I totally agree though I’d even just take a port of Smash for Wii U with a few more characters (return of the ice climbers would be great!).

I missed this last night (but watched it this morning) and it was one hell of a time. Such a cool event and a fun thing to watch! The Mega Man race that aired after it was super tense too with second and third place finishing with a second between them!

That last act really reminded me of playing Rogue Squadron II and III for the GameCube. Those games were amazing and I was super glad to see a lot of elements from them in this film (i.e. shooting a Star Destroyer’s shield generators before being able to hit it with an Ion Pulse). The only problem is now I really want…

Oooh I didn’t even think of Star Fox! F-Zero and Metroid I don’t think are big enough to warrant a ride of that scale but Star Fox maybe. A Pokemon Snap style ride would be super cool though! The way I see it though is probably a flagship ride based around either Mario or a mash up of properties (like you said, very…

The only good thing is (if you really think about it) there aren’t many Nintendo franchises that Universal would want to make a ride out of that could fit into this “high energy, fast paced, 3D motion simulator-dark ride combination!” formula. So hopefully they will get creative out of necessity.

“If it worked once and got a whole bunch of awards, why bother researching and creating new experiences?!” - Universal Theme Park Executives (probably)

Huh I didn’t know that. To be fair though, I have a hard time comprehending anything on that Transformers ride (though that is a problem caused more by the look of the Bay films than the ride itself).

Spider-Man was and is revolutionary. The effects are incredible and it is a complete joy to ride. The others... not so much. If I’m not mistaken, the new Fast and the Furious ride is going to be the same format. The ingenuity of the ride only works the first time Universal designers!

After braving the hell that is Wal-Mart on Thursday night, I was able to pick up Happy Home Designer for the 3DS for only $15! I also picked up a great Marvel coloring book for only $7. These are great deals but I had only planned on going with my girlfriend and not actually buying anything...

I like the idea of the NES Classic but only some of the games hold up well. A mini SNES on the other hand would have to at least have Link to The Past, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Earthbound, and Yoshi’s Island. If you can get third party games like Chrono Trigger and FF VI on there, it…

Half-Life 3 not confirmed

Now I may be completely wrong about this, but would it be possible to essentially develop the switch to have a 3DS emulator built into the system? That way they can run this new game on the system without having to do major coding?

So is competitive season 2 done now?

Yeah I found that out today. It was a pleasant surprise (albeit a very small silly one)!

Really well written, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and hearing your perspective. I feel horrible that you feel like an outsider even within nerdier communities and hope that us readers and comment-ers here can make you feel at home at Kotaku. In a lighter note, how are you enjoying the new update to New Leaf? It has…

I mean, its probably true. Just like the gamecube, people will pick this up years later and realize that it has some great games on it! (albeit with the occasional wacky control scheme)

As a kid in college I can attest to that statement

It all looks fairly cool and retro, but there is just something fundamentally off-putting to watch the very kid’s cartoon styled intro turn into a giant zombie gore fest. It just wasn’t what I was expecting based on style (but what was obvious because of the game it was made for).

I think “painfully realistic” is the most apt description for some of these simulators I’ve ever heard. That being said, good on him for creating out a great and positive audience!

I did get the skin I wanted: Dr. Junkenstein! The only problem is I got it FIVE TIMES including twice in one box! I wish they would change the chance of getting a skin after you receive it... (I understand why they don’t from a business perspective but am still slightly salty). I did end up also getting Pumpkin Reaper…