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Of course there's no markers. It's PEGI 3 and it's Nintendo, they don't want the kids getting high.

Not the first time I've been moved into group 1 at the last second as a result of Emerald's brother. He has a big advantage. He can move up the league table and never it seems has to worry about being in group 1. I understand the reason but it's always the advantage, never the disadvantage as far as I can see.

I better not get turfed into group 1. It's borderline as a result of the latecomers.

2 days is the norm really. Games like Super Mario 3D World(93%) which reviewed well right up to Kirby and the Rainbow Curse(73%) which didn't review well have had their review embargoes lifted 2 days before release. I think it's going to suit Splatoon because I can see a good few bad reviews forthcoming and the tight margin between review and release will prevent cancellations. New Splattershot Jr. Weapon Trailer Wii U - Don't Miss the Splatoon Global Testfire! Scanning amiibo in Splatoon

And another thing. You're talking about a company that can't even get Pokemon on the Wii U. Their own franchise, what chance has anything else got if they can't manage that? I hate the $h1t but surely it would help somewhat. Another piece of crap announced for the 3DS today. How many is that now?

Nintendo eShop - Swords & Soldiers II Launch Trailer

It has expired.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/05/nintendo_is_discontinuing_the_basic_8gb_wii_u_in_japan_standalone_white_32gb_unit_taking_its_place It's about time. Whatever about at the start of its life, 8GB's is just not practical. There's less than 3GB's of memory left after updates and the majority of retail games are larger than that.

Yes. I own Art Academy on the DS. It was fine yes with its tutorials but there weren't very many and there wasn't a whole lot to the title really. I think I paid either €25 or €30. I wouldn't be in a rush to do that again. The new thing for this one seems to be the stop motion animation feature. I'll see what else they show at E3 but no way am I paying €30 for a HD big screen canvas when I've the DS version and I think it's just not worth the upgrade. The Youtube upload feature will be a nice addition. My drawing skills are atrocious though. It's like something out of playschool.

I thought I seen either €2.99 or €3.99. I too thought the early adopters would get a better discount. Seems pretty pricy for an art app. Is there really so much more content to have a ten fold increase in the price? Edit: The € price is €3.99.

The site's back working now though there's no £5 discount anymore. I got to the checkout at 00.10 last night but got "error 400" messages.

Yes it can be switched off. Press the "HOME" button, then click "controller settings" in the top right hand corner, then under the "gamepad settings" header select "settings", down the bottom you find an option to turn "rumble" on or off.

@S\.C\.G I'd a look online. Turns out Mario Party 10's points expire on 29th August this year which is unusual because most other recent games like Smash and Treasure Trackers codes expired at the end of March. Weird. Is there any other recently released game that has points yet to expire?

I wonder did they shut it down on purpose. Maybe too many people may have been milking it. There were £10 games and people were getting 50% off. Like Injustice was. I can get on the site now but the code isn't on the main page anymore and when I login at checkout there's still problems so I can't see if the code is still valid. If only they had done that promotion last week.

I bought Watch Dogs and Injustice in the last week. They still haven't arrived mind you. But had I waited I could have saved £10 today IF THEY EVER SORT THE SITE OUT. It's 10.15p.m., I don't think it'll be sorted before midnight and then the code expires.

In Japan, Famitsu are holding a Splatoon: Squid Fashion Contest. The idea is to design a full set of gear:- headgear, clothes, and shoes. The winning entrants will have their designs included in a future update of the game. The competition closes on June 11th and the winners chosen later that month. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201505/21078513.html It would be nice if we have an equivalent competition in Europe. We will afterall most likely buy more copies of the game than Japan.

I was half thinking of dazzybeing(is that the right spelling? It looks better that way but should this made up word have another e?) Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush because the price is good but I don't really like the game and it's pointless as nobody can get on their site at the moment anyway.

Shoot? I know what you mean and nowhere near one of your worst conundrums. It's like your brain kicked into gear after that bit of verbal gymnastics. Shopto are bad price wise. I take it people are using them as a last resort.

99% sure the Mario Party 10 code is expired. All the recent games from about Smash Bros. on, their codes expired on March 31st.

Or it could be that Bowser's pointing out what he wants future revenue to be and that's why they're crying. He did come from EA afterall. It's his unprecedented partnership plan. Fear his accounting indeed.

Maybe the 3DS but probably not there either. Playstation may be referring to Vita or Microsoft may have to honour whatever agreements were in place before the acquisition. Yes Microsoft don't mind putting games on platforms where they're not in direct competition from another competitor. Which is why we got Rare GBA and DS games.

With Mario Kart 8 you knew exactly what you were getting. With Splatoon, while they've given some information, we don't know how much content we'll get post launch. It's a bit of a leap into the unknown. How many more multiplayer maps are there, what do look like, how many more modes, weapons, accessories, clothing, perks, etc. will we get? At what point do they say, everything from here on out you've to pay for?

It's Microsoft's franchise now. Whatever chance there was in the past of it happening are gone.

The links I followed on the site brought me to somewhere different. http://www.game.co.uk/en/olimar-amiibo-super-smash-bros-collection-557564?catGroupId= http://www.game.co.uk/en/dr-mario-amiibo-super-smash-bros-collection-557566?catGroupId= http://www.game.co.uk/en/bowser-jr-amiibo-super-smash-bros-collection-557568?catGroupId=

They're gone at GAME already. The links I followed on the site only let you add them to your wishlist.