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Nintendo's only had bad 3rd party ports since the Wii. 3rd party games used to be good, even when they weren't exclusive.

Is there seriously a Minecraft: Xbox One Edition?
I agree that 1st party titles are the most important, as they are the only ones guaranteed not to be ported. Remember how many 3rd party exclusives the XBox 360 and Gamecube had? Remember how many of them stayed exclusive? But the Gamecube still offered dozens of Nintendo's own games.

2 great Platinum rewards this year, and I didn't qualify for either?! XDJCGHDFJKYGH
I don't think I will pick a gold reward.

Looks nice. I'll check it out if it ever comes to WiiU.

None of the games I want are cheaper at retail, but I agree that download prices are too expensive. Even eshop exclusives are priced similarly to retail games. I don't expect many downloads of Shin Megami Tensei IV, a game that costs $10 more than any other 3DS title and comes without the retail version's music CD and guidebook.

@Wheels2050 Yes, I find Layton's PAL box art to be boring.

@KodyWB-98 3 games is still quite a bit. Diabolical Box is alright, but Last Specter is a horrible title compared to its international equivalents.

I think I would have called the remake Star Fox: Lylat Wars.
Biohazard is the better name.
Everything related to 3DS has a different name in U.S. and U.K, and it's annoying. I think I've also complained about the needless differences in Mario Kart Wii and 7.
No mention of Professor Layton? We in North America get the worst names for all his games, except Unwound Future. It must be the tradeoff for Europe's lame box art.

Why is Shin Megami Tensei $50 on the eshop?

@pixypixl Yes, that is exactly how I feel about the music!

Although some of your complaints-mainly the MIDI-seem like you're clutching at straws, I ultimately agree that this is a lazy remake. I believe this may be the 1st Zelda remake to include no new content over the original. The cut dungeons would be the most obvious inclusions, and Nintendo's reasoning in this regard is poor. What difference does it make if the dungeons are nothing new when this entire game is nothing new?
In spite of all this, I agree with the decision to remake the Wind Waker. The original isn't playable on the WiiU, making this a great opportunity for those who missed out 10 years ago.

We'll sooner see Littlebig Planet and Banjo Kazooie released for iPad. And like @AJSjedi said, this news isn't the reason I visit Nintendolife.

@Chikiro I didn't know that. That is quite inane.

Most of my foreign games were ones I bought while on vacation. Buying from another region doesn't necessarily involve exorbitant shipping costs.

I don't think region locking benefits localization much. Xenoblade received such a limited print run here that it almost would have been better to import a region free version.

I agree that the sudden concern over region locking is strange, but I'm in favor of region freedom. The best arguments have already been used, but I have one criticism left regarding your "region freedom hurts sales" argument. You say you used to import all the time. Do you really think publishers cared less about sales back then?

Are those screenshots what swords dance looks like? It's nicer than the previous game's animation.

@HereticDogma I could have sworn Best Buy had something too, but it looks like I was mistaken.

This does look very nice, but I will not be preordering it because I don't want to encourage the retailer exclusive game content.

This is not a very believable excuse, as Nintendo has already been successful with region free consoles.

@SynchroMax It's a strange dating sim.

What a strange game.

The project is collecting £, not $.

I thought this was already the case.

@Daggo Level-5 is apparently losing out big time by not localizing Inazuma 11.

Anyone care to explain who those 10 characters are? I can't read Japanese nor have I played the games they're in.

Apart from invincibility, does Nabbit play identical to Luigi?

Guys, nobody EVER said this game would be $1 on steam. The creator said he wants to charge $20. And @LDXD's comment is a sarcastic one.

I don't know any of the technical differences between Brawl and Melee, but they feel very different and I slightly prefer the feel of melee. This difference is insignificant to me and I ultimately think Brawl is better.

I don't want them to take out anyone, but I know this isn't happening.

I think I'll give up on the series if they keep playing hard to get.

I don't think there's enough demand to charge for streetpass.

I also want Tingle to be popular in the west, but it's not going to happen if he's not in any games.

Why can't he say what's been done to make the game so good?

This takes place 8 years after Trials and Tribulations? Phoenix doesn't look like he's aged a day.

This game is worse than the first Phantasy Star in almost every way.

So they didn't care about attracting girls to NSMB? That just sounds weird.

"And, quite honestly, those dungeons we removed we used in other games so we can't use them in this version!"
But this is a remake. All the dungeons have been used before.

So what are the great ideas this game takes from other 3D Marios? I wish he would have elaborated on that.

I don't know, it seems too similar to Mario Kart Wii.

I didn't like Super Mario 3D Land, but a sequel is only to be expected. Why did it take this long to bring back 4 unique characters? I would have loved it in NSMBW/NSMBU!
Ditto on "I thought this was a 3DS game because it's called 3D."

@Yoshis95 If you like DK64 that much, you should be supporting Hat in Time's attempt to revive the genre.

I was under the impression that DK64 was well received at the time of its release, but he's probably right. I noticed a similar progression going from Mario 64, to Sunshine, to finally Galaxy.

Obviously they should go with what sells.

@placidcasual Nintendolife did run a feature on that project.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/western_journalist_looking_to_chart_the_untold_history_of_japanese_game_devs

I heard about this. I think it's stupid.

I'm not interested in The Last of Us because of what @WaveBoy comment #216 said. But how do you guys know how bad or good the game is? I'm sure most non-reviewers haven't played it.

I might want it. It depends on what theme the game has.

@dap005 I forgot about Chibi-Robo! Shame on me.

Honestly, we can't effectively debate this because none of us have played The Last of Us.
Personally, I have trouble believing The Last of Us "sets a standard," is "a game changer in what the medium can deliver in terms of narrative," or is otherwise the greatest game of the generation when almost a dozen games this generation claim to have done that. The Last of Us isn't even the first game this year to receive this kind of praise!
@Yorumi The funny thing is that Etrian Odyssey does what you're describing, and people say the series has crap stories.