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[Kosheh]

HELP WHY DID I TYPE ALL THIS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME
i'm probably not gonna write an intelligent response to any responses made after this, so heads up. i'm just as knowledgable about videogames as you guys are, i'm no financial analyst or anything, haha shit

Wouldn't it be awesome if Nintendo provided their own Steam-esque service so you could play Nintendo games throughout the ages on your computer without the use of illegal roms. I'd be totally into it.

Never gonna happen though. I mean, unless Nintendo suddenly decides they want to make an actual smart decision this decade.

See, you say that, but basically every other service like steam is hated. Very few people like origin or U-Play, Gearbox tried to have one but it fell apart for lack of content, Blizzard's works because its non-intrusive, doesn't take long to load, and only has like 5 games anyway.

I'm not sure Nintendo could handle an all-digital platform right now, honestly.  We're talking a company that's perpetually five years behind its competition.

Sorry to rant - promise I'll bring it back full circle. And I'm no financial analyst, sooooo

To be fair, though I think their underdog strategy really works out for them - using older technology to develop new, fresh ideas reflected in their hardware, with the ground belief that "this console needs to be affordable and accessible to everybody" (and on the flip side, their hardware remains profitable as opposed to companies like Sony, who sell them at a loss). And it's a damn smart move. Nintendo doesn't run with scissors. Nintendo stays safe.


I don't think people realized that if Nintendo tried to keep up with modern-day Joneses and released something like the Wii U with the PS4's specs (...and the gamepad, of course) while still cutting a profit, it'd end up being more like $650 rather than the $300 you typically see it retailing for. No one would buy a console for that much, even if it had the Nintendo name plastered all over it. See also: 3DO, early PS3.
Nintendo, more or less likes to stay the Humble Joe of console gaming - and that's okay.

From a psyched fanboy standpoint (and to illustrate an example), the best approach (and most secure for Nintendo) would be going the way of Playstation Now or OnLive, with the relatively new idea of cloud gaming. Not gonna lie, that'd be fucking awesome and there'd be little to no issues with hacking since it's all server-side, save for maybe a few clientside tweaks like macros or something. But why would Nintendo care if someone wrote a macro to complete Starfox 64 in an hour lol

But that's still new technology. It's too expensive an endeavor for Nintendo. There's SO MANY COSTS affiliated with that - renting out (or buying) large-scale servers; obtaining property to house the servers on; hiring staff to maintain the facilities - it's too huge a risk for Nintendo to try something as cool and edgy as that. Also the bills Nintendo would have to pay the ISPs where the building is located to keep the service running.

Oh, yeah - and then the fanboys complaining about lag in twitch-reflex games, like platformers and Smash Bros. and the resurgence of Reggie "Not my problem" Fils-Aime all over again

That's too big a gamble for something that might end up not working out for Nintendo.
Sure, the popular fanboy response always say "Nintendo has billions of dollars and could totally survive TEN shitty console launches!"
Well, yeah. When I'm hungry I can eat two dozen little Taco Bell tacos but that doesn't mean I'll do it. I'll probably die from horrible taco shits the next day. I'd rather pass on eating Taco Bell and save that money for something for a more practical, well-thought-out decision later on.

Maybe in ten years, when hosting is more affordable and Internet connectivity is faster and cheaper but uh
not yet.




(oops sorry not tryin' to argue, it's just even I too think "oh man, how cool would it be for Nintendo to pull its head out of its ass and do something actually groundbreaking. do a disney, nintendo" but then I realize Nintendo, the extremely proud yet humble Japanese company that it is, has probably learned from its mistakes and found a strategy that works for them)

[MrYoshbert]

"Almost 10 years without a new game!"

"Looks like we'll have ta make our own!"

[Helmo]

Conker sure does have horrible animations in this game

[E-Man]

Is it just me, or does Conker look like he's made of wood? (Make of that statement what you will.)

[NICKtendo DS]

Europeans! Club Nintendo now has a bunch of games on their Stars Catalog. I got Art Academy Sketch Pad, because I had 1600 stars (the app was 1100) and games like Link to the Past and Link's Awakening (1500 or so each) are games I might buy one day and only last as long as it takes me to beat the final boss.

[Kosheh]

Europeans! Club Nintendo now has a bunch of games on their Stars Catalog. I got Art Academy Sketch Pad, because I had 1600 stars (the app was 1100) and games like Link to the Past and Link's Awakening (1500 or so each) are games I might buy one day and only last as long as it takes me to beat the final boss.

little DYK for your european butts:

the redeemable Zelda Minish Cap download is for the 3DS. It's the Ambassador version

[Lemonray]

I spent my stars on the Mario hat and Art Academy. Win win.

[Kosheh]

I spent my stars on the Mario hat and Art Academy. Win win.

Fun snippet: I also have the Mario hat. It was a Club Nintendo Platinum Reward a few years ago.
Spoilers: There's a tag that comes in the wrapped-up hat that states that due to it being plush, it's not meant to be worn as a fashion accessory: it's a collector's item meant to be "displayed with pride" - like for use in photography.

It actually comes with a disclaimer that says that.

EDIT: Out of curiosity though - what's the AUS game -> star points conversion?

In the states it's a dollar per point. So you had got to spend about $1200 in a single year to have the privilege of owning Game & Watch Collection here in the States.

[NICKtendo DS]

I spent my stars on the Mario hat and Art Academy. Win win.

I really wanted that hat, but I was so many starts away, it was a lost cause.

[Goemar]

"Almost 10 years without a new game!"

"Looks like we'll have ta make our own!"

... well colour me not interested

[psychospacecow]

The Ki ultimates in Xenoverse are more diverse when it comes to good moves, but that's alright. As a striker, I only use one ultimate anyway. Blue Hurricane is awesome.

Edit: Managed to 1 shot a hacker with it.

[E-Man]

So, there's a leak going around that claims this is Nintedo's next remake.



As much as I like the idea of this, a part of me is almost hoping that this is just a small hoax because I'm a little worried how this will affect my own series once I get around to that. Particularly, I'm afraid of it introducing storylines/clues that might throw some of my own ideas for a loop (i.e. give more backstory to Doopliss' character). It's not a bad thing if it comes to that, but it will get a little awkward once I create a storyline that uses ideas that contradicts the new ones Nintendo implements.

[MrYoshbert]

As much as I'd love to see a portable re-release of Thousand-Year Door (although I'd much rather have a brand-new Paper Mario for the Wii U), these leaks just reek of absolute hogwash to me. There are just too many red flags here.

LeakBusters

Red Flag #1: No opening story sequence is shown in the title GIF. Also, no first-party Nintendo 3DS game (to my knowledge) ever boots up with a splash screen featuring the Nintendo logo (because of the Nintendo 3DS screen appearing before each game boots up).

Red Flag #2: Copyright info is entirely absent. You'd expect a tiny blurb saying "© 2004 - 2015 Nintendo, game by Intelligent Systems, yadda yadda yadda" to be displayed up there, but... nope.

Red Flag #3: The title image is a tad off-center. Kammy Koopa looks pretty cramped on the edge of the screen there.

Red Flag #4: The "press any button" text shouldn't be on the top screen. The majority of 3DS titles move stuff like that to the bottom screen to make room for other stuff on the top... like copyright info (which this screen, again, doesn't include).

Red Flag #5: The person recording the GIF went out of their way to obscure the bottom screen, which suggests that they were too lazy to animate a fake bottom screen for the title.

Red Flag #6: Peach, the Fire Flower, the Dry Bones, the Boos (from what I could tell), and the Koopa are still using their classic designs. Assuming that this is not just a straight no-frills down-and-dirty port (which I sincerely doubt would be something that Nintendo gives us as the final product), wouldn't they update some of the characters to make them look consistent with how they look nowadays (i.e., NSMBDS and onwards)? In fact, shouldn't everything, such as the backgrounds and other aesthetics, have at least some few changes? Compare Kirby Super Star Ultra (another Nintendo portable remake) and compare the SNES original and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Also, why on 3DS? I think the Wii U would be more likely to receive a Gamecube remaster (see: Wind Waker HD), while 3DS seems more like the go-to station for remakes of N64 games (see: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask 3D, Starfox 64 3D). Then again, two Wii games (Donkey Kong Country Returns and Xenoblade Chronicles) got/are getting 3DS re-releases (New 3DS for the latter), so I dunno.

After the ArtsyOmni Rayman Smash 4 debacle, I'm not letting things like this get me all excited for nothing again.

[recme]

this looks fake and it seems pretty easy to fake

not buying it at all

[TomGuycott]

Like they also say in the GameXplain discussion, in the original the press start text had a rippling rainbow color effect through it. This text is static.