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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.

Waaaaaah!

Indeed... The lipstick and noses irk me also.

Errrrrm does no one remember that awfulness that was Sonic the Hedgehog 2006? I just... GAH! HORRIBLE! Don't believe me? Ask Yahtzee what he thought of Unleashed: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/472-Sonic-Unleashed

Ok so WOW.... We've been contacting ETSY sellers about the raffle and raising money for SpecialEffect and we've had an amazing response from one individual. She designed and made a cushion with Ash and Pikachu and has had it signed by Veronica Taylor, the voice of Ash, Ash's Mum (Mom!) and May. It's so special that it's not going into the raffle, we're going to have an open auction on it! Watch this space

Aaaaaand I'm out.

You leave Daisy alone!

Good point! Thanks Retro : peace:

Cheers guys :-) My brain kinda freaked out with a lot of work stress and when I got home I just couldn't do ANYTHING. No thinking or doing stuff... was just exhausted.

Hey guys, wanted to say thanks so much for this game. I'm really gutted that I had to kind of bail at the end but life and mental health issues got in the way. Muchas thankos to @ReZourceman for putting on a great game. I think @Sheikah did a great job of following our lead as much and we had some total clangers when it came to non-kills! Just out of interest, was it just my inactivity that gave some suspicion or was it more to do with a lack of options left to be mafia?

Who are SpecialEffect? So as part of the StreetPass Banbury events calendar @bluey has decided to combine our MarioKart 7 tournament with a special fundraising session for an organisation called SpecialEffect. The charity is dedicated to designing new control schemes or completely new controllers for people (not just kids!) that have handicaps that stop them from enjoying games like everyone here. It's hugely important work with inclusiveness as it's major philosophy. It's liberated so many people from the physical and social obstacles that restrict them from sharing and enjoying in a way that most of us take for granted. Here are some great videos that you might want to look at to give you an idea: So there's a big variety of work going on including working directly with developers to include support for alternative controllers directly in their engines. http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/ What are we doing? On the 22nd of February, we will be holding a super huge raffle with some great Nintendo prizes, kindly donated by several different organisations including Nintendo themselves. Our aim is to raise over £500 through this, general appeals and possibly some other fund raising events. The event is entirely family friendly so if you have liddlies or you are a liddly then bring your clan Any questions then come visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/streetpassbanbury/ How can people help? Gift: At the moment, we are still trying really hard to get more stuff for the raffle. If there's anything that says "Nintendo!" that you would be willing to sacrifice to a good cause then we would be incredibly greatful! Donate: If any of the videos or the content of their website have inspired you enough to help the cause then please donate to our Just Giving page to help us hit our target. http://www.justgiving.com/StreetPass-Banbury Participate: Come to Banbury! Play Mario games! Enter the raffle! Win awesome stuff! Seriously though, seeing N-E people there would be excellent. Honestly, any support from the community would be great. Get in touch! .

Clicked lolnope! Every game that I've enjoyed on the DS has been greatly linked to the actual console itself, often it's portability. I don't see any of these being improved by being on a bigger screen, particularly with the screen so physically split. It would ruin games like Contra and Sonic Rush that switch between screen regularly and games like Metroid Prime Hunters are going to require some sort of finger dislocation to play. In my opinion, I can't think of a single game that it would improve and I'm cynical enough to think that Nintendo will claim that they would have had to cherry pick the games because of this and that's why they only release 3 games a year. The 3DS has a full DS emulator built in. Put the service on the platform that it was meant for.

Not a chance with SEGA. They play with Nintendo but they don't want to be acquired. Plus I don't think Nintendo would have the money/get enough value to buy both Football Manager and the Empire franchises let alone Sonic. The developers of the former two would massively kick off as well as I very much doubt that they would have any confidence in Nintendo managing their IPs properly. There are plenty of people in the industry that love Nintendo but have no interest in working with them.

Yes! I was saying this to Dakota the other day. Nintendoland should've been installed on the machine. Maybe 3 free attractions (one from each category) and then additional attractions at a few quid each. Then they could create new attractions for up and coming games (or anything I suppose). It would be amazing, everyone would have it, new do tent, promote other game series etc etc Maybe even 3rd parties (ha) could create attractions or whatever... Just thinking about it frustrates me, Nintendo never try anything ambitious with online! This is one of the best ideas for Nintendo that I've heard in the past few months. I personally think that Nintendoland is massively underated and not promoted anywhere near as much as it deserves. Totally agree on it being both a showcase and a promotional platform.

That's both massively off-topic and a passive aggressive way of trying to pick a fight with me. I'm trying to do both you and everyone else here a favour. Lighten up mmmmkae

When two people with a bit more perspective than you suggest that you should drop it @Sheikah then you probably should.

I see the whole VC announcement as an empty promise. So little chance that there will be a decent selection of games that people want to play and lets not forget that they will likely cost £15-20 each.

I hate to poor water on the fire but I thought all this talk about taking advantage of the IP was about merchandising. If it's about forming good relationships with other developers then good luck. They done so well at working with others so far

Can we get back on topic? Is no one else terrified that it seems that Nintendo have just woken up to several fact including the following: - To increase perceived value the Wii U must clearly demonstrate it's KSPs. - Having an accounts based system is a form of customer retention (not to mention stifles the resentment of paying for things more than once) - Their prices need to be examined. These are all things that should have been crystal clear and realised in strategy, a year before launch not over a year afterwards. Whose steering this ship anyway? A bunch of monkeys with typewriters?

My prediction is that nothing will change. Mostly because the promised that it would.