I don’t remember any other Nintendo games starting with the above message, but, hey, sure, Nintendo. Why not? I’ve rated a level or two in Assassin’s Creed. I’ve agreed to let my crash bugs be sent back to Microsoft. I just never thought that you, Nintendo, would need to see my gameplay data to make better games. World changed!
That screen appears when you first boot up Yoshi’s New Island, the mid-March release for the 3DS. (I got an early copy.)
If players agree to share their data, the 3DS will upload it over the Internet from time to time… I guess. It’s not obvious when this happens or even if it happens while you’re playing. Maybe it happens when you least expect it.
After that screen goes away, the game begins to look a little more like a Yoshi’s Island!
Hooray! It’s the happiest gaming series around (sorry, Kirby).
Yoshi’s back. All of the different-coloured Yoshis are. They’re collecting coins and flowers and carrying baby Mario everywhere from left to right again and again. These Yoshis are even posing so I can take photos of them with my iPhone.
I’m only in world two of the game, so far. Two art styles so far. I like them.
This level here? I perfected it. See those coins in the shot above? I already grabbed them during an earlier playthrough. You can’t know that, but I bet Nintendo does…I hope it helps them develop their future games. Use that intel to make a new Metroid side-scroller, maybe?
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6 responses to “The First Screen You See When You Start The New Yoshi’s Island”
That game looks pretty amazing, I’ve got to say. If I had a 3DS, I’d totally play it!
You should get a 3DS, then you should totally play it.
Best handheld ever.
You have a Wii U but not a 3DS?
You all kinds of crazy 😛
Sadly my son is getting a 3ds before me but i am going to have a few sneaky games of it when he is in bed yoshi will bring back some great memories i think.
Yeah, I’m definitely looking forward to NYI. And the 3DS just has the best games of any handheld, no doubt.
It’s just telemetrics. A lot of apps and games already do this kind of thing (trophies and achievements are an example of this as well), just not all of them tell you about it. This is probably just Nintendo covering themselves against people going “Nintendo’s stealin all my datas!!”