So sadly and painfully true.... Yet liberating when it dawns on you personally. I love loving Nintendo's games unabashedly now. Wish more would do the same.

Shovel Knight is the only must-play game I've encountered for some time (save MK8) on any system, and I can't recommend it highly enough. I've gone out of my way to not buy across platforms to not feel like a sucker when/if they announce cross-buy, so I'm right there with you, hoping that it happens someday. Shovel…

Right? I love playing on my Wii U and will always spend more to buy something on it: it inspires me to WANT to play games, something my PC only does my having REALLY cheap games, and that's it. The Wii U is a system I WANT to play, and more than any other I've ever owned. It's just too damn fun, and the first party…

I didn't like it because it was boring. I'll leave it that simple and subjective. I think it takes itself WAY too seriously and it bored me. It was better than egregious offenders like COD, but I failed to see the camp in it. Janky physics doesn't make it whimsical, and to that end, I'll change my position to…

I eventually figured out for myself that, in general, and if forced to pick, I'll always want my games to put the most thought and effort into being a game first and foremost. Crap like Assassin's Creed seem to revel in being a disconnected mess full of garbage that tries to be "adult" and "gritty" and has no real…

In terms of the eShop, I strongly recommend Shovel Knight if you have any love or nostalgia for older NES-style games. I played on 3DS, but nonetheless, it's one of the few games I've felt truly compelled to play through to the end in a single weekend. I usually get bored or try to stretch them out, but I loved every…

Not conforming to the modern gaming landscape, I assume? Or maybe some of the more logical gripes, like the limited storage space? I imagine for most folks it's something frivolous, but there are some legitimate gripes I can understand with the console. I don't entirely agree, but I understand.

I think the answer is "Yes," conversely, I think that it is only in the event that you have another platform you can/do play on. I have a low-end PC that plays a lot of indie games very well, and most solid ports of last-gen games. I'll never be hurting for more games, and Nintendo's big releases are usually ones I…

Nintendo may have the weirdest relationship with censorship of anyone, which is just so weird. Sometimes, they don't care at all. Others, they censor like crazy. Made sense back in the day when it let them try to slink away from the big lawsuits happening regarding violence in games in the Mortal Kombat days (and if I…

I'm consciously avoiding that so I can be surprised by all the weirdness and quirk on my first go-through!!! But I'll definitely check back in. I need a few more days to think it through before I finally pull the trigger, but I think I will. I just need to be fully prepared to start my new Tomodachi Life.....

My wife just called it "silly," but I'll take that as a "yes." If only there were a way to buy it.... That also didn't cost money. Why isn't 3D printing perfect, cheap, and everywhere????

Sounds good! The demo is short and pretty unfulfilling, but it makes me want the game QUITE a bit. Only getting to make 3 Miis and realizing that between me and my wife I can only add one other character and then the demo is pretty much over.... Man..... It's hard to want to stop there. I can already see characters…

Yeah, all I can think of is this being defended as a parody, and it makes me think the only people who will be happy about the way this turns out are Lohan's lawyers; for everyone else this seems likely to be a huge waste of time and money.

Considering this is precisely what I posted about just yesterday (being on the fence and open to being persuaded either way), this is amazing news. I have a hunch I'll like it.... and despite the scattered reviews for it, I've heard that if you think you'll like it, you probably will....... but it still feels like a…

Also, I like when these conversations have a happy ending. Huzzah! Respect to you, fellow internet citizen!

I'm having that with Skyrim at the moment. Got it cheap after the parade of praise in 2011...... not sure I understand it, myself. It's fine enough, but far from amazing. Glad enough time has passed to (maybe) have that opinion safely!

Suffice it so say we had different experiences with the game, and I'm happy to leave it at that amicably. My experience so far isn't a great one, and the flaws were very real to me as I experienced them. In that same vein, I happily admit my experience isn't the same as yours and those of the perfect scores it got…

I had a whole thing written, but I'll suffice it to say that your condescension isn't doing you or the game any favors. Not everyone who doesn't like the game is an idiot.

Perfect! I'll add you on next time I use the Wii U! My 3DS and Shovel Knight steal a LOT of time from me lately. I'll have to sample Pikmin 3 soon, though. Just to know if it's another must-play for me in the near future or a solid backlog entry.

The Tomodachi Life reviews are all over the place, so I have no idea what to think. My wife has an irrational hatred of Animal Crossing, though, so I'm steering clear of that minefield, but Tomodachi seems like a safe way to get a similar experience. Haha. Her sisters evidently played in endlessly, and she wants no…