It felt like a gigantic slap in the face to me. I'm incredibly excited for it, as I love Pokemon, but my interests lye in breeding competitive pokemon to the max, egg moves, iv's, etc. And then shiny hunting those same eggs. The slap in the face? I'm just one of the few that despise Pokemon Go. I'll stay reserved until I see more, but I really need to know that there is a huge competitive breeding aspect with EV/IV's and all included to make me content. Also two people throwing a single Pokeball at one Pokemon really aggitates me, though I'm really looking forward to finally having my friends truly in my world. That said, that feels like it's also setting me up to be disappointed. We'll see I guess :/
Edit: I'm not really into competitive battling at all, I purely enjoy breeding and completion of those Pokemon
I played well over 10 hours of this Splatfest, and played against my own teammates 9 times out of 10. What irritated me the most though is that not only did Ketchup win popular vote by a very large landslide, but they only lost regular battles by one single point in North America, I think it was about 49-51 in favor of Mayo, and the catch is that you couldn't do team battles at all and even change the number UNLESS you had 3 OTHER FRIENDS with Nintendo Switch's that ALL happen to choose the same team. I have exactly 3 friends with Switch's, and 3 of us chose the same team, and the one other chose differently, which flat out disabled all of us from playing Teams. I'm bothered by this because teams is taken into account for winning the overall Splatfest. It just felt like a copout to me honestly, since all the K versus K matches (and there were a LOT of them, trust everyone here saying that) counted for absolutely nothing.
Also, took a little under an hour and a half to dig out all the new items. This DLC lasts about 3-4 hours total for myself, not including Master Mode. That'll happen eventually. Kinda killed my love for this game by playing it way too much at the start. Also going from Bloodborne and Dark Souls to Zelda, makes Breath of the Wild feel like a cake walk. So that's...that's something. lol
@VENOMVSCARNAGE Since when is Melee balanced? lmao the meta in that game has been pretty standard for well over a decade now. There's probably more memes about Melee's balance than any other fighting game. That said, I still love it to death, and put way too many hours into it. I get what you mean though, it's much easier to test and balance less than more, but that's a given.
@SMW I'm with ya there. I feel like I watched a bit of it last year, but the whole idea of console wars, my system has better games than yours kind-of-thing just doesn't interest me like it did when I was a teenager. I play what I like, and I don't understand why anyone else should have a problem with it D:
Gamers who only play shooters are certainly not the definition of "hardcore" by any means. I'm not saying I have the right to dictate what a word means, but I guess my thoughts on the word involve someone who's played video games for the better half of their life. I mean, I've been playing video games since I was in diapers. I only play Nintendo games nowadays, but that does not make me any less of a gamer than someone who owns all 3 consoles.
The dude speaking reminds me of Grant Gustin. None the less, freakin' awesome! Glad that they were both so polite to each other. As he said, he thought it was abandoned/empty. Either way, neat stuff!
This game absolutely deserves the 9/10 NL gave it. I grew up really only playing Mario, DK, and Zelda. Very rarely did I have the chance to touch down on series like Star Fox and Metroid. My first Metroid game was Prime 1, and I loved it to death. And then this game....this game revolutionized the way I look at Metroid, it's by far one of my favorite handheld games of all time. Beautiful!
It's not just an update, with a payed wall that you have to unlock. It ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF BALANCE PATCHES. You have to update, because characters get changed, even if only slightly. That said, yeah, it'd be nice to get the Splatoon treatment, when it comes to DLC.
To this day, I still have people ask me why they need to buy a Wii U to play new games. And what the difference is between it and the Wii. I hate to say it, but Nintendo's non traditional naming gimmick needs to go, this shouldn't be a question I've been asked multiple times.
I'm always disappointed when things get spoiled, but as much as I hate to be THAT girl, I'm going to say it anyways. It was going to get spoiled for all of North America anyways, since Japan is getting it early. So yeah, the only real harm in my opinion was that it was spoiled for Japan, and spoiled a bit earlier than intended for North America. As for avoiding looking at the Japanese release, to avoid spoilers, you should know as well as I do, it'd be impossible to miss it from SOMEONE. Someone would mention it, or a website would write an article about it. OR the Smash site itself will spoil it all before the release ANYWAYS. But like I said, I'm only slightly disappointed by spoilers, so no big deal here. I already had every character I wanted confirmed~
Most if not ALL of the classic Mario games have an OUTSTANDING soundtrack, this one has always been my favorite, by far. This game alone pushed me to liking video game music as my primary music. Of course, I also loved some older ones, like Donkey Kong Country, and of course the entire Mega Man series.
I had to instantly click this thread, I LOVED Kid Chameleon as a kid. I remember liking quite a few mascots when I was very young. The most notable ones I recall: Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Link, Donkey Kong, Vector Man, Bubsy, Bomberman, Pacman, and I think that wraps up the most notable ones that I played anyways.
@aaronsullivan Yeah I'd love to see something like that happen, would be great! It makes me sad when I see people and popular youtube channels talking about the biggest game reveals and whatnot, and none of them even mention a single Nintendo title.
@benptooey and @Kirk No matter how hard you try, if you play against a Rooster in Chess, its always going to parade around knocking over the pieces like its won. That my friend, is not an argument worth pursuing. People like Kirk plague every website, just gotta ignore 'em...
I'm 99% satisfied. Not complaining at all btw, but I certainly would have exploded had we got: new Metroid, Majora's Mask, F-Zero, some GOOD Star Fox footage, and Captain Falcon confirmed. Keep up the good work Nintendo, you truly know what you're doing <3
"it was OK" and "2nd place"? Are you freaking insane? Yesterday was absolutely positively astounding. Microsoft "AAA" games? Yeah okay, have fun with that. Mean time, I'll be enjoying/counting down the days for the real games that were announced yesterday, and the one that I've been waiting on since it was announced. I'm talking about nothing other than Super Smash Bros. of course. A bundle with a gamecube controller, the game itself, and the adapter? Hell yeah. Nintendo had E3 "won" the second they announced the Smash tourney. That said, the concept of "winning" E3 is stupid in the first place, it all comes down to what company catered to what particular fans interest. Fan A will always disagree with Fan B, and vice-versa, when it comes to who "won", so I wish people would just agree to stop debating such a trivial topic.
Am I the only one who dislikes it when shoulder buttons are referred to as bumpers? I guess its nothing I've ever heard anywhere but on the clearly labeled X-Box controllers. I've always heard them called trigger buttons, or shoulder buttons, or simply L and R. Why in the hell is everyone suddenly calling them bumpers? Forgive me for being salty, but I hold a strong hatred for anything that reminds me of X-Box related stuff.
If this DOES open the flood gates for Nintendo hosted Smash Tournaments, I'll be the happiest Smasher on the face of the Earth. Can NOT wait to try out Rock, Greninja, and Mac!
Also, I love how people can never be satisfied. On a site, I thought SHOULD be full of dedicated Nintendo fans, that should be happy with such an awesome video, something the likes of rarely ever happens, people do, always have, and always will, have something to complain about. I guess the people who want to spend 24/7 playing video games just can't be satisfied, regardless. I used to be one of them, but now I'm perfectly satisfied with literally only playing 3-5 games a year. Die hard Nintendo fan here, none the less. And when it comes time for a new Smash game, I can't help but brush off the fangirlism and call people out for acting so...ridiculous on a site that should be full of nothing but Love and Respect.
Saw the video the second it was posted on youtube, and I have to say, I couldn't be happier. I just really hope one of the BestBuys in my area are doing this. E3 can't come quickly enough! My craving for more Smash can't be satisfied!
@Harrison_Peter Eh, I'm going to have to COMPLETELY disagree with you on Sony being caught up with the big N on exclusives. Though this is my opinion, I'm going to say it anyways. Sony's MAIN exclusive it seems, is Uncharted. I don't know if that's true, but that's just an educated guess. All the games you mentioned, absolute garbage. Nintendo still has the biggest and best titles of all of gaming under their belt as first party titles, and there isn't a company out there that can change that.
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Re: Soapbox: Pokémon GO’s ‘Casual’ Influence On The Mainline Series Is A Good Thing, At Least For Now
It felt like a gigantic slap in the face to me. I'm incredibly excited for it, as I love Pokemon, but my interests lye in breeding competitive pokemon to the max, egg moves, iv's, etc. And then shiny hunting those same eggs. The slap in the face? I'm just one of the few that despise Pokemon Go. I'll stay reserved until I see more, but I really need to know that there is a huge competitive breeding aspect with EV/IV's and all included to make me content. Also two people throwing a single Pokeball at one Pokemon really aggitates me, though I'm really looking forward to finally having my friends truly in my world. That said, that feels like it's also setting me up to be disappointed. We'll see I guess :/
Edit: I'm not really into competitive battling at all, I purely enjoy breeding and completion of those Pokemon
Re: Mayo Wins in Splatoon 2's Battle of the Condiments
I played well over 10 hours of this Splatfest, and played against my own teammates 9 times out of 10. What irritated me the most though is that not only did Ketchup win popular vote by a very large landslide, but they only lost regular battles by one single point in North America, I think it was about 49-51 in favor of Mayo, and the catch is that you couldn't do team battles at all and even change the number UNLESS you had 3 OTHER FRIENDS with Nintendo Switch's that ALL happen to choose the same team. I have exactly 3 friends with Switch's, and 3 of us chose the same team, and the one other chose differently, which flat out disabled all of us from playing Teams. I'm bothered by this because teams is taken into account for winning the overall Splatfest. It just felt like a copout to me honestly, since all the K versus K matches (and there were a LOT of them, trust everyone here saying that) counted for absolutely nothing.
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Tough Trail Of The Sword DLC Has Been Beaten Already
Also, took a little under an hour and a half to dig out all the new items. This DLC lasts about 3-4 hours total for myself, not including Master Mode. That'll happen eventually. Kinda killed my love for this game by playing it way too much at the start. Also going from Bloodborne and Dark Souls to Zelda, makes Breath of the Wild feel like a cake walk. So that's...that's something. lol
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Tough Trail Of The Sword DLC Has Been Beaten Already
This made me very happy to read. I feel like I've accomplished something then, it only took me 2 hours ish myself last night.
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
@VENOMVSCARNAGE Since when is Melee balanced? lmao the meta in that game has been pretty standard for well over a decade now. There's probably more memes about Melee's balance than any other fighting game. That said, I still love it to death, and put way too many hours into it. I get what you mean though, it's much easier to test and balance less than more, but that's a given.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime Confirmed for The Game Awards as Gerudo Valley Music Remix Arrives
@SMW I'm with ya there. I feel like I watched a bit of it last year, but the whole idea of console wars, my system has better games than yours kind-of-thing just doesn't interest me like it did when I was a teenager. I play what I like, and I don't understand why anyone else should have a problem with it D:
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime Confirmed for The Game Awards as Gerudo Valley Music Remix Arrives
Gamers who only play shooters are certainly not the definition of "hardcore" by any means. I'm not saying I have the right to dictate what a word means, but I guess my thoughts on the word involve someone who's played video games for the better half of their life. I mean, I've been playing video games since I was in diapers. I only play Nintendo games nowadays, but that does not make me any less of a gamer than someone who owns all 3 consoles.
Re: Video: Catch the Skull Kid in Action in the Latest Hyrule Warriors Legends Showcase
HYPE! God I love skull kid!
Re: Video: Take a Look Around the Interior of Nintendo's Original Headquarters
The dude speaking reminds me of Grant Gustin. None the less, freakin' awesome! Glad that they were both so polite to each other. As he said, he thought it was abandoned/empty. Either way, neat stuff!
Re: Review: Metroid Prime: Hunters (DS)
This game absolutely deserves the 9/10 NL gave it. I grew up really only playing Mario, DK, and Zelda. Very rarely did I have the chance to touch down on series like Star Fox and Metroid. My first Metroid game was Prime 1, and I loved it to death. And then this game....this game revolutionized the way I look at Metroid, it's by far one of my favorite handheld games of all time. Beautiful!
Re: Super Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS Version 1.1.1 Is Now Live
It's not just an update, with a payed wall that you have to unlock. It ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF BALANCE PATCHES. You have to update, because characters get changed, even if only slightly. That said, yeah, it'd be nice to get the Splatoon treatment, when it comes to DLC.
Re: Poll: Should Nintendo Follow Microsoft's Lead With A Wii U Price Cut?
To this day, I still have people ask me why they need to buy a Wii U to play new games. And what the difference is between it and the Wii. I hate to say it, but Nintendo's non traditional naming gimmick needs to go, this shouldn't be a question I've been asked multiple times.
Re: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS National Open Tournament to Find the Best Fighter in the US
damn i hate living in South Carolina
Re: Nintendo Has Nothing to Say About Recent Smash Bros. Video
I'm always disappointed when things get spoiled, but as much as I hate to be THAT girl, I'm going to say it anyways. It was going to get spoiled for all of North America anyways, since Japan is getting it early. So yeah, the only real harm in my opinion was that it was spoiled for Japan, and spoiled a bit earlier than intended for North America. As for avoiding looking at the Japanese release, to avoid spoilers, you should know as well as I do, it'd be impossible to miss it from SOMEONE. Someone would mention it, or a website would write an article about it. OR the Smash site itself will spoil it all before the release ANYWAYS. But like I said, I'm only slightly disappointed by spoilers, so no big deal here. I already had every character I wanted confirmed~
Re: New Super Mario 64 Remix Album is a Work of Musical Art
Most if not ALL of the classic Mario games have an OUTSTANDING soundtrack, this one has always been my favorite, by far. This game alone pushed me to liking video game music as my primary music. Of course, I also loved some older ones, like Donkey Kong Country, and of course the entire Mega Man series.
Re: Video: Prepare To Pour One Out For Sega's Fallen Child Stars
I had to instantly click this thread, I LOVED Kid Chameleon as a kid. I remember liking quite a few mascots when I was very young. The most notable ones I recall: Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Link, Donkey Kong, Vector Man, Bubsy, Bomberman, Pacman, and I think that wraps up the most notable ones that I played anyways.
Re: E3 2014: Hands On With Nintendo's New Online Shooter IP, Splatoon
@aaronsullivan
Yeah I'd love to see something like that happen, would be great! It makes me sad when I see people and popular youtube channels talking about the biggest game reveals and whatnot, and none of them even mention a single Nintendo title.
Re: E3 2014: Hands On With Nintendo's New Online Shooter IP, Splatoon
@Kirk
No, I mean people who constantly feel the need to prove themselves, on the internet.
Re: E3 2014: Hands On With Nintendo's New Online Shooter IP, Splatoon
@benptooey and @Kirk
No matter how hard you try, if you play against a Rooster in Chess, its always going to parade around knocking over the pieces like its won. That my friend, is not an argument worth pursuing. People like Kirk plague every website, just gotta ignore 'em...
Re: Reaction: Our Thoughts on Nintendo's Big Day at E3
I'm 99% satisfied. Not complaining at all btw, but I certainly would have exploded had we got: new Metroid, Majora's Mask, F-Zero, some GOOD Star Fox footage, and Captain Falcon confirmed. Keep up the good work Nintendo, you truly know what you're doing <3
Re: Reaction: Our Thoughts on Nintendo's Big Day at E3
"it was OK" and "2nd place"? Are you freaking insane? Yesterday was absolutely positively astounding. Microsoft "AAA" games? Yeah okay, have fun with that. Mean time, I'll be enjoying/counting down the days for the real games that were announced yesterday, and the one that I've been waiting on since it was announced. I'm talking about nothing other than Super Smash Bros. of course. A bundle with a gamecube controller, the game itself, and the adapter? Hell yeah. Nintendo had E3 "won" the second they announced the Smash tourney. That said, the concept of "winning" E3 is stupid in the first place, it all comes down to what company catered to what particular fans interest. Fan A will always disagree with Fan B, and vice-versa, when it comes to who "won", so I wish people would just agree to stop debating such a trivial topic.
Re: GameCube-Style Wii U Controller, the WaveDash, Seeks Kickstarter Funding
Am I the only one who dislikes it when shoulder buttons are referred to as bumpers? I guess its nothing I've ever heard anywhere but on the clearly labeled X-Box controllers. I've always heard them called trigger buttons, or shoulder buttons, or simply L and R. Why in the hell is everyone suddenly calling them bumpers? Forgive me for being salty, but I hold a strong hatred for anything that reminds me of X-Box related stuff.
Re: Nintendo Announces The GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U
The Holy Grail of controllers makes its glorious return. Nintendo, you never cease to amaze me. Today couldn't be better!
Re: Best Buy's 'Smash-Fest' Venues, Perks and Demo Details Confirmed
@mcusc5435 Dude tell me about it, I'm also from SC. I'm making my best attempts to secure a ride to the Mall of Georgia for it!
Re: Feature: Nintendo's Smash Bros. Invitational Could Be Just The Beginning For Contests and eSports
If this DOES open the flood gates for Nintendo hosted Smash Tournaments, I'll be the happiest Smasher on the face of the Earth. Can NOT wait to try out Rock, Greninja, and Mac!
Re: Feature: A Week of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Screens - Issue Thirty Five
Possibly the only HD rendition I'll ever get of Mega Man X. It has my love. It has my life.
Re: Nintendo Lifts The Lid On Its Plans For E3 2014
Also, I love how people can never be satisfied. On a site, I thought SHOULD be full of dedicated Nintendo fans, that should be happy with such an awesome video, something the likes of rarely ever happens, people do, always have, and always will, have something to complain about. I guess the people who want to spend 24/7 playing video games just can't be satisfied, regardless. I used to be one of them, but now I'm perfectly satisfied with literally only playing 3-5 games a year. Die hard Nintendo fan here, none the less. And when it comes time for a new Smash game, I can't help but brush off the fangirlism and call people out for acting so...ridiculous on a site that should be full of nothing but Love and Respect.
Re: Nintendo Lifts The Lid On Its Plans For E3 2014
Saw the video the second it was posted on youtube, and I have to say, I couldn't be happier. I just really hope one of the BestBuys in my area are doing this. E3 can't come quickly enough! My craving for more Smash can't be satisfied!
Re: Insomniac Not Working On Wii U, Considers It More "Current Gen" Than "Next Gen"
@Harrison_Peter Eh, I'm going to have to COMPLETELY disagree with you on Sony being caught up with the big N on exclusives. Though this is my opinion, I'm going to say it anyways. Sony's MAIN exclusive it seems, is Uncharted. I don't know if that's true, but that's just an educated guess. All the games you mentioned, absolute garbage. Nintendo still has the biggest and best titles of all of gaming under their belt as first party titles, and there isn't a company out there that can change that.