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Can anybody tell me how many MB this takes to download?

@AhabSpampurse C'mon, try harder. Who would want this? The millions upon millions of people who know who Mario is, but don't own a current gen Nintendo platform.

Nintendo is obviously making another 'real' Mario game, almost definitely with a different development team, so this won't impact on that at all.

Runners (NOT Endless Runners, mind you) can be fun. I think BIT TRIP RUNNER and Runner 2 got fairly universal acclaim, right?

If all goes to plan, this microtransaction-free title will give more money to Nintendo and encourage more people to buy Mario games so that future titles have a higher budget.

Now, that's probably the best case scenario, and there are some potential pitfalls, but this stuff is way off in the future. As of right now, your concerns don't exactly hold water.

@Phin68 Because, funnily enough, when Bayonetta cosplays as Princess Peach or Link (or even Samus, y'know, in case we forget that Nintendo is actually cool with letting other characters dress as Samus) she doesn't actually look like those characters. She still is Bayonetta.

In a pixel-art game such as this, a Samus costume would be tantamount to just playing as Samus, and since Axiom Verge is the same genre as Metroid, it would look exactly like a Metroid game.

It is insane to think that you would compare Axiom Verge to Bayonetta 2.

It's also insane to think that ANYONE AT ALL would be upset about this.

@filterclay Probably why it was called 'galaxy style' then? Maybe Nintendo are quite concerned with astronomical accuracy so they didn't want to explicitly call something that is not a galaxy, a galaxy.

@Gerbwmu I know you were joking, but you ended up being 100% on the money. Who knew.

@kamikazilucas You're so cool and edgy. And such wit as well!

Motion controls are worth it for me if only for the fact it's the only good way of playing Bowling, Tennis, Golf, Swordfighting or light gun games in the modern era.

@Diortem I think your reaction here makes you the one who is 'pathetic'.

@rjejr Your comment is confusing. You bemoan Nintendo for all of the features that went underused in the Gamepad, but pre-emptively criticise Miyamoto for attempting to use all of the features in this new, imaginary controller?

@MrGawain Why don't you share your time machine with the rest of us?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the worst 'Nintendo Download' in history.

@FragRed They might still not be allowed to announce NX games. I realise we've already had a few announcements from some third-parties but it's possible they only got the go-ahead from Nintendo because they weren't too revealing of what the system would be like.

@Kiyata If you pre-ordered this device, you're probably hardcore enough that you will be. Provided you haven't done all there is to do by then.

@Action51 Huh? That's almost exactly what they said in the interview? Sure, it requires a little bit of reading between the lines, but they're not exactly trying to hide it.

Genuinely I think the only major problem with Blast Ball is the eject power up as it is incredibly OP. Most of the other issues I've seen raised would be solved if people took a little bit of time to get good. Not saying there aren't any other issues, but they aren't too major, for a demo/early access at least.

To be honest if you ignored all of the negative pre-release coverage on Star Fox's controls to the point where you were surprised/betrayed/disappointed with SF0, that's kind of your fault.

The game is really fun, but for me these early demos are mainly a fun bonus and don't influence my purchasing habits.

@k8sMum Cynicism isn't really an excuse for some of the most bizarre jumps in logic I've ever seen.

Be cynical, sure. Say that Zelda won't be released until 2018, I don't have a problem with that. The reasons given however, made absolutely no sense, and didn't follow any path of logic.

@rjejr You sound a little bit ridiculous here. Like a conspiracy nut. What does "see Star Fox Zero" mean? That game was delayed once. Zelda has already been delayed twice. I really cannot see the comparison you're drawing that implies that Zelda will be delayed a third time because Star Fox was delayed once. More clarity would be appreciated.

You think the interviews he gave about TP HD cut into development time on a game he isn't even the director of? I don't know what else to say other than that's a ridiculous notion. It would take like a day to film that interview. He probably doesn't even work on the game every day and you think that caused a significant delay? Or was as instrumental in causing the delay as poor supervision of the project?

Forced to take out the Gamepad map so it isn't too superior? Pure hogwash. There's no reason to say that's true. Now, there's no evidence to suggest it isn't true either (Aonuma could have lied in his interviews) but to say that is fact is simply erroneous.

Also, I feel like even if the Wii U had an interactive map, the NX version would have no trouble being superior simply due to the potential of increased graphical capabilities. So I can't see your reason panning out at all.

I don't really understand this argument when you can do cross-buy the Olli Olli way. Sure, that also has its problems which should really be fixed, but it's certainly a better solution for these developers.

It's so weird, just yesterday I was thinking about how it would be neat if there was a Planet Robobot demo on eShop, but that unfortunately there probably wouldn't be, and now here we are!

@Warioware I mean, I didn't even know this game existed until today, so the discount has piqued my interest somewhat. Two decent discounts here.

@Grumblevolcano as a backup? What? Why wouldn't you just spend money when you wanted to buy a game, instead of just hoping that something will come out of the blue.

@A01 I feel like a simple map wouldn't require that much extra processing.

@BornInNorway81 The subheading reads 'Attack of the Clones'. If you read that bit, it becomes quite obvious what you're in for once you click. Title could still be a lot clearer though.

@LuigiMan123 While I don't doubt you're correct, what episode is that from? Google is giving me nothing!

@MitchVogel Unfortunately that doesn't really work well unless player 2 has his own screen. And we all know how well the Wii U handles rendering two viewpoints.

This is it folks, this is the last good Download update for Wii U until Zelda.

@Captain_Gonru they do allow for a base of three hearts simply because you own the amiibo...(???)

Can we stop with the stuff, speculative, unsubstantiated clickbait headlines? This is not the reason that I started using Nintendo Life as my go-to website for Nintendo news.

@PlywoodStick I'm confused by the original comment, there are still game threads. Maybe it depends on your definition of 'game thread'? That's an awfully vague description.

This was supposed to come out in 2016? Honestly never expected that soon, always seemed like a 2017 release to me along with Bloodstained.

@Nico07 Nothing in your list is going to happen. Mother 3 is a slight possibility, but nothing else.

I'm not even being pessimistic, it's just a fact at this point.

I don't understand, how are people going to be disappointed watching Nintendo's E3? Now before you get angry, I'm not saying Nintendo is about to have a good E3, but where is the disappointment going to come from?

Right now the disappointment has come from the plans themselves. If you're actually watching the Treehouse presentation, you know what it's going to be, and so the only way you can be disappointed is if you don't like the look of Zelda. Now, that's entirely possible, but there's no way of knowing that before hand.

@Nintendude789 And yet combined 3DS family sales are still above Vita, so it's not the end of the world.

As usual, people are small and narrow-minded and cannot open themselves up to the bigger picture when it comes to value proposition.

It's the exact same thing with Amiibo. Whenever any Amiibo functionality is announced people say the same thing "I'm supposed to spend £11 for <insert small feature>?" (though they usually sound more whiny and entitled). Firstly, you're not required to spend any money. Secondly, the Amiibo offers more functionality outside of that one game. Thirdly, you aren't expected to buy an Amiibo for that one game either.

The same kind of thing is happening with My Nintendo. "They want us to spend £70 to earn a 40% discount? What a rip-off". THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE. I can't believe that people can't see that the point of the system is that if you want to spend money on digital purchases for games that you WANT TO BUY, then you also get extra reward points. That way, it actually feels like a reward, because you're not buying games just for the reward points, which is STUPID BY THE WAY (unless it's on a massive discount). Nintendo aren't asking you to spend £70 to get a small discount, they want you to spend £70 on games and then get £16 off another game IF YOU WANT (that's a better value proposition than the Digital Deluxe Promotion btw, but much more specific ofc).

This is not to say there aren't problems with My Nintendo. There are plenty. You should be rewarded for physical purchases. You should be rewarded for DLC purchases. You should be rewarded for buying NES games and other cheap items. The rewards need to be updated more frequently and not just when other rewards expire. The discounts need to be for larger percentages also, about 10% more across the board.

People need to start complaining about the right things more often, instead of complaining about value for a FREE REWARD SERVICE.

@Sakuraichu You can hardly call it a step if it was something the service launched with...

At last, the 'Game Notes' application will have a tiny amount of use!

I only play it for the platinum points, but I do enjoy it for the time I am playing. Would prefer it if I had a few more irl friends who used it however.

@AlexSora89 I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say here, the wording seems a bit vague and confused.

However, the quote you've taken is from the CEO of Drinkbox. Since the launch of Wii U, they have made two games. One, Guacamelee, which they put on Wii U, and another, Severed, which is exclusive to Vita and came out this year, so you can imagine why it probably won't come to Wii U.

What you're saying doesn't really seem to apply to originator of the quote. He said he liked working with the Wii U, and his company put out a good port onto the system. He also knows nothing about the NX, so how on earth can you extrapolate a conclusion about the NX from this?

Why remove the 'weekly' option?

@Yorumi You're also forgetting, THEY NEVER BLOOMIN' WELL SAID THAT THEY'D SHOW THE NX AT E3. All of that was hearsay; extrapolated, misguided fan speculation and expectation. Potentially it could have been mistranslations or other media misunderstandings.

@Yorumi I mean none of this is 'assuring' anyone. Nintendo didn't announce this, they just updated something on their web page, eagle-eyed fans found it, and now it's doing the internet news rounds.

@argh4430 The NX can be a successor to the Wii U without being a 'replacement' so to speak. I find it hard to believe that Kimishima is trying to convince people that Wii U has a lifespan beyond the launch of the NX. It's silly to take these comments as him saying that, because they're too vague.

When Kimishima is talking about 'replacement', it's clear he means it in the spiritual sense. The NX will not be a home console successor to the Wii U in the same way the Wii U was to Wii, and Wii to Gamecube.

People do have short memories, but we've known for quite a while that ALL of Nintendo's first 5 mobile games will be 'free-to-start'.

@SkwidMoTron Well at least he's being fair with the pricing. You can even download Dodge Club Pocket, a single player version of the game for free on iOS/Android with not a single microtransaction in site, and some quite neat bonus content.

I mean it's all well and good doubling up on pre-orders in case this sort of thing occurs, but if everybody had that same mentality, there just ends up being half as many pre-orders available to people, which then makes it harder for people to obtain these special editions before release.

@liljmoore Couldn't agree with you more. Here's to more people with attitudes similar to yours.

@Xenocity Are you joking? This is satire right? Because you sound like a cartoon.

@Yasume I don't think you get to decide what score they wanted to give it? Maybe you put far more emphasis on visuals than they do?