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@3dcaleb Pretty sure the Tetris Company can't license the right to make a Tetrisphere game since that game was made by another company, and even if they ever wanted to make a Tetrisphere sequel the Tetris Company might not even allow them to use the name Tetris in the title anymore, like what happened with Tetris Attack.

@123akis I think the Battle mode will be better than Axis, but otherwise I think Axis has more single-player modes. From what I saw at E3 the items weren't game-breaking like the matrix-switch one in Axis, and I think they will actually focus on making the Battle mode competitive like Tetris DS was rather than just something for people to fool around with casually, as I know the Tetris Company wants to make Tetris a big competitive thing.

I'll buy it, but I'm not sure how many others will choose this over Tetris Axis at half the price. This should be for Wii U, as it has no Tetris game and is the most popular home console in Japan where Tetris is big.

@Einherjar Hori is known for making quality stuff, so I wouldn't just assume their controllers are going to be junk because they're third-party. I already pre-ordered those Mario and Luigi Hori controllers last week to go with my Mario and Luigi Wiimotes, and it looks like they even have a bigger D-pad than standard GameCube controllers, which is one thing I hate about the GameCube controller is the stiff little D-pad. I also pre-ordered the Smash bundle yesterday when we told we'd be able to use GameCube controllers for other games, so I guess I'll see what actually works better, but it's massively disappointing to learn the adapter may have no other use the day after I ordered it.

@Einherjar You can buy Hori or PDP GameCube style controllers that hook up to a Wiimote that would work for Smash and also work for any game that can use a Classic controller: far better use of money in my opinion, and you're also not tethered to your Wii U like you are with this adapter. The Wii balance board is pretty useless too, but at least it can be used for more than just the Wii Fit games and you can use it in games like Wii Punch-Out!! and Tetris Party, and it's actually necessary to play the Wii Fit games, whereas this accessory is totally not necessary to play Smash.

Oh, Nintendo. They better announce GameCube VC for it, or it's one of the most useless accessories ever.

Went with the Zelda theme. Figured it was worth the $2 for the menu music. Kind of disappointed that the background doesn't look nicer and I can't control which part of the panorama appears on the first page, since I only use the first page yet the panorama looks nicer on the second page. I wish there were a Little Mac theme.

Little Mac, because Punch-Out!! is my favourite Nintendo franchise, and there's no other way to play with Little Mac in 3D on my 3DS since Nintendo never made Punch-Out!! as a 3D Classic, grrr.

Zelda if I can rationalize spending the money on it. Otherwise, just the freebies I suppose.

Looks like they're targetting the smaller model at women and children, which probably makes sense since they have smaller hands.

Don't know why anyone would want a 2DS with the New 3DS on the horizon.

I wish we could pre-order this in Canada. If you buy everything separately it works out to C$130 on amazon.ca.

They're the test market for the west I'm guessing. Lucky, lucky southerners. When they used Canada as a test market is was for the Wii mini, sigh.

Punch-Out!! commercial FTW!

Speed is welcome. Still wish we knew more about the courses.

I can't believe this scored better than Samurai G, lol.

Worst week yet.

Good riddance. I'd rather not be reminded of that horrible game.

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver . . . and Edmonton, lol.

I pre-ordered it for the Tetris song, but I honestly don't know if I've even heard many of these, so I can't really say whether I approve or not.

It's awesome, but I'm kind of mad that I should have qualified for codes and didn't receive them, since it's effectively our real platinum reward. They said they'd add me to a queue to gets codes in 2-3 days, sigh. I feel bad for people that didn't sign up to receive "information" from Nintendo and didn't get codes because of that: an unlimited demo is something much more unique than just information in my mind, because information is something I should just be able to get from a news site.

I would use that feature. They should just make the 3DS a Wii U controller in general so they can sell the Wii U without the Gamepad at a lower price point to lure more 3DS owners to buy it.

@Peach64 I thought the same thing, but the game is better played with real people than CPU opponents, so that's probably why. I think they should give these codes to all platinum members anyway to be fair though.

Have all the Zeldas and Uprising and Sonic already. Guess I'll get Mega Man 2.

Sure, now that the system is about to be obsolete they release all the special editions to get rid of them all, sigh.

I don't mind a game being simple or cheap, but I expect it to at least have some thought or creativity behind it instead of just being a lame knock-off.

This looks and sounds dreadfully boring. Blok Drop U was okay for a buck, but I doubt I'd get this even if I were just trying to waste away my last buck on the eShop.

Sigh, Kirby Super Star for me I guess.

They don't offer any current games for the monthly rewards anymore (guess they're saving those for platinum rewards now, lol). It's just VC, plus DSiWare and 3D Classics, which are also basically VC. The last time we got anything remotely current it was Dillon's Rolling Western in November. Meanwhile, they think every old NES game and $5 DSiWare game should be worth 200 coins, so basically only the SNES and N64 games are worth the coins they ask.

Decided to get SMB3 for 3DS to have a portable version. Debating quadruple-dipping on Punch-Out!! to get a portable version (have the Tyson's cartridge, Wii VC, and Wii U VC).

@Artwark They can claim the system weighs 1.5 grams less, lol. My guess is they wanted to make it as small as possible and as hard as possible to access so kids would forget it exists and leave it alone, because they probably had too many kids pulling it out when it was trying to save and then whining to Nintendo about their games getting corrupted.

Is the wooden one made out of real wood from some kind of rare bonsai tree or something? Number 012 is also 3000 yen, and it doesn't look like there's anything special about it except that it has the same larger graphic as the wooden one (although I'd much rather have the smaller graphic like on 005 that includes Luigi and Lakitu et al. anyway).

@sinsalaca When you do the system transfer your purchased games will transfer over, although the system transfer is slightly more difficult now that you can't take your SD card out of your 3DS and stick it in the microSD slot on the New 3DS.

Did they really improve the camera lighting, or is the article mistaking the brightness adjustment feature that uses the camera to adjust the screen brightness for an improvement in the ability of the camera to take pictures in low lighting? I don't understand Japanese, but I sure didn't see any indication in the video that they've made any improvements to the cameras, so I expect the pictures to still be as terrible as ever.

Also, it looks like they've moved the camera indicator light from the outside of the system to the inside: did they say why? I thought it was supposed to show when the camera was active so people would know if you were trying to take pictures of them that you shouldn't be, but then the system also makes that camera click sound anyway. Are we supposed to be worried that nefarious people will hack our 3DS systems and gain control of the inner camera to take blurry pictures of us gaming, lol, and the light will warn us of that great danger?

After careful thought and consideration, I'd go with 005 on a black 3DS . . . until a Zelda or Punch-Out!! one became available. I hope we get these in NA, especially since I feel the size of the new 3DS would be just right for my hands (the XL is a little too big and the OG feels a little smaller than ideal).

@ULTRA-64 Yikes, I still would have panicked having to use motion controls. Everybody, stay safe: put on hockey gloves the moment you step away from the console.

@ULTRA-64 It's like when I pre-ordered the 3DS I was so excited I kept having this fear I would never live to see it or lose an eye or a thumb or something crucial to be able to play it. Yep, gotta hide out in a bomb shelter for the next 9 months I guess, lol.

Sweet, had no idea the bundle would be even cheaper than buying the DLC packs separately. C$11.99 well spent . . . assuming I don't die before the DLC releases, lol.

The characters don't interest me very much, but I'll buy the DLC for the courses.

Still been hoping games would allow us to play our own music from 3DS Sound, but allowing us to play game music as a music player is pretty sweet, especially for a game like this that will actually include a lot of great music.

This would be awesome, as long as it's not doing anything illegal.

Pit looks awesome, Yoshi is so cute, and I'd love a Little Mac, but I honestly feel like these things are a waste of money, so I doubt I will buy any of them.

I'd have made this an ice cream cake with ice cream cones sticking out the sides of it, so you could cut the pieces and eat them off the cones, om nom.

So the IQ Test is whether you're stupid enough to buy it I guess.

Makes me even happier I pre-ordered it. Was sort of hoping it wouldn't be a full $65 game.

I don't think they'll happen since they never even bothered making the NES 3D Classics that would have made sense like Punch-Out!! and Rad Racer. They did junk games like Urban Champion instead and then gave up when they didn't sell, surprise, surprise.

Wow, that update took like 2 seconds.

I think it has been several updates now since my last 3DS freeze. The stability must be near-perfect by now.

@Za23 I think they basically did just convert the Japanese price to dollars, and the Japanese price was probably high because the original cartridges seem to go for a fortune in Japan, unlike the NA cartridges. Maybe the $30 price won't work in NA, and they'll be forced to put it on sale or permanently drop it, judging by all the hate the price tag is getting. Now I'm not sure whether to bite the bullet and drop the $30 like I was planning to or wait for the sale like everyone else seems to be holding out for.

I'll be buying it!

Yay, been wanting this, so now I'll get it for sure.