Watch the Nintendo E3 Digital Event here

Nintendo kicks off E3 Tuesday with their Nintendo Digital Event, set to begin at 9:00AM PDT (12:00PM EDT)! Your official thread is right here, so watch and join the conversation!

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The first official day of E3 is set to begin on this Tuesday. And we begin with Nintendo's Digital Event! Let's watch together and see what games will be coming to Wii U and 3DS, whether it be Zelda, Mario, Metroid, or even some third-party goodness like Bayonetta or X! The fun begins at 9:00AM PDT (12:00PM EDT), so join the conversation after the break!

Everyone feel free to toss in your thoughts in this thread and discuss the ongoing events.

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    June 10, 2014 8:00 AM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Watch the Nintendo E3 Digital Event here.

    Nintendo kicks off E3 Tuesday with their Nintendo Digital Event, set to begin at 9:00AM PDT (12:00PM EDT)! Your official thread is right here, so watch and join the conversation!

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      June 10, 2014 8:16 AM

      Predictions, anyone?

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        June 10, 2014 8:27 AM

        I hope a new Zelda. HD remake of Mario sunshine.

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        June 10, 2014 8:32 AM

        Zelda U and a new 3D, single-player Mario.

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        June 10, 2014 8:34 AM

        1) Announcement or Reminder of between 1 and 4 Nintendo franchises and their impending game(s) coming to Wii-U and/or 3DS

        2) Lack of announcements or reminders of anything significant from any third party

        3) Miyamoto dances to a dupstep rendition of Dancing Queen while playing the tambourine

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        June 10, 2014 8:40 AM

        Zelda on pc!

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        June 10, 2014 8:45 AM

        Outside of what is already known I don't think we will see many surprises, hopefully I'm wrong. I do think we will at least get a short teaser for the new Zelda.

        Would love to see a Luigi's Mansion remake with online coop announced. I believe next-level games are working on a new title for Nintendo, but may be a bit early for any showing.

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        June 10, 2014 9:08 AM

        Pilotwings!

        New Paper Mario

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        June 10, 2014 9:11 AM

        The stock Nintendo games, Mario, Zelda, metroid.

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        June 10, 2014 5:08 PM

        Nintendo sells more consoles, I hope! They certainly have shown the goods.

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      June 10, 2014 8:25 AM

      Starfox! I hope we get more info on this "leak." Other than that, I hope we get some Gamecube VC news. Really, any news about any VC games. They are serverely lacking in that department.

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      June 10, 2014 8:27 AM

      X better have a name and NA release date.

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      June 10, 2014 8:28 AM

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        June 10, 2014 8:34 AM

        I think my dream Nintendo games is a sequel to Metroid for the Wii U with 2D graphics, and not the 2D/3D style they've been using for New Super Mario Bros either.

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          June 10, 2014 8:46 AM

          I'm personally pretty tired of 2D games on the Wii U, even if it was a new Metroid.

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      June 10, 2014 8:33 AM

      Sony and MS conferences sucked. This is Nintendo's to lose.

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        June 10, 2014 8:35 AM

        What exactly does it take to make people happy? Sony and MS both spent a huge amount of time showing a variety of video games. Did you want them to send a hooker to your house to blow you while watching in order to make it an acceptable experience? Fucking gamers are the worst, I hate every single one of you all fuck goddamit fuck you guys fuck you all

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          June 10, 2014 8:58 AM

          That hooker thing sounds like a good start.

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          June 10, 2014 9:00 AM

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          June 10, 2014 9:17 AM

          I'm not sure about the "variety"...

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          June 10, 2014 10:12 AM

          The conferences themselves were both fine (although the free2play and TV segment in the Sony conference ground an otherwise awesome conference to a screeching halt). I think people are probably more pissed about the actual information conveyed - all three (Nintendo conf just ended) had great games but they were all 2015 which sucks.

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        June 10, 2014 8:35 AM

        What? I thought both of them had good conferences and the only next gen console I own is a Wii U.

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          June 10, 2014 8:39 AM

          Both PS4 and XBox One really both don't have new exclusive games coming until 2015. Even with games coming to the PC, most of what was shown is for 2015. The dry spell continues. It's up to Nintendo to save E3 and gaming for the rest of this year.

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            June 10, 2014 8:42 AM

            It's E3. They always announce games for next year. Are you new to this whole gaming thing?

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            June 10, 2014 8:43 AM

            Littlebigplanet 3 and Sunset Overdrive? Those are both coming out this year.

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              June 10, 2014 8:46 AM

              Sunset Overdrive is awesome, no doubt. LBP3, meh. So, xb1 and ps4 have 1 exclusive before the year's end. meh.

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            June 10, 2014 9:06 AM

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            June 10, 2014 2:21 PM

            Exclusives are fine and all but there's also nothing wrong with cross platform games on the console you own. You are off your rocker.

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          June 10, 2014 8:43 AM

          Yup, I thought both conferences were good, with MS's being more interesting because they didn't have Corp Sony rolling in trying to spin up interest in their shitty movie/tv division.

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        June 10, 2014 8:48 AM

        lol really?

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        June 10, 2014 11:13 AM

        NOW DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? AND WE'RE ONLY AT HALF-TIME! This conference rocked the living snot out of MS and Sony's presentations. Even Ubisoft's.

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      June 10, 2014 8:41 AM

      Metroid and Zelda for the love of god and all that is holy

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      June 10, 2014 8:45 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

        HD* 3DS that can act like a Wii Remote. Take my money.

        * probably < 720p but much higher than currently

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      June 10, 2014 8:47 AM

      Give me infinite MK8 dlc I already need more

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      June 10, 2014 8:52 AM

      I really hope the next Zelda is more ambitious than TP and SS (which were obviously not bad games or anything, but I think we're overdue for a re-invention of the formula)

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        June 10, 2014 8:55 AM

        I'm hoping that since they tried some new stuff in Link Between Worlds, the next Zelda game will be more ambitious.

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          June 10, 2014 8:57 AM

          Yep - I'm really glad ALBW was successful and well received, it gives me hope that they'll apply some of its lessons to the main series (mix up the formula, less tutorialization, etc.). Also it would be wonderful if they did a similar Metroid project on 3DS.

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        June 10, 2014 9:29 AM

        fish my wish

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      June 10, 2014 8:53 AM

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      June 10, 2014 8:59 AM

      STARTING

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      June 10, 2014 8:59 AM

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      June 10, 2014 8:59 AM

      Robot Chicken?

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      June 10, 2014 9:00 AM

      Lol

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      June 10, 2014 9:00 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

      Nintendo wins.

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      June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

      What the fuck

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      June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

      Hahaha what the hell is this. SSBCEO

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      June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

      Nintendo straight lost their mind.

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      June 10, 2014 9:01 AM

      LOL! This is awesome!

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      June 10, 2014 9:02 AM

      Hey everybody watch the Giant Bomb version, its 2 mins behind and I don't want to watch the actual stream.

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      June 10, 2014 9:02 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:04 AM

        Yup. Pretty sure Infinity and Skylanders use it. I've never done anything with it.

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      June 10, 2014 9:04 AM

      miis look like shit

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      June 10, 2014 9:04 AM

      Uh oh I hope I don't have to buy figures to play with characters in SSB.

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      June 10, 2014 9:06 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:06 AM

        Too bad they're lagging so far behind.

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        June 10, 2014 9:15 AM

        except they're askign questions about the stuff they're explaining in the video so neither they or you can hear it

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      June 10, 2014 9:08 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:08 AM

      Mii fighters look fun, I was surprised there was no Mii character in Brawl so it makes sense that it makes it into this one.

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      June 10, 2014 9:08 AM

      The Shack video is just a recording of the Xbox announcement? Where's the Nintendo stream?

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      June 10, 2014 9:09 AM

      A MEEPO????

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        June 10, 2014 9:09 AM

        Cross game figures. neat idea.

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      June 10, 2014 9:09 AM

      goddamnit Nintendo...

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      June 10, 2014 9:09 AM

      Amiibo? Christ, these names are awful.

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      June 10, 2014 9:10 AM

      I am totally buying all the damn figures. gg nintendo

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      June 10, 2014 9:10 AM

      Evil Luigi

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      June 10, 2014 9:10 AM

      DEATH STARE

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      June 10, 2014 9:11 AM

      They've embraced the death stare. Wonderful!

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      June 10, 2014 9:11 AM

      I looked away and am so confused right now, are we going to have to buy these meebo things to get characters in Smash Bros? Please say no.

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        June 10, 2014 9:12 AM

        Lol mii Lincoln.

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        June 10, 2014 9:12 AM

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          June 10, 2014 9:13 AM

          If that's the case, that will probably prevent me from ever buying a Wii U. Smash was the one game that would probably cause me to get one, but not if I have to deal with that stuff. Guess we'll wait on more info, though.

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            June 10, 2014 9:16 AM

            I don't think that's the case. I'm not sure what they do, but I'm pretty sure you don't need them to play smash.

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        June 10, 2014 9:14 AM

        Haha, yes... you are getting amiibos

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      June 10, 2014 9:12 AM

      ZZZZZzzzzzz

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      June 10, 2014 9:13 AM

      Kniitting?

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      June 10, 2014 9:14 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:15 AM

      This game looks incredible.

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      June 10, 2014 9:15 AM

      I have a meeting that is going to keep me from seeing this, but I am already confused as hell from I have seen.

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      June 10, 2014 9:17 AM

      And we felt....

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      June 10, 2014 9:18 AM

      Hahaha.. Captain Toad, sweet! Loved those levels in 3d world.

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      June 10, 2014 9:18 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

        Those games from 3D World are super super great. Love it.

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      June 10, 2014 9:19 AM

      OK so Smash Bros is P2W. " Each figurine will retain individual level data and beefed up stats for customized Smash characters -- this will include support for custom move sets."

      FML

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        June 10, 2014 9:20 AM

        That sounds horrible.

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          June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

          It sounds like they've pretty much destroyed its value in the competitive scene, unless there's some kind of tournament mode that circumvents all this bullshit.

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        June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

        Dammit Nintendo, that sounds like shit.

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        June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:31 AM

        You don't have to use the figurines ffs.

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        June 10, 2014 9:31 AM

        Wait -- now I'm hearing that you can't actually control them. IDK what's going on.

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          June 10, 2014 9:36 AM

          Yea, it's all really weird. They're going to have a whole video later so I might watch that cause I have no idea wtf.

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      June 10, 2014 9:19 AM

      Zelda!

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      June 10, 2014 9:19 AM

      OMG! Captain Toad!

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      June 10, 2014 9:19 AM

      Ooo.. Shivers.. Zelda!

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      June 10, 2014 9:20 AM

      ahh is open world zelda finally happening???

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      June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

      hahah that Bowser and Princess skit was funny stuff

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      June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

      Zeldarim confirmed

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      June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

      Holy shit Zelda looks amazing!

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        June 10, 2014 9:22 AM

        Yeah, that is fucking awesome looking.

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        June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

        fuck I missed it... is the trailer up anywhere yet?

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      June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

      I WILL PAY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THIS GAME

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        June 10, 2014 9:22 AM

        Sounds like they definitely learned a lot of lessons from Link Between Worlds.

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          June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

          Oh my god LOOK AT IT

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            June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

            I AM MAN I AM

            btw next year we should totally just all hook up for lunch somewhere with beers and watch these because i'm pretty sure none of us are ever getting laid ever

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              June 10, 2014 9:49 AM

              i have it running on a projector at my office. can host and we can do pizza and beer

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      June 10, 2014 9:21 AM

      O_O purdy!

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      June 10, 2014 9:22 AM

      Huge open world Zelda game? Oh wow.

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      June 10, 2014 9:22 AM

      HOLY SHIT THIS LOOKS AMAZING!

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      June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

      holy shit

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      June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

      That might actually get me to but a Wii U

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      June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

      Almost a cel-shaded flair to it. Beautiful.

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        June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

        Yeah, very nice style I totally dig it

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      June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

      oh my god

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      June 10, 2014 9:23 AM

      I'm at work and I can't see the awesomeness WOE IS ME

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      June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:24 AM

      Never bet against Nintendo!

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      June 10, 2014 9:25 AM

      Nice!

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      June 10, 2014 9:25 AM

      New mega-evos!

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      June 10, 2014 9:25 AM

      There is no level of jaded that that Zelda footage didn't smash down.

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        June 10, 2014 9:26 AM

        Indeed The Amiibo thing might have killed Smash Brothers for me, but Zelda got made me hard interested.

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      June 10, 2014 9:25 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:27 AM

        The only reason Bayonetta 2 is happening is because of Nintendo. I'd rather have that than no Bayonetta at all.

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      June 10, 2014 9:25 AM

      Bayonetta 2!

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      June 10, 2014 9:26 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:27 AM

      Bayonetta 1 included with Bayonetta 2! Oh my god. Nintendo is KILLING IT so far.

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      June 10, 2014 9:28 AM

      Nintendo won E3. Everyone else go home.

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      June 10, 2014 9:28 AM

      Playable Tingle confirmed.

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      June 10, 2014 9:29 AM

      nintendo is knocking it out of the damn park for me right now

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        June 10, 2014 9:32 AM

        Agreed, they're showing a lot of good shit right now. Looks like there's actually a fair number of games I'd be interested in on the Wii U. Too bad about Smash though... really hoping it's not as bad as it sounds.

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      June 10, 2014 9:29 AM

      guys, all the wii-u does is first-party games

      GUYS, ALL THE WII-U DOES IS FIRST-PARTY GAMES.

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        June 10, 2014 9:30 AM

        best studio of all time

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        June 10, 2014 9:30 AM

        Well when they are made by Nintendo that all you really need. I am going to buy everything they have showed so far.

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        June 10, 2014 10:14 AM

        good thing That First Party is better than every other first party. WiiU as a primary console is probably not great, but it complements the PS4/XB1/etc. very well...

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      June 10, 2014 9:29 AM

      The Dynasty Warriors games are my biggest guilty pleasure. Really looking forward to this.

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      June 10, 2014 9:31 AM

      MONOLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITH

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      June 10, 2014 9:31 AM

      X!!!!

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      June 10, 2014 9:31 AM

      Are they going to show more of this fucking Zelda or what? This can't be all? I want moooore.

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      June 10, 2014 9:32 AM

      I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS GAME IS BUT I KNOW THAT I WANT IT

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        June 10, 2014 9:32 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:32 AM

        X!!!!!!!!!!! OR WHATEVER THEY RENAMED IT BUT SHUT UP

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          June 10, 2014 12:54 PM

          Xenoblade Chronicles X!?

          It looks so futuristic compared to the first one, but they teased Shulk/Zanza with the reveal trailer. Gah!

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        June 10, 2014 9:32 AM

        I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT XENOBLADE CHRONICLES IS BUT I HAVE TO HAVE IT IN MY LIFE

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      June 10, 2014 9:33 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:33 AM

      fking BS mario maker hax

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      June 10, 2014 9:33 AM

      Mario MAKER?!?!

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        June 10, 2014 9:35 AM

        oh my god was that fly swatter from mario paint lol

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      June 10, 2014 9:34 AM

      Mario maker works in the WiiU Mario engine!

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      June 10, 2014 9:34 AM

      Mario Maker looks really good. Rom people have been doing this for years now and it is good to see Nintendo embrace it.

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      June 10, 2014 9:36 AM

      Nintendo's like FUCK IT! ALL IN!!

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        June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

        Which is definitely what they needed to do.

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        June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

        reading Audhum14's post and then watching the Squitoon thing or whatever, I was like "jesus, officially lost? nintendo's shit isnt even in this solar system"

        and it looks pretty sweet

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      June 10, 2014 9:36 AM

      This game could be fun!

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        June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

        Seriously it looks like a blast.

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      June 10, 2014 9:36 AM

      New IP looks cool

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        June 10, 2014 9:39 AM

        This really excites me. Enough to actually buy a WiiU. I just need stuff more than just the same Nintendo games over and over again. Different stuff like this or, hell, the open world Zelda, is VERY welcome!

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          June 10, 2014 9:40 AM

          Agree they really need to start making a lot of new IPs, this is a start.

          Yeah that Zelda game is going to be insane, must have.

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      June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

      This shit is weird as hell, but fuck yes, Nintendo.

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        June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

        I think they finally figured out what people hate about E3 press conferences. I want to see the games and whatever is in the middle better be entertaining.

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        June 10, 2014 2:53 PM

        Splatoon looks amazing!

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      June 10, 2014 9:37 AM

      The squid thing is actually kinda clever. I like that.

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        June 10, 2014 9:40 AM

        that dude just got ran the fuck over with a paint steamroller

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      June 10, 2014 9:38 AM

      I'm digging the Splatoon ideas here. Cool stuff!

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      June 10, 2014 9:38 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:38 AM

      Mario maker looks cool

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      June 10, 2014 9:39 AM

      This ink mechanic is really cool. I can imagine people carving out a CTF base.

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      June 10, 2014 9:40 AM

      I guess i'll buy a Wii U in 2015

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      June 10, 2014 9:40 AM

      No Metroid then :(

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      June 10, 2014 9:41 AM

      That's it?

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        June 10, 2014 9:41 AM

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        June 10, 2014 9:42 AM

        I was just going to say that :( man things where just starting to heat up.

        To be honest other than the new Zelda, the new IP and mario maker there really was nothing new :( at all so little new Wii U games I am sad.

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      June 10, 2014 9:41 AM

      Is this game a bukkake simulator?

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      June 10, 2014 9:42 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:42 AM

      I want to punch anyone who complains about no remakes of older non-HD games.

      But then I want all of the 3D Marios as remakes.

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        June 10, 2014 9:46 AM

        Personally they should remake -> Super Mario Brothers, Mario 3 and Super Mario Land in the Mario WiiU engine and also remade Super Mario 64 in the Super mario 3d world engine. That would be awesome.

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      June 10, 2014 9:45 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:45 AM

      lol @ the blurred screen

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      June 10, 2014 9:45 AM

      Starfox

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      June 10, 2014 9:46 AM

      mai waifu

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      June 10, 2014 9:46 AM

      Hmm. After all the great graphics I saw of the new WiiU games, why does the new Smash Bros look lacking?

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        June 10, 2014 9:47 AM

        was 3ds version hopefully

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        June 10, 2014 9:47 AM

        Probably hitting that 1080p 60fps mark?

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        June 10, 2014 9:47 AM

        Who knows? It may have started life on the Wii.

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      June 10, 2014 9:47 AM

      no metroid, sigh

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      June 10, 2014 9:49 AM

      That was a great presentation and I think much better looking than what Microsoft and Sony did this year. I hope all 3 companies prerecord their presentations for next year.

      I only wish Nintendo's presentation was longer. They got me hyped and then ended it before really startling me with HUGE announcements. It also really shows how few third party titles there are for WiiU as well. :/

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      June 10, 2014 9:49 AM

      Amiibo seems like a P2W cash cow(the way they showed it) I would of rather they had a bran new IPs that uses it not add not add it to existing games that just gives you extra lives.

      Please use it for new IPs

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      June 10, 2014 9:49 AM

      I was hoping to see a few more games in their conference. Way too short and I guess they can't get much in the way of third part support at this stage.

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      June 10, 2014 9:50 AM

      Man now I want one.

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      June 10, 2014 9:50 AM

      That Samus statue is sexy

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      June 10, 2014 9:51 AM

      Still no mention of DQ7 coming to the US :(

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      June 10, 2014 9:52 AM

      So they're explaining the Amiibo thing right now, it looks like it's just an AI representation of that character, which gains experience over time. I suppose it doesn't really affect the base Smash game then, as you don't have to load up one of the Amiibo characters if you don't want to. Sigh of relief?

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        June 10, 2014 9:53 AM

        That's how they fit into an established game. I'd still worry about the future.

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        June 10, 2014 9:53 AM

        I can't watch it right now. What does the experience do? It feels like that could be kind of p2w

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          June 10, 2014 9:55 AM

          It is p2w, Amiibo level up faster than none Amiibo characters, they just said it.

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            June 10, 2014 9:58 AM

            They also said that you don't control amiibo characters - it is simply a 'better' CPU character.

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            June 10, 2014 9:59 AM

            But it's an AI character, it's not the character you're playing as. So if you go to your friend's place and both of you play as Link, you both will still be playing as the exact same character. Apparently if you load up an Amiibo it might be able to assist you too? But again, no one is forcing you to load up an Amiibo. Just play the regular game.

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            June 10, 2014 10:20 AM

            From the sounds of it, it's actually P2L potentially.

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            June 10, 2014 12:28 PM

            You can play as Amiibo characters, but you don't have to and just play with the characters in the base game if you want. The Amiibo characters are the only ones who level up, have stats, and that you can customize the skills. But again, it's completely optional and you can just play with all the base characters available in the game if you want.

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        June 10, 2014 9:54 AM

        They just said if you use a Amiibo(rather than a reg char) and play against a real player it levels up faster than a none Amiibo character aka someone that did not buy a Amiibo so it will have an advantage.

        I don't know...

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          June 10, 2014 9:57 AM

          Yeah but, no one is forcing anyone to use an Amiibo, so if I want to purchase a Wii U + Smash it will essentially be the same style game I am used to from previous iterations. Don't have to deal with all the Amiibo crap, and won't be missing out on characters or getting my face stomped by Amiibo people. Maybe the online will be screwed up though, who knows.

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            June 10, 2014 10:00 AM

            Yeah I am not going to play online so it won't effect me, just seems like it will ruin the MK8 online seen.

            They really should just make new IPs with the tech, but it feels like they want to put it in as many things as they can. We will see hey.

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        June 10, 2014 9:55 AM

        If the amiibos are just some toy that levels up cross-games and then they make a completely new IP thats like an RPG with them i'm completely ok with this. If they somehow give perks to players playing smashbros this will completely destroy my wii u experience.

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        June 10, 2014 10:00 AM

        idk it's a much worse cash grab than Sony or MS announced for anything. Don't know why anyone's defending it's totally just to fleece parents.

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          June 10, 2014 10:01 AM

          I'm personally not defending, just trying to clarify that (hopefully) it doesn't affect the base Smash Brothers game. Don't have to buy Amiibos to get characters, or upgrade my characters. You buy them and watch them fight, essentially. Which I won't do and I will still get to play Smash just as I always have.

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          June 10, 2014 11:47 AM

          Fleecing implies cheating of some kind. Nintendo wants to enter a strong market and they have enough differentiating factors to make money with their take on the figurine-game genre. Most of us will not buy an Amiibo, and we won't be worse off for it because the games we buy will remain full-featured, not gated behind this figurine system.

          There's no duplicity here. Nintendo wants to compete in a lucrative market.

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      June 10, 2014 9:54 AM

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      June 10, 2014 9:55 AM

      Their timing is horrible.

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      June 10, 2014 9:55 AM

      I'm glad the new Starfox is on Wii U. Should look pretty awesome.

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      June 10, 2014 9:59 AM

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      June 10, 2014 10:00 AM

      Mario Party 10 announced on the live stream! Confusing that they're still going, but I'm not complaining!

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        June 10, 2014 10:02 AM

        FUCK YES.

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          June 10, 2014 10:03 AM

          Also asymmetrical gameplay! Can't wait.

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        June 10, 2014 10:03 AM

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          June 10, 2014 10:10 AM

          Looks like they are copying the worst Mario Party evar to WiiU....fucking Mario Party 9. Why not Mario Party 8? At least that used the motion sensor and was a ton of fun.

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            June 10, 2014 10:18 AM

            Disagree 9 is way better than 8. I want to strangle the damn announcer in 8.

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              June 10, 2014 10:43 AM

              Yea, the hat guy was really annoying but at least 8 was competitive. 9 is a dumbed down version for babies. The fact that they completely removed the motion sensor part of the game, killed it for me and parties.

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      June 10, 2014 10:01 AM

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        June 10, 2014 10:05 AM

        Really? I'm more excited by their lineup than anyone else's. Different tastes, I guess. This was a pretty bad year for traditional, AAA titles at E3. No sizzle.

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          June 10, 2014 10:10 AM

          I'm the same here. I was more excited about the wii u games.

          They all disappointed in the area of RPG's though.

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          June 10, 2014 10:31 AM

          I would say that Nintendo only had the best show IF you don't consider the indie games. The indie games coming to Xbox and Playstation look fantastic. But yeah, I'm more interested in Nintendo's first party stuff than another third person shooter or Assassin's Creed.

          I would be excited by Yarn Yoshi, but I'm a afraid the level design and challenge won't be on par with the visuals. The latest Yoshi's Island on 3DS really disappointed on that level. I'd say the Kirby game and the Squid/Goo game looked the coolest.

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            June 10, 2014 12:24 PM

            To be fair, I think you should compare Yarn Yoshi to Feel Good's previous iteration in what shall be known as its yarn series (yeah, for real!): Kirby Epic Yarn. Yeah it was easy, but it was so cute and inventive!

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        June 10, 2014 10:07 AM

        yeah, boy, i'd hate to see them retread old tropes *announces eighteen shooters*

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        June 10, 2014 10:07 AM

        they do the "good" thing of letting their software teams release "when it's done" but can't get their software and hardware releases aligned as a result. This wouldn't be insurmountable if they successfully filled the gaps with 3rd party releases and indie games but they still don't seem to understand what priorities are for developers outside Nintendo. They seem to have misread the 360 playbook and thought they could just release a year ahead of the pack and just get a large install base for free in that time.

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        June 10, 2014 10:08 AM

        I saw more games in their presentation that I'm interested than from Sony or Microsoft.

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          June 10, 2014 10:09 AM

          how many were 2014 games though?

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            June 10, 2014 10:13 AM

            Same as the other guys.

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                June 10, 2014 10:16 AM

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                  June 10, 2014 10:17 AM

                  The conversation subtly changes between 'games coming out' to 'who is making money' ITT.

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                    June 10, 2014 10:40 AM

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                      June 10, 2014 10:47 AM

                      I get that. Still a funny turn in the conversation (if a little inevitable) when someone was just talking about the merits of the upcoming release schedules.

                      Gotta get that biz acumen into game talk, right?

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                June 10, 2014 10:20 AM

                Nintendo may be having a hard time with the Wii U, but they're not in "dire financial straits". They are no where close to that. Sony actually is, but you probably didn't know that. Nintendo is worth more than all of Sony and could continue to lose money at their current course and still be okay for the next couple decades.

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                  June 10, 2014 10:34 AM

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                    June 10, 2014 10:47 AM

                    Again, Nintendo may be having a tough time, but their financial issues are really of no concern at this time. They're consolidating shares too so shareholders aren't an issue either. Nintendo dropped like .. what 300 million? Sony dropped 6 billion. I honestly don't know what Sony makes on PlayStation. They're not in trouble there though they're probably not making anything on it since its the beginning of a generation. I don't know how the numbers work there. I haven't been paying attention.

                    The only point I'm making is that Nintendo is fine. They'll push a few big franchises out to stop the hemorrhaging and probably end the generation far better than people expect. A disappointment, maybe, but not a disaster.

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                      June 10, 2014 11:01 AM

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                        June 10, 2014 11:08 AM

                        seemed like a pretty normal balance of all new vs known stuff to me

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                        June 10, 2014 11:30 AM

                        Nintendo gives more steady updates than everyone else. You had to have seen this coming giving all the Nintendo Directs they do. Last year they didn't even do a presentation for E3 which was probably a mistake. I'm sure they'll announce other stuff later in the year or give bigger updates during their Nintendo Direct monthly updates.

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                June 10, 2014 2:23 PM

                Nintendo is hardly in dire financial status, anyone that believes that has allowed themselves to given in to sensationalism by uneducated tumblr bloggers.

                Nintendo is making money hand over fist on the 3DS/DS and still continues to sell Wii U hardware (not as much as they would like, but they are selling). Nintendo doesnt have

                Lets put this into perspective:

                Nintendo has roughly 7,000 employees ww
                Microsoft has about 102,000 ww
                Sony 147,000 ww

                With Nintendos earnings, regardless of projected profit lost, are doing just fine financially.

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                June 10, 2014 2:57 PM

                Citation needed*

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              June 10, 2014 10:19 AM

              kenclopz, your thoughts on this?

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                June 10, 2014 10:58 AM

                2014 is Nintendo's. Smash Bros, Captain Toad, Bayonetta 1 and 2, Pokemon Games, Hyrule Warriors. Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. Holy crap! Nintendo's all in! And we still haven't got to the Treehouse part.

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              June 10, 2014 10:35 AM

              the other guys platforms are a year younger with an install base that's at/above expectations and growing healthily

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        June 10, 2014 10:15 AM

        The trouble is no console of this gen will be at the game production prime for another few years, really. 2016 on will be crazy but it is going to be somewhat on the dry side ramping up.

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        June 10, 2014 5:12 PM

        There is a lot of 2015 but hey we are halfway through 14. What matters to me is what they have shown looks fun.

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      June 10, 2014 10:02 AM

      Captain Toad looked great, really liking the style they are going in the Wii U direction of games.

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      June 10, 2014 10:03 AM

      Seems like a poor choice to leave some announcements to this weird after-show.

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        June 10, 2014 10:03 AM

        Yeah they should have tossed more trailers into that video.

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        June 10, 2014 10:05 AM

        Super strong show, but yeah, it's confusing. I thought we were moving from breadth-form to depth-form.

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      June 10, 2014 10:07 AM

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      June 10, 2014 10:07 AM

      Star Fox!

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      June 10, 2014 10:17 AM

      Hahaha Patrick Klepek just found out the Zelda interview he has scheduled has to be focused on Hyrule Warriors

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      June 10, 2014 10:18 AM

      Gerstmann's rant on Yoshi = holy fucking LOL!

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      June 10, 2014 10:19 AM

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        June 10, 2014 10:25 AM

        I'm just glad he admitted that yes, the new Zelda looks pretty damn good

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        June 10, 2014 10:27 AM

        I LOL'd so damn hard because Yoshi is truly a dispensable piece of shit.

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        June 10, 2014 10:37 AM

        Lolol

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        June 10, 2014 10:44 AM

        jeff's self-serious rant on yoshi gave me weird/awkward echoes of parental conflict

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        June 10, 2014 3:37 PM

        Jeff didn't like Yoshi's Island.

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      June 10, 2014 10:32 AM

      Mario Maker and Zelda U were the standouts, but I didn't see a single game in the stream that looked uninteresting. Very solid line-up; I just want to see more of everything.

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      June 10, 2014 10:36 AM

      haha zelda, the style of open field makes Zelda Wii U look like a TES game

      (actually they're probably drawing more inspiration from monolith soft and MMOs, but still)

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        June 10, 2014 11:13 AM

        Skyrim was pretty popular in Japan I believe.

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          June 10, 2014 11:13 AM

          Skyrim should be popular everywhere, it is amazing.

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            June 10, 2014 11:48 AM

            there are places where it isn't

            i guarantee you 100% that some fedora bro on neogaf will actually complain about how it looks too much like skyrim, and that they want zelda to continue in a more linear vein. it has to happen, somebody is going to be stupid enough to make a fuss about it.

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      June 10, 2014 11:40 AM

      For me.. that Zelda footage was more exciting than anything I've seen this year. I really can't wait for that. If I hadn't been hearing the death chants for the Wii U since launch I'd not have known it was in trouble from this presentation. Nintendo seems to have a lot going for itself right now.

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      June 10, 2014 11:42 AM

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZ734RshPA starting up again with deeper dives into stuff, Captain Toad on now

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        June 10, 2014 11:47 AM

        looks really cool... 2015 should be a big year

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        June 10, 2014 11:48 AM

        man if youtube can make twitch as reliable as this im down with that

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        June 10, 2014 12:07 PM

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          June 10, 2014 12:21 PM

          yeah I'm glad I caught a bit of the gameplay there. I was watching at work earlier without audio and had no idea wtf was going on. Looks like fun!

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          June 10, 2014 12:28 PM

          I agree!

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          June 10, 2014 12:32 PM

          This would make for some good Shackbattles

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          June 10, 2014 12:33 PM

          yep, pretty clever, not sure how much of a long term mp community to reasonably expect though

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            June 10, 2014 12:37 PM

            I'm wondering if they're going to use a model like that new 3DS Steel Diver game, where it's sort of F2P (but less scummy since if you do choose to buy in its just a one time fee)

            I've heard that game has a fairly big/active mp community because of the free access

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        June 10, 2014 12:49 PM

        Giant Robot is being demo'd right now. It's like a cross between battlebots and sumo wrestling. Looks like a fun experience as a small idea. Could see it being included in another game like Nintendoland.

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      June 10, 2014 1:23 PM

      XENOBLADE ON TREEHOUSE

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        June 10, 2014 1:27 PM

        ATTENTION DEATHLOVE

        Xenoblade gameplay on right now!

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          June 10, 2014 1:30 PM

          But I am driving :(

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            June 10, 2014 1:37 PM

            I have a theory about this game now after seeing this.

            Big Xenoblade ending spoilers! This game takes place on the new planet Shulk creates at the end.

            Back to gameplay: Collectibles are back. Combat seems very similar. They mentioned that you cannot heal your other party members unless you get a "Soul Voice". That's the party boost in Xenoblade where you have to time hitting the B button.

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              June 10, 2014 1:39 PM

              Additional combat info. You can toggle between ranged and melee. All your arts are powered by TP. Melee builds TP much faster than ranged. So there's your incentive to use melee over range.

              My god this game is gorgeous.

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                June 10, 2014 1:41 PM

                You can target different parts of enemy bodies. He targeted the rear and then the head of an enemy. Positional attacks are back in.

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                  June 10, 2014 1:46 PM

                  I like that the game tells you what part of the enemy you're facing now.

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                    June 10, 2014 1:49 PM

                    Yeah, some enemies were really hard to tell. It looked like I was behind them for a Back Slash with Shulk, but it turned out I was just out of the arc.

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                  June 10, 2014 1:48 PM

                  Arts can now double charge. If you let it charge twice, it has a different effect. Some are more powerful, some have different effects.

                  You can still spend BP to upgrade arts.

                  It looks like you can change classes to acquire different arts.

                  No falling damage. The jumping seems much better.

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                    June 10, 2014 1:49 PM

                    I want this RIGHT NOW. Seriously.

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                      June 10, 2014 1:54 PM

                      This is better than I even thought it could be and I have a blind love of Xenoblade.

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                        June 10, 2014 1:59 PM

                        I somehow missed that this is blatantly taking place in our universe, like Xenosaga and Xenogears. I don't remember if Xenoblade did.

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                          June 10, 2014 2:07 PM

                          Xenoblade Ending Spoilers It seems that Xenoblade did take place in our universe, but Zanza destroyed it. It was recreated with him and Meyneth as the new gods. When Shulk defeated Zanza, he had the choice to create a new universe, and chose to remake it without the need for gods. I'm thinking that this planet is the one Shulk created. We do know Shulk or Zanza are in the game based on the initial reveal.

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                      June 10, 2014 1:55 PM

                      I predict this guy dies here. He's bad.

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                        June 10, 2014 1:57 PM

                        He made it seem like it was much harder haha

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                        June 10, 2014 1:59 PM

                        I just wish he were better at controlling the camera. So hard to watch when he's running/fighting in the opposite direction of the camera 50% of the time

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                          June 10, 2014 2:08 PM

                          Yeah, he was fighting and didn't even have his target in the camera view.

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                    June 10, 2014 1:56 PM

                    You can give a lot more options to your NPCs with a menu now.

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        June 10, 2014 1:33 PM

        I wish this dude was less terrible at playing this game.

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        June 10, 2014 2:10 PM

        The Wii U is the only system coming out with an exclusive RPG....


        Everything is wrong.

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          June 10, 2014 2:13 PM

          Who would have ever thought?

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          June 10, 2014 3:09 PM

          FF and KH being multiplatform is probably a good thing for the longevity of the genre.

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            June 10, 2014 3:13 PM

            Well I meant exclusive to consoles really, and I don't give any shits about KH and FF can really go either way for me. Witcher3 and DA3 are the only RPGs I had seen so far.

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        June 10, 2014 2:18 PM

        X is the reason I bought a Wii U. Want one of those transformer cars.

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          June 10, 2014 2:27 PM

          It's definitely one of the main games I got my WiiU for.

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        June 10, 2014 2:31 PM

        Welp, this looks properly mind blowing. Exactly what I was hoping for in a xenoblade sequel. I knew this along with zelda would be the killer apps for the system.

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      June 10, 2014 1:27 PM

      heh "AVATAR MAKE"

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      June 10, 2014 1:51 PM

      I'm so pumped for the new Xenoblade. The first one is in my top 10 all time RPG's.

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        June 10, 2014 2:01 PM

        I am with you. I lump it in with Chrono Trigger and FFVI, high praise for me!

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          June 10, 2014 2:02 PM

          And this looks like more + better. Aside from Bloodborne this is probably the game I'm most excited about now.

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            June 10, 2014 2:06 PM

            This plus Bayonetta have long been my "I'll finally buy a WiiU" games, and today's stuff has just made that much more viable. I can't believe how much bigger this looks in terms of scale and stuff like multiple classes.

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              June 10, 2014 2:10 PM

              Multiple classes, change on the fly, mix and match arts from different classes and effectively crate your own? YES PLEASE.

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            June 10, 2014 2:09 PM

            I know! I would actually say I am more excited for this than the new Zelda, but that's mainly because we only saw that very short trailer of it. Bloodborne is another one as well as The Divsion.

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              June 10, 2014 2:19 PM

              I'm wary of Zelda now. It could be awesome like Link Between Worlds or it could be something I quit halfway through like Skyward Sword. I hope it's the former and not the latter but we'll see.

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                June 10, 2014 2:21 PM

                All I know is that this generation is going to be another amazing one for gamers regardless of platform.

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                  June 10, 2014 3:26 PM

                  That's something all gamers should be able to agree on.

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              June 10, 2014 2:19 PM

              agreed

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        June 10, 2014 2:19 PM

        yeah that was a surprise

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      June 10, 2014 2:23 PM

      Hyrule Warriors -- MOON! This is sick!

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        June 10, 2014 2:25 PM

        This game is surprisingly looking really good. I was wary of it, but now I'm slowly turning to it.

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          June 10, 2014 2:28 PM

          yeah the first look we got at it looked boring but holy shit. Midna hookshotted teh fucking MOON

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            June 10, 2014 2:37 PM

            Like a boss!

            The framerate also seems fairly solid, I was a little curious about that but my fears are allayed at this point!

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      June 10, 2014 3:00 PM

      splatoon will be so damn fun, I hope they add more weapons and maps

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        June 10, 2014 3:09 PM

        it does look pretty fun actually. but is there no single-player? or other modes? might get boring if it's all area-control 4v4

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      June 10, 2014 3:19 PM

      Mario Maker up now!

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        June 10, 2014 3:27 PM

        Mario is slenderman. lol

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        June 10, 2014 3:32 PM

        8 bit physics in nsmbu mode. shake objects to turn them into other mystery objects

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        June 10, 2014 3:50 PM

        Anyone think they are planning more buttons.

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        June 10, 2014 4:33 PM

        Mario Maker upside down is Wind Waker

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        June 10, 2014 5:15 PM

        Can someone make a link to the treehouse video for each game? I wasn't able to watch and stuff sounds awesome. Would love to see.

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      June 10, 2014 3:37 PM

      Zelda reaction: http://i.imgur.com/3a8PqWO.gif

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      June 10, 2014 3:44 PM

      amiibo i know im late to the party, but with respect to smash bros do these figures work like pokeballs and summon trophies in other smash games? do you take control of that amiibo character when you use it?

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        June 10, 2014 3:49 PM

        You can summon a computer bot that you can have on your team or play against and the amiibo levels up across multiple games. It's like having a friend to play with.

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        June 10, 2014 3:49 PM

        From what I can gather, with regards to Smash Bros, you can buy a figure of a character and use them in game. The figures themselves will level up, have stats, and you can customize their move sets. You can also completely ignore this aspect of the game and just play the base game with the base characters, so people who are screaming P2W need to calm down.

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          June 10, 2014 3:54 PM

          seems interesting... so the leveling up and stats just applies to an AI character that can be ally or enemy depending on the mode i guess?

          ill probably have to buy some... .and tell myself im buying it to give to my niece and nephew in a few years

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            June 10, 2014 3:57 PM

            They can be an ally, enemy, or you can just play as them from what I gathered. You can also have them fight other figurines in AI battles, and it seems that they even level up faster if you do that. The information out there is still a bit hazy, but that's my understanding.

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          June 10, 2014 4:00 PM

          agreed. It's like raising a chia pet, if anything. I'm pretty confident that 1.) there will be a "No amiibo's" option, 2.) That if one player has an amiibo and the other doesn't, that the game will allow you to have a secondary character as equal as theirs, but that character won't keep it's stats. Nintendo's not going to ruin Smash Bros with pay to win and then destroy tournaments worldwide.

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            June 10, 2014 4:09 PM

            Amiibo is the new Rob the Robot, except it actually works.

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        June 10, 2014 3:55 PM

        They're like Drive-atars, as far as I can tell. You play against them, or with them against the computer, or let the computer play them against your friends -- and they level up.

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        June 10, 2014 5:03 PM

        everytime i see this i think someone butchered my name. wtf.

        amikaboshi

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        June 10, 2014 5:37 PM

        Megaman's final smash was so fucking awesome. So hyped for this game.

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      June 10, 2014 4:13 PM

      Smash Bros. Invitational Tournament starting now!

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      June 10, 2014 5:16 PM

      That link shows the fucking Xbox event instead of the Nintendo event. WTF.

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      June 10, 2014 5:36 PM

      June 10 will forever be known as Ninten-Day!

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        June 10, 2014 5:38 PM

        Smash Tournament -- Mega Man, Zero, and X join forces! Frickin rad!

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      June 10, 2014 7:57 PM

      smash tourney anyone have a link for the footage? i had to leave part-way through the stream, and i dont see it on nintendo's youtube or twitch pages

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