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Curse you automerging doublepost. I think 7 hours is the time needed before a new post is allowed. Anyway, this could be a significant first for Nintendo. Do you think it'll allow some or all of the retail game to be downloaded on the internal memory or hard drive to make the game run smoother and possibly allow it to get over the barrier of the one disc problem? Perhaps the online elements?

Going online now to get some much needed practise. I genuinely haven't played this since the last league night.

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Funny how mind your own business. What did I tell you earlier?

I had offered a bet of £50 to Serebii but he wouldn't take it. £10 is more reasonable though. I think it'll be out in the second half of 2016 maybe even the first quarter of 2017 as Nintendo's financial year includes it. Get out whatever games are left for Christmas and start a new year with a new console. Plus a new console would generate hype regardless of the time of year and it's limited by production lines at the start as well. So to be safe, my guess is August 2016 to August 2017. If you want to pick a year timeframe you think it'll come out and whoever's right gets the £10. If it's outside our guesses, the bet's void. Would you be happy with that? Or shorten the time to 6 months? What's your preference?

You think that's big? I just read that Xenoblade Chronicles X takes up nearly all the space on a Wii U disc(25 GB's) and was considering using a second disc. So we have a clear winner of biggest Nintendo game ever.

Overview of some of the boards plus a look at the dice.

eShop says 7969.9 MB.

Would something like this work? http://www.ebay.ie/itm/USB-3-0-DUAL-POWER-Y-CABLE-LEAD-2-x-TYPE-A-Male-TO-1-x-TYPE-A-Female-30cm-/301329437483?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Cables&hash=item4628a2532b What would you recommend or did you order?

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - Friday the 13th TV Ad (Nintendo 3DS)

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/29/xenoblade-chronicles-x-introduces-couple-members-blade/ http://nintendoeverything.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-uses-most-of-the-wii-u-disk-space-more-than-one-disk-was-once-considered/ Good luck to anybody considering downloading this, that's basically your whole internal memory gone in one game. I hope things weren't compressed, compromised or cut to make it fit. It sounds a bit like at least part of the game could be installed on the hard drive in order to make it run more smoothly and seamlessly.

Quit quoting me? I'm sick of your dribble clogging my notifications. Where did I say that it was an indicator of quality or fun? My favourite game of all time is Super Metroid. I wouldn't be buying these indie games if they weren't fun or quality games. That was not the point of my statement. Jeez! Do I have to state the obvious to you? I don't quote you because I don't care what you have to say. For the umpteenth time, quit it!

The reason I need a hard drive is because I'm steadily filling up my system memory with indie games.. Bought Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition last week due to the good reviews and praise. Currently playing through Shovel Knight. I enjoy all the games I've bought but I've noticed one thing in common with all the games nearly. They're 2D. I'd like to play a football game, the new Batman when it arrives or the released Alien game. We've got nothing. Sure it's great that indie developers have more of a spotlight but lets be realistic why this is happening. They've nothing else to list. Remember when Wii U launched, in the Directs, indie developers got a short 30 second or a minute sizzle reel. And in that .pdf file, some of the games listed are hardly anything to get excited about. Minecraft is an exception to the rule of most indies. And who owns Mojang now?

Nintendo have just announced the Nintendo Creators Program for Youtube. There's a beta website up. The program will launch on May 27th. It will give video creators an opportunity to earn some of the revenue generated from Nintendo related videos on Youtube. https://r.ncp.nintendo.net/ The full list of video games that qualify for the program are listed in the link below and of course due to future change. https://r.ncp.nintendo.net/whitelist/ Registration Rules You can register single videos or entire channels. When you register a channel, you will be eligible to receive a share of advertising revenue from Nintendo for all videos included in that channel, regardless of their content. If you only want some videos to apply to this program, please register each video individually. You can only use channels or videos that contain copyrighted content related to game titles specified by Nintendo, and they must be your original creations. Be sure your videos do not contain copyrighted material from third parties or content from unconfirmed game titles. See here for a list of Nintendo game titles specified for use with this program. It can regularly take up to three business days for your registered content to be reviewed and finalized. The advertisement revenue share is 70% for channels and 60% for videos. (This rate may be changed arbitrarily.) In order to comply with applicable laws and regulations, and as a condition to participating in the Nintendo Creators Program, you must include the following disclosure with any videos you create that contain Nintendo content: I have a license to use Nintendo’s content in this video through the Nintendo Creators Program. This video is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, but any advertising revenue from this video will be shared with Nintendo. This disclosure may be spoken (e.g., in the YouTube video) or written (e.g., in the YouTube caption or as on-screen text in the video). Regardless of format, you need to make sure the disclosure is prominently presented, easy to understand, and clearly visible and/or audible to anyone who views your video. Advertising Revenue Payments Revenue shares will be calculated from the point that registration is complete. Revenue shares are calculated at the end of each month, and it will take up to two months for payments to be sent to your PayPal account. You can check the payment results on-screen just after you log in. Payments are made in US dollars. Payments may not be completed if - your PayPal account is not verified; - your account has been deleted; or - any other problem occurs with the PayPal account you registered to receive payments.

Hyrule Warriors Majora’s Mask DLC Trailer(Japan) The Hyrule Warriors Majora’s Mask Pack is now available in Japan as is the update 1.5.0. Screenshots from the Majora’s Mask DLC.

Back to the talk the day before yesterday about hard drives. I've ordered a Seagate Expansion 500GB USB 3.0 portable 2.5 inch external hard drive from the link. Does anybody own one and definitely knows that it needs a Y cable? It seems that it might as customers who bought the hard drive, also bought a cable linked below and purchasers of that have bought Nintendo products. If it does need one, should I buy a female extension y cable or a dedicated 2 male USB micro B cable? Should either be USB 3.0? Will it matter because it's going to be bottlenecked when it reaches the Wii U? Would this be best? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Storite-SuperSpeed-Seagate-Toshiba-External-BLACK/dp/B00IP8QIUK/ref=pd_sim_computers_6/279-7278397-7383040?ie=UTF8&refRID=1XW2SFC4RE0QNP446CD0 Nintendo have cancelled their investor meeting which was due to take place shortly. Iwata is ill with a fever and possibly the flu. Damn, I was really looking forward to this but I hope Iwata is alright. It'll be scheduled for a later date though none was given at this short notice. [TWEET]560601373197090819[/TWEET] Financial information, million sellers list and release schedule. http://t.co/W6LWwVa6E5 That last page is pitiful. They've resorted to indie games, fairly certain that wasn't the case last year. I didn't notice one retail release.

I've said it countless times. I've challenged anybody to take a bet with me but had no takers.

I had Christmas 2016 in mind. So we'd still have the best part of 2 years left.

No way is that happening. Did you see the Japanese charts today? Kirby and the Rainbow Curse sold 32,000 while a PS3 game sold >10 times more(admittedly a Tales game but still). It's the second worst opening week of sales ever for a Kirby game. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold 38,000, Zelda: The Wind Waker HD sold 30,000 while Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker sold 28,000 in their opening weeks. No way is this train wreck going to make it until 2018. It's quickly running out of track. That's one example. There's a whole pile of other reasons why it's coming in 2016, guaranteed.

http://mynintendonews.com/2015/01/28/iwata-says-wii-u-is-not-over-yet-more-unannounced-titles-to-be-announced/ Yet. Is that telling? Is that a subtle hint that it won't be around for as long as people that? Please no more 2D platformers announced at E3. And I want a Metroid game.

I'll play tomorrow night. Don't want to commit to another league just yet. I'll take it one night at a time but not really feeling the urge.

It was never going to do well as say Kirby Triple Deluxe. It's not a traditional Kirby title and yes the graphics are beautiful but you spend your time looking at the gamepad. It could have been a 3DS easily, probably should have been. But still 32,000 for Kirby in Japan is pittance.

Further expansion on earliers bullet points. http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/28/xenoblade-chronicles-x-info-battles-exploration/ I'll post the Famitsu scans including photos of your avatar customisation in a few minutes.

http://playeressence.com/npd-december-2014-amiibo-has-over-2-5-million-units-to-date/ Maybe they're wrong. http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=972713

I know amiibo has done well worldwide. It's Japan that's only up for dispute. They've sold over 2.5 million so far. Off the top of my head I think it's 700,00 for the States and last week I think France announced it had sold over 250,000. Don't quote me on those figures. No real numbers for anywhere else but they've sold out everywhere.