Really, you think so? Because I played both of those and thought both were pretty severely flawed. Tales of the Abyss is easy to pick apart, because it's pretty much just bad :( The 3D effect is awful where it even works, the voice is awful where it even exists, the plot is the worst sort of JRPG "make up as many…

Naughty Dog, the developers of this game, are owned by Sony. Do you fault Sony for not releasing their own games on other platforms? Do you fault Nintendo for not releasing Mario on other platforms?

Okay, that's it. Challenge is on the table. Outdo this DOTA 2. Make it a rule that every year's international tournament gets a new and totally awesome CG trailer.

Did anyone else actually go read the article? I feel like this comment section is entirely reactions to Patricia's little 2 sentence summary.

Yes please?

Smash Bros, Mario Kart, 3D Super Mario, Retro Studios' Wii U game (possibly Metroid), Yoshi's Epic Yarn, Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3, Link to the Past 2, Pokemon X/Y and Xenoblade 2. Those are absolute locks. We're certain those exist and we will most certainly see them. Once you start going into maybe maybe not we've…

If you wanna see what Nintendo's planning for the year ahead, is it so different between watching a Nintendo press conference and watching a "Nintendo direct special E3 edition" that comes out on the same day they always held their conference?

Okay, here's a question: If Yakuza 3 and 4 didn't sell impressively on PS3, why might Yakuza 5? If you were SEGA and were tasked with making the franchise a success outside Japan, what would you try?

Normally I would say no, that's ridiculous.

Oh man, I love Mario Party! I feel like 9 is easily the best one, followed by 6. The thing about Mario Party is that it's easy to play so just about anyone even a non-gamer can be coerced into it. That's the biggest draw - local multiplayer that's easy to interface with and doesn't punish a lack of skill. Allows…

Interesting! Very cool that you got Mr. Riccitiello's insight. I'm impressed. If you can ever get him to write anything else, please do!

I think the last game their Japanese home offices put out in the west was Kingdom Hearts 3D. The next one will probably be the re-release of FF XIV. After that FF XIII-3.

I would say that one doesn't need to have shipped a well received product in the last decade to have valid insight into the critical industry that's sprung up around video games. Indeed, Warren Spector as a man who's shipped games both critically lauded and spurned may be uniquely well qualified to comment on the…

That was to be expected for sure. Adaptation is tricky at the best of times, and Devil Survivor 2 had a crummy story to begin with. If the anime version had turned out remarkable that really would have been an outstanding achievement.

What a rotten trailer! The voice excerpts are not good, and are stuck together in a way to make them sound even worse. The gameplay shots show nothing graphically striking really, the plot introduction is simply "You're a fantasy cop, and something extra-ordinary is gonna happen that will send you on an RPG…

Atlus is usually one of the very best about delivering quality English voice, so I'm not sure what to make of this. On one hand, it's possible that these lines are just taken out of context or are just from one dud character and the rest of it is good.

Then by that logic should Activision, the king of chasing the common denominator, not be the closest to ruin? They are certainly the most guilty of these perceived wrongs.

Mine is a list of games that are unique and fun, but are maybe a little bit too different to have a chance to be a huge hit. Okami fits exactly in that group. There is no reality where that could have been a blockbuster, but Capcom released it anyway.

Oh man, I really want this game to be good. Capcom's one of the few publishers left putting out mid-tier games between AAA and $15 digital downloads. Ghost Trick, Asura's Wrath, Onimusha, Okami... all examples of games that didn't have a reasonable chance to be mega hits but were released anyway. Capcom's been…

I love it, but I question whether it qualifies as a castle