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@odin6786 I had the same thought... I'd buy one if they made them haha!

Free game? Count me in!

@TomJ Who said I lived in the UK? When was I preaching at all? I'm just a simple lad observing the typical self-entitlement that comes with this time of year. I'll just hope and pray that you can struggle through these dark eShop times and find joy elsewhere in the holiday season.

Wow, what a humble bunch of people... I hope you don't whine like this to your families this Christmas.

Nice! I've been wanting to play this again

Um... YES!! I would kill for this to release over here in NA and I know some friends who would too. We used to play this game endlessly when we were kids!

Oh man, this would be soo great!

Damn it! I saw the picture and for a split-second thought "Are they re-releasing A Wonderful Life?" So, why are they re-using AWL artwork for this game?

And as far as SoM goes, it looks sort of like the original SNES Harvest Moon, so I'll probably pick it up but it's definitely not the game I wanted from this franchise. Hopefully Story of Seasons will have a console entry soon.

Oh man, I sure do wish I had $150 right now...

Yes! It's finally coming back to Canada! I missed it the last time around so I'll definitely be going this time.

Wow, just checked the stats and the Kakariko shooting gallery took him 947 tries... this guy must be insane. I had to try maybe 15-20 times on my last play-through and even that had me going slightly crazy.

Okay... is there video of the whole thing? Because I'm curious how he beat the shooting gallery in Kakariko, as far as I know the order that the rupees come up in is completely random.

I've never really enjoyed the Four Swords series (haven't touched one since the first game) so I'll probably skip this, especially since it sounds like this game is even worse than the FS games. Come to think of it, A Link Between Worlds is the first portable Zelda I've liked since the GBC days (aside from the N64 remakes, obviously.)

I liked the SNES version better... and MEDABOTS!!! Can't wait to play those games again and likely do just as well as I did as a kid (not very well.)

This looks great! I think people need to calm down and a little and just take this for what it is: a fan project. People are raging about this like it's a trailer for the next Zelda game, it's just a guy who wanted to recreate a piece of a game he liked and show what he can do with 3D modeling. I think it looks great although I agree it doesn't quite feel like a Zelda game, but I really don't think that was the point.

@gamekill Fair enough, that all makes sense to me. I just don't feel like anything was spoiled for me, and maybe I'm just taking the word "spoilers" too literally but I personally think it's something that ruins or lessens the experience of the game/movie/whatever. This didn't do that for me and I have a hard time believing this is going to ruin the game for anyone, but I guess it could lessen the excitement of finding it in-game for some people. Some other people seem genuinely offended and that just seems a bit ridiculous to me.

@gamekill Okay, that's fine if all their readers are like you and want to avoid any tiny piece of information about an upcoming game; people like me, on the other hand, are interested to find these things out before the game is released. The surprise of finding it in-game might be a nice little treat but, at least for me, knowing it's in there just makes me want this game even more and I hardly feel like anything was "spoiled" for me.

You're exactly right, the internet is not a problem, it's the people who think every little bit of information is a spoiler and should be censored or not written about at all. As a "free open communication channel," don't you think the writer/website should have every right to report on this? Maybe they could've put a spoiler warning but then where do you draw the line? That's a slippery slope and soon every little bit of new information would need a spoiler warning like: "Spoilers: Zelda U will feature archery mini-game."

Sorry, I'm on a bit of a rant here but I don't think NL or the writer did anything wrong here. If anyone really has that much of a problem with it, then please go find one of these other sites that should have "a strong number of readers" that don't spoil anything about upcoming games, and enjoy reading the release date and looking at the box art over and over again.

Thanks to the people who mentioned Otaku Mode! I wasn't going to buy it because with shipping it was going to cost $70 to get it to Canada, but free shipping AND a free display case from Otaku Mode is a MUCH better deal!

Yeesh, all you complainers need to shut up! Play it or don't, who cares. And if you think something like this is a spoiler... you should probably stay off the internet.

Interesting read, I learned some new things but, to be fair, I haven't been following this game THAT closely. The fly-swatting thing mentioned sounds like a Mario Paint easter egg, which would be amazing, I loved that mini-game! I didn't realize the amiibo costumes would be limited to the retro templates (I'm hoping that means 8-bit AND 16-bit because all I've seen is 8-bit) but I guess it makes sense.

Overall, I'm pretty excited for this. It looks like it will consume a fair bit of my time and get me back on my Wii U more often.

I think the directs should continue but I'm really not sure if they will or not. Nintendo DID say there was more Zelda U footage coming soon, so I think the likelihood of a Zelda U-focused Direct is pretty good, or at least something similar like the Xenoblades thing. Here's hoping!

Wow! I've seen some of his works before but never knew who did them. I immediately went and ordered some of his prints.

AHH!!! Majora's Mask Link!! Must have!!

This keeps looking better and better! I've always loved Harvest Moon games and turn-based RPGs, so this should be right up my alley. Also comparing the battle-system to a turn-based Tales system has me all sorts of excited!

They need to come back to Canada! I was a poor student the first time they came through so I couldn't go... I guess I'm still poor but at least I could go if they were nearby this time!

Awesome! I'll definitely be getting this, hopefully I can convince a friend to get it too.

Mario Tennis... heck yes I'm excited for multiplayer. All these other games... not so much. Zelda Four Swords never really interested me much, I think I beat the first one but that's it, so Triforce Heroes looks pretty 'meh' to me. Federation Force looks interesting enough but I doubt I'll buy it unless enough of my friends get it, which they probably won't... oh well.

And don't even get me started on Animal Crossing. I don't know whose bright idea it was to turn a beautiful, (mostly) single-player experience into a tacky board game just to sell amiibo. They could've easily released another regular Animal Crossing game for Wii U and sold thousands more amiibo than with this crappy-looking game that almost nobody is going to buy.

...Sorry, I'm really sensitive about Animal Crossing lately.

Hm, might as well get Zelda seeing as it's only two bucks to upgrade. I have enough versions of it already but I'll probably play it again on the gamepad anyway.

Looks amazing, I'll definitely be getting it at some point.

I agree with most people here; it looks like a fun game but they definitely should not have put the Metroid name on it. This is not what a Metroid game is supposed to be, just like AC: amiibo-fest or whatever it's called is not an Animal Crossing game. Good job, Nintendo...

Meh, hopefully I can convince some of my friends to get this so I can actually play it...

I've been a die-hard Nintendo fan since I was a kid. I've been called a blind fan boy from all my friends but I didn't care because I knew Nintendo would always have their major franchises to keep themselves (and myself) going. I started doubting them this year since but then the prospects of E3 got me super excited for all the key franchises that SHOULD'VE received a new game...

Nintendo isn't going to have many of their core fans left if this is how they keep going. If they want to make tacky, multi-player games for kids than good for them, but I don't know how much more I can take before I give up on them altogether.

I could not be any more disappointed... Animal Crossing U was the ONLY thing I was hoping for at E3 this year and instead we get another lame party game. Where did they even get this idea? Animal Crossing is mostly a relaxed, personal, single-player experience; why would they turn that into a competitive, multi-player game that's just going to turn friends against other friends much like Mario Party is famous for?

AGH!

Oh man, it better be a new Diddy Kong Racing! The first one for N64 is still one of my favourite games ever.

Pretty excited if this is coming to the west, more Harvest Moon is never a bad thing!

Well, this looks amazing...

YES! I'm going to try and restrain my excitement until there's some more info released but a Harvest Moon for console is LONG overdue! I know Natsume's last entry wasn't very good at all but that doesn't mean this will be bad, they just tried something new and it didn't work. It sounds to me like they've realized that and are taking it back to the roots, which is exactly what they need to do! This has me even more excited for E3 now, let's hope it doesn't disappoint!

Rabble, rabble, rabble! Stupid Nintendo, not releasing this in North America! We never get anything good! Rabble, rabble, rabble!

I really hope it's a new Harvest Moon game for Wii U but if it's anything like Lost Valley, I couldn't care less. They need to stick with what made Harvest Moon amazing in the first place, like Marvelous did with Story of Seasons.

@Geekgasm_Inc I could definitely get behind another Harvest Moon like Magical Melody, I loved everything about that game!

This looks pretty awesome! Glad that it'll be coming to Wii U.

@HanSolo57 Same here! Animal Crossing U HAS to be announced! (btw amazing avatar!)

Good to see some more metal being added, although I'd prefer some different songs than the ones they're picking so far. Killswitch and BMTH have so many better songs... I'm guessing they're still trying to appeal to a broader audience though, so I probably shouldn't expect anything like 'Pray for Plagues' or 'Chelsea Smile'

Also, I'm stoked to be getting more stuff for the small amount of coins I had left!

Oh, everyone just get over it! You guys will seriously complain about everything Nintendo does; even when it's something good like giving discounts on their complimentary rewards, a service that they don't even have to offer us if they don't want to. It's free stuff so stop whining!

When you complain about other people getting a better deal than you or not getting everything you wanted because the prices were higher so you had to make a choice; you are essentially reverting to a small child whining about other kids getting more birthday presents than you. Grow up.

Megaman and Bass!

Yup, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. I would buy the heck out of that, same with Harvest Moon 64.

When I signed in I received a notification telling me I had reached platinum status and I could select a gift. After finally getting signed in and to the page for the reward I want it says: "Sorry this reward is only available to 2015 platinum members."

Do you guys think it's just a high-traffic related error or am I going to have to email Nintendo? Anyone else have this problem?

@Dooyoo The 3D looks just like ANB (to me, at least) and I personally have no problem with it.

I picked it up yesterday after work and played for an hour or so but the insanely-long tutorial eventually got to me. I'll be playing again tonight to push through the last bit of the tutorial and finally start playing the game, which looks amazing!

The little differences in farming mechanics are cool so far and I can't wait to see what else they've tweaked. This is way more of a real Harvest Moon experience than whatever that thing Natsume released was.

SO EXCITED! I don't know if anyone else read the detailed leak posted a few days ago, but if it's accurate (which so far it seems like it is) we will finally be getting N64 games on Wii U among other incredible announcements. Either way my body is ready! This Direct is long overdue.

Wow! What an expensive start to my day... not that I'm complaining!