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I've finally started playing again, as the new sparkle of Splatoon is wearing off at last. The itch has returned; so good to have you back, my love.

Everyone's talking about d*** bricks and curse coins, I'm just wondering what sort of jerkwads are going to report levels that are too hard or they simply don't like.

@Morpheel Precisely what I was thinking. They most often unlock clothes and skins. Seems right up this game's alley, but I'm okay with this news. Doesn't bother me at all.

No VF, no KOF. Of course.

Next up: Jontron!

@Fee lolwut

@Fee Do you... not think those exist, or something?

In a way, it's even more inclusive and forward-thinking than anyone seems to realise. You can literally cross-dress, letting Link wear dresses or girly catsuits freely whilst adventuring. It's not even made into a joke, like in Final Fantasy VII. He can just do it.

I get the feeling that if there were a gender option, certain clothing items would be limited to whichever gender. Anyone else seeing the potential this has for helping gender-neutral kids deal with related identity issues?

Well, we'll see.

I thought we knew this.

Maybe I'll buy physical on 3DS, since I already have it on Wii U? Although I'm glad I played and beat it from its initial release, I kinda wish I'd have known that it would come out like this, since I always prefer a physical version.

I really am trying to stay optimistic, here.

Might check out Assault Android Cactus, but definitely all about RIVE and FAST Racing Neo, for sure.

Kitties, yo.

Wait, what's wrong with Reggie? It's not like the company lines would change, y'know.

Glad it turned out well. I'll watch it, eventually.

That's actually really cool. Octolings should have as many rights as Inklings! Let the racism die!

"Only several more," he says. Well, I'll be eagerly anticipating Shovel Knight's arrival, then.

@SheldonRandoms Oh, my god, I didn't even think about Ristar! His stretchy attacks would make for some very interesting moves.

@EllenJMiller Aw yiss. I loved Baten Kaitos.

I think she was just tickling him...

@Kosmo Well, to be fair, it is giving more than any game in the Butoden series before it. The first one had, like, eight, and even Hyper Dimension had only ten. We're getting double, so not bad, when you look at it this way. Heck, it's only three less than the original Budokai's full roster.

From what I can tell, the playable characters this time are Goku, Vegeta, young Gohan, adult Gohan, Gotenks, Future Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin, Android 18, Cell, Frieza, Captain Ginyu, Raditz, Nappa, Bardock, Broly, Majin Buu, Kid Buu, and Beerus. Assuming Super Saiyan God Goku is a separate character slot, that makes twenty. While I could do without God Goku and Beerus (rather have Tien Shinhan or Vegito than either of them), that's still a decent lineup. Plus, that's not taking into account the special characters like Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta that may or may not make their way into our version of the game.

Sure, it's not Xenoverse numbers, but to be honest, that level of character availability kinda bothers me. I mean, there's no real, proper balance when you have characters like Mr. Satan and no-name Frieza henchmen. I prefer a somewhat more modest character roster, myself; like for instance, I'll play Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown over Tekken Tag Tournament 2 any day.

Sheer numbers don't impress me nearly so much as finely tuned mechanics. Of course, if Extreme Butoden is poorly balanced, then my argument means jack squat, but whatever, I'm buying the game, anyway.

My first reaction to Super Mario Strikers was amazement at how vicious and angry everyone was, so I guess this must have been really extreme.

That sounds like Iwata saying "Bandai-Namco" at the end, there.

I guess the takeaway here is that Frieza would wear a bowtie.

Coolish. I thought this was going to be drab and basic.

Oh, my god, with the tilting. At least in the skydivey, jumpy, bouncy game, it makes sense. Tilting seems pointless in the penguin one.

I'm wondering if that 3D sound feature still occurs while wearing headphones connected to the GamePad.

Ah, dang.

@Kosmo I really liked the Super Famicom DBZ games, thank you very much.

In fact, it seems like one such game may be included in this one: https://youtu.be/3qv1YMg-074

@CrimsonMoonMist Wicked.

Oh, hail yes. Gimme.

Sounds like Alan never quite figured out the Target Mode.

@RantingThespian Yeah...

Oh, man. Don't tell me that. I just got deep in a Dragonball kick, due to having finally watched the Abridged series.

I'll try both, see what I like.

"My vision of Mario has always been that he's sort of representative of everyone. He's kind of a blue-collar hero. And so that's why we chose these roles for him that were things like carpenters and plumbers."

Okay, cool. So can you please stop making him so effin' perfect, then?

Neat.

@BooJoh Yeah, I agree that he's probably talking about New XL models/bundles. Which is awesome. I'm all about the XL for my absurdly sized hands, and couldn't care less about the faceplates.

I honestly don't know how difficult it is to do a System Transfer, but a fancy New XL bundle might do the trick in getting me to give it a shot. Plus, my current 3DS is slowly losing its R Button.

Well, I'll just go ahead and hold off on breathing for awhile.

That's great! Good for you guys.

So the Rainmaker is... bad?

Wow, that's soon! I forgot all about this one.

Surprised that Xenoblade has more votes than Star Fox or Mario Maker, though that's a good sign for the game itself.

I actually voted for Devil's Third, as I rightly assumed that it'd be the least voted among the five I'm so eagerly anticipating: Devil's Third, Fatal Frame, Xenoblade, Star Fox, and of course, Mario Maker.

Ha. Watch it sell even worse.

Riiiiiiive.

This was by far the best showing of Star Fox. That guy's play was inspirational.

If your kids don't even know who Mickey Mouse is, then you're at least partially to blame as a parent.

I'm very surprised that anyone is excited for this.

Yeah, what is it with them referring to Star Fox 64 as though it's the first in the series?

The SNES original is still the best one, in my opinion.

Noooooooooooooo. The GamePad would be so perfect for her interface.

@Onion I was thinking more like, "Well, at least it's not Other M."