The Derrit

no, nintendo land would NOT be fun online because any game that allows one person to lose the game for their team is not a good online game. the only one that would really work is mario chase because if someone doesn't chase, you can still have fun and do it yourself. all of the other multiplayer games have shared lives, meaning one person can just keep killing themselves until someone loses. and yes, they will do it. while i hate it, this is why nintendo does friend codes still. because they don't want trolls to ruin the experience of a game for anyone, especially their younger audience.

what online would there be in any of the existing first party games and why like i literally can't think of a game i would want to play less than an online, multiplayer platformer with people i don't know. there is no way the experience of any mario game (note rayman is ALSO not online) wouldn't be ruined for pretty much everyone except people who want to troll. pikmin online? can't wait for someone to camp at the onion and throw all the new pikmin into the water. nintendo land? yeah not gonna be fun online. Wind Waker HD? Yeah figure that one out. mario kart will have online and smash brothers will have online. what other nintendo games are built for competitive multiplayer except f-zero, which probably isn't coming anytime soon? other than those three, any multiplayer aspect is strictly speaking, not a zero-sum game. shooters and racers and whatnot work online because when you win your opponent loses. in cooperative games, when you lose, your team loses with you. it's the same reason MOBAs have such shitty communities, and the same reason shooters don't really have communities at all. because despite being team games, people online disregard teamwork to do whatever they feel like. adding in 'hey play online' to mario or pikmin or really any of them would not make it more fun. i don't think you really get what you're asking for. I WILL SAY that there needs to be a much better online infrastructure, for other companies whose games pretty much run on multiplayer (read: EA, Ubisoft, Activision, every major 3rd party developer)but the majority of 1st party games do not, and should not, have online tacked on as a feature.

hindsight is 20-20 also, both other console makers have been losing money in the hundreds of millions for years, since their brand inceptions. nintendo is the only console manufacturer that actually turns profit. how is it news when every once in a while nintendo doesn't

nice empty link

I'm willing to donate some time to create content if it's needed. Seeing as I don't do music but have been around for awhile I might as well contribute what I can

The site looks really nice but I want to remind you guys (as i'm sure you already know) that search results are fueled by page count, which is fueled by blogging and metadata. Put that blog to use! There's lots to talk about: do album spotlights, artist spotlights, OST reviews, top 10 lists, anything! Okay? Okay. Cool.

I know this is not what this thread is for, but I just got the collector's edition of Metroid Prime Trilogy! New! For 50 bucks! Way to be Gamestop employee who doesn't know it's worth nearly 200!

I think I am definitely leaning towards wordpress as a starting block

would tumblr be the right format for potentially multi-page posts? what i've seen of it (which is admittedly not as much as some other clients) is that it's often geared towards shorter pieces.

Thanks for your advice! All very solid. Where did you host your blog? It sounds like you have started one of your own in the past.

This is something I've been thinking about for awhile but I think I really want to move forward in actually doing it. Who here has experience with blogging, has a particular client to recommend, or other miscellaneous advice? My basic topic will be marketing and advertising in videogames, with company analysis, campaign case studies and who does it right/who doesn't. There's a lot of smart people on this site, so I'm interested to see what experience people here have. EDIT: To explain further, I am currently a marketer at a small B2B company, so the scholastic tenets of blogging I understand pretty well. I am particularly interested in the nuts and bolts, where should I host it/how have you in the past established a blog of your own/maybe some of you have gaming blogs. But of course all advice is awesome!

Hearthstone is in beta, but they are eventually going to give everyone who opts in on battle.net a key (they said so) so it's worth signing up. I have been playing it for a bit now and it is very fun.

Even though I don't have a system to play it on yet and may not anytime soon, Destiny.

I'm bumping this because it would be really fun to see the community using this, and being able to see what people here are playing/have played in the past. Put your account name if you do make one! Mine is thederrit.

it gets much, much better

i love this game as an aside, i was kind of put off that nintendo had no problem just spoiling the fact there was a secret character in the game before it even came out. that's a busch league move and i hope they don't continue to do things like that

you're literally never going to get more than that unless you go to a con, or work at gamestop it's not a big deal

just give xin a rageblade and you win the game like seriously the ap ratio on w is so high and rageblade gives you way too much ap in about .nothing seconds

Happy birthday! On an unrelated note I wonder how many of Coops thousands of posts are just that picture. I bet it's at least a thousand

kirby is not in mario kart 8. that was in the smash bros. trailer. not the MK8 trailer. its a crossover game of course they're going to do that jeez

you can only get the third pokemon the first time if they are online at the same time you are.

i have yet to lose in my 6 games with yasuo i really dont think he's particularly hard to play, just read your opponent's movements and figure out when he likes to shoot at/throw spells at you, and don't go in until their you know you're not going to get blown up by everyone's ultimate and/or CC it's the same thing you do with fiora with slightly more nuance

the fuck is this i don't need politics on my gaming forum thanks didn't watch past 45 seconds

props to you for coming back shadic you should hit up the big dog djpretzel that may do you some good as well

honestly armada has been to like what, 5 US tournaments? what is his backstory? he's really good and came from overseas. like, that's it. he's a nice guy and obviously very good but there's no real story to tell there. and i would hardly call that a defense. more like a 'we know it sucks but, we do it still. sorry bout that'