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Always wanted to play this game, if only because none of the Queen references needed to be explained when I first learned of it. I'll pick it up tonight...and listen to Queen II on the way home from work to get in the mood.

Questions repeat too much or are just stupid, really. Not nearly as engaging as the Everyone Votes Wii app (or whatever it was called), which at least provided some fun as we guessed how the masses would vote. That, and I'll just never understand the fun of dressing up video game characters in different outfits. Considering the majority of the "fashions" are for girls, I guess I'm not the target demographic. The coins and discounts just aren't worth it.

This video couldn't have been more annoying if Sonic the Hedgehog was narrating it.

But I'm buying the game regardless.

My two oldest kids each have a 3DS. They have the games they want. And they never play them. When every other kid on the bus and at school has access to Roblox and whatever clan is clashing this month, that's what they want to play. Can't be helped.

And people need to get beyond this whole "no hardcore games" on mobile devices argument. You're clinging to an anchor on a sinking ship. Yes, the ads and IAPs of freemium games are annoying, but honestly, I've been playing Phantom of the Kill for the past week on my iPhone, and I found the IAPs are MUCH less annoying than all the crap that was dumped into Fire Emblem Fates, to which it's often (and justifiably) compared.

You forgot this option:

Who cares? Nintendo will be fine. It's E3 you need to worry about.

Creature From the Black Lagoon and Attack From Mars are two of my all-time favorite real life pinball machines. I may pick this up just for those two.

Trade shows are dying, and eventually—hopefully soon—E3 will die with them. There's nothing worse for publishers/developers than having to force announcements and show off products at a time when those products aren't ready to be shown off just so they can meet a schedule controlled by media groups. And I say this having been to the last four E3s. They're fun, but largely useless.

E3...2017...none of that is nearly as important as the launch titles. Wii U got bad press because of the lack of quality launch titles, so no one bought it, so no one made games for it, so no one bought it. Put Zelda there on day one, new Mario, maybe even a new Metroid, Pikmin and (God willing) Fire Emblem, and now you're moving consoles, so more developers will find the unit attractive. I'm happy to wait (and it doesn't hurt that my and my son's birthdays are in March).

What @vincentgoodwin said. I know that, pushing 50, I'm no longer the target demographic for games like this (or any type), but sweet Jesus, I'd sure be happy if the RPGs I played involved actual adults instead of teenagers, cleavage or not. You want fewer content edits (and again, this is editing, not censorship...if you can still play the game, it hasn't been censored), start demanding characters whose fontanelles have hardened.

I found some of the motion controls in combat too frustrating and never finished it. Get the high def version on the Wii U with Gamepad support and it would be a no brainer to buy it again / try it again. This and Trauma Team were two the updates and/or sequels I most expected to see when the Gamepad was unveiled, and neither came to fruition.

A lot of people here need to learn the difference between censorship and editing for content. When a rated R movie is edited to be aired on network TV, do you call that censorship?

KEMCO games are quite entertaining on mobile devices. I've played and reviewed numerous titles for iOS, and feel they've got the UI down and know how to work within the limitations. But there's just too much competition from A-level JRPGs for 3DS where gamers justifiably expect more than a mobile port will give them.

I thought not having games like COD was part of Nintendo's appeal.

Preferred the artwork of the earlier games, but I'll definitely be getting it on day one.

Is it too much to ask for news of the Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem western release?

I remember playing this on the Wii, and my then two-year-old daughter would watch it like it was a cartoon. She's now 12, and I'll be watching her play it on the Wii U...assisting where necessary, of course. Circle of something.

This is the console version of Terra Battle. Check out their download campaign graphic to see the image they used for the 2 million downloads achievement. http://terrabattle.wikia.com/wiki/Download_Starter

Speaking from experience, we older gamers don't have the time to sink into video games that younger players do. Difficult to be competitive against a 13-year-old kid who plays Madden or Call of Duty four to five hours a day.

Hopefully the new features compensate of the lack of words. Just please, for the love of God, don't turn all your content into videos like IGN is doing (and is why I abandoned them and started coming here). It's easier to mask how annoying gaming journalists tend to be when you don't have to actually hear them talk.

@Dezzy You're just bing goofy. Cowboy, by definition: "A hired man, especially in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback." Wearing the hat and the boots doesn't make you a cowboy.

Just curious...since they're giving the cowboy a stereotypical southern drawl, did the "Tomahawk" job come with a stereotypical Native American accent? Because that could've been issue. Either way, the Japanese (and many nations outside the U.S. ... this was especially apparent if you took the Capretz French classes in high school) view Native Americans as cartoon characters, because that's the way we've historically portrayed them. Same with cowboys, really. The difference is that cowboy is a job, Native Americans are a people and a culture.

@Operationgamer17 Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem will keep me well occupied for a couple months, then Bravely Second drops in April. My 3DS time is accounted for well into summer...although Project X Zone 2 may serve as a nice break from those games when the grinding gets tedious.

Played the first when it came out, but didn't finish it. Got too repetitive, so I just found a video of the ending on YouTube. However, I played enough to get my money's worth, and I enjoyed the demo for 2 last night, so I'll give it a go down the road if there's a lull in 3DS releases.

What @Ash_Anne said...I learned the app trick when ordering iPhones. And yeah, thanks NL. This is the first time I've been able to pick up a Fire Emblem Amiibo that wasn't ordered from Japan (although with tax and shipping, GameStop's prices aren't much cheaper than foreign Amazon scalpers).

The pricing is fine; there's a lot of money to spend here, but that's because there's a lot of content. If you don't want to buy all of it, you still get full games for the content you do buy.

And yes, @manu0, the Special Edition will come with a free download for the third scenario. The additional DLC maps are on top of that.

Good...it'll give me something to play on the flight to Vegas for my 15th wedding anniversary in June. (Take heart, young gamers...I'm living proof you don't have to give up lengthy JRPGs after marriage.)

I'm okay with this not having a U.S. release date yet. I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem Fates more, so I likely won't be buying it until around April anyway.

The bust slider was removed, one would assume, so NoA wouldn't have to deal with the outcry. People who are offended are quite loud about it, and it's easier to deal with butt-hurt gamers on forums than 1 Million Moms on FOX. What cracks me up, though, is Lin's costume change. You can dress every other woman in the game in the skimpy outfits, but not Lin, because she's 13. You know a better way to handle it? Quit putting 13-year-old characters in your games! Lin's fun and all, but totally unbelievable within the scope of the story.

Between Fire Emblem, Bravely Second, Project X Zone and Zero Escape, I'm pretty much covered for the year. Unless...isn't there supposed to be a new Phoenix Wright, too? Cripes.

Played through this on the Wii when it was first released, and just went through it again earlier this year with my kids. We all loved it, and I always though it was a shame they never released a Wii U entry, since it seems a perfect match (the Wii Remote was never as precise as the DS stylus). Hopefully this release catches on and convinces Atlus to give another, but I doubt we'll see that happen.

It took Awakening for my son to understand the glory of JRPGs. If it takes this for my daughter to come around, then I'm all over it (although, honestly, I'd be buying the game even if I didn't have a daughter).

I sank 118 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles, and thought that was ridiculous, but I did the exact same thing on the New 3DS version. I still think the ridiculous number of side quests for rare drops too often ground the fantastic store to a halt (but I had to find and complete them all...until the very end), but I would like do it all again if they ever release an HD version. I don't see how Xenoblade Chronicles X could be as good--story and characters seem too pedestrian to me--but I'm looking forward to being proven wrong.

This is one of those rare instances where I'm happy there's not a lot of content coming to the Wii U. I'll have until Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem (or whatever they're calling it now) is released in the States to finish Xenoblade Chronicles X.

@Gridatttack That's exactly what I've done. Played a bit of Stella Glow, but have now worked my way up to Chapter 27 of LA 2. You're right...the second half is much better.

Wait...what? Hundreds of hours of content? Good God, some of us have a wife and kids we need to occasionally acknowledge, you know.

I was going to get this on day one, but Fire Emblem Fates follows its release by a couple weeks now. These preorder bonuses aren't enough to make me wait until after I'm done with that, at least.

Finishing the demo prompted me to bust out Luminous Arc 2, which I never finished. Halfway through that now, so it looks like I'll have to put it on hold again when I pick up Stella Glow on Tuesday.

I'm fine with the lack of lingerie. Running through the woods in heals just doesn't make any sense, anyway.

Both. Of course both. And all DLC. And any related Amiibos.

I'll play through White first, then move on to Black once I'm back in practice.