As mentioned earlier: Tropical Freeze is pretty boss and Retro knows details.

>>185802
I would adore a side-scolling Metroid game by Retro, especially done 16-bit (or even 32-bit) style. They would do a hell of a better job than Team Ninja.

>>185803
A monkey could do a better job than team ninja.

Senran Kagura Burst - What's This?!
Senran Kagura Burst - Can I Have A Copy?

>>185800
Despite playing quite a few of those games, I either didn't use or notice that some had any wi-fi capability at all. I never even checked to see if Tetris DS could do anything besides the main six modes of play, though to be fair that didn't come with a package or instruction manual to inform me of it and Tetris alone is addicting enough that I wouldn't check while playing.

Also how many of those games are even still selling? Certainly Pokemon HeartGold isn't at regular MSRP in any retail stores, physical or online.

http://club2.nintendo.com/3ds-pokemon-promo/

I was going to post on /pkmn/ but then I thought nah. I have the stuff but never registered, will let you guys know how it goes when I get around to it this weekend.

>>185810
> Certainly Pokemon HeartGold isn't at regular MSRP in any retail stores, physical or online.
http://www.gamestop.com/ds/games/pokemon-heartgold/75774
I'd be surprised if you can find it in stores as new, though; I could only find it at Gamestop with a quick search.

But there are even older games still selling new. I recall being in a Worst Buy last month and seeing copies of Super Mario 64 DS, still going for $30.

>>185812
I remember only a year or two ago seeing Diamond and Pearl at either a Target or Gamestop, still for $30.

But, ironically, new online copies cost even more now because they're actually keeping in mind how few are left unopened--Amazon is charging $50.

It seems like rather than just changing because of Little Mac, you can just choose which version of the stage you want to be playing in.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/s771fargvnhcy4o/Donkey+Kong+Tropical+Freeze.rar

>Dat soundtrack

I think 'Germany' may be my favorite theme for a level ever.

http://shoryuken.com/2014/02/26/waluigi-set-to-appear-in-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-and-3ds-as-an-assist-trophy/

Waluigi time is never.

>>185824
Sakurai, you beautiful troll, you.

>>185822
Except that's more like Switzerland or Austria than Germany, really. Because, y'know, alps. And windmills are more of a Dutch thing, aren't they?

>>185841
Hence the ''. Central Europe stuff. Though I suppose "Alps" would have been more appropriate in spite of a lack of Alp like mountains. In any case, it's a fun theme. Now I'm playing the happiest African savannah level I have ever seen.

>Little Mac being announced for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS was a big deal here in the states, but what did our friends in Japan think of the reveal? It seems that Punch-Out!! is a bit more highly regarded here than in the land of the rising sun...

- The Punch-Out guy?
- He’s always been a highly-wanted character overseas
- Too niche, should’ve been left as a trophy. They should be using other companies’ characters before ones like this
- He’s extremely popular overseas and has been around since the Famicom days. I only learned about him from Captain Rainbow, though
- I dunno who this is. They should’ve used the guy from Kung Fu instead
- I think they should’ve left this as a secret character
- Makes sense for him to be in it, I expected some retro game characters
- The guy from Punch-Out? Is he really that memorable enough to be in Smash Bros?
- This guy was pretty strong assist character. So he’s gonna be an actual character now?
- I’m not as mad as I am dumbfounded. These character choices are such a joke

More comments here:

http://legendsoflocalization.com/what-does-japan-think-of-little-mac-in-smash-bros/

>Since Japan doesn't seem too interested in Little Mac, just who do they want in the game? You can see some often-requested characters below.

Paper Mario
Nick / Captain Rainbow
Monster Hunter
Lucina
Dixie
Daisy
Waluigi
Shulk

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/223394-smash-bros-wii-u-3ds-a-look-at-japan-s-reaction-to-little-mac-and-who-they-want-to-see-join-the-roster

>>185873
Overseas means sweden too, right?
Because I know alot of guys that loves Punch-Out over here.

>I’m not as mad as I am dumbfounded. These character choices are such a joke
>Too niche, should’ve been left as a trophy. They should be using other companies’ characters before ones like this

It's times like this that I'm glad fan reaction has little to no influence on the roster.

>>185873
Some of these comments were the sort of thing people said about Pit before Brawl actually came out and everyone fell in love with him all over again.

Has /v/ flipped its shit at anything like when Sonic was revealed during Japan Time?

I'm pretty sure /v/ has a collective aneurysm and erection at the same time when that happened.

>>185886
An aneurection.

>Paper Mario

I could be down for that completely.

>Nick / Captain Rainbow

A clever AND reasonable idea.

>Monster Hunter

Now you're being stupid, unless you want to play as one of those cats, come on no.

>Lucina

All for a Fire Emblem chick, but maybe not the one that looks like Rule 63 Marth, huh?

>Dixie

Okay.

>Daisy

Different from Peach how though, Rosalina came with gravity powers and a cut lil striker...

>Waluigi

I would have liked it. But that ship has sailed... Too many Mario characters as is.

>Shulk

... She-Hulk? *google search* Oh. No see if you're gonna bring in RPG characters, go for someone who fits the asthetic. Fucking Golden Sun characters like we were teased with the Issac Assist Trophies.

>>185894
>go for someone who fits the asthetic
What?
Are you actually being serious right now?

>>185895
Well, he did fit in with Brawls very dark and detailed twilight princess style.

Dasiy should be an alternate outfit for Peach. There's really no use in having both.

>>185894
I love Xenoblade Chronicles (though I admit that She-Hulk was my first thought on reading that, too), but I agree he shouldn't be in the game. However, it's not because of Shulk's aesthetic (we already have characters representing the entire band of realism); I'd say that he's not quirky enough to fit the roster. The Monado would make for a great Final, but unless they give him something special he'll seem kind of blah compared to most of the other characters; Fire Emblem already fills this role.

Now, if he had a "re-equip" feature where he could change his armor and weapon (a Monado knock-off) mid-battle to change some of his stats (think Erza from Fairy Tail), with his Final Smash being a switch to his starting gear and the real Monado, that would be something. There are enough outfits in the game to give him three or four distinct ones: Entia, Machina, etc.

But, aside from that, late-game Fiora or Riki would be a better fit for the game. (And if we had Fiora there would be more porn of her...)

http://blog.beforemario.com/2014/03/nintendos-beautiful-company-guides.html?m=1

These company guide books are beautiful.

>>185896
This one's not that much brighter really. They removed some detail on their more stylized characters, but that's hardly an excuse to keep more detailed characters out.

>>185900
Are you sure. Just look at Mario's denim.
It's not as ultimate any more.

>>185901
Like I said, they removed some detail on their more stylized characters, but that's hardly an excuse to keep more detailed characters out.
Take this fan art for example. His pose is broken to hell, but you can see how they could simplify his look to fit in. Not that I expect it.

>>185895
Snake deals with silly shit all the time.

Have him shooting little Yoshi Statues, Ape Escape Monkeys, fighting creatures from Monster Hunter.

Snake is exempt from this assertion by the nature of Kojima.

What I'm saying is look at this guy, just look at him.

He's waaaay too busy.

>>185903
He's pretty busy, but the Smash Bros team are pretty talented at taking a bunch of characters with different looks and making them all seem visually consistent. I don't think he'll be in, but there's nothing AGAINST him.

>>185902
Sorry, I guess I didn't upload it.

>>185903
Aside from trimming a few of the pants details aside I don't see why not. Isaac and Saki had a similar style and din't have a problem.

>>185903
As I recall, his actual model in the game was FAR less detailed than the official art. The difference is like a Final Fantasy character being modeled in the game with only one visible zipper and maybe two belts.

So cutting out the frills would be no big deal.

http://news.kron4.com/news/47139/

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/03/man-stabbed-with-amaster-sworda-in-domestic-dispute

Man Stabbed with ‘Master Sword’ in Domestic Dispute
I didn't know where post this.

>>185912
I was gonna say I bet it's Florida, but turns out it's close enough.

For whatever reason the south and ESPECIALLY Florida fucking love swords and as a result seems to have an enormous amount of sword related stabbings.

>>185916
Let me stop you right there.
1. Observational bias.
2. Confirmation bias.
3. Media focus because of numbers 1 and 2.
Stupid shit happens everywhere, you just don't hear about it as often.

>>185917
Fair enough.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/06/mario-kart-8-limited-edition-and-pre-order-bonuses-revealed

Only confirmed for the Europe for now.

>>185948

BUT EUROPE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE THE WII U GIVE IT TO ME GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEEEE

*RUNTHROUGH* Yoshi's New Islan…

>>186026
>Those comments
Seems like no matter what they do with the series, people are going to be dissapointed.

>>186028
The visuals are nice, but everything else just seems bland. Music is really uninspired.

>>186028
>>186029
To strike gold twice with that same solid mixing of audio, visuals, and gameplay is no simple task. And really, sometimes there's just no pleasing some people.

>>186028
Welcome to the internet. People compete with one another to be seen as the most jaded bastard here, and think themselves critics despite not having even the most cursory understanding of critical theory.

>>186029
Honestly the level design doesn't seem all that different from the original.
Music I could take or leave.

>>186028
>Reading comments on Youtube

>>185811
Finally got around to this. Even if your system's already registered, registering a different model plus one of the selected games works. I had 3D Land from a while back and bribed a nephew for his regular 3DS code. So I guess next time I'll need to bribe someone with a 2DS.

Yoshi's New Island (3DS) - Fin…

Wow. This is bad.

>>186085
Yep.

Is it just me, or this game call to mind the original DKC-styled Yoshi's Island that Miyamoto threw out?

>>186085
I don't get it. What am I supposed to be seeing here that's bad?

>>186087
Watching that video I can take a couple stabs, massively downgraded art, fucking balls easy or those incredibly retarded last two boss fights.

>>186089
It's a reference to Yids

>>186085
>>186090
Reference or not, what a half-assed way to give you a final final boss. They actually use the word "suddenly" and then sum the explanation in all of ten words. And what the hell was that walking warp pipe guy? Did they really just shoehorn him into the original story so they can place that in the ending. I honestly believe a good number of people who worked on this game didn't give a fuck any more from the graphics, the music, and the story.

There's a reason I'm posting this here.

I'm not surprised that the 3DS game is essentially the SNES game with a slightly different visual style. Yoshi's Story took more risks with the formula established by Yoshi's Island than any other sequel, but even now people are still divided on it. Yoshi's Island DS added an interesting gimmick with the baby abilities that also enhanced replayability and was extremely challenging to boot - to the point I'm personally unsure whether it goes into broken territory. But it doesn't seem like many people noticed it. Then you have Yarn Yoshi, which some people will avoid because of the visuals or simply because they don't own a Wii U. Better to go the safe route and put out a game that's familiar.

http://www.rifftrax.com/video/super-mario-bros

Oh God, YES!

Super Mario Bros. (RiffTrax Trailer)

>>186221
>And there's a sale
Hell yes.
Now if they can do Mortal Kombat, Double Dragon, or Street Fighter my wishes will be true.

Sonic Lost World - The Legend …

Rev up those fan fics.

>>186337
I...am completely speechless.

Not happy. Not thinking it's stupid. Just...oh my god. I think my brain melted.

>>186338
Yeah. My only thought right now is "what the ever-loving fuck."

>>186337
I think this is cool. Now for the sake of clarity, I don't think this is the greatest thing ever or that it even makes any sense, but this is a type of silliness I can get behind. Nintendo has exclusivity over this title, why not use that brand for some stupid fun.

>>186337

>The DLC is free

Sounds pretty cool to me.

>>186337
This makes me play Lost World more than anything else about the game.

>>186337
Growing up, I was always a diehard sega and sonic fanboy and my best friend was a Legend of Zelda and Nintendo fanboy, and we'd butt heads over it to this day.

So, yes. Yes to this. Yes to all of this.

http://www.wired.com/2014/03/animal-crossing-director/

Neat article. Animal Crossing: New Leaf really connected well with everyone.

>>186444

April Fools day to you too, EA.

>>186455
Wow.

>>186455
Nintendo should fire back with a half-assed attempt to claim it cares about the gays.

>>186455
The inevitable apology.

Mario Kart 8 - New Features Trailer (Wii U)

Ooh, custom combos.

http://tinycartridge.com/post/82101979081/less-hair-belly-button-for-gunvolt-in-the-u-s

>>186579
Some might think he was a gurl otherwise and give young boys all kinds of confused boners.

>>186579
Lame.

GRENINJA AND CHARIZARD

>>186579
We live in the year 2014, and games from Japan are still getting censored over here.

Best part of the Smash Bros. Direct? The reveal of ‘For Fun/Glory’ modes.

When Nintendo can both rip on and satisfy the competitive Smash Bros. scene, you know they’ve done something right.

>>186587
>All those shadowed shots in the trailer teasing and hiding Greninja in such a way that it looked like Mewtwo

Goddammit Sakurai.

>>186590
I'm pretty damn happy. Froakie and all of its evos were always my favorite X/Y starter line from day 1. Chesnaughtfags can get rekt.

I legitimately can't remember. Portal was never released on any Nintendo system right? I need to know so I can let the dream die.

>>186596
No. Portal has never been on any Nintendo system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BP7cSKsaknU

So I guess my bros Squirtle and Mewtwo aren't coming back.
Greninja looks promissing. Very Shiek like though. Willing to bet top tier.

Hope we get more gameplay and info on Smash as the day goes on.

http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/04-08-2014/#/video-ndirect

Wait. So the only way to play 1v1 randoms is NO FUN ALLOWED mode? No 1v1 with items? Or anything but the most boring stage on that planet? Ugh.

>>186601
>2014
>Having ANY faith that Nintendo can figure out the competitive scene for any game or even the internet

>>186601

You can blame the competitive Smash Bros. scene/the old "NO ITEMS, FOX ONLY, FINAL DESTINATION" meme for that, I suppose.

And for the record, every stage will have its own Final Destination form this time around, so you can still play on "different" stages in For Glory.

>>186601
>Battlefield not in the tourny "For Glory" mode
You wut Supoopukukkureye?

>Almost all stages have a "Final Destination" form
heh.

>Looking for ways to "cut down" on players who "relentlessly target a single opponent" in multiplayer brawls
Oh this shit? Over the line. If you're a shitty easy kill then you're a shitty easy kill. Why WOULDN'T I or anyone else hunt your ass down? This is how multiplayer has always worked.

>Nintendog and Devil assist trophies return
Fuck. You.

>Midna. Assist trophy
FFFFFFFFFF-

>Color TV game 15 assist trophy
It's fucking pong. Just say it.

>Masterball item (maybe different than Pokeball?) have rare pokemon like Arceous
>Flings opponents into air then meteor mashes them down
BUENO. I love Pokeball fights.

>Samus doesn't go into Zero Suit for final smash. "Characters that used to change forms will no longer change"
... why. Why couldn't you just keep the Zelda/Shiek thing going? I loved that shit.

>Shiek pretty much gets Snakes grenade
eeeeeeh I'm ok with this. The side B chain move it's replacing was garbage.
>and her down B is another jump type move
Well you can't win em all.

>Zero Suit Samus in as seperate character, has rocket stilettos
I... eeeeeeh. Maybe.

>Kirby seems to get Dedede's neutral B hammer move
>Dedede always throws Gordos (spike balls) instead of Waddledees
>Lucario gets even more comeback mechanic-y, but can get so overpowered, he can kill himself on attempted recovery
Eh.

>Olimar can only have 3 Pikmin now
I mad.
>Pikmin now always show up as Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Purple
>Up B now winged Pikmin, the more Pikmin you have the worse it is
I...what? Why?

>Pit can't glide
Good. That with his moveset reworking makes him less of an annoying faggot. It's not like he was OP in Brawl, but his recovery and the fact almost all his specials reflected was annoying as hell.

>Rosalinas down B absorbs/ negates projectiles in a wide area and draws items near
>"Puppet" type character ike we all already knew
SS+ tier confirmed. Her final smash is really bad though.

>Little Mac looks like some of his moves have armor
>His smash attacks launch crazy distance
>Shitty recovery and air game
>Yet another down B counter move character
We all already knew this, but hell yes little Mac.
>If you fill up his power meter by doing damage or taking hits you get a oneshot kill move
... ... So close Sakurai. So FUCKING close.
>Wireframe MaC costume
... ok I can sort of forgive you.

>Megamans final smash summons all the different megamen for a combined beam attack
>Even starforce is there
yes.

>Wii Fit Triners down B acts as a power up for more damage
>Neutral B charges and fires a projectile
I... I'm happy at power ups, but more charge shots... ech.

>Custom move set
>Only online with friends or local vs
>lol that's all I'm saying for now
You fucking cocktease

>3DS exclusive mode "Smash Run"
>More or less take the Melee story mode thing and have players do that for a few minutes before a match, beating NPC scrubs like goombas to get things that power up defense, attack, etc
>Then the match starts; each player entering with the powerups they collected as well as any items
I want to be excited, but I just can't be. The WiiU is coming out in the winder, but the 3DS is coming this summer. We all know the WiiU version will be a lot better and the extra dev time cements this. An extra throw away mode isn't doing much for me.

>Charizard and Greninja characters
Well that more or less deconvirmes my bros Squirtle and Mewtwo. Can't really comment here since not much was shown. Greninjas water shuriken move should have been a hold B to charge or rapid tap for constant barrage though. He's looking pretty Shiek. Might be high tier.
>Maximum Spider final smash
Niiiiiice

Press kit leak:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48280274@N02/sets/72157643678092364/

>>186603
No, it's more along the lines that he completely missed how tornyfags work.
It was Final Destination/ Battlefield only because just about every other stage was so godamn random and filled with gimmicks that matches on those levels weren't about skill, but sheer luck.
Instead of turning off stage gimmicks or making a few more balanced stages for the rotation they just quarter baked a concept and said "Fuck it, Final Destination. Whatever. Tornyfags got all they need."

In short, Nintendo still doesn't know what the hell it's doing when it comes to anything competitive or internet related. And the worst of it? They could have spent half a ay researching common torny problems and worked with those in mind to develop a better mode, but they clearly didn't.

>>186606

this is exactly why nobody likes you, tourneyfags

>>186606
>We want balanced stages with no gimmicks but don't take out all the gimmicks and balance the stages too much.

Focus Group Guy: So you want a realistic down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots?

[the kids all chat at once about it being a great idea]

Milhouse Van Houten: And, also, you should win things by watching.

Focus Group Guy: [sighs]

>>186607
What did he say that was wrong exactly?

>>186609
I don't do much competitive smashing myself. In fact, I don't do any of it. But I do know enough about it that Final Destination was by far not the only tourney legal stage in the game. Did you know Pokefloats (and IIRC pokemon stadium) are both tournament legal?

That "1v1 fox on Final Destination" joke was funny, but you're not supposed to take it as gospel. The way I understand it, having moving stages and shit is fine. The issue is the level of randomness that comes with it, hence pokefloats.

I don't mean to sound rude, but at least do a little research.

Just watched the Nintendo Direct. It was as if I just watched 45 minutes of pure concentrated hype. I was hoping for Mewtwo, but Greninja is fine too. The genwunner tears a good enough replacement. I might have to stop procrastinating and buy a 3DS.

>>186611
If you can wait for next winter, they go as low as 100 US dollars.

I really have a lot of fun playing both tourney style 1v1 no items and playing free-for-all silly matches with items on. Really, I think both ways of play have a lot of value and are fun in their own way. Something I think is pretty silly though is that as much as tourneyfags and casual smashers bitch about each other, the ones that bitch on either side are essentially saying "They don't play the game the way they should, they are having fun the wrong way."

I enjoy fair, hazard-free levels as much as I enjoy a lot of the crazy stages. But here I really think Nintendo just saw the Fox-Only-No-Items-Final-Destination meme and took it as an accurate portrayal of tourneyplayers. More hazardless stages is fine, but for variety's sake most of them should have some layout of platforms.

On another note, City Trial Smash looks really awesome.

>>186610
>Did you know Pokefloats (and IIRC pokemon stadium) are both tournament legal?

Poke Stadium is legal, but Floats was put on the banned list a while ago. Personally, I think it should be made legal again.

>>186604
>maybe
No, the rocket stilettos are the worst thing to happen to Samus since... aw fuck, being Samus is suffering.

>>186615
>"They don't play the game the way they should, they are having fun the wrong way."

Yeah, this is what I don't get. Ignoring the fact that these are video games and you should be able to do whatever's fun on your own time and space, the game itself gives you the options to select characters, items (item frequency even), and stages. Given all that choice, what does it matter to you if people decide to play one way or the other? The game gives them the choice. Smash isn't about one thing or the other, it's about fine tuning everything to your preferences.

>>186617
My issues always been that they complain about everything, it's just so annoying that every time we hear something new there's somebody whining or moaning about it.

>>186617
I think the issue comes down to between how Western and Japanese players play Smash. The US takes Smash waaaaay more seriously than Japan does, so Nintendo doesn't really know what to do half the time.

>>186607
So someone states more or less that they're annoyed that the dev team thinks tournament players only want to play on final destination and that a few other stages like Battlefield should have been added to "For Glory" is the reason nobody likes people not like you? Are we really kicking it back to grade school here?

>>186609
And asking for a handful of stages that don't spawn rape lasers, windstorms, or hand random enemies that appear or flip the stages gravity and all aren't in line with a game that has always had a few "vanilla stages" is a huge problem and contradiction to the setting, if not impossible to do?

>>186623
>So someone states more or less that they're annoyed that the dev team thinks tournament players only want to play on final destination and that a few other stages like Battlefield should have been added to "For Glory" is the reason nobody likes people not like you? Are we really kicking it back to grade school here?
Maybe it's more like "You're not the target audience but the devs tossed you a bone anyway, and now you're complaining that it's not a BIG ENOUGH bone.".

>>186637
I think it's more like they tossed them a bone shaped stick because they weren't looking closely enough and thought it was a bone.

>>186637
>>186638
it sounds more like "mistaking a cat for a dog and throwing the cat a bone it's not the least interested in" to me.

>186639
But cats like bones too. They just prefer smaller bones. So I guess it's a good analogy in the sense that the tourneyfags are acting like snooty assholes, for which a cat is certainly the appropriate animal.

>>186640
You should try carefully reading his posts again, and this time try not to automatically assume that he's an asshole.

>>186637
>>186640
You two are reminding me a lot of the whole "Gamer Entitlement" thing that went on after Mass Effect 3 released.

How dare people express displeasure about something in a videogame being poorly done, the devilish fiends.

>>186642
>How dare people express displeasure about something in a videogame being poorly done, the devilish fiends.
Except they're not expressing displeasure about something in a videogame being poorly done. They're expressing displeasure that the stuff that has been revealed to them so far has not hit every single checkmark on their list of things they demand to have to be happy.

Also, as to Mass Effect III being poorly done: http://badassdigest.com/2012/08/06/film-crit-hulk-smash-a-few-words-on-the-ending-of-mass-effect-3/

>>186643
> They're expressing displeasure that the stuff that has been revealed to them so far has not hit every single checkmark on their list of things they demand to have to be happy.

The only thing that's even an issue here is the one flat stage with nothing on it. You're making up this whole "checklist" thing.

People are allowed to talk about things they don't like in games. Some of us even criticize games we love.

>>186644
> Some of us even criticize games we love.

Perhaps Anon is just criticizing posts he loves.

Personally, I find most of the criticisms of the For Glory mode to come off as kind of whiny, making me less sympathetic to the plight of "fighting game enthusiasts." This is less of an issue with content and more of an issue of tone.

>>186647
They aren't fucking kidding, either. Look at that

>>186648
I don't care for graphics, but I want to fucking lick this picture.

>>186646
Perhaps but the criticisms in this particular thread have been fine.

>>186647
>>186648
>>186649
I don't even give a shit about Pokemon, but I would totally buy one of these.

Eh, stages and modes don't matter nearly as much for online play as the netcode will. If the online experience is a laggy piece of crap, then it'll bomb regardless of what they do with it. And we don't know jack about the netcode yet.

>>186651
You totally should, they're really neat and soft. A smidge on the small side, I will admit. Pretty cheap on eBay, last I checked.

I wonder if they're giving all the characters alternate costumes like Wire Frame Mac and Wii Fit Trainer. Dr. Mario could make a return that way.

Also, someone said that Zero Suit Samus' moves and overal style looks a lot like Bayonetta. Here's hoping she makes it in as a clone-character or alternate costume.

Also, FUCK YEAH MEGAMAN!
MEGA MAN Full Move List & …

>>186652
MK7 was pretty good, whatever that's worth (not as much I bet, given that Smash requires more inputs)

Also, the game will sell fine if the netcode is garbage, I think. It's Smash. It would drive me nuts, though, because all of my multiplayer gaming is done online now. Even when I was in college it was hard to set up meets. Online is just easier now, so if it's not good, I'll be a sad panda.

>>186643
If by "information so far" you mean it being confirmed that "For Glory" will only have Final Destination then sure. I can guarantee you that if they added Battlefield, like they should have, this wouldn't be an issue. People are mad because they really did half ass it or at the very least, misunderstood what the competitive community wanted and only met them part way. If we're lucky they will realize this problem and correct it or release a patch since they can finally do that. I don't have much hope for it though.

But hey you know what could have fixed everything and made everyone happy? Lobbies. Lobbies where you set your own rules and people can join or spectate. Just like every other fighting game ever. BUT that's kind of intensive and i'm not sure Nintendo is ready for that.

In other news, I'm expecting Falco and Ganon not to make it in and for their special moves to be options in the Custom Moveset mode for Fox and C. Falcon respectively.

Still hoping for some CustomRobo, Isaac, and Krystal since they where left out of the assist trophy lineup along with Tingle.

>>186657
That would require that people interact in ways that could potentially be used to draw crude penises or make friends, and Nintendo is having none of that. Be happy you get multiple modes for briefly challenging people over the internet and then forgetting they ever exist, peon!

>>186649
I want to hug it so bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNx1HiFIoRk

The Sims + Moonbase Alpha =

Tomodachi Life Direct Presenta…

Forget Smash, this is the real Game of the Year

Mother characters fucking where?

>>186668
Apparently the trailer for the never brought over DS predecessor also had Nintendo executives' romance with Samus Aran. This is an ongoing narrative, people.

TRANSLATED GDC 2010: Yoshio Sa…

>>186668
Damn right!

No form changing in Kerfuffle means no more Pokemon Trainer. I'm honestly a little upset over that. It was such a cool thing to finally see. Not just a pokemon, but a trainer himself, and the one who was a spiritual successor to your Gen 1 player character at that. It was like you playing Pokemon inside of another game. I'd wanted that ever since I played the first game on the N64, and I'm not even a big Pokemon fan. It just seemed like the next step after including Pikachu. Plus it had the advantage of broader Pokemon representation, which is kind of hard now after so many generations and 'face' pokemon like the successive waves of starters and legendaries.

>>186649
Better graphics than The Last of Us

>>186690

Well for that one plush doll maybe.

The rest of the game I actually don't think looks too good.

>>186688
Removing the forced character swap allows players to play who they want. But I definitely agree with you. Pokemon Trainer is still just a fun idea. At the very least I hope a trainer could be present in the background with the Pokemon (Red/Blue trainer for Charizard, X/Y trainer for Greninja), but I kind of doubt that'll be the case.

>>186688
It's probably hardware limitations.
It took a really long time to change in Brawl and I imagine the higher res models and such would have taken even longer.
Just as it would probably be difficult to keep the game running at 60fps on the 3DS with more than 3 Pikmin at a time.

>>186690
Yea things that tend to fall apart when you start looking at them long enough. Wonder why the classics don't get called up for such things.

>>186698
Because we where all too young and stupid to see through the blatantly transparent veil honestly.

I'll miss Pokemon Trainer... well not really. I'll miss Squirtle. Although I am hoping we get a playable Grass starter to go with fire and water

But most of all I'll miss being able to transform into Zelda/Shiek. That was a pretty damn fun mechanic.

>>186698
called up for what?

I wonder how customizable movesets are going to be.
Will you be able to respec Falcon Punch to come out fast and travel long distances like Falcon Kick?
Will you be able to respec Falcon Kick to come out slow and do heavy damage like Falcon Punch?

>>186701
Who knows; but you can give DKs forward B multiple hits of armor which is godamn crazy.
And presumably you can give Fox Falcos blaster which will probably make him OP as all hell.

http://rallyyy.tumblr.com/post/82333050939/by-kouta-hirano-creator-of-hellsing

>>186668
Yeah okay this looks incredible and I may have to buy it.

>>186680
She's one if one of the few unattached females current in the games. Not much choice really.

>>186714
Eh. Fanon aside, neither Zelda nor Peach are explicitly said to be dating their male counterparts. There's a much stronger case for Peach (they do a lot of things together that could be considered dates, at least), but many of the Zeldas have even explicitly NOT been romantically involved with Link--Twilight Princess Zelda barely even had anything to do with him.

Stolen from tumblr:
>Like I’ve said; if you’re using Zero Suit Samus enough that you care what she looks like, you’re not someone who’s opinion I give a shit about, and if your complaint is that they’re “impractical for combat” you have some weird priorities because Zelda is in a fairly tight dress and Peach is in goddamn bloomers[. T]here are female characters in smash bros with far more impractical outfits is what I’m sayin’

>Peach is in goddamn bloomers

But...bloomers are actually a fairly practical piece of underwear. I mean the whole reason bloomers became a thing was because Victorian women needed some clothing that didn't restrict their movement. It's not like she's wearing like a bajillion petticoats or something.

Also, physical combat isn't part of Peach's image, while it certainly is part of Samus's.

Also, I just rose to low-grade tumblr trollbait, didn't I?

>>186715
I think it was stated by one of the Nintendo staff that Mario and Peach are just really good friends and if Mario's feelings are anything more than that it's a one-sided courtly kind of thing.

>>186725
I kinda like that idea of Mario

http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/105526691/#105526691

Super Mario 64 4koma gag storytime at /a/.

>>186724
If that was trollbait, then I apologize.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/428/194/684/nintendo-we-want-same-sex-couples-in-tomodachi-life/
>Expecting that Nintendo would care about online petitions.

can we not turn this into Nintumblr general?

>playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for the first time
How are the other Paper Marios in comparison to Thousand Year Door? I'm really enjoying it so far and wouldn't mind more.

>>186749
TYD is easily the best. The first one is also quite good, and Super Paper Mario was okay. Ignore all the other ones.

>>186749
Paper Mario 64 is still damn good, though not quite AS good. It doesn't have much to do with paper unlike TTYD, and the plot is just the generic "Bowser kidnapped the princess" shtick. Most of the places you'll go to find the macguffins don't have fun gimmicks like in TTYD. But the writing is still solid and so is the music, the gameplay is still fun too, and I found it to be more challenging than TTYD overall. It's definitely the best RPG on N64.

Super Paper Mario, damn fun but it's not much of an RPG. More of a platformer with RPG elements. The writing and story are even better than TTYD and the puzzles are very clever too, but it's not very challenging, it's pretty short and the gameplay gets kinda repetitive after awhile. Some love it, some hate it. I say check it out.

Sticker Star, don't bother. Very lackluster and shallow. Not worth checking out.

Be sure to check out Super Mario RPG and the M&L series too. All of them are great.

>>186751
>>186752
Thanks for the info! After I finish I'll definitely look into PM64, RPG, M&L and possibly Super Paper Mario since it's really cheap used on Amazon right now.

>>186668
I wish I could own that giant Reggie mii mascot head.

Actually make a Toad one too and that'd be pretty boss.
As long as you only used your controller's character.

http://killstreakmedia.com/2014/04/24/mario-kart-8-wii-u-bundle-confirmed-for-europe/

Play Nintendo - Announcing Nintendo @ E3 2014

>>187036

I thought I'd end up cringing, instead I ended up laughing. Good job, Nintendo.

>>187036
>>187038
>Make sure to cram as many buzzwords and obvious marketing phrases in as possible

In all seriousness though, it's good to see Nintendo actually doing a bit of marketing for the western market. Nintendo on the ropes is the best kind of Nintendo; they're finally learning.

Nintendo A Sad Story : Part 1

Nintendo - A Sad Story : Part 2

Ah, good old-fashioned nightmare fuel.

Wii U - Mario Kart 8 Direct 4.30.2014

>>187053

>dat brass

hnnngh Nintendo's soundtracks have been pretty jazzy lately and I dig it.

>>187053
Man, I was planning on waiting until near the end of this console cycle to buy a Wii U because it and the games would be way cheaper, but this is really tempting.

>>187053
>Reggiemendation
My body wasn't reggie for this.

Temple of Time

Nintendo posted their financial results today.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/05/07/nintendo-misses-wii-u-and-3ds-sales-targets-posts-229m-loss/

The Wii U is at 6.17M, which means it has been outsold by the PS4 and its 7M.

>for once Hoenn remakes aren't trolling
WHAT

>>187197
IT'S HAPPENING

>>187198
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Of the games I played (stopped after Black/White), I felt that GIII was the weakest of the group. After what I've heard about X/Y, a remake using its engine doesn't interest me in the least.

>>187200
Gen 3 is probably my favorite in terms of all the wandering and exploring you can do, which is also what a lot of people cite as its weakness. (another weakness was being pre-physical/special moves but we didn't know that at the time) I remember finding all sorts of little groves and caves off the main path like there's a world outside the routes and cities, none of the other games really did that.

Also has it really been over 10 years? Feels like yesterday.

My care depends on if HM still exist.

>>187201
Before I started playing Sapphire again recently to FINALLY beat the E4, the only thing I could recall definitively was spending way too fucking much time on the water. I do recall some extra exploration aspects, though, and I like that so without remembering specifics I'd have to agree with you.

I want to be excited because Gen III was the last of the Pokemon games I dabbled in. But since I haven't played since then my opinion on Pokemon has steadily become more cynical. Not even the hype for B&W and X&Y could bring me back after such a long absence. I recently tried to play Diamond and it only seemed like a chore. So on the one hand, yay nostalgia. But on the other, boo reality.

>>187203
The open ocean setting traditionally isn't very good for video game exploration, especially in a top-down perspective. While not terribly realistic, you'd need all sorts of markers to signify to the player "there's something interesting this way / over there / beneath the surface!"

>>187205
That's only necessary when the water is huge and open. Areas in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald were barely any wider than on land. The real reason people disliked them was that exploration is tedious when random encounters were both literally everywhere and were so homogenous (90% Tentacool or Tentacruel no matter which part of the ocean you were on).

>>187207
Don't forget Wingulls and Pelippers.

>>187204
And only hours after posting I unearth a copy of The Electric Tale Of Pikachu during a spring cleaning operation and return to the question of jumping back into the whole mess. Goddamn nostalgia.

>>187211
Just dl some of the Electric Tale artists' extensive porn catalog instead.

Nintendo has released their financial results briefing in English.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140508/index.html

Most interesting piece of information here is their NFC plans. Nintendo could actually benefit from doing a Skylanders/Disney Infinity game. with their memorable characters. Although, if they didn't pass up on exclusively publishing Skylanders, they wouldn't have to.

>>187213
I've wanted them to do more with their NFC stuff for a while now. This is a start, but there's so much more that could be done with it--it would be incredible for some sort of 21st-century Tabletop Game, ala Warhammer or something that leverages both the advantages of computer calculations and the imagination of human players.

There is a lot of fun stuff that could be done with NFC if someone wanted to make use of it.

>>187212
You have my attention...

>>187213
>>187215
As long as I can finally get a little StarFox fix I guess I'll be ok. With Nintendo in the shape they're in though, I doubt they'd pour any cash into such a niche franchise though.

>>187218
http://www.doujinshi.org/index.php?P=LIST&T=author&ID=467

Looks like with Gamespy closing its doors the online gaming servers for all Wii and DS games are going along with it. Play it up before the 20th of May because it's the last chance you'll get.
Provided you can even find a match.

>>187249
Guess that's it for pokemon trades for those gens.

So about Hyrule Warriors, how likely is it that it bombs? Also enjoy the pic.