If this does happen, will Atlus games on non-Nintendo platforms be forced to stop manufacturing and being sold? This could also mean Atlus games be currently developed on non-Nintendo platforms would have to switch to Wii U or 3DS, or be cancelled altogether.
I do want this game, but it is pretty stupid how developers always say "if there's demand for it" when it comes to Wii U ports... Seriously, its been released for every other viable platform, so why not Wii U?
I'll get Streets of Rage, but I don't think I'll get anything else. I have the Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on PS3 which has most of these games, but I just love Streets of Rage so much.
I would use another fundraising website if you do something like this again, because for a second time I've tried to donate the website has gone down...
It is ridiculous in my opinion that digital downloads are ever more expensive than physical. You have the manufacturing costs of the cartridge, box art and case, plus it requires shipping to the retailer's warehouses.
You also have the ability to trade in or sell physical games which make them even more value-for-money than downloads. I regret buying Luigi's Mansion 2 because after I have collected all the Boos, I honestly have no reason to go back to it.
Not a title, but the names of the vehicles and tracks in Mario Kart Wii are also very different from the US and EU games. Don't know about other games in the series.
Changing names between regions that speak the same language has always annoyed me, does that small change really make a difference for marketing in different cultures, especially in a world where the Internet exists?
Still, its fun to annoy my friend by calling Lylat Wars Star Fox 64.
On the Smash Bros website, there is now an awkward place in the bottom-right of the roster... Very unlikely, but maybe another character will be revealed quite soon?
Anyway, Olimar is awesome! Maybe if they don't make him a clone, one of the new captains can have the flying and rock Pikmin (and maybe Bulbmin)? The new types of Pikmin aren't in any of the Olimar screenshots so far.
I don't see the argument that if you buy digital, it's yours forever, as long as the console works, simply because current consoles are far less reliable than back in the 90s. Some of the first NESs manufactured have survived almost 30 years, but now consoles break all the time. Who knows how long Wii U and 3DS consoles will last before breaking?
I want to bring up the Rainfall games again. Because the games were released in English but not released in America for several months, people in those regions would have more reasons to play them through illegal means. Lost sales for NoE and NoA.
I really wanna get a good chunk of Awakening and Luigi's Mansion 2 done. Might also play some Borderlands with friends. And of course, some late night beetle hunting in Animal Crossing. My copy of Project X Zone arrived today, but I'll most likely not get to that. I also downloaded Final Fantasy 3 on my new tablet which I have been enjoying a lot so far.
I can't see the appeal of Angry Birds. There is zero strategy to it. It's all constant trail and error, and when you achieve something it's usually completely by luck. It's just too dumbed down in the wrong way to be enjoyable to me.
If emulation is one of the main draws of a console, then you have a serious problem with content. Emulation only hurts the game developers on the Ouya. E.g. Final Fantasy 3 is one of the top games on the Ouya. Why pay $16 for it when you can get emulate all of them up to 9 for free?
I still stand by my hatred for this game, it is simply too cheap and difficult compared to the first to be enjoyable for me. I love Sonic 1 8-bit, maybe my favourite Sonic game, but Sonic 2 in my top 10 most hated games.
I'll get Might Switch Force for that price, was waiting until I got a Wii U but I can't argue with £3.60. Also getting the physical version of Project X Zone.
I'm going to be 100% honest with you lot, if you go to ANY organised Pokemon tournament, I can guarantee you that most, if not all, of the high-end players would have hacked to get their Pokemon. If you watch a popular YouTuber who does competitive Pokemon, their Pokemon are 99% likely to be hacked.
And guess what? This won't change anything. In the hacking programs you can make your Pokemon look 100% legal, down to the route, region and time the Pokemon hatched, and hidden authorisation codes not available on the Pokemon's status page, with the maximum stats possible. Game Freak already have barriers at physical tournaments, and the people who carefully hack their Pokemon always get through.
All this is going to effect are the idiots who hack shiny Zekroms with 999 in all their stats. Its not going to effect the people who have hacked perfect IVs and EVs, which is possible in the main game.
I personally really enjoyed Yoshi's Island on the GBA (loads of nostalgia, first Nintendo EAD-developed game I ever played). But this just looks really meh. It looks really uninspired, and even with my extreme nostalgia for the original I just wasn't interested at all when I first saw it.
Hope to be proven wrong, but with this article, I doubt I'll be picking this up.
@Pierceton Of course it can do more, the problem that I have is that the people behind the Ouya are advertising something which is illegal as the major selling point of the console. Almost any device can play illegally downloaded games if the right software and hacking is used. Through advertising this, they are effectively taking away support from the game developers which are making fully legal games for the system.
If you want to run an emulator with games on a device, go ahead. You're breaking the law, but I honestly couldn't care less. But when you start to advertise emulators and illegal downloads as a, if not the, major selling point for your console, you're just asking for trouble.
But to be honest, unless you're a developer and want to mess around with the Homebrew and development side the Ouya offers, if you own a Android tablet with HDMI out, you own a Ouya already.
@Geonjaha I agree, now YouTube has given so many people Partnership Programs, they need to stick to it and not take the programs away (unless the user becomes inactive). But ideally Let's Plays should have remained a non-profit hobby, unless the content creators produce quality videos, and its the sheer amount of people making money from them which caused this problem in the first place.
I think that if the videos are very well made and encourage gamers to buy the game in question, such as videos by Chuggaaconroy and Josh Jepson, it makes the game more desirable to play. I bought Okami after watching a section of Chuggaaconroy's Let's Play of it, and I extremely enjoyed the game; and I'll buy Fallout 1 and 2 next time there is a Steam sale for them thanks to Josh Jepson's Fallout 3 LP.
However, I do agree YouTube and other Partnership Programs has been way too generous in giving any old video makers money for just ranting and screaming while playing a game, and 90% of Lets Plays out there are just bad really. If YouTube didn't just hand out money to anyone with a capture card, this problem wouldn't have ever arisen.
Animal Crossing New Leaf, on my fourth day now, and I have my first trade organised for this evening! (just some fruit, nothing super exciting)
I also have Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate to play as well, and I'm in the middle of my Sentinel playthrough of Mass Effect 2. Might also try and do a few missions in Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem Awakening.
@Cotton As you said, it would be easier to re-create Link to the Past. Really, it would be so easy with the world map and almost all the models basically being pre-made, I wouldn't be surprised if it was included with Link Between Worlds, or is made as a downloadable title on the eShop.
@C-Olimar Basically, it follows on after Link goes back in time and warns Zelda about Ganondorf before he can enter the Sacred Realm. Ganondorf gets sentenced to death (see Twilight Princess), and Link spends some time with Zelda (and re-learns the Song of Time) before he sets out on his quest to find Navi.
If they can find a suitable alternative moveset for Falco, that would be awesome. But if Sakurai can't, as much as I like Falco, I would much rather have a more unique character.
That goes for any clone characters as well, minus Luigi which I am hoping is getting a new Poltergust-focused moveset.
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Re: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes To Feature Stan Lee as a Playable Character
Deadpool, Stan Lee and Agent Coulson on the same team. I demand it.
Re: Nintendo Download: 25th July (Europe)
Very sparse week for me apart from Pikmin 3, which I would get retail if I owned a Wii U.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Shaping Up To Acquire Troubled Atlus
If this does happen, will Atlus games on non-Nintendo platforms be forced to stop manufacturing and being sold? This could also mean Atlus games be currently developed on non-Nintendo platforms would have to switch to Wii U or 3DS, or be cancelled altogether.
Re: Pikmin 3 Listed As £39.99 On The Wii U eShop in The UK
Still £32 on Amazon... Not interested.
Re: Strider Could Come To The Wii U eShop "If There's Demand For It"
I do want this game, but it is pretty stupid how developers always say "if there's demand for it" when it comes to Wii U ports... Seriously, its been released for every other viable platform, so why not Wii U?
Re: Nintendo Direct Mini Reveals SEGA 3D Classics on the Way to Europe
I'll get Streets of Rage, but I don't think I'll get anything else. I have the Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on PS3 which has most of these games, but I just love Streets of Rage so much.
Re: Earthbound Set for the Wii U Virtual Console Today
I wish I had a Wii U now...
Re: Site News: The Nintendo Life "Bros" Run the Edinburgh Streets for GamesAid
I would use another fundraising website if you do something like this again, because for a second time I've tried to donate the website has gone down...
Re: Soapbox: Retail Games Cost Too Much To Download From The eShop
It is ridiculous in my opinion that digital downloads are ever more expensive than physical. You have the manufacturing costs of the cartridge, box art and case, plus it requires shipping to the retailer's warehouses.
You also have the ability to trade in or sell physical games which make them even more value-for-money than downloads. I regret buying Luigi's Mansion 2 because after I have collected all the Boos, I honestly have no reason to go back to it.
Re: Nintendo Will Attend GDC Europe For The First Time
I expect something will be announced, why turn up somewhere which you haven't been to before without a good reason?
Re: Feature: When it Comes to Games, What's in a Name?
Not a title, but the names of the vehicles and tracks in Mario Kart Wii are also very different from the US and EU games. Don't know about other games in the series.
Changing names between regions that speak the same language has always annoyed me, does that small change really make a difference for marketing in different cultures, especially in a world where the Internet exists?
Still, its fun to annoy my friend by calling Lylat Wars Star Fox 64.
Re: Pikmin Hero Captain Olimar Joins The Smash Bros. Roster On Wii U And 3DS
On the Smash Bros website, there is now an awkward place in the bottom-right of the roster... Very unlikely, but maybe another character will be revealed quite soon?
Anyway, Olimar is awesome! Maybe if they don't make him a clone, one of the new captains can have the flying and rock Pikmin (and maybe Bulbmin)? The new types of Pikmin aren't in any of the Olimar screenshots so far.
Re: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure Saving the World on 24th September
Why can't we have Unlimited...
Re: Video: Kapp'n Songs From Animal Crossing: New Leaf Have Never Sounded So Good
I always think of Kapp'n's songs as being perfect for a bunch of drunk guys to sing in a circle.
Re: One Piece: Romance Dawn Won't Be Sailing To North America
Even though I have no interest in One Piece, and live in an area where it will be released, this just shows how stupid region locking is.
Re: Nintendo Wins Another Court Battle with R4 Cartridge Manufacturers
Good, flashcards are what killed retail indie development on the DS.
Re: Video: Learn About New Pikmin 3 Types in This Nintendo UK Series
@element187
Wait, what?
Re: Video: Learn About New Pikmin 3 Types in This Nintendo UK Series
No purple or white Pikmin?
Re: Nintendo Download: 11th July (Europe)
Don't think there is anything for me this week, still need to open my Project X Zone!
Re: Your View: The Issues of Collecting and Owning Download-Only Games
I don't see the argument that if you buy digital, it's yours forever, as long as the console works, simply because current consoles are far less reliable than back in the 90s. Some of the first NESs manufactured have survived almost 30 years, but now consoles break all the time. Who knows how long Wii U and 3DS consoles will last before breaking?
Also, thanks for uploading my comment
Re: Soapbox: Why Region Locking Is A Total Non-Issue
I want to bring up the Rainfall games again. Because the games were released in English but not released in America for several months, people in those regions would have more reasons to play them through illegal means. Lost sales for NoE and NoA.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Fifteen
I really wanna get a good chunk of Awakening and Luigi's Mansion 2 done. Might also play some Borderlands with friends. And of course, some late night beetle hunting in Animal Crossing. My copy of Project X Zone arrived today, but I'll most likely not get to that. I also downloaded Final Fantasy 3 on my new tablet which I have been enjoying a lot so far.
Re: Angry Birds Creator Cites Nintendo and Miyamoto As His Biggest Influences
I can't see the appeal of Angry Birds. There is zero strategy to it. It's all constant trail and error, and when you achieve something it's usually completely by luck. It's just too dumbed down in the wrong way to be enjoyable to me.
Re: Weirdness: UK Survey Determines What Makes an "Average UK Gamer"
I suspect this didn't count people under 18, but this was interesting nonetheless.
@FuseBlues, Now THAT'S a hardcore gamer right there. Childbirth can wait, I need to save the galaxy!
Re: UK Store GAME Pulls Mention Of SNES Emulator From Ouya Sales Page
If emulation is one of the main draws of a console, then you have a serious problem with content. Emulation only hurts the game developers on the Ouya. E.g. Final Fantasy 3 is one of the top games on the Ouya. Why pay $16 for it when you can get emulate all of them up to 9 for free?
Re: Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (3DS eShop / Game Gear)
I still stand by my hatred for this game, it is simply too cheap and difficult compared to the first to be enjoyable for me. I love Sonic 1 8-bit, maybe my favourite Sonic game, but Sonic 2 in my top 10 most hated games.
Re: Nintendo Download: 4th July (Europe)
I'll get Might Switch Force for that price, was waiting until I got a Wii U but I can't argue with £3.60. Also getting the physical version of Project X Zone.
Re: Video: Let's Play Fast & Furious: Showdown
Let's Rage: Fast and Furious!
Make it happen, at least a 5 minute video
Re: 3D Versions Of Shinobi III And Streets Of Rage Coming To 3DS eShop
Freaking love Streets of Rage, will pick that up for sure!
Re: The Pokémon Company Lays Down The Law On Cheaters
I'm going to be 100% honest with you lot, if you go to ANY organised Pokemon tournament, I can guarantee you that most, if not all, of the high-end players would have hacked to get their Pokemon. If you watch a popular YouTuber who does competitive Pokemon, their Pokemon are 99% likely to be hacked.
And guess what? This won't change anything. In the hacking programs you can make your Pokemon look 100% legal, down to the route, region and time the Pokemon hatched, and hidden authorisation codes not available on the Pokemon's status page, with the maximum stats possible. Game Freak already have barriers at physical tournaments, and the people who carefully hack their Pokemon always get through.
All this is going to effect are the idiots who hack shiny Zekroms with 999 in all their stats. Its not going to effect the people who have hacked perfect IVs and EVs, which is possible in the main game.
Re: First Impressions: Yoshi's New Island
I personally really enjoyed Yoshi's Island on the GBA (loads of nostalgia, first Nintendo EAD-developed game I ever played). But this just looks really meh. It looks really uninspired, and even with my extreme nostalgia for the original I just wasn't interested at all when I first saw it.
Hope to be proven wrong, but with this article, I doubt I'll be picking this up.
Re: Pikmin 3 Will Need to Gather 3950MB to Download onto Your Wii U
I'm going for retail, the £32 price on Amazon is so good, I'm considering getting the game before I get my Wii U!
Also, you got your review download version a month early? Lucky you!
Re: Angry Birds Trilogy Flocks to Wii and Wii U in August
I can get these games free on an Android device if I REALLY wanted them, no thanks... Anything above £5 would be extremely overpriced.
Re: First Impressions: Sonic Lost World
As a person who doesn't usually like sonic games, this looks great!
Re: Ouya Heralds Emulation By Tweeting Image of Super Mario Bros.
@Pierceton Of course it can do more, the problem that I have is that the people behind the Ouya are advertising something which is illegal as the major selling point of the console. Almost any device can play illegally downloaded games if the right software and hacking is used. Through advertising this, they are effectively taking away support from the game developers which are making fully legal games for the system.
Re: Ouya Heralds Emulation By Tweeting Image of Super Mario Bros.
If you want to run an emulator with games on a device, go ahead. You're breaking the law, but I honestly couldn't care less. But when you start to advertise emulators and illegal downloads as a, if not the, major selling point for your console, you're just asking for trouble.
But to be honest, unless you're a developer and want to mess around with the Homebrew and development side the Ouya offers, if you own a Android tablet with HDMI out, you own a Ouya already.
Re: Nintendo May Have Eased Off On Its Claims To 'Let's Play' Ad Revenues
@Geonjaha I agree, now YouTube has given so many people Partnership Programs, they need to stick to it and not take the programs away (unless the user becomes inactive). But ideally Let's Plays should have remained a non-profit hobby, unless the content creators produce quality videos, and its the sheer amount of people making money from them which caused this problem in the first place.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime's Home In Animal Crossing: New Leaf Distributed Through SpotPass
@Kagamine I think you can buy a Mii mask later in the game, but I don't know how...
@Chessasaur The dog right down the middle of the the shopping plaza.
Re: Nintendo May Have Eased Off On Its Claims To 'Let's Play' Ad Revenues
@Kodeen Oh really, thanks for the tip!
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime's Home In Animal Crossing: New Leaf Distributed Through SpotPass
I want to visit Reggie's house... Oh well, I can't say Europe doesn't get nice things... Hugs Xenoblade
Re: Nintendo May Have Eased Off On Its Claims To 'Let's Play' Ad Revenues
I think that if the videos are very well made and encourage gamers to buy the game in question, such as videos by Chuggaaconroy and Josh Jepson, it makes the game more desirable to play. I bought Okami after watching a section of Chuggaaconroy's Let's Play of it, and I extremely enjoyed the game; and I'll buy Fallout 1 and 2 next time there is a Steam sale for them thanks to Josh Jepson's Fallout 3 LP.
However, I do agree YouTube and other Partnership Programs has been way too generous in giving any old video makers money for just ranting and screaming while playing a game, and 90% of Lets Plays out there are just bad really. If YouTube didn't just hand out money to anyone with a capture card, this problem wouldn't have ever arisen.
Re: Nintendo Blocks 3DS Flashcard With Latest Firmware Update
This is good news, but I wouldn't be surprised if the flashcard makers just release an update within the next couple of weeks...
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Fourteen
Animal Crossing New Leaf, on my fourth day now, and I have my first trade organised for this evening! (just some fruit, nothing super exciting)
I also have Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate to play as well, and I'm in the middle of my Sentinel playthrough of Mass Effect 2. Might also try and do a few missions in Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem Awakening.
Re: Arc System Works Keen To Know How Badly You Want Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- On Wii U
I've already signed, the trailer was so freaking amazing when I watched it!
Re: Nintendo Teases Majora's Mask Remake Again, Again
@Cotton As you said, it would be easier to re-create Link to the Past. Really, it would be so easy with the world map and almost all the models basically being pre-made, I wouldn't be surprised if it was included with Link Between Worlds, or is made as a downloadable title on the eShop.
Re: Nintendo Teases Majora's Mask Remake Again, Again
@C-Olimar
Basically, it follows on after Link goes back in time and warns Zelda about Ganondorf before he can enter the Sacred Realm. Ganondorf gets sentenced to death (see Twilight Princess), and Link spends some time with Zelda (and re-learns the Song of Time) before he sets out on his quest to find Navi.
Re: Nintendo Teases Majora's Mask Remake Again, Again
Miyamoto, why must you torture me so?
Re: Ashes Cricket 2013 Pushed Back To July
MadAussieBloke isn't gonna be happy about this...
Re: Not All Super Smash Bros. Characters Will Make The Leap To Wii U And 3DS
If they can find a suitable alternative moveset for Falco, that would be awesome. But if Sakurai can't, as much as I like Falco, I would much rather have a more unique character.
That goes for any clone characters as well, minus Luigi which I am hoping is getting a new Poltergust-focused moveset.
Re: Not All Super Smash Bros. Characters Will Make The Leap To Wii U And 3DS
@xKing_Koopahx As long as Ganon uses his sword and has a moveset which isn't a clone of Captain Falcon's, fine by me.