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It can be tough sometimes even when you live in a decent-sized US city. I will, however, be taking a trip to NYC soon, and I'm carrying my 3DS around with me EVERYWHERE.

Will the 3DS version have DLC? I think I'd rather have it for that, but not being able to get new tables is a deal-breaker.

Bad idea.

eShop version of the 8-bit game would be FTW.

It would be nice to have the bigger screens, but that thing just looks cartoony. Good luck carrying it around in your pocket.

The only thing that has kept me from donating is not knowing whether this game is indeed coming to the 3DS. And, past that, whether there will be DLC.

I played the LEGO Batman demo last night. It's an entire level! Easily a30-40 minutes of gameplay. Really, really well done.

This is like a cross between Pikmin and de Blob. Or in other words, insta-buy for me.

Pack-in or no dice.

@Wheels2050: For what it's worth, Nintendo Power gave it a 9.0.

Makes me wonder why I have so much trouble finding StreetPass tags...

Nobody told me this was open world! Rad.

It's worth buying the game just on principle. I wish more companies took this much pride in their downloadable games.

@Fuzzy Amen. Black is the new black.

Good idea, bad execution.

I really don't understand why anyone would be buying a Wii now, let alone buying it just because of MP9. Still, glad to see the sales bump.

"The needs of society shall be determined by the choices to be made by the consumers."
Then don't be surprised when no one buys your horribly priced download games.

I think there are some legitimate criticisms to be made about WiiWare, but it also sounds like Beamdog half-a**ed the game. You can do QA in house before submitting the game. You can put together marketing efforts on your own to boost sales. WiiWare isn't code for "make a game and then expect Nintendo to do all the work."

I don't remember World of Goo having any sales problems. Maybe Beamdog should have made a good game and taken pride in it instead of porting something from 1997.

Looks pretty good, but I've never liked the two-tone effect where the area around the top screen is still black. That's why I love my Cosmo Black.

If the price for the digital version is going to be the same, I don't really see the benefit. A game card can be lent to friends/family, or resold once you're done with the game—plus there's always a psychological benefit to purchasing a tangible object. The only reason I'd buy a digital game over a physical one is price—Nintendo's fooling themselves if they think there's any other legitimate selling point.

Good looking slate this week. Can't go wrong with Chrono Trigger, and I think Ghostly Groove is going to surprise some people.

What's with the circular playing field? It looks like they're trying to make BurgerTime into a platformer, and I don't think it's going to go well. Was there some giant outcry to make the game different?

Here's hoping that Nintendo can convince Disney to release some VC games. I'd love to give Mickey Mousecapade a spin now that I'm older and don't suck at platformers.

What's up with that chick's forehead in the picture? More like Slightly Deformed Poker.

I've gotta think that the iPhone/Wii comment doesn't represent the company correctly. The fact of the matter is that TT screwed the pooch on MI Episode 1. I understand the WiiWare file size limit, but there have been too many successful complex games (Goo, LostWinds, My Life, Onslaught) to lay this only at Nintendo's feet.

Hopefully all the negative press and fan reactions will prompt TT to step their game up and fix the problems in time for Episode 2.

You might want to re-review this game. Although the game is exactly the same as the PC version, it's not an 8 on WW...Choppy graphics, music, and constant loading knock this down a couple pegs...I'd say the polish is worse than StrongBad.

Definitely need a DK game...DK 64 was one of the best games for that system...it needs a good sequel.

Cammie's E3 debacle probably soured a lot of people on what turned out to be a great game (Shaun White Snowboarding). Oh, that and the fact that Mr. White looks homeless half the time.

For a studio their size, you can't expect every game to be a winner (especially since I bet they're putting a lot into the Conduit). I agree that the Conduit should be a standout game, but don't sleep on Animales de la Muerte. If that game lives up to the videos I've been seeing, we may have another huge WiiWare hit on our hands.

How about some love for de Blob? It just won about 3 or 4 of IGN's year-end Wii awards (including best platformer, over Mega Man 9). It's a beautiful game that takes a hardcore gamer to master, and it's got enough achievements to keep you playing for hours (try a 70-minute level about three times just to get everything).

I'm not knocking Brawl; it's a good game if you like games you're already good at. But after awhile, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was playing the N64 version with a new coat of paint. Fun game, lots of great characters, great visuals and music, but it's just more of the same if you play it long enough.

Metacritic proves what I've been saying for awhile. de Blob is the Zach and Wiki of '08. Best game nobody's playing.