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The event will be good no doubt, but it won't have close to the same effect as last year, even with doing similar things. The reason, Super Smash Bros. had not been released. It was the major hype from last year and there is no way anything is going to come close to that, especially since Zelda Wii U will not be making an appearance. Sorry Nintendo. Splatoon will already have been released so it won't have the same presence that it did at last year's E3.

All that being said I'm still looking forward to the announcements. I don't really care for the World Championships since I won't be going and I doubt any new games will be a part of the competition, one thing that the Smash Tournament had going for it.

As long as this uses the Nintendo Network ID I'm alright with it. Its been complicated with having to tie both your Club Nintendo ID and Nintendo Network ID onto one system.

Cloud services would be nice however I don't see it happening anytime soon. Mid-late 2016 or 2017.

Any plans that had you for going out on Friday night are now ruined. It's kind of a bummer to see that it's only limited to an hour. That is probably only about 5-8 matches depending on how long the matches last. I will be playing though so I'll see you guys on there. I probably won't be playing at 5am on Saturday.

@wisdomsprince Yeah at this point I've pretty much assumed that there won't be any other local multiplayer settings.

Pretty much if there is no demo of this after or announced during the direct it's a failure for me. As you said a demo would make sense for this game since it's a new IP. An online demo/beta would be great but I have a feeling it will be the campaign.

I already know a lot about this game from you guys and other gaming websites, so a recap would be a waste of my time.

Edit: 2v2 multiplayer would also be great but it seems doubtful at this point. Same as chat.

If GHTV costs money, which there is a 99% chance that it will, I won't be interested. The game itself sounds pretty good though. If it anything less than $80 I'll consider pick this one up. The question is, do the old guitars work? My guess is no which is a shame.

I'm not sure why everybody want King K Rool in Smash. I'm sure he would be good but there are many other players I'd rather see like Waluigi, Toad, and Rayman(?). Maybe it's just because I never was into Donkey Kong.

It would be awesome to see Toad in Super Smash Bros. After all these years of taking and countering hits for Princess Peach it would be great to see Toad finally get some well deserved revenge.

Captain Toad would be great as well. His final smash could be running around and hitting people with his pickaxe.

One character that is totally obscure is Mike from StarTropics. Hardly anybody talks about StarTropics or played it, but it was one of my favorites for the NES.

It was good for a majority of the audience but I didn't find it that great. I'm not really into FE, SMT, Puzzles and Dragons, Fatal Frame, or Attack on Titan. I'm probably in the minority though. I mostly enjoy classic Nintendo characters and on that front it was somewhat disappointing. Sure Mario Kart and SSB are getting updaes this month but there isn't anything fantastic coming to NA between June and September.

On the brighter side I can't wait to play all of the new DLC for Mario Kart and SSB. Splatoon should be a great game and I can't wait to get the amiibo when they come out (if I can find them).

@andreoni79 Thanks. I'm not sure why they made this 2 separate games. Just have 2 story lines in the same game. I guess they have to milk Fire Emblem for all its worth.

Meh... I'm sure a lot of people are excited but I haven't really ever gotten into FE or SMT. I'm sure they are great games but I just have found the urge to play them. Shame on me I guess.

Btw I'm not really a fan of the art style chosen.

I'm confused. Can anyone tell me if this is one game or two? If you follow Kit (from Nintendo Minute) he says that he will be "poop-socking both versions". I wouldn't think that this would be 2 separate games.

Not really that surprised but this is a huge blow to the Wii U. Now there are really no major releases the rest of the year besides Splatoon and Star Fox, if it even releases this year. Be honest what games released the rest of the year will cost $59 (the price for great AAA titles). Sure Captain Toad is $39 (and its a great game) but it has nowhere near the quality or power of branding that SM3DW, SSB, Mario Kart, or Zelda have. There is a good chance that Xenoblade won't make it to the west in 2015. Even though I'm not a huge Zelda fan this is still a big blow and is starting to seem like another down year for Wii U.

This is the year of botched release dates.

@Vineleaf I agree. I can't really get excited for the NX because it could be a successor to the Wii U meaning the Wii U would be dead after 4 years. If it's a new portable that something to get excited about but I highly doubt that will happen as the New 3DS was just released. RIGHT NOW I'm not really that excited for NX but that could possibly change when more information is revealed.

As for mobile Nintendo games, I don't believe it'll effect the Wii U market, however, it could have a small effect the 3DS market. I don't think it'll be that big of an effect though as Nintendo will probably release free-to-play games or maybe some classic games which work better on phones/tablets anyway. I don't find myself turning on my 3DS everyday but I do find myself playing games on my iPhone such as Clash of Clans or PvZ2 everyday.

As for the DeNA partnership, I think overall it's pretty good and will help Nintendo to start into the mobile space. Anything they do with a membership program should be good since Club Nintendo was pretty lame near the end of its life.

@DarkKirby The Wii seemed to do pretty well for not targeting the hardcore gamers.

A new Mario soccer game for the Wii U would be awesome!

@Spoony_Tech Just thought I'd let you know that Sandisk just released a 200GB microsd card. It costs a measly $400.

@Chaozrush21 @StephenYap3 Once they incorporate Windows 10 into it it'll be pretty cool but currently I'm not really sure there are any innovative features on the Xbox One.

It's not surprising that 86% of Wii U owners had a Wii. I'd say that most of the people who bought a Wii U and a Wii might also have a 3DS or a DS. It'd be interesting to find out what percent of people that own a Wii U also owned GameCube.

Here are my top 5 factors.
1. Exclusive Games/Content
2. Fun-Factor
3. Backwards Compatability
4. Price/Value
5. Multiplayer: I'm not really sure wether this falls under the Fun-Factor category but I'm putting it here anyway. The Wii U has the best multiplayer out of any of the current consoles. What other console can have 8 people play at once with doing a system link? Not to mention online play is completely free!

Well I doubt it's coming to my Walmart so I probably won't be getting this.

Talk about a system seller. God Eater 2 must be good.

@Spoony_Tech There's no way I would buy a 128GB card. I was just wondering if you could format it.

Btw the Sandisk Ultra is $99 at Best Buy! I'm still not getting it.

@Spoony_Tech Thanks for posting the 64GB info for everybody. I'm using a 64GB sd card right now (luckily it's a micro so I can use it with New 3Ds XL) and it isn't even close to full so.

I wish Nintendo would say that you can use a 64GB sd card as FAT32 but I'm guessing they won't because it requires extra software to do the reformatting.

Anyone know if you can use a 128GB sd card for the 3DS (reformatting it to FAT32 of course)?

@abe_hikura That is kind of sad for the other retailer that didn't get the Gold Mario. Of course Walmart is the only retailer to not have an exclusive amiibo as of yet, not sure if that played a part in the exclusivity deal. I wonder if the silver Mario will be branded as Metal Mario. Probably not.

I don't have a Mario amiibo so I'll probably pick this one up if I can find it. Will it work the same as a regular Mario in smash?

Imagine downloading this at midnight. You might be able to get the physical copy sooner.

@VrginX I don't think that the sd card has anything on it out of the box. I think when you start the setup process with the sd card in the N3DS it puts the system files onto it.

@SanderEvers That's exactly what I was going to say.

It appears that either Nintendo is phasing out Link or his sales are extreme because I have a hard time finding him. At the beginning of Amiibo it seemed like he was in stock everywhere.

I think this is happening to Fox.

I love Melee as well but shouting "Melee!" during someone's victory celebration is lame. They are the Kayne West of the gaming world.

Also I really enjoy playing with items but I don't think that they should be in competition. Imagine a bomb-omb appearing in front of you and it knocks you out. That's not very fair or fun.

@Shadowkiller97 Me too! I'm not quite sure why they didn't take advantage of the touch screen in Smash.

In terms of the HUD, Pikmin 3 is a great example of this. The ability to change routes on the fly on the Gamepad is great and makes navigating areas and completing the game easier and more enjoyable. The only times I paused the game for a game related reasons were to start the day over or quit.

I wish that you could like comments on Nintendolife. I wouldn't want them to be organized by popularity though.

@Quorthon Was Nintendo Land not a fun game? You had to use the Gamepad for that game. Not to mention Project Guard, Project Robot, and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, which are all coming out this year.

@Hotfusion I personally don't have a AC router (I want one) but it would have been nice to see Nintendo put a little effort into future proofing their systems. Although 802.11ad will probably be at CES 2016. lol

I definitely feel like this was a half step for Nintendo. Although the New 3DS is a great piece of hardware I feel like there could have been one or two more additions which would have made it a full step forward.

The first is a higher resolution screen. It feels like we have been asking/expecting this on a Nintendo handheld ever since the 3DS XL was released. Come on Nintendo, HD has been around for decades (1936 was the first HD broadcast, 1988 was the first LCD TV, 1996 was the first digital HD broadcast in America), why doesn't the 3DS have HD displays? I know that the 3D makes it more complicated, with having to display 2 images at once, but the 3DS has been out for almost 4 years with no upgrade whatsoever to the screens. A capacitive screen would also be nice for the touch screen.

The second is more interaction between the 3DS and the Wii U. The original DS and the Wii got together but it seems that there was a divorce since the newer versions came out. The only two games that I know of that co-mingle between the 3DS and the Wii U are Super Smash Bros. and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

Not really a 3DS feature but something that would push the 3DS into the next generation is cross-buy. I'm not quite sure this isn't already a feature on Nintendo consoles. There are many VC games that I have on my Wii U that I would love to play on the go on my 3DS. The only problem is I already purchased the game for $5 on my Wii U and then I have to buy it again for $5 on my 3DS. That's $10 for one game! If you don't know what 5+5 is. It doesn't seem like a lot but when you have 15-20 VC games it adds up. Sure Nintendo is getting closer with the release of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, but there are many VC titles already out that Nintendo could do this for. Nintendo really needs a better account system. NNID is a step in the right direction but I'm not sure if a full account system will be here by the end of 2015.

I'm sure that there are many more features I'm missing, such as putting the 3DS onto the TV, but the features I discussed above could have made the New 3DS a full step, in my opinion.

Edit: I will be getting a New 3DS XL (because of Nintendo of America) but not on day 1.

Well the 3DS is more stable but Club Nintendo about the same.

I agree unlocking fighters was super easy. The ability to transfer custom moves would have been nice though. Those thing are hard to come by especially on the Wii U version. I've played over 100 hours between the 2 version yet have only collected about half of the special moves.

Of course having all custom moves unlocked would have been nice but where is the fun in that

I'm surprised the site is still unstable. It's been nearly (or over) 12 hours since they launched the February rewards.

@FcsevenXIII If you haven't figured since you bought Punch Out! elite status is awarded by receiving coins. Club Nintendo totals up the coins that you have earned all year, you don't necessarily have to have 900 coins in your account. You may spend as many coins as you want. Since you bought Punch Out! I think you might have enough coins to earn Platinum status.

@B3ND3R Unfortunately products released after 1/20/2015 will not be redeemable Club Nintendo codes.

What games on the list do you guys recommend? I was looking at getting NES Remix and Earthbound.

@DTFaux Really hard to say. Since there are some great digital games available now I'm expecting some good ones for elite status members. I'll likely be disappointed though.

I really would have liked to have seen an eShop gift card but that was long shot.

Just to let everybody know the site is currently down (maintenance).

Also it's a little late but I have a Monster Hunter code if anyone wants it.

A071GGJ70T5QWHWJ

Please post if you took it.

EDIT: It's back up!

This was/is a bad move by Nintendo. Nintendo was getting free advertisements by some popular Youtube stars. I don't know of any other company that takes money from YouTube creators that reviews/plays their products. When Nintendo doesn't do any marketing themselves they should praise any marketing that they get for free.

@Yorumi How was it worse than the Wii version? It's HD, there are more tracks, more characters, custom karts and bikes, antigravity, and great online features. The battle system is worse, obviously, but I think the overall game is better.

@Yorumi Are those sequels not great games? Is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U not better than Super Smash Bros Brawl? Is Mario Kart 8 worse than 7?

@Quorthon I guess everybody has their own opinions on things. Sorry. I guess I'm just tired about hearing all of the Nintendo hate when Nintendo has great products too. I do like Microsoft and Sony and there are great things about their products but there are some downsides too. It's just frustrating when all you hear is the Wii and Wii U are crappy systems when they are both great but also have some flaws just like PS3/360 and PS4/XBO.

I agree that Nintendo has screwed up recently but it's not like their consoles are terrible compared to the others. The Wii and Wii U are both underpowered but they also both have some of the greatest games ever like Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

I own a PS2 and a Xbox 360 and I've played many PS3s and an Xbox One. I enjoy all of those systems and they all have great games and features. I just find myself enjoying Nintendo consoles because of the game quality and replay value.

It's just annoying to hear that Nintendo sucks on every article/forum but I guess that's what trolls do (not saying that you're a troll).

@Quorthon If you hate Nintendo so much why are you on a Nintendo dedicated website? I enjoy Nintendo hardware and games and that's why I come here. Sounds like you're on the wrong site.

@Yorumi I agree actually. I think that the Wii made Nintendo naive and thought that a console with the Wii branding would sell millions (I guess it sold 3 million worldwide by the end of 2012, but I'm not sure that's what they were expecting, lol). It just ended up confusing consumers and without a solid game library at launch it was a "failure to launch". I think that the Wii U is growing now though and will have a decent year with Zelda, Xenoblade (hopefully), Star Fox, and Splatoon all launching later this year. Nintendo is slowly crawling out of the hole they dug and I wouldnt be surprised if Nintendo sold 4.5-6 million consoles in the next fiscal year.

@Quorthon Interesting. The list that I provided are the amount of retail games available for each console.

@Quorthon To say that the Wii had fewer games also is false. According to Wikipedia Wii had 1,359 games, Xbox 360 had 1,136 games, and the PS3 had 796 games. That's not counting backwards compatibility.

@jaksnakydx Its really hard to judge the stock between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft because Sony and Microsoft create so many different products. For instance after the Microsoft press conference last week Microsoft shares went up. However it wasn't necessarily because of the Xbox One. Microsoft's stock is currently down 0.32 but that may or may not (probably not) be because of the Xbox One.

@darkgamer001 I think that the Wii won the last generation because it was the most innovative console because of the motion controls. No one had ever expected motion controls to become a huge part of gaming and as of today. The Wii paved the way by being the first console to offer motion controls and being extremely successful in selling consoles. Sony and Microsoft then created their own motion controls but I'm not sure any of them were ever as successful as the Wii

In terms of sales the Wii also won, selling around 101.2 million units globally. To say that the Wii sold more/better in Japan is false. According to my calculations the Wii sold better in the US than it did in Japan.

US sales
322,583,006 = Population of the US as of July 1, 2014
45.4 million units sold
45,400,000 / 322,583,006 = 14% of the US population owns a Wii

Japan sales
126,999,808 = Population of Japan as of July 1, 2014
12.75 million units sold
12,750,00 / 126,999,808 = 10% of the Japanese population owns a Wii

I have to say that in terms of family/party gaming the Wii easily beat the other consoles.

@Quorthon Who was your winner of the last generation? Why?