It avoids the confusion about whether a statistic is referring to the U.S. or all of North America. Typically, the U.S. is still going to be a huge chunk of any stat in the Western Hemisphere, but you have to be nice to the Canadians.

30 seconds after I posted this, I got this e-mail:

Fairy: "The fate of your world, perhaps the entire universe, is at stake!"

8 players online? Prepare for the most crippling lag the world has ever known!

I shudder to imagine the amount of lag there would be if there was an 8 player online mode.

He thought he could fight by QWOP-ing.

Forget about Palutena. I want a goddamn Smash Bros anime.

Followed by laser turrets of some kind?

Ah, the keyblade, insert it into people and it unlocks their deaths.