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I got Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3. It said "processing" for quite a while after ordering, but then they came through.

Havent yet played too much of pikmin 3, but it is very pretty.

Who needs next gen, eh?

I think the Wii U *is* next gen.

It's really not.

Its 'Next Gen Nintendo'

FYI I paid with paypal for the codes and mine have not come through yet - reading up on the thread on hotukdeals it seems if you paid by card its already gone through but the paypal stuff is delayed - although i did just get an email from Nintendo thanking me for registering for their website which i assume should have came out at the start of the process as well so perhaps they are just overwhelmed by the number of games they just sold !

Depends on whether your definition of next gen is somewhat daft or not.

Just got the codes though for Wonderful 101 and Donkey Kong. Can't grumble.

I was surprised the website didn't go down given Nintendo's track record.

Yip my codes for Mario & Luigi and Lego City both came through

I wonder just how much extra money they got in today that they were not expecting and if something like that is something they would look at and *maybe* put some of these things on sale at times ?

Lewie do you have any way of tracking how many people went via Savgamer for them ? (I know I followed your links)

It is. It's just not as polygonally willy waving as the alpha male boresoles.

It's not. It's barely more capable than the 360/PS4 and is less so in some ways. It's not next gen by any criteria except release date.

Well, what is the criteria, if it's not release date? I mean, my son is far less capable than me at nearly everything (fitting in small places, perhaps), but his recent release date marks him out as next gen

(I suspect you meant PS3, too)

I do not. I have that for stores which do affiliate stuff, but this one does not.

The posts certainly got a lot of traffic and retweets though, people were surprised/excited to see Nintendo stuff for cheap, which doesn't happen very often at all.

What do you think a generation is?

/taps mic

A generation of technology, of capability. You couldn't release something with the power of a pocket calculator and call it next-gen with a straight face.

It's not some linear march of technological iteration, though. I covered that in my other post, and you're just claiming it's about moar powah, like you're Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor. Wii wasn't as powerful as PS3/360. It was as powerful as a Gamecube, in fact. But it was utterly next gen. It changed how people around the world played games. And people in the nerdy ghetto may not have liked it, but it did, and it was insanely successful doing it.

Wii-U isn't as successful, either commercially or apparently stylistically, but the principle is the same. It's the next step along. It's the next generation. It's just branched away from the consoles-as-PCs mode, which I am very happy with.

If the pocket calculator gave me a new way of playing games with peripherals or ideas I'd never seen before, then yes, it would be next-gen.

tl;dr: what Grim... said.

The fact that the WiiU is the first console in Nintindo's lineup to provide a number of features that were pretty standard in the 360/PS3 makes me struggle to put it in the next gen bracket. But that's maybe a result of the Wii being not particularly current-gen.

It's what I said about the OnLive console too, but was shouted down for that because it wasn't by Nintendo, or something.

Current-gen is PS4 / Xbone now, surely?

I didn't shout you down.

Oh I don't bloody know.

I'm thinking of investing in a 3DS XL to replace my 3DS.

I know a few people have done this, so how easy is it to transfer all my data? And will absolutely everything transfer over so that I'll have exactly what I've got now... Only bigger?

Yes, as long as you have both 3DSes (the old one and the new XL) next to each other, and a wifi Internet connection available. Everything will be transferred over.

The process is a right ballache. If you find yourself unable to get both consoles connected to your router at the same time (which you need to do in order to do the transfer), it might be because they are automatically being assigned the same ip address. I got around this by connecting one to my router and one to my phone as a hotspot, although you can also manually assign ip addresses. Not much data gets uploaded/downloaded, it just does a handshake with Nintendo to check you are not a hacker/pirate.

Currently US only but might be worldwide shortly - Zelda 4 swords on the eshop is free

http://zelda.com/fourswordsanniversary/

That's already been free over here hasn't it? I have it and I'm sure I didn't buy it.

I think it has about 2 years ago - certainly before I bought my 3DS and I remember quite liking it on the Gamecube so i'd like to grab it if it does come up as free

I hope it didn't come over here, because I missed that shit

Nope - US only - although we have been quite well taken care of with cheap and free offers in Europe so I dont feel to badly put out (free Monster Hunter last year / buy 2 games get one free last year and a free copy of Mario for signing up to their services for now)

I forgot about that free copy of Mario. When should I be getting that?

I got my code emailed to me immediately after fulfilling the promotion criteria.

Really? I didn't. I thought I read that they'd be sending them out some time soon but not straight away?

Yeah, I didn't get anything either. I thought they were going to send something out in the middle of February or something.

Oh, I was talking about the free Super Mario 3D Land promotion, not the Super Mario Bros DX promo, which is as you say supposed to arrive some time later this month.

Free submarine-orientated game from Nintendo starring a Star Fox character, available now, etc.

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/02/13/st ... eshop-now/

I don't want F2P to get a foothold at Nintendo! :(

It's not microtransaction based. It's just a game with an extensive demo.

I heard that after buying the full game you unlock a shop with high levels subs for purchase at 99p a time....

Just cancelled my pre-order for Yoshi's New Island. Reviews trickling out are negative (4 out of 10 in Edge, for example). Shame, as Yoshi's Island is a real favourite of mine, was looking forward to a sequel. Then again, the DS sequel from 2007 wasn't particularly good either. Oh well.

4/10 from YerpGonks as well.

Hmm , after a near perfect year I've not seen much 3DS stuff thats been interesting for me so far in 2014 - Yoshi was on a list 'to check' , Bravely Default was not something that looked that interesting to me and we're still a while off Smash Bros / Kirby and Mario Golf

I know we'll probably get more info when E3 rolls around but until then for the year in 3DS we have :

7th Feb - Bravely Default : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravely_Default
11th Feb - One Piece romance dawn : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece:_Romance_Dawn
13th Feb - Steel Diver Sub Wars
13th Feb - Inazuma Eleven : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inazuma_Eleven

14th March - Yoshi's new island : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi%27s_New_Island
31st March - Shovel Knight : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovel_Knight

11th April - Disney Magical World : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Magical_World
15th April - Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception ... even_Stars
29th April - Amazing Spider Man 2 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazin ... eo_game%29

2nd May - Kirby: Triple Deluxe : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby:_Triple_Deluxe
2nd May - Mario Golf - World Tour : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Golf:_World_Tour

Then another Professor Layton / Smash Bros / and the new Sonic and thats it for the year.

I could really use a list of the greatest 3DS games that have come out so far.

Pleeeeeeeeeease?

I can only discuss my current purchases:

Street Pass games. The bundle available from the rabbit are ace. If you live in the middle of nowhere I probably wouldn't bother.

Super Mario 3D Land is just phenomenal. A must.

Fire Emblem is sublimely brilliant. Although I still miss the earlier sprite work.

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a tremendous 2D platformer.

VVVVVV (eShop) is the best way to play VVVVVV and is essential for those with taste (maybe watch a video first).

Animal Crossing is joyful and pointless.

Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate is a close to a portable Dark Souls as you can get. But does suffer some control issues if you don't have a 2nd control stick thingy.

The new Zelda is the best Zelda since Wind Waker.

I've currently lent mine to my wife, so I this is just of the top of my head.

I would add Kid Icarus and Luigis Mansion 2 to the list.

Both are brilliant and had me hooked from start to finish.

Aye, They are on my next to buy list.

Cheers, guys!

I already have Super Mario 3D Land (superb, as you say), I'm planning to get Luigi's Mansion 2, and I already have VVVVVV on Steam. Apart from that there isn't actually much that tickles my fancy. Possibly Zelda.

I am currently playing RE: Revelations, when I can find time for it. It's a bit simplistic compared to 4 and 5, but it's still enjoyable and has good atmosphere + dialogue so bad in places it's actually funny, almost like they did it as an in-joke. The main problem is that it's very dark, so you really need to play it in an environment that isn't too brightly lit or the reflections in the top screen become too distracting.

+1 for Luigi's mansion which is great (and a worthy follow up if you remember the GC original)



Again works best if you have memories of Zelda : ALTTP

but even if you dont its really well done.



I bought it on steam in a recent sale and have done maybe the first 1/3 of it and as you said its a bit cheesy at times but it doesnt let things get too silly and the in joke stuff works (i mean you have a Jill Sandwich and "The master of unlocking" in RESI1)

Other 3DS stuff that you might like

Super Street Fighter IV
You should be able to pick this up fairly cheaply (about £5 or £6 in the UK) and its a really well put together version with big touch buttons on the bottom screen to pull of some of the more difficult big power moves

Castlevania Lords of Shadow
Not a classic but enjoyable (although you might find this is still quite expensive)

Donkey Kong Country Returns
A really well done update to the original games and gives you a good level of control over Kong - lots of nice little touches but it will be of more interest to you if you have fond memories of the original DK Country games

Zelda OOT & Starfox 3DS
Both remakes of the N64 originals - they are pretty accurate but are slight updates to 'old' games

Mario Kart 7
No snaking but otherwise a solid update to the kart series

New Super Mario Bros 2
I liked this - although i bought it - churned through the levels and sold it on - its a reasonable game but a little easy / short and doesnt give you much for replayability

There are 2 Professor Layton games - i've played the first (Miracle mask) which is just another in the series - nothing that special that stands out (however if you like the games you will probably like these)

Don't forget the downloadable stuff too. Pullblox, Steamworld Dig, the Sega 3DS remakes are all great.

This! The Sega remakes are definitely worth the asking price, if the specific games take your fancy. While I'm not particularly keen on Super Hang-On due to the slightly botched controls, some are particularly worth your time - Galaxy Force II and Shinobi 3, in my opinion.

BTW I'm agreeing with Zaph a few posts back about the release schedule being barren this year, certainly compared to the last year or so. I just hope that there's a few surprises in store to be announced at whenever the next Nintendo Direct pops ups.

This Eurogamer article just made me aware of a Julian Gollop game called Ghost Recon Shadow Wars that somehow completely slipped me by. It actually sounds pretty great and can be had for very little. Anyone tried it?