I wrote this before watching the trailers. Actually, it IS a great addition to the game. With every new trailer they release it becomes more obvious this game just wants to be FUN and I think they'll manage to do it.

Yeah that kinda sounds like what we've been hearing for quite a while...

NintendoLand isn't a new IP; it's advertisment.

Keep it up bud, I'm guessing that by the end of this thread people will just stop taking you seriously.

On the bright side, I think this means that DKC:TF will run quite smoothly. It's interesting to see them go for the almost cel-shaded look again, but it definitely retains a lot of personality uncompromised by the temptations of HD browns and grays (Nintendo needs to hire me as a PR guy).

The problem is that Nintendo makes both Home & Handheld systems, and normally use a similar concept for each during a generation. This will continue even more so in the future for the following reasons:

A) Handhelds have become much more powerful and 3DS can nearly produce every Wii U game Nintendo creates, even if it's a bit smaller scale.

B) Development times have increased due to much more powerful systems. They can make games quicker by sharing concepts which is why Nintendo recently merged their teams. 

C) At the end of the day, Nintendo is still a business trying to make $. If they can Make 2 versions of most of their games and people will still buy them, why wouldn't they? 

M&S at the Olympic Games, Sonic Lost World, Resident Evil Revelations, Super Smash Bros 4, & Lego City Undercover all are (will be) on both 3DS & Wii U. Then you have Starfox 64 3D, Zelda OOT 3D, Donkey Kong Country 3D, Zelda WW HD, which are simple remakes of games and easy money.

Finally, you have the games that borrow concepts from their other current Gen system:

• New Super Mario Bros 2 & New Super Mario Bros U
• Mario Kart 7 & Mario Kart 8
• Super Mario 3D Land & Super Mario 3D World
• Animal Crossing Wild World & Animal Crossing City Folk

Expect this trend to follow with more games on both systems, more remakes, and more borrowed elements.

You can prevent getting tired of "nothing new" by only buying 1 Nintendo system or 1 game from each shared concept every Gen. That is what I've decided to do.

What? Theres another conference tonight? Can you please link me to a website that will be broadcasting it please and at what time will it start??

A conference only about Pokemon :)

I love Nintendo but it's obvious to ME what's going on...fatigue. Nintendo's stretching Mario way too thin and their franchises are FINALLY growing old. That doesn't mean they're bad games, far from it. But what it does mean is, like Christmas happening every day, a good thing can only be done so many times before it isn't as fun anymore and I think that's the issue here.

If Nintendo decided to take their major IP like Zelda, Mario, Metroid etc. and ONLY release main titles every 3-4 years again, like they use to, and then fill in those gaps with new, amazing IPs? They'd OWN the industry. I mean, lets not forget that this is the same company that INVENTED Mario, Zelda, Metroid at one time, all within a few years of eachother. We know they have the imagination and skill to do it again. I just wish they would.

The main problem is that the only impressive games of the show were not made by Nintendo themselves (in house) but by Retro (donkey kong) and Monolith (X).
Currently the 2 top 3ds games are luigi and donkey kong country 3d also not developed by Nintendo but by external studios.
It seems that nintendo still know how to do fun and quality games but they seems to be out of touch with current gen graphics and ambitious games such as X or fire emblem on 3ds.


I am so disappointed by super mario 3d land HD with its lazy blurry background.