If only, right?

I further fear that people don't realize JUST how many places there are to buy games outside of there. I buy almost nothing there. I go where the deals are, and resell all my unwanted games on eBay to put towards new purchases. GameStop offers me almost nothing whatsoever. I have $35 in store credit there (HP promo…

Appreciate your uselessly pedantic criticism that also manages to remove all the context that explains precisely why my specific example is completely different.

I tend to play just Nintendo and indie games, and luckily for me, it's somewhat rare for preorder nonsense to work into that.... save for random Zelda figures here and there. I still don't think I'd preorder a game before reviews were available, though. I got Mario Kart 8 because it had already gotten rave reviews and…

That would be one of the rare cases it makes sense. Anything in truly limited runs, especially niche import titles, makes good sense. For anything with AAA backing, though, it's insane.

There are some rare exceptions like that, which I do understand, but I haven't and never would do that for something I didn't know the quality of. I imagine that FF title has been out in Japan already, so there's at least SOME idea to be had of its quality, but for the vast majority of AAA titles, I don't think almost…

I can't imagine who and why people continue to preorder like this. It benefits you in precisely zero ways, and sends the completely wrong message to publishers. Evidently enough people preorder games without ever seeing a screenshot of gameplay that the practice persists.... But I can't imagine how. Even being the…

This is the inherent danger in basing your entire livelihood on something someone else controls. Make all your money on someone else's platform (YouTube) using someone else's content (Nintendo) and you're at the whim of two major conglomerates. I rather do hope all of them know they're running that risk, and that if…

I was saving a bunch of physical game cards for next year's start date to be able to get Platinum again (hopefully) but now it looks like it's time to track all of them down and put them in and hope there's some solid physical rewards coming in February like they claim that I can actually afford. I'd also love to get…

While I think it looks nicer and the technical elements are far improved, in a weird way, the jerky movements caused by the more crude animation and framerate actually seem to benefit the creepy factor of Majora's Mask in a way that I think is lost a bit in the remake. That said, I wasn't a huge fan of Majora's Mask,…

I didn't even realize it until I was playing the 3D remake of Ocarina and was looking to see if it ran at 60 fps since it looked so smooth only to discover it was 30 and the original was apparently 20. Good to see Nintendo firmly at 60 fps almost religiously these days.

I got a launch day Wii U that malfunctioned. Returning it to Toys R Us for another one was extremely easy.

I definitely loved the visual style for Wind Waker, but things like the excessively open ocean without anything all that interesting to reward me for exploring, and the god awful Triforce hunt at the end.... Yeesh. I hit a game breaking bug when I played the GameCube original (Medli fell through a floor and wouldn't…

I don't think Wind Waker is getting much love here, though.... but in all honesty, I tried so hard to love that game but I don't think it ever really loved me back. I desperately wanted to like Wind Waker, but even trying again on the HD remake, I simply didn't like it much. So, while I'm not sad at all about snubbing…

Whenever I travel anywhere, I usually have my messenger bag with me, and/or while I'm at work I have it, so it's especially rare that I'd personally need to worry about the direct portability of the device.

I'm partial to Porkachu.

I definitely want to play that at some point, but feel like I need to brace myself for it first! Seems like the kind of game you need to be ready to have that kicked-in-the-gut feeling for, and I've been a bit too high on colorful Nintendo titles to dive into something like that right now. I think The Walking Dead was…

I don't think a stronger machine would stop the "third parties giving them the shaft" thing, though. The Wii U is more than capable of running Madden, FIFA, and NBA 2K games, and yet, not one gets released for the system anymore. I don't know what Nintendo can do other than keep doing its own thing, as it seems that…

Took the words right out of my mouth. God I loved my Dreamcast and hope Shenmue doesn't stay dead forever. Even just a PC re-release would be incredible.

Jim Sterling is never not relevant. Thank God for him!