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For those keeping count, we're now at 300 Animal Crossing amiibo cards that aren't Static the Squirrel.

Woah... a Final Fantasy game on the Wii U Virtual Console outside of Japan? There must be some mistake...

Surely there are some missing zeros at the end of that Hardware list?

"As before there are no Virtual Console games included; this is a celebration of new releases."

> Votes for all SEGA 3D Classics in eShop category.

Surely there's some mistake on some of those prices? The Swindle for £2? What a race to the bottom for a game that is undoubtedly worth more than that.

Hell knows what these charts even mean at the best of times. I suspect Xenoblade Chronicles X has done neither as bad as 28th in the chart sounds like, nor as well as it deserves to.

At present, I'd be mortified to see Nintendo go the download only route too often, because they do not remotely understand how download pricing should work. Whatever planet their RRPs are from should be used as target practice by Peter Cushing.

Definitely waiting to see if these get corresponding Eshop price drops. Seems a perfect price-point for Star Fox 64, and too good to be true for Zelda.

@Mister_Wu One of the key pieces of evidence in the MJ music rights thing is that those music tracks were changed in the PC Sonic 3 & Knuckles release... so they could just use that music instead if this is actually a thing.

@World Puyo Puyo Tsu is on the compilation mentioned in the article, just don't hold your breath for it coming here in any form.

But the sound emulation will sound like arse, right?

Well, that list tailed off.

Pokemon Tulip and Pokemon Hemp, set in analogue for Holland.

Obviously.

(Or more likely, Pokemon Red Rose and White Rose, set in analogue for the UK)

It kind of says it all the Mario Party 10 wasn't even in the presentation last year - there was so much in that E3 Event then that of course there wasn't room for a simple party game.

"That means you'll be able to download the full game on May 29th for just £31.49 - a neat saving of £-6.49 over the full cost of £25 you'll pay if you buy from anywhere but the eshop. Because why would you buy from the eshop?"

I like this. But then I once told a Mii I streetpassed that they were "ok I guess..." just to see what happened, and felt bad for a week. Far too easily manipulated.

No Commander Olibob?

Honestly, I think it's being winded down to an extent. There will be key terms refocussed on ensuring that the next wave of consoles launch with strong software. This could mean that stuff like a new 3D Mario skip the platform for the sake of the next one.

But anyone who says "Zelda U has been delayed, it's going to be released on the NX" loses all credibility with me. It's such a two-bit leap of logic that assumes far, far too much about the nature of a platform we know nothing about other than a codename, that probably isn't even going to be in our hands until late 2016, early 2017. It's bad enough that people say it in comment threads and forums, doubly infuriating to see someone spouting such nonsense and getting paid for it.

The biggest problem I have with Mii Plaza as it stands is that due to the low pass limit and the fact that Miis leave when you quit even if you've got unplayed games, I feel like I have to commit a whole chunk of time to it everytime I load it up. More games aren't going to improve that situation! I may be tempted if the VIP lounge address those issues though.

@onlyonemello Yup, me too. Though the DS and N64 titles sweeten the blow a lot.

The "new blue ocean" is the collectibles lottery, isn't it? I guess saving for an actual real world mortgage will have to wait another year.

@QuixoticRocket "mega cherrysword pocketmon" is an amazing phrase.

@QuixoticRocket Oh, I've never recieved any funny looks or anything. But I am 28. I always imagine the exchange going like this:
"Hello, welcome to Game, how can I he-?"
"HELLO I AM 28 YEARS OLD AND CAN I HAVE YOUR POKEMON CODES PLEASE"
"Uh, ok sure, how many do you need?"
"CAN I HAVE FIVE FOR EACH OF MY NEPHEWS BUT NOT FOR MYSELF I WOULDN'T PLAY POKEMON OF COURSE EHEHEHEHE"

Any idea whether this is Wi-Fi or code? I'm too embarrassed to walk up to the desk without buying something

Pikmin 3's Brittany a missed opportunity. Biologist and badass.

2014 wasn't 3DS' best year... and some of the titles on the other side of the fence sounded pretty good (80 days particularly). Still, think this boils down to a lack of due diligence on the judge's panel. Just aren't enough 3DS owners on it.

3D Fantasy Zone is joy, and that's a nice price.

Bored people: search for "Plaleaf" in Animal Crossing's Dream Suite and hopefully my town is still there. Never did finish the whole town properly, but I did make patterns for an Opa-Opa dress, Space Harrier shirt and a Fantasy Zone-themed flag that are kind of neat! Also, my town theme rocks.

No, I don't know why.

Purchased a £25 eShop voucher via Paypal for £20 in November, got a further £5 from the DDP.

Will probably be 2016 before that £30 gets spent in a half-decent Nintendo eShop sale.

A shame if true, though I don't deny that I'd rather just play a straight up first HD installment of Fire Emblem at this point...

That Carbuncle theme would look great on my pink 3DS XL. You know, as great as a localised Puyo Puyo game would look. OH WELL.

Oh PDP, come back when you're Hori.

Go home and think about how not Puyo Puyo Tetris you are, young man.

This bundle is the main thing keeping me from preordering Smash Bros right now - want to know whether it'll be just as playable with pro controllers and whether there's support planned for other titles...

While it's entirely legitimate to not enjoy Gone Home, if your immediate reasoning is that the good reviews and on/off user positivity are part of some great games review corruption scandal, I disagree with you.

"You must compete using a UK Wii U and therefore have a ‘GB’ flag after your name in the final rankings to claim a prize."

I take it there isn't a way to restrict this at a Tournament level? Because if you're in twelve races with an incredibly good French gatecrasher who pips you into second place every time, the fact that you should have come 1st in all your races won't be reflected in the final scores?

Puyo Puyo Tetr...

Oh, I give up.

Great write up. I feel like we've skipped a little detail on why there was sustained success in Europe though (you can join the dots in the article, but it's not exactly implied or stated) - the SMS had plenty of third party support in Europe because Nintendo's policies didn't extend there (whether this was because of laziness or EU laws would be interesting to know).

Makes you acknowledge how clever a proposition the Game Gear was too. Develop a game for the most technically impressive handheld on the market and you'll be able to super-easily port it over to the budget console and open all those European wallets.

Monday 21st July being some kind of cute-em-up commemoration day? Quick, someone write a Parodius article to go with this and the Twinbee review!

Sad that this is surely the release least likely to ever make it to the west

Looks amaze. I've always loved the sound the bosses make when they shatter...

Love the Fantasy Zone series (if you have Animal Crossing, look up "Plaleaf" in the dream suite sometime) and would buy this on release day without a second thought.

I definitely enjoyed the coverage this year - the treehouse was a little rough around the edges, but that was totally acceptable. Digital Event was the most exciting obviously, but even as someone who has never played Smash Bros, the invitational was seriously hype-inducing.

And yet, it wasn't an excellent E3 from Nintendo, just a very good one. Oh sure, they "won", but there wasn't anything here that really hit it out of the park. It's odd, because while there wasn't a single game in the DE or even outside it that I wouldn't play, a lot of it felt sort of 'straight to video'. Even a big new interesting IP like Splatoon is going into a space that's big on free to play rather than full retail.

As for Starfox / Zelda... when they show us that little, it's kind of hard to feel 100% confident that they believe the platform still has a future. Like you can imagine them doing a dual release for the Zelda on Wii U and next console, or letting Starfox sink without a trace if the Wii U doesn't turn around...

Oh dear... I mean, I have to buy the one that matches my peach pink wiimote, but the whole "stick a gamepad into the bottom of your wiimote" thing was always such a naff solution.

Shame that Nintendo didn't communicate their plans beforehand so the maker could have made these compatible with the four player adapter.

Oh my, how depressing. 32 races, 177 points (small consolation - won a single race at one point, second in another). You people made Toadette cry for most of the other 30. Monsters. I have expressed my dismay in a handwritten note on the tournament's miiverse page: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAABUaW_WNDUeQ

Good day to you!

Yeah, fine. Where's Puyo Puyo Tetris?

TOOT TOOT Sonic Hype Train.

FREEDOM FOR PUYO PUYO TETRIS