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I already have this game - and beat it - on N64, but I hopelessly lost the cartridge years ago. So I decided to download it, and I'm glad I did. The gameplay still has a strangely relaxing quality to it; even though I've played the levels dozens of times, they never seem to get old.

I like bizarre games, and I think this game is fun... but it can be VERY frustrating. But I like its surreal art style, the music is great, and the controls are good. So I'd give it 3.5/5. But since it's either 3/5 or 4/5, I'll go with 4/5.

There really isn't that much homoerotic imagery in the game - after all, it's rated E10+. But just wait for the sequels!

Edit: I'm finally used to the controls, so now I'm having a gay old time.

Got it on N64, played it to death, no need to buy again.

Just WHO is criminally bored enough to care about being able to post Pokemon photos on the Wii message board and send them to friends? "OH LOOK, I GOT X NUMBER OF POINTS ON THIS SHOT OF MEW!" "OH YEAH, WELL I GOT Y NUMBER OF POINTS! SUCKAH! I'M SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!"

I'm downloading Cho Aniki the MINUTE it's released! And to all its haters: OH, BE NICE! * waves hand downward *

What's the point of re-releasing this without some sort of light-gun/Zapper/Wiimote pointer control? Biiiiiiig mistake, Nintendo. Using a clunky D-pad to aim is just pathetic. But the game looks lame anyway, so let's try to forget it.

I want Cho Aniki! I don't care what normal people or shooter-elitists say about it - because I don't identify with either group. I wanna try something truly bizarre, even if it's reviews aren't the greatest. That's my opinion and no one can change it.

I hope SPOGS Racing goes away soon.

I don't hate My Pokemon Ranch because it's a Pokemon game. I hate it because it's a total disappointment, with extremely limited features - I just want something MORE than a Mii channel for Pokemon (and no, the ability to stack your Pokemon and topple them for, ahem, "laughs," doesn't justify 1000 points.) And the graphics - they're some of the WORST I've ever seen. It really does offend me. I'm not some four-year-old who's like OOOHHHH LOOKIE! MY POKEYMAN'S RUNNIN' AROUND IN FULL 3D! DROOLS ON SHIRT. I don't need photo-realistic rendering or anything, but would it kill them to make them look at least Pokemon Stadium-quality? You know, rendered with EFFORT? Oh wait, they didn't have to; their audience of 12-year-old girls (and those who are 12-year-old girls at heart) will just happily babble over how... ugh... "kawaii" the graphics are.

So, in other words, I'm not particularly interested in getting "My Pokemon Cash-In." I planned on getting it before I learned of what an utter disappointment it is. The next installments of the series will be even more lazily-made. raises both fists to Nintendo, gives the finger

Samba De Amigo is coming pretty soon to Wii... I haven't bought any Wiiware games beside Defend Your Castle, and since the Wiiware store is loaded with examples of Nintendo's non-existent quality standard, I'm not buying ANYTHING without a thorough analysis of reviews. I mean, this IS the same company who had the nerve to release My Pokemon Ranch, Pong Toss and SPOGS Racing.

I actually might get this. And that's saying a lot, considering I haven't gotten any WiiWare games besides Defend Your Castle.

But it takes up 312 blocks? I'll pass.

Oh wait, the version on my cellphone is just a basic, single-screen overhead view. It looks like this version is full 3D with different angles.

I have no plans pick up Wii Play EVER, so...yeah. I have a Midnight Pool demo that came free with my cellphone, along with a Tetris demo. It's decent; it always says I "committed a foul" at the most random times. If you've played one pool game, you've pretty much played 'em all. Couldn't we have gotten a bizarre new puzzle game or something?

I CAN'T BEGIN to tell you how much I HATE interview questions being answered with "I can't say why." It always brings a chill to my spine, because it's another step toward totalitarianism. What, is Nintendo's crack team of lawyers gonna car-bomb his family if he simply says what the problem is? What happened to simple questioning and answering? Will breathing be outlawed next?

If it's a case of being afraid to release the game due to Nazi imagery or exploding heads...GROW A PAIR, NINTENDO.

I was never a fan of point-and-click games. Click on the doorknob. Enter a room. Struggle to figure out why the next door doesn't work. Get annoyed. Snore. Repeat.

I'll wait for the review. Just because it's Homestar doesn't guarantee it's good.

Give up on looking forward to Earthbound already. Move on. I did long ago.I seriously doubt that it'll be released in our lifetimes... or our children's lifetimes.

If Nintendo ever wants to make its old-school fans happy (which is their lowest priority - they prefer the dumb and inexperienced ones far more), they'll make Earthbound's release as unnecessarily epic as possible; Earthbound-themed parades in major cities, round-the-clock webcast updates during its preparation for release, etc.

I assume "Break In" refers to breaking the triangle of pool balls as the first move in each game.

You'll never go broke by appealing to the lowest common denominator. American marketing teams know that any product that includes or implies heavy drinking = big sales. Note the phrase "Frat Party GAMES," implying that there'll be more. I'd love to see the reactions from parents if "Pin the Gazongas on the Babe" is created - Nintendo'd probably censor it with an ever more stupid new name like "Pin the Tail on the Donkey - Mature Version."

My opinions of the top three in the Land of the Dumb, er, I mean, U.S.:

1 (1) - My Pokémon Ranch - Not gonna buy it. Personally, I prefer Pokemon games that look more visually appealing than a diseased colon. And especially ones that took longer than 10 minutes to make, and that don't make me pray for the slow, painful death of the human race.
2 (14) - Frat Party Games - Pong Toss - Also not gonna buy it. Because it spreads the message that people who play beer pong are worthy members of society. And, it sucks.
3 (2) - Dr Mario Online Rx - Also not gonna buy it. Dr. Mario is a good game, but did we really need an ONLINE version, released by the same idiot company that requires FRIEND CODES, one of the top five dumbest inventions in the history of humanity?

Pong Toss should have never been made. Know why? It violates natural selection. See, the morons who play real-life beer pong are meant to ruin their own lives eventually via alcohol-related depression, fighting, etc. by nature. But when a virtual replacement such as Pong Toss is created, the morons are not only granted a crappy game to enjoy (and, also, to introduce kids to the concept of beer pong), but ANOTHER awful WiiShovelWare game to give Nintendo more money. Lose-lose.

My Pokemon Ranch is STILL a #1 seller? There's three types of people who are buying it: people who don't read reviews, people with bad taste, and lobotomy patients. (And yes, again, this is coming from a Pokemon fan.) Sigh.

It's a shame that so many people are THAT easily amused. Maybe Nintendo's next Pokemon game will consist entirely of a non-interactive clip of Pikachu dangling a ring of colorful keys on-screen for the suck...er, I mean, PLAYer in an endless loop. CHA-CHING!

^ I couldn't have said it better myself! I'm so sick of having this "game" stare back at me from the "Recommended" bunch every time I access the Wii Shop Channel's main page - where it has TOP BILLING! Geez, Nintendo, you really hurt my feelings when you underestimate my intelligence like that.

I've been a Pokemon fan pretty much since the start, and I'm not gonna part with $10 to watch sub-first-generation-PS1-quality blobs that were probably each completely rendered in less than 10 seconds cavort around some empty field. OH LOOK!!!!! THE PASTED-TOGETHER DEFLATED SOCCER BALLS WITH STICK-ON ARMS AND EARS PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE PIKACHUS JUST STUMBLED AND FELL AFTER I STACKED THEM! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SO KAWAII! LOOK AT ME, I'M A WHITE FEMALE BORN IN 1998 AND I'M SO AIRHEADED THAT I'D STICK MY HEAD IN A WOODCHIPPER IF PIKACHU TOLD ME TO IN A DREAM! TEE-HEE! I'LL GIVE MY MOM'S MONEY TO NINTENDO SO THAT MORE POORLY-MADE, BARE-BONES PILES OF FESTERING DOG SNOT LIKE THIS "GAME" GET RELEASED! I AM YOUR SELF-APPOINTED SLAVE, NINTENDO!

Just so you know, I'm actually an 18-year-old male.

I'm betting that next week, Nintendo will release NO games, just for the lulz. Or maybe even REMOVE some good games from the store! The sick possibilities are endless. Nintendo is like that parent who promised to take you to the toy store, but took you to the dentist instead.

Wow, some people still actually TRUST Nintendo for ANYTHING? That's funny.

@ x.SuperMario.x

The DS is only compatible with DS and Game Boy Advance games - nothing older. It's really annoying.

For Wiiware, the pattern is more like "crap, crap, crap, crap, crap..."

I'm anxiously awaiting more Frat-related games on the Wii, such as "Cocaine Snorting," "Drunk Driving," and "Male and/or Female Date-Raping"

Why in GOD'S name was a beer pong simulator released on the Wii? (It's a rhetorical question: I know the real answer is "because America is stupid." There are plenty of far-more intellectual, untapped game ideas out there, such as putting on blindfolds and hitting each other in the head with sledgehammers while rolling in feces.

I actually wanted to download My Pokemon Ranch: it's a shame Nintendo did such a lazy job on it. Of course, they know that they can put minimal effort into a product, slap the word "Pokemon" on it, and presto, a #1 seller. I mean, would it REALLY have killed them to make the graphics at least on a first-Pokemon-Stadium-on-the-N64 level? Nope, they simply chose not to. I hope the people profitting from that "game" choke just a little bit while eating lobster tails and caviar.

And SPOGS Racing - I really wanted to download that one at first, but thank God for reviews. How does Nintendo sleep at night, knowing that they're profitting from selling shoddy titles to the unsuspecting public? Answer: on top a pile of money and many beautiful ladies.

Of course, if you're downloading ANY titles without reading reviews first, you should already know you're skating on thin ice. Did you download SPOGS solely because the channel description said, "It's a must-have for your collection?"

As a longtime Pokemon fan, this "game" is a serious insult and middle-finger to the fans (the ones with intelligence, at least.) I really can't get over how BAD the graphics are. I mean, SERIOUSLY. 12-year-old girls (and others with a 12-year-old girl's intellect) say the graphics are "cute" and "kawaii." I say they're "lazily-rendered" and "painful on the eyes." Beware of posting anti-Pokemon Ranch comments on Youtube, though: that site is loaded with idiot 12-year-old girls who wouldn't hesitate to pay $10 for a ball of cow dung with the word "Pokemon" etched in it. Nintendo has released a horrible-looking, overpriced, bare-bones, DISAPPOINTING product that people are STILL gobbling up like it's the greatest thing ever. Which means that there's more crap like this to follow. Seriously, Nintendo, go buy a Ferrari with your millions of dollars and crash head-on into a brick wall.

Beer pong is one of those games that makes me despise the human race the most. "Throw a ping-pong ball into a plastic cup of beer and win RESPECT!" Idiots. Why not just have a game where you play as blindfolded monkeys flinging poo at each other? It would be a vast increase in intelligence.

I've got an idea for when this is released. Maybe the Virtual Console could also release downloadable modules for Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Knuckles in Sonic 2. They could be free downloads if the right games are in your purchase history - for example, if you've purchased both Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, you could download the Sonic 3 & Knuckles module free of charge to simulate the lock-on mode.

I already have Mega Collection, so I won't need it anyway.

It really boils my blood when Nintendo refuses to pay the damned royalties for ANY licensed game, no matter how good. I can understand if the OWNERS of Tetris or Lemmings refuse to sell their rights (if that is the case), but when NINTENDO is too stingy to pay for the rights, it really justifies a swift punch in the face.

I'm anxiously awaiting the follow-up to My Pokemon Ranch - it's called "My Pokemon Nothing!" There's no gameplay or interactivity whatsoever - it's just the word "Pokemon" displayed on one of your Wii screens! For just 1000 Wii points! Since people will buy ANYTHING with the word "Pokemon" on it, Nintendo decided to forgo making another barely-improved Pokemon Box with bad, bad graphics, and is just focusing on Pokemon's money-magnetic logo this time! Whoopee! Coming to Wiiware this Christmas, right after "Butt Scratcher," "Income Tax Return Filer" and "Total Disappointment Simulator #25!"

Let's see, a muscular blond guy in a sleeveless white T-shirt, blue jeans and red-and-white sneakers punching up thugs in a gritty inner-city environment with a funky club-music soundtrack. Yeah, this looks EXACTLY like Streets of Rage... an inferior version, at least. There's no way that this is better than Streets of Rage 2.

Come ON, Nintendo. Where are the GOOD GAMES? And "obscure" does not mean "good."

Ah, those clever minds at Nintendo - releasing this abomination in September to coincide with the start of the school year! After all, NO ONE cares about games like Super Mario RPG and Zelda: Majora's Mask, but what we DO want is a bland "edutainment" title released solely as an excuse to disprove rumors that "all Nintendo games are uneducational." Math and classic Nintendo games go together as well as fat men and bicycle pants.

And yes, I've played the game in Animal Crossing. My favorite parts were the "long division" segments: they consisted of climbing a rope quickly with NO MATH INVOLVED. Pretty educational.