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@biomadd I don't know if it was a common problem, but I got the chest and it won't even close. Very disappointing. I've closed the lid and wedged it against the wall in the hopes it'll "learn" to stay shut. Otherwise, I'll have to try to figure out the problem and hopefully fix it. I always end up with the broken thing.

This is why I never use my coins for game downloads. If I can buy it with cash, I'll save my coins. I usually have enough coins saved up to go platinum the day after the Club Nintendo year ends, so I had to quickly put those codes in. Then, I got a bunch of codes from my sister, who never uses them. It was finally enough. Good thing, because the eBay prices are already nuts.

Yes, this should definitely have been the Year of Luigi platinum reward.

I guess I was the only one with slowdown issues. It was bad enough that I never even finished. I opened up the final boss area, but didn't even see it. Beautiful game, but I prefer the first two.

They should eliminate or lessen the "10 only until you clear them out" thing. Bump it up to 30 at least, and just have groups of 10. So, you play with the first ten, then you can get another group of up to 10 to load.

I got that stupid treasure chest from Game. Maybe I just got a bad one, but the lid won't stay closed. Piece of junk.

@shigulicious Yeah, me too. I came here to say it looked like RJ Mitte.

Home Depot is THE streetpass spot. I was regularly getting ten when I was going there.

As someone pointed out in the forums, Home Depot is a hotbed of streetpass activity. You can get six to ten, and more if you Home Depot hop. But, remember that you have to let ten in before ten more can be in your plaza.

Oh, Kapp'n, my Kapp'n.

I had the same thought about someone making full sets of furniture. Let's hope they don't or the depths of our collective insanity will be revealed. "Out of work. Need money for Pavé furniture."

Which ones for me?

ALL OF THEM.

I like this game. Had it on the NES, have the 3D version. That one is the only one I need. I'd buy this if it was one of their $.30 games, though.

If you bury a mango Wii U, you will grow a tree with three mango Wii Us in a few days. I'm holding out for the durian model.

@One-Winged-Pit I would never waste coins on a game I can buy for cash. With my luck, the second I gave up my coins, they'd offer something really cool that I then couldn't afford.

The mention of slowdown is worrying. I don't think I've played a Wii U game that hasn't had it, though if it was in NSMBWU, it was the least noticeable. It really marred Pikmin 3 for me. I'm starting to think this system is fundamentally flawed.

"Why do we need so many rupees?"

"Tom Nook has moved to Hyrule."

Is there any way you can get the arcade versions? Are they on 360? Mainly interested in Super.

@Nintenjoe64 I think it's because game developers are afraid few will buy the peripheral, and therefore few will buy the games they develop for it. That's why Red Steel 2 came with the Wii MotionPlus, and why hardly anyone else supported Wii MotionPlus. It's easier just to make a game anyone with just the base system can play.

Animal Crossing New Leaf, but that's an every day thing. I can't wait until we're out of fireworks month, because that seems to keep Crazy Redd from bringing his paintings tent, and I need to buy a legit painting to give my first to the museum.

I'm going to do my best to finish up Pikmin 2 so I can get to Pikmin 3, which I've had since it was released but don't want to play until I've finished 2.

@heather651 I'm glad to be wrong and now I really wish I had the money for the kart!

By the way, somebody bid on it, so the $8,000 option is gone. She has a vague idea there was an engine because of some buttons and wires, but I think these were the cars Reg posed in front of for shows before the game came out (the ones Gamestop gave away were made by the West Coast Customs guys and were fully operational), and I think they are just props. I doubt if the wheels even spin.

I'd like to have it, don't have the money, and those tires do look like they're in rough shape. I doubt if Luigi's sponge tires would be in great shape after a race, so maybe that's more realistic.

I've got the first two for Wii, and plan to buy the new one. My play schedule is weird, and I don't play a lot during the day, so I've only played the first. I haven't gotten terribly far into it, as I find it quite challenging. I don't remember exactly what area I last played, but I think my ship was on a shore and there was something near the ship that was really well protected. I don't really remember, but I may try to start over before 3 is released in the US.

@sinalefa It was even more embarrassing when he tried to enter the boxing ring wearing a Power Glove!

@antonvaltaz "(That said, I did spend £6.99 for Earthbound, so I'm probably a bit of a hypocrite)" YOU JERK!

Kidding. I haven't bought it yet, but the price doesn't bother me. I would have figured they had to charge more because it's more a cult favorite than a crowd pleaser, but I'm glad to see from the charts that I'm wrong and it's selling well.

@Dizzard Well, who knows? They've been putting a lot of stuff on both lately, like Super Mario Bros. 2 and I think the Mega Man games. I wouldn't count on it, but it could happen.

@kurtasbestos In spite of this article, it actually is Galaxy Force II. Also, it isn't the original Shinobi, but the Genesis-only Shinobi III.

I didn't know the version of Galaxy Force II was the arcade, but after watching a review of the Genesis port, that's got to be a good thing.

I can see my 3DS having all of these installed. Only one I'm not that familiar with is Galaxy Force.

This made me smile:

http://youtu.be/b7D51Va58VY

This is the top Streets for me. Never saw the appeal of the later games. I prefer Revenge to III, but I'll take any Shinobi.

@MegaWatts You're probably right. I still have my Gamecube and my Wii, so I should throw it in (only the Wii is currently hooked up!). I also have a demo version of Rebel Strike, but I never bought that game. I think it's kind of expensive now.

This was the reason I got a GameCube. Fantastic graphics, but I don't love the game. Too hard for me. I barely made it past the debris field mission and have never seen beyond the water planet level. It didn't look as good, but I preferred the original Rogue Squadron.

That criminal Jessie photographed looked suspiciously like Reggie.

Well, I already have a negative opinion of Time, so I'll just leave that aside. The problem with third-party developers and the Gamepad is similar to the problem with the Wii: they think they HAVE to do something with the Gamepad every time, just like they thought they had to have waggle every time. It's okay to say, "The Gamepad isn't our focus, so we just put the basic inventory/map stuff there." They could even say, "We recommend using the Pro controller." That would be cool. I never understood in the Wii days why someone couldn't just say, "We don't happen to need waggle with this particular game, but enjoy the sensor bar pointing on the menus if you like."

Not to say developers aren't capable of finding something stunning to do with the Gamepad. It's just that NIntendo ought to tell them, "It's optional. If you just want it for off-TV play, cool."

@MadAdam81 I love the Galaxy games, but I'm very excited with Nintendo's reveals today. I liked 3D Land a lot, and this looks like it continues that and takes it to new heights. Today's slate of games is pretty much why I had to have a Wii U, and that was before the Donkey Kong surprise.

@OptometristLime UK vs. US usage. They look at a corporation as a collection of individuals, and thus company names are used in the plural. In the US, a corporation is an individual entity, hence the singular.

Here's a song that was written about Aonuma and his true feelings about working on the Zelda franchise.

http://youtu.be/-8b0IKQxx2k

I'm glad youse are calling him Robotnik. Eggman is dumb (though, unfortunately, what we're stuck with now).

@Tasuki That has to be worst high-profile releases, because there are plenty of games that make even those look good. Big Rigs, for one. Kasumi Ninja.

Hey, I bought the Yoshi cloth and I use it! I find it surprisingly difficult to find a good microfiber cleaning cloth not included with some other product.

I couldn't afford this box. I have a few spare surveys and registrations that I'm saving for the July reset, but not enough for this. I don't think I'd get it anyway.

Unless Nintendo offers a downloadable game that is otherwise unavailable, I will never use my coins for that. I'd rather save coins for hopefully cool future items. I was glad to have a bank of coins for the gold nunchuk instead of having blown them on games I could pay cash for, for instance.

Until I watched one of those awesome Let's Compare videos on YouTube today, I didn't know this was a sequel to Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Back in the early '90s, I either didn't know about it at all or just assumed it was the SNES version of the Genesis game I already had.

I hate to hear about slowdown, but I'm going to have to buy it. I can always track down the PSP version that has the slowdown removed later.

There's 104 days of summer vacation, and Nintendo comes along just to fill them!

I'd rather they just wait until they can lay out the E3 fun, but maybe there'll be some surprises.

@MagicEmperor My favorites were 3 and 6. I guess I like Alexander the best! I miss the glory days of Sierra.

For some reason, the hand-drawn characters remind me of King's Quest VII.

Well, I heard Liu Kang.

Super Ghouls and Ghosts had a pirate ship? I never made it that far.

I have a 32G card that I don't think is very full, but I'd probably buy the cart. Some games I like to just download, but maybe not this one. Then again, I do have the physical Wii version. Not that it really impacts the decision.

@ferthepoet Not that it matters to your point, but the GTA Stories games were PSP first and then PS2. It's still not too common.

I'll give the demo a try. I think I like the idea of this better on a console than a handheld, but we'll have to see.

I just realized why I never played a Kirby game until recently. '93. I bought my Genesis pretty early, and I guess I abandoned the NES. I never even played SMB3 until Wii VC. I have this as a 3D Classic, but I'll get it for $.30. I have yet to catch the Kirby bug, though.

Wow. You really came at us with an Oran "Juice" Jones reference? You must be older than I thought, because I'm not sure that made it too far out of the '80s (and, yes, I love it).

If you duck, Smurfette loses her dress--but only if you play it on your Coleco.

I have a Nyko induction charger, but the batteries struggle to hold a charge now. I wrote to them and asked if they sold replacements, but they said it was discontinued and that they would send me their latest dock charger kit if I sent my induction kit to them! That's some customer service there.

I might have rented this, but I'm more familiar with Quackshot. I would buy VC releases of these games, though the multisystem thing rules out VC. I guess it would come down to price.

I'm not sure if it was released outside the US or not. I heard of it back then and always wanted to try it, but I never have.