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This gets so brutal...Level 9-2 is EVIL

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Most games aspire to 2 million on the 360 and PS3 which have an "install base" of 76+m. For a game to hit that on a console with an install base of 3m is fantastic

I think it's a combination of factors, that being one of them, the other being it being mediocre

Yes, and if they did that "Nintendo's playing it too safe" "Wait 10 years for an F-Zero and all I get is a fucking HD upgrade?" and so forth

Annoyingly, the automatically loaded Miiverse page is NSMBUs...you have to go into Other Communities in the top-right one to post in the NSLU one

You're taking it to extremes. What he means is that it'll be like how Luigi's Mansion was done. Developed by other companies, but with EAD/SPD oversight

Jeez, screw the final level. So tricky considering there's no checkpoints Finished the DLC, need to get all the Star Coins and find the secret exits though...still loving it

Whenever a villager says they want to see my house and sets a time, they either don't turn up saying they've forgotten, or they say they were there and I wasn't, when I was in my house the whole damn time. It's starting to annoy me

I disagree. They have a fantastic lineup this year and we're bitching that it's not enough :p

The Baby Yoshis are really helpful in this

I honestly don't know. Nintendo is hedging a lot on Mario, Zelda and 3D Land increasing sales. It won't be such a drastic, sudden increase as per 3DS, but I reckon it'll be a bit more gradual. Besides, you also need to consider that the PS4 and especially Xbox One may not pick up as much as people are expecting. I know many casual people who aren't jumping over for quite a while, since the games they want are coming for their current consoles, and they don't see that big a difference in graphics/capabilities to warrant a purchase. Some games wow them from the PS4, but for the most part it's "the same but with slightly better lighting". Actual quote. If Nintendo's strategy fails, then they'll just keep twaddling along...they may accept that not everything will be a big hit on it and just do the other franchises (I am of the belief that they actually do have a Starfox and maybe F-Zero in development, just not ready to be shown yet) as they go on, as per the Gamecube.

That's why I halved it :p I don't expect it to take off as much as the 3DS did, but it WILL rebound in some form and we know it. I agree that Mario Kart 8 being after holidays is a massive mistake, but Mario will help it, as will the 10 first party published games released between now and then

773MB, but it says you need 1.5GB to download it

They could, but not straight out. Let me peg a couple of examples for you Fire Emblem Awakening Luigi's Mansion Both of these are from titles that are relatively niche, especially the former. If these games were released in 2011 during the 3DS's flagging period, they would have not done anywhere near as well as they have done now. Instead, they have made an impact...the Fire Emblem franchise is now well known once again. Even Animal Crossing is doing better than it ever has. Compare to other niche franchises from early in the 3DS's life, Pilotwings and Steel Diver...both of which failed to reach 1 million units worldwide. Picture this...hypothetically speaking, Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8 do what their predecessors did for the 3DS. The 3DS jumped from 6.68m (October 2011) to 17.2m (March 2012) in a matter of month in no small part due to those games. Let's say they do half this, just because I'm realistic...push the Wii U to 10-12m sales by the end of the fiscal year. Now, there's an install base and these games may actually catch on and do well once release. As I've said, at the moment their task is to get the Wii U into homes and the best way to do that is with their tried and true franchises that appeal to the "casual" and "core" players.

There's also the fact that they don't sell well. I love those games as much as you, and I really want a massive Starfox game on the Wii U. However, at this point in time, Nintendo's target is to get the Wii U out of its hole and these franchises, ones which have games that are lucky to break 1m at the best of times, won't do it. Mario's graphics aren't necessarily "simplistic", they're part of the style that is Mario, as was Galaxy as I proved in the 3D World thread to stop this crap. Just because it's a cartoon style does not mean it's simplistic or poor. Reggie, Iwata and Miyamoto have all said that they intend to return to legacy franchises when they can, but now is NOT the time, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just deluding themselves. Nintendo needs to get the Wii U to sell, niche titles will not get this to happen.

Yeah, I get why they revealed them then, since things were looking "bad", but the reaction would have been better at E3 if not. Then again, we'd have even more "What the hell, a Wind Waker remake? Where's my proper game?" and things like that

Yes, we knew about the games...and just that. We knew they existed, we knew NOTHING about them. It's a bit ridiculous to complain at that Indeed. This was the strongest E3 showing Nintendo has EVER had Home console 3D Mario? Check Home console 2D Mario? Check but DLC Mario Kart? Check Smash Bros? On two consoles - Check Zelda? HD remake and new 2D game - Check 3D Pokémon? Check Second Donkey Kong Country game in 16 years? Check Soon-to-be-release new IP? Check Later pseudo-new IP? Check (X) Revival of critically acclaimed franchise? Check (Bayonetta) Yet, all these things are not enough for the Internet. I swear, if Nintendo gave everyone a puppy with a Wii U, people would complain it's not enough. Yes, there were few surprises, but welcome to E3. There never are many anymore

Mostly at all of the E3 Direct. I think part of it was that the US stream had issues, but basically each game got booed

Thing is, the levels are designed around his flutter

Found some secret exits in this too...it's not as straightforward and the exits are like impossible to spot. Love it

I have Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition on my Xbox 360. I was playing it, Kinect was plugged in as usual. I coughed (I'm severely asthmatic so this isn't that uncommon). Kinect took the cough to be me saying grenade. The grenade was thrown and killed me. Reasons such as this are why I dislike Kinect

I'm pretty much the same. While I'll miss the Halo series, even though it has got worse since 343 took over, it'll take a lot to convince me to get the Xbox One. It's more expensive, less powerful, and almost all the games I'd likely get for it will be on the PS4 anyway. That and the fact Microsoft wants to screw people who buy it, and that their last console had a 60% failure rate for a long time before they even accepted there was a fault, makes me hesitant to buy one.