JonWahlgren

Haha thanks! Pulled one out as Shy Guy on the Shy Guy stage, woo.

I'm panda.

@Syntax Nope, lost pretty badly!

I'm ready to lose badly. Let's do this!

Woo! Woo? Woo.

And the award for Best Avatar goes to Nintenzo.

Demos all around! I'll be yanking that AC DLC too so I'm set.

Not too keen on spending $30 to complete this DLC saga but as long as it's entertaining I'll give it a shot. Hopefully this first chapter is good!

I missed these somehow so I'm kindaaaaa excited.

I played through USM within the past 6 months, I can vouch that it's held up reasonably well apart from all the chase missions which shouldn't exist ever.

@Tech101 I haven't jumped back in since I wrote the blurb for the piece but I like it quite a bit. It's quirky and showing its age just a teensy bit but im excited to play more. Playing with a WaveBird makes me nervous about Dark Moon, though; it seems like the C-stick is being replaced with gyro controls to trap ghosts, which I think sounds not so fun.

I'm concerned that waving the 3DS around will affect the stereoscopic part and that happens to be one of the things I'm excited about for Dark Moon. The mansion and camera angles seem perfect for a diorama-style presentation, like what worked greatly in Sticker Star's favor, so the thought of having to sacrifice that for gimmicky motion controls sounds like a bad deal. Not too long to find out though!

@theblackdragon I used no less than three save slots for various reasons, so yeah there's plenty of room to share.

@ShinRPGfan4657 Nah, although the timing is kinda funny. Embargo was up today and we're very punctual.

@ultraraichu We play it year-round in my household, it's loads of fun.

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope y'all get quality family/freind time today if that!s what you're into.

@gingerbeardman There are no pointer controls.

@ajmetz Flat, practically non-existent. There's really little reason to turn it on.

Stupid deadlines.

I'll be diving into the Black Ops II double XP weekend and playing 007 Legends for review, and then hopefully trick some people into playing more Nintendo Land with me.

who watches the watchmen?

So a game that attempts accessibility is automatically bad? Is that what you're saying?

@DrMonk Holding down L brings up the weapon wheel menu where you can assign weapons to the D-Pad, if that's what you mean.

@Linkstrikesback That kind of information is typically found in the Game Overview side bar.

@Bluesummer yer face is a joke

I don't have cable so all these video apps are great for me, and I'm super psyched about TVii actually. Also love how I can control my TV input, channel and volume with the GamePad. Suck it, smartglass!

@DarkCoolEdge In English the expression is "house full of cards" but otherwise exactly the same.

I see that we're getting a little off-topic here; Batman is all well and good as conversation but more appropriate in the Dark Knight Rises forum thread. Pretty please (try to) stick with the article at hand!

high five

@FiveDigitLP There was a cut that didn't have so many plot holes and absurd events? Dammit.

@James To be fair, Rises was kind of a letdown.

@Sony_70 When we conducted the interview neither we nor they had any idea what the shop was going to look like.

"I hope you like toads"

YEP

@TeeJay No, it has some real arbitrary and obtuse puzzle design, which is far more of a blight.

@zezhyrule Don't push it!

@thelastlemming I'm not annoyed that someone would disagree with me or question the review – that comes with the territory, and like you said it's not my job to please everyone, and this is hardly the most polarising score I've given so ultimately it doesn't matter to me whether someone disagrees. And if people don't like my tone then so be it, it's my voice and I will use it.

I do take offense when people throw the terms "biased" or "lazy" around as criticism because they're insulting and baseless accusations. There's little point in arguing this all the time but for whatever reason it seems I wanted clarification here as to where this is coming from. I feel I've received that (thank you!) so off I go!

If a developer consistently gets poor reviews that doesn't have to indicate bias — more likely it indicates a poor developer. Nobody at NL has it out for UFO Interactive or any studio for that matter, and for people to think otherwise is honestly a little ridiculous.

I can understand how someone might think that this review is a lot of flash if all they read is the first two grafs and count the stars. There is plenty of talk about the game proper and analysis of it, but we're not in the business of writing textbooks or manuals so perhaps it's not as "comprehensive" as some might like. If that's the case, go check other reviews and talk to people in the forums!

So hyperbole is a sign of bias? Or the fact that multiple reviewers have scored UFO games low?

@FashionablyLate I dig your argument that Samurai G and Angry Birds are of equal crap quality. Or of good quality? Who knows, my bias is incredulously blinding.

I see no fault whatsoever in your comparison about scores and value between super similar software in the exact same genre. It couldn't possibly be that one of them is well made, accessible and top of its genre and thus might be actually worth paying extra for, and the other is a steaming pile of crap no matter how much it costs, right?

I'm like, so biased, you guys.

@Andrewroxsox: We'll find out for sure when the Wii U version launches — this review is for the just plain vanilla Wii version!

Just out of curiosity, what are these other games that do what Angry Birds does but way better?

Yo dawgs, it's $30. Just sayin.

I just tried Tokyo Jungle. I would like to change my plans to all Tokyo Jungle all the time.

megaton

@MattEriks: We try to be as helpful as we can! Both the map and inventory are accessed by poking the touchscreen. You see in the screenshots that the bottom screen is dim — when you poke it, it lights up and you can either continue poking it with your thumb or use buttons to access stuff.

@Hyperstar96: I don't think not including the new audio/visuals is a matter of being cheap or lazy. Wasn't there a huge backlash against the new music in the WiiWare version?

@MattEriks: Yes all around, although I don't know if I'd classify it as a chicken suit — it looks mostly just yellow to me.

Oh man, I used to play the crap out of this back in the day. Totally forgot about it and what it was named, but hooray VC resurrection!

The best part about this is that Bayo 2 was canned by Sega until it seems that Nintendo rescued it.

IT'S ALIIIIVE

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Personal megaton

That actually looks kinda fun.

@undead_terror STAR FOX WOOO! I've been out of it for a few months and am eager to get back in.

@Joshers744 Sounds like you've got your hands full there already without SimCity.