Bold and interesting. It very well could be that displaying both simultaneously decreases graphical fidelity. I remember reading comparisons with Call of Duty: Black Ops II which kinda proved that fact. We shouldn't jump to other conclusions though. Tropical Freeze was developed as a sequel to DKC Returns; hard 2D…

Sounds ballsy and gutsy. It sounds like they're tackling the adventure genre. Glad they're finally breaking the mold from their repetitive Angry Birds gameplay into something fresh.

Great, insightful thoughts as usual from Sakurai. The common problem with many Japanese games is the announcement of the project and the time it takes for actual development. Many developers are guilty of this over at Japan.

Mario Kart: Double Dash

I like Hilleman's perspective. He described things exactly as they are with anticipated products, especially if they do have heavy online integration. More noise = more demand. No developer can fully anticipate the demands with the servers. It's been a very long time since I've heard of a popular online-heavy game…

I'm honestly surprised by the overall impressions, reviews, and reaction towards Lightning Returns. I wasn't expecting an acclaimed JRPG, but reading reviews like Kotaku's and some others are perplexing because by everyone's description this game is full of innovation. It's honestly ballsy of them to use a time…

That was very entertaining! I'm curious on the technicalities behind producing such music.

I don't think the instability of the sword is due to how they made it; the original design of the energy sword isn't practical at all due to the atypical hilt and lack of pommel, which makes it hard to wield properly. If it weren't for the fact that it's a lightweight blade, he wouldn't be able to hold it at all as…

A definite death blow to the Wii U version, especially if the delay is too wide. By the time it's released, nobody will care as they've already played the the next-gen versions. It's only saving grace is that if they really go out of their way to make it a totally different game from its siblings via heavy GamePad…

I actually found some of those casting times in FFT particularly annoying, especially when they go too long. I definitely agree that the original would've been a totally different game if casting times weren't present. Good trivia though. So it was all to accommodate loading the effects, eh? Either way, I'm happy that…

And that, my friends, is the difference between a decent developer and great developer. With any game, the first thing you should prioritize is game-breaking glitches and and progression bugs. If they won't even pay attention to the latter and address the former late, then who's to tell that these glitches won't…

It's very strange on how Flappy Bird went viral. There are a lot of iOS rip-off games that are still on the App Store and continue to be released on a weekly basis. Why Flappy Bird is so special is beyond me. I feel sympathy for the guy, but that doesn't excuse his rip-off game. It's free though, right? It's not like…

Nicely done. Sonic Boom from Sonic CD is a lot more suitable to the trailer than generic dubstep. I know there's still the ongoing debate of the Japanese vs. USA soundtracks of Sonic CD, but I can't imagine hating the US version or finding it inferior to the Japanese counterpart. I grew up with the US version so bias…

Great import review. Sounds like an awesome entry in the Kirby series. You really need to revisit the backlog. Kirby's games are divided into traditional platformer and out-of-the-box, both of which are great to play. Obviously people already recommended the Anniversary Collection for the Wii. Great place to start as…

Some of those reactions are absolutely hilarious. Gotta love internet humor and overreactions. I do like the new character tweaks though. It's always refreshing to see small changes to such classic characters and I wish Mario and company would go through similar ones (Mario Strikers Charged is probably the most…

Mixed feelings on the announcement.

It is indeed a miracle for the completely deaf to negotiate the world. You always hear stories of one losing a certain sense and being greatly compensated with another. For example, the blind may have an increased sense of touch and hearing. Indeed, even going tone deaf by your description is kind of crippling, so all…

I'm kind of confused about the conflicted reports. The first editorial wrote that Samuragoch is the one who came out and admitted that he was a fraud. But in this article, it says that the ghost writer (Niigaki) blew the whistle and exposed him and there was resistance from Samuragoch. So which is it exactly?

Wow. Now that's a shocking buy-out. Hopefully this doesn't affect the on-going updates of Killer Instinct. Microsoft should be preemptively smart about things and know their way around the assets just in case something happens to the developer. Worse case scenario is Microsoft redirecting the assets back to Rare for…

What an unfortunate and sad case. This is what may happen if you're exposed to porn at a very young age...you're not mature enough to handle that content, nor are you sexually educated enough to be exposed to extreme pornography videos constantly.