@bahooney My entire day is ruined because of this short article. I'll never get my 30 seconds back.

@Alienfish I haven't finished Skyward Sword either. I'm currently in the desert getting the second flame, but I just don't have the time of day to finish it. Now that it is summer, I think I'll pick it back up.

@Fusion14 I keep hearing bad things about the game. Without most of the other games to compare it to, I can't immediately call it bad. I remember reading about how it was a remake of the NES game and that it was chronolgically the first in the series, so I thought it was good. I never finished it because I don't allow people to die, but from what I played, it was fun.

I have Sacred Stones as an ambassador and I am loving it. I got past the spider map just a while ago.

@Zach777 I can't stop laughing! You made my day!

Capcom will make Street Fighter fight anything these days...

No one has really used backwards compatability for Xbox games because most were either not compatible/not good. So when they say only 5% of people use that feature, it is their own fault for making it that way, and they shouldn't act under the assumption that no one uses it because it doesn't matter to people.

"If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards."
This is what I really hate about Microsoft and Sony. Not only will they insult Nintendo, but they (at least Microsoft) are now essentially insulting their own fans for enjoying a feature that is so integral to console gamers. If they don't want to include BC in their console, that is their decision, but don't insult people by calling them backwards. That is just low, and is not fitting for a company to say. It's arrogance is really telling of their maturity.

Wow, I had no idea. I myself had only bought Shadow Dragon before this one, so I wasn't really a part of the fanbase. I'm glad myself and so many other people gave this game a chance, and secured a future for the franchise.

Nintendo will probably make another Mario Strikers game anyway. I honestly don't like EA and their attitude toward Nintendo, so I'm perfectly fine with them leaving the WiiU.

I agree with the amount of silly comments for help on Miiverse. People are too afraid to do anything, or don't know how to do it altogether. Here's a thought: Instead of turning to Miiverse every minute and waiting for a response when they get stuck, why don't they just use a walkthrough? They may not learn how to play it on their own, but at least we are spared reading their ridiculous comments. Super Metroid is bad enough, but then you remember that these people are the same kind of people that can't even figure out DuckTales.

Getting them both!

I was going to skip this, but now that it has a physical release (in an awesome green box), I have to get this.

There are still some franchises missing that I enjoy, but otherwise, the 3DS is unstoppable.

That is pretty cool, but what about the Nyko Power Pak? I find it to be a very reliable battery, and I wanted to see how it stacks up with the others.

This is getting even better and better!

This game looks nothing like the amazingness that is Pac-Man World 2.

I feel, in hindsight, that that was something I should have already known, but I failed to considerer that basic fact when I made my last comment. You are right: marriage is no longer controled solely by religion. However, my opinion on marriage still takes religion into consideration, regardless of whether it is civil or religious marriage.

You make a good point on divorce. I feel that divorce is more acceptable to people because it did happen in the past. Usually it was reserved for only the worst circumstances, but over time, people have convinced themselves that their situation is bad enough to warrant a divorce when it isn't. Because of this, the phrase "until death do us part" loses a lot of significance when more people keep divorcing. This sends mixed messages to their children, who witness marriages falling apart both in real life and in the media, and come to the conclusion that when they marry, it isn't as forever as they say it is. Those words of staying together are now just empty words that are repeated back as part of the vow, with both people understanding that they have an easy way out should any problems arise. It's actually quite sad.

I didn't mean to get on a tangent, but you reminded me about how I feel about divorce, and there most likely won't be any other chance to discuss it. That being said, I wonder how Tomodachi Collection handles it.

The U.S. Government guarantees freedom of religion. If the government legalizes gay marriage, they will force churches to go against their religion by marrying gay people.

Remember, marriage is a religious ceremony performed by ministers. Since any homosexual behavior is frowned upon in the Bible, churches have the right to protect their religion by refusing to marry gay people.

Capcom has placed us in a precarious situation. If we refuse to buy the game because there is no physical copy, they will use it as an excuse to say that there is no market for Ace Attorney in the west, and we wont' get any more releases.

However, I am one of the many people who prefer physical copies, and I am now forced to buy the game digitally to ensure that the series is supported. If I remember right, sales data from Nintendo suggests that 1/3 of their game sales are from digital, so they actually stand to make less money this way. Whichever route Capcom chooses, they are going to blame the fans for not buying it, and not their terrible business decisions.

Besides the physical/digital debate, I take issue with Phoenix's voice. It sounds too childish for someone in his mid thirties.I also liked Kizuki Kokone's name as it was; Athena Cykes just sounds ridiculous.

@TrueWiiMaster Couldn't have said it better myself.

It was a potentially game breaking glitch with a Cero A (ESRB E) rating dealing with subject matter for a county that doesn't really accept gay marriage. It was smart on Nintendo's part to fix it.

@SCAR392 Very true. I'm also curious what happens when they accumulate a large surplus of money after everything else is paid for. Do they get to sit on it as free money? Seems wrong to me.

I found an interesting passage in the guidelines:

No bath, beauty, and cosmetic products; electronic surveillance equipment; eyewear (sunglasses, prescription glasses, and others); firearms, weapons, knives, weapon accessories, and replicas of weapons; medical, health, safety, and personal care products; or infomercial-type products.

Does this mean that the video game gun that was on Kickstarter (the one that NL covered) is not supposed to be there?

I already voiced my concern about the number of kickstarter articles, so I'm not going to say anything further about it.

One thing about Kickstarter that I felt suspicious about was that a company that already had the means to fund a project would make a Kickstarter anyway so that they can get people to pay almost/all of their costs for them. Not that this happens all of the time, but I suspect that this is taken advantage of somewhat.

These Pokemon actually look pretty good. Speaking of that, the boxart, especially for X version, looks amazing. I'm happy that we know the name of the region now as well.

As for the trainers, I'm interested in their bracelets. I know it's the typical Pokegear/Poketch, but I'm still curious.

I was going to post another long winded rebuttal toward gundam00, but I can see TBD deleated most of the messages, but that is probably for the best. I'm really getting tired of arguing with him anyway. I will just say @gundam00 that I hope you can get over your intolerance of people who have different opinions than you.

I knew the messages would be deleted, so I copied and pasted them into a word document for me to archive and preserve. I'm getting a kick out of reading these.

As much as I dislike DLC, I think Nintendo did it right for Fire Emblem: Awakening. If DLC gets too out of hand, we can always refuse to buy it and express out complaints via Miiverse. Video game companies have been working hard to address the dissatisfication of their customers as of late, and I feel Nintendo would listen if people felt DLC was a problem. I trust Nintendo; they made the very classy decision of not including paid DLC for Animal Crossing, which could have been a huge source of income for them.

@gundam00 Also, a game does not automatically discriminate against gay marriage by simply not including it. It would, however, if it was openly attacking gay marriage in the game. Can you see the huge difference there?

I don't believe that there is any malicious intent by not including gay marriage in a game. Perhaps it wasn't as important to the person, or maybe they don't have anything against gay people but just favor the traditional form of marriage. No one is forced to have to include gay marriage in a game if they don't want to, and they shouldn't be labled as discriminatory for that decision. And you can always vote with your wallet if you feel it should be included in every game.

@k8sMum The CERO rating for it is A, so it is meant for all ages.

@gundam00 Morphtorok is simply saying that just because a game has or does not have gay relationships/marriage should not be your sole factor for playing/ignoring the game. Also, just because gay marriage is not present in a game does not mean gays are being discriminated against. I don't know where you got that from. Fire Emblem: Awakening didn't have gay marriage, but that didn't stop people from buying it or from considering "supporting discrimination".

If it was unintended, it should be removed. If they meant to include it (I doubt it), they should go ahead with it. Plain and simple.

This reminds me of the original Spider Man game on the Gamecube. There was a scene at the end where Spider Man kisses Mary-Jane after saving her, but through the use of a cheat code (GIRLNEXTDOOR), you could play as Mary-Jane. Since this character modification is kept in cutscenes, it literally showed Mary-Jane kissing herself. From my understanding of how the story went, a kid's mom discovered this and complained, and the code to play as Mary-Jane was removed in subsequent copies of the game. I still have one of the original copies, and still find it an interesting trick.

I also don't support homosexuality, but I tolerate it when I see it. I have nothing against gay people; they are the nicest people you can meet.
_{Please, this isn't the place for that debate — TBD}

As for the game, if men can marry, then women should too. I don't have to buy the game, but I know it is important to some people.

That's rather funny. Luckily, I have a Nyko battery, but I'm still going to turn Resetti off anyway.

@Haxonberik I meant in terms of begging a company for a game while they remain completely ignorant about it and ignore their fans. The reasons for their non-releases are completely different, but I still found it interesting.

I believe Megaman is the new Earthbound.

I agree with Aviator. It feels like half of the articles are on kickstarter campaigns, and it is actually making me less inclined to donate because I'm annoyed at the sheer amount of them. It's almost as if these are posted when there are slow news days and you need to fill space. No offense to Damo, but that is just how I personally see it. Also, that was a little extreme to respond that way towards Aviator for such a simple comment. Apparently, it's not the first time he said it, but I can see his point.

And now that I posted this, I'm going to recieve a tidal wave of hate, but whatever. It has been bothering me for a while and I had to say something.

This is obviously Dampe's grave.

Typical Capcom.

The RetroN 5 seems better in every regard, but one thing I like about this system is that all of the contoller ports are on the front, as they should be. The RetroN 5 has controller ports on each side of the system.

I can't tell you how many times I read that "The next Sonic game is returning to is roots!". I can't even take it seriously after awhile.

Amazing story!

I'm definately buying this!

I always buy the cartridge so this does not concern me.

I don't really care for Miiverse. Either it is artwork, or people asking for likes, and almost nothing else. I find it hard to have an intelligent discussion with someone on Miiverse, not only because of the above, but the character limit is too low. I tried asking thoughtful questions, but I just get yeahs without anyone responding to it, and then it gets buried within minutes.

I'm thankful that Miiverse exists because of Earthbound, but other than that, I don't see any value in Miiverse at all.

@Vallu So true.

I would buy Okami 2 in a heartbeat if it were true. I would also buy an Okamiden remake for the 3DS if that were the case. As long as it's not iOS I would probably buy it.

@Jukilum If you watch the video, they say "Shortly after the spring system update", which is wrong.

To elaborate a little more, I agree that "Shortly" is a relative word for time that could be used for many situations, but as soon as it is paired with an event that has a fixed time (spring system update), it acts on and modifies that event (shortly before, shortly after, event will happen shortly, etc.). It loses its ability in independantly express a length of time.

I will echo everyone else by saying it was not the proper time to be doing this, given recent circumstances.

@Erica_Hartmann The article is saying that the Virtual Console will be set up next week, and that Earthbound will be on it soon. I understand the confusion however, as Nintendo Life actually said something similar:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/video_the_edited_highlights_of_this_weeks_nintendo_direct

In their "Edited Highlights of this Week's Nintendo Direct", NL said that Earthbound would be available shortly. When I asked why they thought it was so soon, as Iwata had only said before the end of the year, I did not recieve a response. I can only guess they didn't want to admit that they were only assuming the date, which a journalist, regardless of their field, shouldn't do. It spreads false rumours and false expectations amongst people.

@TrueWiiMaster Because of Mr. T

I play on Classic, and I soft reset, but I didn't know about L R Start. I always just hit Home, closed the software, and restarted it!

I'll pass. I can't believe people still use Nintendo Video.