Bulletstorm review is up dick heads.

Rescued my married character's children in Fire Emblem: Awakening and now there's nothing standing between me and the rest of the game (Save about 15 DLC maps I can play whenever I feel like it). That only took a month or so. I've said it once and I'll say it again: If you call yourself a Nintendo fan and you DON'T own this game, you're doing it wrong.

No. They are around $2.50 apiece, if I remember correctly, but there's a discount if you buy all three maps in a pack at one time. These maps aren't at all necessary to enjoy the game, and feature mostly obscure FE characters that weren't even seen before in the West, but they are there if you decide you want more of the game. I do. You will find other characters (Ike, Eirika, Marth and Roy and their respective Companies) who you can recruit into your army too, IF you decide to delve into the DLC.

Actually, on second thought, there is one map pack I do recommend highly. It's one of the earliest that has a map that earns you extra experience and one that earns extra gold. I am playing on Hard and don't think I would have been half as successful without these two to grind on and earn more money... Sounds like a rip-off, but the game is not impossible without them, they just make it more fun to grind, and I actually appreciate them more than find them offensive.

Dvader said:

This guy is so awesome. Spot on to.

BTW Edge in Sleeping Dogs one of the stations has a band called Edgecrusher on it. Are you named after them?

The band is Fear Factory, Edgecrusher is the song. And yes. lol

So my internet is slowed again.

I am playing walking dead, part way through an episode.  If I play offline and then go back online again does taht screw up my progress and or achievements?

The Nintendo stuff is fascinating,

Nintendo posted a $360 Million Operating Loss, far worse than anyone predicted. The net income shows profit only cause of yen ffluctuations and other investments.

Fiscal Year 2013 software sales:


3DS (old titles)


Mario Kart 7 - 2,840,000 / 8,080,000

Super Mario 3D Land - 2,450,000 / 8,290,000

nintendogs+cats - 580,000 / 3,280,000

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 340,000 / 2,950,000

Pokémon Rumble Blast - 210,000 / 1,290,000


Wii


Wii Sports - 2,390,000 / 81,990,000

Mario Kart Wii - 1,820,000 / 34,260,000

Wii sports Resorts - 1,750,000 / 31,890,000

Super Mario Galaxy - 1,040,000 / 11,720,000

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 1,020,000 / 27,880,000

Super Smash Bros Brawl - 690,000 / 11,490,000

Wii Fit Plus - 380,000 / 20,860,000

Their forcast

FY2013/14 fct:


Wii U - 9m hardware, 38m software

3DS - 18m hardware, 80m software

Wii - 2m hardware, 20m software

NDS - 0 hardware, 10m software


Revenue - 920bn yen (+44%)

Operating profit - 100bn yen

Net income - 55bn yen (+674%)

Interesting chart

Thier forcast is ridiculous. 9 million Wii U in the next year, good luck with that.

Nice sum up of what happened with Nintendo last year. Post from gaf:

Nintendo's initial FY 2013 predictions:


Net sales: 820,000

Operating income: 35,000

Ordinary income: 35,000

Net income: 20,000


Nintendo's most recent FY 2013 predictions:


Net sales: 670,000

Operating income: -20,000

Ordinary income: 20,000

Net income: 14,000


The reality (announced today):


Net sales: 635,422

Operating income: -36,410

Ordinary income: 10,482

Net income: 7,099


(in millions of yen)



Operating income is the most important metric for Nintendo that defines the health of the company.


Negative numbers = Operating loss = bad news.

So did they disclose worldwide u sales to date?

You are right.  Check this article out though. It's even worse than what they thought in January.  As of January they had sold 3 million globally.  So they sold 500K since then. 125,000 K a month worldwide?

The company had originally projected that it would sell 5.5 million Wii U consoles during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 -- however, it has now cut that figure down to 4 million.