More Rodea: The Sky Soldier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPxBbWGrAxs

So, the Russian eShop prices are updated because of the weak ruble.

Some comparisons:

Before:
Smash Wii U, 3D World, MK8: 2429 RUB
Hyrule Warriors, Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2: 2029 RUB
Captain Toad: 1629 RUB
Deus Ex: 1499 RUB
Wii games: 799 RUB
Shantae: 679 RUB
Hyrule Warriors season pass: 599 RUB

After:
Smash Wii U, 3D World, MK8: 4499 RUB
Hyrule Warriors, Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2: 3699 RUB
Captain Toad: 2999 RUB
Deus Ex: 1499 RUB (unchanged)
Wii games: 1499 RUB
Shantae: 1275 RUB
Hyrule Warriors season pass: 599 RUB (unchanged)

Many indie and third-party games seem to be unchanged.

So I guess we can put to bed the whole "silent XCX protagonist" nonsense once and for all. Good.

I'm not sure if I should make a female or male protagonist for XCX, because usually I pick male but I haven't played as a female in a RPG in what feels like ages.

Or should I pick female for the new Fire Emblem? XCX is 300hrs long so if I do it wrong (anything from gender to face features) I will feel bad.

If you mess up you can just do it differently on New Game +

Nintendo news of 12/02/2015: I still write "2014" XD. Wow, didn't expect so many news today.

• NPD: Wii U hardware and software are up year on year, around 30% and 40% respectively, which means the Wii U sold ~64k units in January. Both Sm4sh sold 90k units (includin digital) during the month of February, the Wii U version has sold 1.4 million units LTD and the 3DS version has sold 2.1 million units LTD. Lastly, Pokemon ORAS sold 150k units (retail + digital) during January, and has sold 2.7 million units LTD. For those who do not know, all these numbers are USA only
• Nintendo resered 3 booths and 299-seat theater for E3 2015. Weird no one has made a thread about this. Traditional presentation? Big tournaments??
• Paper Monsters Recut has sold "decently" on Wii U.
• Nintendo is banning pirates from online 3DS services! It's about time.
• Here's a look at MvsDK: Tipping Stars boxart.
• Sonic Boom has seemed to fail (plus more financial talk regarding Sega), and sold 490k units between the Wii U and 3DS version. I don't know about you, but that actually impressed me. I though it was gonna sell worse.
• Satoru Iwata was interviewed regarding the Wii U, smartphones and the future. 
• X's website was updated, and it released a ton of screenshots and 3 new videos!
• Sakurai talks about VR!
• This Splatoon screenshot is gorgeus IMO.

MM3D, MH4 and New 3DS today! Anyone getting any of these?

I'm grabbing MM3D and will be getting MH4 very soon indeed.

I would say it is performing rather well dont you think

Aonuma on the "painful" experience of doing remakes:

“T​o put it as bluntly as I possibly can, remakes kind of hurt. You’ re looking at all the decisions you were making and sometimes you’re saying to yourself, ‘I can’t believe I was thinking about it like that,’ or, ‘Why did I think it was okay to make the user do that in that situation?’

This is something that Mr. Miyamoto made a point of telling me at one time. He said, ‘​you need to look back and learn more from the work you’ve already done, before you go on to making something new.​’ I have to say, that can be a really uncomfortable experience, but I also feel like I learned so much. I’m actually really grateful that I had the opportunity to do something like that at work.”

http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/02/13/zelda-majoras-mask-3ds-producer-remakes-kind-of-hurt

Smash Bros U champ, who was booed by Melee fans at Apex, responds:

“I’ve been wanting to win an Apex for many, many years. I’ve dreamed of the moment where I can finally hold that trophy and just smile. But when the crowd was cheering it wasn’t for me, it was for the fact the game was over and they can now see Melee.

It wasn't anything personal, just a very disrespectful thing to do in general. I wrote a post detailing how we should act towards that in a more productive way as a community and to not simply focus on how it affected me personally. It wasn’t cool and my heart was crushed, but I was only annoyed at the individuals who went ahead with it. I’m not saying all Melee players do this, but this is to those who did. Let’s make things different. Don’t apologise to me, that’s not important. What’s important is fixing an issue in the community.”

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/247146-competitive-smash-player-yearns-for-the-community-to-unite-instead-of-splinter-off

Well good, it used to be #10.