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Hmm... Should I spend that free 30$ on EO4? I heard it was reeeeeaaaaallllyyyy hard (and SMTIV already beat me up several times without an easy mode).

@crumpledpapyrus Not to be picky, but an anime implies a whole series is going to be made. If it's a one-off, shouldn't be considered and OVA (Original Video Animation)?

I remember playing with Beyblades as a kid; we had these unliscenced ones a store was selling nearby with these huge metal blades and metal rings on the side. They were bigger and heavier than the top, and I remember destroying my arena at school. Ah, good times :3

Speaking of things that need to come back, Chaotoc needs to be popular again. I thought it was a great and varied card game that could be easily understood by everyone with spending countless hours learning (looking at you, Yu-Gi-Oh...). The show characters were all really detailed, and the animation was great, and it went the Pokemon route by explaining how you could better play the game through watching the program.

I have the Zelda one from the 25th anniversary. :3

"As always, our pricing for these games is competitive"

Who are you competing with?!

Jon's 3 pictures win, hands down

Meh, I'm quite pleased actually; although, it doesn't take much to please me.

Personally, a good game is anything I have fun with (which is why I like Shadow the Hedgehog in the first place).

As long Nintendo remembers to make something on the scope of Sunshine and Galaxy and doesn't go the CoD way, I'm fine with whatever they do.

I can't even...

@Kaze_Memaryu I'm just saying a Light type won't happen because it doesn't need to happen. There is no "Dark" type in Japanese: just a "Malicious" type. Because NoA has little to no say in the games (and because there really isn't a need for such a vague type), Light might never actually happen.

As for Fairy type, take a look at the representation of fairies in mythology. Bulbapedia has an excellent article on it right now, which I am about to quote:

Legends first: we don't need to look any further than the King Arthur legends, and the character of Morgan le Fay, (a transliteration of the French "La fée Morganne", Morgan the fairy). She is Arthur's half-sister, the aunt (or, in modern interpretations, mother) of Mordred, who kills Arthur. She is, in other words, human...but she's also a powerful magic user, an enchantress, and that's what earns her the name of fay.
This doesn't apply only to legends: we can look at theater, where no one less than William Shakespeare present us with his take on fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The characters of the king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, are central to the work, and given that Titania having a mortal man for her lover is a significant plot element, we can safely assume she's not meant to be a Tinker Bell-sized character.
Much more recently, we have fantasy literature. Many authors have depicted fairies in their fantasy stories. But we don,t need to look any further than JRR Tolkien, the author of Lord of the Rings and father of modern fantasy. Tolkien's own stories certainly had no bug-winged diminutive magic users, but the term he used to refer to his own genre was fairy-stories. To him, faerie meant the world of enchantments, magic and legends, in opposition to the mundane world (to Tolkien, in fact, dragons themselves were very, very much part of faerie). His stories involved a character crossing from the mundane to faerie, thus they were fairy stories.
I'm only scratching the surface here: I could refer to other authors of modern fantasy (For example, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, where faeries range from Tinker Bell-like characters to human-shaped fairy queens, going through unicorns and trolls all the way to Santa Claus along the way). I could refer to folktales, I wouldn't need to look any further than the old tales about Mont Saint-Hilaire in Quebec, near where I grew up, and where old tales say fairy-queens once married mortal men. I could refer to pen and paper role-playing games, to video games
What these characters and definitions have in common; and what they share with Tinker Bell and Navi, is not diminutive size or bug wings: it's that, at its heart, fairy, fay and faerie are all about otherness and magic, the things that are outside the normal world. That includes things like Tinker Bell and Navi; but it goes far beyond that.
In essence, it's probably much better to think of the fairy-type as a magic- or spirit- type than as a Tinker Bell type. Taken that way, fairy sound less "stupid" and more like a very interesting addition to the type array. And I'm sure I don't need to point out that magic being strong against dragons is not really a new idea.

TL:DR: Light doesn't exist as a type because it doesn't need to, and Fairies are more of a magic type. Typically, it's magic that kills dragons.

@steamhare We still need Bidoof #6 to complete our team of useless rats

@Wii_Win You know certain Pokemon have the ability "soundproof", right? Such a type would render those moves ineffective. Plus, sound isn't really my idea of an attacking type.

The "Fairy" type's original Japanese is probably closer to "mysterious", "elegant", "charming", "enchanted" or "whimsical". Almost any one of these definitions seem to fit the given Pokemon so far.

Most of the problems with the game stem from its name.

While not game breaking and radically different, this is clearly not an extension to 3D land (like the "New" series are to each other), but brings more than just a gimmick or two. Instead, the new material seems quite interesting.

A "Light" type will never happen, guys. Here's why: "Dark" is just the English translation. The actual Japanese name for the dark type is closer in meaning to "Trickster", "Cheater", or "Dirty fighter".

The way the trifecta works in Japanese is as follows:

-An honorable fighter (Fighting) will always prevail over a dirty cheater (Dark) but will be stumped by a psychic's predicting abilities (Psychic)

-A psychic (Psychic) can predict a good fighter's (Fighting) every move but can't wrap his head around a dirty trickster/cheaters' ways (Dark)

-The sly nature of the trickster (Dark) baffles those wise of mind (Psychic) but a just and fair fighter (Fighter) will see through a cheater's ways

The name lacks a certain flow to it.

"a Link between Worlds" sound very dry and cuts too early. Maybe something like "A Link Between New Worlds" or "A Link Between Two Worlds" would sound better?

Again, minor linguistic complaint. I'm still stocked for this though

You mean bust a hip?
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I read somewhere that the game is titled: "Return to the Past" A fitting name, if you ask me.

Maybe Rare should release a 15th anniversary game on the Ninten... Oh wait...

Whoever bet a 3 stars on that thread we made wins! :3

Who does he think he is?

**cough** Pandora Hearts **cough**

In terms of look, at least.

I read it as: "Reduced 30$". D:

I remember being in 3rd grade, and seeing all the older kids with their Gameboy Advances and wondering what they were playing (since I was born when Gen 1 was released, I grew up with Gen 3 <3).

It only took me two months after receiving my GBASP to know all 386 Pokemon (at the time) and beat FireRed 5 times.

Since, I've beaten FireRed 57 times (because I was the only one at school who could fluently read English, so all the kids I grew up with in Quebec asked for my help), memorized all 649 Pokemon and own/played every single main series game along with most of the spinoff.

Hurray for Pokemania and addiction.

Do the battles play like a fighting game?

Nintendo earns part of the money. The user gets the rest.

The only thing I don't like is how friggin insulting that grass texture is. It's just a plane you colored green! >:[

@Big-Daddy Great game for beginners. Unlike the other games, this one revolves around you (building the town little by little), meaning the game's events flow at your pace. The festivals and townspeople will gradually appear the further you progress, and you won't feel thrown in the middle of everything not knowing what to do.

Truly, this is a must have game.

After seeing the "customization" options, I don't know if I should kiss the GameFreak staff or punch them all in the face...

@GameLord08 do it! I started with this game, and I'm loving this franchise now!

@MrWalkieTalkie you can cross-dress in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning as well. :3

@Pikachupwnage Don't forget Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, Rune Factory 4, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, and Mario & Luigi's Dream Team.

Saban's recent efforts at making Power Rangers "hip" again makes me wish Disney never sold the series... They at least focused on making a good show! Heck, my favorite series are still Dino Thunder, SPD, and RPM: all made by Disney.

@DeviousSnorlax

BAM!!! There's an epic Gen 5 Pokemon right there!

I don't think there an upside...

@NinGamer85 But those already exist. After all, what would this be sitting in my pocket?

@Mike Since you reviewed this one, can you review "Harvest Moon: A New Beginning"?

In other news, they're adding Mario as DLC for Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon.

Story-wise, nothing will ever come close to Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. Holy crap I cried

Otherwise, besides lacking in Pokemon variety, this game is pretty awesome!
Shame the after game isn't as long-winded as Rescue Team (okay, no. Rescue team had a cheap-a** meta-game. It was long alright, riddled with 99 floor dungeons you had to do multiple times... >:[ )

Don't expect another The World Ends With You.

They're already making an iOS sequel called "live remix", and it's pretty bad... (It's a frickin social game.)

Google it, and prepare to cry.

Haha... No.

They probably mean iOS anyways

It would be more concerning if it didn't.

I want that beautiful Charizard 3DS XL Japan got a while back!

What happened to Jason Griffith? When was he replaced?

@Haywired The DLC is more expansive than the SpotPass content, and it gives you actual rewards that become very useful to the gameplay.

That said, I love being able to expand the awesome of this game!

Personally, seeing as human contact leads to nothing but violence, discord, and madness, I think we should somehow separate each country from each other (nukes or something) and artificially push then as far from each other as possible. Afterwards, each country puts artificial life forms around another country to prevent them from establishing contact with each other, shooting humans dead on sight at the threat of escape.

Even if humanity's problems won't be solved immediately, I can only foresee a better future a century or two down the line, in a society revolving around its own population instead of engaging war with one another. The deeds of mankind sicken me. Nothing but war ensues from contact between humans, so better erase all crossroads between the people.

This basically translates to no, so end the miserable existences of your false hopes and carry on while Capcom pumps out the same game year after year to make more money and alienate their fans in favor of soulless consumers who can only exclaim "Buy! Buy! Buy!"

That is the single, most idiotic statement I have heard in the history of everything.

All aboard the apology train!

Let's hope this doesn't suck!

**rimshot**

Seriously though, high hopes for this one.

You know how the 3DS sold more than the PS3 ever did in Japan?

I don't see Nintendo leaving the hardware industry. The next likely step is maybe them steeping down from console, or simply stop selling their system westward.

Then again, how many units did the Wii ship? Yeah, a whole lot.

@undead_terror Yeah, it sure is fun to watch Miis modeled after your friends or your loved ones die in a horrible explosion. In fact, let's go a step further by adding in the sound effects of their horrified screams as their inevitable demise swiftly approaches.

This'll make for a great E-rated title! /sarcasm