jdarrell

Toki Tori 2+ was an unlockable game in Humble Bundle 10, unlockable games receive a significantly lower amount of the revenue. I'd imagine the only reason to make a game unlockable or in other bundles would be to hope for good sales following the publicity.

I've got a feeling whoever made this decision hasn't actually done any real work in a Walmart electronics department before.

12/31/12
"'Dream bigger!', okay!" starts building larger fireplace to burn the real Sun

I one-upped them and realised there's an entire galaxy out there, take that hipsters! But didn't get the feeling old message at all.

Plus they were counting on future Sonic/Sega games, not future EA games, so why downplay Sonic Racing Transformed which was still getting a lot of good words at the time?

Nintendo probably didn't market it specifically because it was an EA game.

Looks interesting, I hope it ends up being fun.

If child of light still gets released on april 30th, I'll go with a conspiracy that ubisoft gave up on wii u retail and wants it to fail so that the industry will move more towards digital games

@nintendorocket FlappyBird has visuals that are almost exactly like the random screenshot I posted, just change the blue hills to mini-skyscrapers, make the sky lighter blue, and then modify the clouds. I couldn't make something more similar to SMW if I tried.

I wish the graphics didn't look like an unoriginal clone to me (why use pipes in a 2D game that has a flat dirt ground with a strip of green across the top, a light sky background with bushes, and a coin sounding effect). If you're using green pipes, it's because you remember them from the Nintendo series.

Edit: It's interesting though that games with "bird" at the end of the title have become popular.

I think I'd prefer the darker presentation of the original, but for the price I'd want new graphics and can just rely on nostalgia. New players can go back and replay the original I guess, so good enough.

Was there a digital bundle in Japan?

Not expecting a patch, erasing peoples' high scores doesn't sound like it'd be worth the effort. Especially since you only have one top score per level and there's no leaderboard.

I'm having fun alternating short games between this and tennis.

The moral of this story is: when bribery fails, blackmail people by threatening to kill off their character

The narrator sounds like he's saying Wii Sports Glove. Then it briefly shows someone putting a glove on for Golf...

NES Power Glove required for Wii Golf confirmed.
(I'm joking)

@CaPPa I've seen people say it's in Canada too.

It's a Club Nintendo reward for a pizza party, so I wouldn't be surprised if saying several people play your games, liked party games, or that you've recommended a lot of games has something to do with it.

How long does it stay good for? Could make an interesting collector's item.

CoD: The Movie: Ghosts in Space!

I haven't looked at either, but I'm guessing the situation is the same as the clones Nintendo happily accepts on the eshop.

I never noticed the Ghost Mii feature before, nice.

If they're free games you can't expect Microsoft to monitor all that crap.

Flying upgradeable horse joust battles.

About time. Different coloured consoles is the easiest way to finish the "Is the Wii U just an add-on?" marketing problem.

And the upcoming Carps and Dragons is close enough to a fishing rail shooter

The ad makes it look like it doesn't have anything more than a netflix app and web browser. Fail.

I've been wanting a plus controller since Wii U launch, but couldn't find any sales and the unofficial ones look like crap. Problem solved!

If Wii U games could be faster by installing to usb 2.0 hdd, more games would have it as an option and more people would be doing it. Don't think it'll work for Wii U?

Developed by Iron Galaxy? I wish this release had gone smoother so that hopefully we could get a good Divekick port too...

Game prices going up isn't a bad thing. Even if you normally can't afford new retail, you can just resell it after playing in those situations.

Just saying the reason you need to wait isn't because devs are lazy. Mystara/Zen Pinball/etc also seem to have delays/patches to work on online Wii U features. Hopefully they're only unexpected launch window problems and will become a thing of the past. Personally waiting isn't a big deal to me though.

^ The way they did it is way better than the next best option of delaying the Wii U release. The rest is Nintendo's fault.

3DS launch "quarter" hardware sales (launch to 31st March 2011) — 3.61 million units
(1st April to 30th June 2013)
(1st July to 30th September 2013)

Typoes?

@Gioku
Yeah, I bought a Wii U because I like my 3DS XL, "surely since the Wii U is newer, larger, and a console, it can only be better right?" Still glad I bought it, but haven't got what I expected yet.

It helps that they know a lot of people are already willing to pay $35 for it, and then become more willing to pay a premium price for other Nintendo games.

I think the extreme challenges are supposed to be solo only.

The competing against online ghosts idea sounds like a lot of fun, looking forward to it

An 8 is "if you like the genre this is a sound buy for you." I think the review gives a good opinion about why --for example a sequel-- could be a better game for fans of the genre.

How many games is NintendoLand Deluxe, 1 retail, and 2 eshop? I put all 4.

Nice Interview!

"We’re really happy with how the downloadable version is doing and are committed to releasing more 3DS and Wii U games both digitally and at retail day and date."
Question sidestepped! (in comparison to physical sales)

In NA if we buy $100 but then pay $15 tax, we only get $10 credits (instead of $11.50). Sounds like it's the same everywhere, just advertised differently overseas.

Nice review!

http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-hdtv-killed-rhythm-action

"Nintendo recognises this, and has made a point of highlighting the “close to zero” latency of the Wii U GamePad, where the image is processed so quickly that it generally outperforms the main display – not that this is necessarily a good thing, as lag between first and second screen is a problem in and of itself, which I’m sure will give some developers headaches."

I'll wait before getting worried.

A 5 rating for a Year 5 game with your 500th DSiWare review!

I missed it, can I get a screenshot of the no screenshots?

Fun enough to play so far. Main dislike is the AI always does the same thing. Moves towards a ball without trying to dodge. So you can set one ball far enough away from AI, then fire your group as it moves over and they'll all hit. Still not easy, but too predictable.

Great review. Had written this one off based on the trailer, but will give it a shot now.

For the net mini game, I find it easiest to touch the screen in advance, then drag a vertical line (or whatever is easiest) without releasing.

"The arrow appears at random moments, pointing along your fishing line, so a good tactic is to focus your attention on the line, ready to swipe as soon as the arrow appears."
That might not be the best advice early on, because each arrow brightens up at a specific rate, and the small fish are always slow to brighten arrows. A full arrow allows you to reel the fish in quicker. I didn't notice this until one of the hints spelled it out to me, but this addition of timing removed my first impression of the gameplay being weird and repetitive --compared to old RPG fishing minigames-- and so I'm liking it a lot more now.

The call-it bell adds enough suspense to the gameplay to be fun too. And I'm assuming is better source of points once the challenges become challenging.

That backpedalling picture is beautiful.

My main problem was I had no idea what the upgrades precisely did, so didn't know which ones to get.