crushed

The Layton game isn't really Layton-esque. It's apparently was originally a DS game (Mystery Room) that got moved to iOS and placed in the Layton-verse starring Layton's son (!?). It looks more like a crime solving mystery than a Layton game.

NERDY LANGUAGE NITPICK: You would gain "masochistic" pleasure from VVVVVV, not "sadistic." Sadism is pleasure at the pain of others, masochism is pleasure at your own pain.

This is probably the best preview I've read on GB. Amazing, Rorie.

man and i *just* ran out of money right before this year's premium content started up

@Whizbang said:

Japan is a dead culture, Nintendo is a creatively dead company.

Their culture isn't American, so it's dead?

Gaming in Japan is treated totally different than in the West, it's either a time-waster for commutes or a hobby for children or weirdo shut-ins. They either cater to their own culture to find some success, or they fail in the West because the way gaming developed over the last 20 years in Japan caused them to becine somewhat isolated from Western ideas and tastes. Nintendo actually managed to change some of that with the casual stuff, but they can't work miracles.

@Levio said:

So they avoided mentioning the ugly 3DS addon in their 3DS conference, even though it seems to be required for 5 big games? That is seriously shady for Nintendo.

It's not required by those games, it's an optional add-on.

New character looks awesome, but…! Does anyone else remember that, back in November 2008, Atlus swore that there would only be one version of Persona 4? Seriously, check this out:

“We are today able to announce that at no point in the future will we announce the release of a 'FES' version of Persona 4,” said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “The very finest, most definitive version of Persona 4 will be the one released on December 9, 2008.”

Those lying bastards.

 http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/08/31/persona_developments/
 

A bit more surprising is Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. Atlus is teaming up with Arc System Works for a 2D fighter that will be released first for arcades in Spring 2012, then for PS3 and Xbox 360 in Summer 2012. The game is being developed by the BlazBlue team.

The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena has a new story that takes place two yeas after the events of Persona 4. Characters from Persona 4 and Persona 3 will feature in the game.

 
Huh.