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grenworthshero: So you're saying this format is identical to the 360 version? Or maybe you're saying this looks like a clone of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex?

Xkhaoz: The news teams was made aware of the ESRB rating literally minutes before you emailed us, but we appreciate you making the effort. Keep it up!

If only you guys packed a jig-saw, we'd have our greasy hands on a couple of those badboys already. Although, we probably wouldn't admit it, would we? [coughs]

Metroid_Fan: Thanks for the spot. It's been corrected now.

TLink9: I'm going to take a guess and say because a DS game can be played on a DS/DSi and the 3DS. The same cannot be said if it was the other way round. I'll leave it at that.

Bulbasaurus Rex: Perhaps the term 'battle' is over-playing it slightly. The fights can last between five and twenty five seconds. Opponents' health bars aren't substantial and you can typically beat them in 2-5 attacks; especially when you start upgrading your stats. Players can repeat these as many times as they like.

Mickeymac: Yes, Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes will also be launching for the PS3.

Why would you rather buy something that you can't play, nor do you have any intention of being able to play?

Otaku: There's no official word on the Western release of Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute yet.

@Egg_miester: Do you also hate adverts and think the modern world with its various industries are better off without them? Wait a minute, I think I've just worked something else out. We didn't go to the moon.

I know next to nothing about this game and yet I want it so much. I love you Capcom.

A House of the Dead game for the 3DS might be cool. I'd like to see a seperate lightgun the size of a grape which I can point towards the inner camera.

On a serious note, a MadWorld game on the 3DS could be a compelling experience. Imagine running around and slicing people to chunks by sliding the stylus about which acts as a chainsaw. As the body (or what's left of it) stands there wobbling away the final seconds of life, a casual blow into the mic sends the body crashing down like a sack of spuds.

@RichIcon: Thanks for explaing the input methods. It's cleared some things up.

Sounds good to me. If these episodic games try to follow the films' narrative, it'll have too much to live up to and could even feel cheap and lazy. By setting these games in an 'alternate' world, and with Telltale Games behind the wheel, we could be in for a real treat. I wonder what genre these releases will be in.

@Prosody: Marty's "What!?" that follows that line is perhaps the greatest reaction in any film.

@Aviator: It wasn't a suggestion to do it.

@Crunc: Yep.

@KaiserGX: It's got little legs. Lizard, Snake, Reptile... Green Monkey, whatever. I'm going to slap its little head and encase it in a ball.

I've got nothing but fond memories when it comes to NBA Jam. It's also great to hear Tim Kitzrow is so hyped and bursting with ideas. This should be perfect for a guys'-night-in.

I hope the follow-up will be "My Window", where you can choose a variety of views to look out on. Such idyllic environments like a dirty field, or an empty carpark can be yours. Or if you prefer to look out of a real window instead; and see the neighbour you hate turn their nose up at your untidy front garden... you can do that as well.

@zkaplan It's something you might say if you were quoting a song by Shampoo; all for the sake of a bubble reference. I'm not proud but I'd do it again if I had to.

@Kirk I agree it's safer to be cautious and not get ahead of ourselves, but I think the majority of us are very pleased just to see the game enter at #5. If the majority of people bought the game at launch, then it's logical for the placement of the game to hover where it is in the charts for a bit and then possibly drop by one every now and again. To see this stay in the top ten for more than a few weeks will be an excellent result.

@Machu That's a shame. I need to start playing PGA Tour 10 again. Never went online but I'm going to sharpen my skills and take the plunge. Might see you on the green oneday.

@Machu I don't remember any significant issue with the chipping, if anything, the putting was a bit of a pain.

@Pwerlvlamy Divorce papers will be region-free though.

@grenworthshero It's in the gamers' interest that there should be more games that utilise the mixer-turntable controller; since the whole package isn't exactly cheap. I also don't see why games like DJ Hero can't enjoy both DLC updates, and on-disc sequels. Why must it be one or the other? Are you saying that you'd prefer to download tracks to be played from your SD card, over a disc that can possibly contain 100 tracks?

@plankton88 I don't think the point is to be exactly like the "real thing". By that definition, all sport games are no good?

@Imerion
I agree, it wouldn't be necessary but I'd imagine some people would like the ability to share their creations with each other.

@Adam & @Kimiko
Since it features an integrated sequencer, users will be able to 'sequence' their own verses and choruses etc. - allowing you to tinker and tweak your compositions, although these applications almost always features real time play as well. It's not designed to be 'played' with fingers, but more of a way to build compositions bit by bit, layer by layer using the stylus.

I guess I'm pre-ordering this beauty, then. First Monster Hunter game I'll own and it seems to be a good 'un.

Makes you wonder how much time and money is wasted on companies trying to blag their way into others' bank accounts.

@LegendofPasta99 It is quite an obscure reference, but hey, that's how I run things.

@suburban_sensei I don't like Drew Carey much neither. Although probably better than our Bruce Forsyth.

The ability to save the rewards that you earn onto the Wii Remote sounds very useful and practical. Definitely a feature that will encourage gamers to play together.

Can we expect a No More Heroes game for the '3DS'?

Nice review, Jon. Sounds like it could have done with a harder difficulty setting. This may be the next game I'll get that uses the MotionPlus.

I'm assuming the game will employ some kind of algorithm that will generate levels with minor differences; but enough to make them 'different' from each other.

Last version I owned/played is the Blue Version for the Gameboy. I may have to pick one of these up.

@110percentful That's obscene. I hope that one day there will be an online RPG on the Wii that will witness me clock up that amount of game time.

I thought about scoring it a 9 but in all honesty, I think that would have been too generous. The game does have some new ideas but overall, there's too many minor flaws. Repitition is one of them. Despite these forgivable blemishes, you can't ignore the fact that they exist. On my original save file (back in 2004), I racked up over 90 hours of gameplay and you don't do that unless you want to! Let's not forget that 8/10 is still a very good score and I reiterate what I said in the review, even if you own the first and/or third instalment, this is well worth picking up. I see it as one of the gems in the Gamecube era.

@RedBlueSpot
I know it's what he was thinking when he got called up to collect the award. Maybe...

Stunt Cars 2, and RaceTrax are two separate games.

Yep. Preorders from GameStop will come with a MH3 themed card worth 500 Nintendo Points when you pick the game up. This is for a "limited time" though. Capcom Reveals Everything You Want To Know About Monster Hunter 3

I will trade one of my Grandmothers for just the box.

The Art Direction does look like a beaut, doesn't it? The visuals have a little bit of Earthworm Jim in there, it sounds like it plays similar to Pikmin. And you got the whole side-scrolling platform thing going on. [twiddles fingers] Oooo...

Something about those colours makes the DSi XL look dignified.

As I understand, there are currently no plans to release the Wii in black in the US.

As cool as I think things look in glossy black (especially with blue LEDs but that's a whole other fetish), I like many of you already own a Wii. Still good news for those who haven't bought one yet, though. Atleast if my rather "standard" white Wii dies on me, I can take comfort in the fact that I just shrug my shoulders and say "I can get that one, now".

I agree that some Wii Vitality Sensor related news is likely. Maybe this business with the Rogue Squadron Wii game on the GAME website might even get confirmed. Oh, and the most likely that everybody's missed... the fact that Mario and Luigi have a half-brother called Giuseppe who is evil, mentally unstable, and just so happens to have a horde of suggestible minions at his disposal. Own spin-off game, naturally.

@Chibi Link
I think there was a Gold and Silver version in Japan but they just made people ill.

@Chibi Link
I have the same problem. I already have a copy of Strawberry Jam for the normal DS Bread, which thankfully can be played because of the DS Toast's backwards compatibility. Waiting for the collector's edition of Peanut Butter that comes in a ice glass jar.