Official Nintendo Thread

[xyz]

Love my SNES - its still works! Come to think of all my nintendo products still work, very good build quality.

 

As for games, my fave ones that I physically own include Zelda: ALTTP, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario World, FF6, DK country, Yoshi Island and Super Metroid. Other great ones i play on emulator

 

I own a few others but since I was a small kid at the time I didnt have too many games (though Im glad my uncle helped choose my games since they are easily some of the best around). The only bad thing is that a couple of games have no functioing battery to save data onto so I cant re play them (unless i want to do 20+ hours in one sitting).

All the games you named are among my favourites. I spent hours playing to these games and I felt so sad when I finished the masterpiece that is FF6 :sad:  I would add Secret of Mana (one of the best games ever made IMO), Secret of Evermore, FF: Mystic Quest and FF IV to the list. I also really enjoyed playing Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3, Super Double Dragon and TMNT IV: Turtles in Time with my two brothers.

 

I was also really young at the time, but since I have an older brother, I own a bunch of games. It really sucks that you can't save while playing to some of your games. Fortunately, emulators exist

[Loser]

I might cave and just get a 3DS for Animal Crossing

was gonna wait and get one for Pokemon but... I can't wait dat long 

 

the bundle is too fruity looking for my liking, but it's cheaper than if I buy it separately... 

 

Omg I would buy the shit out of this

 

Is that a 3DSXL?

 

Super excited for this one! The one on the DS was amazing!

 

I kinda wish they would introduce the yarn series to the 3DS though :(

They look so creative and so pretty as well... Yoshi Yarn looks so amazing.

Though, I'll be picking up the Nintendo Wii U soon anyway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinda looks like little big planet

[HappyS]

Yoshi Yarn!~

 

In other news, my hype for Pokemon X and Y has rose about 150%

 

Might as well post this here as well-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• “Panda†Pokémon‘s name is Yanchamu, it’s is the “Mischievous Pokémon†and is a Fighting-type. The leaf in its mouth is its trademark. It’s new attack allows it to switch out and lower the opponents stats. Yanchamu is able to learn a new move Parting Remark.
• “Bird†Pokémon‘s name is Yayakoma, it is the “Robin Pokémonâ€, is a Normal/Flying-type and is known for its beautiful chirping. Because it is fond of/friendly with humans, it’s popular amongst trainers. It can learn Flame Charge.
• Yellow/Black Pokémon‘s name is Electel (Erekiteru), it is the “Generator Pokémon†and is an Electric/(Normal?)-type; learn’s a new move called Parabora Charge. Whilst damaging surrounding Pokémon it restores its own HP. It absorbs the sun’s light and generates electricity.
• “Goat†Pokémon‘s name is GÅgÅto (Gogoat), it is the “Ride Pokémon†and is a Grass-type; is able to be ridden by the player. There will be more information on page 18. Gogoat is very gentle, and observes it’s trainer carefully. The Pokémon learns Horn Leech.
• New Pokédex is shown in the top right corner, it is the red expanding tablet device
• Boxart for Pokémon Y is featured in part in the lower right hand corner
• Chespin is the Shelled Chestnut Pokémon. It’s head and back is covered by a hard shell. It can protect itself using it’s shell when attacked. Bu focusing power into the spike on its head, they become sharper and harder.
• Further information on Fennekin:  Fox Pokémon. It’s a fire type Pokémon, the heart that it blows out of its ears are over 200 degree Celsius. ??? is its favourite food, it carries it around and eats it as a snack.
• Froakie is the Foam Frog Pokémon and said to be able to jump as high as the third floor of a building. The bubbles coming from its chest and back are bouncy, and protects it from enemy attacks. It temporarily blinds its opponents by launching foam into their faces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The region is known as the Kalos region. It seems to be based on France![/size]
• You are able to customise a little — “You can choose the way you lookâ€. Skin tone and hair colour can be changed.
• Gogoat can be ridden in Miare City, one of the main cities in the Kalos region. The Pokémon moves in accordance to the  feelings of the trainer.
• On the right the screen for the start of a battle is shown. The text reads “Miniskirt Rika challenged you to a battleâ€, artwork for the character is also shown.

 

cr: PokeJungle

Finally, some news on Pokemon X & Y. The new Pokemon look awesome, especially the panda and the goat Pokemon. Can't wait to catch those pokemon~

[Tee]

Just saw this on Facebook.

 

[Stevie Wonder's Anus]

Wii U/3DS Nintendo direct 2morrow that will focus on Spring/Summer games and Wii U summer update.(stuff we already know about most likely..don't expect anything too exciting) 

and there will be another around E3 time to focus on fall and beyond games..and unannounced wii u games to come later this year.(in other words this is where bombs will be dropped)

[JimmyTutron]

Please give a date for W101. I want that game bad.....

and maybe if we're lucky some Wind Waker HD stuff.  but probably not since that's a fall game.

[Meigitsune]

Well, it looks like Nintendo's pulling a Sega:

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/nintendo-mass-claims-revenue-from-youtube-lets-play-videos/

It may not seem like much, but this is going to cause a pretty big backlash against Nintendo and to their sales since so many people now a days like to watch let's plays before deciding to buy a game or not, not to mention how pissed a lot of big name solo game reviewers are like TotalBiscuit and Day9.

[Timo]

I actually understand Nintendo in their decision. They're not saying to stop people from streaming their games, they're putting a cap per session and/or running their own commercials on them. I think it's really a weird gray zone as it is with Let's Plays. Some Youtube channels make thousands of dollars per months with streaming content from Nintendo, it's understandable that Nintendo wants some of that. Compare it to reuploading a whole movie on Youtube (with or without commentary) and then making money of off that, none of which goes to the creators of that movie?? That's crazy! There is definitely something to be said for Nintendo in this case imo.

 

I can understand the appeal of gaming channels, and walkthroughs on youtube can be handier compared to the written version but ... yeah. I don't think it will hurt sales. If anything, people I know sometimes won't even bother buying games and just watch people play them on Youtube (something I don't understand). Not to mention certain forced and scripted wannabe humoristic gaming channels. So a cap, or some regulations, won't hurt anyone I think.

[JimmyTutron]

lol this is not gonna affect sells. Most people who watch let's plays don't even buy the games.

and they've already released a statement

 

 

Nintendo issued Game Front the following statement: As part of our on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media channels in an appropriate and safe way, we became a YouTube partner and as such in February 2013 we registered our copyright content in the YouTube database. For most fan videos this will not result in any changes, however, for those videos featuring Nintendo-owned content, such as images or audio of a certain length, adverts will now appear at the beginning, next to or at the end of the clips. We continually want our fans to enjoy sharing Nintendo content on YouTube, and that is why, unlike other entertainment companies, we have chosen not to block people using our intellectual property.

 

and it's not like their video is being taken down. You can keep it you just won't get revenue from ads.

[Meigitsune]

I actually understand Nintendo in their decision. They're not saying to stop people from streaming their games, they're putting a cap per session and/or running their own commercials on them. I think it's really a weird gray zone as it is with Let's Plays. Some Youtube channels make thousands of dollars per months with streaming content from Nintendo, it's understandable that Nintendo wants some of that. Compare it to reuploading a whole movie on Youtube (with or without commentary) and then making money of off that, none of which goes to the creators of that movie?? That's crazy! There is definitely something to be said for Nintendo in this case imo.

 

I can understand the appeal of gaming channels, and walkthroughs on youtube can be handier compared to the written version but ... yeah. I don't think it will hurt sales. If anything, people I know sometimes won't even bother buying games and just watch people play them on Youtube (something I don't understand). Not to mention certain forced and scripted wannabe humoristic gaming channels. So a cap, or some regulations, won't hurt anyone I think.

 

 

 

lol this is not gonna affect sells. Most people who watch let's plays don't even buy the games.

and they've already released a statement

 

 

and it's not like their video is being taken down. You can keep it you just won't get revenue from ads.

 

 

That's the thing though, people do videos and stuff like that for a living, they live off of ads they make from having thousands of people watch the video and get the advertisements and it will also deter people from getting into doing videos over Nintendo games, which doesn't really hurt anyone but Nintendo.It just makes no sense as why they would put up these relegation's after all the flak Sega got for doing it. The people doing the video have already paid for the game itself, it's not as though they are stealing in any way. Really the way it may hurt sales is just the fact that Nintendo is willing to do something like this to paying customers who bought their game and are just trying to show the game to others...

[JimmyTutron]

 

 

 

That's the thing though, people do videos and stuff like that for a living, they live off of ads they make from having thousands of people watch the video and get the advertisements and it will also deter people from getting into doing videos over Nintendo games, which doesn't really hurt anyone but Nintendo.It just makes no sense as why they would put up these relegation's after all the flak Sega got for doing it. The people doing the video have already paid for the game itself, it's not as though they are stealing in any way. Really the way it may hurt sales is just the fact that Nintendo is willing to do something like this to paying customers who bought their game and are just trying to show the game to others...

 

 

If they're using Nintendo's content to make a living they should contact Nintendo and work out an agreement to split ad revenue. Most Let's Players make their videos for fun anyways. If they enjoy a game and want to share it, they're going to do it regardless of if they get money for it. And I fail to see how this will hurt Nintendo in anyway other than a bunch of people on the internet crying foul. Nintendo franchises have always sold in the millions, so if users do decides to stop making videos it wouldn't even leave a dent in sales. 

 

Microsoft and SEGA choose to completely remove videos and block users who used copyrighted content. Nintendo is only taking ad space for videos over a certain length and are allowing users to keep their videos. I don't see what the big deal is. 

[Meigitsune]

If they're using Nintendo's content to make a living they should contact Nintendo and work out an agreement to split ad revenue. Most Let's Players make their videos for fun anyways. If they enjoy a game and want to share it, they're going to do it regardless of if they get money for it. And I fail to see how this will hurt Nintendo in anyway other than a bunch of people on the internet crying foul. Nintendo franchises have always sold in the millions, so if users do decides to stop making videos it wouldn't even leave a dent in sales. 

 

Microsoft and SEGA choose to completely remove videos and block users who used copyrighted content. Nintendo is only taking ad space for videos over a certain length and are allowing users to keep their videos. I don't see what the big deal is. 

They aren't using Nintendo's content to make a living, they are making their own content using their materials. I don't think there are any Let's Plays that are simply footage of the game being played, and even if there was the players themselves are playing the game. It's going to hurt them on the basis that Nintendo is doing something like this just to take the revenue from people that make content while playing one of their games. It won't make a big dent, no, but it will still leave a sour taste in a lot of peoples mouths over the fact that they did something that very few businesses have done;stripping away the ability for people to make content based on games that a lot of people love. It's not as big deal as what Sega did, not yet at least. 

[JimmyTutron]

frankly I could care less if this causes bad press. SEGA did it last year. Microsoft did it last year. Ubisoft has been doing it for sometime.

I'm pretty sure half the industry does it or will do it sooner or later. So far nothing has happened to Let Players and they continue to make videos.

This is just another reason for people online to complain about Nintendo. No one else is gonna care about this and in a few month people will forget it happened.

[Popero44]

I've always been dedicated to Nintendo since they got most of my favorite games of all time.  I've owned all of their consoles and handhelds.

[JimmyTutron]

New Nintendo News from the direct:

• SEGA and Nintendo have signed a worldwide partnership. The next 3 Sonic Games will release exclusively for Nintendo Consoles
• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics is the first partnership game exclusive for Wii U
• Sonic: Lost World exclusive for Wii U & 3DS
• Release date for The Wonderful 101 announced, Sept. 15
• New Super Luigi U DLC will release on June 20, and as a retail stand alone on August 25. $19.99 for DLC, $29.99 as a stand alone
• Nintendo E3 demos will be playable at Best Buy during the week of E3 in US and Canada
  
  

disappointing direct. Except for the SEGA news and the Best Buy deal, everything else was expected. W101 is releasing wayyyy too late. It should have been released by June/July.

I really wish they didn't stack up releases like this. My wallet is gonna cry.

[Stevie Wonder's Anus]

You gotta go in ND's with low expectations. especially with the confirmation that it will only be about spring/summer games.Good to see more pikman footage and usually I wouldn't be excited for a Mario/Sonic Oylmpic game but that looks really fun. Also interested in the new sonic game. Cool seeing those mario chars in HD on Wii U.

 

Now we have no ND fillers in the way until the bombs will be dropped. News on 3D Mario, Smash bros, Mario Kart,etc are confirmed to be revealed b4 E3 starts btw. and then we'll be seeing some gameplay and being able to play a demo at best buy(Although I wish they would just put a free demo on eshop)..but still better than nothing. 

[silicon soul]

A little fact to go with the lack of news.

 

Whats Mario's surname? Hint: why are Mario and Luigi called the Mario brothers?

 

 

 

Their names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario.

 

 

[Stevie Wonder's Anus]

I knew that 

 

Gosh imagine what HD 3D mario is gonna look like

[Idahoe]

It feels weird imagining a higher def Mario. 

 

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[jdkero]

Are their names really Mario Mario & Luigi Mario? 

[Step]

I LOVE Nintendo \O/ Mario's my favourite franchise ever <3

Yayyy for Pikmen 3 footage \O/ I'm SUPER exicited for that~

 

 

Are their names really Mario Mario & Luigi Mario? 

 

Nah, Nintendo of America and Nintendo's president said they had no last name

[silicon soul]

lol xbox one

Are their names really Mario Mario & Luigi Mario?

Yeah it's true. It's been mentioned a few times in things like "did you know"s, Nintendo memorabilia (I found out in a sort of mario encyclopaedia I used to own when I was younger) and even as a joke in the satanically shit mario bros film. Even the name "The Mario Brothers" implies this. But it's more trivia since they never use their surnames.

Now here's another fact

[HappyS]

Anyone excited for the Nintendo Direct at E3 coming up? More new games for the 3ds and the Wii U 

Super excited for the new Super Smash Bros 

[JimmyTutron]

yesss and if there's a smash bro demo I can play it at Best Buy! 

omgggggg 

[Hemlock]

yes i remember hearing that their last name is Mario. But i forget where. Was it in that terrible live action movie? I remember a scene where they were having a conversation about it.

 

i got my DS back from my friend yesterday! Gonna play some DQ after i finish up Digital Devil Saga. And probably a Castlevania along with it.