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[yami4ct]

People freaking out about the no E3 thing. It's great.

There's actually some sense in the move if you take in a variety of factors.

1) E3 is bleeding top line exhibitors. While it isn't going away, there isn't the same fervor around it that there once was. Fewer eyes+Still a fairly crowded news cycle isn't the best way to go if you want long lasting discussion.
2) Microsoft and Sony are presumably revealing their mid gen cycles here. Even if NX turns out to be something completely novel and interesting, that's bound to steal attention
3) They can get pretty much as many eyes whenever they want with a simple Direct and small press event.

For a company in transition, it's a move that makes sense. They aren't going to be competing in Sony's and Microsoft's turf anyway. Why fight for the same news cycle?

 

[Jintor]

Wow the rest of 2016 is gonna be a real content drought for Wii U. Jesus.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Nintendo to Press: cover the other companies at E3; we won't matter this year

Nintendo to Competition: Eat my lunch, please

 

[yami4ct]

Wow the rest of 2016 is gonna be a real content drought for Wii U. Jesus.

There might be some interesting surprises coming, given they like to drop things late in their Directs, but I don't expect more than 1-2 boxed game surprises. I'm not too shocked they're cutting Wii U lose, though. At this point, what are they really gonna lose with the Wii U having a shit holiday? It's not like Xenoblade lit em up.

 

[Lunar FC]

Is the Patrick/Dan Mario Maker panel thing worth watchin?

 

[def sim]

i guess this fall is going to be 2013 remastered

 

[Jothel]

Wait where is the Nintendo news from?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Is the Patrick/Dan Mario Maker panel thing worth watchin?

Yes, it's good fun. But if you can wait a while the professionally recorded/edited version should be up before the end of the week. Patrick confirmed this on his latest stream.

 

[yami4ct]

Wait where is the Nintendo news from?

Fiscal Year/investor news call.

Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing are perfect choices for mobile. AC in particular should print money if they balance the monetization right. Don't see mobile versions of either replacing traditional releases, so it's a win-win.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Wait where is the Nintendo news from?

From inside the Nintendo

 

[Lunar FC]

Yes, it's good fun. But if you can wait a while the professionally recorded/edited version should be up before the end of the week. Patrick confirmed this on his latest stream.

Ye just noticed it's still just the periscope stream.

Ugh this chick in the jackbox panel is irritating.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

i guess this fall is going to be 2013 remastered

it's not so bad

I'm sure we got some neat new Amiibos to look forward to this year

Spoiler

how many times is it that the Bombcast missed huge news just a day after Tuesday

 

[yami4ct]

it's not so bad

I'm sure we got some neat new Amiibos to look forward to this year

Spoiler

how many times is it that the Bombcast missed huge news just a day after Tuesday

Well, at least the 3DS is still having a great year.

Dragon Quest, Rhythm Heaven, Monster Hunter, Zero Time Dilemma, Fire Emblem Fates, Picross, SMT IV: Apocalypse, Pokemon Sun and Moon, Phoenix Wright.

While the Wii U flounders, 3DS is having one of its best years ever.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

if you like RPGs and visual novels, maybe

(it's a solid list, but nothing jumps out to me personally)

 

[yami4ct]

if you like RPGs and visual novels, maybe

(it's a solid list, but nothing jumps out to me personally)

Strategy Games, RPGs, VNs, the occasional platformer and MonHun likes are the only things that really move the needle on handhelds anymore. Its the core of the 3DS' software base and it's the stuff that still does decently well (Ok, VNs are low sellers, but they are cheap low sellers). It's fine that that's not the stuff you're into, but for the majority of people still buying handhelds it's top tier stuff.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

GB missed the biggest news of the week but

man NX has nothing this year :l

 

[Myggen]

Just saw Drew's Film & 40s tweet, sweet!

 

[skLaFarebear]

Even march 2017 is earlier than I expected actually.

No NX at E3 seems odd to me.

Same here. Thought it'd be late 2017/early 2018.

 

[kiguel182]

Premium content ideas

HitDan
More Demo Derby
More Game Tapes (once the deck is fixed)
Ranking of Fighters, but with guys like Jared Rea
Breaking Brad: Romero's Doom
Breaking Brad: Geometry Wars achievements
Time to Brad: how far can Brad get into a game before he dies?
Jeff, Alex, and Austin music podcast
Rorie's Dark Time: Rorie in VR isolation playing Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015
Risk-y Business: Brad, Dan, Jason, Danny, and Drew play Risk or Diplomacy and break friendships
Dan and Drew play through Deception IV
Typing of the Gods: load up Mavis Beacon, see who has the highest WPM
The Rocket League rubber match
More Us vs. Them

I want all of these.

Also, we need an extra Bombcast discussing the new Nintendo news.
P

 

[Twin Tails]

Austin with late night new write up.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/nintendo-earnings-report-sets-march-2017-release-d/1100-5441/

 

[Antiwhippy]

if you like RPGs and visual novels, maybe

(it's a solid list, but nothing jumps out to me personally)

If you do the vita is still the better system for those.

 

[yami4ct]

If you do the vita is still the better system for those.

SMTIV and Dragon Quest versus Kiseki is a hard damn choice man. I don't think I can do it. They are equal in terms of RPGs for me. Kiseki is better, but 3DS has a larger portion of high quality titles.

Vita wins for VNs. Only unique good one 3DS really has is Phoenix Wright, and while still good, its a shadow of its best years. Ones on both are better on Vita.

 

[Jintor]

actually on second thought i should just stay out of all the ninty threads right now. Nothing worthwhile to be gained from them

 

[yami4ct]

actually on second thought i should just stay out of all the ninty threads right now. Nothing worthwhile to be gained from them

It's the kind of dumb posting that is actually entertaining. It's the kind of reactionary stuff that's super duper funny instead of the horrible kinds of threads we usually get that just make you hate everyone in the gaming community.

 

[skLaFarebear]

actually on second thought i should just stay out of all the ninty threads right now. Nothing worthwhile to be gained from them

The Metal Idol group coming to Mario Maker is pretty cool tho

 

[Jintor]

The Metal Idol group coming to Mario Maker is pretty cool tho

i wanna see ninty us/eu get in on the fun.

 

[Antiwhippy]

SMTIV and Dragon Quest versus Kiseki is a hard damn choice man. I don't think I can do it. They are equal in terms of RPGs for me. Kiseki is better, but 3DS has a larger portion of high quality titles.

Vita wins for VNs. Only unique good one 3DS really has is Phoenix Wright, and while still good, its a shadow of its best years. Ones on both are better on Vita.

I'm on PAL so smtiv might as well be dead to me anyway.

Not exclusive but I do much prefer to play the atelier games on the vita.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

actually on second thought i should just stay out of all the ninty threads right now. Nothing worthwhile to be gained from them

"nothing worthwhile to be gained" seems to be the Nintendo 2016 forecast at the moment

i wanna see ninty us/eu get in on the fun.

Yep, I said as much in the thread on the Gaming side. I think it'd be cool to have Japanese players be on the "lmao what the fuck is this" side for once. Why not throw Asterix or some other quintessentially European character in there?

 

[skLaFarebear]

Since we're on the topic of obscure Vita games, I've been going through Ciel Nosurge since I bought Ar Nosurge for the Golden Week sale and this game's soundtrack is just amazing.

 

[Antiwhippy]

As a former metalhead, babymetal is pretty awesome.

Mostly because they don't take metal seriously at all, and the reason why I'm a former metalhead is because metalheads are just so fucking serious.

 

[yami4ct]

The Metal Idol group coming to Mario Maker is pretty cool tho

I finally listed to them for the first time due to the Mario Maker announcement.

I need to go to bed. This is too much. It's like a damn insomnia hallucination.

Spoiler

They were kinda alright.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

As a former metalhead, babymetal is pretty awesome.

Mostly because they don't take metal seriously at all, and the reason why I'm a former metalhead is because metalheads are just so fucking serious.

but if Metalocalypse taught me anything, it's that metal parodies are really close to the bottom rung of the comedy ladder

 

[Jintor]

the first time i saw my friend perform the chocolate song i was in awe. the second time i understood more japanese and thought "Wait... this song is literally just "man I want chocolate" over and over again"

 

[Antiwhippy]

but if Metalocalypse taught me anything, it's that metal parodies are really close to the bottom rung of the comedy ladder

No, they're not a parody. They are performing as a legit metal band. Like, there are some serious power metal and thrash metal chops in that band.

Which makes the times they break out into hip hop, techno, pop punk and ska extra hilarious. While making it fucking work.

 

[Peru]

but if Metalocalypse taught me anything, it's that metal parodies are really close to the bottom rung of the comedy ladder

Not really parody, just lighthearted - catchy melodies with a metal production and some genre fusion.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

man everyone was so sure the NX was coming out this year

and march is such a weird release date

 

[Volotaire]

5.25 years since the last original console Zelda. The gap is now officially bigger than TP - SS. Iwata originally wanted 3 years after SS.

 

[Hot Coldman]

man everyone was so sure the NX was coming out this year

and march is such a weird release date

I'm pretty sure Nintendo thought it'd be out this year too

 

[Zaph]

March release but nothing to show in June? Lol Nintendo never gonna learn I guess. Regardless of e3, not having anything months from (a theoretical) launch sure is going to inspire confidence.

 

[popo]

Nintendo casually dropping the release date in an earnings call is refreshing. If it were Atlus they would have teased a countdown to a reveal. If it were Sqeenix they would have announced a live stream, only to have Gamespot scoop them. If it were Sony they would have leaked the date to their pet sneak fucks in the press.

March release but nothing to show in June? Lol Nintendo never gonna learn I guess. Regardless of e3, not having anything months from (a theoretical) launch sure is going to inspire confidence.

Whenever they have the reveal event, the press will all cover it. It will be big enough that even the mainstream press will report on it. As long as it is some time this year then there will be plenty of time to build hype.

PS4 and Xbone revealed about 7 months out from launch.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I wonder if atlus' big announcement is persona 5 on nx

and it's launching on all platforms march 2017

neogaf would blow up from sheer rage

 

[kAmui-]

man everyone was so sure the NX was coming out this year

and march is such a weird release date

Why was everybody expecting it to release this year though? Did I miss some news or rumors, because I never got the impression it was going to release 2016.

 

[popo]

Why was everybody expecting it to release this year though? Did I miss some news or rumors, because I never got the impression it was going to release 2016.

There were a number of credible leaks. Maybe they were wrong. Maybe it got pushed back. Technically it will still be out in financial 2016/17 if it hits that date.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Shame nothing at E3. Was hoping for some details so I can stop worrying about this thing.

 

[Noray]

GB missed the biggest news of the week but

man NX has nothing this year :l

I mean the big news is that there won't be any news. They can talk about the why's and how fucked up it is, I guess.

The big news I saw was that Mario Maker sold only around 3.5m copies, less than Splatoon, even though it's the best and most ingenious game Nintendo has made in like a decade and has massive crossover appeal. I don't get it, every Wii U owner should have a copy.

 

[kAmui-]

There were a number of credible leaks. Maybe they were wrong. Maybe it got pushed back. Technically it will still be out in financial 2016/17 if it hits that date.

Must have totally missed those then. I went by what Nintendo had said themselves and that always sounded like 2017 to me.

 

[Jothel]

Oh god does the clip of Dan laughing play through the whole of Jason's stream? He really is a monster

 

[Myggen]

Oh god does the clip of Dan laughing play through the whole of Jason's stream? He really is a monster

Nah, only for 10-15 minutes or something. He turns it off.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

The big news I saw was that Mario Maker sold only around 3.5m copies, less than Splatoon, even though it's the best and most ingenious game Nintendo has made in like a decade and has massive crossover appeal. I don't get it, every Wii U owner should have a copy.

I dunno why you're surprised. If you don't like Mario games you wouldn't care, and a lot of places didn't give it the high praise GB did. Lots of Gaffers seem to share the opinion that it's a no effort game because it's all building tools.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

"nothing worthwhile to be gained" seems to be the Nintendo 2016 forecast at the moment

It's the infamous Konami presentation slide except with every bullet point deleted.