Ronnie

I've never heard of this Grezzo, and didn't even realise Nintendo outsourced its games to other developers but if it's done well and frees them to work on other games, then great. Re: the box art, I've always liked it when they go minimal as with a lot of past Zelda box designs so could have done without Link and Epona, but that's a major nitpick. Agreed though, hope it gets the shiny treatment.

Oh how I miss that ending gate + fanfare

Sword fights are a fitting conclusion, 1 on 1, no gimmicks. It worked well for both WW and TP I think, especially given the whole Master Sword storyline

Some of the best UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) design around mixed in with outstanding product design and excellent marketing is the reason Apple products are so popular, and rightly so. A missing feature or technical ability compared to its competitors isn't important in the grand scheme of things.

Finally managed to get the last balloon that I was missing, so basically finished the whole game apart from getting all the perfects which for my sanity I'll probably skip! Anyone done that, is it worth it? Also, was I the only one disappointed that:

Battle mode tracks that aren't the size of small cities would be nice Oh and whoever was in charge and thought it would be a good idea to not let people battle against their mates ONLY, without 10 other CPU karts... is an idiot.

The lightning bolt would be cool, as long as they went back to the SNES version where it only appeared VERY rarely. As with most things in the later Mario Karts, they took it way too far and hardly a race goes by without someone using it.

I'm starting to see 3DS-style depth in my computer monitor! My eyes, my eyes!!

Am I the only one who thinks the Platinum missions are easier than gold? Also I could have done with the latter levels being a bit longer to be honest. Not gotten 3 stars on all platinum yet though... The 500 metre, 3 minute hang glider one nearly killed me getting a perfect score, that was the toughest course I reckon. As for the free flight mode, I'm missing 1 mii statue and it's driving me crazy haha. A small nitpick, but I wish there were more sunset/evening missions. Particularly later on.

All four SNES battle mode courses + the feather should be a requirement for any MK battle mode.

And try viewing the hang glider diorama in Pilotwings, side-on with the wing coming out of the screen and 3D at max

Zelda games never let me down, although Phantom Hourglass came very close

Wow how tough is it to get perfect scores later in the game! The squirrel suit is amazing, and it definitely gives me a flashback to the SNES Pilotwings. The spinning, rotating gates do as well, awesome.

Great game, just started playing it today. Still doesn't seem like pilotwings without the parachute Also, the way you can press L to level off with the rocket belt is cheating. There was none of that in the SNES days

Totally agree. I held off buying an iPad 1 and wanted to wait for the second gen. It isn't a groundbreaking step up feature-wise but never mind. The thinner/lighter aspect and speed bump (which is most important to me) is good enough.

Got a 64GB wifi a couple of hours ago, although not opened it yet but have used the first iPad a fair bit and the product itself is excellent

Amazon still says Not Yet dispatched for my 3DS. It's even still letting me cancel, I assume I can kiss goodbye the possibility of getting it tomorrow? Delivery estimate (expedited) still says tomorrow though.

How annoying that the high street price at Game is still £220 and not reduced

Hurry up amazon pleeeease

Area 6 in Lylat Wars! I forgot about that, fantastic level, can't wait to play the game on the 3DS. Actually it reminded me of the first level in Starfox Assault which was also awesome. The game itself is quite under-rated I reckon. Only thing missing was the epic MISSION ACCOMPLISHED graphic and sound from Lylat wars after every mission

Can I ask when you ordered and what delivery method you specified? I ordered this morning and it's still saying delivery estimate: 25th

Anyone know if I can get my money back on pre-order at Game?

Ok went for Amazon, fingers crossed for the 25th If Tesco let you have more than 1 game for £10 it would have been amazing

So what do people reckon, preorder from Amazon now will get me one on the 25th like it says? I've always just gone in store to buy consoles so I'm not sure what to do. Saving £55 is obviously tempting but I don't want to wait weeks if amazon run out of stock Thanks, but as has been said, doubt it'll be the popular ones sadly.

Thanks for the tip, I just checked Amazon, if I order the 3DS, Pilotwings and SF4 I'd save £55 (!!) over what I'd be paying in-store at Game. Very tempting to just forget my preorder. Any ideas if I'll likely get it on the 25th though, or is it too late to be guaranteed for launch? If I go for expedited delivery, it does say the estimate is the 25th but I'm not sure how accurate or likely that is?