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@ShadowFox254 Yeah, I'm getting the bundle, too, but I figured that was goood enough to click the WWHD button on the vote.

@Pixel-Perfect I find your pop culture reference amusing.

The video on the eShop made this look really good; I'm glad I read this review before downloading.

@DarkKirby That was hilarious.

I've still got my cart of this, great game. Definitely a 9 in my book. I'm glad the review mentioned no nudge, but it seemed to excuse it, which I disagree with. I remember reading a review back in the day (in VG&CE I think, if anyone remembers that mag) that called it out for not having nudge. Not that it matters a whole lot to me personally, as I don't nudge often.

@Ryno That's good, it's always easier to avoid temptation when the option is no longer available.

When I was first playing this game a decade ago, amongst my roommates were a young family with a three or four year old. I had a TV in my room, but the GameCube was hooked up in the living room. Boy, did that boy love watching me play this . . . a bit too much. He really identified with Link, and would get quite rambunctious after I'd slayed a few Moblins and ChuChus, and it got to the point where his parents asked me not to do the action sequences while he was watching.

Fair enough, and we still had good times, him watching and me sailing around and doing various non sword-related things. He, too, never seemed to find the sailing boring.

This is the game that finally got me to purchase a Wii, just wish I didn't have to wait until Friday to pick it up. Is it bad that even though I pre-ordered the bundle, I still want to pre-order the physical game so I can nab that nifty Ganondorf figurine?

Took advantage of a couple of sales so it'll be mainly Mutant Mudds and Bit.Trip this weekend, but I'll probably squeeze in a little Fire Emblem: Awakening, Street Fighter IV 3D, and/or 999.

And of course, lots of not thinking about how long it's going to be before I can pick up my Wii U Zelda bundle next Saturday morning.

Although I do feel Nintendo should offer this as a free download across all their current platforms. They've made enough money on this title; it'd be a nice gesture of goodwill. If they want to charge for it, they can release enhanced versions.

A classic. My second favorite 2D Mario after Super Mario World.

Yes, I like it more than 3. Heresy, I know.

@mamp That had not occurred to me, but I'm glad it occurred to you and you said something. I can totally see Shantae as Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman's daughter.

No cricket? Really?

I'd be tempted to pick up Wario Land 3, but last winter before I got my 3DS I went on an online spending spree and picked up a bunch of old GB, GBC, and GBA games, all of the Wario Lands amongst them. (Well, I already had WL1, and unfortunately I didn't realize there were two versions of WL2 and I picked up the GBnotC version.)

Bit.Trip SAGA is pretty tempting, though. I've only got BEAT and RUNNER on my Wii.

I made my girlfriend download this on her iPhone; fun game.

Hmm, sounds trashy—yet intriguing.

Whoa, what a load of . . . something the mods will get mad at me for saying.

I'll have to try the demo. Not my favorite genre, but I've enjoyed the odd shmup on occasion.

I'm surprised no-one's complimented the awesome subtitle. 'Blasting makes me feel good,' indeed.

I didn't find the demo too impressive. What I'd really want is a 3D Classics version of the original Castlevania; unfortunately I don't think that's very likely.

If they pull a Code of Princess and temporarily put it down to twenty bucks, then I'll probably pick it up. Or better yet maybe I'll run across the cart for ten, fifteen dollars at a used game store.

Excellent. I walk by a Starbucks twice a day every day, going to and from work, so that means a guaranteed two hits every day.

I think Rockman is far superior to Megaman. Before I ever knew about the music thing, when I first heard he was originally Rockman in Japan it made so much more sense to me than "Mega." To me it made him the ninth themed robot master, where his special power was rock-solid dependability, whereas as "mega" isn't rally a theme, at least not along the same lines as wind or ice or . . . um, Pharaoh.

I never could figure out why stone would be weak against spikes.

I live in a not-too-terribly-large state capitol, so I get about 3 StreetPasses a week. So what I'm saying is, I don't technically need this, but it'd still be welcome.

If I do get this, I'll get it digital. Normally I'd prefer the cart, but for a ten-minutes-a-day, every day title, digital makes a lot of sense.

Well, I'll I guess I'll be picking this up sooner rather than later. Is MB:LL the original Japanese game, or the slightly easier remake from Super Mario All-Stars? Not that it matters, I want it either way

One of the best games of all time. Almost got in a bit of trouble over this back in the day, when the Etecoons were laughing at me at the bottom of the pit and I was getting frustrated not realizing the were trying to teach me something useful, and my parents were yelling for me not realizing I had an SNES and TV in my closet they didn't know about, and eventually I just had to start a new game because I'd saved down that pit that I couldn't get out of.

Now, though, there's very few gaming pleasures that beat scaling a sheer cliff face, because Super Metroid has one of the best wall jumps and you totally only need one wall.

So many memories, I think this is definitely my favorite LoZ. I was excited not just for the game, but because if you pre-ordered it you received a free GC disk that had OoT and OoT: Master Quest. I really wanted to play Master Quest, and I was freaking pissed when I got a letter from Nintendo stating that they had received too many pre-orders, and they wouldn't be able to give me that disk. There was a $20 check with the letter by way of apology. I didn't want $20, I wanted that disk! Then I walked into a Pre-Played a couple of days later and there was that disk, just sitting on the shelf, for 19.99. It's still the only game I've ever pre-ordered.

And after all that, I never did play Master Quest all that much. WW took all of my attention. The game was just gorgeous, I found the sailing to be relaxing and fun, and there was just so much to do. I was annoyed that they cut dungeons, it definitely didn't have enough, but I couldn't stay too annoyed at the game. I still haven't collected all the figurines but one of these days I will, wearing my favorite lobster shirt.

Yeah, that's another thing I really love about that game. I get bored with Link wearing nigh-identical costumes in every game, and every chance I have to put him in something else I'll take. When I get the red tunic in OoT I never take it off unless I need the blue tunic, and I really, really wished the magic armor in Twilight Princess only sucked rupees when you got hit, I'd have worn it all the time. That lobster shirt, though, that's some pimpin' threads right there.

I just got my XL 10 days ago so I've still got the 4GB, but it's filling up fast. I'm not planning on downloading anything I can get on a cart, but I'll probably snag myself at least a 32GB soon.

RIP Mr. Ebert. It was a punch in the gut to me when Gene Siskel passed away and no less with you. You will be missed.

Mr. Luigi, just so you know, whenever I play Mario World I always start up a two player game, give all Mario's extra lives to you, and then kill him off right away.

I recall back in the day I set out to record each of the endings on VHS, and I'm pretty sure I did. Wonder whatever happened to that tape.

Never heard of this before, bu it sounds really fun. I'll probably download it by the end of the week.

Oh my goodness this is so much better than the NES port. You can actually see what things are supposed to be. Turns out, those trolls aren't trying to take a dump on you . . .

And I'm not sure I agree that the shield is the worst weapon. While the range is horrible, the more shield-y aspects of the weapon are much appreciated in level 5 . . . which I still can't get past.

Do I recall seeing an article on this site about how well the game was selling at the end of the week it came out? I think a whole bunch of people like me bought it day one, then quickly warned any of their friends who were even slightly interested in the game about how horrible it was. I think my own word of mouth helped stop a few sales. Sorry Reggie, it's just a bad game. That simple.

Why do you guys even bother with a question for these contests? You should just have a Enter Contest button and be done with it. Anyone who needs to google the answer to this one is sorely lacking in geek cred.

@35&36: AFAIK the WiiWare version is the first official translation. I can understand being partial to the first version you were introduced to, but for me that's the WiiWare version, and every time he says Oh Yeah! it feels like Kool-Aid Man just showed up. I'll take Oh Yeah! any day.

@21: I'm pretty sure the AVGN at least commented on Wisdom Tree, I dunno if he devoted a whole episode to any one of the games.

Ah, the memories . . .that I'm trying to repress.

I only played this once for an hour or two, but I never got "sucked in' to it . . . all punning aside, if I ever see this going for five or ten bucks I'll probably pick it up and finish it.

I loved this game when it first came out. Picked it up again a couple of months ago when I went on a nostalgic spending spree for old GB games and now the flaws are more apparent, or I'm less willing to put up with them. Still, I never minded the map. Also, the box art for mine was much cooler.

Normally I'm quite happy with my DS Phat, but I really wouldn't mind the 3DS coming out soon so I could play this.

I never did go through my second and third playthroughs, I should do something about that.

Sorry Bass, I don't buy your arguments. I was insulted then when this first came out, and I'm still insulted. Of course, I didn't realize FFLegend II was supposed to be hard, as far as I can recall, that was the first RPG I ever played so to me that's normal for how difficult an RPG should be. When I finally got an SNES FFIV was already impossible to find, I read the reviews for MQ and said to myself F*** that, and waited impatiently for FFVI to come out.

Not very far into it yet, but I'm underwhelmed. It just doesn't feel like a Metroid game.

@21 Every train I've ever been on had plenty of outlets. Many a time I've plugged my DS into a train while I was traveling cross-country.

I've never sought out off-region games, but I will play these.

I always pronounced it zeebeez, and yeah, I don't think I'll stop now.

However, zehbess sounds a hella lot better than zeebs.

Well, I asked for 31 August off at work today. Haven't done that in a while. It'd better be a perfect Metroid experience.

This review has inspired me to dig out my cart and place it by my monitor, where it will taunt me mercilessly until in another week or so I will plug it into my SNES and let it kick my repeatedly again.

Man I love this game. I only wish I were any good at it. The button-input-lag issue just kills me. That and they really make you careful about conserving your blaster's battery. So atmospheric, and I'm a sucker for anything and everything rotoscoped.

@natendo & brooks83: I thought N64 carts used flash memory, not batteries. Or am I mistaken?

The Grinder? Are we getting a hoagie-themed game?

I think you people are missing the most important part of the review—the tagline. Chicken, that was a wonderful reference. As far as brick breakers go, they all put me to sleep.

Day-um, this review makes me wish I had a DSi. The 3DS will support DSiWare, right?