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lol, gotta appreciate the time and effort put into this. I was also waiting for the part where he explained Link slamming into the wall, but that seemed to be forgotten. To me, that would be the worst part of it all!

Man, I was hoping this game would turn out alright. I do still think Sonic Generations was very well executed. Other than that, I don't think I've really like a Sonic game since Sonic Adventure 1 & 2

@B3ND3R Okay, I was going to be really surprised. Nintendo is so strict on it's IP, I couldn't see them allowing that through.

@Luneth The one on the right? You're kidding, right?

@Jazzer94 Sorry, I might've missed out on something, but what is that comparison from? Please tell me that's not the amount of variation in the Amiibo's....

I just wonder if they will be cheaper through Lootcrate. Course, not like these figures are likely to retain value as mass produced as they are planning to be...

Loving this news! I didn't realize what a facelift OOT got until I played the original again. I had this on the Gamecube Zelda SE disc set, but the framerate was kind of choppy. I think it was even a little choppy on the N64 too. So I'm looking forward to not only the graphical update but some smoother framerates too. Here's hoping for some bonus features!

I am offended by the graphic nature of this video.......j/k

It's great to see physical rewards come back. Not feeling these posters, but still glad to see them offered.

I wish we could do maintenance for that long....

@kereke12 The title was "Video: New Nintendo 3DS Unboxing And Hands On"...what else were you expecting?

@Dazza lol, he reminds me of me.

@Hydrone Yea, I get that, but I think they probably should've called them "Mega Forms" instead of "Mega Evolutions" since (A) It's not permanent and (B) they're technically still the same Pokemon. They never called the radical changes that many Pokemon can take on (Deoxys, for example) evolutions, they always just referred to them as forms.

Maybe I just don't understand the concept of the Megas, maybe it's more of a battle strategy thing, but I think it's kind of lazy that many of them don't really look that different from their prior forms.

Wow, that is really probably cheap for what he's selling. Though it'd be tempting to buy it and flip it, I think selling all those individually would be a full time job for 2 years!

EDIT: Wait a minute, he pulled out some of the most valuable games. He's pretty slick about it too:
"Note: Stadium Events was a recalled game pulled from the store shelves and not part of this set.", "Note: Three games that I don’t consider part of the retail set (sold or store shelves) are not included. Those are Donkey Kong Competition cart, StarFox Super Weekend and Speed Racer/Mountain Bike Combo."

Looks like he pulled out the most valuable items to sell them separately.

There's the Nintendo that I know & love.

Wow, great move Nintendo!

Wow, amazing work....wish I knew how to do that, but I imagine the time it takes would discourage me lol.

@MortalKombat2007 Well, it was irrelevant because I never got any codes lol. I dunno why though, I'm pretty sure I'm signed up for emails and I was Platinum.

I'm not gonna lie, I considered selling mine.....

@Exalian I would've wanted your design. This actual design, eh, not so much.

Wow, the Zelda Oracle games are lower than their initial discount. I own the carts but I think I may pick those up. Can anyone comment on if those games link through a 'virtual link cable' to each other? Seems like I had read something about that a while back. Otherwise you have to do the password system...

Wow, awesome promotion, those are good games

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the box looked better than the system.

@DiscoGentleman What you said!

@RantingThespian According to @GreatPlayer, it has both English and Japanese, which jives with what I had read before.

@GreatPlayer Yea, I have downloaded it but hadn't played it yet, so I wasn't sure.

@GreatPlayer I was talking about the comments above mine that were saying they wanted it released in English. But your comment confirms what I was suggesting.

I actually thought the game had English as well....I think Protodude's Rockman corner had mentioned someone helped in translation, but maybe that was for the article.

@KodyDawg Yea, I've said the same thing. I think the dangerous part is filling in the spots where the Bible is silent. I think the human mind is so curious, that people who play those games will take the 'fillers' as being reality. For instance, the Bible only speaks a little on angels, but look how much lore there is that people have created around them, most of it originating from people's extrapolations on the Bible.

Those are some amazingly detailed models for them to be just playing around.

I had no intention of buying the eShop version, but I might pick these up sometime.

The really sad part is this game was probably better than 80% of modern day Sonic the Hedgehog games.

Thanks for the heads up! I preordered it at $60 originally, time to get that adjusted.

I'd like to see Megaman & Bass from the SNES. The controls on the GBA were kind of awkward.

Here's a cost listing of the games:

Platinum Level Rewards

Game & Wario (Wii U - $29.99)
NES Remix (Wii U - $14.99)
Earthbound (Wii U - $9.99)
Dr. Luigi (Wii U - $14.99)
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS - $29.99)
Fluidity: Spin Cycle (3DS - $10.99)
Dillon's Rolling Western (3DS - $9.99)
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (3DS - $9.99)

Gold Level Rewards

Ice Climber (Wii U - $4.99)
Kid Icarus (Wii U - $4.99)
Super Mario Bros. (Wii U - $4.99)
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (Wii U - $4.99)
Donkey Kong 3 (3DS - $4.99)
Wario Land 2 (3DS - $4.99)
Metroid (3DS - $4.99)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS - $3.99)

If this is the direction they're planning on going, I will likely stop messing with Club Nintendo. I appreciate all the rewards in the past, most of them were excellent, but I'm disappointed to see them cutting out physical rewards completely. Digital items are worthless in my eyes as they really have no collective value since they can be duplicated an endless number of times (should Nintendo decide to release them for sale) and these items cannot be sold without selling the system they're installed on. I'm with others, I will likely end up just selling the download code.

@gatorboi352 I do, it's the same as my username here.

@C-Olimar I think that's in reverse, I think things become taboo because they are a problem. I didn't realize that no one in France struggles with alcoholism, but I'm also not a student of the culture there, so I'll take your word that they have no problems with their youth and alcohol. Also, I think if you expect your 10 year old to be that mature, you are going to be very disappointed. Prepare now.

Edit: I am now a student of French culture -> http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/12/143521104/french-lessons-why-letting-kids-drink-at-home-isn-t-tres-bien

@C-Olimar @ekreig You'd be okay with your 10 year old child running around using the word 'bastard'?

Man, I remember how much fun we had with Bomberman on the DS. We wore that game out!

Why does it feel like everyone has forgotten that ROMs are mostly illegal (most people don't own the original carts)? However, very cool mod.

@Drac_Mazoku I definitely agree that this will likely cause anger with the MN9 followers, but let's be real, when are people on the Internet not easily angered? I can see the argument both ways. While they definitely could have waited until after the game was finished, does that really make sense to finish the game, release it, then ask for funding to put voice-overs in it? I realize that every decision is also backed by a business case, and naturally they want to sell more units of this game. But I still stand by my statement that I don't feel like not contributing will jeopardize the release of this game, so this additional funding request doesn't upset me at all.

@Drac_Mazoku If it was a matter of requiring the funds to complete the game, I could understand that. But the matter of asking for the funds to add to the game, that doesn't bother me at all. I don't care if the game has voice acting, so I probably won't be adding more money. I don't feel at all obligated to donate more money than I already have and I don't feel like that decision is going to hinder the progress of the game either.

I'd love to hear the opinion of someone who has actually worked in developing a major game and knows what costs are associated with it. Because all I see above are the opinions of gamers, and I don't think any of us know how much it costs to make a game. Also, to everyone who keeps asking if he ran out of money, he said in the article that this money is only for additional content not promised in the original Kickstarter.

FYI guys - from what I read, this trailer was made by the animation studio on their own dime as a sort of proof-of-concept to comcept about doing the series (unless there was another video before this one). So in other words, this is far from the final concept and I'm sure there'll be many revisions. I'm not a fan of this animation style or the overall silliness either, so I'm hoping they change direction on that.

Man, I remember getting stuff from that store, most notably Pokemon Box. I loved that software

I looked at it once when I first got my Wii U and was like, meh.

Great background story for a great movie. I remember watching that movie when I was a kid, the unveiling of Super Mario 3 was amazing. I still get chills when I think about that scene. It's awesome to hear this directory had put so much of his heart into it too but sad about Universal's opinion of the movie.

@ShadJV I guess that's in the eyes of the collector. I've seen people collect some pretty worthless things before. I think part of collecting things is the hit or miss chance of the value increasing on the items.

Ever wonder what the difference between a hoarder and a collector are? I feel like it's only organizational skills, but both will trap you when your possessions own you. I'm proud of this guy for breaking off that stuff, I can't imagine how exhausting it was to keep up that collection.