/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

Here's hoping we don't have to wait two years to get it in the states. I'm going to get a Wii U when it comes out, hopefully there's a related limited edition I can snatch

So, what is this 2d- fan Smash?
//youtube.com/watch?v=HMDB5SewzIs

http://www.unseen64.net/2015/02/09/nintendo-harry-potter-games-pitch/

Interesting.

//youtube.com/watch?v=Y88G3tp_f88

>>193169
The good news is that you don't need to do all that; there's a wireless transfer option, which will move everything, but that can take an entire day depending on how much stuff is installed on your original 3DS.

>>193179
So. It can take up to a day, but the N3DSXL doesn't come with a charger, meaning you would have to use the old one. But neither can last a full day without charging.

God damn it Nintendo, you cheap motherfuckers.

>>193185
Nintendo has been doing poorly when it comes to a lot of smaller choices recently...

>>193181
I like this.
Keep up the good work.

http://play.nintendo.com/activities/polls/nintendo-valentines-day-poll/

Poll was reset after Bowser and Toad overtook Ninty's Lightning due to /v/ crusading. I wouldn't be surprised if it reset and started Lightning off with her previous votes or a boost of some sort. Anyways, who's your Valentine /cog/lings?

>>193204
Yeah actually it'd be cool if they gave her a game or something.

>>193208
LOL

Perhaps after "Super Princess Rosalina" and its sequel (In which you stand around and have no character) Daisy could show up again as the objective to rescue in another spin off. If she's lucky.

>>193210
I'm pretty sure a game about Rosalina would involve policing space, philosophical monologing, and fixing what are generally clogs in the basic plumbing of the universe. She seems more managerial than the other princesses, though, so I could see her being in a strategy game along with Polari. And technically, that would involve a lot of standing around for her.

>>193208
>>193210
At the very least, have her appear in a game that isn't a sports or party title. If anything, have Daisy be the player 2 in a New Super Princess Peach game or something. Though at this rate, Rosalina is more likely to take up that spot.

>>193213
>does Princess Rosalina really qualify as a Mushroom Kingdom citizen? She's from space.
Wasn't she supposed to be born in the MK, though?

also, does that artist have a blog?

>Sega's disappointing Sonic Boom games sold less than half a million copies worldwide, the company has confirmed.

>That figure combines the totals for both Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric on Wii U and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal on 3DS.

>Sonic Boom's exact sales total may be lower still - Sega has left it ambiguous whether the 490,000 sales figure relates to copies shipped, rather than sold to consumers.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-12-sonic-boom-games-shifted-just-490-000-copies

It's amazing how bad this blew up in Sega's face. This and Sonic Lost World have been big sales disappointments on the Wii U. I can't see Nintendo being eager to renew that Sonic exclusive contract.

>>193215
Lost World, I feel, didn't deserve the poor sales.
Boom does.

>>193215
Could it be?
Sonic fans finally... learning?

>>193217
I'm sure the weird redesigns didn't help

>>193217
Wii U games overall have been selling incredibly low.

>>193216
How is lost world anyway. Everyone shitting on Boom seemed to get it caught under the pile just by guilt of association.

>>193215
Just half a million eh? I want AAA expectations to leave.

>>193224

I don't know, man. Half a million is a lot, but this is half a million for two separate and different games for two different consoles. At best, it's an average of a quarter of a million units, and I'm thinking that's world-wide.*

*Is it? I'm not sure.

>>193224
That actually is really low for Sonic, which is a AAA game. Even then they usually only expect one million or two.

>>193222
It's got some good ideas but the execution is all wrong, leading to an incredibly disjointed unsatisfying game. The game copying Galaxy didn't bring anything interesting, and is the worst part of the game.

>>193224
>Just half a million eh? I want AAA expectations to leave.
Then stop buying AAA games and buy only indie games.

>>193230
I support this idea.

>>193230
>implying I've bought a video game for the last 10 years

I ain't part of the problem. Try suggesting another stupid solution!

>>193233
But the ones that aren't are brilliant and engaging.

The idea is to have games dial back so they don't overspend on resources and sabotage their own projects.

Not every movie needs to be an epic, not every game needs to be AAA. Take Toad's Treasure Tracker for example. Small game at a reasonable price that still manages to entertain.

>>193233
If you keep buying AAA titles, companies are going to continue spending most of their budget on those titles. And if they spend most of their budget on a title, they are going to expect it to do well, and consider it a failure when it doesn't.

So yeah, keep buying them if you like. Just don't expect them to ever change.

>>193234
Stop letting your opinions about a hobby that you don't contribute to affect your life? If you don't buy video games, you don't really have any right to complain about the video game industry.

>>193236
>needing a "right" to complain about something that's blatantly bad
So, I need to buy a AAA title to earn my right to complain about it? Do I need to go get my head lopped off too before I can say something about that?

>>193236
>If you don't buy video games, you don't really have any right to complain about the video game industry.
I was about to agree with the rest of your post - but man that is flawed-ass logic there.

Something bad can be called bad by mere fuckin critical thinking alone.

>>193238
I mean you're welcome to have an opinion. But your opinion has literally no effect on the industry and doesn't help anyone. So if it stresses you out to have an opinion about something and your opinion is literally worthless since you don't do anything to make your opinion count....why are you stressing yourself out that way?

If you are not part of the gaming community, why would you stress yourself out by worrying about what the gaming industry is doing?

>>193239
Ah. I see what this is about.

Here, I'll tell you what to quit doing
>if it stresses you out
>why would you stress yourself out by worrying
>affect your life
There.
That's not a factor.

Again, use critical thinking. Opinions, decisions to purchase and not purchase, and thoughts on the state of an industry or lack thereof not only DO matter, they also DON'T exclude people from being in the 'gaming' community.

And this isn't an insular fucking case. Games are an expensive little habit - a community within videogames can and do include people with no buying power to start with.

Unless you need a receipt to go on /v/ and bitch about shit or make a youtube video about MMOs, its never gonna be a factor to be considered in a community. Its about so much fuckin more than that.

So. Say anon IS in the so called gaming community. What then?

>>193240
>Again, use critical thinking. Opinions, decisions to purchase and not purchase, and thoughts on the state of an industry or lack thereof not only DO matter, they also DON'T exclude people from being in the 'gaming' community.
I'd say not buying ANY video games in the last ten years excludes you from being in the "gaming community."

>>193241
And I'd say nothing of the sort. There's no statute of limitations on this. I've been playing video games from my earliest memory to earlier today, 25 years.

I just stopped buying them after I bought Dragon Quest VIII and moved to emulation and steam borrowing.

>>193244
You're too savvy, Anon.
You have to pay a minimum amount of dosh on crap games to be allowed into the Secret Gamer Club and have your opinion validated by our elite squad of NEETs.

Only then can you talk about video games.

>>193244
If most of the games you play are emulated, then why do you care what modern games do? And if the only time you play modern games is when you're borrowing them from someone else, why should modern game developers care about your opinions about games? You will never give them money under any circumstances. You are valueless to them as a consumer.

>>193239
>>193241
>if you haven't sacrificed an arbitrary amount of wealth at the altar of the people who openly hate you, you are Not A Gamer(tm)

Another reason why the Penn Jillette meme continues to be relevant.

>>193247
Look, I know you want to pretend like this is some sort of Tribalism bullshit, but it's not. I don't give a shit if you call yourself a "Gamer" or not. You can identify with whatever subculture you want to! But gaming is a business, not a charity. If you do not do anything to advance the cause of the business, your opinion doesn't matter to the people who are making the games. Which means your opinion also has no meaning in the direction the artform takes.

I'm sorry, that's how the world works. Whether you call yourself a "gamer" or not is meaningless because you do not affect the video game market, and your opinion has absolutely no sway in what games get made and what games don't.

The only thing that affects the direction these businesses go in is money. You do not contribute to the flow of money in and out of the industry, and that means you have no effect on the industry. You are like a tapeworm trying to have a say in what your host has for lunch. And it just doesn't work that way.

Y'all done bitching at each other about pointless shit? Because it's stupid.


So back on topic, anyone try the Project S.T.E.A.M. demo? How does it compare to Valkyria Chronicles for those that played it.

>>193248
>your opinions about something are only valid if you have invested money in it

You're using a shortcut to dismiss opinions you don't want to hear. Someone's opinion on a videogame has no effect on the industry if that person hasn't bought the game - the same is true if that person did buy the game because the industry considers negative reactions invalid input.

>it's not tribalism, I just happened to use the exact same wording as the people who do think like that

Then say what you mean. You were the one talking about the "gaming community" like it's an exclusive club you have to buy into.

>other people can't possibly disagree with me

I'm not the "haven't bought a game in 10 years" anon.

>>193248
Videogame creation and publishing is a business, and unless you create or publish you have no business treating it like its yours.

You're a consumer. A person who entertains themselves with the labour of others and participates in a market amongst millions. Critics don't pay for their review copies, used game clients don't have their money landing in the stockholder's wallets, nor are you doing yourself a favour or expressing yourself as an ally to the industry by feverently defending people who have their own, personal PR departments.

Anon doesn't buy games because of an issue in the industry - they are in their full right to express what they want. Form enough people who say the same thing, and you have a market.

That shit matters, anon.
And you should really take it down a notch.

Well I fucking buy videogames and I think people have the fuckin right to talk shit about a shitty industry they don't buy into anyway. That's the nature of fuckin critique, especially if its meant to elicit change within said shitty industry.

And since its fucking obvious who exactly it is you're talking about, I'd say we all better fucking start talking about your nintendo games and your marios.

Project STEAM looks fuckin okay at best, and I haven't tried the demo (I'll check it out soon) but honestly the aesthetic is an honest to goodess turnoff. If fucking FE Awakening got a recognized Manga author, why the hell can't a western-stylized game have a Comic artist?
Shit, get Amanda Conner. Traditionally comicky based art style, nice and appealing character designs, and probably wouldn't be too tough to emulate in a CG style.

Maybe by the sequel. God knows IS was just pulled back from the edge of the cliff.

>>193253
>but honestly the aesthetic is an honest to goodess turnoff.
It looks better in game.
Not fantastic, but better.

>>193252
Sure is "only chefs have the right to complain about burnt steak" in here.

>>193253
I don't know why people complain about STEAM's aesthetic so much? I know that one of the first things that stood out to be about it was how bland the art design was, but it never struck me as a strong negative so much as the lack of a positive.

>>193259
It's just kinda generic western.
Not a lot of character or nuance.

>>193258
>Sure is "only people who ate the steak have the right to complain about burnt steak" in here.
FTFY

>>193258
You're quoting the wrong guy, it should be directed at >>193248

So we're in agreement. Even if you haven't bought a new video game for a decade you can still easily see (AAA expectations) and comment (I want them to leave) on problems.

The issues of the business of X are not apparent and open for discussion only to those who financially support X, or have done so within a certain amount of time. The world would be a much worse place if this was true.

>>193260
Maybe. It seems more like a Tonka Toy style. Not done with any actual artistic intent, but instead done to just fill in a "how its supposed to look" guide.

I agree with >>193253 something like FE has a lot of personality because they've recently started having a specialized art director on board. Maybe STEAM would benefit from a western artist as well?

Looking STEAM up, I think it'd help a lot to work on the facial expressions. The guy on the left just looks bored going by his face, the guy on the right is in a panic, and somehow either of them are giving a sigh of relief?

>>193277
Original 8 nigga? This ain't SFII. You get them fuckin' unlockables.

>New Mario stuff is lifeless, they don't add anything new and when they do it's so forced
>"New" series Mario games have added more powers and enemies than 2 (No, not Doki Doki Panic) and 3
>They push the Cat Suit obnoxiously hard
>Tanuki Suit in 3 is so focused that the god damn 3 in the title screen's shadow has a Tanuki Tail

//youtube.com/watch?v=W3CNqtmuQJE
Well?

>>193287
>not bringing Snake back as DLC
BOOOOOOOO.

>>193287
that amiibo is gonna be

so

fucked up

>>193297
No shit. Did anyone actually believe this shit? Honestly?

>>193298
There was video, it's pretty hard to fake that compared to just pictures.

>>193303

Hard, not impossible.

Okay
this guy is good.

//youtube.com/watch?v=0gN5DKZw0_Q

I managed to snag a Shulk amiibo that someone else never picked up. I told myself I would never buy one of these, but I just love Xenoblade too much. (I'm also hoping that XCX has some goodies for having the Shulk amiibo...)

>>193303
It'd be more believable if he was selected or the costumes were cycled through.
You'd hope they'd give him his mario outfit.

>>193320
To be fair, even if it was real, selecting him might crash the game.

>>193277
Eh, if you really need one and are ready to pay swedish prices(199kr+shipping) I could help you out with that.
They are a bit more common around here in Kalmar.
Like still in store but only one left as of yesterday common.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/18/nintendo-explains-why-new-3ds-wasnt-released-in-north-america
>Nintendo has revealed it didn't bring the New 3DS to North America as it wanted to create a clear distinction between models for consumers.
In other words, they thought that the American market was too stupid to differentiate between multiple models, despite the DS line having multiple offerings and still retaining the stupid "New" branding.

Also, the quote in the article suggests they'll stop selling the 3DS XL in America, but I haven't heard anything like that.

>>193347
>Nintendo has revealed it didn't bring the New 3DS to North America as it wanted to create a clear distinction between models for consumers.
Maybe they should stop giving them remarkably vague and idiotic names.
Seriously. "New"? That's not a name for a distinct product, that's a sticker you put on grocery items to make them slightly more attractive.

>>193350
Agree 100% here.
I do wonder if they had the same problems with the GameBoy line (Color, Pocket, Advance, etc)
That said, at least all of those had the decency to look substantially different.

The NewDS has... a nub. A poorly placed nub at that.


Back on the topic of naming, at least they're realizing their naming structure needs work. Guess that research and sales numbers for the WiiU got some use after all.

>>193353
>gold amiibo
>retailer exclusivities
>forced scarcity to exacerbate artificial demand inflation lending to increase in word of mouth marketing

Genius. Papa Nintendo does it again.

>>193353
>>193355
>itsokwhennintindodoesit.txt

>>193356
The only thing that angers me about Amiibos is Nintendo's tiny supply for unpopular characters.
These gold variants mean nothing to me.

>>193355
>making amiibos in card form that are less expensive and easier to produce in big numbers

>>193358
This doesn't solve the problem of figure scarcity, though; it does mean that those who want to use the Amiibos as just game pieces won't be SOL. (Also helps collectors because they can keep their figures mint and use the cards instead.)

>>193359
The bigger fun for me is buying the cards, cutting out the chips, and using them to make my own custom amiibos.

>>193358
>cards
>not toys

Do you hate fun

>>193360
Depending on how the cards are shaped, I wonder if this would create a secondary market for bases that cards could be inserted into, or custom figurines. Like playing Fox but tired of looking at his Amiibo? Stick a Fox card in the base for a Gundam figurine!

>>193362
Yeah, or take less popular characters from the same game and make them work as Amiibos. Like put a Fox amiibo card in a, I don't know, Peppy figurine, or a Shulk card in a Riki figurine.

>>193365
Can't wait for those to be bought out and then resold for exorbitant prices!

That first Mario tho

>>193365
Is that even legal?

>>193367
If they partner with Nintendo, sure. Nintendo has been greatly expanding their merchandising, so if they can get more money by making custom versions of the amiibos that are readily available (like Mario) and likely pay the dude pennies for his designs, they will.

How good is LoZ: Link Between Worlds? I usually have a 3 strike rule before I give up on a series and I thought Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks and Skyward Sword all sucked, especially the latter.

>>193370
Much better than the sea, land, and sky trillogy. And I actually liked them.

Drops the hand holding and over simplicity and gets back to the basics of strong level design. Not the strongest mind you, but it feels refreshing to play (In spite of the retread setting).

>>193370
I haven't played but my friend hates those 3 games and loved ALBW. I've heard almost nothing but good things about it.

>>193370
Really really worth it.

ALBW is about as good as isometric Zelda gets.

>>193382
Sir, are you implying that ALBW is better than LttP? Because I can't condone that at all.

>>193386
They're at least saying its on the same level.

Yeah they're about the same. Basic combat, light puzzles, good music. About the same as the others, except for Spirit Tracks and Ages which are both awful and Hourglass which is aggressively mediocre.

>>193391
I was surprised how much I didn't like Ages considering I thought Seasons was a ton of fun. Those games really are more different from each other than they get credit for.

I'd also lump Minish Cap in as being mediocre though. I mean, it's well made in a lot of ways but for some reason I just found it incredibly boring the last few times I tried to play through it.

>>193391
I'd be so bold to say Ages and Tracks where better than Hourglass. Much better dungeons, more interesting overworlds.

>>193392
The dungeons in ages are just mostly kind of bad and the overworld isn't as interesting. I always use a password gen when I replay Seasons so I won't have to do Ages.

But in the end even the good ones just make me go "eh, video games." They lack the personality of the 3d ones, even SS (whose many crimes are gameplay related for the most part).

//youtube.com/watch?v=D27IkB3-dHg

>>193430
//youtube.com/watch?v=yw7dlXrkrEU

>>193430
Mario maker is gonna be so fucked up....

>>193494
At least it's for a product that's meant to be limited edition.

I wish I could just take my wii u with me.
If they make a New Wii U and the gamepad can just convert into a portable system and continue playing games on the go then I'd be all for that.
Sounds expensive though

>>193526
Heh, I have taken my Wii U places.
You just need to find an outlet for it.
But I guess you're talking about taking it on the buss and stuff.

By the way do you dude check toystores for amiibos?

//youtube.com/watch?v=7FRm_F9QUp0

//youtube.com/watch?v=hYdjA2Kn9nc

Nice analysis on Super Mario Sunshine's worlds.

I don't know, I tried Mario Party 9, and there's really nothing fun about sharing that car.
Why bring that back?

>>193609
I liked the one-car system. It definitely makes the game go quicker (perhaps the biggest gripe about the series).

Mario Party is best as a painfully protracted spectator sport so I don't support speeding it up.

Especially when it gets serious competition

I hope Pokecapn can get a 5th for bowser party.

>>193653
You know exactly why.

>>193653

Because he's a pretty good actor? Even back in TNG when a lot of the material the writers gave him was completely lousy, he did a decent job of selling it.

>>193655
One of the better audiobook narrators I've listened to, too. I don't like him as much as James Marsters, but I'm generally pleased with his performances anyway.

>>193652
Pretty cool. I didn't even recognize it was him when playing the demo.

What is the apparent controversy surrounding him?

>>193673
If the name Wesley Crusher doesn't ring a bell, Wheaton used to play a really notorious Gary Stu on Star Trek. The other issue I can think of is he's a bit of a tryhard when it comes to embracing "nerd cred", though I don't think he's insincere about it either.

>>193674
Plus, he's a relatively popular minor celebrity in the nerdosphere. There are a certain category of "gatekeeper" among nerd circles that is greatly offended by anyone ascending to even minor celebrity status without their having personally granted them permission.

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/xenoblade_chronicles_x/b/wii_u/archive/2015/03/06/new-direct-focuses-on-the-battle-system-and-character-progression.aspx
New Direct for Xenoblade X. Not too happy about the prospect of exclusive party members unless there's a way to get them at a later time.

>>193680
That battle theme is shaping up to be the next Before My Body is Dry with that gratuitous rap.

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/new-3ds-xl-release-date-your-faceplate-fever-will-have-be-channeled-buyable-421653

Well its something

http://xenobladex.jp/battle/battle01.html
Neato. Now if someone could remove the vocals.

>>193767
>more bad English rap
Man, Xenoblade Chronicles has such an amazing soundtrack. I really hope that this rap is just a bad attempt at marketing and there's extremely little in the final game.

>>193776
Fuck yes, just like this.

>>193777
It's just how Sawano rolls. Remember Kill la Kill and Guilty Crown?
My big problem is that Sawano's gotten complacent and XCX sounds like a derivative rehash of all his other works. It was an issue that plagued his Aldnoah OST as well.

//youtube.com/watch?v=g5uwUOEL6gY

>>193789
Having to wait and not seeing where the enemy is in a Turn Based Strat game. Stop the fucking presses.

>>193793
Reviews seem to be divided based on this fact.

Personally, I think it's perfect.

>>193793
>Having to wait
Not to this absurd degree. Usually programmers are clever enough to implement some shortcuts when it comes to calculating movement of enemies outside of your view. If enemies in Xcom move around and you don't see them, you might only hear a bit of rustling and their round is over. It might be a hardware limitation, but then don't make a game like this, if the 3DS can't handle it.

//youtube.com/watch?v=dBmIkEvEBtA

Great analysis.

>>193815
>Game can throw too many concepts at you at once.
Okay that's total bullshit, but it's a good analysis and I enjoy the games.
Fun as 3D world levels are, they (for the most part) have a strong shade of predictability to them. I'd be happy to take a galaxy or 64/sunshine any day. 3D 'place' games ultimately feel like filler to me.

We phone games now?

NINTENDO'S DROPPING CONSOLES

>>193817
Maybe.
>>193818
No.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/17/nintendo-to-develop-smartphone-games-featuring-nintendo-characters

Looks like a third party, DeNA, is going to develop the games. I seriously hope this isn't another Phillips CDi (though we can use some memes to replace "MAH BOY").

>>193818
Not even close. And we get this:
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39863/dedicated-nintendo-hardware-the-nx-in-development-new-membership-service-also-in-the-works
>The NX has been dubbed as a “new hardware system with a brand-new concept” which will make full use of the membership service as a core element of the system. Nintendo plans to reveal more about the console next year.
It sounds like this isn't 9th Gen hardware, but a competitor for Playstation TV. And, because of how these things work with Nintendo, it will never be released outside of Japan.

>>193822
The timing lines up with what I expect for a new Nintendo console.

Well, NOT selling out certainly wasn't making them any money.

>>193825
Do amiibos count as "selling out".
Because they certainly sold out of them.

>>193823
If they reveal it at E3 2016, then it will likely be released late 2017/early 2018. That gives the Wii U a cycle of five+ years; so, yeah, that's about right. However, if it is the Wii U successor it will still be the initial foray into 9th gen and I don't think Nintendo has learned their lesson about hardware capabilities; that means that it will once again be sidelined when the Xbox Dos and PS5 come out.

The phrase "full use of membership services as a core element of the system" is what leads me to believe it's a Nintendo TV (especially since they've tried to do something like it with TVii). Or it could just mean "we finally, fully realized how fucked up our internet connectivity has been, so we're going to copy+paste XBox Live".

>>193825
I'm not quite ready to call this "selling out". If they still produce quality games, likely of a smaller scale than the handheld/console counterparts, then it's diversification in recognition of their massive stumblings with the Wii U and 3DS. On the other hand, if they release a title like "Mario Jump", "Angry Fox", or "Flappy Zero" then they have completely sold out.

While they have certainly sold out now, I don't recall anyone accusing SEGA of selling out when they dropped their hardware business. A lot of their early software-only effort was in porting, though...

>“Internally, we had a lot of strategic meetings,” he said. “The one big solution was always that there’s a giant IP holder in the market that hasn’t stepped into the smartphone environment. Really, the reason they were convinced that they wanted to work with us was that we were so determined to work with them that we have really been talking to them since 2010. Yes, we were talking to them for a long, long time.

>“Finally, Nintendo became ready to do this. And we were ready the whole time.”

http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/17/dena-west-ceo-nintendo-became-ready-to-do-this-and-we-were-ready-the-whole-time/#

>>193838
>I'm not quite ready to call this "selling out".
Any time Nintendo does anything, including continuing to exist, some people will see it as selling out. People really *want* to be able to think of Nintendo as EA.

The only gross thing about Nintendo is how they treat let's players and that's motivated out of completely idiotic antiquated notions and a failure at even the base level of understanding what it even is.

It just seems like what MS does with their Xbox - Phone - Surface connectivity. Nothing to panic about - its not even a radical change.
So I bought Shovel Knight on 3DS, maybe I'll play it on my tablet now.

Look into how the xbox does it, its kinda interesting if it weren't for the games.

>>193851
Agreed.
It's great that they're cool with fan games for the most part, but their stance on LPs just seem short sighted.

>>193850
>>193851
Pokémon Shuffle's business model.

>If the money starts flowing in from mobile, does it make sense that Nintendo would invest it in lower-margin, higher-risk premium console games? Or would it simply realize that it needs to re-invest in creating ever more sophisticated mobile games?

>That is what I meant when I said a year ago that you do not get a little bit pregnant. Nintendo is not going to make a huge movement into a fast-growing, financially lucrative segment of the gaming market and then slow-roll it. If mobile turns out to be driving huge profits, it starts to wag the dog. Eventually, from the perspective of some investors or analysts, any slightly underperforming console game is a missed opportunity that should have been mobile.

>How long until mobile consumers start demanding not Pokemon Shuffle, but full-on Pokemon role-playing games? From some of the responses that I’m seeing on my Facebook wall, that seems to be exactly what many players are expecting will come out of this move.

>In other words, we’ll start to hear “Well, it’s nice, but why isn’t it on my phone?” more often. And as that shift keeps happening, consumers might start finding fewer reasons to buy Nintendo hardware. What that means for Nintendo’s games is anyone’s guess.

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/nintendo-mobile-analysis/

which region got shafted most in the later years of the Club?

>>193869
It's a solid argument, but then again from what I've seen analysts never seem to figure out what Nintendo's going to do until they've already done it.

So I apparently only have 300 coins, but there is nothing that I want or don't already own for that amount. I want to hope that there will be another prize rotation before the program ends this summer, but I doubt it.

>>193964
You could get a code and barter it for something.

http://www.playboy.com/videos/gamer-next-door-splatoon

>>193973
>Andre Segers in a Playboy video
I never thought the day would come ;u;

Leave it to Drew to make the Fury longer than the End.

I didn't even know that there was a NGE game on N64.

Wish they did Raising Project instead.

What's important is that Misato's superiority got recognized.

>>194011
Raising Project is great, Shinji and Kaworu engage in intense Shower Bonding.

So
Thousand Year Door 3DS.

The leak is probably fake... but is it something you'd like to see?

>>194024
I'd much rather have a new Paper Mario, a real one, not like SPM or Sticker Star.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39938/nintendo-newsletter-wait-something-else-happened-today
It was mentioned that Xenoblade Chronicles sold better in the west than in Japan. And that's with a very limited release in the states.

Yet I'm sure we still won't get X for at least many months.

>>194037
>Before Zelda Wii U got the tea table treatment
Hahah I love how thats totally a thing now.

I'm surprised we won't even be hearing about Zelda U even at their E3 report.

From the sound of things it sounds like developers stumbled onto a couple of "Spider-Man 2 Web Swinging Mechanics" and need a lot more time to see if they can get this or that working and added.

>>194040
We gonna be able to do more with the Hook Shot than just zip from point A to B?

>>194042
I always felt tightrope combat would be a cool Zelda thing.

>>194043
Bring back those upward and downward thrust attacks we see in Brawl that come from Zelda II

>>194044
FUCK YEAH, LEAP OFF EPONA INTO A SWORD BASED RED HOT KICK

>>194042
I doubt it's actually using the hookshot, though that would be neat. More likely they are using the open-world concept (think more Skyrim, less Ocarina of Time) to have more optional sidequests and, perhaps, alternative endings.

>>194046
Long as the dungeons are less Skyrim and more...Zelda.
And quests are better than Skyrim quests.

>>193999
>Those villagers names
When you see it...

>>194049
Haha, oh wow

>>194049
What, Carpet Mice?

>>194056
Mat Rodents

>>194046
>alternative endings
Might be neat, although the Zelda series was never famous for its storytelling ability.

>>194058
True, but it has a lot of lore to pull from.

>>194059

Yea, most the games are alternate timelines of others anyway.

//youtube.com/watch?v=zwIhEXVRCog
Awwwww shit.

>Nintendo Direct
All of my meh. Not a single word about X, of course. Even just re-confirming a 2015 release state-side would be nice (Japan gets it at the end of the month.)

Ugh both Fire Emblems look so awful

>>194083
I NEED THAT SPLATOON AMIIBO!

>>194085
SMT x FE looks terrible, but FE:If actually looks pretty cool. I wish Hoshodi and Nohr weren't so obviously black and white (with of course Japan's noble bloodline being the good path) but the choices still both sound fun to play.

>>194085
Given how little has been shown of either of them, I'm assuming your primary reason for saying that is because they're anime styled.

>>194084
There has been a steady stream of new information about X all year. There's not really much need for new information. I guess a reconfirmation of an english release would be nice, but lately it's seemed like there's been a new X piece every day on Siliconera.

>>194087
Yeah here's some bits of info:

"oh okay so in Japan this is sold as two games, you buy one and can get the other storyline as discounted DLC.

There is a 3rd storyline that is also DLC

Stuff
-Enemy Units can now Pair Up against you
-Dynamic Maps, interact with them to create new ways to traverse the map. Bridges, walls, etc.
-Bigger maps (From what it seems) "

>>194088
Also it's not about it being "anime" as that doesn't mean anything. The characters do look quite awful though.

>>194088
Not that person, but I'm more upset that SMT x FE doesn't seem to have any sign of established characters from either SMT or FE. It's like hoping for X-Men Legends and the game turning out to be X-Men Destiny.

>>194092
But haven't those characters already been confirmed in an earlier trailer? Wikipedia seems to suggest they have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Megami_Tensei_X_Fire_Emblem

>>194089
Oh, yeah, a lot of details are known, but I'm just antsy because of how the whole localization thing went with the original, so just a mention in a Direct would be nice.

>>194092
You can see Tiki in this trailer actually

Smash bros vote:
https://cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/

Remember that ice climbers are technologically not viable and that Microsoft owns banjo kazooie
Also that we'll probably just get whoever they want anyway and those characters will be rehashes from old games or shoto style clones.

>>194098
So everyone's voting Groose, Geno, Riki and Kumatora, right?

>>194099
Wonder Red you boob!

Now we're guaranteed never to see Snake again due to Konami's fuckery.

>>194099
>>194100
Cranky Kong, you whippersnappers.

>>194098
//youtube.com/watch?v=IL_gP-73FeI

>>194098
I chose Isaac from Golden Sun. Good moveset potential and an underrepresented series.

I'm torn between Ray from CustomRobo, Krystal from StarFox, and Isaac from Golden Sun. Also Shovel Knight and Mach Rider.
(Avoiding characters I want like Midna that are in already as assists)

I really REALLY want Snake back in because he was a ray of sunshine in the travesty that was Brawl, but on the other, we already have two rehashes for DLC coming up...
Also he's 3rd party...

>>194107
After all the bullshit that went down between Konami and Kojima, I'm not sure if having Snake would be stepping on the toes of Kojima since he's not really his anymore, or be more of a middle finger to Konami by focusing the spotlight further on Kojima's own creation and not Konami's other franchises. I definitely don't think they deserve to have Simon anymore.

Konami as a company strikes me as insecure.
Too afraid of how they might look to other companies.

Since Hyrule Warriors showed off the potential, Majora's Mask kid Link who uses masks to fight and has a totally different moveset from Toon and regular Link. Maybe a Splatoon. Third-party/Konami that isn't Snake? Simon Belmont or Bill Rizer/Lance Bean. Actually, if you go with the Contra guys, you can have a Koopa Jr. kind of deal where the other colors are other characters. Bill, Lance, Probotector, Lucia, that one Samurai dude from Neo Contra.

It should be Shovel Knight or Wonder Red

>>194113
This. It looks like a completely new IP. Even if the two series may have significant amounts of influence and character cameos in the game after all, they sure made a deceptive trailer for it.

>>194113
>FEif looks okay. I'm not too jazzed about the whole Pokémon version route they're taking
Pokemon was at least at base the same game in both versions. Its kinda fucked up how they bring up 'in game choice' but you gotta pay extra to be able to access said choice.

Mass Effect

Paragon Edition.

Woo.

The whole 'the main character is the player character' thing sorta pisses me off tbh.

>>194113
When I first saw the trailer I thought it was Conception II (having only seen a few trailers for that particular game.)

>>194115
But if you're getting a different story and different maps in both routes, doesn't that make it *less* annoying than Pokemon, where they basically just make one game with tweaked encounter rates?

>>194117
Less annoying, maybe. But at the very least the two pokemon games are interchangeable. You buy one you get the full experience yaaaaaaaaay

Like, you gotta admit its kinda fucked up how they split a campaign between two games.

>>194117
It's actually less so because you don't feel like you have to shell out for the other game in order to get a mostly complete experience as long as you've got a friend. This has more in common with Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain.

The third campaign requires both the others.

>>194117
No, with Pokemon all you usually miss out on are a couple Pokemon that they want you to trade with other people for. A little multiplayer and you have the full game, all species, all story, nothing cut (although Ruby/Sapphire had the game act slightly different, it was mostly the same.) This has you either pay for a game three times, or miss out on two thirds of it.

>>194118
>Like, you gotta admit its kinda fucked up how they split a campaign between two games.

They didn't though. They made two games that start from a common point.

I mean I know how this argument goes because I've had it before, so I know that all these people are going to shout about how "No, we deserve both games if we buy one of them," but I stand by my point. If they have completely different levels and a completely different story beyond the prologue, these are two separate games.

>>194125
I'm not convinced yet.
In many games, you'd have different factions for different campaigns. Splitting those up into multiple games seems like a cash grab.
I'll wait for reviews and impressions.

Yes, many games have had multiple campaigns. Know what some of those games were called? FUCKING FIRE EMBLEM

It's a naked, disgusting cash grab. However right now that model is exclusive to Japan.

Also I like how not only is FE finally giving into the JRPG temptation to have a Not Japan, they're the obvious good guys versus the Imperial West, and they're even going to the old "Japanese Emigres are either our allies or blood traitors" thing.

>>194125
>No, we deserve both games if we buy one of them
Well then I guess I'll stop complaining because I'm definitely not buying this game if they bring that business model here with it.

>>194127
>Blah blah blah I'm entitled to $60 worth of work because I gave this company $40.

>>194130
>>194127
We don't know the value of any of these games just yet.
Take a breather. It's not worth getting worked up over it right now.

>>194141
My sides