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£77? TBH, I'm with @Rummy, I'd rather buy a new 3DS but then how would you get your save files back? I'd sell the old 3DS for spares, you'd get a bit for it. These themes. They're really pumping them out. I know it's not a lot of money for each one but I'd rather make my own and I know I could if given the option. On my phone by using a program on my PC I can make my own themes, backgrounds, screensavers, custom icons, ringtones, message alerts, camera sounds etc, etc. But Nintendo have locked you out of that ability thereby forcing you to buy a theme if you want a change. Do you think that's fair? Edit: Is it the normal 3DS or 3DS XL?

It's not like I ordered it this week, I ordered and paid for it 2 months ago. So they know well in advance. I think they'll get it it sent from Germany to Hong Kong and then send it back to me. Wouldn't it be cheaper for them to have it sent from Germany to me and it'd quicker for the customer too? Everybody wins. They're good on price and I know it will get here eventually, they're reliable on delivery, just not on time so I will not be ordering new releases from them again.

Meanwhile over at WOWHD my order says "not yet released". Like it's going to Blue Shell its way from Hong Kong to my door in a day. I can't see why they won't ship it early and with their delivery time, they should have shipped it 2 weeks ago.

It's a shame but totally understandable. Local multiplayer is no good to me though.

I was trying to think what some of the others titles will be: Link - Hero Of Time Peach - Mushroom Kingdom Princess Captain Falcon - F-Zero Champion Pac-man - Pill popping junkie Shulk - Wielder of the Monado Pikachu - Stupid Pokemon Kirby - Pink shape shifting hoover Sonic - Blue speed demon Wii Fit Trainer - Fitness guru Zelda - Hyrule princess Diddy Kong - Dirty stinking ape Mario - The Italian job Villager - Psychopath Little Mac - Knockout king Pikmin & Olimar - Lost in space Starfox - Intergalactic space pilot Yoshi - Mean green eating machine I'll stop now because they're awful.

Pic of the day. The giant screen in the Boxing Ring stage for Wii U reenacts the multiscreen effect seen in the arcade version of Punch-Out!! Looks like their aliases are displayed on the screen too. By the way, today, October 23rd at 3 PM PST (October 23rd 11 PM UK time, October 24th 9 AM Sydney Time, we are streaming "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza" (“Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50 Must-See Things”). You can watch the stream from the links below when it starts. For Americas: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/10-23-2014/ For Europe: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Direct/Latest-Nintendo-Direct/Nintendo-Direct-698557.html For Oceania: http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect

Is that going to be online?

Listen to you bragging about your gold bling. Some of us you know can only manage bronze.

Now I understand what you've been saying. It wasn't fully clear to me before. No that wasn't nice or fair and you'd think there'd be a better way to fix what happened but that's our Nintendo for you.

Fair enough. I thought at this stage it might be cheaper on Steam, it has been out 4 months now nevermind when it releases here. But it's not so it's a level playing field, price wise. I'm not disputing its quality, I've sung its praises on high in this thread and many other indie games. Chances are I'll be buying it on day 1, its quality is something I've never questioned. @Ronnie Give it a rest. I've nothing to say to you. You "are" on my ignore list, the great big population of 1. That's right, just you, it's been that way for a long, long time and will remain that way. I might have disagreements with others but you irritate me no end. That doesn't mean that I don't still get notifications, saying you've quoted or mentioned me. I know when I see them that you're having your usual little pop as always. I find it hard to believe you've not had a warning about this before. I think you have and I'm going to have a little word with someone about this, not about your last quote but plenty of the others. Do you see me quote you all the time? I challenge you to show the last time I quoted you or mentioned you. Get it into your head I want nothing to do with you, so leave me be as I plain to see leave you alone.

€15 though.

You have to start somewhere. COD didn't just spring out of thin air. It takes time... can't be bothered... brick wall ... goodbye.

This weeks Japanese software and hardware sales. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 327,212 (1,773,501) [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – 53,075 (1,610,904) [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke – 42,778 (2,755,687) [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 12,436 (New) [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 11,215 (117,309) [PS3] FIFA 15 – 4,462 (20,612) [PSV] Amnesia Later X Crowd V Edition – 3,668 (New) [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 – 3,625 (690,387) [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II – 3,309 (106,214) [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online – 3,303 (108,599) [PSV] Danganronpa: Another Episode – 3,283 (96,396) [PS4] FIFA 15 – 3,038 (19,757) [3DS] Nazotoki Battle Tore! Densetsu no Makyuu o Fukkatsu Saseyo! – 2,936 (15,782) [3DS] Yokai Watch – 2,934 (1,287,733) [PS3] Destiny – 2,858 (94,324) [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,666 (3,797,831) [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II – 2,631 (82,104) [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island – 2,598 (197,108) [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami – 2,158 (143,048) [3DS] Pokemon X / Y – 2,118 (4,153,186) New 3DS LL – 60,348 (164,756) New 3DS – 29,341 (70,050) 3DS LL – 16,771 (19,727) PlayStation Vita – 8,761 (8,561) PlayStation 4 – 8,046 (11,697) 3DS – 6,778 (7,340) Wii U – 5,293 (6,309) PlayStation 3 – 4,779 (4,954) Xbox One – 728 (809) PlayStation Vita TV – 630 (737) PSP – 100 (67) Xbox 360 – 88 (97) Everything took a drop this week really bar Vita but it's an insignificant rise. Only 1 Wii U title, sales are poor. Consoles sales are poor in general. 3DS is doing well though. Only 1 PS4 title in the top 20 as well.

What are you talking about? I've seen Nintendo advertise during Champions League games. They advertised SM3DW during CL games. Did that sell 20-25 million copies? Did it what? We're talking about group stage here(Barca v Ajax), not the final or even the knockout stages. I mentioned that I seen the ad as I was watching the CL because we'd been discussing it just prior. That's when they'll catch their audience, not during Cornation Street. COD is 2 weeks away and they're out in force. Bayonetta is out in 2 days and you do the math. How much have they spent on advertising it? £0. Whinge about CL or COD all you want. Where's the ad in any time slot, during any program or on any channel? You have to advertise or it'll sink without a trace. Spend money to make money. Logic and Serebii? Computer says no!

The Excitebike track might replace Baby Park. I think the Jeep looks fine, we need variety. There's nowhere to incorporate anti-gravity on this track without changing it dramatically.

GameXplain have been quick off the mark with their analysis of the video. I haven't had a chance to watch it but I was pausing the trailer earlier to see if there was any new vehicle hiding inside of Mario Motor's workshop. Sadly there isn't.

Pic of the day. Here's what's happening behind the scenes in one of the secret fighter's shooting moves. The object being held is called an NES Zapper. This is an accessory which was released for the NES outside of Japan. Now, this image is edited, but it's a scene from the secret fighter's reveal video.

Mario Kart 8 DLC Trailer - Yoshi Circuit (GCN), Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach and New Vehicle Japan getting Mario Kart 8 DLC cards on 31st October (1,200 Yen each)

Case in point, I'm watching the build up to the Champions League this evening and on comes an ad for Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare and right at the end it says it's coming out on 4th November. The competition know how to advertise and all the time they're of games that'll never come to Wii U.

I heard the Bayonetta 2 ad has been on a few times in the States. I hadn't even thought of Hyrule Warriors. I never seen an ad for that either. It's not too late just yet, it's not out for another few days but I see all the other companies with ads on TV long before the game is released. Maybe they'll get a sandwich board, put some posters on it, drape it over a donkey and parade it through the streets. They really are the worst at marketing and advertising. You never hear them talk of their M&A plans unless it's for the absolute most major of releases. What must Platinum be thinking? All that effort and Nintendo won't put their hand in their pocket to promote it. Stingy gits!

https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/hands-on-preview/38789/puzzles-and-tricks-await-in-metroid-esque-realm-of-stealth-inc-2

Batman: Arkham Origins is £9.99 from GAME. http://www.game.co.uk/en/batman-arkham-origins-217632

Pic of the day. The trophies from the Xenoblade series can be found mostly in the Wii U version. Here's Melia looking the other way.

WiiU - RiVE - 60 FPS DEMO Gameplay (Steam Version) &ap=%%2526fmt%%3D22&fmt=22&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01">&ap=%%2526fmt%%3D22&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="615" height="360"> To Play this video in 60 FPS watch it in 2 times speed. If U don´t have this feature in your videobrowser, change your YouTube settings from "flash" into "HTML5". If you're watching on the gamepad, in the settings change it to x2 speed and change the quality from 360p to 720HD. Looks really impressive on the gamepad. Looks impressive full stop.

TV advert? I seen that ad because I visit Nintendo sites. How's Joe Blogg going to see that?