More seriously, a staff wielder with clear, game defined specials would be a good addition even without an attempt to make a sexy space animal.

Can you source the bit about nintendo stalling? last I heard, MK8 gave them a shot in the arm that, while not enough to immediatly bring the whole quarter around, gave them back momentum they can ride into the second wave games this fall...

The average gamecube software attach rate was over 10. Since not eveyone likes the same games, that implies there's a lot more than 10 "good games" for the gamecube, if EVERYONE got at least 10.

NPD only covers microsoft's home court in the US, IIRC. That nintendo is doing almost as well as the Xbox in the Xbox's strongest area is not comforting. Better hope that china launch makes up for Nintendo's Japan numbers!

I dont think the XBone will even catch up with Nintendo this year- Nintendo's got fan-favorite games coming out (the kind of games that people have been naming as "I'll get a nintendo when X comes out") and so is likely to outpace the younger microsoft console.

(from your link) "The company expects a final year profit of 20 billion Yen."

I dont know about that... Windwaker HD, for instance, would have been remarkably cheap for an HD game. Yes, it's because of cartoony graphics... and it still looks beautiful. Mario Kart 8, SM3DL, and more are in 1080p and 60fps, because Nintendo doesnt try to push the bleeding edge, but instead makes technically "good…

HD Development is a huge moneykiller, and a huge time killer. That's why Nintendo has been curting Indys more than AAA third parties, becuse indys (not being held to the graphcal standards of the AAA industry) can generate more game in less time fore less developent costs.

Indeed. See how Playstation Allstars tanked.

So if they bump in sales for Mario Kart... And Smash... And then Zelda... and then Starfox... And then a new Metroid... and then the next game... how is that any different from an "actual" sales increase?

"I dont know why they are making an exclusive for a failing console- it's not like this one game will turn around the (xbox's) crappy launch and gimmicy periperials. They should release this game for the more popular consoles, like (nintendo)."

Why have you been spamming this in every discussion topic?

2nd place console. Between the year late start and the DRM/Kinect debacle at launch, the Xb-one is in third place, going into it's Post Launch Game Drought- there's going to be no new reasons to buy a system till after the second wave games hit in 2015. Nintendo, meanwhile, is already rolling out it's second wave…

"They've got characters to cover almost every genre except for gritty FPSes"

I feel like Lucina is a costume for Marth, Spaceworld Gannondorf (the one with the huge sword you see in victory screens) is a costume for the new, beefier Ike, and Classic Gannondorf is a costume for Falcon with his clone moveset available with custom movesets.

Thing is, when Destiny comes out, for instance, Xbone and PS4 (and 360 and PS3) will split the userbase, and each will only receve a portion of the console sales boost.

The last numbers I read was that the Wii u had a 33% market share. In a 3 console race, that's EXACTLY in the middle.

All the moves shown for her are Marth's moves, and she doesnt have a newcomer splash on the website. We arnt being told she's a costume, but theres evidence to support the assertion.

I count 3. Ike, Marth/Lucina as 1, Male/Female Robin as another.

All the clones will be put on the same character slot as their "parent" character, relying on customizable movesets to separate them.