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@Damo Great review, but I still have one question: what's the difficulty likes compared to other Mario games, especially the first two entries in the NSMB series? The Wii became delightfully challenging towards the end after several so-so, boring worlds, while the DS one was an absolute snore-fest throughout (all imo, of course). Based on your experiences with those two games, how would you rank NSMB2's difficulty/challenge in relation?

@cinemaxgames I already received a review code from Digitally Downloaded, but if you really are interested in hearing players' opinions, I will link you to my review once it's posted.

@Linkstrikesback It's fine and fun to joke about Nicalis' slowness in releasing the majority of their games, as well as the infinite versions of Cave Story they're pumping out, but I don't understand why people get so angry at them about it.

Not singling you out here at all, especially since you're not being as hard on them as some people have been. It's just that they don't really owe you a game at a certain time, even if they "promise" it. It's not like they're trying to miss release dates, and sometimes (as with La-Mulana, apparently) the situation isn't in their hands. Especially when they've already given us so many amazing titles on Nintendo services with many more coming in the near future (CS+ and NightSky are supposed summer releases, and summer isn't over yet), I see no reason to do anything but thank them for their dedication to Nintendo downloads.

Can't wait to review this one now!

"It's set for released"
Minor typo, there.

Nothing for me this week. Not bad, though.

@PikminMonster I wouldn't have pity on developer's that can't be bothered to make a decent game.

So why isn't Call of Duty playable with the Wii U GamePad again?

@BulbasaurusRex Good thing it was 100 billion degrees, but I'm sure that brings up a whole nother set of logic problems.

Indeed, that sums up my feelings perfectly. If only this was a WarioWare title and each Game & Watch rip-off was just one microgame. I wouldn't mind if they scrapped the beat-'em-up gameplay altogether.

To add insult to injury, or rather torture to tedium, they just ratchet up the difficulty until it becomes not only boring but impossibly cruel. Fun times.

Also, I think this pun from my review is worth repeating: "Releasing this unfinished game and charging $6 for it are Unethical Financial Operations, indeed."

@JonWahlgren Did you think it still had potential until like five floors in when you realized there were only two real types of gameplay, and both of them would soon become terribly boring? Me too.

The presentation really is awesome in every way...too bad amazing style doesn't make up for a complete and utter lack of substance.

Ah, that's fine. Thanks for the clarification.

Between Kyle Gabler of 2D Boy (Little Inferno), Gaijin Games (Runner2), Broken Rules (Chasing Aurora), Nicalis (1001 Spikes), WayForward (Mighty Switch Force! HD), and Two Tribes (Toki Tori 2), it seems like we have all of the major Nintendo download developers from last generation latching on to Wii U, which is a wonderful thing. That's not even including the newcomers such as Frozenbyte (Trine 2) and Pwnee Studios (Cloudberry Kingdom), and the best thing is that most of these are in the launch window. This level of support for the Wii U eShop alone makes me want to invest in a console at launch.

@misswliu81 Right, but have you ever done it from the 3DS? I've only ever used the mobile site on my system, and even that wasn't a very pleasant experience, so I can't imagine that you'd be able to load the desktop version very well, much less upload photos for it.

That would be awesome if it was possible, though.

Sorry you had to share in my reviewing pain with this one, Panda.

Now that James is gone I'm free to say this: Sonic becoming the next Hello Kitty would be by far the best thing to ever come out of the franchise.

@tat2 Yeah, if they're saved as photos in your 3DS album then you should be able to just upload them to Facebook from there, for example. Twitter's mobile site doesn't let you upload photos, though, and I dunno about Instagram.

@Miss_Birdo Irrelevant comparison.

Good review, and glad to see DLC finally starting to show up.

@ThomasBW84 I wasn't saying that it was old news; merely that I contacted Nintendo Life with the information that it was confirmed for Wii U minutes after it was announced. That's I why I was wondering why I wasn't given any credit.

This doesn't really matter, though, so I won't mention it again.

@TwilightV Actually they're pretty close.

I totally sent you a tip about this a week ago. But as long as you're reporting on this awesome, awesome-looking game, that's what matters.

Spider-Man and Wolverine in the Avengers. As it should be.

I'm personally completely over the 3D effect by now, even though watching Avatar in 3D on the 3DS XL might be a pretty amazing experience for the price. Not that we have 3D movies yet, or Avatar on Netflix.

Ah, so it is made for lefties! I totally misinterpreted that sentence. Sorry.

Turns out Mighty Switch Force! is awesome, go figure.

@Stuffgamer1 "if you'd been able to jump with the touch screen — or even the L or R shoulder buttons — you could play through a level without changing hand positions repeatedly."

Sounds like the best one yet. I can't wait to review it.

Add Mighty Switch Force to my list since I just wasted spent money on it.

@KodyWB-98 Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?! Collector's Edition is officially the longest title of anything, ever.

I can't wait for AT:HIK!Wysog?!CE guys!!!

Greats puns live on!

Paul's Brother FTW

That's a real shame. I was looking forward to it.

Johnny Kung Fu for review, and Metroid II for fun.

Also World of Goo and Tiny and Big if I have time--two modern classics.

Goodbye and good luck James, it's been fun.
Cheers,
Oddy

James' first review.

If I cared for Mario Kart, I would be all over these.

A Flipper article I haven't commented on? For shame!

A word of advice: wait for reviews on Johnny Kung Fu. At least wait for mine.

Why the asterisk next to #6?

@A-Hungry-Banker Spider-Man 3 on DS was awesome.

I'm getting a review code for Ace Mathician (!), and I'll probably be picking up Kirby myself. Good week.

This was the first Mario game I was planning on skipping, but Nintendo's doing a good job of convincing me that I'm wrong.

This is a helpful video. Glad they talked about how to transfer your SD card data.

I'd really appreciate if they told us sooner rather than later, so I can make some purchasing decisions.

@James That, and you'd need a plan. If you didn't have another compatible device such as an iPod Touch (the newest of which is more expensive than any 3DS) or a Kindle Fire (the same price as the 3DS XL), then I can see how Angry Birds Trilogy might be your best option, but I still feel that Rovio is taking advantage of those people by not providing them as $2 downloads on the eShop.

The Big Questions were the best overall, but I have to hand it to Mr. "nintendo should make games and release them" — he really knows his stuff.

"The demo is probably the best stage in the game."
I was planning on buying this someday. Never mind, then.

@warioswoods If there really are substantially less clever taglines in the future, then this site has just lost a reader.

_{just kidding. but i live for clever taglines}

Why hello beautiful.