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Can you believe I am still playing this? I am! I hope to finish it (all modes) this summer. It's a great version of the game (I own arcade boards for the original game and the glorious Mighty Pang)

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I wonder how long it takes for production to change after a decision is made? It's probably weeks or months. And then there's distribution time. I think Nintendo are just being cautious when scaling things up.

Shinen have stated that before their optimisation of Fast Racing Neo they thought it would be impossible to get their frame rate to 60. Yet they have done so.

So with Slightly Mad Studios, either they don't have the skills to do that sort of optimisation or they simply don't give two shakes about Wii U owners.

@DreamOn literally the worst name for this game.

Go Joe!

Great interview. Great project. Off to check out that Patreon.

I wonder if it is possible to ask Mukae-san if Boxboy! was made using the Nintendo Web Framework?

Great interview. Great project. I'm off to check out his Patreon.

Do they really think we're so dumb in Europe that we need this ridiculous title?

@Dave you've missed an important point about the game: the gameplay is dynamic! The better you play the more challenging the game becomes.

Try it by playing and not collecting any coins in the initial falling from the sky section - play badly. Then try again and play well, looping enemies and collecting coins. The difference is obvious - Yoshi even changes colour! Enemy layout is different and number of eggs you can carry also changes. The are at least 10 different Yoshi colours and related difficulty/enemy layouts.

I'm not sure how you missed this, but you seem to have if you're talking about lack of variety.

Please let us know your thoughts after trying this out.

Currently on World 13 and this game is still throwing new ideas at me on every single level.

Not the correct resolution, so avoid.

Is this an April Fool review score?

I played a dozen or so levels of the JP release and it's great. Understated, but polished with a perfected difficulty curve.

Looking forward to playing it to completion in English.

@dok5555555 here's the blog link http://blogs.sega.com/category/sega-3d-classics/

I found the controls (or distinct lack of control) a deal breaker on this.

Watch out kids there are swear words in the video.

Credit where credit is due, this guy should have let on that this was discovered by other people.

@datamonkey yes! Super Off Road had 3 wheels, as did Super Sprint, and Badlands had 2 wheels!

Giving my Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road vibes, more than R'n'R Racing. Interested to give it a go.

Hoping for Region Free gaming on 3DS and Wii U.

Any signs of this coming to Europe?

@Robotron2084 here it is: March 2014 https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/03/weirdness_this_super_mario_64_fan_remake_is_fairly_impressive

@Robotron2084 would be good to know if they have been.

I bought my copy at Argos on December 22nd.

Love this game. Bought it with a GBA in release day.

Years later I took the two GBA games on holiday one year to Corfu, just to give me something to do whilst sunbathing. Possibly one of the greatest gaming decisions I’ve ever made. I sat for a few hours every day on the beach for the whole week we were away and managed to 100% both games . Even so, completing all levels perfectly - without teasing damage - and breaking all records remains one of my greatest gaming achievements to date. Though I think I drew the line at the secret, super-difficult levels that were unlocked for doing so.

For me this is a 9/10 game.

The two sequels are 10/10 games, simply because they added the ability to also adjust the speed of rotation.

PS: I'm currently trying to 100% the GameCube game Kururin Squash! Using Nintendont in Wii mode on my Wii U.

I just found out any this book, too.

Did anybody read it? @damo @ThomasBW84

Going to grab Starship Damrey and maybe one more.

Mario Kart 8 by a mile. 3DS has been a pretty full year for me. Still playing Pullblox and Fallblox.

A great read. Thanks!

Guys! No. Just no. This is such a bad idea.

Article title says Mario Kart will be updated, but the text says it'll be a System update. Which is it?

@Tsurii897 "from the home screen, instead of a quick start"

this is true.

I am so late for work. Worth it for a trip to Mute City in the Blue Falcon and the joyous bass line of the F-Zero end of race music. Nintendo forever!

The Karate Tournament (incomplete emulation), Cannon Dancer (perfectly emulated) and Gamshara (not currently emulated) for me.

Though I might be biased. I was the guy who funded Mitchell Corp's inclusion in this book.

@xj0462 it's apparently quite difficult to get it running well under emulation.

It's a shame they no longer list their DS games on their site. Pang DS would make a great eShop game.

@ikki5 fire hopping is an exploit that leaves karts with an advantage over bikes. when you're racing people with 7/8/9000+ points, there's no way of catching those hoppers unless you resort to hopping too.

Seems like a great update! So happy they have been listening.

Remaining gripes for me:

• no manual switch between cameras or players in MKTV replay mode
• should be easier to play with friends than waiting for spaces in a room. ie. start room with friends and then wait for random people to fill it
• an option to say you are happy to wait to join a friend ASAP, rather than it just saying "you are unable to join" and you have to keep trying manually when you think their race has finished
• no way to see which time trials you have beaten without going into each one
• no expert ghosts

game/rebalancing:

• address item distribution
• remove fire hopping
• allow jump/tricks whilst drifting (this was in MKWii)
• green shells should make more noise
• limited character/vehicle combos compared to MK7 (hopefully the Mercedes cars are not just reskins of existing cars)

Yikes. These look super nasty. I bet they don't feel as good as proper GC pads, either?

@Damo yes, moved my end of summer holiday forward a bit to be back for EGX.

I'm going... tomorrow :/

@Knuckles yes, accel tiers are present in MK7 too

What worries me is that even if a developer/publisher decided to make games for Wii U, there'll be a substantial delay before they'd have a game ready to release.

I'd love a new Kururin game

@shaneoh I will, just because you posted that comment.

Finally shipping and there's still only a render of it? Weird.

I recently read The Ultimate History of Video Games (2001) and can't figure out if this is a simple rewriting/paraphrasing of that book, or whether there are only a certain number of ways to write about the historical events. Reading the recently published excerpts left me feeling a bit cheated.

I'll also be updating my Combo Explorer app to include all Mario Kart 8 characters and kart parts, plus some new features. http://www.comboexplorer.com

I hope Nintendo sort out their policy. I was bought a download code for Mario Golf World Tour and found that thus method if eShop purchase doesn't include the free DL of the Game Boy Color version—despite being told repeatedly throughout the checkout process that I'd get it.

Just a word of warning.

@TheRealThanos @MeddlingIdiot @SKTTR around this time last year I played Excite Truck from start to finish (including Diamond Cup) in a weekend. Much easier than my first time, I suspect due to being far more familiar with the wiimote.

Would love a Wii U version.

Excite Bots was good, but a bit too crazy for me. I also love Mario Kart Wii.