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@IceClimbers cool thanks

What is FY16? Full year?

@DjCUTMAN nice well love the megaman reference even just in your name. I'll check out more of your stuff later this week!

OCR is severely lacking in Advance Wars and Muramasa music-- if you're looking for any ideas on untapped markets!

@DjCUTMAN good stuff on all the music. Especially in such a short time. A lot of remix albums can take years-- especially to even coordinate people.

I'm not as much a fan of the electronic or techno stuff, but still several of these tracks were far enough from that to catch my attention. Good grooves

I recognized bLiNd, do you do stuff on Overclocked too?

I read Japanese and that was definitely a "We'll do better next time" tweet. That's about as close as you can get to saying your presentation sucked, or saying your sorry as you can get without actually saying it.

E3 is for games this year and early next year? Yeah right.

At E3 you're supposed to announce games that will be out next year or the year following and then possibly have playable games or more information on games that you announced in previous years.
E3 is all about the more distant future and teasing, not about the immediate future and present.

I think this is more about competition. PS4 and Xbone had some great announcements and Nintendo didn't really. All stuff we knew or aren't that excited about yet. Some of it was even a bit disappointing-- like Star Fox. Some of that is because of high expectations, but some of that is because the other companies delivered a powerful performance. Can't help but compare and when we do Nintendo comes up lacking.

@Chris720 well asking for games like that sort of proves that Nintendo is indeed a slave to its past success. Chanting for reiterations of those games and what-not. Nintendo seems to only make new games if they have a new idea for that game and think it will be different and fun. If they don't have those, they won't release a sequel just for a sequels sake.

This interview comes at an interesting time because it seems like every other game series is trying to exclusively cater to its existing fans: elder scrolls, fable, mass effect, halo, COD, Assassin's Creed, Fifa, Forza, Gears of War, Final Fantasy, Fallout, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear, Rainbow 6, Shenmue, Battlefront, Street Fighter, Tom Clancy, Uncharted, Deus Ex, Dark Souls, Doom

Nintendo has problems but the interviewers didn't diagnose them correctly. Their problems are not enough 3rd party support for the Wii U and trying to cater almost exclusively to younger audiences. They're so afraid of any criticism from parents, or something, that they just end up seeming super kiddish. We want the Nintendo that brought over RE4 and Bayonetta and Devil's 3rd. The fact that they didn't include anything about Devil3 or Fatal Frame, or the fact that Star Fox looks very cartoonish, tell me that they don't want anything to do with seeming "adult".
And that sucks. You can do both Nintendo!!

Nintendo innovates with almost every game if they can. That's why Wind Waker was cel shaded, why skyward sword was motion controlled and didn't have an overworld in the traditional sense, look at Mario galaxy, even mario kart 8 (in a way). They get applauded for every innovation and even last year had the best E3 in a long time because they announced new IPs in Splatoon and Codename STEAM.

@thor27 you da real mvp

I keep getting kicked from games even though I have stable internet enough to play smash, heroes of the storm, LOL, watch Netflix, etc. I think it's that I have lag spikes perhaps? And so even a tiny break in the connection automatically kicks me. It says connection timeout or something along those lines. Very frustrating and for periods of the day I can't play.

Dogs and Rock

My votes are for Splatoon Inkling
Okami
Shovel Knight
Monster Hunter
Custom Robo
Boo
Isaac (Golden Sun)
Phoenix Wright
Maxwell (Scribblenauts)

@Ryu_Niiyama saw the Kotaku thing. I'm happy enough with Impa just in Hyrule Warriors

@Cinnamon115 Lunar is such a good game...

Port to Wii U... Please please please

Different panels were one of the largest selling points for me. If this was out in NA, I would probably have one right now. As it stands I'm good with my old 3DS.

The demo for 3U wasn't near as good, I think. Maybe try playing it with other people in the demo and it will be slightly better.

To be honest, the first missions aren't as fun either because you fight smaller monsters, of course. It's when you start hunting huge monsters regularly that the game continues to just be amazing. Give it at least 2 hours or so and you'll probably be hooked.

@outburst one of the real fun things about this is collecting different equipment and weapons, which you obviously can't get from the demo. The demo you just fight the monsters. But in the game, you fight the monsters with a purpose. It seems like a small thing but it makes a huge difference.

The camera is pretty manageable over all so long as you lock onto the monster. Many fights I can get through while only pushing L

One note that might be confusing-- 1 attack on a "weak point" like the head will not show you that it is a weak point. In general, you do not get shown how much damage you do. The only minor clue that tells you if a point is a weak point or not is that the monster will react or flinch more frequently when the part is a weaker part.
That and the fact that you will kill the monster faster.

For anyone considering this or Majora's Mask, I would recommend getting this first. Majora's Mask is going to be a lot of fun, but MH4U is going to blow you away I am sure. It's unique and fun and addictive. The community is really fun and you'll be happy to be a part of it. I strongly recommend the new experience over the game you have played before. I love Majora's Mask a ton! And I still recommend MH4U that highly

Of course get both if you can!

@GunplaGamer cool thanks

Anyone care to outline the differences between the directs for us people at work?
Sounds like Japan's getting another rhythm heaven which is freakin awesome. I hope they bring it across the oceans

Do the new 3DS XL systems in NA work with Kisekae plates? If we get one of the special 3DS' with the MH4U or MM design, are those just plates? Can we change them later?

I look at it similar to how LOL looks at balancing:
1. Does a character have clear counter play?
2. Does a character have clear strengths and weaknesses?

And he just doesn't seem like you can say yes to either of those. Except for maybe the rocket pack

I love the gamecube controller and have been using it in the mall display things they have set up around the US but I wouldn't get it just because they're wired. Give me a wavebird and I would probably buy it-- rechargeable or not. But not with the limitations of wires...

MH4 Didn't even get a release outside Japan. Have to (still) wait until MH4U. Anytime I can't play a game like that for that long, it makes me hate the whole stupid practice of region-locking.

I think if anything needs nerfing its grabs. The hitbox (if you can still call it that) for grabs are large and I don't see the point of letting you grab people out of the air. It's annoying that grabs are the fastest attacks in the game.

@espi probably because it's almost Halloween

So did I just miss the duckhunt video then or what?

So is there going to be a intro video for that one character that Sakurai teased in the daily photos?

@ikki5 (and other people too)

Sakurai has worked over most weekends and holidays while preparing these games. He did so much testing and what-not himself that he got some problems in his wrists and arms and had to rest a bit more. Most Japanese work late at night anyway, but I'm sure he's there first thing in the morning and until night, just going home to sleep. Besides what do you care? Just go enjoy your smash on the 3DS

Hey I contributed to this woohoo!

But seriously I can't wait to play this, looks like a lot of fun and I always enjoyed BITF's music and comics. Sad that the comic is coming to an end but still nice to look forward to different projects by him like this

@undead_terror thanks for the reply. I was just hoping it was available for a pre-download like they did in Japan before the release. Saves time on downloading I guess?
Anyway, yeah not a big deal but I'm sure others were curious too

So far the E-Shop doesn't seem to have anything about downloading the patch. Also just says a generic "Download here at midnight 10/3" with no time zones specified

Yay one in Houston. Unless the line of people waiting to participate is insanely long then I'll go and have a crack at it

@larryislife Link's boomerang actually seems useful! which is a nice change

@kalmaro
@thesmashbro69 Mario definitely is back to his Melee days of being viable it seems. Megaman is nice for a pure range character, which is fun. For the villager though, he seems to have really good potential. His bowling ball is a freakin meteor strike

Looks awesome, I'm so excited for the new MH and how fun they're making it with all these different additions

@blueblurninja btw I finally got my code. Better late than never I guess!!

As for the article, pretty cool idea. I'm definitely all for more organized smash meetups.

♫ I wanna be, the very best! ♫ Like no one ever was~~~!!! ♫

I played this when it came out and loved it. Fun plot, good battle system, just hard enough. If anything, I thought the gun/zapper-thing mechanic was the thing that needed the most work.
Man I wanna whip out my N64 and play it again...

@BlueBlurNinja I see you're still working at it. I never got the codes. Well I hope you can get one soon

@blueblurninja still waiting and nothing yet. Hmmm 50 more mins till the end of the day in the USA. Probably won't wait up to see the day end in Hawaii

Nope not yet. But still have 2.666 hrs until the day is over in NOA Hq so I still have a tiny, TINY bit of hope

@BlueBlurNinja nope not yet. I'm checking my email like a madman while watching hunter hunter

@blueblurninja I hope so. I'll just be playing megaman until then...

@bmjy1000 lol hate you Nintendo for being nice to platinum members

@thejudge are we sure all platinums won't get it? the Nintendo support website makes it sound like they all will.

Anyone got any idea?

@vyse when did you get your codes? Just now?

@feedingthewheel I'm hoping that's like 6 pacific or something. I'm seriously hoping the big N is still giving them out