RevolverLink

Their studio's name reminds me of Parks and Recreation. And that makes me smile.

Also, their game looks pretty neat.

A - Angry Birds
B - BioShock
C - Chrono Trigger
D - Donkey Kong
E - Earthbound
F - Frogger
G - Guitar Hero
H - Halo
I - Ice Climber
J - Journey?
K - Katamari Damacy
L - Limbo
M - Mega Man
N - NiGHTS into DREAMS...
O - Oregon Trail
P - Portal
Q - Q*bert
R - Resident Evil
S - Super Mario World
T - Tetris
U - Uncharted
V - Viva Pinata
W - Worms
X - Xevious
Y - Ys
Z - Zelda II

Big ups to Zelda II for pulling off a major upset, and nabbing all of the Zelda references.

Judging by the amount of effort EA seems to put into Madden every year, six months actually sounds like an extended development period.

The commercial was a little on the cheesy side (as should be expected from the Big N) and wasn't great, but I still found it visually appealing and I thought it adequately showed off a number of the WiiU's more interesting gimmicks.

I'm surprised, though, that the ad didn't focus more on the whole "keep gaming on your GamePad even when someone else would like to commandeer the television" feature. I would think that would really appeal to the "family" demographic they're targeting here; I can certainly think of many times when something like that would've been convenient when I was growing up.

I'm generally not a huge fan of the 3DS XL's appearance, but I kinda dig that checkered pattern on the white one.

It still can't touch the cobalt blue Fire Emblem-decaled 3DS, though.

Trevor Belmont better just stay far away from weddings, if he knows what's good for him.

I agree that, given the obvious Game Boy influence, it looks like it would be a better fit for the 3DS, but either way, I definitely have my eye on this now.

If I still have power on Halloween, I'll be getting my Resident Evil: Revelations and Lone Survivor on.

I'd play RE4 again, but I'm so desensitized to that game's scares now that even the regenerators and Ashley's hallway sequence barely register anymore.

Seems legit.

Mario Golf GBC, interesting. I missed out on that one back when it came out, but if it's even half as fun as Mario Tennis GBC, I should be in for a good time.

The day WiiWare Super Meat Boy was cancelled was a sad day indeed.

I've been tempted to give Prince of Persia a try ever since I saw Arino try to beat it on Game Center CX. Maybe I'll make it my next download, once I have time for it.

Whenever-the-heck-this-game-finally-comes-out can't come soon enough.

Picross E!!

HNNNNGGG-

I'm not sure what I hate more: my rotten luck or my random brainfarts.

Alright, one more round and I think I'll call it a day.

Those blasted cars at the end of Coconut Mall smh.

Nuts.

I haven't raced in a few months, so I may be a little rusty, but I'll be sure to pop in for at least a few races.

I think the real story here is that this guy's name is Thor.

If I were to get one Metal Slug game, should it be this or 3? I like what I've played of the series, but I think just one entry would be sufficient for me.

I wasn't aware that Sunshine needed much defending. No, it probably wasn't one of the better games in the series, but it's still pretty damn fun and was one of the 5 or 10 best games available for the GameCube, which had a stronger library than a lot of people like to remember now.

I can't even begin to calculate how much of my life has been spent playing Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart DS. The time spent just in their respective battle modes has to have easily topped 100 hours each.

Just Xenoblade Chronicles for me. I should probably focus a little more on the main story, but the compulsion to explore the Bionis keeps throwing a wrench in that.

If I could get only one Metal Slug game, should it be X or 3?

Huzzah!

@Ren - I'd say that's still a more sensical (I'm positive I just made up that word, but it feels like it should be a real one, you know? I mean, "nonsensical" is a word, so you'd think removing the "non" prefix would leave a perfectly functional member of the English vocabulary, but I guess that's not the case. Oh, uh, sorry everybody. Very random tangent.) title than Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. At least you'd still know that you're playing as a plumber that runs and jumps with that name.

Anyway, goofy SE name or not, I still really want to play this game. And while I feel like I've seen better pieces of art for this game, I do kinda like this simple box art too.

The "At least for now" sub-header is key here. Because there's no way Ubisoft won't eventually port the limbless wonder to every current system under the Sun. Heck, they're still porting Rayman 2 to stuff.

Still not sure if want.

Back when the GCN first came out, I used to walk the 2 miles to my local K-Mart every other weekend just so I could gawk at the Rogue Squadron II demo.

It takes a gorgeous and confident woman to be able to pull off a 'stache, and I'd say Cruz managed to do so admirably.

I'm kinda jealous of how well her facial grows out, actually.

I love me some Kirby spin-offs, especially the portable ones. Canvas Curse, Mass Attack and Tilt 'n' Tumble rank right up there among my favorite games in the series

Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward - Oct. 23

Good to know; I hadn't seen a more specific official date than "October" before now.

Level-5 why u no let me have sports-RPG hybrids?

1) Super Mario Bros. 3
2) Super Mario World
3) Super Mario Galaxy 2
4) Super Mario Galaxy
5) Super Mario 64/DS
6) Super Mario Bros.
7) New Super Mario Bros. Wii
8) Super Mario 3D Land
9) Super Mario Sunshine
10) Super Mario Bros. 2
11) Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
12) Super Mario Land
13) New Super Mario Bros.
14) Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

I suppose that's how I vaguely feel about the Mario platformers. There's definitely a big drop-off between 10 and everything below it, though.

EDIT: A more amorphous "tier" system, rather than somewhat rigid numerical rankings, might reflect my affection for them more accurately. 1-5 are among my all-time favorite games ever made and each could easily be my favorite flavor of Mario on any given day, while 6-10 are games I still had a great time with and enjoy re-playing ever now and again, and 10-14, while not without their merits, felt like let-downs, to varying degrees.

I'd definitely consider going digital for New Art Academy and numerous other games, but I can't see myself taking that plunge with Nintendo unless 1) their retail games are any cheaper to download than to buy physically and, much more importantly, 2) purchases are tied to an account and not the system itself.

Final Fantasy XII seems to be the only game I play anymore.

Mario and Wario both deserve better.

I realize this is the often inscrutable Nintendo of America we're talking about, but I'm not sure why they waited so long after Skyward Sword's release to make these available. And for 900 coins at that, wow.

eBay would definitely be the way to go for me here... if I had a golden wiimote to go along with it, that is.

@SuperMinusWorld - Right now? I'd say Classic-style (the games from the 8- and 16-bit eras, they were largely, but not always, pretty linear side-scrollers, with a greater focus on careful timing and using the whip and various sub-weapons for combat), Symphony of the Night-/Metroidvania-style (still side-scrolling, they're sort of a fusion of "Classic" with very prominent Metroid-style non-linear exploration and RPG elements) and, most recently, the rather polarising Lords of Shadow-style (very much in the vein of modern 3D action games like God of War, to borrow a very common comparison) are the three main "schools" of Castlevania design.

Of course, there are also some entries that don't fit as neatly into one category as other games (Castlevania II had quite a bit of Metroidvania in its DNA long before there was such a thing as Metroidvania, Order of Ecclesia's first half could be seen as something of a bridge between the first two gameplay styles and Mirror of Fate is, preumably, attempting to mix in some of everything) as well as previous forays into 3D that failed to stick, but those are the three that have been successful for Konami.

SML2 is a bit overrated in my book, but it's certainly worth $3 - not that the normal $4 isn't a good deal either.

I already accepted a long time ago that this won't be another one of my beloved Metroidvanias. Now I'm more hoping that it'll play like something of a hybrid between the three main styles of Castlevania.

Goody gravy, Zelda and spaghetti Westerns?

My body was not ready!

I used to hold out a slim hope that the N64 games would make their way to the Wii Virtual Console, but I'd like to give this a try when it reaches the NA eShop.

First blush, I'm thinking I'll roll with either Ali or Tsukikage, at least to start with.

Between this and Virtue's Last Reward, I should be in for an entertaining October.

@Blizzaga - I'm sure @FluttershyGuy was talking more about the games released under the Final Fantasy brand for the original Game Boy, like Adventure/Mystic Quest and the Legend trilogy.

Although if/when GBA games become available to the general public on the eShop, I would expect the GBA Final Fantasy releases to eventually follow - just keep in mind that SE generally likes to wait a good, long while before making their old games available as digital downloads, so I wouldn't get my hopes up of seeing even their original Game Boy games up for sale on the eShop anytime soon.

That was a fun little distraction. Good luck everybody.

Nantz and Simms haven't crossed into the uncanny valley in that screen so much as plummeted head-first into it.

Could the reviewer, or anyone else that has had the opportunity to play this game, please enlighten me as to whether New Super Mario Bros. 2 allows you to save after every level? It's been an annoyance for me that such a feature was an unlockable in both of the previous games, instead of being available to the player right from the start like it should've been.

It feels really dumb, picky and first-world-problems-y to say this about a game that costs less than a Lincoln even when it's not on sale, but I'd be all over Super Mario Land if it was priced at a buck - I'm just not sure there's enough content there to last beyond a sitting and justify spending even $3 on it.

Anyway, it's a crummy week, but I'm behind on Game Boy VC releases at the moment, so it's no biggie.