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I'm surprisingly glad that I won't hear anybody saying "Yuu-kay Watch".

Back to the arcades I go then. I had such high hopes for this too, until I found out that the entire game was just gear switching :/

Tagline was exactly what I hoped it would be. Good job, NLife!

It's funny because this game is currently keeping me unemployed XD

Oh cool, next time I go back I can buy some videogames as presents for my cousins!

And then get promptly scolded by my uncles because they're meant to be studying!

Yaaaaaay!

... what?

That's cool I guess. At this rate Guild03 probably isn't happening but at least the people who boycotted 01 for not localising this game can actually go play now

I doubt it'll be an MMO if they only decided they need online staff now, when development has gone underway. Maybe it's just Miiverse integration or drop in co-op. Or maybe an arena mode? To be honest I was kinda worried that it would be an MMO - they're great and all, but they're a totally different experience from single player RPGs.

Snoop Dogg plays retro games, Lil' Jon plays Dragon Quest, Lupe Fiasco never leaves his house without his DS...

The hip hop industry really has a thing with video games haha

Y'know, I always thought Arika and Grezzo were the best at remastering old games. Then M2 comes along and shows everyone how it's done. I love how they consider every possible thing a fan could want and add it in so that the remasters have something for everyone.

I actually prefer the left ones too. Fanservice and these character designs totally don't mix :/

Y'know, I'd say that the freemium model and racing games don't mix well, but the amount of money I've dropped playing Initial D games in the arcade begs to differ. Seriously hope this one gets localised!

EDIT: Just realised that it's not an actual racing game. Might pass then D:

I'm a bit of a miser to be honest. I haven't used the online sharing function in HM:ANB a single time, instead I prefer to climb my way up the ladders with pure grit and hard work. This does have the side effect of being dirt poor and a laughing stock at each crop festival for the first 5 or so years, but it's worth it for the eventual glory!!

So yeah, might skip on this one if it's all about the connectedness. Although I'll still see what kind of people the bachelorettes are like - I didn't like the cast from ANB too much, although perhaps it's because I had to build all their houses for them and half of them didn't even say thanks

Arcana Heart? Really?

Doesn't make sense to mix a franchise aimed for families with a fairly... erm, shameless fighting game, but whatever. The results might be interesting

Just reading the words "greasy controllers" made me twitch a little.

I don't know about anyone else, but for me gaming and uncleanliness just don't mix. It just feels... wrong, I guess

Back when I visited China, my 12 year old cousin was playing a non-translated version of Super Mario 64 DS. He was stuck on the Bowser boss where you had to spin him around since he couldn't understand the English instructions, so I beat the boss for him and looked like a total baller XD

Good to see these kids have a little fun, judging by how tough the Chinese schooling system can be

This is great news, and expected too. Although didn't Sega make Skies of Arcadia and the Phantasy Star series, which were both quite good RPG's?

Atlus doesn't seem like the kind of studio which would go and resurrect all of Sega's forgotten IP's though, as awesome as that would be. If anything, Atlus is better at making their own original stuff, and it might even be a waste for them to be confined to expectations of Sega's games.

Hibari fights with the incredibly endearing art of seemingly random flailing.

From videos, I'd always wondered what this style was, but you've described it perfectly

This review was hilarious, here's hoping the game lives up to it haha

Wow that's one serious discount for Reel Fishing 3D

Haha, forget EB - the reason this launch was so strong was probably because Big W and The Good Guys were selling copies for $44 on launch day! Some of my friends still haven't got a copy, although EB always seems to have some

Lol, I just assumed that this game wasn't getting an Australian release. So I hopped over to the UK like always. That's what happened with Nano Assault, anyway

For a second there I thought it would have been a Mahjong set with Nintendo characters as the flowers and seasons. I can think of a few people who would love to have one of those as a gift

I actually quite like where the 3DS VC's at right now. There's a good mix of games in all genres from a variety of different publishers. If I were a new consumer who'd just bought a 3DS, I would've taken a look at the current line-up and been spoiled silly.

As someone who's already bought a huge amount of VC titles though, I guess more wouldn't hurt

It looks a little like a mix between Arkanoid and Peggle, with some fun visuals! This might actually be the most fun game ever

@Emblem If by pay to win, you mean pay to have a hollow conceded victory over a battle which others could complete by being good at the game, then yeah, it's pay to win

The difficulty is that when you make a long game, you want everyone who plays it to finish it. Otherwise, all the resources you spent making the endgame might as well be worthless. On the other hand, you don't want to make a game so easy in the hope that all players will finish it, because then players looking for a challenge will be unsatisfied. This option means that you can skip difficult parts. It doesn't mean parts will be locked off unless you pay. I don't know why the site had to blow up on the mention of the word "microtransaction".

On that note, I don't know why Square Enix didn't just bother putting in traditional difficulty settings either.

This is one seriously amazing week.

_{Hakuoki ... is totally going to get overshadowed by Phoenix Wright}

Not entirely sold, but I'm happy that a new game is coming out. It would be a shame if this game came out super late in the PAL regions like the last few games have - that would make the whole linking around the world concept a little shabby :/

Just popping out to mention, I think NintendoLife's coverage is missing two crucial paragraphs from the article:

"Some readers may take criticism of “Ocarina” as dismissal of the game. But this isn’t the case. As Feminist Frequency blogger Anita Sarkeesian says, “Remember that it’s both possible and even necessary to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.”

Because games’ technological capabilities have increased so rapidly since “Ocarina” was released, I suspect the title’s reputation is somewhat inflated due to nostalgia of critics of a certain age. But it’s a nostalgia I share. There is no game with which I have more fond memories. So criticism here should be interpreted as loyal opposition."

This changes the tone of the article completely. It's not saying that the game is racist, sexist and should be lambasted at every opportunity. It just gives a potential lens for reading through the discourses of race, gender and class. It's to offer a new way of thinking about the game world because the writer himself acknowledges that the most common view of Ocarina is that it's the best game ever.

Also, the tagline for the NL article becomes a whole lot funnier when one checks the Salon writer's profile and sees that he's written two articles - the other one is on Rockstar and GTA

To this I say fair game. This guy has taken the time to deeply probe the game and encapsulate its errors and flaws in a piece of well planned academic writing. Even if he finds fault with some elements of the game, that's necessary as part of academic discourse. There is no single book or film without harsh criticism, no matter how acclaimed it might be, for example.

So tl;dr to gamers, this kind of writing is exactly what we want! Don't bash it!

Good to see Rhythm Thief making it over to the download lineup, although that's a pretty hefty price tag for an older game

Wow, first FFXV is announced to be an ARPG and the next Bravely Default game won't be turn based either

Although it's cool that we're getting a PAL Bonus to what's already a stellar game. I just gotta finish 4 Heroes of Light before it gets released :L

Pretty awesome week, I'll get Etrian Odyssey if I can't find it in a store here

Gotta hand it to Ubisoft, they still know how to craft an utterly beautiful looking game

Haha, this review was a great read! I don't think I'll get it, but learning about the history and mechanics in such an in-depth fashion is a breath of fresh air after all these "here's what's good, here's what's bad" reviews lately

Wait, are they making the title or just publishing it? Because the latter would take ~two years and the former would take three. It's a little early to get excited

not to mention we're still waiting on a few more games that they'd teased a while ago

Does anyone else feel weird seeing a PR message from Capcom and it's not from Christian Svensson?

woohoo, go Nifflas!

His work would fit pretty well on the WiiU imo. He does a lot of atmospheric exploration-based platformers which are similar to Metroidvania titles but feature more puzzles and less combat. I remember playing Within a Deep Forest as a kid, that game really made me reassess what a platformer could be.

Could you please bold the words "art book" after "Breath of Fire Complete Works"? I got so excited

Woohoo, great job Sega! To be honest I never thought Company of Heroes 2 would do spectacularly, but it's good to hear that in these hard times there are people who can still make a profit in the games industry.

Although I guess this will give me time to play through it's spiritual predecessor, 4 Heroes of Light. Still, I wanted Bravely Default so much

Haha, this was pretty funny! Reminds me of watching Dragonforce trying to play their own song on Guitar Hero.

Hey guys, this article is about Eidos Montreal. Thus the games he was likely referring to are Tomb Raider, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Sleeping Dogs. The latter two were marketed terribly, even though they were excellent games. Human Revolution has the potential to become a sleeper hit like the original Deus Ex imo.

Eidos operates more or less independently from the Japanese Square-Enix though, so there's no point asking for Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts.

Ah who am I kidding, there's no point commenting here

When I saw this post, I thought it meant that a manga reader was coming to the 3ds in Japan.

That would've been cool

@sinalefa it's about 9000 blocks because of all the voice clips.

I would say that 29.99 is a bit too much for this game, but 19.99 is a good deal

"After a quick sweep of the google, it's...Horse solitaire. Okay then... - Fri 19th Jul 2013" - previous article

Caaaaaalled it!

Although I wish that I hadn't, in hindsight. Seriously, horse solitaire?!?

EDIT: Is it just me or do those graphics look very Rhythm Heaven-y?

Tossing a 3ds like casting a line sounds like a rather dangerous idea... I might pass on this one

Oh my gosh, River City Ransom! So unexpected!

/gets overshadowed by Pikmin hype

@Bassman_Q It's absolutely nothing like To The Moon. Well, the one thing they have in common is that they're both story based adventure games, but that's about it. I love both games, but it and Attack of the Friday Monsters are good for very different reasons

Soul Calibur... 2? Am I missing something and was this game flipping amazing back in the day?

After a quick sweep of the google, it's...

Horse solitaire. Okay then...