We put Bowie on the case of batting at this big Dutch Nintendo Direct rumor.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/42046/rumor-cats-march-nintendo-direct-leak-edition
Woke up to quite a surprise this afternoon when I sauntered over to the food dish. Apparently Dutch site N1ntendo.nl uncovered a whopper of a treat with a hot Nintendo Direct scoop. My feline senses tingled at the prospect of leaks, and I did what I do best: I threw up my breakfast. After that, I did some digging, though.
I had said there was trouble afoot with Fox McCloud and friends (still no cats in that game...) a while ago, and while I stand by that like the bird I left on my master's bed, it seems like, if this leak is correct, Star Fox Zero is indeed coming out in April. It's also getting a "First Print Edition" that will include something. We don't know yet. It's all vague, which makes it somewhat easy to doubt. I found myself nodding in agreement with this, though, because I caught a whiff of news about a "First Print Edition" of Star Fox Zero before. So maybe this is right? Maybe it's not?
A few of my reliable sources/catnip dealers all sang the same warbly tune with these rumors, though. The N1ntendo.nl rumor is not the first place I heard about Super Nintendo games on New 3DS, Monster Hunter Generations, Lost Reavers, or that Metroid Prime: Federation Force isn't the next form of the Loch Ness Monster. I have a strong feeling we will see more than what is mentioned here in tomrrow's Nintendo Direct, but this leak passes the cursory sniff test, especially since other kittens echo the announcements. Doesn't make it ironclad, but maybe it's like 80-90% likely? Something like that.
But really? Fire Emblem in Monster Hunter? The potential for Super Mario RPG on the go? This is exciting. I'm going to go take a cat nap before more stuff leaks.
I would rather see GBA on the 3DS as well, but I assume that the NX will do that instead. If it's based on the Wii U architecture, those GBA games may be available day one on the NX.
Also, SNES games are fundamentally CONSOLE games. They really, for the most part, don't lend themselves well to portable gaming. I wouldn't say no, but I'm happy to leave the SNES games on the Wii U.
And now we have word of a Monster Hunter Generations trademark (http://nerdleaks.com/videogames/monster-hunter-generations-will-be-announced-by-nintendo-tomorrow-194).
And now we have word of a Monster Hunter Generations trademark (http://nerdleaks.com/videogames/monster-hunter-generations-will-be-announced-by-nintendo-tomorrow-194).
Honestly, it sounds like an English name for that Monster Hunter Stories game that Capcom announced a while back. That or Monster Hunter X.
Considering the sheer amount of GBA games that were SNES ports I find this statement pretty ironic.I would argue that some games are much more well suited to the handheld space. Resident Evil: Revelations episodic nature made it much easier to pick up and put down, whereas playing it on a home console made the narrative feel choppy. Likewise, A Link Between World's fast travel, brisk pacing, and inventory system made it more portable than A Link to the Past. Now, in regards to Metroid, that's a hard question, though I think the streamlined, objective-based elements of Fusion and Zero Mission make them more portable than Super.
But really what makes Super Metroid a console game while Metroid: Zero Mission is a handheld game? They're the exact same type of gameplay. Or A Link to the Past vs. Minish Cap or Super Mario World vs. NSMB?
Are there any games you wouldn't want to play on handheld?