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Boy. I am exactly the audience for this game - I have adored the previous Mario Tennis titles - but I can't justify getting this at $50. I can't imagine most people who know what this thing is will buy it either. Depressing.

First in, last out. Inventory accounting systems and Walker

Oh, what an unexpected joy!

My nomination for "thing that doesn't get enough attention" is John Harris' blog about roguelikes over at Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/author/JohnHarris/817117/.

It's a continuation of a long-running column he did on the now-defunct sister site GameSetWatch (you can find the archive of it here: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/column_at_play/). It's one of the most thoroughgoing and informed exploration of roguelike games and mechanics that you'll ever find, and it's become all the more relevant now that those mechanics have been re-appropriated by all sorts of other games.

Edit: also, on an unrelated note, I wish more videogame criticism were written the way Tim Rogers used to do it over at http://www.actionbutton.net/

HOT Shiren the Wanderer callout hidden in the newspost. A+ material.

The real question, though, is did Austin beat Fei's Final Problem?

This game is pretty fun! It's a very strange combination of Pokemon and Shin Megami Tensei mechanics.

Spyjinx will release in 2016 on phones, tablezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Fuckin'... yes.

I loved these games in the arcades so much as a child that I went out and found an import store just to buy action figures. Then when they released a version for the dreamcast it broke my little fragile child mind.

Thanks for an excellent Bombastica, Austin

@haruko: I am not ready.

Wow. Lucky stuff for King Digital. I can't imagine they could have had much of a bright future on their own, and now they get to fill their pockets and be consumed by the yog-sothoth-like-beast that is Activision, mostly because of tax loopholes and information business. Video games have gotten real weird, you guys.

Couldn't reach King of Fighter's King for comment either?

Also, @austin_walker: unless I'm mistaken you've got one too many "not"s in the last sentence in your penultimate paragraph