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It's sad that this will be the final Smash presentation. They've always been a great source of excitement and intrigue for Nintendo fans, and always guaranteed to bring surprises. They've also provided a great way of maintaining interest in the game post-launch. I can't wait to find out who fills up the final roster slots! All will be revealed...

Some of my earliest and favourite memories come courtesy of the original N64 brawler. At the time our 6th Form was playing host to many a combative Street Fighter 2 contest on an old SNES. I was excited about this new Nintendo fighting game although I wasn't sure how easy it was going to persuade the others to try this new-style fighter where there were four players trying to knock each other off the screen, while combining items and platforming elements…. …It took precisely 30 seconds! Suddenly everyone was hooked. With so many players wanting to play, we had to run it so the winner stayed on, although the main players were Kirby, Samus, Jigglypuff, Luigi, and my character of choice from (I thought) some obscure RPG: Ness. It was great to see the different tactics and playing styles. The frustration at Kirby turning into a rock and constantly dropping on our heads, the joy of finally discovering ways of countering it! There was the risk-reward of Luigi’s mighty uppercut, the satisfaction of connecting with the baseball bat and the mad dash towards the all-conquering hammer whenever it appeared! We all had an absolute blast and loved the game. For one game to hold so many memories is a testament to how great the whole concept and game was. The Smash Bros series has only improved and developed over time. While it has only got better and will hopefully continue to do so, nothing can take away the joy that the first title gave to me. You never forget your first Smash!

Wow, I thought the game looked good before, but this guy has really demonstrated just how brilliant the art style is and how detailed some of the locations are. I loved the game on the N64 and the 3DS version has just continued my admiration of this Zelda title. The fact that they completed the original game in around 12 months is simply staggering. While the low number of dungeons is a disappointment, the number of sub quests goes a long way towards making up for it.

They have both done brilliantly to qualify! For the ROI that was a tough play-off game against a decent team. It's all lining up to be an exciting tournament and about time we had more of our home nations qualifying together.

I'd love to see Playtonic using the arcade games to parody older games. With the sense of humour they have it's quite plausible and would provide a fun distraction within the game. Ideally older Rare games are surely rife for parodying, especially those the Playtonic team worked on.

Platonic Games are teasing fans on Twitter... @PlaytonicGames: Today The hype train is really getting into full swing! I hope Nintendo deliver with this one. It's a great chance to get a little bit of excitement back considering the rather undetwhelming past few months (with just a few exceptions).

Congrats @S\.C\.G works hard on.

That's absolutely incredible. The system is evidence of one of the key decisions in videogame history and certainly deserves a place in a museum somewhere. If it does turn out to be a hoax, it's getting incredibly elaborate... It seems genuine and I still can't believe that no-one else in the father's company managed to obtain a system.

I initially didn't give this game a second glance, having put many hours into the WiiU version. With the extra characters and content they seem to be cramming into that tiny cartridge I'm getting more and more interested. Hopefully they can add some more gameplay contents / levels besides just the extra characters.

Congratulations! Are you a first time buyer? It's a brilliant feeling purchasing a house and that one looks nice. House prices in your area are pretty good too! Congrats EvilMurray!

I can empathise with you Murr. It's those games that I know will take hours to complete, that I'd want to get fully engrossed in & would need to spend time concentrating on that intimidate me. My wife is amazing & understanding of my passion for games, but I do feel guilty if I come across a game like the above. I'd really like to play the Mass Effect series as I've only played the 1st one for a few hours, but I fear it would take up my life for a significant amount of time if I committed to playing and completing it!

While the SNES and GameCube both mastered the genres set out by their predecessors, I have so many fond memories of my N64 that my vote went to Nintendo's final cartridge-based home console. The N64 showed what 3D games could look & play like, and it just had so many "wow" moments and innovations: the Rumble Pak, analogue stick, 4-player gaming as standard amongst the top innovations. Who can forget controlling Mario in 3D for the first time? The first time you picked up the Sniper Rifle in Goldeneye and zoomed in to see actual faces on the soldiers in Goldeneye? Visiting Hyrule as an adult & seeing how it had changed? Nailing that shortcut on Koopa Troopa Beach? The list could go on. This was my first Nintendo console and I spent many hours playing multiplayer games with friends, whether at each of our houses or even in our 6th Form common room. I could bore you all with stories but I'll save them for another time! It's the N64 for me.

I agree with Dcubed, and anything that lowers the barrier to the My Nintendo service gives more opportunity for a larger user base. These are steps in the right direction, and anything that doesn't restrict it to just Nintendo hardware owners means there is the potential to encourage them to become hardware owners in the future.

An HD update for a lot of Wii games makes sense from a commercial point of view. Nintendo reeled in a lot of casual gamers with the Wii, and I doubt the majority ended up playing games such as Last Story, Pandora's Tower, etc. Going back to play them now, the contrast in graphical quality is clear, especially on newer TVs. I guess two main things to consider are 1) whether out of the WiiU owners are Nintendo's core fans who have already played those games, and 2) whether the cost of upgrading these games can be justified. I'd love to see and play an HD Twilight Princess. Yes it had more flaws than many other Zelda games, but it was also more ambitious with it's sheer size and scale, so there were many excellent ideas in there too. It will be good for those existing WiiU owners although I can't see it improving the WiiU sales.

Milner's the type of player most teams need - that workhorse who you know will give 100% every single time, regardless of the team's overall performance. He would look better if anyone else around him was performing, which unfortunately isn't really happening for Liverpool at the moment. I think Klopp is a terrific manager, I just hope that Liverpool fans and board give him the time to buy run the players and get the team playing the style he wants.

Drat, I'm still trying to log-in to finish off my final few stars, but it freezes when I try to look at the Stars Catalogue. Ah well, I'd gotten everything I wanted, it was just a final push to use up my last remaining ones. I wonder how long before they announce its replacement...?

Haha, that's really similar to what I used to do! In the early days they even had a leaderboard of those who had the most. I was so pleased as at one point I was 3rd (It really was that sad that I was actually pleased about this!). Yeh the majority of items were just throwaway oddities, but it did have a few gems in there. I'm thankful to the scheme as I got my VIP DS through it before it was released in the UK, got to attend the 3DS demonstration event in London, and my New 3DS from it! Yes for every soundtrack, I wasted stars on Cooking Guide oven cloths & easily breakable DS box book-ends! Haha! Oh well, I started on Day 1 and now managed to order my Goodbye coin and Endings soundtrack at the very end. They didn't have to do anything for their customers, but thanks Nintendo for giving us the scheme.

Excuse my ignorance, but what's this "N-Box" rumour?

They really are! :-) Brilliant game and follows on nicely from 999. I'm thrilled they're now making another title in the series and I agree it's probably one of more obscure and cult games on the 3DS.

I can't wait! Some of the players are just ridiculous, and it's great to see how easy they make some of the games I played as a kid! Definitely worth tuning in for! The commentary the players give is always a little hit or miss - some are charismatic and give interesting / funny commentary, others are... just not as interesting.

Besides the farewell coin, do we know if there's anything else they've advertised that is yet to be added?

Devastating news. Some wonderful tributes to a great man. He contributed a huge amount to the gaming industry and to the games I enjoy. My deepest sympathies to his friends and family. A sad sad day.

There were many many times last season I thought they'd get rid of Pearson, but in all fairness they stuck with him & they stayed up. Seems a little odd to me that they've only now decided to replace him!

I know! Add in the Final Fantasy VII remake plus the (provided it's not a hoax) finding of a prototype Sony Nintendo console), it's as if the wishes of gamers are finally starting to come true! Now all we need is a Pokemon MMORPG, Beyond Good & Evil 2, and Half-Life 3 and I think the Internet will explode with the sheer excitement and anticipation of gamers!

Yeah I'm with you Rummy. I would absolutely love this to be real, but I'm going to remain on the side of caution. I can't believe we haven't seen any prototypes or anything for all these years until now.