So did the Nintendo direct finish? What happened?

Guys that new Mario 3d world trailer is fucking sweet

Wow, Scribblenauts Unlimited is releasing Dec 6th in Europe over a year later than the rest of the world and after the sequel

I couldn't play dark Souls yesterday. ;__;

I want to get through Blighttown as fast as possible so I can reach Anor Londo, one of my favorite parts of the game.

^^ lol.  Guys, get Art Academy.  I want to see your nude drawings.  For $3.99 it's worth it.

Guys your USA Nintendo direct is way different to the euro one, it's worth checking out both after the same Iwata bit.

Dvader said:

Sold on Mario. Never doubted it for a second.

You need to see the euro n.direct sonic video, seriously good video.

This is from gaf explaining Zelda. I am copying his reaction too cause I feel the same. I did like upgrades though, upgrades being the key, not the actual fuckingitem in a shop! Zelda is about exploring not shopping!!!!!!!  From gaf:

- Find dungeons.

- Explore dungeons at your own pace.

- Items no longer found in dungeons. Purchasable from in-game store with rupees.

- Purchase or rent. Former gives you the item permanently for a high price, latter gives you the item with a temporary amount of uses for a lower cost.

- Buy items in any order.

- Take items to dungeons and experiment.

And this is my opinion post:

My 2c: implementation will make or break, but I'm very pessimistic. I, personally, had no issue with finding items in dungeons. While breaking up the traditional pacing and giving greater flexibility to item order and usage is a fine idea in theory, bottlenecking it behind an in-game economy system does not fill me with hope.

My reasoning is that it makes me think of Skyward Sword, a game I do really love, but loathed the item upgrade system. In that, Nintendo did exactly what I didn't want: took a decent idea (item upgrades) and implemented it with the laziest, grindy, economy driven system possible. Upgrading items was less about exploring and discovering unique pieces, and more about grinding fucking randomised loot drops from monsters and chests.

As items are integral to the Zelda series, blocking acquisition off behind an in-game economy, an economy that is inherently random, runs a serious risk of introducing unnecessary padding and grinding just to use integral parts of game design. This is especially true for renting. Nobody is going to enjoy their hammer falling apart mid-dungeon, nor does managing an arbitrary durability constitute as enjoyment. Instead, like Skyward Sword, it sounds more like work, or a chore, just to get to the good stuff.

Fingers crossed the implementation is well rounded and the team understands the risks of a system like this. Everything else about the game looks superb, and I'm getting some cool old-school Zelda vibes from the dungeon layouts. But if this is what the Zelda team considers shaking up the formula, and is implemented poorly like Skyward Sword's item upgrading (which was also an attempt to freshen up the formula), then I'm going to be a bit concerned for Zelda Wii U.

The Legend of Zelda is not a traditional RPG, and it is not Monster Hunter. It does not need economy or stat driven systems putting pacing and progression in a stranglehold, where the only way to move forward is to grind against semi-random variables.

Xzibit Bowser?

Pimp my mushroom.

Maybe it was difficult to implement.

Shacknews preview:
http://www.shacknews.com/article/813...iew-cherry-fun

When obtaining a cherry, your character splits into two. Now, you can have two Marios running around in tandem, jumping and stomping in sync. If you grab another cherry, your two Toads will become three. Grab another, and your three Peaches will become four, etc. Best of all, you can combine this power-up with any other. At one point in the demo, I had five fire-powered Peaches laying devastation to a pack of enemies. It was wonderful.


You can't control doppelgangers separately from your main hero, meaning they will eventually fall out of sync with each other. That poses some interesting platforming challenges, as you try to get a horde of characters into a warp pipe. You'll start taking advantage of walls, or periods of time when your "main" hero is unaffected by controller input, in an attempt to reorganize your group. There's benefit to maintaining a large crowd, too. Not only is it incredibly empowering to see an army of clones on the screen, there are certain areas that are blocked off unless you have a certain number of doppelgangers. Because each of your clones will disappear in one hit, there's an increased challenge in dealing with the growing horde of characters.