You’re about 20 years too late with this joke.

I am offended by Awkward Zombie’s flagrant misspelling of Crono’s name. They should also be ashamed and/or punished for said offense. I recommend a mandatory full playthrough of Chrono Cross in the original Japanese. Without a guide.

I still remember my feeling of disenchantment upon trying to play Marble Madness on my grandfather’s DOS system as a kid after already playing the NES version at home.

Since I knew you wouldn’t say so in the review, I have to ask in the comments: in the most ambiguous way possible without giving away actual plot, can you confirm or deny at the very least if Trico survives to the end? That’s the one thing that is just filling me with a sense of dread the more I read about this game.

It’s sad how accurate this is. I even read what you originally wrote and at first thought “Man... it’s been 20 years. They really should make a new one.”

You forgot about Wave Race: Blue Storm on the GameCube!

So, semi-related to this topic, is doing the whole “soft reset six times to transfer starter Pokemon to a second cart so you both can start fresh with all three starters” still a thing? Or is there an easier way now to get the other two starters in-game without spending a couple hours rewatching the opening cutscenes?

When they say “Games,” it can be interpreted to include everything that goes with it, since — again— they don’t usually endorse the preordering of hardware over software. The biggest complaints I’ve seen Kotaku (and the readers who agree with them) make time and time again include:

That should probably be included as a disclaimer on the dozen-or-so articles that have gone up on here discouraging the practice in general, if it isn’t already. This whole NES Classic launch has been a disaster, with scalpers being the only ones benefiting from it all. I don’t understand why Nintendo handled it this…

YEAH, WHAT A POINTLESS WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY PREORDERS ARE, HUH? Sure are glad they didn’t make them available for this!

A few years back I was cleaning through some old game storage boxes and came across a pre-order receipt from Gamestop for “Iggy’s Wrecking Balls” on the N64. At no point in my life do I ever remember owning this game, and even had to look it up online to see what the heck it was.

Does this apply to Share Play on PS4 as well?

Counterpoint: we already have a Rogue game, and it’s called Metroid. Really every game mechanic you described here is something Samus has done or is capable of doing, from the fire/ice beams to even absorbing new abilities from enemies in Fusion. She has Quicksilver’s speed (Speed Booster), she can fly…

True, but the GIF is indeed from the pool episode. If you recall, right after saying the “Universe is so boring” line, Bart decides to instead spy on the denizens of Springfield from his window, leading to the whole mess with Flanders.

I’ve had megalohydrothalassophobia (Google it) my entire life, so I’d never be able to play this game. Just the title graphic for this article alone was enough to make my legs feel like Jell-O.

I dunno. Her face this time is a definite improvement over the first game!

I'm really REALLY holding out hope for a full Goonies story pack. That would make me so freaking happy.

For me, it’s the Lego Blacktron sets that would trigger those sweeping nostalgic feels. I had several of these growing up and I loved the black, white & green color scheme.

Agreed. This game was gruesome at times.