ShaneM

That's simply amazing. Congratulations!

@Advancedcaveman

Nuts & Bolts is not a mini-game collection. It is a vehicle-based platformer.

@HeroOfTime007: Well, Nintendo was actually offered the shares from Rare's owners and Nintendo declined the offer.

And I actually loved Rare's Star Fox Adventures.

Rare? Traitors? Nintendo's the one who rejected the offer to own Rare. Nintendo's the one who sold what they did own to Microsoft. It was shortly after Satoru Iwata became president - you see, Rare's games aren't as well-liked over in Japan.

Nuts & Bolts? A good game if given a chance, but it's not perfect.

Oh, and this video is really really really old. XP

Everyone on the Internet who says nobody from the old days still works at Rare are misinformed. Leigh Loveday, the soul of Rare, is still around. A good portion of the DKC and Banjo teams are still there, too.

Most of what left Rare was the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark team, actually. And we got the amazing TimeSplitters series out of it.

I believe Tony Hawk was also on the list of discontinued Activision franchises from yesterday.

This will be the best Kid Icarus game.

I'm with Corbie on this one.

I'll give it a shot and see if I can come up with anything.

@StarDust:

Dragon Quest is actually a lot more popular than Final Fantasy over in Japan.

I actually don't mind the system the 3DS is set to use. One friend code is fine by me.

This is a port of the iPhone Ridge Racer, which would explain the graphics.

I hope Nintendo follows up with an update of Super Mario 64 despite that also being on DS.

A version based on the DS version, but with good controls and improved graphics.

@irken004 I don't know if you're kidding or not, but older games will not be displayed in 3D.

I'm actually interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqLCSt-0S4Y

Is it unrelated to this?

Wii game: Donkey Kong Country Returns
DS game: Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
Overall game: Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns being revealed. Sucks it's been sold out since it came out. :

>Developer: Artoon
Yeah, no.

@James:

This game does not use the Hedgehog Engine. The Hedgehog Engine is a graphics engine made for HD consoles. Unleashed Wii and Colours both do not contain the beautiful Hedgehog Engine and I wouldn't count on seeing it until Nintendo releases a new console.

@James: I don't think the ??? is random. There were seven spots for secret characters and six have been filled.

I hope this is Dixie, Chocobo, or Geno personally.

So it's NOT called Exed Eyes? D:

@SpriteKing:

Four old games or what looks to be the best platformer of all time? I think that one's a little obvious. XP

Johnny Bravo please.

It doesn't even have an ESRB rating...

So no mention of a preloaded game? (Japan got a 25th Anniversary ROM hack, Europe got Donkey Kong.)

Yeah, Kirby was actually added to this game late in development because the game didn't feel fresh enough (aka Nintendo needs to learn to stop depending on old staples).

It was originally known as Prince Fluff and it starred - you guessed it - Prince Fluff! Kirby was added to the game late last year. That's why this game is so different from traditional Kirby gameplay.

I'm sick of people saying this is gonna be bad because it's Sonic. Last time I checked Dimps has never made a bad Sonic game. Sonic Rush got a 9/10 here at Nintendo Life for crying out loud! XD

...The Sonic games produced in-house at Sega are what you have to worry about. XD

@mjc0961: Sega's not doing this one, Dimps is. You know, the makers of the critically-acclaimed handheld titles that everyone praises to this day?

Also, $15 is nice considering the amount of levels is about the same as Sonic Advance or Sonic Rush.

The Wii version of Sonic 4 uses some Genesis rips instead of new jingles and some MIDI-ized songs to make up for the space limit. Just warning anyone who has other consoles to play it on.

Maybe this is the arcade Donkey Kong and not the NES game? XD

@Sean007s:

I'm what one may call a "hardcore fan" and even I'm not going to buy this.

However, I do think it is cute and I wouldn't mind owning one if I had a large sum of cash with absolutely nothing to do with.

The picture on the case for what looks like the soundtrack CD has the American SMB box... This is definitely planned for America too.

I hope North America is next. I have two SNES carts but this couldn't hurt.

So you get a ROM hack built into your Wii? Nice.

@mjc:

Most WiiWare games get more hate than any Sonic game I've ever seen. The whole "Sonic sucks" image is mostly created by spinoffs like Sonic Unleashed for Wii (Sega confirmed the Wii version was a spinoff in a Colors interview - the 360/PS3 version is the "main series" Unleashed, and it's a much better game too), or the storybook games. Plus, Sonic 4 is being made by Dimps.

"Dimps" - the makers of Street Fighter IV and the handheld Sonic games, the only Sonic games to get consistently good reviews! I think Sonic 4 will be fine.

The fact that Birth By Sleep sold so much and this sold so little breaks my heart as a gamer.

Sonic needed a car for the same reason you can't use Mewtwo in official Pokémon tournaments. XP

(...and because the gameplay would be horrid if they tried to incorporate someone on foot in a vehicle race.)

Yuji Naka was Sega's Shigeru Miyamoto: an innovative designer surrounded by controversy. He always wanted to make a crossover game with Miyamoto...

This game's release was worth it just for this review's puns.

It's not really a typing game, it's an educational game that helps kids translate Japanese kanji into standard letters.

Link's new model looks amazing!

I wonder if they'll release Legends 1 and 2?

@Splat

There's four zones, yes. But there's three action stages and one boss stage per zone, seven special stages, an "final act" which includes the final boss. That's a lot of stages.

I'm getting this one on PSN.

What makes these different? Cover art or something?

Nintendo actually had a recall on Twilight Princess games. I don't recall them ever using updates.

Only Mario 1-3 and 2j are confirmed.

Nintendo made 375 million dollars off of the deal, and it has been said by some that they wouldn't had made it out of the GameCube generation and into the Wii generation without it.

(No connection to my username I can assure you. XD)

@47drift
You probably haven't played much Nuts & Bolts. =P

@Swerd
Microsoft payed NINTENDO for Rare.

@Kevin:

The fourth game, the one written in all Japanese, seems to be OoT.