Sheikah

Happy Birthday laaad.

But what has changed from the year before for the 20% drop? Literally all I can think of is the failed Vita and the decline of last gen consoles. Vita is their fault for not supporting it enough, but also due to app gaming. The last gen decline is just bound to happen, really. Even with top exclusives like The Last of Us, they don't do as well in the US. And now they are beating the X1 with their new console, but still we see a 20% drop. I can't explain it, other than to say the 360 was too strong in USA on account of people wanting to stick to their machine to play with their existing friends who also have 360s.

It's his decision to take Nintendo down this path. It could have been his decision to do something like bring in an American like Mark Cerny to design their console (seeing as it's quite clear their hardware is lacking these days). Even if he needs support for the ideas, he can push for them. It's really sad how you will never concede and always back up Nintendo, man. Even when they're so clearly in the wrong. It's funny (and I'm not sure if you realise it) but many of the Nintendo-related arguments on these forums go on for pages because you deliver comments that are frankly absurd, to the point where we all question whether you even believe yourself what you are saying. The kind of comments like telling people Nintendo have proper online accounts, when probably the entire rest of the forum disagrees, could unleash a backlash where several people comment in disagreement of your post. In short, your overly defensive attitude to anything Nintendo fuels much of the anti-negative discussion about these parts.

Yeah. It's not like he's in charge of the company and direction they take or anything.

Wow. Utterly speechless at the same tryhards defending Iwata again. It's absurd to believe anything the man says.

Razor sharp. Razor sharp...

Their Vita isn't doing well and the PS3 is now last gen so that probably goes some way to explain the drop in hardware sales. Handhelds are pretty fucked now that smartphones and tablets are here though. Success is usually judged by looking at the home console as opposed to handhelds and the PS4 is making Sony appear really good right now.

Your opening line, I very almost said the same thing. I'd be interested to see how often he plays the game and how good he really is seeing as his answer has often been 'you're not using it the right way'.

Even using them for shortcuts, you're looking at maybe a 5 second maximum saving and you have to hold onto the mushroom for up to a whole lap to reach the point of greatest usefulness. It's really not much use if you're back in 8th-10.

Dang. And there I was, thinking you understood the complaint. You didn't have a bleeding clue. It's not that that people want the game to remain the same as one they knew before, it's that they fundamentally changed something that was needed for balance purposes.

The Vita version of this is back down to a normal price on Amazon for those wishing to get it: £22.85.

Good. Now we're getting somewhere, my confused friend. Now, taking everything that has been said on the matter thus far, are you able to correctly understand the problem many people are reporting, or do you still need more clarification?

Deal with it.

But nowhere near the level at which they performed in MK Wii. That is the issue.

Second one looks better, I agree.

After fuck knows how many Mario Karts, I certainly know how to use mushrooms properly, thank you very much! The problem is that the boosts they provide have been severely gimped (look back to the MK Wii video I posted), while offensive items if anything have got more powerful due to the reduced protection you now have with 1 item/coins. If you get sent to like 10th at the beginning when playing with people as good as you due to a clusterfuck, the items don't really help you out too much.

That has to be my favourite ridiculous scene in the series. They melt gold, in a simple cooking pot over a fire, in a matter of seconds.

It's not just University where you should give sources. :p As a general rule, it's good to give sources for figures unless they're so obvious or well known already that they don't need them. Seeing as it doesn't take much effort to list the URL I don't think liger was being unreasonable asking for it.

"I am NOT Link!!" Fucking awkward. Fucking epic. Imagine something like the Goht boss battle from Majora's Mask, with Mario Kart. We can dream.

I doubt Sony will find it too depressing, given they are back on top. :P

Have to agree there. It might not be the end of the world, but ca'maaan. 1 hour or so and disconnection is not good. I'd also prefer it if you could pick 2 or 3 tracks at a time. Going back to the track selection screen really slows down the game.

It wouldn't. People who like vs come for the vs. People who get tired of vs have the campaign to give them something to do. MK has missions on the DS and they were fun. It's all about satisfying different player needs.

How do you figure that? Since when does Smash campaign stop people from coming back later for regular VS mode?

So the guy goes from 11th to 1st at colossal speed and you think that is exactly the same as how the gold mushroom is now?

@Zechs Merquise I think your ostrich photo could also be directed to this guy. :p Come on, same as it has always been? You obviously didn't watch the video I posted.