Miyamoto explains why 3DS Pikmin prototype was canned

Ohh you'll forgive them, eventually. The thought of a second analog nub would be too irresistible to pass up and a trade-in program to boot. You'll be like a stuck up whiny snob for a bit until everyone you see and know is carrying one. What if Nintendo brings all their colors to the US? Or perhaps a white or translucent 3DS? All finicky fanboys would eat that up right away. Besides, the right analog nub would usually act as the left directional pad in most games. Also did the original DS had DSiware or a camera? no it didn't, nor it alienated the "user database" or the developers. I traded my DSLite for $99 and just had to pay extra $50 for a DSi that's like buying a console game that anyone will probably beat in a week.

Nintendo will keep on making mistakes but unlike Sony and Microsoft they seemed to be easier to forgive when they throw out things like Majoras Mask, new Metriod, or Another Mario game will be compatible with the built in second analog nub.

@chazy035

Uh no, that's stupid for anyone to think that. If that's the case, then why didn't SEGA get away with doing something like that?

Also, what makes you think all 3DS owners are some huge Nintendo fan that would automatically buy up the new 3DS? I'll tell you right now that I sure as hell won't.

@komuchen @Chico86_basic @chazy035 Pikmin 3 doesn't use the gamepad second analog anyway just like when it played on GameCube I heard. They probably were not satisfied with the results on the 3DS. I'm just saying hey, what do we know right?

@nintendoboy16 It will be marked down for being too hard in places then.....

@19James89 @nintendoboy16 Rayman Legends is out already?

@19James89 How could she reviewed that if it's not even released? Don't get it.

Also agree with nintendoboy16, abandon all hope. She will go on it with feminist approach or something

@19James89 @nintendoboy16 Game is too hard to pick up for some people, and I'm afraid that reviewer won't be able to handle it.

@nintendoboy16 What's wrong with Carolyn and her reviews? I thought she did a steller job with her review of Rayman Legends.

@brainiac1988 Carolyn of Gamespot US is reviewing it...

I'd abandon all hope right now...

@brainiac1988 @Mugzippit *Puts tin foil hat on* Maybe Nintendo gave IGN a copy much earlier and also gave them a chunk of money to give it a great score, but Gamespot didn't agree on this so they only got it some couple days ago?

@Sampawende @Mugzippit If every region was identical then yes but each region is different in a multitude of ways and is therefore going to be ready in its own time and the game should be released when it is ready. Other regions should not have to wait because another isn't ready (In this case EU is ready, US isn't). Saying that if your well prepared/organized enough is just wrong since it would either force a region to rush the release or delay the release.

For example we have 4 regions EU, NA, JP & AU. Each region is different so odds are 3 of those regions will be ready before the 4th is so those regions will have to wait for the 4th for the global release. If the 4th region rushed release to be ready at the same time there could be other issues that crop up with a rushed project that cause more problems then its worth to release earlier for everyone

As for region locking, if your viewpoint is "I just want complete freedom no matter the cost" then your doing the worst possible thing. Region locking gives each region independence so they can release when they are ready instead of having to delay release until other regions are ready. The Illusion that having no region locking makes things more open for players is just going to slow the release of games down. I do agree that the drawback is that each region gets its own pricing which makes gaming unfairly more expensive in some regions but price discrimination is far older then just gaming. If there are legal or logistical reasons behind the higher price then I guess that is our fault for electing our government and living in a difficult to reach area but hopefully shifting to digital copies will reduce that difference heavily.