Indeed! And really hoping to see Metroid 2 comes in 3D Classic mode!

I think what you'll see (at least in the states) are possible bundles for the 3DS for the holiday sales. E.g., A 3DS repackaged with a game, or perhaps retailers will come up with their own bundles, but still keep things at $249. Free game downloadable 3DSware / VC titles / or DLC seems likely as well.

Hear hear! It's on its way!

Sigh... zero is a constant indeed. And other than an occasional SFIV playthrough, Find Mii has been all I've done with it the past month.

yep, that's the one. it ran pretty much at every commercial break, sometimes even twice in one break. Hyundai without a doubt threw down some serious cash on this one. I wonder how well that worked for them? It certainly helped Pomplamoose as well.

Surprised you missed their commercials this past holiday season... they got played every other break with their Hyundai spot.

My sentiments exactly. There must have been a dozen posts about Judd on Kotaku in '08-'09 on kotaku that always seemed to shed some good insight on the jGame Industry, all of which I found very informative and interesting. Agreed that there was never much closure on what happened to him post-BC — although I guess I…

Cue it up!

Notably impossible in my current building (World Trade Center 7) - we have no internal car elevator buttons other than "Close Door" and "Open Door". Floors are assigned upon scanning your badge at the front gate, or on a num pad located in the elevator lobbys.

Good to hear all the positive praise for this almost-but-not-quite-a-full game.

It sounds like you're sending all your love!

And, the best of luck to you if you choose to go that route!

Ah, gotcha. That's a harder step to take. Hoping to do that myself someday... just gotta figure out when to make the leap.

Great article, Brian, and cheers to Cuthbert / Argonaut for their incredible contributions throughout the years!

@Shippoyasha: never too late to start learning! Japanese is fun... if you want it to be

@truthtellah: The rom is out there, patched to remove any beta markings and add some English to the menus. Google search it and you'll surely find it.

I have yet to play Red Dead but from all I've seen, I can easily see how folks would just be drawn into its world for the same reasons. And back on the topic of Metroid games for GC/Wii, I definitely would blame the lack of detailed environments in Other M as one of the key reasons I abandoned ship. Without that sense…

Absolutely. Even when first landing on Tallon IV, I enjoyed running up to the ponds. Low res and all that by today's standards, and yet, it's STILL beautiful. Then you get to Phendrana Drifts, Chozo Ruins, ... amazing.

Did not know about this!! Will definitely start asking the relatives.

Assuming Mike took this photo a few years back, would be more like $13~15. Dang!