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All the more reason to get it sent ASAP. Nintendo's turnabout time is typically no longer than a week.

That was part of that Sonic Excursion rumour that turned out to be fake. There's no reason to believe that it wouldn't be DIMPS. They've made every single handheld Sonic game...

Ahh so the 3DS version is a totally different game then? (2D side scroller). No doubt it has been outsourced to DIMPS. Garbage game confirmed. Not interested (Wii U one, we'll see though...)

No kidding! My thoughts exactly! With a dash of Mario Galaxy and Skyward Sword (running up walls and climbing on them) for good measure! Could be good, actually looks very interesting from a purely mechanical perspective! Looks like the kind of game that Nintendo would come up with themselves (I do wish they were the ones making this though. I'd have full faith in it in that case, but alas...)

We'll probably get a JPN release date for MH4. Dare I also hope for a western announcement for MH4 here? I wonder if this will be labelled as a "Capcom Direct", much like how the last one was a "SEGA Direct". If so, could we be in for some surprise announcements?

3 becomes 4, which becomes 5, which becomes... It's a slippery slope, especially when they're only releasing 1-2 games a week...

We have a German one though... ABSOLUTE FUCKING BOLLOCKS!!! We're 3 games behind the US now!!!

The US is also getting Megaman X next week on the Wii U VC. Here's hoping we get it too!

Denpa Ningen (Now known as The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave) is getting released in the US on September 27! (no word on an EU release yet...) http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Dw7BnMf9gQ03whlp0eS0yUmAhJTYcPP8 For those who've forgotten, it's an RPG (made by Genius Sonority of Pokemon Colloseum/XD fame) where you collect strange Denpa Men to go with you on Dragon Quest style RPG adventures. Should be a demo coming as well if the old Siliconera story (that was taken down, seemingly because they broke some sort of embargo) is anything to go by.

You know what... going back and playing the Wii version for a bit after playing the 3DS one... I have to say that the original Wii one feels much better to play. 60FPS makes a huge difference and makes the game feel much more polished (the zoomed out camera also works much better on the TV than on the small 3DS screen). I also think that the original Wii control scheme works better than the 3DS ones (I never had a problem with the "waggle" controls personally), it just feels right. You can tell that the game was really designed with the Wii Remote and Nunchuck in mind - that weighty feel of the gravity, the slight cool-down after rolling, the simple control scheme (especially the separation of grabbing from everything else with it using Z on the Nunchuck) and that primal feeling of pounding the ground and punching the ever living crap out of the boss at the end of each world just feels much better with motion controls. While it works with buttons, it just feels a bit "off", like it just doesn't quite fit as well. Don't get me wrong, it's really nice to have a portable version of the game, the 3D is great and I don't regret getting it, but it just feels better to play on the home console. If you haven't already got the game, I'd recommend tracking down the original first and then maybe pick up the 3DS one later on if you really like it and want to play the extra levels.

Oh so the timing actually matters then? As long as it doesn't take an utter eternity to kill enemies that way, I'd be happy. Oh and yes I agree with you about Ulala. Total missed opportunity!

You've never played either!? BUY BUY BUY!!! Both games are amazing and amongst the very best that the SNES had to offer! You'd be outright stupid to not go and buy them both THIS INSTANT!!!

Oh that was you!? That was an amazing costume!

Yeah... this game isn't for me... It's a strategy RPG with no strategy whatsoever. Each enemy takes an eternity to kill and it just devolves into frantic button mashing. Although as fangasms go, this is number one for sure. No game could wank off a fan like this one! It serves its purpose masterfully

BTW, I just realised something... Miiverse is gonna be brilliant for custom puzzle sharing on Panel De Pon/Tetris Attack! You just make a puzzle, take a screenshot and you're done! I hope Nintendo are smart enough to realise this and make a separate puzzle sharing community on the game's Miiverse page... (oh and that we get it over here very quickly too ) We did. In fact, the US got it on Wii before Japan did...

Next week Japan gets Pilotwings, Panel de Pon (Tetris Attack over here), and Mario Bros. The US is getting at least Spelunker and Ghosts N' Goblins next week (SMB2 wasn't announced straight away when it was released last week so it's possible that Nintendo might be holding back something else) BTW, random factoid. Looking at how many of the Wii VC games have now been re-released on the Wii U VC; In Japan, Nintendo have released 12 (not counting Mother 2) out of a total of 27 1st/2nd party SFC games and 4 out of a total of 44 1st/2nd party Famicom games. I suspect that we'll be seeing mostly NES titles for the next few months now. They've gotten through a large chunk of their previously VC released SNES titles very quickly.

Nice to see that they're actually on time this go around. PKMD's download code apparently didn't get uploaded on their site until mid Saturday, so here's hoping that they get it right from here on out

I suppose that they didn't include a lot of tracks in that medley, but what was there was really great. I totally agree with you on the other two, but the ALTTP medley was the biggest highlight for me! That's probably why they decided not to include it. They can only fit so many tracks into one evening and there are some that they HAVE to include just because of their cult status (like Gerudo Valley and the Song of Storms), as well as their personal favourite, the Twilight Princess medley, so with the remaining time, I'm sure that they'd rather do tracks that weren't included in the 25th anniversary concert.

Twas amazing! Pretty much everything was perfect. My only real complaint was with the Ballad of the Windfish arrangement, was not a fan. The ALTTP and MM ones were just WOW! Oh hey! I got you in the end! You were one of my last ones of the night (completely finished all the puzzle pieces BTW, yes all 625 of them - including the Animal Crossing one! )

Was hoping we'd get another one sooner... Oh well, I guess it's exactly as expected. Just hope that there's more than just the 3 way 3D Mario, SSB and Mario Kart U combo in store. Gimme some surprises!

WTF IS THIS BOLLOCKS!? Why do the US get Kirby's Dreamland 3 this week and we don't!? I'd love to play that one on my Gamepad! WTF SHIBATA!?

I think it's safe to say that 99% of people going there will be bringing a 3DS with them (The last symphony was a goldmine for streetpasses!)

Got it and it's more or less exactly what it says on the tin. It's almost surreal playing a late Wii game on a handheld! (even more surreal when the instruction manual keeps mentioning that it used to be a Wii game) Feels great to have another quality sidescroller on the 3DS (even if it is a re-release), there aren't enough of them for sure. 30 FPS is disappointing sure, but it hasn't really impacted the playability so far for me (and it does look fantastic in 3D - I always knew it would do, it was always meant to be seen in 3D! )

Unless it's related to this But nah, I reckon it'll be a new IP and that's a good thing. As has been rightfully pointed out, new Rare is a completely different company from the Rare/Rareware we knew and loved, so it's better to see them forge their own path rather than chase their lost legacy.

I don't think that their definition of "historic" is quite what you guys have in mind... This was a slide from the Xbone reveal presentation... And if we zoom in on that highlighted picture... There's a screenshot of a game starring an Arthurian knight, with a Rare logo on the top right...