This whole thing reminds me of how jilted EA acted when Nintendo dared to say no to Origin.
I hope this doesn't become a trend. Shit slinging through the press like this makes no one look good at all.
I agree. IMO, Nintendo has been much more active with the 3DS than they have with previous generations. I personally haven't seen them pump out as much first party content as they have with the 3DS in a similar time frame. Nintendo fans are usually used to 2-4 year waits for the really big stuff, but Nintendo has done a great job of keeping the games coming at a regular, frequent pace.
In terms of third party, we're starting to see things wake up there a bit, as well....
Hard decision for me. I've played mostly portable games this gen, so I don't have a lot of personal experience with the mega budget, AAA PS360 games. So this is based on what I played, and is saying NOTHING about all of the other popular choices, who are all very deserving.
My favorite console game is Super Mario Galaxy 2. This game just oozes creativity. There has been so many times where I just wanted to stand there and look at the levels. The gameplay was amazing, ...
I don't know why, but Justice for All seems to be pretty rare. It's no 1991 WC gold cart, but it's easily the hardest of the phoenix games to track down for some reason. It's the most expensive of the 5 AA games on Ebay, as well.
I think Nintendo will advertize when there's a reason to advertize the system.
Making a new ad right now would be a waste of money. I think that once their system selling IP's get close, we'll see a strong ad campaign. Right now, there isn't a lot on the system for Nintendo to sell.
I think the Gamepad can do a lot of awesome stuff, but unfortunately, it's stuff that needs to be experienced first hand. It's the kind of stuff that's harder to capture in a :30 promo. Hopefully they come up with a remedy.
Also, it's great to see that Ubisoft sees the Wii U situation for what it is, instead of having a knee-jerk reaction like a few other publishers. There are people waiting for Nintendo to get into gear with their games. Nintendo obviously ru...
I agree. Those are the types that think that they should only play M rated games because they're adults and it says 17+ on the box. They then go on to call people who play stuff like Mario and Pokemon Man children.
I saw someone not too long ago saying Nintendo needs more M rated games. Statements like that get to me regardless of platform because a game doesn't need an M rating to appeal to adults. It's sad that people game with that philosophy.
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Wow. Never thought I'd see the day considering how complex the licensing situation for the game was.
I'll definitely be buying this. One of the best games I've ever played. It proved that licensed games could be legit, too.
In addition to that, the DS had Kirby's Mass Attack, Okamiden, Ghost Trick, Radiant Historia, Professor Layton: The Last Spectre, and Pokemon Black 2 come out in 2011-2012. That's not too bad considering that for a majority of them the 3DS was already released.
So it's not like the DS didn't get late gems. Ghost Trick is one of my favorite games on the system.
My DS Phat was probably the most durable system I've ever owned. I bought it used about 5 years ago, so I don't know how old it is, but damn that thing took hits like a champ. I've dropped the thing numerous times, and it always came out well. It eventually did break a bit, but even then it took dropping it on a hardwood floor from chest level, squarely on one of the hinges.
It went downhill from there(The top screen's color is messed up), but it still works ...
I remember hearing that originally Nintendo really wanted to make the original Luigi's Mansion in 3D, but the tech wasn't there for it.
So it doesn't surprise me that they wanted this on 3DS.
Ah. It's been a long time since I've heard Victor Lucas' name. Judgement Day was one of my favorite shows on G4.
Their scoring is very personal/subjective, but to me the show wasn't really about that. I loved that they had two people with different views giving their unfiltered opinion about these games. They weren't afraid of saying they disliked hyped games. It led to some pretty interesting banter. This is all based on the Tommy/Vic era, btw. My favori...
I could see them doing a kart racer type of deal.
However, I thought of Nuts & Bolts when I read that title. I didn't personally like it, but they could be giving that another try.
Congrats to the Vita for hitting an important milestone. Hopefully things will get at least as close as DS/PSP soon.
3DS will always be more important to me personally, but it's good to see things looking up for the Vita.
With a system like that, it was only a matter of time until things picked up.
I'm seriously past the point of caring about these labels. The bottom line is, I'm going to play what I want, regardless of what label people want to judgmentally place on a game.
I own a 3/DS and own about 30 games between the two formats. Some of them are what people here would consider "casual" and some games (pokemon, etc), have a target audience much younger than I. I simply don't give a damn. I look at each of my games as a game I enjoy playing. I...
I agree that those numbers are terrible, and I'm not exactly defending them. I do know, however, that there are lots of Nintendo fans right now looking for a reason to buy the system. I myself am one of those.
I look at the lineup and I see nothing there for the Nintendo-only consumer. I own HD consoles as well, but imagine how that lineup looks to someone who played the Wii all gen. You have a 2D mario game, Nintendo land, and a bunch of sequels to franchises that never ...
I hope so. I never played these games, but boy do I want to. There aren't many Zelda games that I haven't played and beaten, and these are two of them.
February was the back half of a major game drought for the system, so the low numbers should be expected.
Now, if they stay this low despite having actual reasons to own the system, that would be the time to start worrying.
I've been a fan of the Pokemon games since Red and Blue, and I have absolutely no plans to change that. I have so many memories over the years. So many stories revolving around these games that I'll never forget. The crazy thing is, the games are still pretty good after all these years. Even if one generation slacks off in one regard, it always seems to compensate for it in another area.
The Pokemon series will always be welcome in my game collection.
I wouldn't go that far, but I agree. I don't remember seeing this much stuff so early in the DS life cycle. First party wise, Nintendo has been on a tear in the portable space.
I'm a little concerned that they may run out of gas, but Nintendo is acting differently with its portables lately. For example, those that have been with Nintendo portables for a while know how crazy 3 sets of core pokemon games in 3 years is. I wouldn't assume anything in regard to tra...