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Should Rare/Microsoft Be Kicking Themselves? - Game Scoop! The video talks about much more than the title suggests.

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2015/05/18/nintendos-president-wont-be-at-e3-2015

Perfect Dark Zero [Cancelled] Gamecube Era Art Gallery Perfect timing with all our talk of Rare and the forthcoming Yooka-Laylee.

http://nintendoeverything.com/new-nintendo-3ds-and-new-nintendo-3ds-xl-receive-price-cut-in-the-uk/ http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259108/new-nintendo-3ds-prices-cut-at-amazon-amp-tesco/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+VGChartz+%28VGChartz%29

No red card for former England captain John Terry? Ah Cesc if only you played for England. It's how Shrek Rooney escapes all his as well.

I thought that maybe too so I checked and they're not. Splatoon's Motion Controls are a NECESSITY http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/05/video_we_tackle_the_dual-stick_vs_motion_controls_splatoon_debate

I don't believe that for a second. It was so bad Nintendo later apologised for it.

They were never going to be critical publicly unless they wanted to collect their P45.

I don't believe that for a second.

See I think the hat is pants. As bad as the Mario hat.

Lucky Americans get a free squirt gun when they buy the game at Target. Now that's a proper bonus.

All Customization Male & Female In Avatar Maker: Xenoblade Chronicles X (1080p60) I think the editor is great and can't wait to experiment with it.

There may have been a bit of confusion about just getting 3rd parties to do that sort of content. I agree with your statement there. Basically, they need Western studios so that they can better cater to our needs and wants.

I didn't say they were. My point is those games were great and they were developed by Japanese studios and funded and published by Nintendo. Some met with more success than others. Now if Nintendo were to buy or fund Western studios then its possible that the games would have greater success this side of the world.

Swords & Soldiers II (Ronimo Games) - €18.99/£16.99 Sharpen your beard and groom your Axe! The 2D strategy hit is back, exclusively for Wii U! The all-new Swords & Soldiers II is filled to the brim with gorgeous hand-animated artwork, endless replayability and heaps of good old fun! Command the rowdy Vikings, ingenious Persians and infernal Demons as you conquer the epic campaign or face off with your friends in local multiplayer! Join Chief Redbeard as he explores a beautiful new world and gets dragged into a globe-spanning evil plot involving a mysterious lamp, lots of roasted sheep and some delicious hot sauce. Every skirmish along the way will present a fresh challenge, so if you want to win this war you'll have to devise devious tactics using an ever-growing arsenal of powerful units and earth-shaking spells. Master the chill of the army-freezing Snowstorm, the dread of the skeleton-raising Crypt and the surprise of the invisible Desert Stalker to rule the world, in Swords & Soldiers II! Anybody else think this game is going to bomb hard? Crazy price and the bite sized videos I've seen so far are dull as dishwater.

Of course they should. There's gold in them thar hills. Look at Fatal Frame, look at The Last Story, look at Xenoblade, look at Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies, look at Zangeki no REGINLEIV, look at Trauma Center(various games), look at Pandora's Tower, look at Disaster: Day of Crisis. They're just from the Wii. Not your typical colourful Nintendo games. There are others but the case may not be as clear cut. Would anybody argue that the console would have been better off without them? They're all published and funded by Nintendo. Where were all those studios from? Now someone care to make a list of Western developed Nintendo published and funded games please? It shouldn't take too long.

New Splatoon Splat Charger Trailer This is a portion of a Nintendo UK interview with Nintendo UK’s marketing manager Chandra Nair. Full interview in the link below. http://www.mcvuk.com/special-features/read/the-big-game-splatoon/0173

Well they won't become the leader by doing nothing. They had their chances to win the PS/XBOX demographic but they had to do it generations ago. They let Sony and Microsoft win the core market. Those companies didn't just enter the market and everyone decided these are for the hardcore gamer. They made efforts to attract that market and now they've built up a loyalty that I don't think can be broken. Nintendo would have to try and attract the next generation of gamer. When they had Rare and they were making Goldeneye and Perfect Dark they had a slight grasp on that market. But when they sold Rare, they sold their only studio that was capable of making Western aimed games for the FPS market. Their only real Western studio today is Retro Studios. Could they do it? I don't know. Metroid Prime says maybe. But Retro's output is incredibly slow. You get about 2 games on average from them every generation. Nintendo need more Western Studios. Nintendo had numerous chances to pick up talent and form studios from bankrupt companies. I can't remember a lot of them off hand but there was Free Radical and companies within THQ's umbrella.

This weeks UK sales charts. See The Wonderful 101 made it back into the Wii U chart from absolutely nowhere. So what, 100-200 sales can get you number 5 on the chart? You've got to figure it's as a result of that sale on shopto last week that was only up for about 6 hours. What kind of sales is Kirby doing? <1,000 most likely.

http://nintendoeverything.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-executive-director-on-the-games-skells/

Splatoon FAQ - Your Questions Answered! - WiR 5/17/15

Mario Maker - Nintendo Direct & Game Center CX Discussion

I mentioned a price cut. It's about time for one and if there's no major game announcements at E3 it's the only way I could see those numbers happening. It would be unusual for a major game to come out of nowhere. I know SM3DW did it but it didn't have the sales power of Smash and MK8. I think it'll be a price cut for its last Christmas on the market before the NX takes centre stage the following Christmas.

Looking at Nintendo's financial prediction for the sales of Wii U, you've got to figure(hope) some big surprises must be coming from E3. Wii U Hardware Sales (financial year) — 3.38 million units Hardware Sales (life to date) — 9.54 million units Hardware Sales Projection (2014 to 2015) — 3.4 million units Though the sales are modest, there's nothing that we know of so far that would be as big as Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. Wii U from 2014. So it could be a couple of big titles(Starfox is not going to cut it in comparison), a price drop or a combination of both that would see the Wii U match last years sales total.

Splatoon - Latin American Commercial Ay Caramba!!!