SoulSilverIV

Perhaps I need to buy Sonic and the Black Knight on my next trip to GameStation then. It's officially collectible now!

This will be worth an absolute fortune in 5 years time.

Oh, that's miles away!

@xDemon720x

It's going to look worse in split screen multiplayer because the Wii's having to render up to four different screens at once.

Also, the people playing for this reel really suck. XD

Lol, this has been out for a month now. Catch up, guys!

It's a little unsurprising, considering Japan is gripped by Poke Fever at the moment. Still, depending on my funds, I'm hoping to pick this up when it's released here.

Has anyone remembered that StreetPass only works when the 3DS is in sleep mode? I.e. you can solve the problem by turning it off?

How the hell am I supposed to afford all these awesome games?

I'll definitely be aiming to get one on launch day. I couldn't get hold of a Wii until November 07. Hopefully I can avoid that this time round.

Whatever happened to those LoveFilm rumours for us then, eh?

Oh well, at least we have the BBC iPlayer.

I might have to give this a try!

And, on the subject of cave story, I'm still annoyed that they haven't even released it here in Europe, let alone make available a fixed version for NA.

These specs sound pretty good to me. Considering more recent chips can be more powerful with a lower clock rate, this could be pretty damn good!

Shame you can't compare chips just by raw clock speed anymore though, someone ought to do a benchmark test with these.

I'd prefer the hat tbh.

I'll avoid since I simply can't see myself getting any use out of it, much like the original myNotebook.

@Azurineknuckle

What's so bad about ebay (apart from seller fees)?

@StarBoy91

We don't use the Lira, that was Italy's currency before the switch to the Euro. We're still using the Great British Pound (GBP).

I'll tell you what crazy play modes DON'T await us:

The online ones.

So America gets an April '11 release? That means Europe will be getting a release sometime in 2030.

Damn, I hope it's before March.

This looks incredible!

@Swerd_Murd

I didn't say that Halo had an amazing story, however once you start reading the novels then it gets a lot more interesting.

But I'm straying from the major issue. You said that Reach is just "Halo with character customization" which is, honestly, a gross understatement. Of course, it builds on all the previous Halo experiences, refining and perfecting them. On top of the campaign, it offers fantastic mulitplayer options. Halo online has alwas been an extremely satisfying online experience; in fact, it was Halo 2 that truly made popular online console gaming. The wealth of customisation options provided via the Forge is unlike anything I've ever seen in other console FPSs - the sheer freedom to literally create anything and everything just blows other series like CoD out of the water. Firefight modes, custom games, matchmaking campaign all add to the social experience, and the game even offers the Theatre mode for those who are out there to create machinima.

Whilst I'm not saying that Metroid Prime is in anyway a bad series (I personally think it's a very well accomplished single player game), it would be naive to say that the wealth of single and multiplayer options offered not just in Reach, but also in earlier games like Halo 3 and ODST do not make Halo a better series than Metroid Prime.

I avoided talking about Other M since, due to the nature of it's gameplay, it would be like comparing apples to oranges.

@Atomic Wii Man
@MasterGraveheart

Don't forget that Metroid games are either 2D shooters or FPSs, so obviously the 2D ones wouldn't really have much of an effect on Halo.

As for the FPS side, i.e. Prime, I think Metroid would have to work extremely hard in order to even equal Halo Reach. Whilst the Metroid and Halo stories are probably on par with each other, Reach has such a wealth of options that means it easily trumps Metroid Prime overall. This isn't just a gripe against Metroid, I personally would be astonished if any other console FPS managed to outdo Halo Reach in this generation.

/dons flameproof jacket

This game looks amazingly kawai. Do want.

Anyone else find it amusing that the game is set inside a sock?

Edit: I just noticed the awesome boxart.

I reckon that it would have been a 2D sidescroller rendered in a 3D space, controlled with the D-Pad, and then you could switch to a first person mode, controlled with the analogue stick. How original is that?!

I have know idea why, but I'd kill for the yellow one...

@NintendoPurist

Then we won't have to wait months for translations.

STOP

THIS HAD BETTER WORK WITH THE SMAS RE-RELEASE

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If this is what a launch 3DS title looks like, imagine what they'll look like later down the line!!!

Well, I have just enough Star Points for a gold Wii Wheel. Guess I'll have to crawl eBay for a SNES controller then.

GRR I'M SO ANGREH WTF NINTENDO WHY WULD U JUST RELEESE LEIK 4 RUBBISH GAMES ON 1 DISK THEN ONLY ADD A CD AND B00K AND CHARGE LIEK 30 BUKCS 4 IT NINTENDO ARE SO L4ME

That's the general vibe I'm getting here. Personally I think it's a great announcement!

@irken004

I thought someone already told you what site we are not?

Why ever was the name Wally changed to Waldo in the US? That's what I'm wondering.

What, it's out today?! Lucky Americans...

This is definitely going to be a day one purchase for me. I loved The Curious Village, and Pandora's Box was only better, so I have high hopes for The Lost Future. They better have kept Luke's British English voice actor - having gotten used to him, I feel he suits Luke's character much better than the lad who does his voice in the American version.

Nice review as well Corbie. Can't wait to find out how the Professor gets his hat!

Black and White now officially bring the total number of monsters to 649.

Know what this means?

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

How many Japanese people will find this easy? Gaming ninjas, the lot of them.

Grats guys!

But can we PLEASE have some competitions for the European members too?

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DO WANT

Considering a 1000 Nintendo Points card sets me back £9 in the shop, that Physio Fun Balance Training had better be damn good. Judging by the screenshots, it looks like utter rubbish to me.

I predict >5 out of 10 for this game.

@JumpMad

"I wonder if there going to add Samus to this, since the X-box 360 got Master Chef in theres."

I bet that inclusion would cook up a storm.

Oh and by the way, the spartan in DoA was infact Nicole-458, not John-117. 8B

Wow, nice job EA. What utter rubbish.

Lol, so 25 years for the USA and Japan, and we had to wait, what, another 3 years? No wonder we gave our love to Sega instead. XD

@Dicesukeinuzuka

You did WHAT

Oh yeah, seems the soundtrack is now for sale! I'll wait until after buying the game first, though.

@LuWIIGi

Would you expect anything else from a BIT.TRIP game?

I AM ONLY A STUNNED MAN

Edit: Does that read "Giga" in some of the screenshots? How would that fit in the Hyper Mega Super Ultra Extra lineup?

Edit2: It also looks like you only take damage if the plus icon in the middle of CommanderVideo is hit.

We haven't had a Euro competition for a while now. Stop leaving us out!

That question was too easy, didn't even need to use the translator thanks to my l33t Italian skillz. I reckon I should get a prize for that.

Excellent, if it gives the developers time to add another layer of polish to what is already looking like a pretty solid game, then I'm happy to wait. And, as people have mentioned before, I reckon it would get lost if released alongside GoldenEye and Black Ops.

I personally like the addition of CCPro support, and may use that over the Wiimote and Nunchuk, depending on how well I perform online against WiiMote users. As a massive Halo fan I'm more than capable of playing an FPS well with a pad.

I remember posting a comment on ONM's forums wishing for CC support in The Conduit 1, and getting flamed into oblivion...

I would be surprised if Other M didn't make the top spot over here.

GREAT SCOTT!