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@Kimyonaakuma Yeah I haven't been too impressed with the UK ads. I think it's the obnoxious voice over guy that's the problem.

@Daftbomb @SuperKMx You can find identical controllers to the Maegoo one on AliExpress for under £15. Granted, they take much longer to arrive (2-4 weeks) but I ordered one anyway for £11.50(!). Here's hoping it works! And if not, it's not a huge sum anyway.

Just finished this game on PC. As good as the art/music is, the gameplay doesn't feel fresh and the story gets messy towards the end.

@Dakt They wouldn't make MH5 a PS4 exclusive. Portability is one of the things that made Monster Hunter so popular.

@Nico07 But if they do that and effectively make the Classic Mini a proper console (albeit one that just runs retro games), wouldn't that take away from the Switch's VC sales? I think they should make a new version with the original 30 NES games and add 30 SNES games, bundle it with an SNES controller (with compatible NES controllers sold separately), and of course make more stock. With no online or anything. That way, it remains a cool, cheap Christmas present but doesn't impact sales for VC.

20% off a game that's been out for nearly 3 years now?! Sigh I don't think Nintendo gets it yet.

@sp_initiate-001 You can't C&D an emulator. The emulator itself doesn't come with the Wii Shopping Channel, etc. so Nintendo can't claim it as their own. Additionally, you need a NAND backup from a real Wii to make this work.

Just played the demo on my 3DS XL. There is definitely a difference in framerate between the New 3DS and Old 3DS, but at least there's no input lag. I'm pleasantly surprised with this game!

While the single player experience is the best in the series for me, the online experience leaves something to be desired: No PSS, key features locked behind terrible minigames (the only way to level up quickly is the festival plaza), and you have to stop what you're doing currently to use online features.

Nintendo's trying to copy Sony and Microsoft in all the wrong ways. DRM in Super Mario Run, and now paid online.

@H_Hunter I think £5 should be the limit. I'm not going to pay £8 for a few hours worth of content and DRM.

It's good to see that Nintendo is putting a good amount of power into this console. While it may not be as powerful as the PS4/XBone, the power gap is small enough so that Triple A titles can be ported to the system, and first party Nintendo games will hopefully look gorgeous.

Too bad the 3DS version doesn't get event courses...

The sudden paywall is why the game has such bad reviews. All of this could have been averted if the demo was a separate app and the full game costs money to download with no paywall after the first 3 levels.

@LegendOfPokemon Exactly. Nobody except people who are already used to buying games off eShop (the complete opposite of the target audience for this game) will buy this. Nintendo, once again, fails to modernise and attract new fans.

I thought the whole point of Nintendo's mobile games was to attract new customers to their consoles, but by adding such a high price tag (for a mobile game) the only people willing to buy it will be people who are already hardcore fans. I hope Nintendo will learn from this for their next mobile game (also please no DRM).

I thought the whole point of Nintendo's mobile games was to attract new customers to their consoles, but by adding such a high price tag (for a mobile game) the only people willing to buy it will be people who are already hardcore fans. I hope Nintendo will learn from this for their next mobile game (also please no DRM).

You didn't mention the DRM/always online requirement in the review? That's the one thing that would stop me from buying the game (other than me being on Android).

I'm really tempted to buy some amiibo cards, the only thing holding me back is the price of the NFC adapter (£18 for an NFC chip and an IR scanner!).

Another thing, how do you unlock the new furniture storage thing? I have the update but I don't have the feature it seems.

@aaronsullivan As I said, you don't need a rooted phone to cheat. Blocking root, let alone using SafetyNet, does absolutely nothing to stop cheaters. Why should they care? Because I am a user of their app who is now no longer using it. Every customer matters, and any business which acts otherwise is scummy.

@aaronsullivan You don't need a rooted phone to do that. How about Niantic improves their cheat detection instead of blocking a percentage of their userbase, most of which haven't even thought of hacking the game?

This is too little, too late. Not to mention I can't even play the game because Niantic blocks users with rooted phones for some bizarre reason.

@The_Dude_Abides A brand new system at £150 would mean that the specs would be very weak. I say that they should launch it at £250 then drop it to around £200 before Christmas 2017.

Sales seem to be going down quite quickly for 3DS games. Perhaps an NX reveal is due?

Overall good direct - lets just hope Mario Maker 3DS has online functionality!

This would be ideal for smartphones since it can be played almost exclusively using the touch screen. Not sure why they made this a 3DS game instead.

Remember the My Nintendo launch where everybody said that it had potential? Well, it's been 6 months and nothing has changed.

It's AM2R, not AMR2.

If you spend 2 minutes looking this game up then you will quickly find out that there is no homebrew exploit associated with this game. It's a bit lazy to just assume this game's been taken down because of a homebrew exploit, no?

I hope the Twitch livestreams have Chat available this year.

I remember playing the crap outta this game when it first came out, then I started playing again a few months later. But then I realised the game's 2 big flaws: 1. The game's standout feature (catching Pokemon) is also it's biggest pay2win feature and 2. If you're a new player or if you've started playing again after a long break than it's incredibly hard to get to the level that everybody else is at.

This game looks alright, but why is 'Metroid Prime' in the title?

How about Niantic improve their game instead of taking down sites that people rely on to enjoy it?

At the moment, I don't want any new Pokemon to be added at all. Maybe once Niantic fix the major bugs and add a new tracking system as well as other new features to make the game more exciting, but not now.

Do yourselves a favour and don't get phones from unknown Chinese brands. At a similar price point you could get a Moto E, which, while it only has 1gb of RAM it runs Pokemon GO surprisingly well. For a little extra (still under £100 currently) you could get a Wileyfox Swift, which has 2 GB of RAM. Both of these phones come with Android 6.0.

GET N OR GET OUT

The reason why the servers are being overloaded is because the game is only supposed to be out in the US, Australia and Japan however lots of people from other territories are downloading the APK as well. They really should have initially made this a global launch and invested in a lot more server space.

I'd rather get a main series Pokemon game than an LED with a button and a vibration motor for that price, thanks.

uk ples

Steam has deals like this every day. Also, the virtual console games should be that price normally.

@MasterGraveheart The hackers don't create the exploit. The hackers don't take the game off the eShop, nor is getting it taken off the eShop done on purpose. Even if they were hacking for "malicious" reasons (which they are clearly not), why should they be blamed instead of Nintendo who allowed all this to happen? They're not jerks by the way, they're pretty nice guys who do this stuff mainly to add features that should be there already (region free, anyone?). It's not even the devs' fault; Nintendo just aren't looking out for these exploits before they come and notifying devs to make a fix. Blame them.

TL;DR: Direct all of your anger at Nintendo, the hackers don't deserve it.

@SpykeKat Then again, Nintendo don't stop developers from patching out the exploits in their game and re-uploading them when they're all fixed, which in theory shouldn't be that hard as they know exactly what part of the game they should be fixing (in this case, the QR feature).

@Jin15 Other developers could use the same exploits to brick consoles on purpose. 3DS owners wouldn't be very happy with that, I don't think. If I were Nintendo, I would be trying to patch that stuff out too (and make consoles region free, but that's not relevant).

@MasterGraveheart Exploits, as well as being used for simple homebrew, can be used for malware and other bad stuff. What if the people who create that 'bad stuff' found out this exploit first and, for example, corrupted people's saves? Would you blame the devs for leaving the exploit, that caused those saves to be corrupted, in the game, or the hackers for finding it before they could? It's the dev's code, and therefore the dev's responsibility.

@Kroko No one would put bugs in a game on purpose. But they still appear, and need to be patched out.

@MasterGraveheart Who coded the exploitable game? Not a hacker. These games shouldn't have exploits in the first place, whether hackers/devs/Nintendo discover them.

Saying the 3DS homebrew scene is 'niche' is a rather large understatement. Until a few weeks ago you could install an exploit that allowed you to run unsigned code within milliseconds of boot, pirate games directly from Nintendo's servers, update to any future firmware without worrying about losing homebrew and run homebrew from the home menu.

You can't really blame the hackers. It's mainly Nintendo's fault for allowing exploitable games to be published before the exploits are patched out.

I remember the days when you could get a REAL Super Nintendo shirt with reward points...

They've gotta be one hell of a pilot.