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@Ernest_The_Crab You're actually supposed to move on and come back later with a boulder chasing you to have it destroy the rocks, but the way the game has been programmed is that anything that is not on-screen doesn't really "exist". They also specifically programmed stuff to not appear out of thin air, so what you can do there is move just far enough away for a block to disappear, and then immediately move back to prevent it from reappearing.

The only problem is you have to do it for every individual rock (Except one which doesn't need to be removed) so it can take a while to get the whole opening open.

@Ernest_The_Crab Look at the rocks on the left of the screen.

@theadrock13 Why thank you

I think Rory should take a look at this once he's beaten the game

@Windy Looks like somebody clicked the wrong region when editing the game's profile, it's only out in Europe right now.

Fair warning that the PC version is only €3,75 right now, who knows how long it'll be before it's that cheap on Wii U?

So, who's going to beat my time? (Playing the Steam version, but I assume the other versions don't have different time calculation.)

Actually, he did it again at Summer Games Done Quick last week, with some additional new tricks:

I don't understand why they don't just release the rest of the Game Boy Mega Man games.

100% completed on Steam, great game. Definitely one to look forward to if you haven't played it.

It may have come out last, but the Steam version's the one for me - Half the price of the other versions, 3 exclusive characters (And they're actual characters, not just "yourself"), lots of settings and, of course, modding opportunities. What's not to like?

I got the Japanese version literally a week before they announced the English one, I guess I'll have to buy another!

Witch & Hero seems awfully similar to Knight mode in Half-Minute Hero.

I think I'm one of the few staff members that didn't have a single Nintendo game in their 3DS top 3.

Personally, I thought practically everything Nintendo released for it this year was disappointing in some way, I'm one of those who can't stand the controls in Kid Icarus, Mario Tennis was good but certainly not top 3 worthy, NSMB2 is perhaps the most boring NSMB yet (Whereas U is the best), and Paper Mario was a repetitive mess to me.

In the end, my top 3 was Resident Evil Revelations, Virtue's Last Reward and Rhythm Thief.

I probably would've gotten this, but with the secret character(s) found in the game files which are likely to be in the eventual PC version I think I want to wait for that!

I really hope they release the Game Boy games first. The NES games are already available on Wii VC and as part of the Anniversary Collection, why release them yet again before giving games that have never been rereleased a chance?

Well, I did my part, I voted for Xenoblade to be 1st!

Unfortunately it really seems like the lack of DLC is completely Nintendo's fault, adding it to the main game would've made it too big for WiiWare and Nintendo of Europe/America apparently didn't want the game to have DLC.

Like others have said, if you want the complete package get it on Playism or vote for it to be on Steam (Actually, do that anyway).

Surprisingly, because I haven't played since the game came out and I started the very first race tonight by accidentally driving into the same pit thrice in a row

@Tethers: The controls are pretty much the same as in the original, just adapted to fit the 3DS. You should be able to get the hang of them very quickly if you played the first game. I mentioned the bug to a Nintendo rep at the event, so they should be aware.

@ejamer Once you beat the game you'll unlock a level select screen where you can see exactly which levels you're missing stuff in.

Anybody who absolutely wants to have everything there is (Plus the ability to mod the game) should just get it on PC, that version's out this Friday, while it's not even sure if the WiiWare version will see the light of day.

The DLC is nice (Though brutally difficult, trust me), but even without it the game will be amazing.

Err, didn't Thomas already make a post about this? It's only a few posts down

Not that it's not funny enough to warrant two posts, but still!

Not as good as the original if you ask me, it sure looks great, but you basically just do the exact same one or two things over and over to solve every puzzle. And you can just completely cheese your way through it in multiplayer.

I mentioned the Anthology in my review of the first Metal Slug when that was released on VC, but yeah, it's been out of print for a while now and I don't want to keep bringing up the same thing every time.

Plus, the Anthology versions of the games aren't as well done as they are on VC, they've got some loading times, a bit of music delay (Music starting later than it should) and no Classic Controller support. And, if you play with a sideways Wii remote, you need to shake it to throw grenades, no thanks.

I believe Mr. Naramura insists on answering interviews in English (Unless it's a Japanese interview to begin with), it's obviously not perfect, but it's completely understandable and he's clearly trying to improve it.

@Luigifan141: Hence why I said "every possible Wario Land game"

I would've preferred it to be based on this Olaf instead.

@C-Olimar I didn't have chance to test multiplayer, but it's pretty simple stuff, both players pick one of the three main blocks and try to match 10 shapes as quickly as possible.

RE5 was completely focused on co-op and was one of the worst games in the series because of it. So it was a good decision not to include it.

He's one to talk, he's taken five years to get one 2D platformer out.

@Lordlz Not true, if you bought a game before it was removed from sale you can still redownload it.

It's not, it just says that they can't release accurate sales data until the game has been released outside Japan.

@taffy: They announced that it would be in there, but in the end it was the original Apple II version instead, for some reason.

@Dazza: Actually, the one in the news post is the US one, this is the EU one.

@billy-beauts: Maybe I'm just too good, but I honestly don't consider anything past the first two or so levels challenging, unlike most games it actually gets easier the further you get.

Played and finished on Steam (With all achievements too), so I'd skip this, but it would be nice to see regardless.

@Henmii: If you are in the Netherlands like your flag indicates, I've seen them around already, check Primera stores if there's any where you live.

I'm a bit disappointed Advance Wars isn't on the list, but it's probably because Japan never got AW1 and 2 seperately, only on a combo cartridge, meaning there's no single version they can release globally.

@XyVoX: Create a level, save it, give it a playtest and complete it to ensure it's actually beatable, and then the option should appear.

Now it can be game of the year three years in a row!

I put Xenoblade on the #1 spot in my list, but only one other staffer also had it on their list so it didn't have enough overall to make it on. I am as disappointed as everybody else.

The Mega Drive version of Puyo Puyo 2 doesn't have online, but Japan also got the arcade version which does.

It costs the same price as a regular Mega Drive game in Japan (600 points) so I assume it'll have the standard price of 800 everywhere else.

I can tell the Kirby in the top-right is from North America.

@TheDarkness: Nope, works perfectly fine!

Yeah, the only thing "exclusive" about London Life for North America is that it's unlocked right away, in the Japanese version you had to beat the main game to get it. So don't worry, Europe will get it too.

@Koops3: Yup, same series!

Terranigma or Super Mario RPG for me.

It should be noted that the game worked fine when I popped it in the first time yesterday - It was only when I tried to play it again today that it started not recognizing the disc. It does eventually recognize it after putting it in a couple of times but it's still quite annoying.