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I see a lot of game developers being laid off from big companies like Disney and Popcap and forming their own indie studios lately. I wonder how that will factor into the industry in the near future.

Is there anything a T-block can't do?

SWORDS AND SOLDIERS BEER AND RUUUUUUUM!

Sorry, what were you guys arguing about?

DRINKING FIGHTING HEEEERE WEEEEE COOOOOME!

Nevermind, I'll come back in a week when that song isn't stuck in my head anymore.

@Kyloctopus He did. Every character had a stash of feathers. Watching them all line up and jump over one of my banana peels in a wave was always a farcical sight.

Not again.

Wow, that's a good trailer. I could probably listen to that song all day.

Finally, a community search function!

I personally look at Miiverse fairly often. There are definitely a lot of users who post complete nonsense (like anywhere on the internet), but it doesn't seem too hard to filter them out. When I find somebody entertaining, I follow them. Then I look at the list of comments they've given Yeahs to, and I find more people I can follow. Eventually, there's so much good stuff on my Activity Feed that I sometimes forget just how much chaff there is elsewhere.

Plus, it's pretty easy to get help on Miiverse when you're stuck in a game. Perhaps too easy, as some have remarked.

I'm a little surprised to see that they had such a broad interpretation of their game when it had so many touches that seemed specific to casual freemium games. There were the timers on getting new items, the premium currency... Sugar Plumps's relationship with the player even reminded me of the vague, one-sided social interactions common in Facebook games.

@Marioman64
Hahaha, good one! Now if you'll excuse me, I believe I hear my toast screaming.

I don't get the people who try to "troll" this series. That's like sticking your foot out to trip a guy who's dragging himself across the floor! It's strangely unambitious as internet hijinks go.

That is some adorable 8-bit animation.

Wait, Luigi, what are you doing with that magnet? No, put that down! No! OMG NO! OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I lost it when I read the name you gave to Birdo's species. That was too good.

When in doubt, they can always do some crowdsourced grinding.

Oak: RED, you have come of age!

RED: aaaaaaaaaa! gnaws on secret key

I always wondered what the deal was with Donkey Kong Racing. Now I finally have closure.

Taj riding on a Zinger... might be pushing it.

They're still at Pokémon Tower!?

Oh thank goodness!

I just successfully stopped watching this before my brain melted. I will try to forget what I saw.

"Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage!?" was over too soon, but good while it lasted. "Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW!" seems to be a much more substantial game, but also a boring slog that outstays its welcome. Take your pick...

So it iterates on previous games without doing much to change things up? It'll fit right in with the sports games here in the states! Heck, I don't even know how soccer works, so for all I know the time travel part is totally normal!

Here we go again.

He might as well have kept it up. With all the clones up now, the damage is already done.

Each game is the same: some endless, pointless, overly demanding exercise in frustration. All the reviews are the same: dramatic accounts of being psychologically enslaved by a painful, repetitive game so ridiculously addictive it defies human comprehension. Many have insisted that their ability to hook players in for hours in spite of their incredibly poor quality could only have been a gift from the devil himself.

Mr.Nguyen, you've created mobile gaming's next inexplicable phenomenon. I admire and pity you in equally generous measure.

That "once-a-month Wii Fit U session" remark made my morning.

Ordinarily I like to see Sonic take a different direction. A vocal portion of the internet may complain about every little change, but I suspect that many of them are the same people who insist that other popular franchises don't change enough.

That being said, there's something inherent in the TV show connection that makes me curb my enthusiasm. In my mind, a big change seems less ambitious when it seems to have "market-researched kids' show" written all over it.

Well, I don't know what to think. The gameplay footage looked pretty nice, but the characters, music, and overall tone made me very conscious of being outside this game's target demographic.

I'm not excited, but I am certainly curious.

Every now and then, marketing makes the right call.

I'd like to see how much stronger Lucario gets after taking some damage. I never really noticed the effect in Brawl, or else I would have used him more.

When I tried the demo, the camera was constantly frozen, and green lines kept showing up all over the screen. If I jiggled the hinge, the camera would work just long enough for me to snap a photo, which, if my lighting was at the perfect angle, would be just good enough to satisfy the game. I thought I must have damaged the camera or something, but when I opened up the regular 3DS Camera application, the camera worked just fine. I guess something about the AR functionality just requires much better lighting by default and is more easily broken.

I don't know what's wrong with the camera in my 3DS, but it makes taking photos in this game next to impossible. Not getting the full game.

Oh dang, look out for that goat!

Voted for Dedede. His new faces are just too good.

By checking the app store every week for the free featured apps, I've managed to get a hold of every Angry Birds game without paying a dime. Your move, Activision!

@Giygas_95 Well, gameplay-wise, playing as DK with Cranky on his back appears to be pretty much the same thing. Still, I agree some of the appeal is definitely lost.
I wonder if Cranky will bonk DK with his cane if he stands still too long.

This game is long overdue for some psychological inquiry, if you ask me. Then again, maybe I'm better off not knowing more about those boss fights.

My my, I sure do get a lot of StreetPass tags here at my engineering college. It adds a fascinating strategic dimension to Monster Manor, I must say. La la la, such a shame so many of you are missing out on all of this fun I get to have.

Well, I could have told you that...

Smart new additions on display here! And it doesn't even bother me that it looks so similar to Super Mario Galaxy since they had already tried out this kind of gameplay with the cancelled Sonic Xtreme.

I know I'll like the Wii U version, but I refuse to trust the 3DS version based solely on that trailer. The handheld versions of Sega's games have all played like an afterthought lately.

Can't get enough of that theme music.

Getting Animal Crossing! But... I think I just clicked the Marvel Avengers bubble by accident.

... doop.

Sorry, I wasn't listening. Too busy playing badminton with a cat while flying an airplane.

This game has a pretty ambitious concept, which always makes for a good trailer. The question is whether the gameplay in the end product can deliver on its promise.

There must be a lot of pressure when it comes to getting a playable demo ready in time for E3, especially if the development team hasn't had the time to work out all the kinks yet. It kinda scares me to think about it, considering I hope to become a game developer myself in the future. Brrr...

Forget Tom Nook, what about Isabelle? She's the secretary of every town, she decides what kinds of laws the mayor can instate, and the mayor has no means of replacing her! Suspicious...

I try not to think about it.

Hope I can play as a chicken...

I wanted to give CIRCLE the benefit of the doubt, but I knew they blew it as soon as I saw the trailer on the 3DS eShop. What a shame.

It's gonna be an iPhone game. Based on Bejeweled.

He personally builds and upgrades your house for you. Without even asking about your credit, he gives you a loan for it with no interest or deadlines whatsoever. And then, if you ever get around to paying him for your house, he builds you a golden statue of yourself and charges you nothing for it. Oh, that scoundrel! Has he no shame?

As a platformer, it looks decent, but generic. As a Pac-Man game, it looks like a waste of time.

If you ask me, the only way Pac-Man is going to become relevant again is if he gets a new game or two that uses the gameplay of the original as a starting point and takes it in a compelling new direction, kind of like what BIT.TRIP: BEAT did for those old paddle games. One can dream...

Same-sex marriage for men, but not women? That's actually pretty rich. Imagine the conversation:

"So, what did we decide about same-sex marriage in this game?"
"Well, it looks like we can't address it in a way that will satisfy everybody, so we're kind of stuck."
"Huh. Say, I wonder if it's possible to address the subject in a way that satisfies nobody..."

Now we're talking! As far as I'm concerned, this fiasco's water under the bridge as soon as I can play me some Rayman.

They know that Yoshis can come in different colors, right...?

Aside from that, their prototype looks pretty good! They should fix up the controls, add some sort of hook to make the gameplay a little more focused, and... what's that? Oh, that's the game? They call this a game and they are going to sell it for money? Ewww...

Forgotten... memories? Doesn't that sound a little unremarkable? Kind of like that DS game from way back when with the subtitle "Memories of the Past". It's like, you know... duh?

Oh, what's that, a new developer? Oh yeah, sounds cool.

Don't toy with me! I've been hurt already...