Too cute? TOO CUTE?!? A game can never be too cute! Man you'd probably hate to come over to my house to play games. Nothing but Kirby and Yoshi and Servebots and LEGOs and Animal Crossings. I'm not sure you could take all that without running away screaming. :)
I have the Katamari game, but I don't have Hot Shots Golf or LBP. I have a game on PSP that's like Hot Shots Golf though, called Pangya.
Speaking of Japanese games, do you know if the Vita is region free? I think I heard that a Taiko no Tatsujin game was released for the Vita in Japan a few months ago...
I'm with you on Pokemon GO. I haven't downloaded it yet for many reasons. One, I hear it's a bit buggy right now. Plus, I don't know how much internet data it gobbles up, and I don't want to use all that up on my family's cell phone plan. Plus, I'm blind in my left eye since birth, and I don't feel comfortable having my nose buried in a cell phone when I'm out and about. I need to be extra aware of my surroundings since I can't see as well, and so I don't do too much with my cell phone anyway as a safety precaution. I MIGHT download it someday, and I probably SHOULD review it considering the site I write for. But I don't know yet. I will say that it sure was popular over the weekend and I heard everyone talk about it!
Vanillaware games are great. But I already have Muramasa on the Wii and Dragon's Crown on the PS3, so I probably won't get the Vita versions. I didn't know that Grim Fandango Remastered was on the Vita. Might have to check that one out someday.
A year after his death and I'm still learning about cool stuff Iwata did! Like programming Pokemon battles in 3-D to make Pokemon Stadium, he pretty much did that himself. I hate to sound like a hipster, but I was a fan of Iwata before he was president of Nintendo. But that stems from my longtime fandom of HAL. When I heard that the president of HAL was going to be the president of Nintendo, I said, "I can't think of a more deserving person for that job." Sure I didn't agree with EVERYTHING Iwata did, but I will say that at least he put an effort in everything he did. More so than other Japanese businessman presidents probably do, anyway. And Iwata, don't apologize for the puppets. I liked them and last year's E3 showings were way better than this year's! When I die and go to Heaven, hopefully I'll see Iwata there and we can talk about how cool Adventures of Lolo was.
I first played Donkey Kong at a Kroger grocery store. They also had Space Invaders and Pac-Man. First time I saw all three of those. This was back when you could find arcade games in places like grocery stores, believe it or not. As a kid, I never was very good at Donkey Kong. I gravitated more towards games like Pac-Man for some reason. But as I got older, I gained more respect for Donkey Kong. The version in DK64 isn't exactly like the arcade version (it's harder, actually), but it sure is darn close! I think the reason why Nintendo can't release direct emulations of some of their earlier arcade games is because they had other companies help them with the arcade boards, and it wouldn't be legal for them to re-release them. Too bad.
Yeah, even for someone like me, it's hard to play ALL the games out there. :)
Thanks for reading! Yes, Pocket Card Jockey is a download only game. Normally I prefer cartridges, which is why I was disappointed that Rhythm Heaven Fever is download only because it's 30 bucks, the same price as a cartridge. But Pocket Card Jockey is a small, simple game, and only 7 bucks to download, so I'm OK with it being download only. I know you said you were having trouble getting your 3DS to connect to the Internet. I wish I could just warp up there right now and help you get it connected. But I'm sure you can figure it out. If I can do it, I know you can!
I bet we'll get the Pokemon 3DSes. I'm not 100 percent sure, but it seems likely, given how popular the franchise is. They'll probably sell them in the US during the holidays, I bet.
Stlll haven't picked up Fantasy Life yet, though it does look interesting. I think the Symphonia sequel is the only Tales game that lets you capture monsters to use in battle.
Yeah I know what you mean. The good thing about Pokken is that it has an extensive single player mode and you can always play online (although I know that's not the same as playing with people in the same room as you).
