Maybe it did. Perhaps that's why his account's gone quiet, haha.

The bit in Color Splash where she is referred to as Mario's "…friend" certainly got a laugh out of me.

He skipped that part and ended up in the ice levels…

As long as the Goomba wearing it never gets on any elevated platform, it should stay safely within the park boundaries, haha.

This is an interesting matter, since it seems the 3D series was cleaved in two major directions - sprawling exploration in 64 and Sunshine or tight obstacle courses in Galaxy and 3D Land/World. I'm a bigger fan of the latter, but it's a pretty significant departure from the style that predated it. Folks are pretty…

It's at that secret area above the list. You can only reach it with a cape powerup.

It's a maddening situation, as the DS version should be entirely superior, but it was made for a console that lacked an analog stick so the directional options are limited. Even the more recent emulation of that port on the Wii U suffers from this, since analog stick controls are not even programmed into the game…

I'm with you 100%. I'd be so bold as to suggest that Land remains the worst of the mainstream Mario games (i.e. not edutainment or spin-off non-platformers). It may be the only one I've played that's not great, though I'm not super-sold on Sunshine. World's my favorite of the 2D ones and 3D World is my favorite of the…

The new Pokemon titles are also said to perform better on the New 3DS.

Is anyone else not actually seeing a trailer here? My browser's been weird with the Newswire and TVClub lists for a while (not displaying them), but this seems like a first for removing embedded video content.

It's funny how much your team impacts your experience. I found Lurantis quite easy, but Salazzle kicked my butt (I almost lost!) and Wishiwashi was pretty tough too.

Someone had a Golisopod at the Battle Royal and it wrecked me. Good to know how I can get one!

Funny enough, stores opening at 12:01AM is a quaint anachronism at this point. For some reason, our culture decided that stores opening at 5:00PM on Thanksgiving (and requiring workers to report) and staying open all night was the way to go. Ugh… I have far too many family members who are willing to support this and…

Yeah, the Black Friday on Thanksgiving shenanigans are pretty disgusting, though it feels weirdly symbolic for the start and (current) end of our long national odyssey - from being grateful to get away from Europe to our descent into consumerist madness, all in the span of 24 hours!

My only complaint about the New 3DS XL that I got is the plastic - it's got a gloss, and mine has actually torn a little bit in spite of being owned for less than a year. Plus it picks up prints and little dusty crud like crazy. I miss my old 3DS XL's exterior, but I'll be darned if the New 3DS doesn't run circles…

Have you played XCOM 2? I'm not far into it, but I've heard that they shifted the emphasis from the first game to your team being reactionary in the face of dramatically changing enemy circumstances.

I'm not sure I've ever felt quite as much like reviews helped me dodge a bullet. That would have been a Day One buy for me, but the press (and your commentary) made it clear that it wasn't worth the time. On a semi-related note, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is on a pretty compelling sale ($20) and I don't think I've…

If you're looking for a Kirby 2DS game without stylus controls, I think the recently released Kirby: Planet Robobot is supposed to be excellent. It's also on a Black Friday sale for $25 at… Target, I think, assuming you live in the States.

If for nothing else, I'm happy Heavy Rain gave us that bonkers "Shouting Shaun" glitch.

It will forever be in my mind as the last wonderful memory before realizing what my country had become… womp womp.