NNID: hubang

Yeah, even though the graphics are pure brilliance, and no doubt the Gamepad controls will be an amazing adition, I hope they will add some more content instead of just features. I don't see how Miiverse intergration would work with a Zelda game, but I bet they find a way for it...

How about they let us explore a bigger portion of the Big Sea, with enough islands to contain one huge sidequest including a brand new dungeon? With new enemies, new items, new everything... Or maybe just change minor stuff to the existing game, like adding new enemies, making the Triforce hunt easier, stuff like that. I doubt Nintendo will change the storyline a single bit though.

The trailer mentioned that they'll "tune up the overall game experience"; that kind of ambiguity could mean anything, from adding motion controls to a few small bug fixes. I doubt they'll introduce brand new content but am hopeful that they tune up dungeons to be more challenging like OoT Master Quest.

Nice! Hopefully they add on a Master Quest/Hero Mode.

Hopefully this will spark some new HD gamecube remakes, super mario sunshine HD anyone?

Metroid Prime HD trilogy or otherwise would be amazing.

IGN has posted some comparison shots. http://www.ign.com/w...shot_Comparison

Example:

Vive la France! Seems they added the French flag.

He's an insider or just an expert? I heard something like it too tho. At least gimme a dungeon for the third pearl! It felt rushed to just obtain it. Still a classic game though.

Here's an article with more info:
http://gengame.net/2...-directors-cut/

Obligatory "why, in my day..." post.

Everyone has it so easy now; I had a Neo Geo CD back in the day. Here were the load times for King of Fighters '99:

Loading Initial Start Menu - 21 seconds
Character Select Load Time - 9 seconds
Team Play Round 1 Load Time - 53 seconds
Team Play Round 2 Load Time - 20 seconds
Team Play Round 3 Load Time - 28 seconds
Single Play Fight Load Time - 48 seconds
Single Play Round 3 Load Time - 14 seconds
Comment After Fight Load Time - 22 seconds

I'm really glad they're optimizing the Wii U load times but take some solace in that you probably never had to wait like I did!

I saw this earlier today and this thread reminded me of it:

Some hype-filled months coming up! Hopefully Xeno_____ comes out sooner than later.

Really enjoying 3Dude's eviscerating posts right now.

Even if those numbers from the anylist are corrrect, thats 600m dollars made in console sales only. Not including controllers or software sales. Nor is that including DS sales, which if you assune 6 dollars per unit sold, and factor in Wii profits, Nintendo has made over a billion dollars in the last six years.

Yes, Nintendo might have lost money the last year ... considering they are selling 3DS at a loss and were busy making the Wii U, which wasn't cheap. And since it is the end of the DS and Wii's life, they weren't making as much as they were. This is normal and to be expected.

However your arguement seems to be different. You are trying to make sense of such a purchase and seeing if it would make sense finacially for Nintendo to make such a big purchase. That is a different question all together and not one either you or I can answer.

But, Sega probably isn't worth billions, I would say millions. Per share is like under 5 dollars right now. Nintendo would never buy all of Sega, just buy Sammy's shares.

And why would Nintendo buy them? Maybe for the IP's, maybe because they have actually made profit in the last couple years. Maybe ... for whatevet reason.

I do agree that Nintendo may not buy Sega. But i don't agree that they couldn't. They could.

Nintendo has made well over a single billion in the last 6 years. Since we are fans of speculating, I will speculate that they might have around $10 billion USD in the vault. However, that is merely an educated guess.

http://www.nintendow....com/news/28241

This article shows that in 2011 they posted a net loss of 70 billion yen, largely based on aforementioned exchange rate gyration.

It is easy to bust out a calculator and crunch out simple profit numbers. And it is easy to assume that because there are tons of sales, Nintendo must yield major bucks. The point of my posts was to say that there are other factors that contribute to heavily serious losses.

I will correct you in that the 3DS was only in its initial production sold at a loss; it now yields a profit.

As far as what you or I can and cannot answer: yes we cannot definitively answer on Nintendo's behalf, but you merely have to examine the facts to arrive at what is probable and sensible. This is critical in investment decision-making.

I have never said that Nintendo cannot buy Sega, only that it would be a highly risky decision in its current financial state, and thus unlikely. Nintendo no doubt has the savings to cover operating losses for the foreseeable future, but not if it starts going out and buying companies like Sega.

Nintendo sold 100 million Wii's and 150 million Ds's. That's 250 million consoles at a profit from the start. This is not including software either. Nintendo has money to buySega if they want to. I just don't think they do.

Allow me to play devil's advocate for just a bit longer.

It is not as simple as Wii and DS sales alone. Those may be the hardware units that Nintendo sold for a small profit (I think the Wii was $6 per unit?), but what about the 3DS (until recently) and now Wii U that they sold at a loss?

As far as software, most software sales with Nintendo are first party titles, and they lose out majorly on significant licensing fees. Piracy was rampant for all the aforementioned systems, present one excepted.

And what about the billions Nintendo lost on the currency exchange when there was serious fluctuation?

I'm not saying that the coffers aren't substantial or that they don't have enough to acquire Sega; I just don't think they are as gargantuan as everyone thinks.

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Honestly I can totally see this happening. Nintendo isn't Apple rich, but right now they are sitting on a HUGE amount of cash and they need every edge they can get against Sony and MS's next systems.
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Where are you getting this information from? To say they have a HUGE amount of cash seems like conjecture to me.

For over a year, Nintendo has been at an operating loss (their expenses are greater than their income). This has been known up until their last financial quarter ending September. There are tons of articles on this but here are two:

http://techcrunch.co...tendo-earnings/
http://www.theverge....nancial-results

Various sources have claimed that they have been selling the Wii U at a loss and only see a profit after 1 game is sold, and they currently average 1.2 games sold per unit.

http://www.gamesindu...mes-per-console

I honestly don't see how Nintendo could realistically purchase Sega from a financial standpoint without leveraging their assets, which they are unlikely to do with all the industry uncertainty revolving around the Wii U.

Gotta Go Fast

Ha! Awesome!

how many wii's and DS's and countless games for each did they sell last gen? The DS is the second best selling hardware of all time and they were making a profit that whole time, plus the wii owned this last gen in number of units sold. what makes you think Nintendo doesn't have a large pot of cash from the past six years stored up? one year losing a little cash while releasing the 3DS which is outselling the DS for the time it's been out, and a successful launch of the Wii U means they are more than fine money.

The facts:

Here's their cash flow in a 5-year trend to-date:
http://www.marketwat...cials/cash-flow

Numbers in parentheses are an outflow, not a loss. A company can have a negative cash flow and still enjoy a profit.

However, here is their income statement:
http://www.marketwat...tdoy/financials

Their net income is a net loss compared to previous years. If this trend continues in the long run (large outflow of cash and net loss), they will eventually go bankrupt. If the Wii U (and their other products) succeeds, they will pull out of the red. It is my opinion that Sega will not undergo acquisition by Nintendo until they pull themselves out of the red. A merger is also highly unlikely.

As far as your large pot of cash that I didn't address; I don't speculate on how companies store/spend their cash. Sure, Nintendo could have enough in the vault. What I will speculate on is that Sega has not created any highly-acclaimed releases in years to my knowledge, and I don't see why Nintendo at an operating loss would take expensive risks in that regard when it has its own uncertainties to settle.

Maybe not the best analogy, but if I'm behind on bills and have savings, I'd be taking a huge risk in going out and buying something major (say, property) to finance those bills.

Wasn't originally planning to pick up this game but the community keeps talking about its intensity and difficulty.  GONNA CAVE SOON...

Genesis is hands down one of the best consoles of all time. Anyone who says it has nothing to offer beyond 1st party titles ( here's looking at you fire) is crazy or never owned the console. Now I love the SNES, but I grew up a Sega kid. I prefer the Genesis for multiple reasons. While the SNES, has a much more vivid color palette, the Genesis did have superior graphics. Also it had a ton of 3rd party gems. As for multiplatform games...don't get into this argument with me without doing your homework. While there were a lot of multiplatform releases, they generally only shared the name back then and were very different games by different developers. Back in those days the game lineups were far more diverse on a system by system basis than today. With games like Streets of Rage, Sonic, Ristar, Shining Force, and tons more...it was a force to be reckoned with. It's unfortunate that so many people judge it without ever playing it, or by showing blind devotion to one or the other. Growing up in the 80's and 90's...it was Sega or Nintendo.  After the fall of Sega I came to Nintendo and I will always be here...the old days are long gone, but No system will ever get my support as much as the original 2 behemoths of the gaming world.

Most know the 1st party ones but always forget the good 3rd party ones for sure! Some of my old faves were Toejam & Earl, Thunder Force IV, Mercs, ESWAT, Quackshot, Gunstar Heroes, Landstalker, Castlevania Bloodlines, Alien Soldier, Strider, and Contra Hard Corps.

I had both close to launch.  I never did shell out for a SegaCD or 32X though.

Your post is definitely spot-on (just remembered Cool Spot) and the Genesis is definitely slept on.  That all said, I still preferred SNES games.  Much bigger selection of amazing action/platformers and RPGs.

If I recall correctly, the Genesis had a faster CPU.  What's interesting is that this is going on right now with the Wii U, where the masses are slamming the Wii U for specs and speed when it really comes down to the games.

On a side note, I always liked the Saturn more than the N64!

I went to best buy & Walmart to buy sonic racing transformed & everyone was sold out, so I got those eshop cards & downloaded it. There are three possible big advantages & one big drawback.
The advantages are: 1. No disc to ruin/ swap out. No matter what game you were playing last, this game is always just one click away.
2. 10% back if you own a deluxe.
3. You can pick your region so that you pay less tax. For example I live in B.C. & usually pay 12% tax, by selecting the neighboring Alberta I was able to only pay 5% tax.

The drawback is that you are stuck with this game. You can ignore it, you can delete it, but you can never sell it/ trade it in.

Not that anything will happen, but you should probably not admit publicly that you're evading the Taxman. Also, not sure why you wouldn't go all the way and pretend to live in Oregon at 0% tax.

Journey or Mass Effect 3 IMO.

I guess I'll be getting Xenoblade for my next game instead of this.

Just got this recently and I'm pretty sure you'll be happy with it.

The challenge mode really adds so much replay value to this game.

Fully agree with 3Dude and UnchainedGoku, Trilogy is the way to go.

Thanks for the heads up; some interesting designs on that site.  Would you be willing to give us some feedback once you've gotten yours and put them on?

Someone would make a killing if they made a matte black one.