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Speaking of Pokemon BW2, the Keldeo WFC distribution is going on now for Non-Japanese territories.

Personally, I think it looks great and is a smart move to offer a 'tide over' Zelda and draw in the Zelda fans who haven't gotten a system yet. Hopefully it opens doors for more HD redos. One of the best things about this Wind Waker HD is that they've hinted that they're going to tweak things aside from visuals. First thing on the list should be the tedious Triforce shard quest. Perhaps they can program in some more dungeons. As for why colors are so saturated, I suspect it's to help the game adhere to the 'HD and vibrantly colored' aesthetic Nintendo seems to opt for with their HD titles, to step away from the 'dark and muddy' HD era everyone else has built up til now.

Yeah, that's the peril of the 'remake'. Everyone's overall experience and feeling toward Wind Waker was cultivated from the appreciation of different parts that may be changed for this revision. In a case like this, where its the guys who made the original game that are making the changes, you just have to realize that the game is much more their baby than ours.

Happy birceday to the one and only Suze!

HAPPY BIRTHDA- I mean CONGRATULATION! :3 To the happy couple! *raises his 12oz bottle of Dr Pepper*

PSA: You dregs can now head over to the 3DS eShop and download the DEMO for this game. Apparently it lets you play through one of the opening chapters, but only the 'casual' difficulty is enabled (no doubt to ease newcomers into the play style). Run! Do not walk!

A long time ago, the GTA and MGS series. Long story short, I wasn't aware how humorous/quirky these titles were until I gave them a chance. First games I played in the series were MGS: The Twin Snakes and GTA Liberty City Stories. (and yes, I did make a point to play the other ones, my favorite games in each series are MGS3 and GTA San Andreas.)

Quoted for emphasis. Glad to see those tracks are in very good hands!

Wanting to wish ToN a very happy 23rd birthday!! Keep on rockin!

You said it, Mirb. Seriously though, good luck to all artists involved. Whoever claims Eternal Wind BETTER do it justice.

I have a coupla easy ones, Resident Evil 5, Infamous & Bioshock.

I was made aware of this article that links the legendary Pokemon from Pokemon XY to figures from Norse mythology. Pretty interesting stuff.

I always do my first run through without worrying about IVs or EVs at all. At most, I'll try to get a Nature that isn't in opposition to the Pokemon's effective stats. After I beat the game I'll decide to EV train one or two monsters but its not a big deal.

The latest Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: Awakening will be hitting North America on February 4th, with a demo hitting the 3DS eShop on January 17th. Joystiq has a breakdown of features, which include a plethora of DLC maps/scenarios/fan favorite characters from previous games, StreetPass & SpotPass functionality and the ability to play as a customized character. Gonna be a great game!

Which new starter is your favorite, Bleck? :3

Is THAT why they call you Nonamer! :3

I'm very interested in seeing more Pokemon that evolve via BRANCH evolution, such as Poliwrath/Politoed, Slowbro/Slowking, Vileplume/Bellossom, the Hitmons, Glalie/Froslass, Gardevoir/Gallade, Gorebyss/Huntail. Imagine an alternate Weepinbell evo, or an alternate Shroomish evo. Actually, they haven't done that before have they? A branch evolved form getting an evolution. (Edit: Oh, Wurmple) Anyway, let's say Shroomish (the grass type) was the 'Baby' of the chain. He evolves into Breloom (grass/fighting) or an alternate form (lets say grass/dark) and then one further evo for each mid level evo. That could be cool. Only problem with giving new evos to old monsters is that they have to keep inventing Incenses, radioactive boulders and new rules to evolve them; surely a pain the neck. I want a Qwilfish evo. and more eeveelutions -so far I've liked all the ones they've come up with. I have faith they can deliver good Ghost(!), Ground(!), Flying, Steel, Poison(!), Bug, Rock, Fighting(!) and Dragon ones too. And I certainly hope they don't decide to do Dragon and then stop because of te old Type classification system. If I had to pick two I'd want for Gen 6 I'd have to go with Ghost and Ground. What about y'all?

Let's see, I think I picked Bulbasaur in Gen 1, Cyndaquil in Gen 2, Torchic in Gen 3, Turtwig in Gen 4 and Oshawott in Gen 5. I'm leaning toward Grass this time. I like Squirtle and Totodile and Piplup is cool but usually the other two types sway me.

As long as I can switch PC boxes with L and R, I'm good. X for Menu would be nice as well. Never used L=A. Anyway, I wonder how many new pokemon will be introduced. I'm wondering if maybe keeping it secret was a big part of why they are doing a Worldwide release. Maybe they want everyone to discover everything at the same time instead of letting info trickle out over the next few months. (I hope so. I would be fine not seeing any more info in online scans of Coro Coro.) Also think about the fact that Pokemon dont even necessarily have to be programmed into the game card at release. There are going to be unknown legendary (or even non legends) Pokemon they can introduce through Spotpass promotions. Maybe they can't confirm a number of new ones yet because they don't even know what ones they will include. Interesting stuff. As for features I want in the game, they need to bring back either secret bases as in Gen III, or more preferably the ability to organize and decorate your own room in your hometown like in Gen II/Stadium 2. It would be cool if you could buy accessories for your character or furniture in the Department Store that you can use to decorate your room. And even cooler would be if they updated the catalogues periodically through Spotpass. And I want to be able to grow berries in my game, instead of having to log into some website like Pokemon Dream World. What features do you guys want in the game? Can you come up with a viable use for Street Pass? I remember thinking I'd like the C Gear survey answers as an option back in BW.

Apparently Valve are saying that this particular prototype box is just one of "several options" and more will be revealed 'in the coming months'. Guess they felt the wave of complete neutrality the Internet belched out at this announcement.

I'm really happy with the changes made to the battle scenes and all three starters look great. I had always imagined a cel-shaded vibe to the visuals and it looks like the creators agree. I'm very pleased with the worldwide release too. Should keep me from seeing any spoilers!

Huge announcement coming tomorrow morning via a Worldwide(!) 10 minute Nintendo Direct dedicated to Pokemon. What will be announced is the big question. GenVI? R/S remakes? (Pleasepleaseplease.) 3DS? Wii U related? Nah. Spinoff game? Doubtful. Junichi Masuda just posted an unusually giddy blog post stating his excitement for this announcement to 'finally' be made and asking fans to tell as many people as possible. Something big is about to happen. How will Pokemon evolve in 2013?

Q2, huh? Got that Animal Crossing release date ready, Nintendo? But seriously, all that tech sounds nice, at least(shame about that design. Looks like something straight out of 2003. Ouch.) but you have to wonder what NVIDIA is thinking entering the handheld market when not even Sony (a household name even in handhelds) could float their latest handheld system in this upturned climate. And how low can they get the price for this thing? Okay, it supports Steam; aren't Valve themselves bringing out a console this year? And aren't Steam enthusiasts kind of wondering why they need a Valve (or any) console when they have their nice PC rig all set up? I'm kinda skeptical this will make any kind of splash.

PSA - The Little Inferno $9.99 sale has been extended til February 1st! And last call for the Trine 2 sale - ends in 2 days.