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I didn't miss the point. I was pointing out that they do have what it takes and it's silly to assume otherwise.

We just play "you die you drink". No added extra crap for using items etc.

That said, last year he did say he was working on a new IP

I was watching their E3 conferences recently, and a repeated word across them when the DS and Wii were announced and released was "disruption". Nintendo want to disrupt the industry, not just do the same thing as everyone else. Look at the Wii, that caused huge disruption and caused Sony to come out with the Sixaxis and Move, and Microsoft with the Kinect because of it. The DS also disrupted that market. They wanted to try again by changing how games are played and interaction between user and games in the core space with the Wii U. This attempt at disruption failed, as do many risks from time to time. It doesn't mean they're incapable of doing hardware.

Yeah, they do. As someone said on GAF: No online-paywall. No microtransactions. Local co-op. Thanks for being backwards Nintendo. Tech doesn't matter to me, the content does. Still, Nintendo buying SCEI is the more likely option out of that and Nintendo going third party, and I'd prefer that one.

My dream? Nintendo to buy SCEI. Sony are bound to let it go at some point due to their spiralling company, so Nintendo gets it. Gets Uncharted etc. as exclusives, and gets a few of their engineers in to help with the next console. Everybody wins. Sony for 3rd party! Or 2nd party! Afterall, the Vita is dying!

Nintendo going third party is a horrible option as it would result in them having to scale back and rely solely on games and that would result in annualisation and Nintendo just being a Mario/Zelda/Pokémon factory (don't say that's what they are until after E3. Trust me.), and that's not good for anyone. Their output would diminish in both quantity, and even possibly quality due to the morale hit the redundancies would have given. Nintendo is perfectly capable of creating hardware and using it beautifully. Look at Mario Kart 8. What Nintendo need to just shift is their priority with their hardware. Nintendo goes for efficiency rather than power. Look at the power needed to run the Wii U and everything. It's astonishingly low and can output some damned beautiful stuff. Nintendo have had TWO years of financial loss. TWO. It's way too soon to think they're in trouble and need to scrap everything. Their competitors have had much bigger losses for much longer a duration. Let me put it one way. In the late 90s, the GameBoy was on its last legs. It had sold around 64 million units. Pundits were saying it was on the way out, and so was Nintendo, then a little game came out, you may have heard of it, Pokémon. The GameBoy was given new life and went onto sell ~119 million units before it was discontinued in 2001. This was despite competitors being more powerful. Never count Nintendo out. Wii U is struggling, sure, but the core focus is about the games, and the games push the system. I am willing to bet that, this time next year, we'll all be discussing the decent (but not amazing) turnaround the Wii U has had. Mark my words. The thing Nintendo needs to do is quite simple and can be put into four words: MARKET THE BLOODY THING.

Official videos will likely come within minutes of them showing it

My translator also came to the conclusion, and I trust him as he does it professionally

So, according to the investor Q&A, Nintendo is going to reveal quite a lot of new content at E3. I am excited!

The issues I heard of it are that turning around is such a hassle...now we have this.

And comments like this are appearing https://www.facebook.com/NintendoHandheldGaming/posts/663782163693778 They can't win. Also, people STILL believe Nintendo patched this out originally. Good god.

Nintendo just posted this http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/c4FWbi-Uave2T9R1h7SFzX0aoa-d4pgx

Well that's something sorted about the battle issues some had...

I know, but what I'm saying is that the fact the idea of homosexual relationships causes a massive ratings bump, regardless of actual content is horrific and needs to be resolved

Well I was referring to the rating systems in the west, not the west in general. Apologies for any misunderstanding.

I agree. This really is something that shouldn't have happened, but it has and, if it was an easy fix, you can bet that Nintendo would do it... It's not like they want this sort of publicity.

Nintendo's statement indicates that they're listening and implies it'll be implemented in future iterations, too. What people are missing is a) You don't play as you. b) As you said, sorting it out would require a significant recode that would take a hell of a long time. It's not something that can just be patched, it'd almost certainly require a significant rewrite of the entire game. This game has been completed for over a year. The western versions are printed and waiting for release. It's not as easy as people are making out it should be. c) The rating issue is a big one. It's a real shame that the west considers gay relationships to warrant an increase in ratings. This needs to be ironed out and fast, yet people aren't pushing that. Should Nintendo have included it from the start? Yes, almost certainly. However, this amount of badgering and attacking is ridiculous.

Everything within that subquest was in Lumiose City

I don't buy games at RRP, but at "full price" that retailers like ShopTo are selling for, which is usually £5-£10 below RRP. Almost always Day 1. If I don't have an initial interest for a game, I tend not to bother. Like @Dcubed, I also don't tend to get AAA titles that end up dropping in price considerably, too, but rather mostly Nintendo titles that stay high.

No it's not. It's mathematics.

First footage tomorrow night

Pic of the day. Uniting three parts will complete the legendary Air Ride machine…the Dragoon! It's back! But we didn't just leave it the way it was, and added some nice touches to the design of the targeting screen. It is, of course, in stereoscopic 3D on the 3DS. Just the target screen felt lacking so here's a pic of the Dragoon itself. I wanna get on it. I wanna get on and ride it.

Also, don't forget the size of these figures. Consider the size of the 3DS portal and the NFC part of the GamePad. They're going to be small, like the Rumble U ones

Well it could be. We'll see in 4 and a half weeks