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MotoHeroz looks like an insta-buy to me. I loved Trials HD on x360 and DrawRace 2 on the iPad. Can RedLynx ever disappoint?

@timp29 yeah I'm still around, busy as ever behind the scenes. Prepare for my triumphant return to reviewing when Shinobi 3DS comes out!

Gargoyle's Quest is one of my favourite GB games, this is definitely worth buying. It's gonna be even better with the 3DS suspend save so you don't have to write those troublesome passwords down

As a big-time Ikaruga fan I was wondering how this one would turn out. Sounds pretty solid, I'll take a punt on this if it makes its way to the UK soon.

Good job on the review Corbinator

Great review Phil. I'm not familar with this one from back in the days, but the premise does sound intriguing indeed.

I love it when Virtual Console throws up a hidden gem such as this

@B4SDR4G - I heard that eShop cards are already on sale in Ireland so I guess it's only a matter of time until the rest of Europe gets them too

This really does look like it's going to be amazing, kudos to Nintendo for going all out on this one and not just taking the easy way out and rereleasing Mario 64 on 3DS (which they totally should do of course!)

@cheetahman91 it looks like you got your wish! Super E.D.F. Earth Defense Force is now in the US store!

@ZueriHB good choices there, I'd quite like Ice Climber myself

Great review @ThomasBW84 - with a game as legendary as this it's hard to know where to start! You've done a great job in summing it up so well.

Credit to Grezzo and Nintendo for ensuring that Link's transition to the 3DS was as smooth as possible. Zelda fans deserve no less

Sign me up, I'm looking forward to getting acquainted with the ninja skills of Jiro!

@pixelman you make a good point. Who knows it could be a brand new game inspired from the classics, or a compilation. This trailer isn't really telling us anything!

Time will tell eh?

I'm most excited about Shinobi of course!

Best news ever, I hope it's true!

Also please make it 2.5D, not like the horrible PS2 game

When you view the customer reviews in date order it's actually quite shocking.

2008 - 2 reviews (both 5 stars)
2009 - 2 reviews (both 5 stars)
2010 - 2 reviews (both 5 stars)

Then 3rd May 2011 then fun starts, right after Joystiq's review went live!

"I had more fun reading the directions on a bottle of aspirin I had to take after going trough this below fan-fiction garbage Mr. Murdock calls a book"

No doubt this must be from someone at HVS. Then between the 19th and the 21st the trolling just gets really silly.

This whole thing has really blown up in HVS' face as it's drawn attention to the most negative review of Conduit 2 AND directed people to the author's 5 start rated book.

Maybe they should hire Max Clifford to do their PR from now on

@shinesprite I didn't notice any choppy framerate, blurriness or dodgy looking textures in the 3DS version of the game. It looks great, better than the VC version even.

@Corbs I don't like to steal James' limelight, besides he never offers to take a photo of me in return

It was a fun event last night, there's no doubt that OoT looks great on the 3DS. The subtle 3D effects really do bring Hyrule to life.

The contrast between the crisp visuals was particularly striking after playing the N64 original on the old battered CRTs

Now this is more like it. VC is back baby!

I have to say that Pilotwings Resort has been my favourite launch 3DS game. The depth of 3D effect is brilliant and I just find myself going back to this game time and time again to unlock everything.

I'm tempted to check out Ghost Recon this weekend. That does look superb!

@Mange I think the answer to that one is self-explanatory!

@warioswoods I must be terrible at Pilotwings then, I've clocked up over 8 hours so far and still have a loonnnng way to go to 3 star all of the challenges!

Great work guys, that was a really informative podcast. Bring on the 3DS!

@JamieO - Not a bad deal bricks and mortar buying at all.

I ordered mine thru Tescos website for £197, but you could add any game for £10 so it's cost me £207. Still for the convenience of buying in store I'd be happy to pay a couple more quid. Bargain!

Thanks for the review Corbie, the island flyover minigame in Wii Sports Resort is a big hit in my household... so I'm sure this will be a great purchase for me.

It's always nice to have a chilled-out score attack game on a handheld I think

The SoR2 soundtrack is so awesome, Yuzo Koshiro is the man!

A FREE taxi ride home you say? I'm gonna start queueing now!

Good thiings come to those who wait eh?

That sounds like a great piece of experience at any price!

@ballkirby1 I think it means earth as in soil, not the planet Earth!

@PALgamer haha that's funny coming from you

450 entries now, you've got a 1 in 150 chance of winning!

377 entries! wowzers

Hey I can't help it if devs start making good games. I promise some turds will come along soon. Fireplacing: The Revenge!

Brilliant... I love the reference to Cat Bin Lady!

My favourite Nintendo moment was finally getting hands-on with the 3DS back in July. The 3D effect works brilliantly and I can't wait to get my hands on one at launch during 2011. Simply amazing!

My second favourite moment was taking this imfamous photo on my iPhone!

@grenworthshero is this you by any chance?

You have sunk my battleship!

This is really cool, all my favourite indies joining together to spread the Xmas cheer! Top stuff guys

@LuWiiGi we actually pay Chicken B 4x what the other reviewers get to compensate for all this

What's 4x zero again?

@shinesprite this was Chicken's punishment for getting to review the delightful Airport Mania last week

Another classic appraisal from Chicken B! A pleasure to read as always

"The nature of our upcoming review will be irrepressible" - genius!

Wow this looks totally tropical

@cyrus_zuo congratulations on producing a great game! You must have almost had an heart-attack when you clicked the link to the review and saw "by Philip J Reed" at the top eh?

Epic Yarn eh? More like Epic Fail... I can't wait THAT long for a game rated 10/10 by teh Corbinator!

Great news, yay for Europe and our friends down under!

I love MJ's glove - it's so BAD!

Scratch that one off my preorder list then! What a load of rubbish!!

I can understand the old line 'we just give you the games as they always were' on Virtual Console (kinda!), but this takes the biscuit really. Why couldn't Nintendo have offered a proper remastered Mario collection for Europe? You'd expect a retail disc release to offer more than a few unchanged roms burnt on to a disc!

This is amazing, move over Jedward!

Wow 20 years already! I remember my best mate at school ordering a Japanese import from one of the ads in the back of Mean Machines mag for about £400 when we should have been revising for our exams!

Great times, I remember playing early games such as Final Fight and Caveman Ninja and marvelling at how close they were to the arcades.

Thanks for the article Corbie, it was great to read your SFC experience.

Happy 20th birthday Super Famicom!!

@ChickenB - brilliant!