General Nintendo thread

I think this may be the first time I have seen the words "Penny racers" anywhere outside of my old games collection on my basement.

Yeah, Penny Racers is a name I haven't heard in damn long time.

It'll never happen for a variety of reasons, but add Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon to the list.

Splatoon 2 Direct Thursday, July 6th at 7 am PDT.

I forgot about the direct until about a few minutes in, I just so happened to be be on Twitch at the time.

I liked it, as if I didn't need enough reasons to get a Switch.

Rumor: Another Direct may be incoming as the Japanese Direct website has removed an old link to a Direct, which has indicated incoming Directs before.

Double post:

Nintendo trademarks "Nintendo Check-In".

Hmm... an app.

For Nintendo news, maybe?

edited 10th Jul '17 11:35:15 AM by AmethystLeslie

Might be part of that online app that's coming up

Nintendo trademarked an N64 controller icon alongside icons for an NES controller, SNES controller, and a Switch with JoyCons attached; N64 Classic incoming?

I'd say that counts as me calling it (since I speculated an N64 or Game Boy Classic Edition in the future)!

Oh, and because someone asked many pages ago, a GB Classic could work if it was portable like the original GB.

So it'd be like those bootleg "Fony PCP" things, except with proper games installed in it instead of somekind of copypaste shovelware that all the imitater bootleg consoles have?

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html

Q3 sales.

Switch at 4.7 million sold.

3DS at 67.08 million sold.

SNES Classic preorders will open up on August for the US, hopefully the rest of North America too

Nintendo at Gamescom 2017, Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade 2, Metroid: Samus Returns, and Fire Emblem Warriors will all be given presentations.

Nintendo World Championships 2017 at New York Comic Con on October 7th with an added under 13 division.

That's awesome, i loved the 2015 one.

The website you linked read like some other games might get some airtime at the show. It's about the right time to announce a a big pre-christmas update for Sploon or ARMS if such a thing is planned.

Nintendo holding a hour long panel at PAX West on September 2nd at 10 am PDT.

I'm very late to the party in terms of reading up about the SNES Classic, but I'm incredibly excited for it.

That said, I wish it was 30 games like the NESC. Feels like there were some missed opportunities here.

a) Super Mario All-Stars. A huge system seller, first-party title, and it would be a second chance for those who missed out on the NESC release. Not to mention that there's a hybrid version where Mario World is also included, so there was no excuse not to use this version in there.

b) Seiken Densetsu 3. The third Mana game. Nintendo already went to the effort of (finally) releasing it after 20-plus years in the Mana Collection in Japan - you'd think they could have used the fan translation (or done their own) and included it as a second exclusive. That would have been a killer addition by itself.

c) I would have swapped out Kirby's Dream Course for Dream Land 3. A surprisingly-underrated gem from the end of the console's lifespan.

d) Final Fantasy II(IV). It's not cannibalizing sales of current-gen releases because they're all 3D remakes (not to mention inferior in some ways). While we obviously weren't going to get the PSP Complete Collection version, the original still holds up - I just did an emulated playthrough of it earlier this year. Considering how much Square representation is on here already, it feels absurd not to have put this one on too. And maybe even Mystic Quest, just because it was an entry point into the series for some players back in the 90s.

e) I would have added at least Donkey Kong Country 2 to the list, which took everything great about the original game and dialed it Up To Eleven.

f) If we're doing Super FX games, then Stunt Race FX should have been a contender. Two-player races to boot.

g) No Zombies Ate My Neighbors? It's a Konami game, and they've already got representation on the list.

The only reason I can see Chrono Trigger not being on there is because S-E are either planning something with the license or they're looking to re-release it on its own - it's a proven seller. Other suggestions I've seen (Turtles in Time, Killer Instinct, etc.) are probably not there due to licensing issues.

Otherwise, I'm going to try like hell to get one of these up here in Canada. Here's hoping.

edited 14th Aug '17 8:46:16 PM by crazyrabbits

Two directs from Gamescom have had their times released.

Could you give a small summary? Does it note the full game list? Just some?

Basically, many of us can't watch the video, so a short summary helps.

Who's Campcom and what do they have to do with Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Street Fighter?

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/26/15875134/super-nes-classic-edition-japanese-game-list-super-famicom-mini

• Contra 3: The Alien Wars
• Donkey Kong Country
• F-Zero
• Final Fantasy 6
• Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
• Legend of the Mystical Ninja
• Kirby Super Star
• Mega Man X
• Panel de Pon
• Secret of Mana
• Star Fox
• Star Fox 2
• Super Soccer
• Super Ghouls n Ghosts
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario RPG
• Super Mario World
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Super Metroid
• Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

I meant to summarize the actual video posted.

Thank you for the extremely useful list, though.