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God I can't wait for handheld Smash. I've still got plenty to play on my 3DS but I'm not even a little sorry that I got rid of my Wii U right now... I think we're going to see stuff for the second half of the year announced at E3 although I doubt it will be more than 1 or 2 new titles. There was far too much in that Direct that was without a solid date, so I expect the Nintendo conference to be a string of confirmed dates. I must say though.... with the amount of development grunt that they have, the output is bizarre at best atm.

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I don't particularly approve of the way anyone is talking about this subject but it does genuinely feel like both you and dazzy are missing Sheikah's point on purpose. I don't think Sheikah disagrees that the unit and PS+ subscription is significantly more expensive than a Wii U on it's own. But if you take into account actually owning games over the lifetime of the unit then I think it's very likely that you will pay less on aggregate. I think that most people would easily get £200 worth of games out of PS+ over 5 years. And most of the games on disc, even the ones really worth getting, will likely drop in price to £20 or even £15. Compare that with Nintendo games that due to supply and demand, happily sit at £30 for a long time even waaaaay after they have been released. I don't really understand why you guys don't see this as a possible value argument. You are stating facts which are true enough without taking into account the real world scenario, that although is only a possibility and cannot be proven, is quite likely. Let's not even get onto the fact that the PS4 will likely price drop down to £250 quite easily in time.

The new bat has an air of japanese sex toy about it...

OK, so apparently GAME stores are holding events for Tropical Freeze on 28th Feb/ 1st / 2nd of March depending on your area: GAME Store Maidstone Weston Favell Peterborough Portsmouth Braehead Westfield Stratford Leeds Whiterose Redditch

I've never heard a company confuse business strategy with unjustified loyalty before. I think these guys left their perspective at the check-in desk. Some details: - Apart from EA, it is my firm belief (with some industry feedback) that anyone not developing for Nintendo is not doing so for business reasons. - No one is more responsible for the 3rd party situation than Nintendo - Burning your relationships bridges within a small industry is foolish - As a small dev, restricting your options in terms of release platforms is near suicidal. - Nintendo does not reward 3rd party loyalty

How do people feel about the community here then? Is it somewhere you feel personally connected, like real friends just separated by the internet, or is it more of a common interest thing? You know, like talking to people who understand or have a similar perspective to you? Also what do you think is your social "function" (for want of a better term!) in the forum? How do you see yourself? Do you feel close enough to people here to call out for help if needed? Is it a place that you can rely on?

I've been mulling this over a lot recently and I suppose this is my question: Why do you come to N-Europe.com? The answer may seem obvious on a superficial level but I'm sure everyone has their own slightly different reasons. I think most people come for the forums but are you and avid front page reader? Do you come here to find people similar to you, or perhaps to find those with differing opinions? Are you here simply to squeeeeeee at Nintendo stuff and express your happiness? What would make come here more? Why do you come here rather than anywhere else? Who are those members of the community that make it all worth it? Answers on the back of a postcard!

Hi dazzy, I can probably be more helpful contacts wise. Unfortunately bluey and I host similar events of our own now (including helping with StreetPass Brum!) so having the time to get involved with another group is something that we'd want to do but probably shouldn't for our sanities' sake! I'd highly recommend getting in touch with Lincoln's local StreetPass team: https://www.facebook.com/streetpasslincoln?fref=ts Sam Kenealy runs that group and is likely to be able to get you in touch with your local Nintendo rep and possible Nintendo UK's community manager, who is a really nice guy. They might lend you some capture units that can be hooked up to TVs if you get reeeeeally lucky but they will come with technicians and basically bodyguards. Politically, you need to make this worth Nintendo's while and they have budgetary constraints so keep that all in mind if you do end up talking to them. Take a look at the Winter Pokémon event that they did to get an idea of how awesome some of their official mascot costumes are: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.186148238255198&type=1 As far as other ideas go, I think that street performance and food would go pretty high on my list of culturally Japanese vibes. Things like ramune, interesting tea (like sakura tea) and some of the weirder food like takoyaki or something pretty fun like "make-your-own" okonamiyaki would be great. I would say do sushi as well but I don't think it would have the impact that it would have done say 10 years ago. You need to get some decent gatchapon machines too ;-)

Well there are a few things going on at the same time... Firstly, yes, this is a monthly meet for our local 3DS club to play a Mario Kart 7 tournament. There will also multiple games of Mario Party 3DS going on but keep in mind that these are both download play games, so you don't even need to own the game! There'll also be some Double Dash around to play so you can give some of the whippersnappers a run for their money. Second, as a bit of fun and a charity fund raising event we will be holding two raffles. The first is exclusively for the Pokémon cushion which is open to everyone around the world as entry is online. The second is for a range of gaming goodies but the winners get to pick their prizes, so you have to be there to enter. But generally it would be cool to have people to come and generally hang out and have a drink with us. The venue is a great place we wanted to encourage people we knew to come and support us and SpecialEffect. : peace:

So the blue of my charging cradle hardly matches my 3DS XL at all... come on Ninty ¬_¬

Ahem.... as is customary in my family (of two):

OK mothercluckers.... here's just a taste of what we're going to have on the raffle at our event. It'll be a totally different raffle to the cushion: Awesome Pokémon hoodies! Wicked Mario cushion (seriously might have to fight @bluey for this) CAKE! Nintendo decals Pokémon Jewellery Oh yeah.... I'm gonna bombard you with what you're all missing out on. @Kaepora_Gaebora , @Goafer , @MoogleViper , @mr_bogus , you are more than welcome That goes for anyone in the Northamptonshire and North Oxfordshire area, in fact anyone in the West Midlands or London -> Birmingham train line area! EXCITED!

Just seen this gif... had to post:

I'm noticing a lack of Ecco and Shenmue for the Dreamcast in you life. This gives me a sad. Also do you have Toy Commander?

You use OH in your posts a lot... you go on LoveHoney don't you :p

It took me a little while to decode that sentence!

That's cool and I totally understand :-) Wasn't thinking about anything on the main page but possibly a post in the forum. I'm hoping that the guys on Nugget Bridge will bite

OK so the page for purchasing tickets is now OPEN! (hint hint... it's our Just Giving page) http://www.justgiving.com/StreetPass-Banbury Please spread the word about this as everyone deserves a shot at this. @Serebii , I'd really appreciate it if you could waggle this at the visitors to your site. Best of luck to everyone, there are many more details on the tickets page but if you have any questions then fire away!

Not sure that means it's there's anything wrong. If anything it means that you're together because you want to be not because you feel obligated. It's happiness without the drama :-) I wouldn't be in a hurry to make any decisions. Just enjoy being happy.

Ah fair point, I was probably trying to get in on the "chill guys" thing as everyone has been (and continues to be so reactionary).

Mayabe micro-transactions would have been a better term to describe it.

Wow, calling people stupid is kinda inappropriate. Especially when you go on to say that some of the Michael Bay TF firms were anything but rubbish.

Nor me... fucking parachuting transformers. This whole thing looks even more bullshit than the last 2.

You mean THESE guys?! Seriously... thanks to my save file situation I essentially had to start over which has meant that I've never finished it.