of time I spent going between the game and the map screen....

As for mh3u, having a blast with it. Most psp monster hunters would've given their left "claw" for an abomination like the circle pad pro. Although 3ds should've had 2 sticks as standard...