Whoa, whoa. That's utter bullshit. I think you need to prove that you've actually played any of the games leading up to Super Mario Galaxy, because most of the games they have released /are/ different, functionally, in some way than the last. Most older gamers don't appreciate the gimmicks, but to say they've been…

He was in all three, dude. He was the wrestling announcer in the first one.

Very eloquently put. I couldn't have said it better myself.

That is a fair point, I've only bought, perhaps, four games in the past year, only two of which I'd want a physical copy of (Disgaea 3, which isn't even a 2011 game, and Ocarina of Time 3D). I can't make a case for other games, because I don't buy as many games as I used to. There's not a lot out there for me.

I don't think you've seen Agnis' Philosophy. Not saying it's the benchmark for Squeenix's next huge title, but the animations - mocapped, most likely - are clearly leaps and bounds ahead of anything else.

Which is absolutely terrifying for those who like the concept of ownership. It's one thing to be able to download a game through a service and have access to it on the harddrive, it's totally another to be given temporary access to a game on another harddrive through a service that may or may not be around forever.

It has everything to do with what you've typed, the principal finding (not that it's much of a finding) is that viewing anything at a close distance creates myopia, which you're misconstruing as being less detrimental than viewing brightly-lit screens at close distances for hours at a time. Contrary to what you might…

No, but focusing on nearby objects will actually shift the minimum distance at which you can focus on objects. Focusing on anything at a short distance will actually make you near-sighted over time; the less you use your ciliary muscles to focus on faraway objects, the more your eyes get used to accommodating to…

Their Crystal Tools engine was developed to be used on several Final Fantasy games. Look where that got them. Though, it is nice that the Luminous Engine is meant to be used on practically anything. I just hope it doesn't end up like its predecessor.

Agreed. I don't care if it isn't original, I'd love a Portal-esque Nintendo game.

The consumer is to blame. Always. For instance, it doesn't matter that the pop music industry has hundreds of millions of dollars, they can't convince me that Justin Bieber or Kesha are the best artists ever and that I should buy their shit. Why? I don't need or want to be told what I should buy or like. Put your…

That's pretty much my stance. I've played many of these Lego games and, the gameplay is solid, but it doesn't snag me. My nephew loves the games and often begs me to play with him, but it's such a bore.

Yeah, if it was a step backwards, then it'd essentially be Far Cry, and thus a better game.

That hug looks somewhat forced. Are you sure they're not trying to strangle each other with love?

Riku. Sora and Riku, not Rikku. I doubt a certain al-Bhed thief who's been adapted to be a friggin' pixie in Hollow Bastion has been tagging along with Sora this whole time.

Probably not.

I really hope you're wrong. Let's consider the facts ... Nomura's the one who's been working on Versus XIII. What has he been doing since 2006?

Not that giving them your money would be justified, anyway. As much as I love Pikmin and New Super Mario Bros, I need more than those two games to feel compelled to get a Wii U. I don't feel as if we're being offered enough first party titles.

The data transfer rate on those is limited, too. USB 3.0 is supposed to be really great from what I hear, but again, it's not as fast as having some sort of direct connection to the motherboard. I'm probably spouting some rather inaccurate statements here, but from my understanding, developers would want to use a…

Some people would see it as a dick move, but I've never been opposed to the idea of expansion slots on controllers - the form factor is cool. However, I guess some of the difficulty lies in the fact that there's a speed cap on wireless data streaming, so it isn't something you could plug into the GamePad. It'd have to…