The Virtual Boy was NEVER intended to be worn as a headset. It did not come with a head strap, nor was one ever officially made by Nintendo. The name "Virtual Boy" gave people the wrong impression that it was designed for portability- but the system was not designed to be played on the go- it was meant to be a…

I feel bad for all the developers being laid off- I have a ton of friends who have worked at EA on and off for the past decade or so. That said- I'm glad to see them hurting. They have been mismanaging the company for a long time and have been taking it out on their talented developers and their consumers. I'm…

The Virtual Boy had adjustable brightness and depth adjustment (and width adjustment to account for the various widths of people's faces). Unless you had seriously messed up eyes, it wasn't any harder on your eyeballs than a 3DS or a modern 3D movie (which a certain percentage of the population can't view anyway). The…

Yeah, I'll probably jump on it too if I ever see it for $100 again.

most of the negative reviews I've heard say that it's the censored AES versions of the games, too- rather than the international MVS arcade versions of the games. Seems like a weird choice- but I guess the system is designed to be a recreation of Neo Geo home console. I'm torn as well.

for only $99, I'm sure it's pretty awesome. Too bad it sold out so quickly :/

Whatever.

No nerves have been stricken. You're just trying to over-simplify something that's much more complicated than you're willing to intelligently discuss (or maybe you're just incapable). It's become almost as easy for people to casually throw out words like "sexist" and "homophobe" as the morons who throw out insults…

Sorry, wrong again. I can see why a stupid person would mistake it as homophobic right off the bat and leave it at that- but that doesn't mean that I have to agree that it's homophobic. It was a picture of three muscly, bearded men and then a quote to the effect of "Here's a new illustration of the characters who…

You had me until the word "homophobic". You're just as thick-headed as Jason. The rest of your reply is just as stupid, because I never argued that men were being objectified by women. Maybe you're busy arguing with a million other commenters and you got confused- but if you think anything I said came from the…

Jason is too thick to recognize a compliment when he sees it. Kamitani is a visual artist, and not only did he acknowledge Schreier's trite little article and personal insult with humor and grace- but he created an original illustration (fantastic, as usual) to drive the point home. Jason's fragile and insecure ego…

Glad to hear it. Thanks for the reply :)

I'm looking forward to a huge price cut on the Wii U, immediately followed by a tidal wave of awesome first party games, followed by an incredible "ambassador program"-style giveaway of all kinds of virtual console titles to those of us who adopted early.

At least that's my fantasy- as a bored Wii U owner :/

The TMNT arcade beat-em-ups were always fun, and this looks like it might carry on the tradition. I just want to know one thing: does it feature couch co-op?

...OK, two things: why do the ninja turtles have bell bottoms now?

Sounds like you're insecure, Jason. Sorry if you're too embarrassed to play video games in public, but that's your problem. Many of us don't have time to play games in public (or don't feel the need to spend every moment when we're out in the world staring at tiny backlit screens), so we enjoy them at home. It's too…

I miss those old slowtaku comic memes :3

I think you're right. I'm pretty sure Nintendo of America felt burned by the original release of Earthbound. I can see why desperate fans would cling to any plausible-sounding explanation for Nintendo's tight-lipped response to repeated begging for a re-release.

Just judging by screenshots and a TV commercial, this game has some of the worst character designs I've seen in a while. It's not just the costumes. It's the faces and everything. The art and character designs always seemed like such a big part of the appeal of comic books, so it surprises me to see how poor all the…

Michael Jackson?

I disagree with the consensus that this will over-saturate the franchise. As far as I'm concerned, Star Wars has been run into the ground since the mid-90's at least (not to mention the original heyday in the late 70's/early 80's). Lucas ruined the franchise with Special Editions, prequels, and a glut of trashy…