Glen-i

I've got your back! Next League night Thursday 4th June 8pm @Glen\-i NNID: Glen-i 2. @RedShell NNID: RedShell 3. Nando NNID:nekunando 4. @BowserBasher NNID: BowserBasher 5. @dazzybee NNID: DarrenBolton 6. @Bullet Will NNID: 57-575 7. @Phube NNID:Phubey Group 2: Clownferret is host, add NNID: clownferret 1. @Hamishmash NNID: Hamish 2. @Pestneb NNID: Sjonpi 3. @Dcubed NNID: Nuclear_Muffin 4. @Clownferret NNID: clownferret 5. @Brian58 NNID: Hairdresser14 6. @Jimbob NNID: Jimbob-NE 7. @viceview51 NNID: viceview51 2 groups now, make sure you know which one you're in. Any one else wanting to join in, designate yourself to the right group.

I'm more than happy to host Group 1. Seeing as ClownFerret will probably be in Group 2 now. Right! Time to get the super obnoxious text out... Shouldn't have to, but that's what it's come to... SERIOUSLY! CHECK IF I'M ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST! ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT NORMALLY IN GROUP 1! DO IT NOW! NOT AT 7:45. NOW!

That's starting to sound like poetry... THAT IS FAR TOO CULTURED FOR THIS BOARD! STOP IT!

For the record, I'm not a big fan. If I actually bought this game instead of borrowing DCubed's copy, I would have regretted it massively.

Oh my daze! That Samus is all sorts of wrong! Seriously, what's up with her back? This is bad news, now eBay is going to be even trickier to work around... Trust me, the Rosalina Amiibo makes your collection anything but modest.

That's my point though. When there aren't items to slow you down and everyone goes at the speed you go when you have 0 coins, Acceleration, handling and grip mean nothing. So heavy is the only reasonable choice. So basically, my Mii has to fatten up. Because everyone else is just going to do that.

Sounds like someone wants a table!

Well now I'm even more convinced that the Pokemon Company stepped in and said "No, that's a bad Yoshi!" I need to know why they're being so over-protective. So much potential for those Pokemon Amiibo's are being squandered! This could have actually been a thing, guys! At least my Greninja Amiibo won't go totally to waste...

I like a challenge when it's not overly frustrating. The majority of times I lost someone in Fire Emblem GBA was because I got unlucky. That's not fun, I don't want to have to start a mission again because the game just decided "That's a perfectly viable tactical move you just did, shame about the 2% critical hit chance you just got nailed with" I get that you like a challenge, but to think that everyone should have to play the way you want them to play because they should challenge themselves is bordering on arrogant. Not everyone is good at games, some people like to coast. And as long as that doesn't affect how I play games, it shouldn't really matter to me. Some people might have played Awakening for the story alone. But what if they're not very good at Fire Emblem? Should they be punished because they can't get their heads around it?

I think it should be changed to "Oh snap, Serebii was right" Some of you owe him an apology, that was one brutal dog pile.

You're missing out key words in what I said. I said "The customer doesn't always know best". And I never once said that the thoughts of customers wasn't important, I'm merely saying that the small minority of people who played the older games opinions are not the only ones that matter. And if games should be made to please people. Then clearly, Awakening pleased a lot of people, right? But it's the people who remained silent who ended up buying the game and helping it rocket up to a record high as far as Fire Emblem goes. It's all well and good being vocal about it, but there are loads of people who I can guarantee enjoyed the game precisely because it didn't have perma-death. And I like I said before, I'm one of them. You take that out and BAM! There goes quite a sizable portion of the sales. And I think Perma-death being optional made Awakening a better game. Well, OK, good point. I can't deny that a good debate is a lot of fun. Oh my daze! What's wrong with me? Well, they are a business. AC? Is that Assassin's Creed or Animal Crossing? Or are both of those guesses wrong? I'm getting a bit confused now. Anyway, microtransactions all depend on how ethical it all is. But that's a whole different topic altogether... Just want to weigh in here and say Splatoon is not better for the lack of voice chat. The game clearly cries out for it. Due to it's heavy co-op nature. Don't care if you didn't ask me.

If every customer could choose how a game should be made, that game would be an utter train wreck! The customer doesn't always know best when it comes to making games. I've said it before, Awakening did fantastic because it didn't only cater to the old-school fanbase needs. It made the game more appealing for people like me to buy. And clearly, from a business point of view, it was a good decision. To go back to how the previous games worked would be completely idiotic. The games development does not revolve around you just because you've been playing them more than others. If they flat out remove a feature you enjoy, then you have every right to complain, but until then, moaning about a feature you never have to use is a complete waste of time. Especially if that feature is a massive selling point that helps to sell copies. If you go to Intelligent Systems and tell them that they should take non-perma death out of this game because you think the game is worse off for it, you'd be laughed out of the front door!

Baby Park is going to be the most snooze inducing race I've ever been in. Mii's an odd choice of character... The heavier ones will have an advantage, seeing as Acceleration will have no point this week.

I never once complained about the examples you posted. Just want to point that out. But since when was it your right to demand how things should be when it comes to how a game is made? Intelligent Systems wants to use the massive success of Awakening to help this new one do well. Whether or not the old fanbase like it or not doesn't really matter, because quite frankly, the old fanbase is not enough of an incentive. I mean, where the hell is Advance Wars? Advance Wars is in a limbo state because it wasn't really doing that well. People can rave about how good it is all they like. But the harsh truth is that, it just wasn't appealing enough to the majority of players (Me included). This kind of stubborn "Change is bad" attitude is why game series become less and less successful over time. You should be happy that Fire Emblem has grown from such a niche series to a veritable Smash hit, but instead you gripe and complain because "it's not how I want it!" If it was how you wanted it, Awakening would have had no hope of doing as well as it did.

Well, as long as he keeps it in spoilers. I want to know nothing of this game, even the stuff that's not in it.

Do you even know the Pokemon fanbase? Guarantee that if you asked the Explorers of Sky players what Pokemon they chose, the majority of them would say Riolu. Like, Riolu's popularity is so ridiculously high, Meowth isn't even in the same universe. Anyway, YAY! That text speed is reasonable! No idea what two Pokemon I'm going with this time though...

I tell you what. I'll buy that if I can hit people with the guitar.

This guy! Give this guy a medal! Or failing that, a Secret Book! Complaining that an optional feature of the game is somehow "Ruining" or "Dumbing down" your Fire Emblem is total and utter horse manure. Permadeath is still there! Go ahead and use it all you like. And I guarantee that Pokemon Amie: Fire Emblem edition is entirely optional as well. (Even if it does look quite creepy to me) Let me tell you something, the option to turn Permadeath off in Awakening is the only reason I picked it up! And I guarantee I'm not the only one. I've tried Fire Emblem GBA. Absolutely hate it. It's just overly frustrating. During Awakening, I still tried my best to not let anyone lose all their HP, despite playing casual. It's just nice to not have to be punished so much because I made a slight miscalculation or because I got screwed over by the RNG. Being referred to as the "Lowest common denominator" is downright insulting. You know, for all the talk I see around here of niche series like F-Zero or until the new one was announced, Starfox, not getting the success people think they deserve. All this backlash over features the "core gamer" disapprove of for the sake of more sales is extremely hypocritical.

Pokemon Art Academy is pretty much going to slap down any hope of Pokemon Amiibo being compatible. I mean, the main selling point is the Pokemon subject images, why mitigate that? (I bought it for the markers though) BTW, I only just realised... That's less than New Art Academy and Pokemon Art Academy. And it's only one more main lesson than the original DS title (Which was just 2 DSiWare titles slammed together). That's not exactly good if you like the lessons. (Which I do)

Backing up Jonnas here. The best thing that Nintendo does with colours is know when to tone it down.

Wow @Sprout. Congrats! Generally chuffed for you. You should open them. Poor Mario must be close to suffocating by now! Now you gotta get Lucas when that comes out. Seeing as people are posting their collections. I'm gonna show off my big, huge, immense, gigantic, humongous and downright ludicrous in number Amiibo collection BEHOLD! Yeah, I know. Just makes you wanna give up trying, huh?

Personally, I think you're mad to actually not want to use Gyro controls to aim. The game is designed around gyro controls, because gyro controls allow more accurate aiming. And anyway, this only works for the 1 on 1 mode, right? So the gamepad player doesn't have an advantage.

Oh, ha ha ha! Aren't we painfully witty? I think Puzzle and Dragons Z is a better game than Splatoon. And you know what? That's OK. For the record, Mario Party 10 has given me more entertainment and M Vs DK doesn't interest me one bit. You don't know me at all!

So I'll come out and say it. I was partly wrong in my initial judgement of this. I say partly because while it's pretty good, I was correct not to buy it due to it's heavy focus on online multiplayer, it would just be a waste. And to me, the game isn't that amazing. It's fun, but I could see myself getting bored very quickly. It doesn't grab me like Smash or Mario Kart. But credit where credit is due. This is a valiant new IP and I wish it all the best, but this doesn't even come close to being considered for my GOTY 2015.

Finally! My ninja Frog got shipped! I've been waiting bloody ages for that!