Shutting Down Miiverse vs. Nintendo NSider Forums

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - You newer, younger folks have it easy. Comparison table!

Earlier this week, Nintendo devastated everyone by announcing the end of Miiverse with an exact time: November 7, 2017 at 10 PM Pacific, or November 8, 2017 1 AM Eastern. Despite my use of American timezones, Miiverse will be closed worldwide, on all systems and platforms.

While we are all upset over this, we're not surprised. Miiverse's demise coming soon was made obvious a month ago, and we all had a feeling of malaise for YEARS now.

Capcom SUMMER Sale 2017? Buy Ace Attorney at Big Percents Off!

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - 'cause a winter sale ain't enough.

We dutifully and breathlessly advertise all of the sales that CAPCOM has to offer. I didn't think there would be another one for another several months, but, hey, CAPCOM just invented the CAPCOM Summer Sale and is acting like it existed this whole time.

I believe the last CAPCOM sale was back in February. Those were great deals there.

So, what are the percent discounts greeting the Ace Attorney games this time?

Nintendo erroneously calls it the “Capcom Publisher Sale”, but CAPCOM never even used the word “publisher” to describe it.
(That means Nintendo made that image with Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice in front of the gradient.)

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Spirit of Justice is 33% off. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Dual Destinies is 66% off. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is 50% off. The previous deal from February had Trilogy at the same 50% off (as did the deal before that), while Spirit of Justice actually got its discount weakened from 40% to 33%. However, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Dual Destinies got its greatest discount of all time: From a previous high of 60% off, now to a high of 66% off!

It's the perfect time (how many times do I keep saying that?) to buy all of the Ace Attorney games on your Nintendo 3DS, for soon, this November, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney will also be available on the Nintendo eShop. Then you can have every mainline Ace Attorney game on ONE system, and you will have obtained most of them at ridiculously low prices! Quite frankly, they're all worth your purchase at prices even higher than their base price, so... Get to buying.

The sale ends September 4, which is enough time for you to get an extra $10 Nintendo eShop credit to your account by winning Round 15 of the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program! (...Which ends in less than two hours.) You can get a quick come-from-behind win by looking at those big-ticket items under the How to Win? section. 


Ludwig likes winning, and he likes helping you win. There is no better win than treating yourself to Ace Attorney games at exceptional prices. If you have any questions about why you should buy the Ace Attorney series, or what the series is about, ask away in the comments section! Also, one more reason to buy NOW: Miiverse functionality, which is absolutely a big plus for the Ace Attorney games, will be destroyed come the beginning of November. That doesn't leave much time left to document your Ace Attorney experiences!



If you wish to read a spoiler-free review of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Dual Destinies, click here!
You thought these percents were big? There's even BIGGER percent discounts for November!
The Capcom Publisher Sale returns for 2018, but it's not in the summer and it's actually called the Capcom Publisher Sale.
The CAPCOM Summer Sale 2018 is its own thing, with much steeper discounts!

Splatoon 2 Superpowers Splatfest! Flight vs. Invisibility! Freedom and Privacy?

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - In a rarity for a Splatfest article, I'm actually going to defend the side I'm against. Freedom vs. Privacy!

Let's face it: condiments was a lame first theme for the FIRST OFFICIAL Splatfest of Splatoon 2. Superpowers, though? That's much better.

Meet Team Flight, sponsored by Pearl. Now, meet Team Invisibility, sponsored by Marina. Why two super powers that traditionally have never been at-odds with one another? I don't know. But now I'm tasked with choosing between them.

Flight and invisibility actually represent critical human rights.

My allegiance is with Team Flight. I'll explain why below.

Smart Devs Don't Do Rabbids

By RAWKHAWK2010 - Down the Rabbid hole.

Fuck Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, to be totally frank.

When leaks of a Mario/Rabbids crossover composed by Grant Kirkhope surfaced, Ludwig didn't believe it due to his tendency to label literally everything Fake News until absolutely proven real, while I was more on Team True News due to the concept sounding too weird to fabricate, much like when Trump had those Russian hookers piss in Barack and Michelle's embassy bed. (...You know, if that happened.)

Anyone who knows me knows I like weird, but anyone who knows me should also know I don't like ugly. A Rabbid is a hideous autismal cretin; an abortion that lived. A Rabbid is like if the most uncomforting animation from the Viva Piñata cartoon suddenly became happily conscious of its torment. A Rabbid is something I personally have no use for and never will.

Get that thing away from me.

Dragon Ball Koopa™ - The Turtle Saga

By RAWKHAWK2010 - Wordplay. (I'm just saiyan'.)

When it comes to the two, there is no weird perpetual Splatfest of "Koopas vs. Turtles" occurring on KoopaTV. Instead, we're some of the biggest turtle fans there are. Why else would we celebrate World Turtle Day? Why else would we support an all-turtle Pokémon lineup which thanks to Turtonator is finally possible? Why else would we hire literal real-life turtles as KoopaTV staff members until they're killed by Pac-Man and ISIS respectively?

Many have asked what part of Dragon Ball falls under KoopaTV's scope and why Rawk keeps making Dragon Ball Koopa™ articles, being that it's not a video game property inherently, definitely has nothing to do with Nintendo, and (so far) is something the actual site owner has never displayed a hint of interest in. Well, if I didn't make it clear in my articles about Dragon Ball soundtrack genocide and the solar eclipse giving off Blutz Waves to the president, I apologize, because Dragon Ball's purpose here is truly all about the turtles.

Just wait until he sees OUR suits.

Why Is Angry Sun So Angry? Total Solar Eclipse!

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - I'm not blaming the August 21, 2017 eclipse, but there was an earlier one.

No, we didn't interview the Angry Sun for this article. We merely are applying logic and did some investigative journalism. (What a great interview that would be, though. How do we get in touch with him?) Anyway, the Angry Sun, known for being a pretty small-looking sun that is always mad, has confounded many Desert Land denizens and tourists for decades. Why is the Angry Sun so angry? Was he born angry? Believe me, it would be perfectly understandable if Angry Sun was angry just because Mario was in his presence. Everyone, including heavenly bodies, ought to be mad at that war criminal's continued existence. But, no, Angry Sun is just always angry, plumber or not. 

There must be a tragic backstory.

There IS a tragic backstory. We figured it out.

How did the Angry Sun go from such a happy little cutie to the pissed off ball of fiery rage we know it as today?

The Wonderful 1237 Strategy Guides: Jim Gilmore

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - It's time for Jim Gilmore to prove himself. GILMENTUM!

Last, but far from least, is Jim Gilmore. Why is this article about Jim Gilmore? Well, this is the very last strategy guide for KoopaTV's browser-based Flash game The Wonderful 1237! The Wonderful 1237 features seventeen unique minigames, all from each of the seventeen Republican presidential candidates you will be competing with should you play the game.

If you want to see a collection of these strategy guides, click this detailed article about The Wonderful 1237's minigames. As I've already said multiple times now, this one is about Jim Gilmore, who is most notable for being the governor of Virginia between 1998 and 2002. Jim Gilmore was also the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, a board member of the National Rifle Association, one of the worstSenate candidates in the state of Virginia in modern history, and also an Attorney General. Jim Gilmore happens to be the strongest opposing candidate in the game, and will likely be stronger than your own candidate if you never create negative advertisements against him. Jim Gilmore has a lack of weaknesses, with equal stat opportunities across the board. His one weakness is that he might get RNG-screwed, since he isn't guaranteed stat growth. In real life, of course, Jim Gilmore only got 12 votes in Iowa, out of over 186,000 votes cast. Mr. Gilmore explained that by claiming he wasn't even campaigning in Iowa, but he was really trying in New Hampshire. He earned 133 votes, out of over 285,000 cast. Jim Gilmore then suspended his campaign.

Help Jim Gilmore out by learning about him in The Wonderful 1237, and play his minigame at the bottom of this article!

Candidate Stats

Base stats and growth:

Beauty: 0 + (0–5)

Cool: 0 + (0–5)

Cute: 1 + (0–5)

Smart: 0 + (0–5)

Tough: 0 + (0–5)

Average untouched stats after 14 rounds:

Beauty: 35

Cool: 35

Cute: 36

Smart: 35

Tough: 35

Average likelihood of surviving Iowa if untouched:

Ultra likely. (Jim Gilmore will have 15 delegates on average; need 11 to clear.)

“Versus... JIM Gilmoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore! Fight.”

Go 🌒 Yourself, Fake News!

By RAWKHAWK2010 - Get them Fake News lips off my eclipse.

Fake News says that President Donald John Trump stared at the sun Monday (at NASA's dehest) and destroyed his vision. Yeah, his vision may have been clouded...last week, but during the eclipse he knew exactly what he was doing. He was becoming as familiar with solar energy as possible so that he could have all the facts before solar panel-ing the Wall. How could he have fully embraced something he feared?

something something the sun just got ten light years taller something something

Eclipse 2017—In The Path of Totality!

By VANESSA TSUKINO - It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event!

You may recall the huge excitement about this year’s coast-to-coast solar eclipse! But were YOU in the path of totality? Were you one of unlucky ones who saw it on a livestream? Well have no fear! This girl’s got you covered.

Let me start off by saying that where I live was one of the places in the path of totality for the eclipse. That’s where the moon completely covers the sun, and you can remove those special viewing glasses for a short period of time to take photos or whatever. Anyway, people from all over had traveled here just to see this thing, since there were many places to view it!

I'm near the fourth star shown here.

And of course, they also traveled to the other places in the path.

This past Friday I received these glasses at school:

Dark, Ominous Clouds Over Alola

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Ominous clouds, eh? Get ready for mudslides.

Today, The Pokémon Company International is trying to play weather forecaster. They project dark, ominous clouds over the Alola region this November, specifically for Pokémon Ultra Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun. Here's a video of the forecast... well, most of it is about Rockruff and Lycanroc for some reason.

I'm sorry, but if their reason for buying a sequel or pseudo-sequel or remake or whatever the hell this is of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon is a dark cloud, irrelevant and lame rock dogs (seriously, Lycanroc better not be the new Lucario because it sure ain't worthy), and some ebony dude who I still have never heard of (Necrozma), there's no purchase from me.

Oh, but wait. There's MORE to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon than just clouds and new clothes. There's the Alola Photo Club!