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[Starwolf_UK]

So Wii Fit plus was £20. Wii Fit U is £30 but the pedometer bundle in stores i, I guess £40 (could be £50 though).
I see NOE learned a lot from the Wind Waker HD price strategy.

last MH sale was better 30 for wiiu version and 20 for 3ds. I already own mh3u on 3ds but wanting to double dip at 20. looks like i have to wait a bit longer.

It reminds that some eShop games that go on sale a lot have had a price creep in the US. Anyway, weren't those better deals like 2 day events while this is a full week.

 

[Conrad Link]

Giana Sisters for me, I've wanted it for ages but waited for a 'decent price'.

The others I've already got or don't want.

I know we go round and round on this every week but honestly, how f**king hard can it be to get GBA or N64 stuff working on the Wii U? I just don't understand how the Wii was fine enough but Wii U takes forever.

Its like they fired their VC team or something and then it was left to one person and he's like uhh you know I'm just the guy that cleans the windows right?

Why don't they hire some expert digital release guys like Sega did and their whole life could be devoted to getting that good shit out each week, at least then we could have less things to bitch about.

 

[69wpm]

I know we go round and round on this every week but honestly, how f**king hard can it be to get GBA or N64 stuff working on the Wii U? I just don't understand how the Wii was fine enough but Wii U takes forever.

They obviously want maximum profits, and that's not happening with that small user base.

 

[L~A]

mh is slightly higher than last time due to the 4g announcement, imho.
btw, giana sisters for me!!!

But if this sale is taking place in the first place, it's because of the MH4G announcement

 

[m0t0k1]

So Wii Fit plus was £20. Wii Fit U is £30 but the pedometer bundle in stores i, I guess £40 (could be £50 though).
I see NOE learned a lot from the Wind Waker HD price strategy.


It reminds that some eShop games that go on sale a lot have had a price creep in the US. Anyway, weren't those better deals like 2 day events while this is a full week.

yeah that was true it was just before christmas we got a weekend sale on monster hunter i think. But i was hoping for at least the same price as back then.

 

[MadLukas]

How much is Mario Party: Island Tour in Europe?

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

These past two weeks have to be the most barren for the 3DS eShop so far. Wow.

I have my Sega 3D classics so I'm sorted but it's still pretty disconcerting.

 

[Robin64]

How much is Mario Party: Island Tour in Europe?

It's €39.99 / £34.99 on the eShop, though probably considerably cheaper in stores.

 

[D-e-f-]

How will Nintendo respond to the reported lacklustre sales of the Wii U?

By doing sweet fuck all on the eShop this week it seems.

Stay that course.

Honestly though, how are these two points even related?

megaman 7-10 needs to come out on 3ds vc already

So we're expecting playstation and wii games on 3DS now?

Oh sorry ...#woopwoop

 

[Jucksalbe]

A Mega Man 9 port with well-done 3D would be great. Not gonna happen, but it would be great.

 

[D-e-f-]

If we're going down that route, I would like all the noteworthy WiiWare games ported to 3DS and Wii U. Like Castelvania The Adventure ReBirth, Blaster Master Overdrive, the Mega Man games, La Mulana, Tomena Sanner, etc...

 

[lamaroo]

Speaking of Wiiware, I want a sequel to My Life As A King. The Dark Lord game was a completely different thing.

 

[D-e-f-]

Speaking of Wiiware, I want a sequel to My Life As A King. The Dark Lord game was a completely different thing.

I'm still shocked that they haven't ported those two phones since they were already built with horrible wallet draining mountains of DLC.

 

[Tenki]

Not having any VC game this week better be for a N64 surprise.

 

[lamaroo]

I'm still shocked that they haven't ported those two phones since they were already built with horrible wallet draining mountains of DLC.

Come to think of it, I think MLaaK was the first game I ever bought DLC for. The DLC was new dungeons I couldn't even access at the time because they were too high level as well.

 

[69wpm]

Apparently MH3 is $39,99 now in the US, can somebody confirm?

 

[Ondore]

Apparently MH3 is $39,99 now in the US, can somebody confirm?

Confirmed. 3DS version is still $40, but maybe that changes soon?

 

[69wpm]

Or they want us to buy the game for the Wii U so they can announce MH4U

Spoiler

Or use that money for more mobile games

 

[Hiccup]

I know it's not America, but a week without any virtual console at all??

Embarrassing.

 

[Richie]

I know it's not America, but a week without any virtual console at all??

Embarrassing.

Surprise N64 VC release.

Believe.

 

[D-e-f-]

I know it's not America, but a week without any virtual console at all??

Embarrassing.

And if they drop one after a potential direct, would they be liars again?

 

[sörine]

If we're going down that route, I would like all the noteworthy WiiWare games ported to 3DS and Wii U. Like Castelvania The Adventure ReBirth, Blaster Master Overdrive, the Mega Man games, La Mulana, Tomena Sanner, etc...

Since M2's so cozy with 3DS already I'd love Konami to work with them on porting the ReBirth games (Gradius, Castlevania, Contra) and adding more to them (Salamander, Parodius, Twinbee, Quarth, Space Manbow, Goemon, Getsu Fuuma Den, Rocket Knight, Sunset Riders, Metal Gear, Maze of Galious and so on).

 

[Snkfanatic]

I know it's not America, but a week without any virtual console at all??

Embarrassing.

Lol

 

[Robin64]

Oh, okay.

 

[D-e-f-]

Lol

Hiccup gotta Hiccup

 

[Mr-Joker]

Oh, okay.

I still don't get what Iwata means by that statement. Is he acknowledging that the The Wii U and 3DS virtual console is a joke?

 

[D-e-f-]

I still don't get what Iwata means by that statement. Is he acknowledging that the The Wii U and 3DS virtual console is a joke?

? He's pretty clear in what he says. He acknowledges that they haven't utilized the VC service well so far and they would like to change that. Only problem is that we haven't seen any fruits from that. While it was beyond silly of people to expect a barrage of VC games a week after that statement was made, one would think that over half a year later, we would've seen at least an indication as to what that would mean. Let's hope that changes soon.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Isn't that statement from November or at least around that time? Or did you mean over half a year after the start of the WiiU VC?
From how I understood that statement, they want to give the VC a bigger focus, but I wouldn't expect that to show in any way, until maybe summer. For what it's worth we still didn't get all of those Mega Man games that are supposedly in Nintendo's queue since July.

 

[Somnid]

Oh, okay.

I always thought that was related directly to NES remix.

 

[D-e-f-]

Isn't that statement from November or at least around that time? Or did you mean over half a year after the start of the WiiU VC?
From how I understood that statement, they want to give the VC a bigger focus, but I wouldn't expect that to show in any way, until maybe summer. For what it's worth we still didn't get all of those Mega Man games that are supposedly in Nintendo's queue since July.

Oh right, that was November! For some reason I thought this happened in August or so.

I always thought that was related directly to NES remix.

"Enrich our VC lineup" is pretty obviously not related to NES Remix, though.

 

[Firebrand]

EU eShop not working for anyone else? Getting an 010-2500 error code when I try to go into categories.

Was gonna get Mario Tennis and maybe Golf + Shantae. Are the GBC versions of Tennis / Golf the ones to get? People seemed pretty excited about the Tennis one a while back.

 

[Robin64]

EU eShop not working for anyone else? Getting an 010-2500 error code when I try to go into categories.

Was gonna get Mario Tennis and maybe Golf + Shantae. Are the GBC versions of Tennis / Golf the ones to get? People seemed pretty excited about the Tennis one a while back.

The GBC version of Mairo Golf is one of the best golf games ever made. The little RPG mode is just adorable and really fun.

 

[Cody_D165]

The GBC version of Mairo Golf is one of the best golf games ever made. The little RPG mode is just adorable and really fun.

Same goes for Tennis. Both are fantastic.

 

[Neo Child]

Same goes for Tennis. Both are fantastic.

i played tennis loads back in the day

got it on my 3ds, not played it too much. i think id like golf more though so that should come out so i can play it

 

[Conrad Link]

Mario Golf isn't available on the EU VC, only Tennis is.

Don't ask me why.

Like everything else, the answer is: because Nintendo, I guess.

 

[Somnid]

"Enrich our VC lineup" is pretty obviously not related to NES Remix, though.

"Enrich" as in sales I thought. Here's the whole thing and it happened not too long before NES remix was released:

While Wii U and Nintendo 3DS already offer Virtual Console software, I feel that we have not been able to take full advantage of our assets yet, so we would like to enrich our Virtual Console lineup. As the ability to digitally offer our products has given us greater flexibility in offering new propositions to our consumers, we should naturally consider these possibilities in the future.

 

[JavyOO7]

On USA 3DS eShop on the second row for Wii U information, there's a link that takes you to a DDP video. Never saw that before...

Also, when is Namco Museum is coming out...

EDIT: Oof, mean Pacman Museum.

 

[Jucksalbe]

A bunch of NES VC games (like SMB, Donkey Kong, Mega Man, etc.) have 3DS Miiverse communities now.

 

[Firebrand]

Mario Golf isn't available on the EU VC, only Tennis is.

Don't ask me why.

Like everything else, the answer is: because Nintendo, I guess.

Yeah I noticed. Odd. Got Mario Tennis, played a few matches and it's fun.

I asked this in the 3DS games thread but, if I were to buy one Picross for the 3DS, which one would it be? The old Game Boy one, or one of the e-series?

 

[Jucksalbe]

If you'd also consider DS games, get Picross DS. If not, get one of the e-series, the GB Picross lacks a lot of the conveniences of later versions.

 

[Firebrand]

Ah, I see. So, e3 then? Or e first? It seems each new game is mostly "more" with some minigames added in? I wouldn't want to jump straight into the most challenging ones as I haven't played Picross since, well, the GB one.

 

[Jucksalbe]

I only played e1, so someone else has to answer this. I found e1 to be a bit easy, but if you haven't played Picross in a while, it should be okay.

 

[Bulzeeb]

Quick question, if I buy an e-shop card from best buy online, ¿will they send me a code so I can use it rigth away or do they ship a physical card?

 

[Zonic]

They tend to send physical cards. It usually says if it's a card or download/code.

 

[Somnid]

A bunch of NES VC games (like SMB, Donkey Kong, Mega Man, etc.) have 3DS Miiverse communities now.

I almost groaned when I read this, but upon inspection they are the same community as the Wii U version they just now appear on 3DS.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Ah, didn't think to check this. So they are combined communities?

 

[zroid]

edit: dp

 

[zroid]

I almost groaned when I read this, but upon inspection they are the same community as the Wii U version they just now appear on 3DS.

Oooh really? That's surprisingly good.

edit:

neat

 

[L~A]

Oooh really? That's surprisingly good.

edit:

neat

Where is that from?

By the way, Europe got a couple of new communities... just noticed Lost Levels only got one AFTER the Wii U version of the game was launched.

Almost no new communities in the past few weeks (other than new releases).

 

[Firebrand]

I only played e1, so someone else has to answer this. I found e1 to be a bit easy, but if you haven't played Picross in a while, it should be okay.

Cheers for your input. I grabbed the first one.

Pet peeve: Games that don't have save profiles.At least with downloadable games on the 3DS you can use the SD backup feature to cycle through a set of them.