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"To be continued..."

I can't wait for the second part of the Mario Golf Review Saga. Until then, wow, I may just buy this. I had no idea that the single-player had so much stuff (challenges? shop? unlockables?) and if the online is compelling then this will be my first ever Mario Golf game. Gonna have to get the demo as soon as I get home from class today!

@HylianJowi All hail the Virtual Boy!

Personally, I don't support gay marriage, although I'm not about to join a crowd or anything. But that's just that. I don't support it, same as I don't support rampant alcoholism or smoking cigarettes (although that last one is more about health than anything.) I don't hate people because of it, I just don't support it.

Call me a bigot if you must, but I'm more concerned about following my own convictions than I am worried about offending people. And I should hope you're the same way.

Personally, I think Nintendo made the right choice. As stated earlier, it's not like gay marriage is legal everywhere, so keeping it out of the game means that there's no problem with local laws. On top of that, they'd either just not have to give a couple any children, or set up some way to adopt instead. And of course, this is a Japanese game, so it has no reason to purposely have something to fit America's current political debates.

I was kind of disappointed with how short it is even if you do search for the extras (I found three heart containers and the gold rupee, anyway) but it was definitely a fun little romp with the Zelda world as Sonic. Nintendo needs to do stuff like this more often.

Well, I certainly had some good times with Luigi things this year, so I'm kind of sad to see it off, even though Luigi has one last hoorah coming in the form of the Luigi game in NES Remix 2. Still though, good job Luigi. It's been a good year.

Now, a month ago I predicted a Direct for today with one last Luigi surprise and then a look ahead to the next year. Please prove me right Nintendo!

@ThomasBW84 Haha, we've all been there before. Looking back at my comment, it was kind of condensing. Sorry about that. Cheers to some MAR10 celebration and (calling it now) a Direct announcement tomorrow!

How do you guys not know the real reason for this?

It's March 10.

MAR10.

That's all there is to it.

Man, with all of this maintence and the new Yoshi coming out on the 14th, I'm starting to wonder if a Direct is coming. A last second Direct to build some Yoshi hype makes sense, and hopefully there's something to announce related to all of this downtime as well.

@TruenoGT I'm so hyped right now, man! You spoke of exactly what I want and think the system needs RIGHT NOW. Every day. Praise Shrek.

I got this game over the Steam Winter sale and it was dang phenomenal. I'll definitely double-dip if there's enough reason too...or heck, maybe I will just for the sake of having it on the Wii U with Miiverse!

I loved it. The "memes" were hilarious and the comment about dying in a game being "lack of skill" was as awesome as you'd expect from a cranky old guy. Nintendo really did great with this one.

I was thinking the other day about how cool an update or sequel with these new games would be, so I'm pumped to see it. Hopefully we see a discount for those who already own NES Remix though, that'd be cool.

@t1redmonkey Plz Nintendo plz. Reggiwata for Valentine's.

Oh, also, a guy from Next Level Games tweeted about it. So...get hype yo.

Sorry, my dear Chemistry professor. But I've got somewhere else to be at 4 P.M. tomorrow, and it's no where near your classroom.

@lividd3ad And so it begins...

Why do these releases seem to get worse and worse? NICOLE, Y?

I'm honestly just hoping for GBA VC to come soon. All this "moving out" stuff over the past semester has made me have a serious itch for the good old days. Sonic Advance, Megaman Zero, Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland, Megaman Battle Network...Nintendo, take my dollars.

Man, I remember playing this all the time as a kid. Hopefully NA sees it to, but you EU folks enjoy it!

Two things.

First, that totally had me pumped for a new Air Ride. My brothers and I still play the original when we meet up.

Second, @Of-Folsense, if Layton gets in then this will be the best video game ever made. Ever.

Hm, as much as I like SMB3, I think it's kind of silly that's their big release. Oh well, NES remix is phenomenal so that's awesome!

Just completely modernized my old profile to fit the current news. Now no one will know it's me, Georgethecow, in a new disguise...

also gbavc plz ninten thx <3

This is AWESOME, I re-bought KI:U in hype for Miiverse. I don't know why I sold it, it's such a good game. Anyway, just bring on the PMD and PM:SS communities and I'll be set.

also GBA VC at the direct tomorrow nintendo plz thx

Don't get me wrong, that was hilarious, but how in the world did NINTENDO choose for that one to win? Crazy stuff.

@Guybrush20X6

So we're already debating society's hot topics from several angles, and you want me to take this burden on as well? Dang it man, I can't handle all this pressure.

Seriously though, I completely forgot to check up on that. I'm gonna go see what the final three look like right now. And by right now, I mean in a few seconds because I can't type this message and look at that at the same time.

@Guybrush20X6

Yes, I'm aware that as it stands she's only in a select few sections. My point was that it would be no work at all to make her playable in all of the game, assuming that she plays as basically a recolor of Beck. If all that people wanted was a female character, it's easy enough to do that. Way easier than completely re-designing the main character.

That being said, I have no problem with the woman being on the game's staff. No point lying, I do disagree with her on a lot of points. But I don't let that get in the way. So long as she doesn't have to inject her political beliefs into the game, I won't either. She'll help make it, I'll buy it (well, I already backed it, but you get the point).

@Yorumi

Oh wow, really? I wasn't aware of that. Well, snap. Again, I have no problem with them making Call playable for all stages, or something to that effect, but I can understand the problem with having a lying person there. I'm gonna be honest, even if someone has the same views as I do, I'm never going to support them if they lie about things.

So in this case, yeah, I hope that she doesn't have much influence if she really is lying. I didn't back this game to have someone potentially trying to change the details on me.

Also, while I was typing this, @Guybrush20X6's comment popped up. Best profile picture ever. I'm still waiting on Level 10 of that game...it's only been what, 8 or 9 years now?

Ok, so I started reading through a few other comments. Does she actually pose a threat to the game's design or are people just over-reacting? I strongly disagree that Beck should become female. We already have a female character, Call. Now, if they make it so that you can play as either Beck or Call for the whole game, that would be pretty cool.

So I read the first couple dozen posts and then had to stop reading. This is just dumb. Who cares if she's for or against LGBT rights? Who cares if she's a feminist or not? I may have views that strongly disagree with her's, and I may have views that are the same as her's. Why is that worth arguing about? You're not going to make someone pro- or anti-LGBT (or feminism, or whatever else) over the Internet, so can't we just have an excited talk about the game?

I love MiiVerse, it's fun to post and share progress throughout different games. That being said, it'd be really nice if they'd just get those older 3DS game communities out. I re-bought Kid Icarus in excitement for MiiVerse and I'm not opening it till it gets a community. I saw they updated Japan with some more, so hopefully America and Europe can get that same treatment by week's end.

@Olmectron

Yeah, you bring up a good point, but hopefully it does come. Thanks for the reply though, I wasn't sure if they had put out official word yet or not, but it seems not. Still though, hopefully we'll know quite soon. Maybe Reggie will bring it up on Saturday....nah.

It's happening! Hopefully we see MiiVerse on 3DS out of this. Right now I don't think we have enough information to go either way, so I'm just going to sit here and hope that it does come.

Have they said anything about which games will have communities? I've been waiting to play Kirby & The Amazing Mirror again and figured I'd wait til MiiVerse comes, but if it doesn't have a community then that kind of ruins the point.

In the Pikmin one...

Dat Reggie fish

Welp, time for another Earthbound playthrough. Thanks for posting this, stuff like this is just...enriching to hear.

Here's what I'm guessing, which I feel is fairly realistic:

LoZ: LBW
Professor Layton & The Azran Legacy
MAYBE PLvAA
Mario Party: Island Tour
Bravely Default
A couple of new announcements for next year
A sizzle reel of upcoming 3DSWare games
3DS System Update info
And maybe, maybe, GBA VC for Wii U as a end of Direct surprise (I mean really, how many Directs haven't had a surprise at the end?)

Anyway, my point is that I really only expect info on announced 3DS games (gee, I wonder why?) and then update info and maybe a surprise at the end. 35 minutes, tops.

Man, this was three whole years ago! The game was certainly great, I think.

Man, you guys get some pretty crappy comments on your articles from time to time. I thought it was a pretty funny read, myself.

@NlmH

It definitely is. This game gives you tutorial after tutorial about the game's mechanics, so you'll definitely be good to go. I would definitely pick this one up if I were you,or if you were looking to save money, RF3 is amazing as well.

Oh my gosh, I haven't laughed so much reading an article here since the Mega Man X Miiverse one. You guys rock!

Man, that awkward moment when you're about to go to sleep giddy about this and then...government shutdown. I know it's not gonna be a big deal, but that's certainly not something you see every day.

I agree, beyond any shadow of doubt, this is it. 20 minutes left, and I have an Organic Chemistry quiz to finish. Hopefully I can get it done in time! Cause if not then, well...it can forget about being finished.

@hwrose379 Go for it, bro. It jumped to 33 minutes remaining. I am absolutely staying off GameFAQs and avoiding spoilers for what it is, but hour long updates don't just happen randomly.

@hwrose379 Yep, I went into the system settings and manually got it going. 48 minutes left.

My system is updating right now. No idea what it could do, of course, but my Wii U is estimating an hour long download so it's probably big.

I understand where you guys are coming from, but remember that 3DS Direct that had some Wii U info? Or the Wii Fit Direct that showed Wii Sports Club? It wouldn't be the first time they showed something that wasn't mentioned in the press release.

That said, if I'm wrong and you two are right then I will be forced to eat crow. Literally, perhaps.

I honestly don't understand why people think the update won't be mentioned. I've got no idea what to expect game-wise, but I have absolutely no doubt that the update for Wii U will be mentioned.

Articles like this are exactly why I read this site over all others. Thanks a ton for this article, I fully agree with it. I'm 18 and only a Junior in college, but man, I'm not about to play this kind of stuff. Maybe I'm a bit too in to my games or something, but this is about more than just pixels to me. I'd never pull the crap in real life that these characters do, so why would I enjoy playing it? It's like a show of what's in your heart.

@ThomasBW84 Oh, haha, okay then! Not gonna lie, that's actually pretty great because I'm looking forward to hearing about that one!

Am I the only one interested by this "EMBARGOED" title? Probably nothing to be excited about, but I wonder Tom could be writing a review for considering that he can't even talk about it.

Surely there's no surprise release of PW:AA DD coming out.