The problem with that approach is that all those video-player services should be free to access in the first place- since the users are already paying subscription fees for things like Netflix and Hulu (and on most other competing devices, they ARE free). I don't really enjoy online gaming, so I never need to pay for…

Locking away major features and functions behind a paid subscription service is the biggest reason why my 360 gets used only a few times per year. Online gaming is just not important to me, and since they have no other justification for charging $60 a year, they just start locking off things like Netflix and hope that…

cool story bro.

I wish I was having your weekend. I'm always down for Treasure games.

I'm finally going to start playing The Last of Us. I was excited to play it when it was first announced, but as it neared release, I found myself not that excited about it- for fear that it would force too much Uncharted-style gameplay into an emotional journey. Also, I'm really tired of zombies.

But when it came out,…

Awesome! I agree. I always recommend it to people who like vintage JRPGs and light strategy RPGs as well. I was a Sega kid during 16-bit so it was always fun going over to friends houses to collaborate on finishing Squaresoft RPGs and then having them come over to help me out with the occasional Phantasy Star or…

If you only played 3 hours of FFVII and quit, then you missed everything that made the game great and your opinion on whether or not it's worth playing is kind of worthless.

I never said it wasn't released in English, just that it wasn't brought to America. Even if he did play it- it probably wasn't while the game was new. The time and circumstances in which we experience a game can certainly affect our feelings toward that game. I played Illusion of Gaia when it was new and it has…

Well I can't argue with that logic :)

I've recently noticed that geography seems to play a large factor in the games and platforms that shaped our early gaming experiences. That said, most of the great old Sega RPGs are now readily available in various compilations and download services, and hopefully more people will…

My guess is that since Jason is American, he probably never played Terranigma. Only way to play it here is emulation, and not everyone likes to dig into retro games via emulation. He may have just missed the boat on that one :/

I don't see anyone here proclaiming that it's the best game. What I do see is a lot of over-eager fans trying desperately to convince strangers on the internet that it's not that great. You said yourself that you played the shit out of this game and yet here you are arguing that it doesn't belong on a list of JRPGs…

Instead, we have the people who hate the game who won't shut up about it. What's the difference? Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

I've still got that chatty telephone, too!

By making them blind collectibles, all Nintendo is doing is creating an inflated grey market on ebay. Although with the Wii-U sales being what they are at the moment, maybe a toy-frenzy might actually help their marketing buzz :/

You're right. And (because this is the internet) Fahey should be forced to apologize and resign from Kotaku for this error.

You're my hero.

That's a shame. I like the Phoenix Wright games that I've played, but I got them at a much lower price-point than $30, and I actually own the physical copies which I can loan, trade or sell whenever I want. I know that Nintendo will never price this competitively as a digital title, so I'll probably never play it :/

Robin Hood. Prince John may be the greatest animated character in Disney's history :)

This looks like some janky, third-party peripheral. Like something Mad-Catz would have made 10 years ago. I'm still hoping for a redesign.

Looks like a modern version of Defender/Fantasy Zone. That's a good thing. It doesn't look like anything the PS3 couldn't handle, though. So I'm crossing my fingers for a downgraded port eventually.