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Very nice. I may eventually give this game a shot.

@KaiserGX Sounds like I'll be picking this up instead of the first one then. Thanks for answering the question I was about to ask!

Also, thank you Nintendo Life for reviewing this game. Not many people have done this, if Metacritic is anything to go by.

Not one of the best games of its generation, but one of the most significant and influential from what I can tell. The level designs aren't all that inspired and the bosses are far less so, but the foundation was laid and the game left its mark.

Now, this game itself may not be a masterpiece of creative platform game design, but its first sequel is certainly up there. Really, Diddy's Kong Quest deserves all the praise that this game gets. I understand that this game is a little overrated, but anyone who claims that the whole series is is wrong.

Should be kept a secret instead.

Thanks to accidental spoilers, there was only been one character surprise for me and it wasn't a very good one.

Stranger things have happened than this game turning out good. Namely, this game turning out to be in any sort of development at all! Seriously, color me surprised. This game being released in the first place would be a greater surprise than it getting a review score greater than 2/10.

In other news, the sun rose this morning

Yeah, I was just gonna say.

@ReshiramZekrom ↓ It would surprise me if they sold.

This guy is still “doing” “this”?

A public figure owning a Wii U controller is definitely newsworthy, especially compared to some of the other things that get news articles on here. I mean, not many people own a Wii U controller.

I've woken up like that before… I'm pretty sure Penny Racers on N64 put me to sleep once when I was nine.

Great soundtrack, but not a great game. More 6/10 than 8/10. The controls are pretty awkward and the level design isn't excellent, but the game may be worth checking out for its strangeness and aforementioned soundtrack.

I want the next Mario Kart 8 DLC pack to have Batman in it so I can ride the Batpod from The Dark Knight. Hey, far more humiliating things have been done to Batman.

@Captain_Toad I'm tempted to just post a comment saying, “c1pher_c0mplet has gotten the message,” whenever a new comment comes in. That might alleviate things.

Nah, waste of server space. But so are all these redundant replies!

Good. Now I won't have to pester my sister next time I'm away from the U and Nintendo actually has a sale.

This game bores me often. Maybe I'm partially responsible for this, but the battles tend to repeat themselves. I guess that just means I'll have to change my badges around next time I pick up my save file.

The visuals are simple, but they convey atmosphere effectively. The music, while not usually great on its own (exceptions include Bowser's theme), contributes to this. I always wished the game did more with the paper aesthetic, but thankfully its sequels did just that. This is a good first effort.

@unrandomsam This game's Star Fox sequence is an example of variety, no?

@abbyhitter https://www.nintendolife.com/games?region=usa&sort=rating

@Sugar_Crunch_BD Just to let you know, before a mod edits it… you misspelled funded.

Edit: Ahhh never mind, too late.

It'll be about time once they get this up and running.

My siblings and I saw this in a store when it was contemporary, but my dad (rightfully) wouldn't buy it for us. We were too young. Now that I'm old enough, I'll likely never be able to play it (for a reasonable price).

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Ugh.

@WiiULoveSquid Yeah, that game actually looks pretty good. If it weren't so expensive I'd try to get a cartridge.

Finally, another old Castlevania game that people are willing to admit is not very good. Simon's Quest was getting lonely.

We've made some great progress today.

I just watched the trailer… It's Joust mixed with Kung Foot from Rayman Legends. Cool.

This sure looks like nothing nobody hasn't never seen before.

Finally, a “chronicle” game on the eShop. That genre is underpopulated.

If it has as much content as Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!, then it won't be the worst value for a WayForward game.

I like that title.

I at least hope the Smash-branded controllers work on GameCube.

“We don't want your crappy ports! Those are an insult!”

“Come on, not even a crappy port? Aren't you going to at least try?”

My choice isn't on the list…
…because I'm not anticipating any 3DS games! Not beyond Yeah, I might get that, at least.

This game was created so that it could have a sequel on Wii with Wii remote & nunchuck controls.

Hated how the music kept playing during cutscenes. It felt totally bland, cheesy, and out of place. The story still wouldn't have made sense of course, but that just bugged the heck out of me. I loved the voices that said, “Get Bonus!” and, “Game Over,” though.

Import is a genre?

This is great for those who can't get enough of that wonderful honeycomb extension jingle.

Hey, I didn't know I could get the Donkey Kong 64 soundtrack! Oh well, it's great in-game but I'm not sure it can stand alone as buying material.

I think I read that this game has an opening cutscene that only plays when you start up the cartridge the first time, and there is no way to get it to play again. At all.

@ghasfarost No notice is given.

I wish they could release the arcade originals in some way. When I played "Luigi Bros." in Super Mario 3D World it was such a letdown. But oh well.

Now is probably the cheapest Tropical Freeze will be in the Wii U's lifespan. ♥︎

The word “iconic” is thrown around so much…

So very lazy. You can't just drop a bunch of jpegs on some photos and call it a hidden object game.

Oh, but some of the jpegs are translucent so they _bl^en_d iⁿ! Spooky!

Working 9 to 5 in a Fantasy Life will be an ongoing series here on Nintendo Life where I spend a full working day playing one of the Lives

I clicked this article to see if this was the case. Sheesh, that many consecutive hours on one game? Must be maddening. I hope your hourly wage is high.

It's by no means the best title in the series

If we're talking about just the original series (no suffixes), then I beg to differ. I haven't played 9 and 10, but if 2 and 3 are in the running, then so is this.

This happened to my brother's 3DS long before this game. He blames Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon primarily. (I wouldn't be surprised if Kid Icarus: Uprising had a hand in it too.)

Anyway, I've been worrying about breaking my circle pad on this game since it was announced. So many GameCube joysticks in my household got worn out during Melee. No Wii joysticks wore out playing Brawl though! Except maybe for one that I think could be showing its age.

@GreatPlayer Oh yeah, I agree. But I've played it a lot on Sonic Adventure DX, whereas I never got very far into Sonic 2 because I could almost never beat the first boss.

Cool! There's just no reason for this to be filed under Wii U or for the Wii U to be mentioned in the headline

I'm disappointed that only one Sonic game went on sale. I would've liked to get Game Gear Sonic 2, even though $3.50 would still be a high price for it.

Huh, Bit Boy‼︎ ARCADE. I may get that if not enough games in the Super Smashing Sale interest me.

Whoa.

I've known of this series since the release of the first game, and only just this minute did I find out it's not called "Rabi Lady."

You all needed to know that.

@Drobotic This and the Game Boy video repost are part of the series "Commenters Overreact"

I for one am glad that the score was not inflated to reflect the game's name. I don't see much personal bias in this review at all; if there were any, the score would likely be higher on the basis of Zero's inclusion as a playable character. I mean, that's pretty cool. Anyway, the game really does have notable issues in many aspects of its design. 5/10 does not refer to a bad game anyway, not on this site.

During the time that I played some of this game's levels, I was wondering whether or not I was playing a finished game. For a game that does so little new, it's quite a departure from its excellent predecessors.

This was pretty much my experience. Playing as Zero in the intro stage was cool, but from then on it was just reused enemies and bland, dark music. Flashes of creativity in the level designs were rare.

I was like, “Ooh, Adventure Island!” for a second, then I read, “Wii U eShop.”

I want that game in some form on my 3DS. Revenge of Drancon would fully justify another wave of Game Gear titles. Oh well, there are other platformers available.