Anyone see that Metroid imitation level that gamexplain did a video on the other day? It looked genuinely decent.

I dislike the word "indefinitely" here.

My desire to play Xenoblade Chronicles on the gamepad ended up overwhelming my need for a shooter. Especially with Mario Maker coming out so soon, I don't think I'll have time for this :-| Probably wait for a sale.

I'd seen that. Such a weird arrangement. But better than nothing I guess. If the port reviews well, I'll definitely get it. For saying the Vita was almost made for shooters, there are a depressing lack of them on the platform.

 

 

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Throwing shell upwards confirmed.

Yep, I saw that too. Excellent news. Now lets look out for wall running. I'm somewhat less optimistic about that!

The bridge level looks cool. More level variety is what this game needs!

 

They claim it will preserve all the physics and abilities of each Mario game, including kicking a shell upwards in SMW and wall jumping NSMB games.

Cool. Well we've already seen evidence of wall jumping and ground pounding in NSMB levels. I don't think we've seen upward shell throwing yet though. I hope it's added though. It adds one extra possibility for gameplay challenges.

One other thing I didn't mention for SMW was also the ability to run up walls, which I'm fairly sure was missing from all recent games. I'm guessing that one will be less likely to have survived than the upwards shell.

It's weird that the regional differences carry over onto the digital stuff too. I wouldn't have thought there'd be any reason to have the US release be later.

Cool stuff. Although doesn't really matter that it's english with them yapping away for the whole thing!

I have a really specific question if anyone knows the answer. Have ALL of the abillites of the respective generations been preserved? The one I'm thinking of in particular is the SMW ability to throw shells upwards. If I remember rightly, that only existed in that generation. They removed it for the more recent games and you could only throw shells left or right.

Well they've well and truly jumped on the DLC bandwagon at this point. Hope we'll get some for this. A new visual style would be cool DLC. 

Is there multiplayer?

They're doing a pretty good job of making this hard to avoid. I predict quite impressive sales!

I don't even think I'll bother creating much but it seems like there'll be so much to play through that it's worth owning for that.

OoT/Mario Galaxy/Metroid Prime/Xenoblade Chronicles.

One of those. Depends on the day for me!

Going for £15 on amazon!

So you gonna rename this forum if the Wii U just dies next year or what?

Yeah, but how much did they invest in that 3DS game. It's probably the most graphically advanced game on the system. And it's only sold around 1 mil. I'm guessing they were hoping for a bit more.

It reviewed ok. Metacritic 75.

Ok so it'd be nice if they got back to the standard of RE4. But given how few shooters there are on the Vita, I'll take a 75 if this version scores as highly.

Having a limited release schedule really does make Nintendo go full-on with the marketing. I hope they do the same for Xenoblade X, that game deserves big sales.

Same date for Europe too.

Sad there's no physical but I'll definitely be getting this, unless it turns out to be the worst port in history.

Such a lack of shooters on the Vita, for saying it's perfectly made for them.

I find myself agreeing with whats-his-name in the gamexplain video. This started off as a bit "meh" for me, but they've really piled on the cool features that it looks like it'll be quite good.

I might get just for the sake of playing other people's levels tbh.

And yes, I am also affronted by the racism. It's why my well-known character avatar just avoids having skin altogether, best to avoid offending people with such things.

Wow it is £15. That's pretty awesome. I'll just wait for a few reviews to check it's not an absolute mess, then I'll definitely be getting this! 

Well make the most of it while you can then! I seriously doubt they're gonna make another.