Yeah, I heard there was an E3 discount code for Game so I was looking at pre-orders and I just saw the box. End of August apparently.

Not a good sign that there is no footage just two months from release and the box art looks kind od dark. Hope it keeps it's fun Britishness to it.

They did the same thing with Putty Squad and it turned out OKish. I think they're just going to slap slightly higher resolution assets on the original and call it a day.

I was super excited when I first read your post but, thinking about it after seeing boxart, I'm imagining it being updated.
Just the character designs being more modern. Replacing the fat bald thugs with hoodies, the posh snobs being thin, attractive "celebs" etc.

Today's News:
1) Bethesda states they will not be having an E3 press conference next year saying this year's press conference was more of a one time only event.
http://www.destructoid.com/don-t-exp...r-294876.phtml

2) DICE is currently sending out invites for Star Wars: Battlefront's alpha although getting one doesn't guarantee being included when the alpha starts.
http://www.destructoid.com/star-wars...t-294878.phtml

3) According to Nintendo, they do not want to reveal any actual early details regarding their upcoming NX device due to concerns competitors will just "steal" their ideas and hurt the NX's launch. Also denied rumors they have started to drop software support for the Wii U and 3DS in favor of the NX.
http://www.destructoid.com/-competit...a-294829.phtml

Considering how often they do seem to get copied, it's probably best for them if they do keep it secret.

Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:

• Nintendo stated the replacement for Club Nintendo will be arriving this Fall and for the time being, they will not be doing any permanent price cut for digital versions of their games on the eShop.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...n-294973.phtml
• For those with a Club Nintendo account and still have enough coins to get a gift, tomorrow is the last day before the service gets shut down.
  http://www.destructoid.com/psa-club-...s-294957.phtml
• According to Nintendo, Star Fox Zero won't have any gameplay content locked away behind Amiibos.
  http://www.destructoid.com/star-fox-...o-294981.phtml
• Nintendo is considering the possibility of having an Early Access type system for their platforms in the future with the idea of it being similar to the Ninides E3 demo program.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...m-294970.phtml
• Devil's Third creator Tomonobu Itagaki stated he's currently working on getting a release date set for the Americas region while current rumors hint at it being a digital-only type game for the region.
  http://www.destructoid.com/itagaki-p...s-294940.phtml

2) Newest changes to Steam's policy included Valve no longer being responsible in restoring items lost in trades due to scams on Steam. Official reason was due to the service's economy was getting messed up as more items were added to cover scam losses while unofficial is Valve was likely tired of dealing with the constant bulk being avoidable scams.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-no-...s-294996.phtml

3) Mafria III rumored to be in development based on recent domain purchases by Take Two.
http://www.destructoid.com/take-two-...a-295010.phtml

4) Namco rumored to be making a big Tekken announcement on July 7th with speculation being Tekken 7's official console debut.
http://www.destructoid.com/tekken-te...--295002.phtml

5) Ubisoft implied Beyond Good & Evil 2 is in the very early stage of development.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-t...2-294933.phtml

Miyamoto said at E3 that he might include amiibo support in SF0 for something like Arwing skins or something.

Today's News:
1) Some Shovel Knight news includes a disc-based version arriving this October and a new Battle Mode was announced to be arriving soon. Wii U and 3DS was also announced to be getting some exclusive content as well in the near future.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...n-october.aspx
http://gonintendo.com/stories/237430...te-exclusive-c

2) During a talk panel at Metrocon 2015, voice actor Nolan North accidentally revealed The Last of Us 2 is currently in development although he isn't actively involved with the project at the moment.
http://www.destructoid.com/nolan-nor...g-295046.phtml

3) Nolan North also revealed some details regarding Visceral Games unannounced Star Wars game currently in development with the game itself being influenced by both the Uncharted series and the canceled Star Wars 1313 project.
http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-...3-295036.phtml

4) Microsoft recently revealed their plans for the upcoming Gamescom event which includes a press conference on August 4th, official debut of the next Crackdown game, and a fanfest set for August 4th and 5th.
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-soun...m-295057.phtml

Need an open world star wars game where you play as Boba Fett hunting down bounties.

Who in the actual fuck would not pay money to play that.

There's more than battle mode.

Source.

The MEGATON announcement?
Smash Bros?

Shovel Knights the most fan requested character, Wii U got the game almost a year early, it's a MEGATON announcement and it's not what we think, meaning it's not just a Nintendo themed boss.

all awesome news... shovel knight so good


would buy the shit out of a shovel knight amiibo :'(

So would I.

Worth mentioning, in regards to Shovel Knight and Smash. Lucas, Roy, Mewtwo and Ryu were NOT added as a result of the fan poll. The fan characters are still to come. The only reason I can imagine Shovel Knight not getting in Smash, as it seems like almost anything can happen these days,is the fact he isn't a huge deal in Japan, as far as I'm aware.
I feel if a character is huge in Japan but unknown in the west, they are still viable but if a character is huge in the west but virtually unknown in Japan, they are automatically extremely unlikely to make it.

I always pictured Nintendo as a company that was all JAPAN #1 first but also saw America as a place where a bunch of really stupid people are incredibly eager to part with their money, so if something were popular over here they would milk it because they know dumb Americans would eat it right up

based on nothing really

When Nintendo puts out a Nintendo Direct and someone speaks Japanese, Europe gets it in Japanese with subtitles while America gets it dubbed over with an American voice.
Refrences to Japan, like rice balls, become western things like sandwiches in the US.
Kirby is always tough and angry on American box art because they don't think you'll buy it if he looks cute and happy.
The SNES got a makeover in the US, becoming blocky and dull because they thought you'd not want it if it was curvy and colourful.

Nintendo seems to think very little of Americans, in my opinion. Everything has to be "cool" and as American as possible as if anything that isn't will terrify you.

Nintendo of Europe doesn't have its own Treehouse crew?

That's the group who does the Direct episodes and translation stuff here. Got promoted in recent years to handle their E3 shows.

Not really. In Directs, we get Iwata and some other Japanese guys I can't recall the name of.
We have a localisation team but that seems to be more for translation. We get a mix of Japanese stuff (The Japanese SNES model) and American stuff (American spelling in a lot of games, the Kirby boxart thing)

but do you get REGGIE

"duuuuhhh what's a riceball"

- An American

Of course. Reggie crosses oceans.

Have they called anything by 'Starfox' here yet?

Starfox Adventure, Star Fox Assault. Maybe Starfox 64 DS.

Starwing and Lylat Wars were pretty cool names.

Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:

• Nintendo announced Miiverse will be getting a major update later this summer with some big changes including a posting limit per day and Play Journals similar to on the Xbox One.
  http://www.destructoid.com/miiverse-...n-295104.phtml
• During an interview with IGN, Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes' director Hiromasa Shikata stated the reason there are no playable female Link characters is due to them not wanting to overhaul the main lore of the Zelda series and none of the female staff at Nintendo had a problem with Link always being a male character.
  http://www.destructoid.com/why-you-c...s-295079.phtml
• Best Buy announced the Dark Pit amiibo will be exclusive to them, arrives on July 31st, and won't be taking any pre-orders for the figurine.
  http://www.destructoid.com/dark-pit-...e-295120.phtml

2) Some Sony related news:

• Extended E3 demo trailer for Uncharted 4 was recently released.
  http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/the-...15/2300-10457/
• According to rough estimates, PS4's stranglehold in Europe is between 70-90% in regards to consoles sold this gen.
  http://www.destructoid.com/the-plays...e-295093.phtml
• Sony revealed the list of free games for July's Playstation Plus includes Rocket League (PS4) and Geometry Wars 3 (PS Vita) among the six games available.
  http://www.destructoid.com/there-are...p-295126.phtml

3) SALES & FREEBIES:

• Aamzon has unofficially started a discount rewards program for Prime members with the first batch of games eligible currently on sale.
  http://www.destructoid.com/amazon-s-...--295074.phtml
• Today is the final day to spend remaining coins on free gifts at Club Nintendo.
  https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/s...64925014884352
• More DLC packs were recently added to the currently available Borderlands themed Humble Bundle.
  http://www.destructoid.com/humble-bo...c-295115.phtml

4) Keiji Inafune teased he will be making a special announcement during this week's Anime Expo with it to be related in a way to the Mega Man series.
http://www.destructoid.com/inafune-i...--295106.phtml

Megaman Legends 3. Please. Please. Ideally for Wii U.

Love Shovel Knight. Specter Knight is awesome too. Such a fun fight. Can't wait to play as him.

Today's News:
1) Some highlights from Nintendo's annual big investor meeting includes:

• Club Nintendo's replacement likely will include special discount deals on the eShop.
• Admitted they failed with the Wii U in terms of sales and couldn't rebound it like they did with the 3DS' poor launch.
• Won't be dropping Wii U and 3DS support in the near future.
• Are reconsidering how they handle their E3 announcements plans in order to improve future E3 Direct shows and prevent disappointments.
• Implied Nintendo will no longer be having soft console launches in terms of their own games in order to keep third party companies happy. Hurt them a lot with the 3DS and Wii U launches while 3rd parties barely provided system selling games needed.
• Admitted they are having serious problems with supply games for their current Virtual Console service.
• Their mobile plans include making games that don't heavily rely on a very small pool of players being the bulk of revenues earned.
  http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ni...con/1100-5231/
  http://gonintendo.com/stories/237600...zing-that-fans
  http://www.destructoid.com/iwata-on-...--295191.phtml
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...s-295198.phtml

2) Update to Keiji Inafune upcoming announcement news as current speculation hints at the new game being a possible spiritual successor to the Mega Man Legends series.
http://www.destructoid.com/keiji-ina...r-295206.phtml

3) Bandai Namco announced Project X Zone 2 for the 3DS has been delayed till early 2016 for the West.
http://www.destructoid.com/bandai-na...6-295196.phtml

4) Microsoft revealed the next Ultimate Game Sale will be starting on July 7th and lasts till July 13th.
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-is-g...e-295193.phtml

The European and American versions of Splatoon seem to have different dialogue. NoA seem to have tried way too hard.

The "NICE" option when you hit the d-pad in a match is BOOYAH in the US, I think

It is.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/c8d31b319...2lvo1_1280.jpg
http://36.media.tumblr.com/3ce83fc33...2lvo2_1280.jpg
http://40.media.tumblr.com/ea72e4fb3...2lvo3_1280.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/e006e38f0...2lvo4_1280.jpg

RIP Lanky Dong

They're still carrying a grudge, huh? COME ON, JAPAN...IT WAS 70 YEARS AGO COME NEXT MONTH!

Just bought an XB1, expect to see you on Halo soon, Kalyx.

Today's News:
1) According to recent rumors, Nintendo's NX console could be arriving as early as July 2016 with the company already preparing their manufacturing chains for pre-production later this year.
http://www.destructoid.com/will-we-s...--295255.phtml

2) Peter Moore revealed during a recent IGN podcast episode that Microsoft boss Steve Balmer is likely the main reason why the Xbox brand is still around due to how he handled the Red Ring of Death fiasco for the Xbox 360. According to Moore, Balmer didn't hesitate on spending large sums of money on fixing defective Xbox 360 consoles (over $240 million just with shipping) and only cared about keeping customers happy.
http://www.destructoid.com/ex-xbox-b...--295252.phtml

3) New trailer for The Division was recently released.
http://www.destructoid.com/celebrate...r-295285.phtml

Gotta agree with #2. NEVER had an issue with customer service at all, on the few occasions I have had to call them. Another reason I stuck with em, better support.

You're going one on one with the UNDERTAKA!

Been on Destiny a ton but I guess you got the bundle with MCC. You came at a good time, the servers aren't a disaster anymore.

Na I bought one on Amazon bundled with Batman. I'm gonna trade Batman in and get a few games.

Destiny worth grabbing?

...Depends.