I think when they say it uses your smart device, what they mean is “You’ll be able to voice chat, invite friends to join your game, etc. from an app on your smartphone, while you play a game on your Switch.” This is actually really smart and makes a hell of a lot more sense than releasing headsets and stuff for the…

Level 1: Mario and Sonic make out.

It’s set up that way so that when the controller are split apart, they can be used as separate controllers with roughly the same layout (thumbstick on the left, four buttons on the right). So it seems pretty certain you’ll be able to press opposing directions at the same time on these buttons.

Disagree - maybe in short bursts, but for someone with relatively large hands like mine, the thinness of the Wii U Game Pad made it extremely uncomfortable to use. I would get hand cramps from playing for more than 15 minutes. The situation is worse with the (even thinner) 3DS, but ‘traditional’ controllers like the…

Call me a pessimist, but 3 minutes sounds like “We won’t see anything” to me. 30 minutes is “We’ll see some stuff.” Nintendo pads all their videos with 50% executives talking and 25% replaying the same footage we just saw.

The interview portions of Jeopardy are this horribly awkward mix of a) Alex Trebek being incapable of relating to human beings and b) Jeopardy contestants being asked to talk on tv about the most mundane aspects of their lives. They need to figure out a way to make that part of the show better. And to avoid offering…

There are fewer trials because last gen, platform holders made trials a requirement, and most “Arcade” games were “published” by Microsoft (so they had a rather uniform release pattern). This gen, however, because there are more companies publishing games digitally and it’s not considered a special case anymore, the…

Uh oh... I think I just discovered I want to watch Steven Universe. Is this a dumb reason to decide to watch a TV show? :P

It’s an acknowledgement that their ‘arcade games’ business has more in common with their ‘pachinko, etc.’ business than it does with their ‘home console and pc video games’ business, so it makes sense to group the similar businesses together and let their resources be managed by one group. If their more traditional…

But why does he have a Gulpin on his tail?

I didn’t recognize it and I’ve never seen that comic before. Experiences are not universal. Go figure! :)

I love my 3DS, but the ergonomics of the controller are compromised severely by the need to make it portable. (The same goes for the Wii U game pad, in my opinion, for different reasons). The NX’s controller is likely to have the same issues. BUT I would be surprised if there isn’t a more traditional controller…

The flawed premise in your argument is the idea that most Wii customers think or care about whether the Wii was a “a flop” from “their perspective.”

I know I’m in the minority, but I used the handle all the time! :)

Nintendo’s handheld line has been as much a part of its “Blue Ocean” strategy as the home consoles. Brain Age, Art Academy, Animal Crossing, the many “Free to Start” games on 3DS eShop - these have all attracted audiences that Mario, Zelda, Fire Emblem, and Pokemon can not.

The shelf life of The Sims games is much, much longer than 2 years.

To me, X/Y (and the subsequent games) work well as quick-bite games you can play for a few minutes each day, either to grind in-game (not much different from old games, but some nice new tweaks nonetheless) or to do some small, easily digestible online things like Wonder Trades and Global Trades to try to fill your…

Nope, Ben and Narelle were the ‘guest editors’ for the weekend and that run is over. Don’t sweat it if you missed it, here’s a post where they mention it: http://kotaku.com/hoy-small-fry-…

Seconding Bunchasorej’s comment - Bran has already done this kind of “I’m in the past and somebody noticed me!” sort of ‘time travel’ in the books. I’m sure he’ll do the same in the future books, if it’s critical to the plot at all (so far it hasn’t been).

You’re confusing “knew how to” with “only had the option to.”