This is pretty awesome! I hope they show more of the live band playing on the side. Regardless of the weirdness of projection fictional character (not for everyone, I know), this is probably the only chance to hear live authentic Splatoon music.
I'm surprised that given all these Xbox One crushing Wii U around, Wii U sales isn't actually that far behind. No doubt Xbox One will come on top in the end, but outside of US market, it might be closer than everyone think.
I'm sold on the N3DS XL model, that'll be mine! Throwing money at screen now. DLC maps sounds excessive, but as with Awakening, I'll probably just get what I'm interested with.
Vita didn't make it to the survey? I thought it was receiving more support than 3DS these days. To be honest, I don't think NX will have many support from western third party either, so Nintendo will have to rely a lot on themself and Japanese third party.
Pleased to see Fire Emblem Fates there in the top ten, even if it's barely made it. Interesting how all top ten is all games on Nintendo platform, yet, PS4 and Vita hardware sales has been decent this year. It seems the lack of diversity made games on Nintendo platform sell better overall, and third party also seems to only want to spend their time on high profile or franchise that guaranteed to sell well in Nintendo platform. Smaller games or experimental games seems to be all reserved to Sony platforn instead.
Poor Genei Ibun Roku #FE, it looks quite interesting, but to be honest, it always lack polish to me, the character movement and expression looks awkward. The animation part is awesome though, and so with the song.
Sales is decent for Nintendo this week. Last two weeks is a surprise for Wii U, but holiday is over and now business returned as usual.
Despite the weak lineup in holiday, Nintendo still doing pretty decent. Super Mario Maker and Splatoon did really good so far! Here's to awesome 2016. I can't wait for FE Fates myself.
I found it ironic that while Senran Kagura is suggestive, it never actually show any nudity, then there is other mature games that clearly show nudity, even sex scene but didn't get bashed over it.
Will get this, the art looks decent. There is no choices in this game at all? How many hours this game will last? Also how will you rate the story part only (I assume the 6 it's getting is from lack of features)?
Not sure why so many hate on Tri Force Heroes, honestly, that game is my best moment of this year on 3DS (when you played with good peoples). Of course, single player is a 6 game, but multiplayer is easily 8 or 9 game. Anyway, I'm glad it's on the top, and obviously many have good time with that too.
Looks great! I think I might get this just to mess around, although that'll be my first exposure to BASIC. Not sure if that's a valuable language to learn nowadays, at least we can have fun with it.
Code of Princess is a nice game, enjoyed it a lot. I personally think it's a better beat-em-up than Senran Kagura, gameplay-wise, story is silly however (SK after all have VN segment for story, CoP only have a short segment before each stage). Yumi's Odd Oddisey also pretty good from my short time playing it, have to finish it someday.
If they don't have that DeNA deal, seems like their stock will be hovering at the same level as other Japanese publisher. Not that it's bad though... at least Nintendo intention is pretty clear with Miitomo, which means no main game or virtual console on mobile. Even with Miitomo release, I doubt Nintendo will please investor and if it fails, the stock will took a hit.
So instead of a huge server (like what XBox One cloud computing promise), this utilize a network of Nintendo console and used idle console to provide computing power to the other while rewarding the idle console user. Pretty cool I think, it's P2P like Torrent, except the performance might fluctuate with each connected devices, as not everyone has the same internet.
More intriguing is the local one, this definitely bring possibility of handheld console that could harness the power of home console unit while playing on bigger screen. Whatever it is, this boost another hype for NX.
Monster Hunter is an excellent game, the gameplay is very addicting. That said, the game requires a lot of dedication. I enjoy the time I played MH3U and MH4U, but damn, after 50 and 100 hours into the game respectively, I haven't even got close to the ending. And by the time I want to continue MH4U, MHX might have come and suck me another 100 hours and still far away from beating the game.
Superb week for Capcom and Nintendo. What a beast MHX is, the next one capable of this feat will probably be YW3 I guess, except Nintendo surprise us with another Pokemon mainline entry before that. Wii U got a holiday boost and Splatoon still performing very-very well. Who would expect a 6-months old game still selling better than SMM every single week?
Not bad... all retail games I already own except one, Rune Factory 4. But I wasn't sure if I'm going to get that. That said, I might get Azure and Boxboy. No rush though...
That 20k AC:Amiibo Festival sounds surprisingly decent, if we see how limited appeal it was received elsewhere. Tri Force Heroes, I guess it's the last time we see it on chart.
Decent Wii U numbers. It appears the drop below 5 digits for the last couple of weeks is in anticipation for this bundle. Which in the end, it's not bad at all and as we enter holiday, this bundle will keep Wii U selling. A price drop might be needed soon, but probably not something we'll see this year.
I'm rooting for Tri Force Heroes, but it doesn't seem to have a long legs. It'll be soon in 5k territory. At least 100k is a guarantee, and who knows if the free DLC update in December could boost a little. Project X Zone 2, well, I don't expect crazy number for this. It's lower than the predecessor, but it's a sequel so might be expected. Not a bad week for Nintendo.
Oh, anyway, MHX will release soon and will sweep the chart away in the next 2 weeks.
I have fond memories of this. Pokemon didn't air in TV here as far as I can remember, but I collected the VCD release that contains three episodes each. I remember checking a CD shop regularly to check if new episodes were up, they usually release two VCD every week or two. Unfortunately, the VCD stopped release when Johto just started and I haven't watched it since then. I bought Digimon this way too and the 2nd season as the box set.
Sadly, original anime VCD is death soon afterward. When DVD comes around, it's also brings along a huge piracy with it (who don't want an entire season in a single disc?), retail CD store suffers since then and closed one by one.
Man, this almost foreshadowing that FF7 remake to come in some form on Nintendo console. I hope it's that, but who knows, we might actually get FF7 port from iOS version instead. That'll be hilarious though.
Super excited for this too. I have never played Dragon Quest before, but any great RPG is always welcome! 2016 is already packed, but now add another 2 must have game to the list. My wallet will be crying in 2016.
I'll try the Badge game. Stella Glow someday... or if I bothered enough to go to a game store and spot a launch edition. Moco Moco Friends, I don't know... it's cute and charming to the point that I wanted it, but too girly for my man ego...
@Seacliff thanks! So this game just lay the foundation for the real deal. Yeah, hope we get the sequel soon, as like MH4U, we can get just the latest one. This direct might be too soon for announcement, but I hope within early next year. And we won't have to wait too long for Yo-kai Watch 3 after Japan release.
Sounds good enough. I think Yo-kai Watch didn't really take off in Japan until the dual-release sequel hit, if my memories serve me right. So the sequel is the real deal perhaps.
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Re: Weirdness: Watch an Actual Live Splatoon Squid Sisters Concert From Japan
This is pretty awesome! I hope they show more of the live band playing on the side. Regardless of the weirdness of projection fictional character (not for everyone, I know), this is probably the only chance to hear live authentic Splatoon music.
Re: The North American eShop Winter Warm-Up Sale Concludes With 15 More Discounts
I have been waiting for ages for Zero Escape, finally!
Re: Macronix Will Be Providing Memory Products for the NX
NX hype train will keep stronger from now on. Let's hope Nintendo deliver at this year E3.
Re: 2015 Brought a Decent Year of Sales for Nintendo in France
I'm surprised that given all these Xbox One crushing Wii U around, Wii U sales isn't actually that far behind. No doubt Xbox One will come on top in the end, but outside of US market, it might be closer than everyone think.
Re: SEGA 3D Classics Collection is Heading to Retail in the Americas on 26th April
Don't have any of these yet, I'm tempted to get this, no actually, I think it's a must buy for me.
Re: Nintendo Removes Infamous Drugging Scene From Western Localisation Of Fire Emblem Fates
I... don't really mind this... Unnecessary and stupid changes though.
Re: European Zelda Fans Are Getting A Shiny "Hyrule Edition" New 3DS XL Console In March
If this comes to NA, it'll be hard to decide to go with this or Fire Emblem edition...
Re: Dragon Quest VII Set for a Summer Release in North America
Will be my first Dragon Quest game!
Re: Bravely Second: End Layer, Including a Collector's Edition, is Heading to North America on 15th April
I'm tempted for the artbook. I might take collector edition, if I can find it when I go buy it - not going to hunt it down though.
Re: Fire Emblem Fates New Nintendo 3DS XL Model Confirmed, Along With DLC Details
I'm sold on the N3DS XL model, that'll be mine! Throwing money at screen now. DLC maps sounds excessive, but as with Awakening, I'll probably just get what I'm interested with.
Re: GDC Survey Shows Declining Interest From Developers in Wii U and 3DS
Vita didn't make it to the survey? I thought it was receiving more support than 3DS these days. To be honest, I don't think NX will have many support from western third party either, so Nintendo will have to rely a lot on themself and Japanese third party.
Re: Japanese Games Market Falls To Lowest Point In 26 Years, But Full Picture Remains Elusive
Pleased to see Fire Emblem Fates there in the top ten, even if it's barely made it. Interesting how all top ten is all games on Nintendo platform, yet, PS4 and Vita hardware sales has been decent this year. It seems the lack of diversity made games on Nintendo platform sell better overall, and third party also seems to only want to spend their time on high profile or franchise that guaranteed to sell well in Nintendo platform. Smaller games or experimental games seems to be all reserved to Sony platforn instead.
Re: New 3DS and Monster Hunter Continue to Lead in Japanese Charts
Poor Genei Ibun Roku #FE, it looks quite interesting, but to be honest, it always lack polish to me, the character movement and expression looks awkward. The animation part is awesome though, and so with the song.
Sales is decent for Nintendo this week. Last two weeks is a surprise for Wii U, but holiday is over and now business returned as usual.
Re: Nintendo Dominates Festive Sales in Japan as 3DS and Wii U Lead the Way
Despite the weak lineup in holiday, Nintendo still doing pretty decent. Super Mario Maker and Splatoon did really good so far! Here's to awesome 2016. I can't wait for FE Fates myself.
Re: There'll Be More Senran Kagura Bursting Onto the Scene in 2016
I found it ironic that while Senran Kagura is suggestive, it never actually show any nudity, then there is other mature games that clearly show nudity, even sex scene but didn't get bashed over it.
Re: Review: Petit Novel series - Harvest December (3DS eShop)
Will get this, the art looks decent. There is no choices in this game at all? How many hours this game will last? Also how will you rate the story part only (I assume the 6 it's getting is from lack of features)?
Re: Review: Radiohammer (3DS eShop)
Added to wishlist, looks great.
Re: Monster Strike Ships Over A Million Copies In Just Four Days
Wow, another million seller on 3DS confirmed?
Re: Here are the Top Three Wii U and 3DS Games, According to Miiverse
Not sure why so many hate on Tri Force Heroes, honestly, that game is my best moment of this year on 3DS (when you played with good peoples). Of course, single player is a 6 game, but multiplayer is easily 8 or 9 game. Anyway, I'm glad it's on the top, and obviously many have good time with that too.
Re: Nintendo Download: 17th December (North America)
Hmm... mighy pick Karous for shmup fix.
Re: Wii U and 3DS Hardware Sales Lead the Way in Japan
Woah, Wii U actually beat PS4! That's unexpected.
Re: Review: SmileBASIC (3DS eShop)
Looks great! I think I might get this just to mess around, although that'll be my first exposure to BASIC. Not sure if that's a valuable language to learn nowadays, at least we can have fun with it.
Re: Code Of Princess And Yumi's Odd Odyssey Studio Agatsuma Is No More
Code of Princess is a nice game, enjoyed it a lot. I personally think it's a better beat-em-up than Senran Kagura, gameplay-wise, story is silly however (SK after all have VN segment for story, CoP only have a short segment before each stage). Yumi's Odd Oddisey also pretty good from my short time playing it, have to finish it someday.
Re: Nintendo's Move To Smartphones Helped It Top Japan's Gaming Stock Market
If they don't have that DeNA deal, seems like their stock will be hovering at the same level as other Japanese publisher. Not that it's bad though... at least Nintendo intention is pretty clear with Miitomo, which means no main game or virtual console on mobile. Even with Miitomo release, I doubt Nintendo will please investor and if it fails, the stock will took a hit.
Re: Microsoft's Phil Spencer "Would Be Happy" To See Nintendo Games On Xbox One
Pokemon Shuffle for Xbox One. Calling it now...
Re: Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Makes Underwhelming Debut in Japan, Yet Wii U Hardware Shows Impressive Growth
Aside of 3DS drop from last week stellar performance, every other consoles has enjoyed growth this week. Except Xbox One...
Re: Intriguing Nintendo Patent Points to 'Supplemental Computing Device' and Cloud Resources for a Gaming System
So instead of a huge server (like what XBox One cloud computing promise), this utilize a network of Nintendo console and used idle console to provide computing power to the other while rewarding the idle console user. Pretty cool I think, it's P2P like Torrent, except the performance might fluctuate with each connected devices, as not everyone has the same internet.
More intriguing is the local one, this definitely bring possibility of handheld console that could harness the power of home console unit while playing on bigger screen. Whatever it is, this boost another hype for NX.
Re: Monster Hunter X Has Passed 2 Million Units Shipped in Japan
Monster Hunter is an excellent game, the gameplay is very addicting. That said, the game requires a lot of dedication. I enjoy the time I played MH3U and MH4U, but damn, after 50 and 100 hours into the game respectively, I haven't even got close to the ending. And by the time I want to continue MH4U, MHX might have come and suck me another 100 hours and still far away from beating the game.
Re: Monster Hunter X (Cross) Storms to Japanese Chart Lead and Boosts New 3DS Sales
Superb week for Capcom and Nintendo. What a beast MHX is, the next one capable of this feat will probably be YW3 I guess, except Nintendo surprise us with another Pokemon mainline entry before that. Wii U got a holiday boost and Splatoon still performing very-very well. Who would expect a 6-months old game still selling better than SMM every single week?
Re: Monster Hunter X Has Outsold Monster Hunter 4G on the Japanese 3DS eShop
This week Media Create chart will be fun. MHX will slaughter everyone and will continue for weeks.
Re: Nintendo of America Confirms Its Black Friday eShop Cyber Deals
Not bad... all retail games I already own except one, Rune Factory 4. But I wasn't sure if I'm going to get that. That said, I might get Azure and Boxboy. No rush though...
Re: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Has Modest Impact in Japan as 3DS Sales Improve
That 20k AC:Amiibo Festival sounds surprisingly decent, if we see how limited appeal it was received elsewhere. Tri Force Heroes, I guess it's the last time we see it on chart.
Re: Rumour: A Class in Bravely Second is Supposedly Being Censored for the Western Release
Umm... okay, I guess. I'm not really concerned but I have to admit the original one is cooler.
Re: Bring a Bit of Splatoon Goodness to Your 3DS With This HOME Theme
Oh, I didn't know we already have the squid sister theme in NOA. Will get that.
Re: Splatoon Bundle Boosts Wii U Sales in Japan as Project X Zone 2 Struggles
Decent Wii U numbers. It appears the drop below 5 digits for the last couple of weeks is in anticipation for this bundle. Which in the end, it's not bad at all and as we enter holiday, this bundle will keep Wii U selling. A price drop might be needed soon, but probably not something we'll see this year.
I'm rooting for Tri Force Heroes, but it doesn't seem to have a long legs. It'll be soon in 5k territory. At least 100k is a guarantee, and who knows if the free DLC update in December could boost a little. Project X Zone 2, well, I don't expect crazy number for this. It's lower than the predecessor, but it's a sequel so might be expected. Not a bad week for Nintendo.
Oh, anyway, MHX will release soon and will sweep the chart away in the next 2 weeks.
Re: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is Currently a Bargain in North America
Okay, I can't pass EOU this time, despite my reluctant to enter EO world. Thanks Atlus.
Re: Review: Rodea the Sky Soldier (3DS)
Sounds good. Will get it on my 3DS.
Re: Video: Watch Kids React To The Original Pokémon Anime Television Series
I have fond memories of this. Pokemon didn't air in TV here as far as I can remember, but I collected the VCD release that contains three episodes each. I remember checking a CD shop regularly to check if new episodes were up, they usually release two VCD every week or two. Unfortunately, the VCD stopped release when Johto just started and I haven't watched it since then. I bought Digimon this way too and the 2nd season as the box set.
Sadly, original anime VCD is death soon afterward. When DVD comes around, it's also brings along a huge piracy with it (who don't want an entire season in a single disc?), retail CD store suffers since then and closed one by one.
Re: Review: Stella Glow (3DS)
Great, that convince me to take it sooner. Now time to hunt down the physical copy.
Re: Free Den of Trials DLC Update Heading To Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Pleased to see this coming. I haven't played challenge yet, but have completed all stage. Now I see good reason to return at December 2nd.
Re: Final Fantasy's Cloud Is Set To Cause Some Strife In Super Smash Bros. On Wii U And 3DS
Man, this almost foreshadowing that FF7 remake to come in some form on Nintendo console. I hope it's that, but who knows, we might actually get FF7 port from iOS version instead. That'll be hilarious though.
Re: Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow Are Coming To The 3DS Virtual Console on 27th February, 2016
Yay! My first RPG game, I'll get Yellow version I think. Hope to see Gold and Silver coming too, it's a game I missed back in the day.
Re: Dragon Quest VII And VIII Both Confirmed For Western 3DS Release In 2016
Super excited for this too. I have never played Dragon Quest before, but any great RPG is always welcome! 2016 is already packed, but now add another 2 must have game to the list. My wallet will be crying in 2016.
Re: Fire Emblem Fates Releases In North America On 19th February, Special Triple Edition Also Confirmed
Special edition for me. Damn, I guess this will be the first game I'll actually preorder. Can't wait!
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th November (North America)
I'll try the Badge game. Stella Glow someday... or if I bothered enough to go to a game store and spot a launch edition. Moco Moco Friends, I don't know... it's cute and charming to the point that I wanted it, but too girly for my man ego...
Re: Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei Confirmed For North American Release
Hmm... not sure what to make of this, but glad that more games are coming. Will probably get on discount.
Re: Review: Yo-Kai Watch (3DS)
@Seacliff thanks! So this game just lay the foundation for the real deal. Yeah, hope we get the sequel soon, as like MH4U, we can get just the latest one. This direct might be too soon for announcement, but I hope within early next year. And we won't have to wait too long for Yo-kai Watch 3 after Japan release.
Re: Review: Yo-Kai Watch (3DS)
Sounds good enough. I think Yo-kai Watch didn't really take off in Japan until the dual-release sequel hit, if my memories serve me right. So the sequel is the real deal perhaps.
Re: The Next Nintendo Direct is on 12th November
Hype level 10/10.
Re: Bigley's Revenge Arrives on the Wii U eShop Just in Time for Christmas
I guess he'll sell a lot of copies of this, all by Youtubers that want to capitalize of how bad this is.