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[Senator Soufflé]

Actually forgot about Scribblenauts so just have to wait until Feb really.

With Nintendo publishing that means no PC / TF2 hat for me then.

 

[bequietdrive]

Monster Hunter in march is cool.. still can't believe they haven't announced a Rayman release date yet!

 

[Velcro Fly]

So is it safe to say that LM2 is coming out in NA around the same time as EU? Even though they didn't say...

 

[Joeshabadoo]

laughing so hard at people assuming there will be nothing worthwhile on the 3DS eshop until march/april. seriously, you guys who only pay attention to known quantities bore me. step outside of your normal comfy safe zones.

anyone who just said something to the effect of 'welp, not touching my 3DS until April' is being a game grump and lying to themselves

 

[Santiako]

Then it's Picross e2 in January, then nothing until March. :/

 

[Taker666]

Why would you want Google maps on a device that A. can't print and B. can't be taken out of the house?

I need my Animal Crossing date, it's just sloppy of them to not commit at this point.

They seem to be pushing google maps as a virtual world tour as opposed to a map service. Not a bad concept if they bookmark famous locations/monuments around the world for people to view.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

EU Nintendo Direct info for those who missed it:

Thank you!


3DS

- Animal Crossing - Q2 2013
- Paper Mario - Dec 7th
- Luigi's Mansion 2 - March 2013
- Devilish Brain Training - March 8th 2013
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - April 2013

3DS eShop

- HarmoKnight - March 2013
- Picross-e 2 - January 2013
- Tokyo Crash Mobs - January 17th
- Wario Land 3 - Out now on 3DS VC

I'll end up buying all of these over the next 4 1/2 months so not at all disappointed really.

 

[mrklaw]

Is Wario Land 3 better than 4? Got the latter free as an Ambassador, and it didn't exactly grab me.

OH MY GOD NINTENDO. You actually named a month! You didn't use Q! Still, that's basically another title we're not getting until Q2. Nintendo need to hire more/better translators :

But naming April rather than Q2 means anything announced as Q2 is probably May or June then

 

[evilromero]

3 is my favourite Wario platformer, but that might be nostalgia talking. I definitely think it's better than Wario Land 4.

It is better than 4 in my opinion.

 

[blu]

EU Nintendo Direct info for those who missed it:

Wii U

- LEGO City Undercover - Early 2013. Special LEGO City sets have codes to unlock items in-game.
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - January 11th
- Scribblenauts Unlimited - published by Nintendo in EU - February 8th
- Sing Party - January 18th
- Pikmin 3 - Q2 2013
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - March 2013 for Wii U & 3DS

Wii U eShop

- Zen Pinball 2 Wii U - Dec 2012 - Free with one table. Other tables are DLC. Play on GamePad or TV
- Little Inferno. Already out.
- Chasing Aurora - Already out.
- Panaroma View - Spring 2013
- Google Streetview for Wii U

3DS

- Animal Crossing - Q2 2013
- Paper Mario - Dec 7th
- Luigi's Mansion 2 - March 2013
- Devilish Brain Training - March 8th 2013
- Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - March 2013
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - April 2013

3DS eShop

- NSMB 2 DLC - Already out.
- HarmoKnight - March 2013
- Picross-e 2 - January 2013
- Tokyo Crash Mobs - January 17th
- Hydroventure Spin Cycle - Dec 13th
- Wario Land 3 - Out now on 3DS VC

Thanks for the summary.

Last few pages of this thread are funny, btw.

 

[BriBri]

They should feature the Google Maps April Fool Dragon Quest mode (search YouTube if you don't know to what I am referring)

 

[Spieler Eins]

Loading Wario Land 3 later, I've been waiting.

 

[Tenki]

EU Nintendo Direct info for those who missed it:

Wii U

- LEGO City Undercover - Early 2013. Special LEGO City sets have codes to unlock items in-game.
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - January 11th
- Scribblenauts Unlimited - published by Nintendo in EU - February 8th
- Sing Party - January 18th
- Pikmin 3 - Q2 2013
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - March 2013 for Wii U & 3DS

Wii U eShop

- Zen Pinball 2 Wii U - Dec 2012 - Free with one table. Other tables are DLC. Play on GamePad or TV
- Little Inferno. Already out.
- Chasing Aurora - Already out.
- Panaroma View - Spring 2013
- Google Streetview for Wii U

3DS

- Animal Crossing - Q2 2013
- Paper Mario - Dec 7th
- Luigi's Mansion 2 - March 2013
- Devilish Brain Training - March 8th 2013
- Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - March 2013
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - April 2013

3DS eShop

- NSMB 2 DLC - Already out.
- HarmoKnight - March 2013
- Picross-e 2 - January 2013
- Tokyo Crash Mobs - January 17th
- Hydroventure Spin Cycle - Dec 13th
- Wario Land 3 - Out now on 3DS VC

Thanks!

 

[CrunchinJelly]

They have only dated stuff like four weeks in advance which means they must have a meatier ND lined up for January, right?

 

[Green Yoshi]

Monster Hunter in march is cool.. still can't believe they haven't announced a Rayman release date yet!

End of February I guess.

 

[nickcv]

so Shibata said that 2013 is luigi's year

what other games can we expect with luigi?

 

[doniewhalberg]

It's amazing how disgruntled people become over release dates. From what I seen there is a lot of great stuff to look forward to and it'll be with us within a reasonable time.

Well, I guess it amazes you if you can only put yourself in the mindset that we all like only the same stuff? I'm glad there's plenty of stuff there for you, and personally I think I'm admitting to myself that I had no business buying a 3DS. I figured there would be plenty of things I'd want to buy and play but that has just not been the case. But yea, people are gonna be disgruntled if there's nothing that's appealed to them (for me it's been since March, that's a year ), it' not too out there. I expected more third party stuff I guess after the initial wave of Resi and MGS *shrug*

 

[sakipon]

so Shibata said that 2013 is luigi's year

what other games can we expect with luigi?

Perhaps... finally a green XL? I'd be OK with that.

 

[Caesar III]

so Shibata said that 2013 is luigi's year

what other games can we expect with luigi?

Luigi Kart Racing HD

 

[eternalb]

http://youtu.be/_VKK0JbuDyg

Luigi's Mansion 2 is looking really good. But is it really the only major 1st party game in the first quarter?

 

[MicH]

Was really looking forward to release dates for Wonderful 101, Rayman Legends and Animal Crossing. Two of those didn't even show and the other is not being release for another 6 months. Great.

 

[takriel]

Might try out Lego City Undercover, assuming it releases sometime in January or February.

Also, I'm interested in Shibata's saying that Luigi might have more than one game in 2013.

 

[Visualante2]

so Shibata said that 2013 is luigi's year

what other games can we expect with luigi?

Maybe it's their retort to complaints about two Mario platformers this year.

 

[Clay Davis]

EU Nintendo Direct info for those who missed it:

Wii U

- LEGO City Undercover - Early 2013. Special LEGO City sets have codes to unlock items in-game.
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - January 11th
- Scribblenauts Unlimited - published by Nintendo in EU - February 8th
- Sing Party - January 18th
- Pikmin 3 - Q2 2013
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - March 2013 for Wii U & 3DS

Wii U eShop

- Zen Pinball 2 Wii U - Dec 2012 - Free with one table. Other tables are DLC. Play on GamePad or TV
- Little Inferno. Already out.
- Chasing Aurora - Already out.
- Panaroma View - Spring 2013
- Google Streetview for Wii U

3DS

- Animal Crossing - Q2 2013
- Paper Mario - Dec 7th
- Luigi's Mansion 2 - March 2013
- Devilish Brain Training - March 8th 2013
- Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - March 2013
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - April 2013

3DS eShop

- NSMB 2 DLC - Already out.
- HarmoKnight - March 2013
- Picross-e 2 - January 2013
- Tokyo Crash Mobs - January 17th
- Hydroventure Spin Cycle - Dec 13th
- Wario Land 3 - Out now on 3DS VC

pretty pathetic wii u line up there. I hope third parties pick up the slack, although I am not expecting much in that regard.

 

[ThanksVision]

Might try out Lego City Undercover, assuming it releases sometime in January or February.

Also, I'm interested in Shibata's saying that Luigi might have more than one game in 2013.

Smash Bros

 

[Booser]

Whats the point in these Nintendo directs? They never show anything we havent already seen 1000 times.

I still have no idea what the hell is being released on my 3DS next year beyond Luigi and Castlevania. Nothing I have any remote interest in anyway.

 

[LordMuffin]

I guess for a guy with a huge backlog on 3DS like me the wait for March will be somewhat mitigated

 

[mclem]

March will be *brutal*.

It's just crossed my mind that I'm off on holiday at the end of April, too; being able to stock up on 3ds stuff before I do will be very useful.

 

[Bruno MB]

http://youtu.be/_VKK0JbuDyg

Luigi's Mansion 2 is looking really good. But is it really the only major 1st party game in the first quarter?

Well, the only major 1st party title for this holiday season is Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

 

[Tunic]

Should we assume that NA will get Animal Crossing: New Leaf when it releases in EU? I thought it was strange that they did not mention it on the NA Nintendo Direct.

 

[mclem]

Smash Bros

The implication was Luigi without Mario (since he 'needs a holiday')

 

[Smiles and Cries]

did not come out with any excitement... VGAs better have a new trailer for something Wii U

 

[takriel]

Smash Bros

Super Luigi Universe.

 

[ThanksVision]

The implication was Luigi without Mario (since he 'needs a holiday')

Ahh, I see. (I don't have access to the stream right now.)

So I'm buying Animal Crossing day 1, and I'm interested in Castlevania. Sigh.

 

[Mpl90]

Why both Luigi and BA are released in March in Europe? However, there's a Nintendo title in February in Europe: Scribblenauts XD
From March, my 3DS will be so on :lol

 

[BriBri]

I feel for Castlevania sales.

 

[wiibomb]

I just saw that fire emblem is coming on feb. 4th on NA, is that right?? why all the doom here? I mean, that game can hold us until the others come on february and on

 

[MNC]

Well, the only major 1st party title for this holiday season is Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Not 1st party.

 

[donny2112]

Not 1st party.

This like isn't even part of this universe as a possibility. Intelligent Systems is part of Nintendo.

 

[Dantis]

Whelp, seems my 3DS is going to remain unused.

I just now if I sell it that Nintendo will release something I really want though (Fatal Frame 3D, for example).

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Nintendo just needs to stop having these Directs. They never have enough content to warrent even doing them. All I was looking for was a solid Animal Crossing release date and a sliver of hope they would say something about DQX.

The only solid thing they confirmed was the Fire Emblem release date and they had a few new videos. If these are going to be that barren of actual announcements they should just put the videos up on youtube and just tell news outlets when Fire Emblem is coming out. These things just highlight how little they have coming out.

 

[F#A#Oo]

So... Pikmin 3 got delayed... again...

Got to bake more in that development oven.

 

[Spieler Eins]

I'm willing to eat shit (metaphorically speaking) if there's anything substantial for Wii U, except for maybe a trailer for that DC fighting game.

Yeah, I don't think Nintendo sees any reason to have announcements for this pseudo gaming event of all places, nor is the doritopopes audience interested in the next Kirby or Fire Emblem, etc.
On the other hand, if any upcoming 3rd party had a WiiU version coming it would have been revealed by now. And looking at how 3rd parties treat the WiiU currently and what kind of games have been revealed at the VGAs, I predict no WiiU presence at all.

 

[MNC]

This like isn't even part of this universe as a possibility. Intelligent Systems is part of Nintendo.

Shit. Is it? I stand corrected then

 

[Aquamarine]

Nintendo just needs to stop having these Directs. They never have enough content to warrent even doing them. All I was looking for was a solid Animal Crossing release date and a sliver of hope they would say something about DQX.

The only solid thing they confirmed was the Fire Emblem release date and they had a few new videos. If these are going to be that barren of actual announcements they should just put the videos up on youtube and just tell news outlets when Fire Emblem is coming out. These things just highlight how little they have coming out.

Why? It's a brilliant marketing strategy. People come for the hype and leave with knowledge about Nintendo's upcoming library!

Spoiler

(and disappointments...)

 

[Phazon]

EU Nintendo Direct info for those who missed it:

3DS

- Animal Crossing - Q2 2013
- Paper Mario - Dec 7th
- Luigi's Mansion 2 - March 2013
- Devilish Brain Training - March 8th 2013
- Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - March 2013
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - April 2013

Monster Hunter and Harmoknight also March


Christ, those sales are going to take a hit because March has an overload of games :/

 

[B.O.O.M]

I'm willing to eat shit (metaphorically speaking) if there's anything substantial for Wii U, except for maybe a trailer for that DC fighting game.

That Yoshi game might get a reveal I think.

 

[F#A#Oo]

Why? It's a brilliant marketing strategy. People come for the hype and leave with knowledge about Nintendo's upcoming library!

Spoiler

(and disappointments...)

Yep. ND are pretty useful.

 

[AzaK]

Yep. ND are pretty useful.

Not the one we just witnessed

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Who was the idea of pilling everything on march and leaving january to a bunch of eShop releases?