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@RoomB31 like what honestly? I have 122 games on my 2DS, counting both 30 full retail games- pokemon, mario 3d land, mario kart, fire emblem, kirby- and 90 plus Virtual Console and eShop titles.
I still have close to....30? 40? wii games.

Wii U: Mario Kart, Smash, 3d world, nintendoland.
is there honestly anything i'm missing?

@earthboundlink Its not subsidized. I use a $30 a month unlimited Data/voice/text plan from Virgin Mobile. My phones are 100% paid for by me, and not subsidized into the plan- you can get a 4-core 2 GHz LG Volt or Kyocera Hydro for $40-90. Even the iPhone 5, with all its prettyness, is sub $200 now. A generic android is super cheap. The top shelf specs is also.....suspect? I too think it will basically be a PS4, only with fancy take away stuff. At this point, the Vita can basically do a PS3 game and it looks the same on both- the NX could do a full PS4-quality experience on a handheld, almost. If Nintendo got creative, or ran the same game at lower rates/resolutions etc, i can def see me carrying the low-res version of a game like Dragon Age Inquisition in my pocket- or at the very least, Mario 9 at home and in my pocket on the NX attachment, and Fallout 4/Dragon Age on just the home portion. Honestly, this might be the most excited i've been about a nintendo console in many y ears, and i buy all of them at launch

@abe_hikura I'd assume $100 more than the Wii U was at launch, but not sure. The PS4 is already a few years old- i saw the first dev kit for it in early 2012. My PC is faster and handles most games better than an Xbone, and cost $380. Although 3DS and such are always around $200 at launch, my quadcore Android that has graphics and specs much nicer than the 3DS...costs $40. Essentially, they're so late in the game, and the PS4 and Xbone were already older PCs when they launched, i can see Nintendo launching a system that will compete with those quite cheaply.

I've owned more Virtual boy games than wii u games, but with the possible specs, portable bit, etc....hmmm

@KikBananaMan150 got 3 new ones! emailiong you now

@KikBananaMan150 my wife took one, i took one, 2 close friends took one, the only free code is my friend Annie, and ill defend her free Zelda code with my LIFE. Sorry :- if i get anymore ill let you know

@danyalmo1 I'm good! Feel free to give it to someone if you haven't already. I have 5 codes now, used all but 4, and she'll be using it during the online test

@ShadJV ha you did what i did, started with the bottom one, only you beat me. i wound up getting it on the top

@crimsontadpoles I GOT A MAN IN MICHIGAN WHO HAS A SPARE CODE I GOT A GIRL IN VIRGINIA WHO NEEDS 2 COME ON PEOPLE RESPOND FASTER

i mean errr.
yeah, i guess its kinda exciting, ish ina way

@crimsontadpoles Ehhh its better this way, i believe, for them. Legend of Legendia had a demo, i'm the only person i know that played it. Does Happy Home have a demo? Did Lugis mansion? (I know the answer, but i bet most people reading this will have to pause and think)

Right now, this website, the facebook, and the twiddles are blowing up with DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPARE CODE
I WILL KNIFE A MAN FOR A SPARE CODE
I WILL LET YOU MARRY MY SISTER FOR A SPARE CODE
Here's my spare codes! who wants em?!?!

Etc, etc.

Long story short? if this were a free, open to the world demo, i might not even bother. But with the expiring codes, fancy playtime schedules etc, you better believe im going home and downloading 3 copies right now. I need 4 more for friends.

ILL LET YOU MARRY MY SISTER AND ILL BAKE YOU COOKIES DANGIT

@The__Goomba HALLEJUAH. Balls i loved the smash demo

Every animal crossing player I know is 30+, while all the kids play minecraft and call of duty... learn your audience, Nintendo

Probably getting Pocky and Rocky!

@Einherjar or you can grab some random assets from better games, throw in a few dozen lines of code, call it flappywappy bird and make $50,000,000 in two weeks, then never work again for the rest of your life.

I don't know how anything works anymore.

@sevex That's what they're doing. Can you imagine being the artist told "hey, you already work 8 hours a day at another company, wanna come work for my failed kickstarter for free, 4 hours a day, time away from your family, but like, i'll totally try to pay you, IF we ever finish the game?" I'm certain they're all, or at least half of them, working other jobs

@rjejr
sb/ cI dontw indeed! And no, you don't use all caps, but you do write many, many posts (12 in a row on here alone!) about the horrors of the $2 map.
Its $2 bucks. The costumes are useless, so no one buys them. If you don't want it, don't get it, don't waste $100 worth of company time or home time rambling about it.

@RoomB31 Going from selling 111,000,000 Wiis down to 10,100,000 Wii US doesnt help. Its not like McDonalds has ever gone from having 30,000 restaurants down to having 3,000.

@rjejr Errr......did you really just say "it can be free, someone just has to pay for it" and "money can come from somewhere" - well, yes, it can.
It comes from this DLC that you're screaming in rage about paying for.
Dude...you've been posting for ten hours now about how you can't possible afford a $2-3 map, and its literally the worst thing of all time, nothing has been added, besides all the content that has been added, some of which you have to pay several pennies for. Do you want me to set up a fund for you or something?

@rjejr All of those games are made by the same office in the same building, so paying $10 for Smash DLC allows them to release free content for Splatoon and Maker. I know you desperately want all content and updates to be free forever, but...no. The maps are $2. The skins are unneeded fluff. If you don't have $2-3 to spend on a new map, then....work harder? Play something else?

@ikki5 Meh. I'm a raging smash bros fanboy, and i have no need for some of these stages, nor most of the costumes. They can certainly list a silly costume for $10, or $20, or $200. I have no interest in buying it. Like you said, a bunch of worthless costumes- buy one map for $2, buy Lucas, and you're good.

@rjejr Nope. Nintendo doesn't pay their workers with magical lima beans and puppy kisses. You want everything to be free forever? Go play Flappy Birds knock offs. I paid $25 for Smash Bros and play it everyday. The DLC has cost me $9. Somehow, I'll survive

@Caryslan True, but remember that gaming overall has changed. Although the 3DS is 4 years old and barely over 50 million, thats still more units than the wii u, ps4, and xbone, combined, in 5 and a half years. If the 3DS is doomed, then all of gaming is over forever as we know it- or, people simply own less systems, but gaming isnt going anywhere.

@Damo True, but all 3 of those consoles, combined, still havent hit 3DS sales. The 3DS has been out 2 years longer than the PS4, but barely a year longer than the wii u. if it were 50 million 3DS vs 40 million PS4, sure, id say the PS4 would win. but when XbonePS4WiiU still havent met up with 3DS, after 3 years...

Starfox is $80 for a brand new cart (was 35 when it came out), so i might pick it up on sale for $15 if it drops that low http://www.amazon.com/Star-Fox-64-3D-Nintendo-3DS/dp/B002I094AC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443446699&sr=8-2&keywords=starfox+64

@MrGawain If they let Greenman run sales the way they normally do, ill own 3x as many Nintendo games. I bought Skyrim and Fallout 3 and something else on GreenMan for $5-7 each, collectors edition- back when those editions were still $50 in the store, and often, $30 on Steam. I think i saw the $80 Metro bundle on there for $10.

Can you imagine getting splatoon, animal crossing, etc for $10?

@Sionyn @Ryu_Niiyama Ryu is correct! Brothels have people who work there for sexy fun time. Love Hotels are a place where you bring your girlfriend or even date. I've also heard of people just renting one out to have a party, since they can be as low as $20 an hour or so. I understand the appeal- i sometimes feel weird singing outloud or having romantic with the windows open at my house, and i only have one neighbor within 300 feet. I can't imagine what its like around Tokyo, where not only do 400 people live within 300 feet, but your mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, and a sister all live in the same house made of rice-paper walls...

@Rhydas @Yrreiht Where have you guys/gals/gender-neutral corporeal entities been watching it? I'd prefer a CrunchyRoll or Hulu type solution, but whatever works

@6ch6ris6 Every person i've spoken to that owns it loves it. Plenty of websites and critics have given it an 8. You may think its a stupid spinoff after all of your time playing it, but its made 40 million dollars in 12 days, and is well loved all over the world. If its not for you, thats fine.

@Octane
i should have been more clear. Showcase is already one of the fastest selling Nintendo games, and i believe is tied for the fastest selling AC game. Even 20% of Wii U owners buying it would be huge- barely half of U owners own mario kart or smash. As such, even 20% of Wii U owners buying it would be great, but the 3DS can do half that in a week. By the end of this month, Showcase is on track to outsell kart and smash bros total sales in the last year.
Short version: Making it on Wii U would let plenty of people play it, but only a tiny percentage of the number of 3DS buyers.

@XCWarrior Its already one of nintendo's top selling games (1 million total sales in a matter of weeks!) and people have sunk over 200 hours into it....and it just came out. Also, the cards are 99 cents each, and arent even needed for the game, so.... not really monetization. Nearly everyone is given it a 7-9.

@SethNintendo Its already crossed a million sales, and its only out in one country. Even if 20% of Wii U owners bought Animal Crossing U the first day, it wouldnt come CLOSE to those numbers.

@6ch6ris6 Its hit $50,000,000 in sales in the first 2 weeks.Thats faster and more profitable than Mario Kart

@andrew20 The PS2 was selling a few thousand a year by the end. The first 60,000,000 were in the first 2 years, and it hit 100 million in five. Overall, that's three times faster than the PS4. I doubt its suddenly going to hit a 400% increase in sales, and maintain it, for a decade.

@andrew20 no system has ever sold 180 million. The PS4 is only at 25,000,000 several years into its life.

@andrew20 no system has ever sold 180 million. The PS4 is only at 25,000,000 several years into its life.

The only thing he had correct was the DS - the 3DS is definitely selling far less units than the DSlite did. I love my DS to death, but my $40 Android can play higher resolution games than my $200 3DS XL, so i can certainly see a parents of 5 kids buying everyone an Android and loading them up on $1-5 apps, vs a single DS for the same price.

@Sakura More likely that they abandoned it. The last few silent hills have made millions, but their mobile games and casino games are making billions. It becomes harder and harder for come companies to rationalize spending 100,000,000 to make a metal gear that will make 150,000,000, when you can make a Flappy Bird for $100 and it sells 50,000,000 in a month...

@TheWPCTraveler Every DragonQuest is on iPhone and Android, but UGH i wish 7 was on 3DS....

@BaffleBlend I'm downloading it the millisecond it comes out

@Spoony_Tech im not aware of any 3DS games that arent 3D.

I'm not that big into music (i listen to songs, but i'm bad at remembering lyrics, and just don't care that much) and haven't beaten a pokemon game in 15 years, and yet....balls this was an amazing show. Hearing a 30-50 piece orchestra playing the music while the videos and lights play is a great experience. Especially Lavender Town, if they play it

@Dezzy nope, this site right here is actually a cheese sandwich! You're hallucinating!

@The_Dude_Abides And, that Nintendo makes games. Cabot Cheese creamery in Vermont might have a higher profit per dollar invested than Nintendo, but I wouldn't let them become the boss of Nintendo. Nor would I let Gabe, a man who runs a wonderful store, and totally made Half-Life 2 about 60 years ago, lead a development house. When's the last time you bought a Valve game, honestly? 2012? 2007? .....2001? Meanwhile, we have people lined up down the street for Yoshi Yarn/Smash Bros/New Amiibo whatever.

@The_Dude_Abides Sure, as businessmen out to make a quick buck. Valve has released two shooters and a MONA since I was in high school. I'm in my 30s now.

We already have Amazon, BestBuy, and store.steampowered.com. We DON'T need yet another online marketplace.
Nintendo is a game company. Steam/Valve is a retailer now, just like Wal-Mart or Target.

@The_Dude_Abides So, they'd be a storefront for other people's games, while making none of their own in the last....twelve years? Fifteen? When was HalfLife 2 and Left4Dead 2 again?
Well, there's DOTA i guess.

@The_Dude_Abides NO. If GabeClone helmed Nintendo, we'd never have a Mario Bros 3! Instead of Mario and Luigi Partners in Time (Mario RPG 3) we would have gotten HATS.

@Lilith93 Having launched the Wii, been the President of Nintendo of America for several years, and worked on many Pokemon titles... a lot?

@KTT At 65, he's a decade younger than the last two non-Iwata Preisdents were when they retired. So, he will retire eventually, but he's Japanese- he'll be working til he's 85.

@XFsWorld Balls, I hope not. If the last ten years of top-selling games are any indication, "Twitch Plays Angry Birds" will be the future of all gaming. Nintendo can keep letting grandfathers give us more Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart 200, and Smash Bros Ultra Mega Super Edition for the next 100 years.

@JeffreyG I have an army of puppies, and tend to pace while playing. I also live next to a beach. Although I'm MOSTLY careful, it has been dropped into a few liquids, and never had a problem. I can barely look at an Android or iJiggy without it snapping...