Jaded Alyx
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...is that Luigi down at the bottom there?
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...is that Luigi down at the bottom there?
DeaconKnowledge
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Considering I didn't think we were going to get aything 24 hours ago i'm quite satisfied. Frankly I have to laugh at the people who are disappointed with the amount of news they didn't know they were getting.
TheGreatDave
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farnham said:
I think it depends on your history. Certainly if you never owned a SNES (like me) there's no question Virtual Console is the best download service available, but then a lot of people will just look at what the equate to being games they can download for free and therefore disregard them in terms of a XBLA/PSN comparison. I've heard several podcasts, I think the 1Up Yours PAX one in particular, where somebody said Wii's download service was terrible. Which really...I just don't get that viewpoint. I'd never played Super Metroid before it came to Virtual Console. Does the fact it's an old ROM stop it being the best game I've ever downloaded?
grandjedi6
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Jaded Alyx said:
...is that Luigi down at the bottom there?
Yep. We concluded that in the other thread
JoshuaJSlone
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Didn't an SNES Fire Emblem (III?) contain a remake of the NES one as only part of the game? Do we know yet whether this contains the SNES stuff too, or if this is really just the NES content again?
VerTiGo said:
True, but for SSBB to launch in 2007 it needs to release one month ahead of Japan. If it can be released that soon, why does Nintendo need to push back SSBX in Japan until 2008-1-24? Doesn't compute.
I know people are trying to be optimistic, but don't hold your breath.
Jaded Alyx
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grandjedi6 said:
Ah I see. Must have missed it amongst all the amazing.
mutsu said:
Maybe they arent very worried about the Japanese market right now. They know that the Wii will completely rule, the 360 will fail, and the PS3 will do just ok.
In America, it's a bit different. Sure the Wii is rocking, but the 360 is pretty damn strong, and the PS3 could start to make a comeback with the lower prices. So they would want to be sure to have SSBB on the market for the US, and lots of copies.
Maybe. How long does it take to make tons of copies of a game? I mean, is it hard to make 4 million disks?
TheGreatDave
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Japan is getting Wii Fit this year. Not to say the US will get Smash Bros to make up for it, but Nintendo probably wouldn't be able to cope with the demand for consoles due to Wii Fit from middle aged women and grandmas and Smash Bros for teenagers and angry gamers.
grandjedi6
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Yes it did. The game is said to be a remake of Fire Emblem 1 but we haven't heard anything about the Fire Emblem 3 partJoshuaJSlone said:
gabe90 said:
It doesn't take long. But it does time to produce quality and close-to-bug-free software.
I am just glad that they are taking the time to polish it up. Remember that this is an online game, and I am sure that's where the extra time is spent - to make sure the experience is top notch. Plus all the extra time for balancing the game wouldn't hurt at all.
It's not like the game will suddenly not sell because it's not launched before/during the holiday season. It's going to sell regardless of what happens. Millions of them too.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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This feels like an E3 
underfooter
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mutsu said:
What is so hard to understand?
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I don't think releasing Brawl a few days prior is a good call. Do you?
TheGreatDave
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I really don't see why you'd bother holding a US event in a world where the Japanese info is bound to have been reported on by the US press. I'm...I'm hoping for some new, cool things with this conference. Maybe nothing groundbreaking, but at least more on what we know.
Souldriver
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Fantastic OP. Partly because the content/subject is great too.
I know people want to play SSBB real soon, but there was once this argument where SMG and SSBB will be competing against each other in the holiday season.
I am sure this won't happen anymore now. SMG itself will make the Wii THE most sought after game console this holiday (if it's not already).]
So anyway, back on topic! Great conference Cannot wait until November when we start getting the Mii Contest Channel and Everybody's Nintendo Channel! Especially looking forward to the latter. DS demos FTW.
I am sure this won't happen anymore now. SMG itself will make the Wii THE most sought after game console this holiday (if it's not already).]
So anyway, back on topic! Great conference
Cannot wait until November when we start getting the Mii Contest Channel and Everybody's Nintendo Channel! Especially looking forward to the latter. DS demos FTW.Splash Wave
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Where exactly are the Wii Ware games supposed to download to? It doesn't seem like 512 mb is enough for anything, and you can run shit off of memory cards so...
TheGreatDave
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DXMachina said:
That's the big question. Surely Nintendo will have to support reading off SD cards. SURELY. Although the amount of time it takes to copy something over to a card with Wii makes me worried they've crippled it with a very slow read/write speed or something.
If you hear the conference transcript, the deal with SSBB is needed extra development time to bring all this content together. Iwata apologized for this fact. So yeah, pretty much i believe that means dec american release date will get pushed to jan or feb next year and debunks the notion of this being due to a crowded release schedule.
On the other hand not making it before christmas may hurt game sales over here, while in japan its new release date coincides with the shopping season, so there is a FAINT glimmer of hope. IMO.
On the other hand not making it before christmas may hurt game sales over here, while in japan its new release date coincides with the shopping season, so there is a FAINT glimmer of hope. IMO.
TheGreatDave
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Well, unless that development time is being spent translating Japanese in to Japanese, I don't see any reason for it to come out earlier in the US unless they're just lying to their own press.
I wonder if US conference will have more info on American WiiWare games.
Cuz like two of the games they announced, don't seem like they would make a huge splash in the states.
Also wondering since Japan got Monster Hunter 3 info, if US conference will have like a special American type exclusive deal.
And though many would not be happy, maybe info on Red Steel 2 since was supposed to be in ONM and got pushed back.
Cuz like two of the games they announced, don't seem like they would make a huge splash in the states.
Also wondering since Japan got Monster Hunter 3 info, if US conference will have like a special American type exclusive deal.
And though many would not be happy, maybe info on Red Steel 2 since was supposed to be in ONM and got pushed back.
TheGreatDave
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Maybe the kind of games Nintendo are showing the American press are so mature they can only be shown when children are asleep.
DiscoNaldo
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I feel like a kid again... takes me back to a time when Nintendo = pure, unbridled joy.
So this is what I get for purging all Wii purchases off my "to buy" list in order to afford a 360. I got Nintendowned. Took them long enough, though.
Nonetheless: Sounds awesome! Can't wait to buy all of that; even if I need to go bankrupt.
Thanks to the OP for the thread and well-formatted post.
Nonetheless: Sounds awesome! Can't wait to buy all of that; even if I need to go bankrupt.
Thanks to the OP for the thread and well-formatted post.
super funk
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Great compilation thread. I missed out on the conference last night and its always a pain sorting those threads out to get information.
This conference may finally be able to push Wii and DS over PSP in weekly MC sales.
This conference may finally be able to push Wii and DS over PSP in weekly MC sales.
Particle Physicist
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so.. do you think people will stop claiming that nintendo is killing gaming?
MisterHero
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:lolquadriplegicjon said:
Joust Williams
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I guess I'm just not seeing what's so amazing about this conference. The only unexpected was MH3, but I don't even like that series, so...
I wonder...
...I just finished watching the keynote on another site and noticed something interesting regarding the ability of Wii owners to search for video trailers in that Nintendo for all channel. (the same channel that will allow for downloadable DS demos) I'm sure I heard it mentioned that Nintendo would like to see data in players' systems being used to allow users to see how many other people are playing the same games. Might be interesting to see if it could somehow be used as a basic way of gauging the sales of certain software titles if that goes through.
...I just finished watching the keynote on another site and noticed something interesting regarding the ability of Wii owners to search for video trailers in that Nintendo for all channel. (the same channel that will allow for downloadable DS demos) I'm sure I heard it mentioned that Nintendo would like to see data in players' systems being used to allow users to see how many other people are playing the same games. Might be interesting to see if it could somehow be used as a basic way of gauging the sales of certain software titles if that goes through.
Penguin said:
It would be great to see if some games that were never completed, having some limited development time to allow players to experience what could have been. Project HAMMER for example, and seeing a WiiWare adaptation of what the game was meant to be as a retail release.
JoshuaJSlone
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Heh. I'm usually not very psychic, but I'm getting a strange vibe. Perhaps a message given to me by the ghost of overreacting future...quadriplegicjon said:
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