3DS in 2015: Is it really this bad?

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teigaga on 27 October 2014

curl-6 said:
If it means more Wii U support, 3DS can drop off the earth for all I care, haha.

LMAO, they'll be a strong enough backlogue to keep owners entertained.

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curl-6 on 27 October 2014

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Twilord said:
Did you just saying Xenoblade is third party? - I'm pretty sure its second party which is basically first-party WITH ATTITUDE.

Nope, it's full-on first party. Nintendo owns Monolith.

Only 96%+, which is no different than 0% when you stop to think about it.

Of course 96%+ is different from 0%. The former means owning a controlling interest.

Monolith Soft is a Nintendo first party developer.

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noname2200 on 27 October 2014

curl-6 said:

noname2200 said:

curl-6 said:

Twilord said:
Did you just saying Xenoblade is third party? - I'm pretty sure its second party which is basically first-party WITH ATTITUDE.

Nope, it's full-on first party. Nintendo owns Monolith.

Only 96%+, which is no different than 0% when you stop to think about it.

Of course 96%+ is different from 0%. The former means owning a controlling interest.

Monolith Soft is a Nintendo first party developer.

You're one of those silly people who thinks there's such a thing as "close enough," aren't you? #allornothing

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curl-6 on 27 October 2014

noname2200 said:

curl-6 said:

Of course 96%+ is different from 0%. The former means owning a controlling interest.

Monolith Soft is a Nintendo first party developer.

You're one of those silly people who thinks there's such a thing as "close enough," aren't you? #allornothing

They are a first party developer. Xenoblade Chronicles and its sequel are first party Nintendo games.

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POE on 27 October 2014

Xenoblade and Codename Steam are not third party.

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the_dengle on 27 October 2014

mZuzek said:

It's always been. Ever since Red and Blue came out in the West in 1998, the only years without a main series Pokémon title released in America were 2002, 2006 and 2008.

This is partly due to the localization delay. In the West, Pokemon has been "catching up" with Japan this whole time. So while we had only three years without a release, Japan has had five. Now that the games are released simultaneously, the Western release schedule should more closely resemble its Japanese counterpart.

The end result is that while it's not uncommon for Pokemon to have a main-series release for three years in a row, it's also not uncommon for it to take a 'break' for a year between releases, especially between generations. Basically, I expect Z next year, and a 'break' in 2016.