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Super Luigi U might be too hard for me. I made it up to Iggy's castle and feel simultaneously agitated and exhausted. The levels would be a challenge enough on their own, but then you have the frickity-frack 99-second timer. And these are nintendo seconds, not real seconds. So it's really more like 60 seconds to finish a level. Fun but not for the faint of heart.

To my knowledge, 4 puzzles were added the other day: Skyward Sword, Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi Dream Team, and... one other. I forget. It's pretty awesome for Xenoblade to get a puzzle, though! It shows Nintendo knows it's a pretty popular game.

So.... Anyone try those streetpass games yet? They're $5 each which seems kinda steep for games whose features are so dependent on streetpassing people regularly. Pretty funny watching the salesbunny when you say you're not buying, though. That said, they also released 3 new puzzles for puzzle swap: Skyward Sword, Xenoblade, and, uh, something else. Dunno yet.

Er, of course he didn't. They weren't introduced yet.

The Pikmin level looks like it takes place near a sewer or swamp... It might be one of the new areas in Pikmin 3, since I don't remember any area quite like that in 1 or 2. Also did Olimar always have that built-in whistle in his helmet? I never noticed it before. It also looks like he's not using rock or pink pikmin.

True dat, brother. *hives fives* *speeds away in Ferrari to my private jet*

I've started the cafe project. There's so little room in my town anymore, between the fruit farm, forest campsite, and the river zigzagging just so a lot of space is unusable for much else. But I feel something I never felt with the GameCube game: that I've been able to make this town my own. Also, only 17 fish and about 18 bugs left to get for the museum!

Today's screenshot is ripe for a "You came to the wrong neighbourhood, motherfucker." caption.

Here's some more: Little King's Story Rune Factory Frontier Arc Rise Fantasia Fragile Dreams House of the Dead: Overkill (though the ps3 rerelease might be better, I dunno) A Boy & His Blob de Blob (and de Blob 2, but that was on all systems) Lost in Shadow Cursed Mountain Endless Ocean: Blue World (and the original, but the sequel is so, so much more) Not all the above games are super high-quality, but they are all fun and unique in their own way. Plus you can probably find them super cheap these days (though if you can find some of them at all, consider yourself fortunate). I especially recommend Little King's Story. It was just so lively and pure.

So because my 3DS was one day ahead on the game clock, I started my summer officially today. Cicadas EVERYWHERE.

17 minigames. 4 are multiplayer-only.

Spoilers in response to zircon's spoilers. One thing that kinda bothered me was Mr. Drippy's involvement in Alicia's past and how the story never really addressed it. In reality, there was no way he COULDN'T have known Ally was Alicia. To him, the last thing he can clearly recall consciously is Shadar turning him into a doll. This had to have happened during Shadar and Alicia's final battle. So then, if Mr. Drippy knows all that, plus what his fairy allies have been telling him for over ten years, PLUS when he returns to normal in another world entirely (and knows where the magic book is stored)... Why doesn't he connect the dots and realize the truth well before it's explicitly stated? I posit Mr. Drippy knew the entire time, but kept up a lie so Oliver would do what he wanted. He then pretended to act shocked and surprised with each new "revelation" about Alicia (he is an actor, after all), to throw off suspicion. Also in the original DS game, Shadar was indeed the final boss, which explains why the fake ending after his defeat is so more developed.

I gotta chop down a tree and hope to find a Violin Beetle? Friggin....

This is probably the reason you can't attack NPCs in Zelda games.

They make new IPs all the time, which are promptly forgotten because it turns out nobody ACTUALLY cares about new Nintendo IPs, or they're digital only so they don't count, or they're casual, or what people actually mean is they want one of Nintendo's old or less-used IPs to be remade instead. I'm not saying wanting new IPs is wrong, but Nintendo hasn't exactly been resting on its laurels either. Games like Harmoknight, Pushmo, and Dillon's Western are all quality download titles and new IPs, Nintendo published games like Pandora's Tower and The Last Story, and even takes some risks by branching out their existing franchises into odd genres.

I'd say so. The level design veers closer to the "crazy" end of the Mario spectrum, spamming you with lots and lots of THINGS, from enemies to obstacles.

So who downloaded Super Luigi U? It follows the same routes and stuff as NSMBU, but the levels are way intense. You get 99 seconds, and star coins often involve split-second decision making and reflexes, or else you won't have enough time left on the clock to make it to the end. Sadly the bosses are the exact same. Ah well, can't have everything.

I tried to find someone that didn't involve poring over dull financial reports full of jargon. This graph isn't the best though... http://www.statista.com/statistics/222296/net-income-of-sony-since-2008/

I've been jizzing since the announcement. This jizz train don't make no stops. It's making me a little dizzy, in fact. I'm gonna call this natural high dizzy jizzy. Also who was a gimmicky character in Brawl?

Sony has had a very hard time making money at all these last few years.

Actually, the main reason I wanted him to leave was because he's the second frog in town. But then my first frog said he was gonna go on an adventure, so whatevs. THEY CAN ALL LEAVE FOR ALL I CARE.

I have someone in town I do not like. I've been hitting him and pushing him around regularly. How long until he leaves?

I've gotten a Virtual Boy, a super mario flag pole (with real flag-raising action!) and a super mushroom. Oh, and a block.

There was one on one of my trees when I just started. I think they just sell for more.

Don't forget me. I'm Corey, in Seadney. I've got Oranges.