PixlBit

1.18 million is great, and I don't doubt that the game was profitable for them. But compared to a lot of their other handheld games that start off extremely strong and continue to sell steadily throughout the life of the system, I don't think that Kid Icarus is on track to do that. I'd love for them to continue to invest in that franchise, but I just don't see it happening. Also, when I was on my hunt for Luigi's Mansion 2 only one store of the three I went to even had a spot for it on the shelf, and that store only had one copy left.

Kudos for a great use of Dan Fielding!

Considering that Bulletwitch looked and played like a game made on the PS2, I'd call it retro. It's an okay game, but it felt like anything coming out of Japan for the first couple of years this gen was stuck in the past.

I think with Gears and God of War people had already witnessed the stories of those characters reach a good conclusion. I feel the same way about Big Boss and Solid Snake. I feel like I've seen their stories, and I'd like to see the story of someone new or at least newish.

But yes, I wish that Kojima could move on to something new. He could still address similar issues, but with a new setting, characters, and possibly even game mechanics. I sure wouldn't mind seeing a Snatcher update...

Agreed on all points. The only possible Big Boss story I'd want to see at this point is how he became the head of Outer Heaven and how he went from patriot to enemy of the state. But they may have covered that in Peace Walker already...I couldn't deal with its multiplayer-centric gameplay.

I'd never dream of telling Kojima what to do. He's my game design idol, and I know I'm going to love MGS 5. I'm just ready to move on from Big Boss at this point.

The fact that you're not sold on Johnny is exactly why I think he'd be awesome. If we had been told that Raiden would be the star of MGS 2 we probably would have felt the same way.

But Meryl would be FANTASTIC. I love the idea of a female MGS star, and she'd be awesome, both for legacy and story purposes.

I didn't think beating her was possible! My cousin and I tried for a solid couple of weeks and got to the point where we could get through the entire game almost flawlessly, but then broke against her like waves against a rock wall.

But she saved my life. My dad was going out to take some friends on a drive and asked if we wanted to go but we declined, because we wanted to beat Double Dragon 3. He got sideswiped, and when they towed the car home I saw the damage. Either me or my cousin would have died or been seriously injured in that wreck. The left rear door was completely caved in, and one of us would have been sitting there.

When you do, have a listen to this series and let us know what you thought. I'm curious about listener reaction to this one.

Here ya go!

I voted for Vanquish because I actually haven't finished it, but Alan Wake was my number 2, followed by Spec Ops.