US gamers are dumb. That's why we get Wii Play Motion instead.

robio said:

For those of you playing Outland I have a question. Not to further my reputation as the guy who hates everythng, but does the game get good? I just played through the demo and it seems like a pretty average game to me. It's all solid, runs smoothly and the art style is interesting, but I don't really see anything that makes me want to play more. 2D platformers aren't really lacking anymore and frankly Lost Winds, DKC Returns, and NyxQuest all put this game to shame.

Not sure what is included in the demo. But if you dont have both colors you are not playing the game. This is a Metroid like game, not a platformer, except that it has far more platforming than all Metroid games put together. The game is at its best when you have to generate the colored platforms by switching to that color while avoiding beams of the opposite color, while enemies are attacking. Remember the levels where you control the blue and red in Mario Galaxy 2, the entire game is that.

Hey don't be hatin' on Wii Music. I kinda liked it.

God knows my son does. I looked at the hours played for each game the other day. Wii Music = 124 hrs.

Super Mario Land sucked. I watched the credits and no Miyamoto at all. Might have something to do with it.

Dvader said:

Super Mario Land sucked. I watched the credits and no Miyamoto at all. Might have something to do with it.

WTF? Oh wait, I never played that one. Nevermind.

robio said:

Dvader said:

Super Mario Land sucked. I watched the credits and no Miyamoto at all. Might have something to do with it.

Like most early Gameboy games it's not exactly something that was probably designed to hold up for 20 years. I still enjoy it though. The flying and the submarine levels were kind of fun, and the main song theme was really good. Still gets stuck in my head from time to time.

You could definitely tell it felt different than previous mario games (or even SML2 - which felt much more like the other Marios).  It looked odd too, the moving and jumping felt strange, the fireballs were bouncing once then flying up.  Despite everything, I really loved it back then and I finished it numerous times.  I think it's a great game and it's one of the many reasons I have such fond memories of the original brick gameboy

I just got an email from bioware saying they had to reset my password because hackers got into their neverwinter nights servers.

Hackers are starting to annoy me.

JB Hifi? Yeah I saw that story that a lot of places are breaking street date in Australia.

Now my original XB is giving me the "disc read error" on a brand new game I opened last night.

I'm starting to see why people steal games. If the platform holders can't make reliable systems, why be a chump and keep buying these consoles that are essentially low-end PC's made with the cheapest parts?

Japanese software and hardware sales week 24

Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2011 (Jun 13 - Jun 19)

01. / 00. [PSP] Little Battler Xperience (Level 5) {2011.06.16} - 166.187 / NEW

02. / 00. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} - 164.110 / NEW

03. / 01. [PS3] Yakuza: Of the End (Sega) {2011.06.09} - 53.775 / 352.492 (-82%)

04. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling # (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 31.666 / NEW

05. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Double Pack (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 11.041 / NEW

06. / 02. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) {2011.06.02} - 9.062 / 83.405 (-42%)

07. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} - 7.997 / 538.020 (-24%)

08. / 03. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} - 6.609 / 137.421 (-42%)

09. / 07. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 6.556 / 1.917.752 (+5%)

10. / 05. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} - 6.549 / 112.174 (-22%)

11. / 14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} - 6.476 / 353.082 (+31%)

12. / 12. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 6.434 / 5.204.356 (+23%)

13. / 11. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 4.232 / 184.299 (-20%)

14. / 10. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} - 4.136 / 120.934 (-22%)

15. / 16. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 3.939 / 3.244.896 (-3%)

16. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate (Platinum Collection) (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 3.914 / NEW

17. / 00. [PS2] Sangoku Koi Senki: Otome no Heihou! (Prototype) {2011.06.16} - 3.872 / NEW

18. / 18. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} - 3.844 / 2.328.388 (-2%)

19. / 19. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 3.758 / 4.490.749 (-4%)

20. / 08. [PSP] Akiba's Trip (Acquire) {2011.05.19} - 3.601 / 93.078 (-35%)

3DS | 40.649

PSP | 31.796

PS3 | 16.081

NDS | 10.895

WII | 6.678

360 | 2.875

PS2 | 1.346

Nice bump to the 3DS because of OoT. When the heavy hitters like Mario Kart appear, I exept to sales to go up even higher.