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This whole article and you forgot the most obvious addition they could make: a couch co-op mode. Playing Pikmin 3 in co-op with my boyfriend brought us more joy than any other game when we were getting together!

"He's been properly framed by..." WHO?! 🧐

Good grief, this makes me feel old. I've been visiting this site pretty much daily since it was WiiWare World. What a journey. You guys have come such a long way, really picking up the torch from the decline of Nintendo magazines. Happy Birthday, Nintendo Life - hope you're giving all your writers a bonus, Hookshot Media!

Gutted that it's Peachette they decided to introduce from Tour. Should have been Poochy!

We'll know that the next Nintendo console is coming once a critical mass of major developers start talking about it. That's a sign that they either have, or know people in the industry who have, dev kits for it. Happens every console cycle. Once people start talking about it, it's right around the corner.

Also tried, did not work for me

Please, no more anime lads with swords.

Being sent death threats and liking a tweet aren't the same thing, but go off I guess.

This is not true. I spoke to the Pokémon rep in question last night, and he said his words had been taken out of context. Apparently the Wild Area is about 1.5 times the size of the Great Plateau. They've focused on making sure there's plenty to do in it, rather than size apparently.

Not sure how I feel about how much of this interview Nintendo Life has cribbed from Metro between this and the previous post about Pokémon Snap... It's a great interview and it's worth reading it's in original context. Always think it's kind of shady when media outlets take a huge amount of content from other media outlets. Even with the (minimal) credit, it's not a great look.

I don't think you can really justify saying "The more film-centric sites, who we'd assume don't have quite the same knowledge of the Pokémon franchise, have commonly argued that the acting of Ryan Reynolds is the saving grace here, with the Pokémon not being particularly special."

It's pretty bold of a site which reviews things to call into question the ability of other reviewers to review they respective fields. It's fair to say the wider media has a better handle on reviewing films than the gaming media. Frankly, opinions of the likes of Empire and Variety are worth far more in this context than Serebii or Polygon. I wouldn't go to Empire for their review of a Pokémon game, but I wouldn't go to Nintendo Life for movie reviews.

The suggestion seems to be that the wider media doesn't understand Pokémon well enough to be able to review this movie for all it's merits. But I'd argue that the gaming media don't understand movies well enough to be able to review it.

Having seen it, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that the film media's impressions are more accurate than the gaming media's. The script is messy, a lot of the acting pretty poor, and there aren't nearly as many different Pokémon in it as the trailers imply. As a big Pokémon fan I expected better but feared worse. It's good fun, but it's hardly perfect. 3/5 is a very fair score.

I just downloaded Abzû this morning so I'll be playing that

@dew12333 but the SEO of it all, darling. It's nonsense like this that keeps traffic coming to NintendoLife, boosting their as revenue, and ensuring they can do the features which are maybe less well-read but overall better quality.

This is very sweet. I've never had such luck. I had to send my New 3DS into the Nintendo Service Centre and they kept it for 4 months from October 2016 to January 2017, then tried to charge me £80 for repairs despite it being in warranty (and me having sent them evidence of that). When I explained it was in warranty and so I shouldn't have to pay they agreed and I got my console back within a week, with confirmation that they'd repaired it. As it turned out they had not repaired it and it's still glitchy to this day.
I was pretty disappointed because I expected better from Nintendo.

@ShadJV man, you're so right. I mean, they weren't developing ANY decent games while they were doing amiibo and Nintendo Classic Minis were they? Oh, except BOTW I guess... And Mario Odyssey... And Splatoon 2... Oh, and ARMS... And Samus Returns... But aside from those critically acclaimed gems, they've done like, nothing, right? Amiibo and the mini classics have been SUCH a distraction.

I'll probably only get the online thing for Splatoon 2 or if they release a main series Pokémon game for the Switch.
Controversial opinion though: I really don't care about these 'classics'. I appreciate that there are those who do but personally these aren't the games I grew up with (being born in 1993, I really only got into gaming in the late nineties and even then it was mostly Pokémon and those terrible movie tie-ins that children like) so I'm not sure why Nintendo is so obsessed with offering them as rewards for things. It was the same with the 3DS ambassadors prize. As much as we might venerate these games the fact is that there's a huge portion of gamers who have no fond memories or rose-tinted glasses about them, to whom they're nothing more than blocky, ugly, and out-of-date. I'd be much more interested if Nintendo were to offer old games in the form of Gameboy Advance, Gamecube, Wii, and DS games as rewards for purchasing an online membership or, better yet, discounts on brand new games!

I think the game itself is real but these posters etc are fake. Mario and his pals' art style looks subtly different from what you'd expect and given how exacting we know Nintendo has been with their characters in the past (Bowser on Wreck-It Ralph and Donkey Kong on Pixels) I'd be surprised if they would let that fly.
In addition, the press documents with spelling mistakes? I've seen plenty of press releases in my time and none with glaring spelling errors.

I don't know. I'm not a fan of turn-based strategy myself so I probably wouldn't bother buying it, but it sounds like a fun mash-up for those who are! Plus, Nintendo being willing to open up and share their IPs for projects like this can only lead to more awesome collaborations in the future!

I've never really enjoyed the Pokemon series for the battles. In fact, if anything I find the battling aspect somewhat tedious. Instead I tend to focus my attention on catching 'em all!
I've completed the Pokedex in every game since Generation 4 and that's the only time I've really used breeding and all those mechanics. I've attempted the Masuda Method various times to get shinies, but aside from that I'm in it for the adventure and catching all the 'mon, not for battling at all really!

The only one I desperately want at the moment is Animal Crossing Villager. Hopefully they re-release him when Happy Home Designer/Amiibo Festival come out!

Got me a Wii Fit Trainer and a Captain Falcon! Pretty happy! Hope they release a new wave of Animal Crossing Villager soon. He's the one that I've wanted most right from the start!

Surely the trademark is so that they can make money from all the phone cases and stuff with the design?

I remember that when I was a kid, my brother and I designed a tonne of different Pokemon and sent them off to Nintendo. They probably binned them all but we received a similar letter and were told that our designs had been filed away for if the creators of Pokemon ever ran out of ideas. We even got sent a very early issue of Official Nintendo Magazine! Very cute! If you ever see a fire-type Cheetah Pokemon, that's one of mine! Haha!

I was very tempted to agree with everyone else in this discussion and say 'No, this isn't offensive, political correctness gone mad etc', but then I thought to myself, as a gay man would I find a depiction of a 'gay Mario' dressed in stereotypical effeminate clothing or something like that offensive? Potentially. I don't know.
But I think it's very easy to make a blanket judgement on something like this and say 'Yes, this is definitely offensive' or 'No, this is definitely not offensive.' Taking offense at something is such a personal thing. If the guy in the video finds these images offensive then that's his right and it's fine, if other people don't, that is their right too. Ultimately though, the only response I can find to either argument is, who cares? Everyone has opinions on things and most of them don't mean much.

"It already has a successful and long-running line of Pokémon films, and films based on Mario would surely prove to be even bigger."

Not sure that's ENTIRELY right but still. Interesting.

I have no specific problem with Mega Evolution but I kind of feel like it should have been saved for Pokemon that have already evolved three times. Steelix and Glalie could have just been given legitimate evolutions...

While I do like these designs I don't see why Camerupt and Sharpedo couldn't just have some legitimate evolutions... I think megas should be reserved for Pokemon who have already reached their third evolution...

Really really loathe all these neo-retro titles. When Megaman 8 did it, it was quite interesting and novel. Now it's just become a way for developers to get away with lazy graphics but calling things 'retro'.

Looks good but I won't be investing unless they make same-sex marriage a feature rather than a glitch...

Pikmin 3 seems to have jumped back up to £39.99 now...

Not sure I'd quite describe the different perceptions of video-games as 'the biggest challenge in a family', but it certainly an interesting issue! When I was a kid, I never had any home consoles until I was bought the original Xbox for Christmas one year - my parents have never been gamers so I grew up in a video-gameless house, but I'm a massive gamer now. It's great that these kids get to experience these games for themselves and form their own memories of the games that are coming out this time. Plus it's adorable how Zelda inspired this little dude! So cute!

This is a joke right? I use Swapnote to send messages to my boyfriend when I'm away at university. The app is completely pointless without Spotpass. Why write a message to people you pass by when you could just talk to them? Shut up, Nintendo. There's just as much offensive material that can be passed through Streetpass.

Just got mine! Exciting!

So... is this name change like permanent or... just saying because 'J' is a pretty cool initial.

@element187 I didn't call you any names, I was just pointing out that with your comment you seemed to be trying to belittle my thoughts and make me look stupid, and in doing you managed to make yourself look the fool. If I've misinterpreted your comment then please accept my sincerest apologies. The internet can be a dark and scary place filled with nasty, cold, rudeness and as such it can often be hard to distinguish between that and good natured replies. If your comment was the latter then I am most sorry, if it was the former, then I am not.

@element187 nope, I was actually referring to this trailer that they showed at E3 when they revealed the Wii U. 3.10 onwards. That is real. Top times when you try to make other people look stupid and end up looking stupid yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Lc2y7M5rE

Day pass is a really great idea for the people who only whack out these games at parties or to show them off to friends and relatives! Did Nintendo confirm any of the GamePad functionality which they showed in the E3 Tech Demo footage?

Awesome! Waterloo is where I get off the train for my university, so I'll certainly make a day trip of this!

I have to agree with him. I'm not sure whether it's because Twilight Princess was my first console Zelda experience, but I have always thought it has been the most epic one which I've ever played. Everyone criticizes the look of it, but I think it's beautiful, the story is focussed yet interesting, and the size of it meant there was always a lot to discover. I only wish I'd played Ocarina of Time first so that I would have understood the references...

This sounds a little like Michael Caine...

Iwata is kidding himself. The basic pack didn't sell for a few reasons.
1) The memory on the system was a joke. 8gb?! Seriously?
2) The Basic version was in White. People prefer black consoles.
3) The Premium edition had a tonne more stuff bundled in for the price you paid.

The Basic edition was NEVER going to sell as well as the Premium edition, and using its not selling as a reason to say 'Price isn't an issue' is completely stupid and ludicrous. I agree with Nintendo on most things, but these excuses over the price of the Wii U are insane.

I think the PSP Go provided a timely reminder for the video games industry of the dangers of undercutting retailers and denying them profits. It's a mistake that proved costly for Sony and I doubt any company would be foolish enough to try any similar scheme for a while...

I really really like the designs of the Pokemon this generation! Then again, I'm not so hot on the Cotton Candy Pokemon... didn't the Vanillite line teach Nintendo the perils of making confectionery based 'mon?! Haha! Still gonna be catching one though, after all, GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL, POKEMON!

I know she got captured by Ganondorf and everything, but I genuinely thought Zelda put in a pretty strong effort in The Twilight Princess. She was there with a sword fighting off the forces of evil and as far as I remember she only gave up and allowed Ganondorf to win because she thought it'd spare her people. And then she busted out the Goddess' Bow in the final battle, and... man, I gotta play this game again!!

@rxchrisg I would suggest that the 'majority' of adults don't actually play video games, and the majority of the video games market is made up of kids 13-19 though. Just sayin'.

Genuinely starting to believe that the media is trying to create this impression that Wii U is a massive failure in order to force Nintendo to start publishing games on other systems. I mean, most of these people grew up with Nintendo games, but now as adults, to be a Nintendo fan, is seen by a lot of people as something of a joke. So pushing Nintendo to release their games on Xbox and Playstation seems to be the best of both worlds. Definite conspiracy theory right here.

Not much of a surprise, especially since the Wii U has been out for a year ahead of Xbox One. Still, I continue to play on my Wii to this day! Can't beat a bit of Wii Fit to work off those chocolate bars!

I'm in Europe and I keep getting a Spotpass notification (y'know the little blue dot?) on Animal Crossing, but I've received this month's DLC, and there's nothing new in the Happy Home Showcase... mysterious. Anyone know what it could be?

Nice that Miyamoto considers these things. Even nicer that he considers themes such as sexual identity given the recent controversy over Tomodachi Collection. That said, wouldn't a gay man be more interested in rescuing another man than a lesbian woman and vice versa? Haha! As a gay guy myself, I think I'd rather play as a gay character rescuing my lover! But awwwww! It's still nice! Gotta love Miyamoto! What a sweetheart!

The one weekend that I won't be in North West England for the next 10 weeks. Just my luck! We need more of these though, great idea!

Asking Nintendo to put their games on mobile phones and tablets is just like asking them to make Mario for Xbox. Never gonna happen. It might seem like it makes good financial sense, but it won't happen.