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The fishing game in Twilight Princess was fucking awesome!

Fuck me, that's like 3 whole years of content for a Nintendo home console!!! I want a few of these but I need to get through my backlog first.

They are amongst my fondest multiplayer memories! Oh man I miss those days!!! I agree that nothing beats local but it's that local is far too few and far inbetween for a lot of people. Online and voice chat helps so much! I'd be happy with just Party Chat at an OS level... very happy!

But... but... some of you guys are my friends I do have a few friends (3) off here that own WiiUs but don't play them online simply because of the voice chat issue. The voice chat situation is killing Nintendo to some of their current fans. That's the problem I have @dazzybee. The situation that is killing Nintendo to the general public is the lack of 3rd Parties, both their software and the relationship Nintendo have with them... both being almost non-existent!

I hate talking with my friends, I much prefer sitting in silence when we all go out for a beer. Going to a restaurant with them and talking during the meal? No thanks! I'm there to eat, not to catch up! What's with phones?! Who seriously made a device where friends can get in contact and talk to me?! Fucking cunts! Yeah, the whole "I don't want voice chat" is retarded. Also, can't really add to @Hero\-of\-Time's posts as they are absolutely spot on! Although with regards to the games: MK8 - needed a decent battle mode and voice chat. Splatoon - needed a decent offering of modes/options and voice chat. SM3DW - needed online multiplayer. Pikmin 3 - needed online multiplayer. Now it's not what Nintendo put on the disc that's the problem, it's what they leave off. It stops good games from being great!

Yep, this is it. You got the gist wrong @dazzybee. It's not that we were arguing that Nintendo should have certain games... although I say that they should as a greater variety is better. It would also deter some people from getting other consoles instead of a Nintendo one. This generation is the first generation that Nintendo isn't my main console and now I'm very much considering not buying their next. They do need other games (and features) to win people like me back as I don't feel their games are up to scratch anymore. Sure, a lot of people do, but as a company they should always be looking to gain customers, not lose them... which they are doing.

That it shouldn't doesn't matter, the fact of the matter is that it is.

You've said it yourself, those are the games! Mario is no longer the big draw for children. CoD, FIFA, Minecraft, Plants vs Zombies... these are the games kids want to play. Star Wars Battlefront too, that's got kids wanting an Xbox or PS, I've seen it with a few of my friend's little'ns!

I put this on last night for the first time since November 2014. My mate has recently started it so I created a Titan and started from scratch with him. Having not played it for so long I actually found I enjoyed it again, which I'm glad of. I'll enjoy going through it with him... but once it becomes a grind again I'll soon be shelving it!

I think Nintendo's hardware figures give all the more reason to produce a hybrid console... use the draw of their handhelds to give their home console business a much needed push!

I don't think that applies anymore. Both Sony and Microsoft now have the reach to children and don't need Nintendo for this. Also, children are being introduced to gaming through tablets and phones more than Nintendo ever have.

Man City have announced that Guardiola will succeed Pellegrini at the end of the season.

Poor Nintendo can't rely on any region these days! Haha Also, new Battlefield... FUCK YEAH!!! (@Blade)

The visuals make me think of a "coloured-in" Mad World. I think it looks fun, I imagine co-oP would be pretty entertaining!

Haha! I've finished 1 game since this time last year; Splatoon. Although I'd been fed up with gaming and Splatoon didn't do anything to help invigorate me. I've built up a back-log though that's for sure! Haha

I'd love Leicester to win it! More than Kevin Keegan would've loved it!

Nintendo needs a good roll of the dice with NX, if it's not a pair of sixes it's doomed to fail. They have to come out all guns blazing! It's exciting to think about, but also very worrying as we know Nintendo as of the last couple generations haven't even had the gloves on, not considering themselves in competition with Sony & Microsoft.

At the start of last generation it was looked perfectly fine, but toward the end of the WiiU's life it looks terrible. It's just a quick, lazy port to plug the gap whilst they wind down and let the WiiU die. This gen we should've got a Zelda like the tech demo for the WiiU. Hell, Zelda WiiU is almost certainly going to be an NX release title so it's not like we've had a WiiU dedicated Zelda. Nintendo this gen has been a complete let down and missed opportunity! Still TP is one of my favourite Zelda's though. Those dungeons!!!

As much as I feel burnt by the WiiU, I don't think they will. Sure I'd like them to but I can't see it. Unless they change their Virtual Console to a Netflix like service... then I can see them doing a money off the subscription dependant on how many VC games you purchased.

I reckon they will but it won't be a draw like you say, it would need something else. I'm sticking with my guess in the prediction thread.

This is the truth of the matter. Although I'm struggling to think of something unique that will draw an audience: Motion control again? I don't think it'd sell. Touch screen? No. A hybrid? Maybe... this might just be the draw that works. Something else nobody has yet thought of..? But what?! Anyone else have any ideas?

That's giving gamers what they ask for.

Give the gamers and the developers what they ask for and your units will shift. Given it's priced fairly and marketed well too of course.

As I said in another thread...

I've only played through it twice so I can't say it's effected me so. Although if you're doing multiple playthroughs I can see it getting annoying.