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@littlebigmario I still don't know what you mean. It sounds as if you are mixing me up with someone else at best, or, for some reason, trying to defame me at worst. As for accusations, I think my initial comment and my contribution history on Nintendo Life speak for themselves.

I'm going to leave this conversation, sorry.

@littlebigmario While I don't usually participate in the discourse around my articles, I'd like you to publicily tell what "conflict" do I have with Nintendo RU— because I cannot recall any. In fact, even on Nintendo Life, I've always given them a credit where it's due.

Both me personally and Nintendo Life staff tried to get a comment from Nintendo, including the Russian division, and we've only got a statement from Nintendo of Europe less than an hour before the publication. That's what "asking other side" means, and I was doing just that like any professional would.

For a long time, I've wanted to tell the stories of disgruntled and broken Nintendo RU employees, because that's not something we would ever hear in a normal situation. In this sense, yes, I am personally interested in the story. You don't need to say, "Hey, this one person was just fine" to show there is a life-impacting problem within the branch.

Something about the way this thing looks reminds me of that awful "ergonomic" Maltron keyboard. http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_images/maltron_ergonomic_e_type_keyboard_large.jpg

@MrDarkmark Pretty much. Imagine a socialist country entering a rampant capitalism all of sudden, to the rejoice of those who wanted to get as much money as humanly possible, no matter how many lives are going to be broken. Combine that with a sense of your homeland literally falling apart, and you'll get a huge economic and cultural crisis which peaked in 1998.

@MrDarkmark You need to understand that, after the USSR's collapse, the interiors didn't become as modern-looking as the one in the West all of sudden. People were still learning about Western culture and approach to design, and besides, a lot of people just didn't have enough money to remodel their houses.

The interiors are probably the most accurate part of the ad, to be honest.

@KIRO From a layman's perspective, all the brands you've mentioned are doing well in Russia in general, just like in any other European country. However, they've started their business in Russia way before Nintendo. For example, Sony has opened its branch in early 2000s (and had the benefit of a brand recognition being built by a grey market of 1990s) while Microsoft's trade relationships date all the way back to Soviet Union.

I'd say the companies which focus on services and digital content are the ones which do struggle to compete against local companies and basic piracy. Netflix, Amazon, even Uber to some extent... huge corporations elsewhere, they are niche at best in Russia, pushed away by Russian entities which were quick enough to adopt the idea in the country. Just like Baidu and Alibaba in China, basically.

@Hikingguy It was a part of a "blast to the past" booth where they demoed SNES Classic. They've also set up other prop interiors (like an airplane) to show the portable aspect of Nintendo Switch.

@Einherjar Single-player campaign is also a DLC, so there is no "main" or "additional" mode - everybody chooses (and pays) for what they want.

@HopeNForever Prices here are in in-game gold (like in Brawl), not in Play Coins. I think the Play Coins price will be different.

I've already made this comment on another sites, but I am going to double it here. That picture of Putin's letter (http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/1405937912.jpg) is clearly a fake. I am Russian, and I can say that the text is stylistically unprofessional and contains a lot of punctuational and orphographical errors ("проэкт" instead of "проект", this is grade school error). Besides, fonts look messed up too.

What doggeypoopielousy developers they are. Instead of making a good game, they make a soap opera.

@C-Olimar

My copy of Geometry Wars: Galaxies works well with both Wii U's Wii Menu and DS Download Play, so yes.

@sillygostly

I should add that DS Download Play functionality doesn't work. The game seems to try doing local wireless stuff (all screens and buttons are working etc.), but neither my DS nor 3DS can't find anything. (UPD: And later I saw that you noticed that, sorry.)

Also, some neat bit - if you try to touch something on top screen (er... left sub-screen?), it will show you an icon about inability to touch in that area.

I'd actually like to see some sort of track editor added as DLC, but I cannot see this coming until the second half of the game's lifespan, which will be pretty long (well, it's a Mario Kart). I was imagining building my own tracks with a GamePad's touchscreen since the actual reveal of this game.

@dumedum
I can confirm that, it is in one of those Chick-A-Win/Cluck-A-Pop microgames. The article clearly says that creators of the idea are responsible for the creation of Game & Wario.

@memoryman3
Do you remember the first Super Mario 3D World trailer?

@AltDotNerd
That was the single best thing I've heard in the weeks. Both thumbs up!