Andriasang is liveblogging the event (in English) if that will help anyone.

http://andriasang.com/con2fo/ndirect_live_blog/

@FonistofCruxis @battLeToaD
The European version only just came out; the patch was completed months ago. The PAL release had nunchuk controls at launch. It doesn't need to be updated.

@Matillion
Microforum are actually some sort of weird Canadian/Italian hybrid, but this one definitely seems to be going for a Japanese shooter feel; might have to try this one, after avoiding their previous titles.

A port is when you take the original code and you port it. Whatever definition you're using is made up, perhaps by you. Even if the WiiWare edition of Ghost Mania adds a bunch of features, odds are high it's originally built from the same codebase, and is, as they say, an "enhanced port". Which still has port in the name.

It can't be any worse than Taboo, right?

You know, I've been thinking about this game, and I agree that it's somewhat lacking in purpose, what with the whole "existence of pens and paper" thing to compete with, but I think all it really needs is Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support. Clearly, it was never going to be a must-have of any sort, but the virtual paper concept seems to lend itself more to online play than local.

I have friends abroad who I wouldn't mind being able to play a few "pen and paper" timewasting games with, and virtual means are the only way that could happen short of a few plane tickets--unless we just played tic-tac-toe reeeeeeeeaaaaally slowly by mail. If you already have a Wii and a friend in the room with you, this game is obsolete, but if your friend is on the other side of the planet, then some "hand-drawn" hangman isn't actually such a bad prospect.

A decent game, except for being boring and tedious? What exactly is it you think is important in a Breakout clone? That it looks nice? That it's bugged in a way which makes it fail to play music? That the gimmick feature is mostly irrelevant and usually unachievable?

The Breakout concept is incredibly simple, to the point where, barring some minor gimmicks, the vast majority of them have the same items, the same goals, even the same visual style. All that's left is the level design/progression, and if they're not fun, neither is the game.