It's not that hard, I've beaten it a few times on one credit. Never one-lifed it mind you...

Having recently bought a Wii cleaning kit to help my poorly Wii (it worked, my double layer games now play again!), I suspect I will get this in time should I purchase a WiiU...

This is what you get when you take manuals out of game boxes, making kids think that they only exist in-game as tutorials and hint screens. I guess none of them ventured to check the virtual manual for the game?

That does look really nice

@Chriiis - my hope, which I alluded to, is that the value will come down so I don't have to spend silly money to get a physical copy of it

Hopefully will bring down the value of an actual cartridge... hopefully

I won't mention the handheld comment as enough people have already done so...
In relation to the home console releases, in my eyes they've gotten better with every iteration. F-Zero GX is one of the greatest racers of all time, and in relation to why there hasn't been another version since, as someone also commented, I'm not quite sure how they could make it better. Sega's AV team blew the barrier sky high with their attention to detail and brilliance. Sure, the story mode is a little impossible at times, but this isn't a game for wimps and whiners heh.

I enjoyed it back at the time, I think I gave it 7/10 as a review score. The only real problem, as noted, is that it's a bit short.

Woot... now let's hope for a Western release. The SFC version is ace (and a little valuable sadly).

Yesh, the best console ever released

@Red_Kinetic - GameBoy only had one Zelda game too.

Oh yay, another FPS...

The story plotline itself isn't majorly original, but combined with the context of videogames and actively able to do some things that only that medium would allow story wise, then it comes off as putting a new twist into proceedings. And despite being Disney, it isn't completely predictable either. I really enjoyed it.

Ah, Portnoyd put these up, goodly good

Rather drastic, but that's how Japanese business can operate. He shouldn't go though imo.

Yeah, I suspect the silhouette at the end is the new prosecutor...

When I first saw Wipeout way back then, I thought it had been inspired by Powerdrome. Looks like Damien and me remember it heh...

And everyone keeps forgetting that the US prices are without sales tax (the same as UK VAT), and the tax in the US is less than half the tax levelled in Europe on sold items (usually running 6-8%).

After buying the gold nunchuk I don't have enough left... typical! eBay it will be probably...

The classic sections without the FLUDD were never the issue, I don't know why people complained they were too hard, because they weren't. Some of the shines with Yoshi were FAR more frustrating and anger inducing than any of the classic section. And I definitely agree with RupeeClock about the filler nature of the blue coins...

The scene in the barn with the pitchfork, and Gregg the Grim Reaper are classic. His reaction to finding catfish exist is hilarious.

Blimey, I'm everywhere today it seems, even featured on this site heh...

And that's the majority issue. Clueless, ignorant parents will still buy 18 rated games for their underage kids regardless of any rating enforcement. And we'll still get to hear their prepubescent whining over Xbox Live...

And the eBay selling begins by someone, opening price... 50 Euros each...

As noted already, I certainly would have taken these if they'd be offered as the Platinum gift for Club Nintendo in the US! (I have a US Wii and DS, hence I get US games mostly)

Congrats James

Now see if you can subvert them from the inside heh... I hope it all works out for you.

As already stated, you get ALL THREE POSTERS! Still deciding here... but yeah, the prizes aren't as good as I was hoping. I was hoping for either the gold nunchuk or classic controller.

Definitely worth playing, and back in the day I went through the game three times to get all the cutscenes and the extra ending. By the third play through, it was running on auto almost, and it was like I was one with the game to know what to do to beat everything. Still wasn't easy though heh.

I guess this means a new Circle Pad Pro interface too... but seeing as I haven't got around to buying a 3DS yet, this might be the start. Until there's another revision...

The fake arcade game has elements of Donkey Kong, Rampage and Zoo Keeper to it. But yes, I saw the trailer and after much about what I'd heard on the film, I think it looks more promising now.

Black shows up fingerprints a lot more easily. I have a black Cube, but I stuck with the white Wii as I liked it. I imagine I'll probably plump for a white Wii U as well.

"Yes, this is dog"

Hah, hah

Did always like this when we had a Game Gear. Completed it a few times.

@Jamouse - Skies of Arcadia on the Cube did get a reprint in the US too, which is why a few years back, it was quite easy to suddenly find copies in Gamestop.

Despite the reviews, it must have proven popular at the time as well; as far as I know, the US Cube release was reprinted at some point too.

BlackDragon is correct in what he says regarding making backups and legally being able to use them on cartridges such as this. Proving you haven't made the backup and instead just downloaded a ROM would be rather tricky to prove, so no one really bothers monitoring that, they just go after the whole ROM sites in general.

Physical releases won't go away until publishers understand that people like holding items that are tangible; broadband infrastructure can support nationwide downloading on the gigabyte scale; and change their pricing model to understand that a lot of people trade-in or sell games to afford the next one.

I've met and played against Sami... he is damn good, that's all you need to know

When I saw the headline, I'm hoping it's Sumo or Criterion heh...

Corbs is even older than me then, and I thought I was getting on a bit heh... but I recall a Atari 2600 related Christmas, before the crash, before we then switched to a Commodore 64...

@DarkCoolEdge - actually no, it isn't just restricted to Skyward Sword. Other big titles from this period have been reduced to 20 or 25 quid already, including Saint's Row 3, Skyrim, Batman Arkham City, and Assassin's Creed Rev. Guess the downward economy and end of year competition is reducing things quicker than usual.

@RJEJR - I had the same thought when seeing it, you can't tell the year the surveys expire now. I suspect this is deliberate, as people were eeking out the surveys to boost their coins to still make platinum status (I know I had to for the year just gone). Thankfully I still have a good idea which ones expire in 2012, as I think most of mine were 2014 or later.

A few people I know in the US spotted this game and didn't really know too much about it, so I pointed them to the review. Might get a few more sales now...

Two important questions: will the ability to unlock kart parts essentially lead to everyone building the same "uber kart" in time, or do they not overpower the game that much? And secondly, can you snake in the game, which essentially divided MKDS into the "cans" and "cannots" for competitive racing?

I always liked the GC incarnation of Mario Golf compared to the N64 version, I felt they were about equal. Unlike Mario Tennis, where the N64 version easily triumphs the GC version, I really never enjoyed the update.

@lz20XX - I presume you should hope they are more like the London audience then heh... we were mostly quiet during the performances

I guess they were holding out in the US until the fourth game was released, as the film is set just after this point in the timeline. We didn't have any such qualms here heh... //pats the three disc Special Edition on his shelf

Pikmin was one of those skill building games in the old school style, where if you were not good enough, you would have to start again from the beginning. I recall people whinging at the time about the 30 day limit because they figured they should be able to eventually complete the game properly the first time they attempted it. No such luck. You needed to understand the environment, how each Pikmin operated, and the best "army" to take forward for each confrontation. Just hope that a third game in the series is in the making for the Wii U...

Someone in the crowd shouted out "you're gorgeous" about halfway through her last presentation, which made her giggle and go red a bit. Guess it was handy that her dad was honeymooning in Paris currently (Robin got married on Sunday) heh...

@Ren - The recorded LA concert was nothing like how it was in London last night... we applauded before and after each performance, but the entire crowd was pretty much silent during them. Guess we're a bit more controlled heh.

@Omarzuqo - There were only a handful of cosplayers, probably 20-25 in total compared to the thousands who attended.

Streetpasses were all over the place apparently. I spoke to a couple of guys who had come from Sweden during the interval, and one of them said he'd already gotten over 100 at the event.