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Yeah, Charles Martinet is a real cool guy - super nice. As Jason said, Chessa and I played NSMBWii with him on the show floor, and he signed a Wii Sports Resort frisbee for Chessa.

I also had the pleasure of hanging out with him and Cammie Dunaway at the Nintendo party last E3 as well. She was also very nice, and Martinet was fun to just hang out. Aaron Kaluszka from NWR seemed to know him pretty well, so he hung around with the whole NWR crew for quite a while.

Moving from the N64 to the GameCube was tough for me. At the time I really didn't like the idea of discs, regardless of their benefits because of the poor load times found in both the PlayStation 1 and 2. Having game saves on the game itself was also desirable because it meant I had no need to buy a swath of memory cards to save all of my games - then rummage through them every time I wanted to play a different game.

I'm glad the N64 went with cartridges, and I agree, I think that generation would've played out much differently, and I think the industry as a whole would be much different today if Nintendo didn't make that choice.

I still have hope that we'll move back to non disc-based media in the coming generation, but who knows. Flash memory is way faster and reasonably priced at this point, though I can't really say that I know what the manufacturing cost behind it is. Whatever happens, I just hope that we can continue to avoid full digital distribution. I love me my physical media.

What the hell, this isn't even real gameplay footage! Just looked it up, and it says here that this thing is just an idea that he put to animation. Capcom needs to pick this concept up and make it.

Well, this is totally kick ass and completely unexpected news. Beyond Good & Evil was such a fantastic game, it's great to see it get a second chance at grabbing the attention of the mass market, especially at the undoubted budget price of $15.

With enough interest, maybe Ubisoft will be pushed to make the sequel that has been in limbo for seemingly the entire generation.

Here's to hoping that this Super Monkey Ball brings the series back to its roots. I will say that it seems and sounds promising.

Looks like the 3DS has an induction charger. That's hotness.

Also, did I mention that I'm absurdly excited for this thing?

Yeah, portable Virtual Console is great news. It has been a long time coming. Hopefully they port the Wii VC over as well.

I'm a little worried over the price of the system. It seems like they are going to launch this thing at $250, which is just way too much. I think Nintendo is going to have a hard time moving units at that price, especially considering it's priced more than the Wii.

Whether true or not, there has always been a perception that handheld consoles are less valuable than their home counterparts. That's going to be the thing that is hardest to overcome. That being said, if Nintendo doesn't provide us with a review unit, I'll still be buying one day one.

For anyone freaking out about the price, keep in mind that Japanese prices are typically way higher than US prices. While it clocks in at $300 USD after conversion, a more likely number is ~$200 USD.

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Glad to hear you enjoyed it Caliban!

For ease of use, we just tossed it in the Wii, and used the Gecko Loader from the Homebrew Channel. Prior to the Wii's release, I needed to use the Action Replay and swap the disc.