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Aha! We got some clarification regarding the cartridge save data transfer functionality with the retail eShop games... http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31964 Apparently the save transfer functionality won't be arriving until Spring next year. So it seems that it's gonna be part of a system update then! (That should mean that it's possible to backup and copy across save data to and fro with any game! ) Yay! (I wonder if certain games like Pokemon will block it from working though...)

They could've dropped the RRP on some of those games that have been out for over a year now (looking at you Pilotwings Resort) But as I mentioned, I expected this. They're not gonna undercut retailers (watch all the major sites get outraged at the prospect of RRP pricing for the older games though...) Edit: Just realised that Nintendogs & Cats is missing too... Strange... (especially seeing as it already has a demo on the eShop in all regions )

Well if your TV has a crappy scaler, then I suppose it might look a bit better than it did on Wii (and won't have any input lag that comes from the scaling process), but it wont really make much of a difference generally speaking if you already have a halfway decent TV. The "Wii Mode" is no different from the 3DS' "DS Mode" or the DS' "GBA Mode". It's just a term for engaging the console's backwards compatibility mode, where it shuts off most of the new internal hardware and regresses itself back to the Wii specs. Nothing more need be read into it really.

Oh BTW, no surprise but the retail re-releases coming to the eShop in Japan are selling at their original RRP... http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/dlsoft/index.html This EU Nintendo Direct had better herald the release of those DD download cards in retail stores over here, it's absolutely infuriating to see NOE and NOA squander the potential of this model!

Ugh! So annoying that they continue to show nothing of Little Inferno!!! You'd think with less than 2 months to go before release that, oh I dunno, you might want to actually show off the game itself?

So MH3U is the first 3rd party title to get a dual retail/eShop release then. Great to see that non 1st party titles are finally joining in!

Hmm, no Steel Diver? Bit strange that they wouldn't include that one (come to think of it, Fire Emblem Awakening and Kid Icarus Uprising are missing too!) Can anyone with knowledge of Japanese gleam any details about how the cartridge save transfers work? (Please be an OS level feature! I'd absolutely love to be able to backup and transfer my cartridge/DD game save data to SD card via PC - Take THAT Mercenaries 3D!) Also, did they just say that the web version of the eShop is being released today?

As much as I'd love to believe it, I doubt it's gonna happen. It's not the type of thing to be unveiled at an EU exclusive Nintendo Direct. Most likely it's just being done to throw people off.

BTW if you're wondering, a late demo of Sabreman Stampede (what Donkey Kong Racing turned into) has been leaked from Rare and is in the hands of a collector... There's some footage here http://www.mundorare.com/features/stampedes-sorrowful-swan-song/stampede-videos

Shibata: "I hope you are all looking forward to Paper Mario Sticker Star, because it's available right now on eShop!"

The Nigoro games you find do have beneficial effects later on. If you combine them with other games, you get various stat boosts.

Oh yeah, I forgot that the UK Wii VC was 50hz only. Fair point. Well... NOUK didn't deny 60hz support on Wii U VC when I emailed them at least! So there's at least some hope! (running the 2D games in Hd res will do absolutely nothing though - they'll just look identical to how they look on Wii)

WTF!? Another one!? (And a proper one this time!!! ) This has to be focused around EU release dates. So far absolutely nothing is scheduled with a proper release date other than Layton Mask of Miracles this month. I expect release dates for Paper Mario SS, Devilishly Difficult Brain Training, Fire Emblem Awakening, Style Savvi/Style Boutique and CrossworDS Plus and maybe a few eShop titles (including Hana Samurai and Nano Assault EX) I don't expect anything actually new to be announced (especially if it's for EU only) Man! Nintendo Direct and Red Dwarf X on the same day!? MY BODY IS NOT READY FOR ALL THE AWESOME!!!

Oh wow, the Gold Rush pack is ridiculous! Got 30,000 on my first try. You really will rack up a million coins in no time with this one I haven't managed to beat the first level of the Nerve Wracking Pack yet! (It really does deserve all 5 difficulty stars! ) Can't help myself from trying to go for the Gold Flower in the first level Has anyone managed to beat the level while also nabbing the flower yet?

Only tried the Coin Challenge pack so far, but it's fun. I like how it has a different focus in its level design than the levels in the main game. Gives me a nice SMA4 vibe Also nice to see the fat hammer bros return from SMB3/NSMB Wii - Good to see that the new levels also have new enemies/mechanics to play with Will try the other two packs later (looking forward to giving the Nerve Wracking Pack a shot on my work commute!)

Ok got my message. Annoying to see that they offer absolutely no discount for buying the 3 pack set Would've been perfect to see that go for £5 Ahh well, the shop music is nice at least

Talk about a price hike! £2 per pack!? It's like Theatrhythm (US and EU got the DLC songs cheaper than Japan did) but in reverse

WTF!? Why haven't I got my Spotpass notification yet!? Does kinda make me worry about what might happen if someone buys the game down the line and they're not sending out the notification any more. How else is someone meant to access the ingame store? Edit: Oh never mind, apparently they said that if you haven't played in a long time, it will take longer to receive the message for the packs... I suppose the Spotpass message is pinged from the server when you play the game and it prepares a data package with your total coin count to be sent to Nintendo. I suppose that means that the Spotpass message will continue to get sent automatically and indefinitely so long as the 3DS online service continues to run (which is presumably forever)

EU version of the NSMB2 Nintendo Direct out now! http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/nintendo_direct_47764.html The Skinny: 1st set of 3 DLC packs is out today for us here in EU! (lol NOA, lol Japan) 2nd set comes out End of October 3rd set comes out end of November Nice!

http://rareminion.com/twelvetales.html Interestingly, not much of it ended up being reused in Conker's BFD! There's a few bits (like the signpost, the dancing flower textures, text boxes, one piece of music and the boulder rolling) which were reused as is and a few bits that were modified (barrel rolling and conker shooting), but the grand majority of it really was completely scrapped! I always had the impression that they re-used a lot more than they actually did It's not really hard to see why it was scrapped. It doesn't look any fun at all and also feels like a series of test environments loaded with a bunch of disparate mechanics, while lacking any sort of vision, goal or focus (which ties nicely into a comment that a former Rare employee made recently, who claimed that it was "not a good game") http://www.notenoughshaders.com/2012/08/21/donnchadh-murphy-chats-about-rare/ Also Conker is an annoying little shit in this game. Thank God they shoved a pint down his gullet!

Heh, funny you should mention that. An interview that was just released revealed that it was actually never in development http://www.notenoughshaders.com/2012/10/01/crash-lab-life-after-rareware-and-free-radical/ :p

Surprised that Punchout, Rhythm Heaven Fever and Fire Emblem RD scored so low! Thought they'd be up much higher. Nice to see that Rabbids Go Home made it onto the list

Well said. LA is one of my favourites in the series and it's partially because it's so compact. It has a tighter focus on each individual moment than any other game in the series and features some of the most brilliant level designs in the series! At times it feels like a parody of Zelda, while feeling like a perfect personification of what Zelda is all about at the same time. A truly timeless classic and one of the most touching games in the series As for the DX extras, I like them - but I think they're best experienced only after you've played the game normally as in the original B&W version. It's fun seeking out the extra stuff and messing round with them, even if the colour dungeon tunics arguably break the balance of the game (though in a fun way for S&Gs ) That being said, it's only really Twilight Princess that has ridiculously huge dungeons. The other games in the series (including the DS Zeldas and Skyward Sword) feature much shorter dungeons.

Why not just get ALTTP on the Wii? (You have one don't you?)

I bet that they changed the words in order to not have to do separate recordings for each and every supported language. Bit of a shame, but understandable (especially when you consider that they're releasing the game just 4 months after Japan)