Ronnie

From a business POV the DLC releases need to be far apart. The whole point is that they revive interest in the game and hopefully boosts sales. Releasing them too close together would be counter-productive, as much as we may want it.

My god this game looks f-ing INCREDIBLE!!!!! Nintendo goodness in HD, oh what a beautiful thing. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/gallery_enjoy_a_cuteness_overload_in_these_captain_toad_treasure_tracker_screens

Might get this one as a download, it'd suit quick pick up and play rather than one long play through.

Cringe. Get a grip man.

Just a small tip, the above would have a lot more meaning if it wasn't posted directly after someone you're supposedly ignoring posts about you Don't worry I know you never actually put me on ignore, just like you never put Serebii on it. A request, please please please don't ruin this thread with constant whinging about exchange rates, prices, lack of features, delays, missing amiibo functionality, Nintendo being deceitful, or other such b0llocks like that about this gem of a game.

Argh another thread derailed by @Wii's unbelievable tightness and constant ignorant moaning about prices, release dates and features. Not telling us what the amiibo features in Captain Toad are is now "deceitful"? Cringe.

Hmm not sure I like the sound of that. I'd rather it was considered a big retail game like any other.

10 worlds of 7 levels each? Seems plenty to me.

I can't wait for a Captain Toad amiibo, wonder if there will be one packed in with a copy of the game. Even in the US and Japan the game's amiibo functionality is being delayed to 2015, probably same day as we get it. I assume because they've their hands full with the Smash range in the mean time.

70 levels sounds good. Seems to be a good variety of level types too.

Game is looking amazing, the perfect little Christmas gem. This delay is f-ing gutting.

Have you tried looking on ebay? There's a few dozen on there.

I've been playing this on and off over the last few days. I really like Smash Run, just wish it was a bit longer. I would love a single player story mode with levels similar to Smash Run, I assume that's what the Subspace Emissary thing was in Brawl?

The Direct probably isn't coming for another couple of weeks to give some breathing room from Smash 3DS, they probably just wanted to get the date out earlier than that.

The "Smash Bros" part of these amiibo are just cosmetic, it's only in the design and they have no unique functionality in Smash. They'll work with any future game.

They all have Smash Bros logos on the bases, they've been there since the E3 unveiling. These are the "Smash Bros" amiibo range, that's why Mario is in a fighting stance. There'll be other collections, some with the same characters used again.

Tearaway is in my top 10 games of all time. I tried it at Eurogamer last year and bought a Vita just so I could play it. Barely touched my Vita since.

I wish they would bring back three stage sound effects from the Wii menu when you clicked "Home > Wii Menu > Yes" - The first two sounds are there but they've changed the confirmation one. Miniscule nitpick.

It could be that they wanted the majority of people to play the 3DS version in anticipation of the release this Friday. If the Wii U version was available for everyone to play, far fewer people would try the 3DS version.

The way they did it made the tournament pretty special, all eyes were on the big screen. I think they made the right decision.

Aren't they so 99% of UIs in the last couple of decades?

I went three days and had a great time, more so than last year. I actually think of the big three Nintendo probably stole the show, there was a LOT of buzz around their booth, helped by Splatoon and Smash U tournaments on the big screen. Some of my highlights... Elite Dangerous Apart from maybe Zelda U this is probably the game I'm most looking forward to at the moment. I played the original on the NES and the sequel on the PC all those years ago, incredible memories. This game is looking pretty much perfect, I can't believe there don't seem to be anything that looks off with it. The EGX set-up was excellent, 12 stations all arranged in a War-Room like circle, half hour queue to play at most, very friendly staff. Must have queued to play it about 6 times in total, one time the dev very kindly let me take off and re-dock on the station which wasn't part of their usual demo. Incredible game, can't wait for release in a couple of months. Splatoon I also can't speak highly enough of this, so much fun. The tactical play is great and it's a lot of fun hiding in your own ink ready to ambush any opposing players. Looks great and I reckon we've only barely scratched the surface of the final game. The lady on the mic for this did an incredible job. No idea where she got all that energy from for four days. Lumino City My god this game looks spectacular. The original on iPad was excellent but so short, this looks about ten levels up from that, the dev I spoke to mentioned it was a 10 hour game. Cannot wait. Captain Toad Loved it but it wasn't anything new, having seen the E3 demos I practically had the stages memorised. Nice visuals. Sonic U and 3DS Dear god the controls are diabolical. The 3DS is a tad more playable though. Yoshi's Woolly World It looks really nice but to be honest I get such a New Island vibe from it that it's a bit off-putting. Seems to play EXACTLY like it, though the levels seem bigger in scope. Kirby Decent enough fun. I prefer the Triple Deluxe style of gameplay though. Drive Club If you're into driving sims it's probably fantastic, but it just bored me tbh. Sunset Overdrive Seemed a bit chaotic and all over the place to be honest. Changing weapons seemed very awkward and aiming wasn't the easiest. Looked stunning though and will probably be fun. Not sure horde mode at night was the best way of showing it off. Nice to see a shooter that has a bit of creative imagination. Also liked: Affordable Space Adventures (definitely picking that up) and Ori and the Blind Forest (the XBox staff were useless and just stood back and let you get on with it, unlike the extremely friendly Nintendo people), Special mentions to the indie stuff upstairs: Velocity 2X, The Room 3, Never Alone, A Light in Chorus (wow), Mushroom 11 and The Marvellous Miss Take. Alien Isolation and EVE Valkyrie were pretty cool with Oculus. All in all a fantastic show. Very very busy but if you time things right it's not so bad. Can't believe how long people queue to play Call of Duty 27. (as people can tell I like my games colourful!)

FFS now I need a 2DS for some reason

Looking forward to: Captain Toad, Elite: Dangerous and The Room 3