That was an interesting question on the quiz. I've lived all over the west coast, and while I'm familiar with the phenomenon of the sun shining through a rain shower- I've never heard of a term for it. The test was pretty accurate for me, but now I wish that the west coast would adopt a cool name for that natural…

Your list is solid- but it's missing Gremlins.

excellent. I'll be sure to order one next month.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, I guess. Even if it's tied with Fusion for "most linear" in the series- that doesn't address all the other myriad shortcomings throughout the rest of the game. I don't think it's accurate to blame fans for it's low-standing, either. There is no "absolute" style of Metroid game,…

It's just a wonderful game, all around. I even think it has a great story for a Zelda game. It's straightforward, without relying on poorly scripted comedic characters. It's a complex story with a nice twist, but well contained and never overstaying its welcome. More games could learn from this, and look to the past…

The exploration was almost totally linear. The presenation being third person was the only thing resembling a classic Metroid. The combat, controls, weapon upgrades, and story were poorly handled. I can appreciate both classic and Prime Metroid games, and Other M offered nothing on the level of quality offered by…

Other M was NOT a "classic" Metroid.

Agreed on all counts. Sadly, I feel that handheld gaming is lumped into the same gaming ghetto as "mobile games" these days, so this won't get much consideration for GotY. I'll admit, I often feel as if I'm getting a lesser experience on a handheld- but this game is so exceptional that it totally trumped everything…

Definitely. I'm bummed that it's not getting the consideration for GotY by many places. Maybe because its audience is limited (not as many handheld gamers, 3DS doesn't have the install-base as a PS3/360/PC has, etc.). Or maybe it's just arbitrarily being boxed into the "handheld ghetto" and is just considered a…

I'm sorry about the abrupt paragraph. I was just excited and honestly didn't even know where to begin with describing all the ways in which this game deserves the GotY. Hopefully the author of the article will check the numerous discussions and contributions made to this post by the other kotaku commenters. Sadly, I…

Well, Nintendo has good years and Nintendo has... less-good years. Despite the sluggish sales of the Wii U- this year has been a REALLY good year for Nintendo software. In years past, I think Naughty Dog have made some very GotY-worthy games (and in any other year, The Last of Us may have gotten my vote), but I think…

Great read! I love these Iwata Asks interview articles, I don't know how I missed this one. Very cool, thanks :)

I'm definitely looking forward to Bayonetta 2, the NEW, ORIGINAL Zelda game that is in the works, and the next RPG by Monolith (currently dubbed "X"). I'm not really interested in Nintendo's other big announced titles for Wii U. Mario Kart and Smash Bros. have lost the magic, in my eyes- and I wasn't a fan of…

I bought into the hype of this series and bought the first game the day it came out. Total garbage. Everyone said that AssCreed 2 fixed all the problems of the first game, so I finally borrowed it from an insistent friend and I still hated it. I'm never going to play another AssCreed game again.

Luigi's Mansion came out over a year and a half after Super Mario 3D Land. I agree it's a great game, but the huge drought of quality games I was referring to was the one that faced the 3DS from 2011 through 2012. Now there's plenty of rad games for the thing. It's a great system and at the end of 2013, I'm finally…

Well said. In fact, I made a pretty unpopular post about the 3DS about a year ago. As an early adopter, I was ok with the price drop, was fine with the over reliance on 3D re-releases, was fine with the lack of eShop virtual console support on 3DS (outside of the wonderful ambassador titles)- but the one thing I was…

Agreed. I didn't even know where to begin with my explanation on why it's so great. I'm sure I couldn't do it justice. Needless to say, everyone should play it as soon as possible.

Truth. It's my runner up for GotY. I'm pretty picky about multiplayer- and this game is the best multiplayer fun I've had in years.

Why The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds should be game of the year:
Because nobody else has nominated it, and it's better than the other games that have been nominated thus far :P
But seriously, it's great and it's my favorite new game that I have played this year.

Platform: 3DS

Bravely Default news is always welcome. I'm not sure why, but I can't get excited for new Mario Kart and DK, since the previous games were mediocre, IMO :/