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"Is Sega really this desperate to save Sonic?"
Exactly. Even moreso, doing this wouldn't save Sonic, it'd hurt Mario.

@Raylax: "More teasing from our insider: Sonic levels will be in 'Green Hill Galaxy'. Matthew's nearly in tears (of despair)"

Latest tweet. If this is true, please shoot me.

I'd put every penny of mine on this being false. I love both Mario and Sonic but this just sounds ridiculous and it'd actually put me off buying the game.

My dad had this on the Game Gear and I loved it, so even though I don't play it much, I still had to get this. Still play it every so often.

Europe also gets a game only available in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Luxembourg:

"New English Training: Learn with Tempo - Starter Edition"
Genre: English course
Publisher: Nintendo
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Plenty of fun exercises help you pick up enough English to communicate in everyday situations. Speak out loud and master the basics in this edition for beginners!

Sounds like a cut-down version of the English Training game released a few years ago to me.

You watch, it'll all start again when we don't get a VC title next week.

I had to write about Twin Peaks for an English Language exam last year. I have come to loath the show.

Absolutely fantastic interview though. My favourite yet.

I was reading this in bed last night - bloody good review! This wasn't even on my list before but I might have to consider it now.

Mmm. Will be checking the ratings of recently-discontinued games on The Nintendo Channel later on.

Also, those box arts are... awful. Really, really awful.

YES. Please, lord, PLEASE let this be Luigi's Mansion 2.

Quite nice, actually. Though as with Mario Kart I doubt I'll use it.

@MarcusA - re your comment on Spain, it is the only country that has ruled as such. Every other country in the world that has been forced to make a ruling on R4 has ruled it illegal. Therefore your argument is flawed and invalid. Just because Spain deems it legal, other countries will not follow suit. Re your comment on Nintendo using the Homebrew Channel, this is why we constantly have analysts, developers and even people inside Nintendo telling us that what Nintendo Australia (not Nintendo as a whole) is doing is wrong and that this is one of many reasons that Nintendo is failing in Oceania.

Also, why is it just Nintendo that are apparently being "illegal" because of the fact that they say you can't develop for them legally without an SDK? The same applies to PlayStation, Xbox 360 and their downloadable services. The same applied to Dreamcast and every SEGA system before it. If you accuse Nintendo of being illegal in what they do, you accuse Microsoft, Sony and SEGA of the same, among others.

Excellent. More like this, please.

I didn't expect a successor until 2014 or 2015 anyway, but still, it's a shame that Wii can't do HD even with any sort of system update. The hardware just isn't powerful enough, not even for 720p. I have never been big on graphics - one of the least important aspects for me - but with HD becoming standard I don't want Nintendo to start lagging behind.

Happily, I just bought a DSi. I do like the DSi XL but it's not for me.

Okay, Bowser's Inside Story is my next purchase. I know I'm in the UK, but you just don't know how Nintendo's working at the moment...

I think this might be the case here in the UK too. I just checked GAME and they're out of stock - and, unlike with other games that are out of stock, there's no option to be informed when they get more stock in. Which I assume means they won't get more stock in.

Buying my copy. NOW.

This is just getting ridiculous now. Might as well give them top-of-the-range phones, TVs, jacuzzis etc.

Oh, wait! THEY ALREADY HAVE THEM! >.<

To be honest, the weeks we've been having over here recently, you lot CANNOT complain. You've been a damn sight more fortunate than we have.

I love SEGA for the fact that they still recognise the mature audience for Wii. I think the only company who can assure people that Wii has a mature audience, though, is Nintendo. Disaster: Day of Crisis was absolutely a step in the right direction, but they need to advertise the hell out of it, and do the same when (and they should) release it in the States. Hell, even the black Wii has helped - a few of my friends have picked it up now and have asked me for details about such titles as MadWorld and The House of the Dead. But all these games simply need much more exposure than they're getting.

Nintendo of Australia is poorly-run and has made some very shambolic decisions in the past. Control of the Nintendo subsidiary for Australasia needs to be taken over either by Nintendo of Europe (to keep it a PAL region) or Nintendo Company Ltd. (for convenience, since Japan is closeby).

Yes. It's a "family" gift. Because the "family" will be using it.

This is funny.

I thought, if this is a movie tie-in and it's from SEGA, there's no point me giving it any coverage on my own site. I'm now rather glad I made that decision. Still, you're right, kids who like the film will probably like this too, so SEGA will still make money out of it.

The first thing that comes to mind for me is "what goes up, must come down." Wii has been more successful than most other home consoles, if not all of them, and sooner or later the console itself will run aground. The games on it certainly won't, but eventually there will be so many Wii consoles out there that they just won't sell any more. If Wii HD does happen - which I personally doubt somewhat - I certainly won't be buying one, because I don't NEED my games in HD. It would be lovely if they were, but that's not on my list of requirements for a games console.

I think what some people need to remember is that this isn't one person saying "this deserves a 40." This is four people who, though might discuss the game itself, don't discuss the scores they're going to give it. It's feasible for all four people to say "this deserves 10 out of 10" because, frankly, it does. I'm actually surprised more games don't get 40s, though I'm sure there are some Craig Revel Horwood wannabes working for Famitsu who tend to be a bit harsher than others.

And I'm sorry, but there's no way in hell NSMB Wii is a 7/10.

Tenner says Nintendo's gonna release their own version of this if it's popular enough. Well, sorry, Nintendo, you're too late already.

Something I remember someone saying once - "whenever Nintendo worries its fans by trying to change something too much, the end result is more sensational than anything we could ever have expected."

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It's not offensive - it's more of a double entendre. Little'uns won't get it, old'uns will. And they shall smirk! Smirk, I tell you!

Natal is flawed. I know the Wii Remote is in some cases too, but if you're gonna use your body to do stuff like play football or table tennis or whatever, you might as well actually DO it rather than simulate it.

"New advance wars? Shweett"

Old Advance Wars, actually. Japan haven't had Days of Ruin (or Dark Conflict) yet, and this is it.

Japan has been getting a new Kirby game since 2006. It's always the same one too, Hoshi no Kirby or "Kirby of the Stars," which is always supposed to come out "this year" in Japan.

Thinking about it, I'd still be happy to get a DSi because of the fact that this is aimed at older gamers. Might get one of these for my Dad for his next birthday, though, he might enjoy it.

Any sign of matching MotionPlus devices? Nunchuks? I doubt it personally, but meh.

This was on my list until I read the IGN review. Totally back on the list now.

LostWinds? Seriously?! I NEED MORE WII POINTS

THIS IS NOT FAIR

I'm on holiday for two weeks until October 1 and I'm not gonna be back to put this on my website!

Unless it's not on October 1, but it was October 2 last year, so I expect it will be.

I'll try it. I get the feeling it'll be promptly deleted, though.

I want one! <3

Please, please tell me we're getting closer to Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for N64 on the VC!

I wasn't keen on Partners in Time - I had a lot of difficulty with the controls for four characters. If you leave it and pick it up again, it's almost impossible to get back into. I never played Superstar Saga, reckon I have to, but still very much looking forward to Bowser's Inside Story.

Well, it looks simples enough to play.

Bought two, Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Darkness, when they came out. Selling them. I couldn't be less excited if I tried!

On a related note, I often wonder if anyone actually has a horse called Nintendo.

I don't think this is too much of a problem. There are plenty of other titles on Wii and WiiWare, and there is already a massive catalogue on the Virtual Console - if I want a new game, I can go on the VC and pick one out to play. And, this might shock you, but I'm not the only person who can do that.

Assuming this is an actual response from Nintendo, that is.

Will be interesting to see how this is released in Europe, if it is at all.

Disney's Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse on SNES and Magical Tetris Challenge on N64. I know. I'm weird. But I like 'em!

I feel like I should say Mega Man just to help...

This is quite a first for the industry.

I absolutely adore this game. It can't come to VC soon enough.

I can see doctors and researchers using the Wii Vitality Sensor in conjunction with stuff like this.

If Aleksandr and Sergei aren't present, I'm not interested.

I might get battered for this, but I expected this, and I'm glad of it. Just because something's multiplayer doesn't mean it should have online multiplayer as part of the package: this is the sort of game where I'd much rather have my friends over to play it than have to play with them online.

So, yeah, whereas I don't think much to Miyamoto's reasoning, I definitely think he's made the right decision.