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Surely it must have been the morphogenetic field at work!

(Reference to Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the uninitiated.)

I love the little details on this design like the green screen and the shape of the speaker in the bottom corner!

I went back to the simple joys of Mario Kart 8 this morning. The game is just wonderful - I'm not really sure how it can seriously be improved upon for the next entry in the series. For now, though, time to nail all those Time Trials...

Is this an April Fool's joke? I'd never have expected this but colour me pleasantly surprised. Congratulations to our little dino chum!

I've always interpreted it as a stylised sword in front of a circle, but maybe that's just me...

Still one of the best games of all time for me. I first played it aged about 13 as part of the Collector's Edition on the GameCube at my neighbour's house. He hadn't even got round to trying it, dismissing it as some random bonus disc that came with his Mario Kart: Double Dash!! console bundle. Having heard of how amazing Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were supposed to be, I immediately suggested we play them and from then on I could instantly tell, despite the blocky graphics, that these games, particularly OoT, were special. Kokiri Forest and the Deku Tree took way too long - particularly getting the sword at the beginning - prompting my neighbour to sell the game to me soon after. I never regretted the purchase.

Actually getting round to beating Ocarina of Time took years; the Water Temple in particular caused me to throw in the towel for a long time. Last year I finally made my way through the last few temples and defeated Ganon, and only a couple of weeks ago went about getting all 100 Gold Skulltula Tokens. The shooting mini-games still prove frustratingly insurmountable, but what a joy this game is overall. It just 'feels right' in every department. The graphics are so limited now but the sense of adventure and grandeur has never faded away. In my opinion, it still remains the blueprint for how to make an adventure game, or any 3D game.

Sad but unsurprising news. Only today was I looking on eBay for old Zelda guides - there's just something about having a physical book with clear screenshots, maps and artwork that's a lot more satisfying to use than YouTube videos or purely text-based guides à la GameFAQs (not to take any credit away from those who kindly and passionately make and share them online for free). My Pokémon Gold & Silver guide from back in the day is practically falling apart now after years of usage.

Alas, times change and the proliferation of DLC has been particularly problematic for printed guides. The Hyrule Warriors one was the first guide I bought in years, partly because of the large amount of bonus artwork included, but much of its content became inadequate or incomplete soon after publication as a result of patches and DLC.

@CupidStunt Pokémon Colosseum and XD on the GameCube have challenging single-player modes. Yes, they use the Generation 3 mechanics and are perhaps not quite as hard or complex as modern competitive multiplayer but they definitely force you to use more of a strategy when battling compared to the main handheld games.

Unbelievably, this story has actually made it onto BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45127783

As someone who loved the Zero Escape games, this looks intriguing.

The customisable C-stick is very cool. I wonder if these will be better than the Hori ones announced the other day.

"... with many readers opting to pick up SanDisk's 400GB card which you can currently pick up for £219.99 / $243 from Amazon."

£200+ for an SD card sounds insane! I realise buying such a big card is a long-term investment if you're going to buy lots of Switch games but are there really so many people forking out for such huge SD cards for their Switch?

Lynn, I'm not driving a Mini Metro. I'm not driving a Mini Metro. I'm not driving a Mini Metro.

I just came here to express my appreciation for the Alan Partridge reference in the subtitle. "He must have a foot like a traction engine."

I've got back into the Pokémon TCG lately so I've dusted off the Game Boy game of the same name to try and collect all the cards. Only one last one to go now! After that, it'll be finishing Bravely Default.

@HappyMaskedGuy Agreed. I looked into the weird 'Fes' subtitle and the only similar usage I could find was in an add-on disc for Persona 3 called Persona 3 Fes, which apparently uses 'Fes' as a shortened form of 'festival'. Why they didn't just use 'festival' or even the established 'fest' (as in Oktoberfest) I do not know, but it can probably just be put down to a classic case of Engrish.

I actually rather liked the main character's voice! I can't remember the last time I heard a character with a Northern English accent in a video game!

@LexKitteh I thought that character art looked familiar! The blue-haired guy on the box immediately made me think of the art from Virtue's Last Reward, and it turns out I was right to notice the similarity.

@Nego Try checking again. Some other people were reporting the same thing earlier but I had a look on Friday and the discount was showing for me.

Those Phoenix Wright discounts are good, and I believe this is the first time Corpse Party has been on sale on the eShop. I know it's been released for a number of other formats - is the 3DS version worth it?