@GamerKT: Jiraiya just needed to do one last advertisement for his novels so that the Pervy Ninja Foundation would still gain revenue. The Will of Fire includes protecting the next generation, which cannot exist if no babies are made. The Pervy Ninja Foundation is here to keep the Will of Fire alive!

@surft: Look on the bright side. That's one kid that can actually appreciate a 25-year old 8-bit game. One would think that a kid his age wouldn't care about anything but tea-bagging on XBox Live or something. There's hope for the future!

@cowboyhugbees: Think Final Fantasy or Pokemon in turns (as opposed to real time, and in multiplayer. Except the battles are more like Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics. The battles aren't random (think Mario&Luigi RPG series). It does have some RTS elements though, like building barracks for different troops and…

@Unee720: Because Other M takes place before the Prime Trilogy.

@Komrade Kayce: Well, you have to consider that they are a Chinese-based website. So really they only suck because most Kotaku readers are far away from their servers.

For anyone that's wondering what they are saying, you're really not missing anything if you know how the game works. There are some random subtitles and comments like the part where there are only the sunflowers with squeaky voices that says "they're talking about they're feelings for each other!" or some of the…

I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like a lot of WiiWare/PSN/Arcade/DS games that have "unique mechanics" all ripped them from well-made flash games. Of course, that's not to say that flash games don't rip off from console games. Everytime I see one of these though, I feel like I've played it before somewhere...

@Vonhert: I think many people prefer fireballs to flamethrowers.

@morag0: But that's not a bad thing, right? (Points to Mario, Pokemon, and pretty much every other good series in gaming)

@Koztah: I don't want to get too far into a debate, but that argument doesn't work (with some denominations). Jesus worked on the Sabbath, but didn't abolish the law. It's kind of complicated and I don't claim to fully understand it, but there ya go.

@gurfinki: This is what the first Barney looked like. Which is why everyone says he's purple. Hope it satisfies.

That's weird...I never remember them being banned in China.

What about blogspot (number one in blogs? (not that people really use them much anymore)) and other places that use the Google Account system? Perhaps reworking the integration a little could land them somwhere...

@Tonixz: The i stands for "eye". Referring to the cameras.

@Shelhamer: This is just speculation, but it's pretty sound. [au.ds.ign.com]

@716: There's even some kind of honor (from Lucas/LucasArts) for having a good parody. I think Chad Vader got one of those.

@Islandkiwi: One reason this one gets hype is because the status update is the proof. It's hard to prove the knitting and such. Although the media likes to blame videogames more than they deserve, don't forget that if videogames weren't involved, it'd probably not be on Kotaku. Getting crime news through Kotaku is…

@bakagaijin: It seems to be both, from what I've seen. Maybe more of one than the other, but some definite synergy going on.

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@Ryodestined: Unfortunately, that would accomplish nothing, since every generation is (and would be) "balanced" with a Pikachu wannabe, a rat, a bug, a bird, a dragon, and perhaps a few fossils and eeveelutions thrown in for good measure. (there are more archetypes, but you get the idea) Yeah, according to the lead…