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Gaming Soon Oct 4 2013

GotGame - In today's episode, we discuss some of the events included in Nintendo's recent 'Direct' video, including Sonic's re-inclusion in Smash Brothers, Kirby's new outing on the 3DS, A Link Between Worlds and Bravely Default.

All this and more on this week's Gaming Soon!

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The Switch’s most underrated Kirby game is 30% off right now

It’s multiplayer madness in the Nintendo Switch Humble sale thanks to discounted access to some of the best Mario and Kirby games out there.

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Classic Zelda turns 10

The Nintendo 3DS' The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is now 10 years old, yet remains a remarkable experience.

kythlyn900d ago

Calling this classic feels so weird to me. It's still the newest game in the old style... hope they make another one.

FinalFantasyFanatic899d ago

I would love a remake of Link to the Past, one in a similar vain to Link's Awakening.

Neonridr900d ago

it was an awesome game and utilized the 3D very well on the 3DS. A Link to the Past is one of my favorite Zelda games, so this one being a true sequel to that title really hit home with me.

franwex900d ago

I bought this very long ago, and it’s still in my backlog!

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Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition

NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.

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Kakashi Hatake1089d ago

Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.

NotoriousWhiz1089d ago

You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.

gerbintosh1089d ago

Not according to the creator, Sakurai. Link below

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

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CrimsonWing691089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211089d ago

because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.

CrimsonWing691089d ago

@NatsuXTheMaxspeed21

I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.

When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.

Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.

Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…

Immagaiden1089d ago

What’s next, you gonna say Mario Kart isn’t a racing game?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211089d ago

oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .

Immagaiden1089d ago

I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?

What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?

repsahj1088d ago

"Only kids and kids at heart check for mario kart and smash".

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FallenAngel19841089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter

PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter

danglyparts1088d ago

You're correct, it isn't traditional. It's a fighting game though.

repsahj1088d ago

Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.

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MrNinosan1089d ago

Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.

NotoriousWhiz1089d ago

I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.

MrNinosan1089d ago

"and here's how it competes against other fighters"

No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211089d ago

Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.

NotoriousWhiz1089d ago

I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.

Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.

PapaBop1089d ago

While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.

Thundercat771089d ago

And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.

Immagaiden1089d ago

Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB

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Ezio20481089d ago

Given the volume of games released, I would say Tekken has sold the best.

lodossrage1089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.

Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?

With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?

With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?

There are a lot of variables at play here

Ezio20481089d ago

Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.

CS71088d ago

Yeah, i realized that too. Very interesting.

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