Same. At least 15 years for me. Well. I guess about 15 years incl. the internet, and then a good ... hmm... few years of game magazines here and there before that. I think prior to Directs there were often sparse periods with no news, but I don't think there's been such a dry period for news from them in ages.
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Nintendo Downloads - November 2015
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Same. At least 15 years for me. Well. I guess about 15 years incl. the internet, and then a good ... hmm... few years of game magazines here and there before that. I think prior to Directs there were often sparse periods with no news, but I don't think there's been such a dry period for news from them in ages.
Expect December, especially with Xenoblade Chronicles X and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. both launching on 4th December.
Pokemaniac
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We know that the new Club Nintendo is called My Nintendo, and will launch in March. This was announced in the investor briefing.
Pfft, y'all and your 2015 Paper Jam... ;__:
Pokemaniac
Member
True.
Shibata save us.
On the other hand, the launch date for Nintendo Accounts was conspicuously absent.
TheMoon
Member
it's all coming at the same time. miitomo, my nintendo, nintendo account. at least that's how I understood it and seems like it make sense.
Pokemaniac
Member
That's one way to interpret it, yes, but the interesting thing is that My Nintendo is clearly separate from the core of Nintendo Accounts, and that has an explicit release date, but Nintendo Accounts don't.
Not only that, but there's a decent technical argument to separating the launches. The last time something like this happened (the transition from hardware based eShop accounts to NNID on 3DS), the conversion process proved to be a pretty bad bottleneck which was a significant contributing factor to the Christmas Pokemon Bank disaster. Assuming that the Nintendo Account conversion process must be manually triggered (it could go either way, but there are reasons to think that it might not happen until you authorize it) it would be beneficial to separate the launches a bit to alleviate server load.
I wouldn't mind some sales on Black Friday, but I'm expecting more from the 3rd parties than Nintendo themselves, considering last year being very "meeeh".
As for My Nintendo, I just hope to be rewarded for downloading so many games again, maybe kept track of everything I've downloaded since Club Nintendo went down (highly doubt it, though). The mention of coupons makes me wonder if we'll see somewhat of a return of the Digital Deluxe Promo.
As for My Nintendo, I just hope to be rewarded for downloading so many games again, maybe kept track of everything I've downloaded since Club Nintendo went down (highly doubt it, though). The mention of coupons makes me wonder if we'll see somewhat of a return of the Digital Deluxe Promo.
Pokemaniac
Member
My Nintendo should be directly integrated with the account system, so it should be able to see any purchases you've ever made.
We all know a Direct is coming, so I suppose it's just a matter of weeks, if not days.
Also, both Japan and Europe need a brand new Mario & Luigi trailer: the game comes out in less than a month and, aside from short videos on the official site, no new trailer. Every Nintendo title gets at least a trailer near the release date. I believe it could be shown in the upcoming Direct
Hero of Legend
Member
Nintendo had PR sheets being printed for the NA announcement that the game was coming out in 2015, problem was, there was a Paper Jam in the printers.
LOL. But also ;___;.
TheMoon
Member
While you're here ...are they ever gonna de-junior you? Isn't there a process?
The process is I have been told to ask again in April of next year. I last inquired a few months ago.
TheMoon
Member
If you do get un-juniored, don't mess it up and get juniored for a 3rd time.
I'll do my best.
which 5?
OMG, Collectible Badge Center coming to EU this Friday as Nintendo Badge Arcade.
PLEASE let this be confirmed during the Direct on Thursday, & even better make it available the same day. I want those custom icons for Mii Plaza & such along with badges to go with my Famicom theme.
PLEASE let this be confirmed during the Direct on Thursday, & even better make it available the same day. I want those custom icons for Mii Plaza & such along with badges to go with my Famicom theme.
Getting the NA version confirmed on the direct means that Europe will get one more game that NA will not get.... are you SURE you want this confirmed during the Direct ? xD
Stateside Badge Center confirmed per the thread!
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/664261300374126592
Available now!
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/664261300374126592
Available now!
Hero of Legend
Member
Just had my external HDD disconnect a second time over the past while on my Wii U.
I have a Seagate 2TB external powered USB HDD, I checked Google and a popular cause could be it's idle mode or something, so hopefully it's not that it's dying.
Model number:
Seagate Expansion 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive (STBV2000100) (This was in Nintendo's list of tested HDDs)
I read one use that trick of disabling the disk spinning or whatever via the Wii U menu settings. Is that the cure? Any ideas guys?
I have a Seagate 2TB external powered USB HDD, I checked Google and a popular cause could be it's idle mode or something, so hopefully it's not that it's dying.
Model number:
Seagate Expansion 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive (STBV2000100) (This was in Nintendo's list of tested HDDs)
I read one use that trick of disabling the disk spinning or whatever via the Wii U menu settings. Is that the cure? Any ideas guys?
Do we buy badges or are they only awarded?
Edit:
Wait, you pay for plays?! Do you automatically get what you aim for or is it luck-based? (Get any Gacha junk off my 3DS!)
You can choose between many different "machines", so you can play & try for Animal Crossing or Zelda or Mario or software icons & such. You can even spread your plays among different machines. If you play the practice machine each day, you might get some free plays if you get lucky. Pretty much, you CAN pay if you want (in fact, if you pay for 10 plays, or $2, you can get a theme), or you can just aim for trying once per day.
I forgot you can place badges on folders, now I have a GB on my folder for GB/C games.
I forgot you can place badges on folders, now I have a GB on my folder for GB/C games.
astrogamer
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Looks like next week, Japan is getting only Mega Man Battle Network 6 as their VC games. Maybe some Wii games from the Direct are getting announced. They are also getting Affordable Space Adventures. On the 3DS there's a couple retail titles (including Shantae) and a space shooter called Noah's Cradle from Silver Star
Hero of Legend
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Wii games on the eShop is likely the worst missed opportunity (aside from GC game of course), it's a crime it's been so neglected.
I'm waiting for games like Xenoblade and The Last Story in NA, and also 3rd-party games.
Thank god Metroid Prime Trilogy is on it, that's one NO ONE ever thought we'd see, and for TWENTY DOLLARS?! O_O
That helps, for sure.
I'm waiting for games like Xenoblade and The Last Story in NA, and also 3rd-party games.
Thank god Metroid Prime Trilogy is on it, that's one NO ONE ever thought we'd see, and for TWENTY DOLLARS?! O_O
That helps, for sure.
Pokemaniac
Member
Definitely disable spin down if you haven't already. Instructions here.
If it still happens after that, then you should worry.
Tizoc
Member
Let me se eif I can remember them
Chibi Robo
DB Extreme Butoden
Gravity Falls
and maybe 1 or 2 whose name escapes me atm @_@
Let me se eif I can remember them
Chibi Robo
DB Extreme Butoden
Gravity Falls
and maybe 1 or 2 whose name escapes me atm @_@
Uhh completely forgot about the Gravity Falls game. Never watched the show but I'm interested as it's an Ubiart platformer...let me know how's it!
Tizoc
Member
I've put in an hour so far, if you're a fan of the show you'll enjoy it more.
It's a slow paced platformer adventure game, so go in with low expectations. The gameplay isn't something to write home about, but it's simple enough for kids to play and not be frustrated.
Here's a review from a GAFfer in the game's OT
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=182779835&postcount=42
What I like most about the game is the humor and interacting with the characters, I can even hear their voices when I read their lines hah.
wow I didnt know Xenoblade didnt come out the NA WiiU VC, NOA is so terrible
Randomly Nameless
Member
Yeah I'm still waiting on Xenoblade on the eShop. There's no way I'm laying down over 100 canadian bucks on ebay or similar sites for something that I know has a chance, however slight, of being available for 20ish dollars on the eShop. I'm hoping NOA puts it up near Xenoblade X's release, because they have a weird habit of doing that.
Vanillalite
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I hope we get a release date for FAST tomorrow during the direct.
Pandora's Tower is already out on every region.
ah I must have missed that! that's great
will get it once I can secure some discounted eShop credit (come on Target/BestBuy) why must you do this to me... why It's a port of Contra III except they replaced the Mode 7 SNES levels with levels from the Genesis version, IIRC. Contra III SNES on VC would probably be the better choice, I think.
Thanks. If I'll get into the show I'll try to get the game as well.