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Super Mario Galaxy is the best selling 3D Mario Then Mario 64 Then very closely Super Mario 3D Land GTA V doesn't need precision platforming either. There's a difference between rotating a camera and truly and precisely navigating a 3D platformer.

There's difference between the camera in say GTA V and the camera in a 3D Mario game. You need more precision movements in it. Rotating the camera isn't the issue.

Ok, I have to stop you right here. There's a perceived abundance, but there isn't actually. Nintendo Published/Financed Wii U titles New Super Mario Bros. U Nintendo Land Sing Party Game & Wario Lego City Undercover Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games New Super Luigi U (DLC) Pikmin 3 Super Mario 3D World Sonic Lost World The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD The Wonderful 101 Wii Party U Animal Crossing Plaza Art Academy: SketchPad Dr. Luigi NES Remix New Super Luigi U Pokémon Rumble U Wii Fit U Wii Karaoke U by JOYSOUND Wii Sports Club Bayonetta Bayonetta 2 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Hyrule Warriors Mario Kart 8 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii Fit U NES Remix 2 Pushmo World Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Art Academy: Home Studio ( Devil's Third Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Mario Party 10 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Project Guard Splatoon Star Fox Zero Super Mario Maker Yoshi's Woolly World Xenoblade Chronicles X amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars Genei Ibun Roku X FE The Legend of Zelda Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Pokkén Tournament Total: 51 Now, let's count. 2D Platformers: New Super Mario Bros. U New Super Luigi U (DLC) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Yoshi's Woolly World Total: 4 - 7% of Nintendo's titles Mini-game Collections Nintendo Land Sing Party Game & Wario Lego City Undercover Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii Party U Wii Sports Club (I'll give you that) Mario Party 10 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Total: 9 - 17% of Nintendo's titles. That's not even a quarter of their output.

To be fair, I have seen first hand many people, even those who have gamed a lot, struggle with 3D platforming. He is most certainly not wrong in regards to the camera. You're falling into the trap that many of us fall into. We keep thinking that the entire industry should be focused on us, the hardcore. That strategy seldom works and shutting out accessibility for newer players, or even the expanded audience, is not a wise move. PLUS, he said there's room for both, so I don't get why people are bitching. It's not like he said "Yeah we're not doing it. 3D IS HARD, GUYS"

"Gimmicks" don't distract and divide players. That's absurd. Gimmicks make the games unique. Different from what came before, and what may come after. It gives the game identity and what helps keep the game in the minds of people long after their successors came out.

His comments about 3D cameras have caused a massive amount of uproar on GAF from those who seemingly don't have people in their lives who don't really play games. 3D cameras with platforming is still an issue that needs to be finetuned greatly. Though I'm glad he said there are opportunities for both. Super Mario Galaxy was an awesome title.

I didn't say that, but to dismiss some of the most amazing games of all time because they have what he calls "gimmicks" is absurd No, not really. Art style experimentation is amazing, and it helps keep game series fresh. Not to mention allows for being able to discern what game it is in the series much easier, because each game has a style that fits the mood of the game, the tone, the story and so forth. Give me screenshots of any of the Call of Duty last gen and I'd struggle to point out which is which, despite sinking scores of hours into them.

From what I can discern from your post, it's only a gimmick because you don't like it. I noticed this at E3 last year with Tearaway Unfolded. They were demonstrating the controls with the touchpad on the Dualshock 4 controller, and people, many of whom I know are anti-Nintendo, were going on about how innovative it is. And yet if Nintendo were doing the same, they'd be trashing Nintendo saying how gimmicky it is. Nintendo doesn't just drop their innovations. That's one of the most absurd things ever. These gimmicks, as you call them, are a big part of the games and when successful, carry on to their successors as seen with the gliding in Mario Kart series. As seen with motion control in Zelda from TP to Skyward Sword and so forth. For the record, Nintendo do make good games still. Despite them "failing", their games are still among the most critically appraised games each year. How's that them just focusing on gimmicks? It's them making damned good games. Earlier you made the claim that they didn't put enough content in them, which is absurd. Also, no. Very little about GTA V felt innovative to me. It felt newer, sure. More polished, absolutely. Innovative? No. ALSO, really? You're complaining about art styles? Are you actually serious with that complaint? Do you really want everything to be homogenised, with everything going for realism or one set art style for each series? That's stagnation to the max.

Damn you, beat me :p So psyched!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-20-pikmin-4-in-development-and-very-close-to-completion Ho boy!

Well I'm open to his interpretations of innovative and evolved for GTA V and then I'll levy them into my statement as it'd still be valid. Happy? :P

It's an example of one of the much touted innovations/evolutions of GTA V. I worded it poorly But yeah, thanks for just focusing on that bit :p

You're just dismissing all the new changes for Nintendo games as gimmicks and saying the other games evolve and innovate. Can you not see how flawed that argument is? Take the three character play in GTA V. That's an "evolution" and innovative to you, but what makes that innovative and four characters in Super Mario 3D World a gimmick? The fact you compare the king of the red lions in Wind Waker to a poor gimmick over voice acting just makes it quite clear that perhaps Nintendo isn't for you. You are making differentiations between "gimmicks (negative connotation)" with "new features & innovations" just to suit your argument against Nintendo when frankly there's little difference in form between the innovations of say GTA V and the "gimmicks" of say Wind Waker.

Hey, I'm fine with criticism of Nintendo, some of which I do agree with, but when one of the criticisms is "no "non-gimmick" Mario game in 19 years", you have to question the validity of the argument

Perhaps, but it was far from any of the fundamental issues that caused Nintendo's downfall in the home console space.

Only in that they let it die because they weren't ready with its successor. It caused a vacuum briefly. However, that's more in the vocal minority who complained at that. That wasn't really that big a factor in the Wii U's issues.

I truly take exception at the statement that Nintendo didn't focus on amount of content in games and focused on gimmicks. That couldn't be further from the truth. Their games are rammed with content. The Wii also didn't completely kill Nintendo as a serious competitor, if it did then the other parties wouldn't have tried to jump onboard the blue ocean Nintendo created. The misfires of the Wii U are what damaged them, not the Wii. Plus a "no gimmicks" 3D Mario? You do realise that new features and new ideas are what stops series and games stagnate, right? You're putting down some of the best 3D platform games (Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 3D World) of all time just because they have a "gimmick". You shouldn't use the term "gimmick" as a negative. This is an issue I see with gaming fandoms. Here is the dictionary definition: a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business. Basically, any new feature used to advertise something or get attention is a gimmick. If a game is released as a sequel without a "gimmick", then we'll end up with annual stagnation. Sorry, but in my view at least, your negative argument is fundamentally flawed. Yes, Nintendo have made some mis-steps under Iwata's tenure, nobody in their right mind would say otherwise, but to talk down their successes and complain when they bring new things to franchises to prevent them stagnating, that's just not cool.

Seems they're charging people for multiple orders so cancelling them. Not an issue of stock but an issue with the fact it's GAME and they're inept :p

It's £34.99 Perfect opportunity to put up Super Mario All-Stars

Nothing this week

Yep. Typically arrives Wednesday or Thursday and comes with a badass T-Shirt

People want Costume Mario that aren't amiibo to be a surprise.

You share a heart metre :p

Agreed. I like how Nintendo are experimenting with tried and true formulae from main series games for spin-off games like this and Happy Home Designer, and it seems to be paying off.

They were asked about it at E3 and they said that they didn't want to add amiibo support as it'd just be doing what other games do in doing costumes. Which is a shame really.