While not the most visually impressive game ever made, it appears to me that it looks a little cleaner than in the first trailer last January.

The bird is really cute. The ability to ride that goat thing intrigues me as well. I wonder what the purpose to that is. Perhaps it will be similar to the roller blades shown earlier or the bike and the Running Shoes from earlier games. I wonder if it an HM move that works on land like Surf and Waterfall do in water.

Traded in my old Diamond and two other DS games so I could get Black for ten euros. Later replaced Diamond with Platinum to get my Sinnoh kick. Also picked up Black 2 earlier this year. I really love playing all these old games. Each has its own unique world and different characters, making each game a unique-yet-familiar experience.

There's a new evolution of Eevee that was revealed a few months ago called Sylveon. Perhaps it makes an appearance too.

BTW It's also for the old Black and White.

So they are going to release all those games all over again? Come on, man. Just put up the whole thing from the old Wii and voila!

Whoa! That's a lot of systems in one. I've been thinking about getting a console like this for a while, but I want to know more about compatibility issues. Apperently there are a few games that don't run properly on some of these clone consoles. But still, for less than $100,- you probably cant go wrong anyway.

This looks great. I still have the portable Game Boy edition.

What I still do noy get, though, is what happened with the other two nieces. There's only one of them and Huey, Dewey and Louie. And why did they replace Donald's role in the comics with that pilot dude?

Some say 2 is better, but if you like a good challenge, 3 is better.

Why doesn't the actual city look like it's made with lego.

I found Digimon to be the most shameless rip-off of Pokémon back in the day and I see no reason why it still wouldn't be so today. Digimon is an abomination in the eyes of Arceus.

Best of the old generation of DS systems. Better design and brighter screen than the old model, but still compatible with GBA games, something I prefer greatly over the unimpressive DSiWare catalog.

Why can't you just write your o's properly, America. All you English-speaking countries with your minor differences make it hard to learn English for the rest of us, so I'll just stick with the British standard as I was taught at school.

At least I'm glad I live in a country with its own language.

Damn fine game, but a ten? For that to be justified the weapons are too imbalanced. Once you have the Metal Blade, you can destroy half of all the bosses with relative ease.

The overworld doesn't look vert impressive at all but at least it is finally in 3D perspective rather than top-down. I absolutely love the battle screen with its cell-shaded Pokémon. I get a Paris vibe from that screenshot with the Eiffel Tower-looking building. Does that mean this game will be European-styled? That would be cool as I liked the Japanese vibe of Johto and Unova's North American looks.

I made it to the third level on Wii.

The fact that piracy was so widespread on DS was because of the fact that the first two models did not have any firmware updates, unlike the 3DS. With firmware updates you can simpy block flash card hardware. You are forced to buy a new one much more often, making it more of a hassle to use flash cards.

I still want to see the DS formula on a console.

Never played this one. I'll give this a download.

What did I just watch?

This is the most pointless piece of hardware.

Nice! I adore that game.

I don't care what the haters say, this game was great fun. I wouldn't probably have liked it as much if GameFaqs had not existed when I played it first, though.

The robot master stages are pretty easy, but I can't get past that yellow devil thing. (And, no, I can't seem to pull that trick off.)

Did anyone actually notice how Jynx is portrayed as purple in more recent media outings? The black version has been dropped because of the race controversy.

Put all Pokémon in it!

I found this game excellent until after finishing the main quest. After that it is pretty much like the first one. Still the best out of the two though.

They will become available and some point I think.

whatever happened to the phenomenon we call portability?

Black Betty in Raymanish! Awesome!

This must be it! Are we finally getting a date?

Let's play a guessing game. The one who gets closest to the number of days Nintendo pulls this down for copyright infringement, wins a 100 dollars.

I take this with a grain of salt. $250 would be a steal.

I am so excited for this.

If there was such a thing as September Fool's Day, I would not believe this.

Zombie queen?

I don't think it was ever sold here in Holland, but there is Nintendo Official Magazine, which is mostly focused on the UK. I can't find that over here anymore either.

I'm so curious about this game, but I'll guess we'll never see it over here.

Super Mario Land 2 is great. It's still feels more fresh and original than New Super Mario Bros. 2 could ever hope to be, judging from the trailers.

A level on the Moon, a LEGO level, a level in the belly of a whale. You don't see stuff like that in 2D Marios anymore. I only ever find any true innovation in the 3D instalments nowadays.

Guess I'll stick with retail games then. I don't have a credit card anyway, so to get the Nintendo Points I still need to buy them in a shop anyway.

Hm, looks too familiar to me. I'll go with 3D Land instead.

The geekness of that photo oozes out of my computer screen onto my keyboard.

Programming? No thank you.

God, this series needs some fresh ideas.

I dread the day I get to see the Circle Pad Pro XL.

Gongratulations James! I'm sure we'll keep seeing you in the forums and comment sections here at NL!

I ruined my old DS trying to replace its broken shell. After that failure I bought the DS Lite. The top screen of that system is failing as well, with dead pixels and all. I could just get a new screen for a low price, but I'm a little afraid to break my DS Lite as well. In the meantime, I bought a 3DS, but I like playing my GBA games in fabulous colours on DS Lite.

The reason why the old DS and DS Lite were so prone to piracy was because there were no firmware updates. The risk of bricking my system makes me refrain from using a Flash Card on 3DS, even if it is only for homebrew software.

In the mean time: 'Fun game, but what the hell are they saying?"