3DS Game Sale: Buy One, Get One Free at Best Buy

Best Buy is known for one thing and one thing only: overpriced merchandise. So it's refreshing to see the big box retailer offer up a sale! And a good one, at that!

E3 Bingo 2014: Day 2 Wrap-up

Day 2 of E3 has concluded. So where does that leave us on the bingo card?

E3 Bingo 2014

This week is E3, the biggest week in gaming! As is tradition, I have created a Bingo card to use during the various presentations. So what's on the board this year?

Review: Kirby Triple Deluxe

Kirby Triple Deluxe for Nintendo 3DS is the latest game starring Kirby, Nintendo’s flagship pink puff. It is somewhat of an unofficial sequel to Kirby Return to Deamland (Wii, 2011). It is also the first portable Kirby game since Kirby Mass Attack (DS, 2011), and the first Kirby game on 3DS. So does it copy the success of its predecessors, or does it suck?

Thursdownloaday - May 01, 2014

It's the best time of the year week! Time to see what Nintendo systems have for new downloads! Let's take a look!

Happy 25th Birthday, Game Boy!

25 years ago today, the original, green-screened 8-bit wonder known as the Game Boy launched in Japan. Selling almost 120 million units, it revolutionized the way we played games on the go. Between Tetris, Pokemon, Zelda, Kirby, and various Mario games, Nintendo took hold of the portable market, and arguably, has never lost its grip.

String Theory

One of my favorite highlights from Nintendo’s E3 conference on Tuesday was the trailer for Kirby’s first console game in about 10 years: Kirby’s epic yarn.  It’s a brand-new Kirby adventure with a special twist: everything is made of yarn or fabric.  It’s like an eccentric mix of Kirby and Paper Mario.

As you can see in the trailer, the standard Kirby is gimmick is a little different.  Rather than suck in enemies and take their powers, Kirby whips them with yarn and uses powers that way.  But rather than explain it, check out the trailer below and see just how awesome it looks.  It comes out for Wii this fall!

E3 2010 Wrap-up, Day 2

Today was witness to one of the best E3 Press Conferences ever!  Nintendo dropped the 3DS bomb on us, gave us 17 metric butte-tons of new games, and then, after the show, released a list of even more games to be released within the next year or two.  It was amazing!

Sony's press conference was dumb and boring.  It consisted of Sony telling everyone else how awesome they are (despite sales numbers that indicate the contrary), and montage videos.  Lame.

In short, Nintendo has ruled E3 this year, no question.  It's a great day to be a Nintendo gamer.  (Technically, it's always a great day to be a Nintendo gamer, but you catch my drift.)

As far as Bingo goes, I'm really close on several lines.  In fact, I have three lines that only need one more block to be completed.  And although the major press conferences are over, there are still media briefings through Thursday.  So we'll see.  Heck, maybe they'll hold one of those secret meetings like last year! (Forsooth!)

Oh, and in case you were wondering about the New Mario Platformer or Pikmin blocks, there were subtle hints on the show floor and in tech demos about those games.  Nothing specific.  But it still counts.  Dangit.

So have a look.  And when you're done looking, join me in dreaming about finally getting to own a Virtual Boy-red 3DS (hopefully later this year!).

Secret Hidden E3 Press Conference?

Today?... a secret hidden E3 press conference with some hidden and unrecognizable Nintendo reps produced some news that we were expecting, but hadn't heard up to this point? The news is as follows?:

• A new Kirby game will be released soon*?
• Mario Party 9 is on its way?
• The DSi will get its own Virtual Console of sorts?
• Strong Bad Season 2 (or equivalent) is under production?
• A new Mario Golf game for the Wii?
• A new Elite Beat Agents(-esque) game?
• Super Monkey Ball will roll again?
• A new F-Zero will (finally) return?!
• More New Play Control games in the pipeline?
• Paper Mario will return eventually?
• New Starfox?

So there you have it? Plenty of new news to keep us video gamers entertained? I wonder what this does to my bingo card...?

Well, would you look at that? It's all full? How exciting?! I guess you all owe me 12,000 points? What a good day for me? Don't you just love secret hidden E3 press conference 2009's? Me too?!

Well, I guess I'll go relax and wait for my points to roll in? Thanks for reading everyone? Have a nice day?

-benjamines?

Currently Playing: Mighty Flip Champs? Excitebots: Trick Racing? Wii Fit?

















*Soon means sometime in the next 50 years.

Awesome Games A-Z, pt. 3

And here we go with part three!

K! This one is super easy, because not only is it a great game, but in my opinion, it's the best game ever made. Naturally I mean Kirby 64. Kirby games are almost always awesome. Kirby 64 is still a classic-style side-scrolling Kirby game. But all the characters and backgrounds and enemies are rendered in 3-D, much like New Super Mario Bros. As always, you can suck up enemies and steal their powers. But this one, just like its SNES counterpart, lets you combine powers. For example, you can take snow power and add it to electric power. BOOM! You turn into a fridge. You can launch out food, which you can then eat to replenish health. Plus, the flying drumsticks and sandwiches kill enemies. How cool is that? I could go on for hours about this game. It's a perfect mix of great platforming, ingenious level design, excellent music, a nice story, and most importantly, loads of fun. Lucky for all of us, it's available on Virtual Console, so seriously, there's no reason you shouldn't own this game. If you don't have it, go buy it. Then come back. I'll wait...

Fun, huh? I knew you'd love it!

Runner-Up: Kirby Air Ride (GCN)

L! This choice was kind of hard, but not really. There are two L games that are far-and-away the best ever. The best one is the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. It is one of the few games that I have given a perfect rating. It's a Zelda game, so naturally the quality level is very high. Not only that, it's easily the best and most engaging story of all Zelda games. Link wrecks his ship and washes up on the shore of a small island one day. He is found by a girl named Maryll, who nurses him back to health. He must then find his way off of the island to get home. That's all I'm gonna say, because the game is way too good to ruin. To give you an idea of how much I like it, I've completely played through it at least 5 times. It's got everything a great game needs: an excellent story, fantastic gameplay, imaginitive dungeons and bosses, and nice music and graphics (for its time). Do not surprised if this game shows up on Virtual Console for DSi someday. So get ready for it!

Runner-Up: Looney Tunes B-Ball (SNES)

M! Now this was truly a hard decision. I have nearly 100 M games. Think Mario, Metroid, Megaman, etc. But after a short brainstorm I have found the winner. Naturally, it's a Mario game. But it's not the kind of Mario game you might have been thinking. It is Mario Golf (GBC). There have been four Mario Golf games so far, but this one is the best. It's golf, but it's also an RPG. You run around, play golf, build up your stats, buy new equipment, and finally, get good enough to beat Mario himself. It's a brilliant idea, honestly. I put nearly 80 hours into the game before I finally beat everything, too. And that's definitely not a bad thing. It's an exciting game, and it has lots of extra features. For example, when you get a great shot, it saves it for you so you can watch it later. It also has a nice glossary, so you can look up all sorts of golf terms. In short, it's the best golf game ever made, and one of the best Mario games ever made as well. Again, when Gameboy games show up on Virtual Console, go get it!

Runner-Up: Mario Party 3 (N64)

N! N has significantly fewer games than M, so the decision was a little easier. And of course, why stop talking about great sports games? This one is one of the best. It's basketball, but it's arcade style, so you can push and shove and jump 30 feet in the air and run 90 mph. Of course I mean NBA Jam Tournament Edition (SNES). NBA Jam used to be the de-facto standard for arcade basketball games. This version improves on the original by adding special rules, such as Juice Mode (which makes your player run up to 4x faster than normal) and Hot Spots (where numbered circles appear on the court that give you up to 8 points for a single shot. It's insane, but that makes it insanely fun. Plus, there's practice mode, so you can play HORSE or other silly games. It's a good time, I tell ya whut. Strangely, it's not available on Virtual Console yet. but keep a watchful eye. It's worth buying.

Runner-Up: New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)

O! And finally, let's talk about O. This one's easy since I only have 2 O games I've played (and 1 I haven't yet). It's Okami. Okami is a story about Amaterasu, who is the Japanese sun god. Okami comes back after a 100-year slumber to help the people of Japan destroy one of the dark gods. It has a very cool cel-shaded (think cartoony) style. And it's a great story. It has a lot of accurate Japanese history as a backstory, which makes it fun to play. Plus, the controls work quite well. Amaterasu (at least in this game) has a magic paintbrush which can be used to slice things, draw items, etc. The goal of the game is to restore the greenery and peace to Japan, and of course that means destroying some of the annoying imps and monsters that appear. I haven't yet completed it, but I have played enough to know that it's a lot of fun, and a very polished game. It was made by Clover Studios, who also made Viewtiful Joe. Sadly, they are now defunct. Oh well. In any case, Okami is one of the most underrated and undersold games of this generation. Go buy it now!

Runner-Up: Operation Wolf (NES)

Well, that should do it for today. If you're lucky (and you're not), I'll be back tomorrow to bring part 4! Muhahaha!!

-benjamines

Currently Playing: Art Style PictoBits, Animal Crossing City Folk, Okami

Ye Olde Holidaye!

It's my birthday today! And it almost snowed yesterday morning! Plus it snowed last weekend! How awesome is that?! But, despite my fervent prayers, it has all melted. I know it'll be back someday, though. I just knows it...

Either way, the falling of new snow marks the approachment of my favorite holiday: Christmas! I know it's been severely commercialized, but I think that's half the fun. Half the good games come out during the holiday season! But, seeing all these new games makes me wonder why they picked the ones they did instead of something better. So, let's take a look at some games that need to be made, hm?

Chibi-Robo (Wii) - I love Chibi-Robo! It's an fantastic gameplay design that anyone can play. While he is unfortunately undersold, hopefully Chibi-Robo will continue to be released every couple of years. They are making a Wii-controlled Gamecube version soon, so the liklihood of this isn't too high, but I think we'll see it before the Wii moves along. Either way, it would make a great addition to the already great lineup of Wii titles. I can just hear the robot sounds coming out of the little speaker on the Wiimote. Awesome!

Paper Mario (DS) - I think it's only a matter of time before this one comes out. Paper Mario takes the good parts of RPGs and adds them to the good parts of adventure games, which creates an extremely rewarding and supremely entertaining combination. I hope they go back to regular-style Paper Mario instead of mostly platforming. While Super Paper Mario was very fun, it lacked a certain something-something. Just think of it. You could be battling, and you could use the touch screen to do action commands and pick items to use. It makes perfect sense! Again, I think this one will come out eventually, but I wish it was coming out sooner.

F-Zero (DS and Wii) - F-Zero is easily one of my favorite franchises. It's not your regular racing game. Not only is it much faster, but there's a lot of strategy involved. After the first lap, you can use your ship's energy to give yourself a boost, but if you use too much, you may hit an opponent and explode. Plus, you get rewarded for knocking other people off of the track. Great fun! But the last one came out nearly 5 years ago. This is simply unacceptable. Much crappier games have seen much qiucker releases. Even epic games like Mario and Zelda see more releases than F-Zero. But it makes so much sense to make new ones! The unique controls of the DS and Wii could open up some seriously incredible possibilities. Come on, Nintendo! Make it happen!

Just seeing that picture on the right makes me want to wet myself. So warm...

Mario DDR 2 (Wii) - One of my favorite gamecube games needs a sequel, dangit! Even if they just had the game and no dance pad, I'd still get it! (Because I already have a dance pad). Oh, and this time, I hope they make more than like 1,000 of the total, so you know, everyone that wants one can get one. That'd be nice. Or, maybe they could change it up a little and do a Nintendo DDR, with songs from Zelda, Pokemon, and Donkey Kong. That'd be great. Something tells me we won't see this anytime soon, but it's ok to wish. Dangit.

Kirby (Wii) - It's been years now, but Nintendo released a video showing a Kirby game for the gamecube, which appeared to be the sequel (or successor) to Kirby 64. I love Kirby 64! But then it just kind of vanished. Then later on, there was a rumor that they were going to release the game on Wii instead. Awesome! But again, it has faded away. Nintendo, I just have one question: Where the crap is my Kirby Wii?!?! Kirby 64 is, in my humble yet indisputable opinion, the greatest video game ever made. Why then, would you not make a sequel? Honestly! But I'm not bitter or anything...

Click here to see the Kirby trailer released 3 freakin' years ago.

So, there you have it. Some games that make perfect sense, but ones you may never see. Have any other idea about what Nintendo (or others) should make? Let us know!

-benjamines

Currently Playing: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Megaman Battle Chip Challenge, TMNT Mutant Melee

Herro Fliendry Peopre!

Hahaha! Look at me! Invoking tired and offensive stereotypes! LOL!

Just kidding. So... I have decided that it's fairly hard to really appreciate some games until you've seen them in action. So I've decided to show some videos of some of the recent releases and upcoming games.

First, here is the sweet video of the upcoming Punch-Out!! for Wii.



Isn't that just awesome? I love the Rocky-flavored theme music. Adrian!

Next we have Kirby Super Star Ultra. This should give you a feel of some of the gameplay modes and cutscenes.



Simply amazing. Thirdly, let's look at the exciting Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii, coming next month!



Coming up next, check out this video showing some of the details and games for the new DSi. It's in Japanese, but you should be able to get the gist of it.



Finally, have a look at this video, showing some of the new upcoming Wii games. The quality is a little on the crappy side, but it's annotated, so you can tell what the games are called.



Well, there ya go! Enjoy the videos and more importantly, buy and enjoy these games when they come out! Hoo-hah!

-benjamines

Currently Wanting: Animal Crossing City Folk, Trace Memory Wii, Punch-Out!! Wii

Ultra Fun!

Today is the day for a glorious milestone. It’s not a milestone for any of you, though. Only me! Seriously, though. Today I beat my 78th game of the year, meaning I am 3/4th completed with my 108 in 2008 goal! And with like 2 days to spare, too! Not only that, but the game I beat just happens to be the 450th game in my collection. Yes, it was Kirby Super Star Ultra, my recently acquired and thoroughly enjoyed DS game.

To simply review Kirby Super Star Ultra would not only be inadequate, but unfair to the game. There is simply so much to talk about, it could take weeks. So I’ll try to sum it in as few words as possible.

As previously blogged, Kirby SSU is a remake of the SNES Kirby Super Star. And while I enjoyed the original, it is quite literally no more than a shell of its descendant. The first Kirby SS had 6 modes. The first was Spring Breeze, a short mode based on the original Kirby’s Dreamland. It’s only 4 levels, which makes it short and sweet. After that, you play Dyna Blade. It’s similar in nature, but there are 5 or 6 levels instead of 4, plus you fight the giant bird Dyna Blade at the end.

Another mode is the Great Cave Offensive, which is essentially a giant maze with 60 treasures hidden throughout. This is the largest of the original modes, as it can take several hours to find all of the treasures. Following the greatly offensive cave, you get to play Revenge of Meta Knight. Basically, you try and infiltrate the Halberd, Meta Knight’s gargantuan airship, before he can use it to wreak havoc on Dream Land.

But the original doesn’t stop there. You can also play Gourmet Race, a footrace against King Dedede where you try and win the race, but also pick up as much food along the way as possible. And don’t forget Milky Way Wishes. Play through 7 element-themed planets and stop the evil Marx from taking over Pop Star. All of the main modes let you gain helpers, by releasing your absorbed power. In addition, the game has 3 fun minigames.

Now, let’s examine the differences. Kirby SSU has every main mode from the original and 2 of the minigames. Plus, it has THREE new touch-screen minigames, and FIVE new modes. Holy. Crap. This game is huge!

The first new mode is Revenge of the King. Basically, it’s Spring Breeze, but much harder. Plus, King Dedede is… upgraded. When you play it, you’ll understand. The next mode is The Arena. Essentially, it’s the Boss Battles mode from many other Kirby games. But it doesn’t stop there. If you beat The Arena, you unlock The True Arena, a much, much harder Boss Battles mode. This is the part that took me longest to beat. You get to pick any power you want, plus one helper. It may not sound hard, but you have to remember that you have to fight 10 bosses in a row, with one life, and only a few small energy refills, all of which combined would fill your life meter once. Dang. But I finally conquered The True Arena this day!

Anyways, one of the other new modes is called Helper to Hero. It’s pretty much The Arena, but you play as one of the helper characters instead of Kirby. It’s quite fun! And last, but certainly not least, is Meta Knightmare Ultra. Anyone who’s ever played a Kirby game knows how much fun the Meta Knightmare mode is. Basically, you play through the entire game as Meta Knight instead of Kirby. What fun! But how does that work in this game? Well, in Meta Knightmare Ultra, you play through Spring Breeze, Dyna Blade, The Great Cave Offensive, Revenge of Meta Knight, and Milky Way Wishes. All in a row. It takes about an hour. And it’s awesome. That in and of itself could be its own game.

Kirby Super Star was an awesome game as is, but with all the new modes and mini-games, it’s simply incredible. And don’t forget, if you have a friend with the game, you can go through most of the modes 2-player. Wow. Simply amazing. I could go on and on about this game. Suffice it to say that it is a must-have for any DS owner, and an ever muster-have for Kirby fans.

This game has earned a Blatantly Biased:

Only 91 days left!

Guess what everybody!! It's only 3 MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!! How awesome is that?! In commemoration of this grand occasion, let's talk about some games out there that include some Christmas or winter-type levels or themes!

Playing Christmas games goes way back for me. Way back to when my uncle gave me an old computer and I installed classic DOS games, like Jetpack and Jazz Jackrabbit. Both of these has excellent Christmas editions that were there to spread a little holiday cheer and make the countdown to Christmas a little faster.

Jetpack in and of itself is a fantastic game. And any fantastic game that adds the ability to play as Santa and put presents under the tree becomes a legendary game. Even better there is a level editor! Such beauty has scarcely been seen by human eyeballs. Back in the day, I had a great level that was simply meant for messing around. Teleports, random enemies, no goals or anything. Great fun!

Jazz Jackrabbit was also a fantastic DOS franchise. One part Sonic, one part Rambo, the rampaging rabbit always had plenty of adventure. Plus, there was a Christmas version. And, if anything was awesome about Jazz Jackrabbit, it was the music. The holiday music remixed as a sort of techno-rock mashup is simply a joy to listen to. And the gameplay was fun, too.

But these aren't the only games that can let you have a little Christmas fun. Sometimes, you need to look for Christmas inside a regular game. For example, Mariokart has some great snowy levels. The original SNES version had Vanilla Lake, a great level where you race around a frozen lake. The best part was getting mushrooms and trying to see how far across the water you could go before you sank. The N64 version has Frappe Snowland, the snowman-bomb ridden landscape with an excellent soundtrack.

Diddy Kong Racing also has some fantastically festive levels. Frosty Village is my favorite. Weave your car, hovercraft, or airplane through falling snow, giant candy canes, and Christmas spirit so thick you can cut it with a fruitcake knife. And don't forget Walrus Cove. While not as obviously Christmasy, it still provides some winter racing excitement.

But there are even more holiday gaming options outside of racing. Mario Party 3 (the best of the series, in my opinion [and I'm right]), has the best board Mario has ever partied on. The first board is called Chilly Waters, and it has the coolest music and environment around. Watch out for giant snowmen!

Even some 1-player games have some worlds that can help bring a little more Joyeux Noel into your life. Animal Crossing has an entire season of snow and fun! There are even special events during Christmastime. Super Princess Peach, the sadly undersold save-the-plumber adventure includes an entire world of Christmasy fun, complete with jingle bells and candy canes. Most Kirby games include some sort of snowy, cream-cheese world, too.

But don't limit your options to consoles. There are plenty of PC games (and many of them free!) that bleed Christmas. There are tons of Mario-type Christmas adventures, Christmas pinball, Christmas slot machines... you name it!

Basically, there are tons of games out there with plenty of Christmas spirit. It just needs to be found! So get out there, and find some great holiday games! As for me, I think I'm gonna fire up Twinkle Bulbs and play a little Christmas Jetpack.

Have a great Christmas game that I didn't mention? Let us know!

-benjamines

Currently Playing: Kirby Super Star Ultra, TMNT 2 Battle Nexus, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

First First Impressions

Well, it was confirmed to me yet again yesterday that I have the best wife ever, 'cause she let me buy the new and awesome Kirby Super Star Ultra for the DS! That means I now own 450 games! In addition, there are a bunch of games that I started recently, so I thought I'd share some first impressions.

Kirby Super Star Ultra, as I explained recently, is a remake of an old SNES classic, with some new content. And boy, is it fun! The graphics are classic Kirby. Everything is brightly colored and all the characters are smoothly and neatly animated. Plus, the game actually comes with fully animated 3-D CGI cutscenes. Now that's awesome.

So far, I've only played 2 modes: Spring Breeze, and Gourmet Race. Spring Breeze is a short, but sweet standard Kirby mode. There are only about 4 levels, but the music, level designs, and characters are reminiscient of good old Kirby memories. Great fun! Plus, in this mode, instead of simply copying powers, you can also gain allies. If you copy a power and then press the Y button, the power turns into a helper. Then you can gain another power and have double attack ability! Additionally, you can play this mode 2-player, with one player being the helper. You can even do it if only player has the game. Awesome!

Gourmet Race is a footrace against King Dedede. But while you're running, you have to grab as many food items as you can. There are 3 races in total. Every time you win a race, you get 30 extra points, so it's important to not only grab food, but to be quick about it. This can also be played 2-player, even if only one person has the game. Double awesome!

So the game has been good so far. My only complaint is that you can't hold the up button to inflate anymore. This has proved to be a minor annoyance, since I'm used to using that move. But I'm guessing it has something to do with that interfering with other moves. So, no biggie.

Another game I started recently is TMNT 2: Battle Nexus for the GBA. It's a lot like the original GBA TMNT game, as far as graphics and gameplay go. The story is quite a bit different, though, even though it doesn't quite follow exactly the same storyline as the cartoon (nerd alert!)

There are two types of levels in this game: there are fighting levels, and there are shooting levels. Since the Battle Nexus takes place in out space, about a third of the levels involve flying some sort of alien craft and shooting stuff. The fighting levels are quite a bit different from the original, mainly because at the start of each level, you have to fight without your weapon, until you can locate it. This can be frustrating at times, but so far, it's nothing I couldn't figure out without too much trouble.

Also included is a cool new race mode. It plays a lot like the Rainbow Ride minigame from Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland. Plus there are 18 levels instead of 3. They are quite a bit harder and more complex, but I say it's an excellent addition.

Well, we have time for one more. And by time, I mean patience. A while back, I started Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii. It has Metal Slug 1-6 and Metal Slug X, all on once disc. Plus, it was only like $17 at CD World. Man, I love that place.

Anyways, I've been through most of the games, and they have been a serious blast (no pun intended). They are all virtually the same game with new levels and enemies, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

One thing I do like about the Metal Slug games and that they all kind of tie together. The bosses from the first games apeear in cameos in the later ones. And the further you go, the bigger the plot and bosses seem to get. Great fun. In short, I almost have it done.

So, once I can get a little more free time, I can work on my 108 in 2008 goal. Hoo-rah!

-benjamines

Can't Wait To: Go home, take a nap, play Kirby Super Star Ultra for the Nintendo DS Portable Video Game System

I No Write Long Time!

Holy crap! Almost a week! But if any day needed a new post, it's today. What a day for new games!

First of all, everyone's favorite iron-stomached pink puff returns to the DS in Kirby Super Star Ultra! It's a remake of the SNES classic Kirby Super Star. The original featured several shorter modes, rather than one big adventure. The new one includes all of these, plus some additional modes.

In the original, there was a short adventure mode called The Great Cave Offensive. The point was to navigate a large series of caves and levels to find all of the treasure. This was no easy task, to be sure. There were enemies all over the freakin' place, and they always seemed to be right where they were hardest to miss... which was everywhere! But it's all good.

Other modes include larger games such as Spring Breeze, a standard Kirby adventure, Gourmet Race, a footrace against King Dedede, and the Megaton Punch, a minigame to see who can punch a bigger hole in the planet. Awesome.

The new version also includes new modes, such as the interesting Helper to Hero, where you control one of Kirby's helpers, and you do your best to help him get to the finish. Double awesome.

But the fun doesn't stop there, dear biased friends. Also releasing today is Warioland Shake It! for the Wii. It's beautiful hand-drawn style is simply amazing, combined with (hopefully) intuitive Wii remote controls.

The premise of Warioland Shake It! follows true to the other Wario Land games. Wario wants treasure! And you can use your new Shake power to get it. You can grab enemies and shake the crap out of them (by actually shaking the Wii remote), along with money bags and other treasure-containing items.

In short, the game looks incredible. Hopefully, it doesn't make you shake everything all the time. Cause that can make my arms hurt. Where's my ibuprofen?...

Well, just when you thought today wasn't an amazing enough day for video game releases, yet another amazing piece of Nintendo classic-ness appears. Mega Man 9. You may not think this is anything that exciting, but trust me, this is something I've been waiting for for a very, very long time.

Mega Man 9 is not the 'new' game that you might expect. While all the bosses are new, the powers are new, and the levels new, the game design is not. But that's a good thing. A very good thing. You see, Mega Man 9 looks exactly like Mega Man 1-6. Which were made for the NES. OVER 15 YEARS AGO!

Capcom decided to give retro fans exactly what they wanted. They created a NES-style game and made it available for only $10. They even made it flicker and slow down if there are lots of items on the screen, just like it would do on the NES. Life is beautiful, people.

All I have to say is that I need about $100 right now so I can go and buy all this crap. Any takers? ... er, givers?

Btw, don't forget to vote on the new poll!

-benjamines

Currently Hoping: for more NES-style games