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This is super cute, and I want it.

Sheesh. Europe gets all this cool stuff. I hope the next iteration of Club Nintendo will be more universal and offer the same rewards in different regions. That Goodbye Coin sounds interesting and I wonder if it's coming to North America... but having spent all my coins already, I'd be out of luck unless they send one to everyone for free. That would be pretty snazzy, but I won't hold my breath.

Is there not a Miiverse Community for Splatoon yet? I had trouble finding it.

I sure hope the anime episodes are age-restricted. It's not Pokemon.

Confirmed until it's delayed.

Ugh. I'm totally disappointed by this game. The first two games were rough around the edges, but they had charm and fun gameplay. In Frontier, the 2D character art is beautiful, but that's where the beauty ends. The graphics are muddy and glitchy, with your vehicle flickering in and out of view during gameplay. The audio is muffled and even breaks up at times when the volume is turned up. The visuals and mechanics for fossil cleaning are ugly and uncomfortable. The old cleaning process was fairly intuitive. This new version just doesn't feel right. Then there are the battles, where the HUD obscures the Vivosaurs on the top screen, and we're robbed of the fun action and "death" scenes from the previous games. The lower screen interface is also rather bland and ugly. There was a nice rhythm to the first two that's lacking here. It's not just that it's different. It feels damaged, rushed or incomplete. Overall it's just an ugly experience. I had hoped this would really be the next step, where Fossil Fighters would really come into its own, but it's really just a step backward. I'm trading it in ASAP. Seriously, I would rather play the original Fossil Fighters from scratch than continue with this new game. Huge disappointment.

@GloryQuestor Hmm, that's a good example. Another thing about .hack is that, at the time, it was something fairly new and fresh. These days we have Sword Art Online, Log Horizon and a selection of other similar stories to choose from, and only certain series become real hits. If Square had focused on creating something with a unique theme and visual style, they might have had more success, but it seems pretty obvious they were trying to replicate the success of other series aimed at kids. At first glance, it's easy to mistake this art style for any series in the same vein as Cardfight Vanguard. At least, that's how I see it. I could be wrong. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but it seems to have been a rather large miscalculation.

They just got it backwards. Anime series like that are a dime a dozen, and if they're not based on a pre-existing property (card game, etc), they're probably not going to hook anyone. Game first, anime later.

I enjoyed the first Fossil Fighters quite a bit. The second didn't capture my attention as much, but I have high hopes for this next installment. It looks like fun!

Thankfully, I won't have to look at the icon on Wara Wara Plaza anymore. Friends would come over and think i owned the game

Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa.... I must have missed something. 9999 Play Coins? Is that a New 3DS thing?

System seller.

"Family Audiences" typically means it'll be a kids show... but it would be nice to have something in the PG or PG-13 range. Most of the top shows in the US these days are pretty harsh.

You know, after the initial adrenaline rush, I'm not seeing a ton of physical rewards I'm excited about. I went ahead and ordered the calendar, because that's a cute item you can't buy elsewhere. I already have a game case and 3DS pouch... and I'm not sure about the puzzle. Maybe I'll just relax and cash in for game codes later... though I almost feel like I should get Grill-Off with Ultra Hand just for the heck of it

My To-Do list, which included non-expired surveys, was emptied out. I don't think I'll make the extra 35 coins to reach Platinum status — not that it matters at this point.

Argh. It's down! Wario, gimme mah rewards!
https://club-catalog.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ClubNintendo/images/wario.jpg

That concept art looks superior to the game footage we've been shown.

The thing is, at the time there was no internet. Using obscure foreign music as the inspiration for a game soundtrack must have seemed harmless. It's really interesting how obvious the ripping is after listening to these tracks. Still, I can't fault the guy too much. I doubt he expected the games to become so popular in the West and for the "secret" to get out. I'm actually more pleased to be introduced to Deep Purple as a result.

I played the heck out of that game and nearly exhausted all its features, with around 200 hours of gameplay. I did lapse, however, and was brokenhearted when my favorite villager was gone when I returned to town. sigh Anyway, I feel like Animal Crossing is a game where DLC would be totally justified, allowing for land expansion, a wider variety of crops to harvest and animals to catch, and an ability to lock in your favorite villagers!

I do like the idea of a home console version of Animal Crossing, but I feel it would make the BEST sense to have it be cross-platform, so you can access your town from either the WiiU or 3DS. I'm not sure how difficult it would be, but it would be so satisfying.

I was skeptical of Animal Crossing, but after taking the plunge I was extremely pleased with the purchase. New Leaf is one of the most enjoyable game experiences I've had.

I think it's Mario's brother from another mother.

The Xenoblade OST is great. I highly recommend it.

Zulu Mario.

I want a full game now.

Come on, Gaming Historian... You're better than this.

I could use one of these for my XL. The game card is in a pretty terrible location. Even if the game only pops out one out of every 250 times, it's still too many. Most cameras and other small devices have an SD card cover, so a gamecard cover would have made a lot of sense to include on any version of the 3DS. I wonder exactly how well something like this item would work, but it may be worth trying out.

That's big news. I have high hopes for Nintendo's next loyalty program. I also hope some fun physical rewards will pop up for me to spend my coins on before it's all over.

The lock-on sounds would probably drive me crazy if I played this.

@ollietaro Well, that was a bizarre stylistic choice. Oh wait, Yorumi said that already. Since we got Senran Kagura on 3DS, I figure we can get full-sized Vocaloids. Either way, this is a good step forward for Nintendo. I mean... the gap between regions isn't that wide anymore, especially when it comes to pop culture. We've known about Miku and Vocaloid for years in the West. Similarly, KanColle (Kantai Collection) has become popular outside of Japan. I don't know if there are any plans to branch out with console games for that property, but if they do I would hope Nintendo would get on the ball. They just seem late to the party more often than not.

Ah, that makes sense. I don't have any modern Sony systems, so I haven't been following those releases.

It's about time we got some Vocaloid product here in North America. Seems like we're behind the times. I would prefer something less Chibi, though.

Exploration is the primary reason I'm buying this game. I'm a bit concerned about the story and characters, but nothing can be done about it at this point.

@rishisquid If it's anything like Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii, you'll have plenty of control over the camera's angle and distance.

Those shows don't interest me, but I really do wish they'd create a Crunchyroll app for the 3DS.

I thought this was a great game. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and still own my original GBA copy.

The return of motion-controlled games would be welcome. I really enjoyed swinging the sword in Zelda, and games like Elebits were great fun.

Integration between home console and handheld would be the most appealing next step for me. There are already some examples of that, but it's not really simple or intuitive, and it involves buying two copies of the same game. Making each console game available on handheld, and vice versa, would be a huge step forward.

Now that we've had the touch-screen feature, I would hate to lose it. I don't use it a lot in games, but for apps and internet browsing it's invaluable. I really would not want to go back to cycling through a TV keyboard with the directional pad after just being able to tap quickly on the Gamepad with a stylus. A lot of people are praising the GameCube controller, but I don't think it was as good as people are saying. The button layout was pretty crazy, and the location of the Z button was really uncomfortable for me. There isn't anything missing from the Wii U Gamepad. It's a perfectly good controller that happens to have a screen in the center of it. My only complaint is, again, the Z button location. The PS2 controller was most comfortable with its R1 R2, L1 L2 layout.

Right after I discovered the app available on my Smart TV.

Oh no. I better check to see if I have any codes on there. I forgot about the promotion for a long time and only starting using my earned codes recently. It was sort of odd to have to go to a separate website to claim a code, and then travel back to the eShop to enter it. I feel like it should have just been incorporated into the eShop itself from the start. Oh well. Nice while it lasted. I probably got around $20 or $25 credit through the promotion. Maybe more.

WCW/nWo REVENGE — Greatest wrestling game of all time — N64 exclusive.

The N64 suffered from a thin library of truly good games, as most modern Nintendo systems do. Still, there was a lot of good stuff on there. I was pleased with the system overall.

I've actually really been hoping for something like this. I do have an old iPod nano, but I'd rather just put my music on my 3DS and have everything on one device. Having a Pandora app, or some other streaming radio app, would also be really useful.

It may be one of those things that just works for some people and not for others. I always had trouble with it. I had to be very methodical about using the controls, whereas others could just pick it up and go along with no trouble. For me, a game like Rayman Legends is a lot more intuitive, where I can make quick turns and not even really think about the controller as I'm playing. With Mario, it's just not as comfortable an experience.

That being said, I've never played Wonder Boy and thus can't comment on whether or not I agree with this guy's particular idea of what good controls and movement are.

Even though I corrected myself almost immediately, I had to do a quick double-take after reading that title. "New 3DS." It's a confusing name, and when you see word bubbles that say "I'm new!" in an advertisement, it's going to make things confusing when the New 3DS actually hits stores. "What do you mean you want a new 3DS? You got a new 3DS for Christmas!"

Just about the best thing ever.

No. I didn't HATE them. I was underwhelmed.

I think that, because there are relatively few games for the Wii U compared to other home consoles, there's a tendency to rate those few exclusive games higher than they deserve. There's an element of "Aha! Finally!" when a game like Bayonetta 2 or Wonderful 101 is released.

The thing is, I was excited for both of those games... but when the demos were released, and I got my first taste of the gameplay, I realized the games weren't really as amazing as I'd built them up to be in my mind. Wonderful 101 just seemed like a mess to me. Bayonetta 2 feels like something from a bygone era, with floaty controls and animation that's hard to follow. Upon completing each demo, I didn't feel like I'd really accomplished anything.

I'm not saying nobody should like those games, but if people continue to complain about the limited Wii U game library, I can't blame them. Very good games on Nintendo systems are few and far between.

To make a comparison, you may be running a version of Windows that you're perfectly satisfied with. When Microsoft sends out an automatic Windows update, at some point you're forced to restart your machine and let the update install. After having done so, you might find some unpleasant changes to the way Windows works. There are a number of reasons to not want that kind of update. So when you're talking about a video game console, the situation is similar. In fact, one Wii U update made changes to the web browser, and really did not like those changes. I had no warning and no option to decline the update. I think it ultimately comes down to the modern problem of buying a device with an incomplete operating system. There's no guarantee of stability whatsoever. So if you would, at some point, prefer to opt out of some system update for the Wii U.... well, you don't have that option. If you don't accept automatic updates without warning, you can't use the machine... and there is something bizarre about that.

I suppose it's a matter of principle.

XL all the way. I wish the XL had the swappable faceplates. This was a miscalculation on Nintendo's part.

I feel like there should be a way to trade coins for eShop credit, even if that credit can only be used on certain games. Actually, if the eShop is connected to Club Nintendo, perhaps your coin balance could show up in the eShop as you're browsing. Then, specifically on Nintendo products, there could be an option to use Club Nintendo coins/stars/whatever to pay for a game either in full or in part. Not sure that grammar makes sense, but I think you know what I mean.

Also, I agree with "Themes for Coins." It's such a no-brainer. I'm surprised Nintendo dropped the ball on that one. There's not even an exclusive Club Nintendo theme or anything. Poosville.

@Steven1094 Yeah, Nintendo is good at naming their systems poorly. I can see that kind of confusion happening. I think "3DS+" or "3DS Plus" would be more clear — it's the 3DS, PLUS some new functionality. I'm sure there are plenty other good names that would work, but Nintendo went straight for the one that could cause the most confusion. Good job.

Need this for XL.

Low drop odds. It's rather frustrating. If all I need is a specific monster's tail, and I cut off that tail during combat, I should get the item I want. That unfortunately is not the case. One of the main problems I have with Monster Hunter is how, for a game that seems to focus on realism in many aspects, a lot of things just aren't realistic at all. If you kill a creature, you have the entire carcass. You should be able to carve any parts you want from it — not just a random handful. It's like saying you shot a 12-point buck deer, but unfortunately due to drop rate limits you couldn't claim the antlers.

Yeah, there's way too much trash on the eShop. It clutters up the place and makes it harder to find the few gems when casually browsing.