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Anyone hear about any Nintendo Switch Restocks anywhere? I can't find them in retail anywhere the sections are just barren. I fully expected that in March, April, even May for the console but I guess demand is just that high. Has there been anything from Nintendo or retailers anywhere saying anything about the supply or restocking of them? Hopefully, by the holidays theres some out there. Feel free to share any information in the thread I'll keep up as best as I can to add it to this post for people. Update: Likely Restock at US Target retailers week of 11 June Nintendo battles with Apple for Switch Parts (thanks DodgeDusk)

As the title suggests, I'm wondering what are the chances of 8-4 doing localization for the new Fire Emblem on the Switch. I loved their work with Awakening and from what I've seen of SoV, that as well. I must say I wasn't too pleased with Treehouse's quality of English voice acting and overall localization of Fates (not whining about censorship by the way, couldn't really care much about that). I'd love to see 8-4 return once again now that full voice acting is the case with Shadows of Valentia. What are your thoughts?

Hello! I just want to some questions for my brother who is starting this game. So I heard rerolling on emulator seems to be fast but my brother is skeptical about it. His questions are: 1. Is it safe to make an account on an emulator? Is it different than making an account on a phone? (He is afraid his account might get ban or something if nintendo find out his account was made on emulator) 2. Is it safe to link the account to mynintendo after rerolling is done. He is think and afraid that since he is using a 3rd party application that logging in with his mynintendo account that people can see his information. Just want to say he is thinking to use the emulator to reroll and link after that he will play on his phone/tablet forever.

Ok first things first, I love this game. Especially with the commutes I'm doing now in days its nice to be able to pop out my phone and get a few rounds in. Even at home its fun to play and the way the combat is done makes it so that most matches are much quicker than their counterparts. It also has a surprising amount of depth to it with all the upgrades unit merging etc... I also like the fact that it is truly free to play. Sure there are the "freemium" aspects of it to buy orbs or feathers to get more chances to get better units but at no time do I feel the need to do so to keep progressing in the game. By far I think its the best Nintendo mobile game out there. But the question I have is how long will it last? How long do you think Nintendo and IS will upkeep the servers and the game? Do you feel that this is simply a stop gap for future major releases in the series like Echoes or whatever the next "big" FE title is and this will drop down in popularity? I would like to think the answer is no and that as more games get added to the series Heroes will stick around and just add major characters from future titles. That being said, I would think that with updates and so on would start making the game pretty large (larger than it already is currently sitting at 589MB on my phone).

Well, there it is. https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/788900063833493504 Video is 3 minutes long, so keep expectations in check.

Since I couldn't find an existing thread for unpopular opinions for non-FE games, let's talk about our unpopular opinions here. Some brief mentions of FE games shall be fine for illustrating a bigger point, but let's leave them to the relevant FE sections as much as we can. As for me, I've got six at the moment, and more will be added: General Opinions: I don't have as many cases where I actively hate a character. Many characters of video games that I've played have some good moments that are memorable/interesting (Lysandre in Pokémon XY, Yoshi in the Yoshi games), awesome (Zelda in Twilight Princess), or even just plain nostalgic (Ash, Misty, and Brock during the Pokemania). I do have characters to be not my cup of tea, but most of the time, I can understand and appreciate why they are well-liked by others. And vice-versa. Speaking of which, I get more interested with the background history and worldbuilding more than the actual stories/characters at times. Whether it is Pokémon, Zelda, or even F-Zero. In the latter example, I would think: What would make a city of 200 million people possible? How would people commute? How is law and order maintained? How will food be produced for a big number of people? Sometimes, I even get interested in the architecture of the buildings in the story setting of the games. Though, that is because of my architectural background. Game-specific Opinions: Having said that, there are two definite cases where General-#1 does not apply. I absolutely refuse to even touch any of the recent Super Mario games anymore, or any of the non-N64 Smash games, because of just how stupid Peach, and increasingly Luigi, acts. I find it stupid when the former keeps getting kidnapped 70-80% of the time without physically resisting (via moves in Smash Bros), and the latter increasingly being the distressed dude against some of the enemies he actually fought in the past - the latest example being 3DS Land. For all the flak Nohrrin, Xander, or any other supposedly stupid/cowardly/oversentimenal people get, I prefer them to the two girls. Surprisingly, I didn't like Mother 3 when I first played it myself years ago, but I might give it a second chance. I vehemently disagree with the worldbuilding direction that Gen 3-5 of Pokémon implemented. Why didn't GF retain more of the "true-to-OTL" like Gen 1-2 and 6 did? Why didn't they go overseas to Hawaii, Guam, or Queensland outright if they wanted a tropical region in Gen 3, instead of an unrealistic Hoenn that has nothing of the climate of RL!Kyushu?? (addenda) I think I can appreciate what Sega was aiming to do for Sonic '06 game. I've heard critics panning the game and the story, but as a complete outsider to the franchise, I suspect it would have been much better received if Sega actually took the time to at least iron out the gameplay issues. Maybe Sonic 06 just needed some more time and better planning.

There's been a trend over the past year- whenever Nintendo says anything about mobile, a lot of discussion is generated. And this being the internet, negativity and cynicism tends to drown out the other opinions. Here's a selection of quotes from Nintendo Life and their two articles related to Super Mario Run: As you can see, a lot of people are... passionate on the subject. Do you think that they should be worried, or that things are mostly fine? Basically, will mobile have primarily negative longterm effects on Nintendo was we know it or mostly positive? Here's what I think: in their outline for mobile, Nintendo said that they would use it to try and draw people to their own software and hardware. They also said that they want mobile to become a "pillar of profit" (I made a topic a while back based on that comment). To me, everything they've done has been in-line with what they've said- Pokemon go has earned them money directly, caused a spike in Pokemon merchandise, and is hanging steady (last time I checked)- Super Mario Run will probably have a similar effect. I don't think they're selling out to mobile or anything of the sort- this is a smart business decision to make money and advertise their brands. Though it is a tad odd we haven't heard anything concrete from Nintendo about the NX, people are jumping to conclusions with the worst-case scenario in mind. Given the behavior of certain groups of people on the internet in general, it's almost like they want something to hate and be afraid of.

I am looking for experienced players to play Splatoon Ranked Battles online. I am an A- rank so I'll mostly be looking for people B+ to A+, but if you have skill and know how to work together than I will definitely make exceptions. If you want to play, PM me or kik me @keensimpson03

So Eurogamer has just posted a couple of articles that, according to various sources, reveal that the upcoming NX is a primary handheld system, but it comes with two ports that allow to attach and detach two controllers and connect the system to the TV to allow for traditional console gaming. In other words, a hybrid. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-26-nx-is-a-portable-console-with-detachable-controllers http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nintendo-nx-mobile-games-machine-powered-by-nvidia-tegra This has NOT been confirmed by Nintendo yet, which is why I'm labeling it as RUMOR, so take it with a grain of salt. But I think it's actually a pretty cool idea and I wouldn't mind if it's true. I'll take it, provided the price is right. Comments?

I just saw GameXplain mentions that the Treehouse that will be presented in tomorrow's E3 presentation. This brand new IP will be a RPG that is going to be coming to the Nintendo 3DS. But, I just wondered what new RPG series that we will be seeing directly from Nintendo tomorrow? Edit from June 15th: It's confirmed to be as Ever Oasis developed by Grezzo. Here's the gameplay footage from the E3 and I did made a Miiverse drawing of the Protagonist for the next Super Smash Bros. title for the NX.

Virtual Reality seems to be all the rage these days. Should Nintendo ride the VR hype train? I think that, if Nintendo could find a way to make NX VR profitable and have VR be completely optional, then sure, why not. EDIT: To clarify, what I mean by "optional" is to have VR be an add-on peripheral sold separately from the main system.

So, now that the first batch of SNES Games are available on the New Nintendo 3DS eshop, which games would you like to see next? Personally, I'd love to see Final Fantasy VI, Fire Emblem IV and Fire Emblem V.

It's just like Sims, but with Miis........

Has anyone seen this trailer yet? I remember really loving the Awakening Accolades trailer, but this one just blows that out of the water. Its very beautiful and gripping~! I'm really celebrating over the fact that Nintendo finally seems to have gotten how to market a Fire Emblem game; the advertising is amazing! :0

To be completely honest, to me at least, Fates' skinship removal doesn't affect me. I feel neutral about it. I never thought as Fire Emblem as a waifu game anyway. But what do you guys think about it?

http://www.nintendo.co.kr/PR/press_list.php?cPage1=1&cPage2=1&idx=239 (Korean) Last August, I posted the thread that Nintendo decided to officially release Fire Emblem Fates in South Korea. Today, Nintendo Korea announced that Fire Emblem Fates will be released in Fall 2016. So, Korean Fire Emblem fans have to wait more than a year (from first announcement in last August) to get their hands on Fire Emblem Fates. This news probably does not matter too much for NA Fire Emblem fans, but it is good to know that franchise is growing steadily.

So now that Sakurai has officially said that they are done adding to Smash 4 what or rather who do you think will be added to the next smash? Keeping in mind this roster spanned 58 characters. Do you even think they'll be able to keep em all? Personally here's who I can see in the next smash. 1) Splatoon inklings. Practically shoe ins given the game's success and the trend of having playable male and female versions of characters (WFT, Robin, Corrin) 2) Dixie Kong or King K Rool. Alot of demand for these guys especially seeing how people were disappointed that King K Rool was only a mii costume. 3) New Zelda rep. I don't know who but probably someone from Zelda Wii U. I could also potentially see Midna or Ghirahim appearing transitioning from assists. 4) Shovel Knight. Again supposedly alot of demand for this one would also be the "surprise third party character"

Just saw this article: http://time.com/4129171/nintendo-tatsumi-kimishima/ The actual new info doesn't come in until halfway through. From my read-through, Kimishima seems pretty confident in himself (“I feel that I have a firm understanding of this company,”). However, he admits that they've done a poor job of communicating about Miitomo, and notes that there's still challenges on the horizon. As for NX, Kimishima assures us that Nintendo has learned from the Wii U, and that they're "not building the next version of Wii or Wii U,” and that “[NX] is something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal.” He also intends to personally see the company through beyond the NX launch (implying he expects he'll be re-elected as the President once his initial 1-year term has finished). As the article closes, he shares something Yamauchi taught him during his time at the Pokemon Company: "the importance of staying within one’s means. “Or ‘Don’t try to be too big for your boots,'” he says, laughing once again and adding, “I have tried to keep this in mind in the management of Nintendo" All in all, there's not a lot of new stuff; just some interesting tidbits about Tatsumi Kimishima.

Petition to replace Cloud with Black Mage https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-square-enix-sora-petition-to-remove-cloud-from-smash-and-put-in-black-mage-instead?recruiter=425021782&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink [spoiler=Letter of resignation]On another note I would like to thank Serenes Forest for teaching me so much about Fire Emblem and introducing me to the other games (which I find to be way better than Awakening). I've was able to play through FE1, FE3 Book 1, FE4, FE6, FE7, and FE8 thanks to translation patches provided by this community. At first I was an annoying troll, but I realized this was a cool place and changed somewhat, but most still disliked me. I've come here to say thank you to this community and I will now resign from my position as an SF member. Enjoy the petition.

Screenshots below: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/events/151029/05.html http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/28/9633272/nintendo-smartphone-game-miitomo http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/10/29/nintendo-and-denas-first-mobile-game-is-miitomo-launch-delayed-to-2016

So, the results of Nintendo's fiscal meeting were recently made public, meaning there are numbers and various interesting tidbits to break down. Hardware sales (Q1+Q2): 1.19m Wii U/2.28m 3DS/70k Wii Software sales (Q1+Q2): 12.37m Wii U/19.2m 3DS/1.97m Wii Overall profit: 11,466 million yen/$95.2 million / £62.2 million / €86.2 million Now that raw numbers are out of the way, there are several tidbits per usual; the first of which I put in the thread title to shamelessly clickbait you. Tatsumi Kimishima, according to Takashi Mochizuke of the Wall Street Journal, stated that "Direct is alive, with at least one more this year". Also, Project Guard (formerly "Project Giant Robot") still has a 2015 release window. That's... surprising. And of much greater interest to the denizens of this forest (especially members from the E.U), Fire Emblem Fates still is listed as a single release in Europe. Keeping in mind the odd Amazon UK listing I posted about earlier (if you add it to cart on mobile, there's a notification that states that the game is a single version and that you choose your path in-game), it's starting to seem a bit less like an odd screw-up. I can't see them just giving everybody both sides right off the bat, but if that message is true the alternative is locking stuff on-cart behind a paywall which the game already does to an extent. Anyway, that's all for now; not much else to report. Hope for a Direct very soon!

So it looks like Nintendo is in the process of starting up a loot crate subscription service. Similar to Loot Crate things like toys, shirts, and memoribilia will be given in monthly packages to their subscribers except it will all be Nintendo themed. Before you get your hopes up too much though it appears as if this will be a UK only thing given that its being planned with the UK retailer Zavii which runs its own Z-box service via The Hut Group. First boxes are set to hit in September. I really hope this expands stateside since I (and many others) would kill to have a subscription to a service like this in lieu of the disbandment of Club Nintendo. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/07/nintendo_is_planning_its_own_loot_crate-style_subscription_service http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-set-to-offer-loot-crate-subscription-box-rival/0153435

I searched around and didn't find a topic for this yet so I figured I'd make one since others along with myself have enjoyed the Fire Emblem fanart thread. Especially since there is so much good fan art of Smash out there. Like with the Fire Emblem Fanart thread make sure we are all posting within the SF forum rules. No hotlinking, keep images appropriate, spoiler your images (particulalry if you have multiple ones or if they are large), and try your best to source the images that you post here. As long as its Smash related then feel free to share it here although don't forget to check out the Fire Emblem Fanart thread found here: http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=38351 Of course if it has characters exclusive to Fire Emblem or is centered around Fire Emblem post it there. I'll start. Ryu and Kirby Source: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ryu-539504773 Ryu vs Little Mac. Very Street fighter esque Source: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ryu-Vs-Little-mac-542520461 Little Mac and WFT get fit for Smash. Source: http://www.deviantart.com/art/GET-FIT-for-SMASH-4-434973035 Item madness! Source: http://www.zerochan.net/788635 Captain Falcon trying to get that selfie Source: http://videogamedj.tumblr.com/post/100840882633/amazing-smash-bros-fan-art Robin putting people to sleep with his books. Source: https://www.paigeeworld.com/feed/tag/shulk Epic Link vs Samus Source: http://www.game-art-hq.com/53874/epic-battles-are-epic-link-vs-samus/

I don't know how many people have Atlus Faithful on their email list but: Persona Q is going on eShop for $20 off--and supposedly this is for retailer as well. It's down to $29.99. The Faithful email doesn't give dates other than "for this week and the next," but the sales are on Nintendo eShop offers page of the website. Notable mentions are Ace Attorney Trilogy for about $7 off ($22.49 after sale) and Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies for almost half off ($16.79 after sale). I already have Persona Q and Dual Destinies but though I should let people know. I'm going to wait and see if Trilogy will go for a bit lower in the future. Still got a lot of games to finish....

I have not done much research on this but I figured I might as well post it here for you all to see and speculate on. Most likely fake aside from the shareholder statistics which are interesting if you're into that kind of stuff. Here is a video of Etika covering it and how I originally found out about it. Original/fake reveal video However, these things are not fake: Shareholder ratings. http://nintendoeverything.com/approval-ratings-of-nintendo-directors-rise-at-recent-shareholders-meeting/ Details on the 75th annual shareholder meeting http://nintendoeverything.com/details-from-nintendos-75th-annual-general-meeting-of-shareholders/ What could this mean? The rise in the shareholders ratings and sudden optimistic outlook despite the Wii U's slow sales? What about DeNa? How much life does the 3DS still have in it? What exactly will the NX even be in the first place? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z. Some interesting things said about NX in the share holder meeting.