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FE Warriors gets a lot of guff, but I let myself become swept-up in the post-game with the character unlocks and special weapons and everything and now I'm hooked on Musou. Absolutely on-board with this entry.

Now to blow my nose with a Kleenex while using a fax machine!

Won't someone think of poor Baby Pac-Man? They need to make it work for the kid's sake!

@inc The soundtrack features some Sega deep-cuts from games like Outrun and Fantasy Zone. There are only 4 songs, which is a pity.

Well Triangle Strategy did really well and Square seems very open lately to the fact that they're sitting on piles of already-localized gold.

That's the second biggest announcement I've ever seen!

The Etrian Odyssey and Persona Q games are an experience that can not be duplicated on any other system.. The second screen is integral to the map making component, which is the whole point. And physical copies are not cheap. Get them while you can!

E3 is a relic. Reporting to game journalists so they can report to the fans was necessary in the days of magazines, but now companies can just like- tell everyone. Everyone is happy to listen and pass the news around.

Yeah, I did the Japanese account thing to see if I could struggle through Fire Emblem back before we got a nifty English copy. I was using Google Translate on my phone while I played through. It was kind of fun, but Harvest Moon is way too text heavy for that to be practical. I also finally changed the Japanese account back to English because I was tired of getting Japanese news updates.

@Judgedean As someone with a picture of a star nestled deep within my Switch, I get it. But I got it with a sale that made the price effectively the same as the standard Sandisk. That picture is only worth so many of my dollars.

Ouch. I LOVE Earthworm Jim, but I SO wish I could get Harvest Moon on Nintendo Online. It struck a chord with me that no other game in the series could ever quite match.

Nintendo's strategy has been to pick games that nobody cares about but me, so I'm going to guess: NES: M.C. Kids, A Boy and His Blob. SNES: UN Squadron, Utopia.

I like to be reminded of Earthbound at regular intervals. Keep it up, Big N!

I have to say, I've found my tastes leaning toward the light and breezy stuff lately. I'll see games I want to play, but the game description reads like, "A dark exploration of the heart of evil that beats within us all" and I'm like, "No thanks. Kirby looks fun, though!"

If it's digital only, heck no. Unless they can entice me with more than a little $3 DLC trinket.

If it's physical, it depends. If it's released by Nintendo or Square, I can grab it when it launches, or whenever, because they'll be on shelves FOREVER.

UNLESS it's a special edition, in which case I have about a 10 minute window to TRY to preorder.

If it's a really niche title that will probably only see a small print run, I'll preorder.

I also preordered the TMNT Cowabunga Collection, because I'm terrified Nickelodeon will change their mind in a month and they'll vanish from shelves.

Note: They are not throwing away the Bollards underneath, which are heavy and concrete. So unless you have a giant concrete sphere of your own, it would be difficult to display the Kirby ball you "acquire" properly.

Me: Well, nothing new coming out from Nintendo for a while that interests me merch-wise. These N64 keychains are probably a safe bet to blow my points.

Here's hoping they come to US, but not 'til I've had a chance to accumulate some points!

Here's the thing about Kirby and Yoshi games. They're "for kids" in that a kid can play and enjoy them. But if you want to go full-completionist, they always have challenges that will daunt even the most hardcore gamer. You can make it to the end, but can you see/do EVERYTHING? I'm ready for this challenge!

This inspired me to get the 3DS version while I still can, and I'm utterly charmed. It's like an 8-bit musou Tower defense game and it's got some snappy writing to boot!

So the Wii and DSi shops closed a long time ago, but they were still online so you could redownload anything you purchased. That was what went down.

The 3DS and WiiU shops are closing next year. But like with the Wii and DSi, you can still download what you purchased, and the shops will be kept online for that purpose.

So everybody only has a little while to buy things, but once they do, they can still redownload them for the foreseeable future.

For those who've never been on the customer service end of things, "Undergoing Maintenance" usually means, "It broke, and we're going to maintenance it until it works."

I had some good times with this one. Probably the most generous Gatcha game I've ever played. I never paid any extra money and had just about everyone I wanted. (Which might be why it's shutting down, I suppose.)

Eventually it got to that "I'm not enjoying this. It's becoming another job and I want a game" phase that these things always come down to and I uninstalled. I might have to slip back in and see how it all ends.

Yay! Now bring back Badge Arcade so I can decorate said folders!

@StarPoint My head-canon has always been that Kirby has no clue he's saving the universe. He just goes on eating sprees and happens to stumble into saving Dreamland.

I would SO pay $50 for "Super Tax Bros. " every year instead of TurboTax.

This is what we call a "red flag."

Whispy is the Winston Payne of the Kirbyverse.

I get it. Time limits stress me out when I'm trying to puzzle-solve. I have a similar problem with Pikmin. I recognize both as great games, but those time limits stress me out to the point of diminished enjoyment.

I'm one of the 10 Switch owners who doesn't have Mario Kart 8 yet. I have it on the Wii U and it's fine there, but this DLC blitz is making me reconsider.

Ooh! I just noticed Dark Deity. That's a pretty nifty way to scratch the Fire Emblem itch. Not quite as good, but still really good.

Square has long been flirting with the question, "Will fans pay full price for a game with a mobile game pay scheme?" With Chocobo GP they went all-in and found out the answer was "No!"

Just wish they'd picked a different franchise to mess with. I like the Chocobo racers.

This is why the weekly polls are interesting to me. What is Potato Flowers in Full Bloom? What's drawing 3% of us to it? Should I be excited too?

@Mikmoomamimocki Almost none of these games have ever left their home system. In fact, I think Arcade and TMNT1 are the only two that have ever seen a re-release.

I still remember for TMNT 2 it's Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. A variation on the ol' Konami code.

Oh damn!
You must have got one of them
combustible heads
I've read an article all about them

It's KIND of number 2, but I go for whichever Pokemon has the goofiest look/stupidest name. I have never been more instantly in love with a starter as I am with Quaxly.

And just as I was about to report that after 5 years, it's still going strong, the cartridge reader broke. And after 5 years, the warranty is not going strong.

Now we nead Sneak-King HD!

The joke in the subheadline is very obtuse.

Not much info here, but it doesn't matter. We have that headline. I needed that headline. Thank you for that headline.

@DTFaux It might be the women thing, but it's also indicative of a problem with voice actors in general. If you look at the poster for Michael Bay's Transformers, for instance, you'll see Shia LeBouf, and Megan Fox, but not Peter Cullen. The only time the voice actors get a shout out is when they happen to also be a big pull, like Ben Schwartz.

Now that's something worth whining to the studio about! Good job, The Internet!

But Spoink's gonna be there, right? I'm planning a team of forehead-slapping pokemon names, and I need Spoink to join Quaxly.

I have a weakness for Pokemon with brilliantly stupid names. Quaxly all the way!

You forgot to mention that Art Style Pictobits even has a lot of nifty homage to classic NES games built into the puzzles, color schemes, and soundtrack. It's my personal favorite of the Art Style bunch.

Only if it's translated horribly like an SNK game should be.

I need Min Min. I mean how much Arms merchandise will ever be available?

If I ever imported a 3DS, it would be for the Dragon Quest: Theatrhythm game they got over there.

I saw that logo and briefly thought, "Civilization 7?"

I'd also like a compilation of Capcom/Marvel collaborations, but with the mouse in charge that might be tricky. Or easy. Not sure which.