@Doma How popular were characters like the Ice Climbers, Mr. Game and Watch, R.O.B., or Pit before they were included in Smash Bros? Sometimes they need to think outside the box. Heck, we probably wouldn't have gotten a new Kid Icarus game or Western releases in the Fire Emblem franchise if it wasn't for their inclusion in Smash Bros.

Personally, I think a couple of clones (including either Falco or Wolf) need to be cut.

I expect to see Ike cut in favor of a character from Awakening, probably Chrom. As much as I like him, Lucario will likely also get the axe in favor of a 6th gen Pokémon.

Only 5 more Special Miis to get that StreetPass achievement.

@WaveBoy Even if it is a Punch-out!! ring, keep in mind that Brawl had two stages (one from Animal Crossing, and the one with the color changing leaves) that had no playable character representations.

@Philip_J_Reed I can understand if you simply didn't enjoy this game as much as Corbie did the first one, and the similarities certainly need to be stated in the review, but I hope you didn't take off points because of those similarities. Stale sequel or not, equal games deserve equal consideration regardless of which one came first. If I'm looking to get just one game in a series, I'd like to see objective opinions on which one is best.

Wow, impressive!

I don't know who they think they're kidding, though, with the secrecy behind it. It's almost certainly a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles.

They better not keep switching the viewpoint like in that trailer during the actual gameplay. That would get extremely annoying very fast.

@Nobodys_Angel Yeah, I've known that for years that the Dark type referred to fighting dirty just from the descriptions of Dark type attacks (with the exception of Dark Pulse), although I'm still waiting for a Dark type attack called something like Groin Kick that'll do double damage against male opponents.

Anyway, a Fairy type sounds cool, and Dragon could use another weakness. Just imagine Tinkerbell taking down Mushu...

I bet that Moonlight and Cosmic Power will be reclassified as Fairy type attacks, despite the fact that it would be just as pointless to do so with those support moves as it was when they reclassified Sand Attack as a Ground type attack.

I hope to see at least one party member from "Xenoblade Chronicles" as a playable character.

Ahhh, my favorite 3rd party title, Dead or Alive: Dimensions, didn't make the list.

Slower, pricision platforming, including a better ability to backtrack in 3D? Return of the Spin Dash? Mostly over-the-shoulder perspective despite the style similarities to Super Mario Galaxy? Two player coop? Tons of retro Sonic references? The ability to aim the laser wisp accurately with the GamePad? YES! YES! YES! They're actually doing everything I could've hoped for! Just make sure there's less gimmicky level design and better boss fights than in Sonic Colors, as well as a decent job on the competitive multiplayer mode, and this could be the best console Sonic game since Sonic Adventure 2: Battle!

Will this also work on the Wii for those games that support Classic Controllers but not GameCube Controllers?

EDIT: I went to Mayflash's website, and yes it does work with the Wii. I'm definitely ordering one now.

Here's my Top 10, although I still have to eventually get "Super Mario 3D Land," "Pac-man and Galaga Dimensions," and some additional 3DSWare:

1. Fire Emblem: Awakening
2. Dead or Alive: Dimensions
3. Kid Icarus: Uprising
4. Code of Princess
5. Mario Kart 7
6. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
7. Starfox 64 3D
8. Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
9. Tekken 3D: Prime Edition
10: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition

@rjejr Too bad the "Sinister Six" is already taken by Spiderman.

@SirQuincealot That's pretty much expected in this scenario. I've seen one TV show where the heroes lampshaded the expected betrayal to the point of preparing a specific countermeasure in advance for it.

Hmm, the ol' "team up with the arch enemy to defeat a greater threat" scenario. Other than the last level of "Sonic Adventure 2," I think this is a new one for the Sonic series.

I don't have high hopes for the competitive multiplayer modes, though. In the entire history of the Sonic franchise, only two games have ever had a good competitive multiplayer mode (and not for lack for trying): "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" and "Sonic Adventure 2: Battle."

Another problem with DRM: It won't allow you to rent games like you can from Redbox, Gamefly, or a library (although technically not a "rental" in the latter case).

Woohoo, they've got one in St. Louis, only about a 30 mile drive / light rail ride for me!

The 3DS already has a much better library than the DS. 90% of the quality games on DS consists of RPGs, puzzle games, casual games, games with excessive touchscreen controls, and/or games ported from consoles. I can only play so many RPGs.

@Benjamin Um, what exactly was cut from FireRed and LeafGreen other than Space Shuttle Columbia and the Missingno bug? Meanwhile, they added in the added types, balancing, bug fixes, hold items, breeding, happiness, and weather from the second generation; the GBA graphics, abilities, natures, EVs, and double battles from the third generation; as well as the brand new Sevii Islands area with several of the second and third gen Pokémon. I have to agree that FireRed and LeafGreen make Red and Blue obsolete.

Now, Yellow Version on the other hand still has some good exclusive experiences between starting with Pikachu, catching all three normal Kanto starters, battling Jessie and James, and the special surfing Pikachu mini-game (as long as you have Pokémon Stadium or some kind of cheat device).

They better leave the viewpoint switching to the auto-segments (e.g. the whale scene in Sonic Adventure), otherwise the gameplay is going to get very annoying very fast. Why can't developers get it through their heads that 3D platformers almost always work best with a nearly constant over-the-shoulder viewpoint? It's the same reason I don't really like the Super Mario Galaxy games and why the Sonic Adventure games work so well.

I actually have that edition (1999) of Guiness World Records.

Fun fact: In Red/Blue/Yellow, you can visit the Pewter Museum to find Space Shuttle Columbia...which in 2003 tragically broke apart on reentry. Oops! Unsurprisingly, it was not included in the FireRed/LeafGreen remakes when they were released in 2004.

Pokéfusion Venutoise:

Animé Venustoise:

Decently similar.

Wow, that is gorgeous.

Um, wouldn't converting matter into energy create a nuclear explosion? If just splitting some atoms to convert part of them into energy is enough to devastate a city, converting something even the mass of a Gastly would be enough to easily wipe out the whole planet.

Also, keep in mind that in the animé, the Pokéballs themselves are never digitized in a PC, merely teleported at times. (Although, that then opens up the can of worms as to whether they're actually teleporting the Pokémon, or if they're killing it and creating a physically identical clone with the original's memories, something I dislike about "Star Trek.")

Sounds pretty boring to me, and the indirect controls, lackluster presentation, almost zero replay value, and fractured story just turn me off even more.

@Erica_Hartmann At least misspelling his name is better than how Nintendo Power constantly mislabeled his species as a mutant squirrel instead of a mutant fox.

I'm not sure what to think about new gameplay. On one hand, I'm not a big fan of the 3D gameplay style from Unleashed and Colors (although it's still a million times better than the gameplay in Secret Rings <shudder>). On the other hand, they usually screw up completely when they try new gameplay styles. I just wish they'd go back to Sonic's 3D gameplay style from the Adventure duology (and the mech-style combat from those games was pretty good, too).

@Musharna I didn't say it did require a 3DS. I said "(3)DS," meaning DS or 3DS. Where I mentioned just the 3DS was in relation to X & Y, which will indeed be 3DS games.

@Funny_Moblin I'm not sure they'll be able to release them digitally. Up to this point the save files have always been tied to the cartridge due to the ways the connectivity features work. For example, trading between my White and Black 2 versions requires me to put each game in a (3)DS and connect through IR. It would be a lot more complicated to work these kinds of features through system-tied save data, although they may be able to simulate it for digital releases by tying the save data to a digital copy as if it were a cartridge that's restricted to a single 3DS.

@DarkKirby Just be glad we're not still back in the days of R/B/Y when Psychic types, especially Mewtwo, were practically invincible.

@DrVollKornBrot If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You may consider them boring, but for most players the brilliant core mechanics have never needed updating, and they'd turn off most of the existing fanbase if they ever tried it.

@disco3000 And "Super Mario 3D Land," "Mario Kart 7," "Kid Icarus: Uprising," "New Super Mario Bros. 2," "Fire Emblem: Awakening," etc., don't count as "killer apps" because...?

Cool! My favorite is Polar Knight.

Are we ever going to get a Force Unleashed 3? I'll be extremely disappointed if we're stuck with the lousy open ending to Force Unleashed 2.

Ooooh, when this comes to the West, I'll make an exception to my usual rule of not buying a second version of a game I already own. In all my years of playing this game, I've only made it past the second zone once without the level select code, so the restore point (as well as the 3D visuals) will make this worth it. (And the GBA port was absolutely horrible.)

One thing I do appreciate about the later seasons is that they stick closer to the game mechanics. They started enforcing the "4 attack limit" in Johto, and, although they still make annoying mistakes at times, they've gradually gotten better at including more advanced mechanics and gotten more accurate with things like attack side effects and type match-ups.

Unfortunately, streaming these episodes on Nintendo Zone doesn't really work that well, since the max 3DS volume isn't loud enough to hear the show properly in a public place like McDonald's.

If it's that common of a phrase, I'd think nobody would be allowed to trademark it. Then again, the laws could be different in Japan.

@Suzakuryuu I was referring to Maya Fey. I didn't know about Ema Skye, but a quick search on Google Images reveals that she's pretty hot too, although not in the same league as the others.

I wonder what happened to Detroit that they needed a "New Detroit." Maybe it was burned down after the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup one too many times.

This looks very interesting, much more interesting than a standard SHMUP.

Is it just coincidence that both of Phoenix's assistants have been really hot 20-something women, or is he some kind of pervert?

You mean to tell me I could've avoided wearing those uncomfortable and ugly patches for 6 hours a day for a few years as a kid just by playing certain video games? I wish I had known that then. Oh well. The patches worked, and I haven't had the problem for close to 20 years, just the novelty ability to easily cross my eyes on command.

I'm confused. Isn't the Wii Virtual Console already available in the Wii U eShop? Why bother releasing them again, or are there Wii U specific features being added like the restore points in the 3DS VC?

Only on the Wii U?! No fair! Why can't they put it on the Wii shop as well?

@FOURSIDE_BOY I've always wondered, what can the Question actually do in a fight? It seems like all he's good for is looking for conspiracies and hiding his own face.

Cool! I'll add it to my Wishlist as soon as it's released in North America.

Ohh, goody! Liberation Maiden is a high priority on my Wishlist.

@Assassinated Occasionally, this site will review notable classic Nintendo games that haven't seen a release on any of the Virtual Consoles. It doesn't happen often, but they'll throw one in every now and then to be more thorough with their coverage of retro Nintendo games. You can look for them in the "retro" section.