Sorry, but there's a difference between pixellated pics and SNES-style pics and those two (while looking neat), look NOTHING like an SNES game would.

You're talking about Luxor, which also already has versions out on DS and Wii.

And I just can't hide it! I think I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!

Seriously: I'm also really excited for this.

@#3: The mystery has been solved!...do you really think, nobody of those guys doing the research has ever checked Mario All-Stars? It's more complicated than that.

@Red_Kinetic: Might wanna check out some of these, then: http://hardcoregaming101.net/toaplan/toaplan.htm

"a 2010 PSP remake of the second game of the saga (Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together)"

Tactics Ogre is not the same series as Ogre Battle, though. They share the setting and all, but play vastly different.

"The gameplay will be instantly familiar to anyone who's played one of WiiWare's earliest titles, Magnetica Twist (known as Actionloop Twist for those of a European persuasion). That's because that game was inspired heavily by PopCap's earlier release Zuma."

Nope, Magnetica by Mitchell is the original, having been released in Japanese arcades as Puzz Loop before PopCap copied the concept for their Zuma.

@Usagi-san: That has to be worst comment I've read in a long while. "Something bad happens, it's happening often, so just let it happen and never mind." Wow. Can I come around and kick you in the nuts? This kind of stuff happens, so deal with it.

@ThreadShadow: Now for YOUR information, you just misinterpreted everyone's comment. Nintendo surely hasn't censored Binding of Isaac, but in not allownig the game to appear on 3DS they censored the 3DS's games library. And this doesn't have anything to do with not allowing bad games to be released, since they allow them to come in all the time. That decision was purely out of fear of having content inapproriate for some feeble-mindeds. This is pure censorship, just like a newspaper not publishing certain articles or a TV station not airing content they simply disagree with.

What about the Cube hate in here? The Cube was great and easily surpasses the Wii's games library in my opinion...

@md1500: Wii Music and Wii Play disagree

"3DS gets a demo and two Virtual Console games today"

Are the releases today, really? The title says they'd be on the 1st of March.

People, learn to read. Seaman 3DS is still coming, Iwata has only commented on him allegedly stating Nintendo was about to collapse.

@ Oddy: Bad music? I thought it sounded really, really good in all honesty.

My cousin used to have Maru's Mission, so I played it a couple of times back in the days, and I gotta say it's quite a competent platformer. Nothin to whine about, here, really.

So, as I understand it, this is no TAS?

So, my question is not going to be answered then?

So is this a sequel or more of a port? Are all levels new? None? Some?

"passed away yesterday (January 22, 2012) and has retired as Director"

He's passed away and retired? Was that really necessary to express?

@ Omega: Nice one. ^^

@ accc: Err, have you even played The Kore Gang?

"and exploration quickly becomes more of a joy than a reward"

Is this supposed to be a negative point? I don't get it. Wouldn't a reward just be a way of deriving joy from something, anyway? So getting joy out of it in the first place is better than it to be a reward...

Oh, so you're refering to an E-Book Reader? What a shame. I thought you meant this nifty piece of hardware, which is called e-Reader: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_e-Reader

To me this is by far the worst Metroid game, which isn't to say it's really bad. Just more like a 7/10 game and nowhere near a 9/10. It's just too easy and takes the player too much by the hand, resulting in not only a weaker experience, but also a drastically shorter play time than the other Metroid games.

The third game in the storyline? I thought it was the second game of the second trilogy.

Finally a Street Pass map! That's a great move right there. I always thought it was stupid not to be able to sort your Miiss by place at all.

@ Shock_Tart: And what do you think where he watched the trailer? He's probably talking about having watched it on the 3DS e-Shop on his 3DS in 3D, d'oh. Try thinking before flaming.

So, we're really expecting another VC game to eventually come our way?

It's not exactly inspired by Zuma or Puzzloop, but simply an exact clone of Luxor.

Pretty much all BlazBlue games have been released in Europe...
And luckily this has one gotten a European release date by now as well.

So, one of the big questions surrounding this release hasn't even been touched: What about the levels requiring you to make use of the iPhone's multi-touch display? Were those levels exchanged for others? Are all levels new? Did they just port every level? Have slight tweaks been made to those stages?

I had ALWAYS been wanting a sequel ever since its release and I liked it a lot more than the epitome of mediocrity that is Super Mario Sunshine.

@ Aqueous: Why should he? He was saying that nobody at Capcom (the famous developer) expected the game to become a success.

@ 1: And why exactly would Catrap be bad news?

@ 5: Not Yoshi's Cookie, Yoshi's Egg aka Yoshi aka Mario & Yoshi.

Terranigma
Edit: And most definitely NOT Chrono Trigger. Not even close.

Wait a second. Wasn't the original developed in the Netherlands?

@ 9: Metroid Fusion near perfection? Now THAT one was rather average, short, shellow and too easy.

Metroid Prime on the other hand is nothing short of a 10/10

I don't even care about the price when I say it's medicre AT BEST. The mechanics are utterly boring and the whole game simply isn't all that much fun.

I wouldn't give it anything more than a 5. So, yeah, more like "a game that will leave you burnt out".

How about a hug from Yamauchi? I'd imagine that to feel rather creepy. He always reminds me of that guy from Tales from the Crypt gone Yakuza.

@ theblackdragon: Argh, not one of those instances again where they confuse me with British English here on NL.

@ Retrogamer88: Guess what, with this you can import Xenoblade from Germany.

"What’s the German for deja-vu?"?

Shouldn't it either be "What’s German for deja-vu?" or "What’s the German word/term/phrase for deja-vu?"?

1-4 aren't just ports...they use the NES versions' bosses and enemies to create entirely new levels, which makes them absolutely worthwhile in my opinion. Lost Levels isn't regarded as a "port" of the original SMB to the NES, so why are these looked upon differently?

The first GB MM is actually kinda weak especially in comparison to the stellar sequels. It is rather bland, sometimes quite frustrating and it's shorter than the others.

And Trials HD of course. And actually, I fail to see what's unrealistic about the controls, except for the hook. Turning around your bike isn't unrealistic and leaning forward or back for balance is crucial in this kind of stunts (in real life). Never seen any footage of those contests where people use their bikes or motor bikes to cross obstacle courses high and low?
Seems to me like the review didn't only miss a lot of games that did the same thing before, but it also missed the real life activity and completely misinterpreted the controls therefore.

Are you serious? This launched with the eShop? I loved this back in my childhood and I can hardly believe it's been rereleased. Great stuff indeed!

@ SKTTR: I despise the Wii version's controls. I couldn't stand playing it for more than 5 minutes, despite having spent endless nights and days on the PSP version, so, yeah, I wouldn't want to see another terrible version (WiiWare) of this.

@ uel: That's exactly the one and only question I was looking for in this review, yet didn't see being adressed.