Game Grumps play Stretch Panic(aka Freak Out), has female protagonist!

Just thought I'd bring attention to this since the topic of women and games is trending right now.

Anyway this is one of those games that you'd love to see the guys play and react to all the weirdness. Do Chibi-Robo! sometime guys!

Denpa Men 2 is out today too

I like Denpa Men but I haven't played it in a long time. This new one has StreetPass, which I'd like to try. By the way, the first one is on sale now so... Do I buy now while the StreetPass is new and fresh or do I wait until this one gets a discount? Hmm...

Bear in mind I don't know exactly how the StreetPass for this works either. Hmm...

In any case, buy the Zelda Oracles games!

Just buy the Zelda Oracles games tomorrow ok?

Yikes! Imperative!

Coming out tommorow are the Zelda Oracles games which are both brilliant and they connect to each other by passwords which really gives a big scope to the adventure. Also, they're just 5 Euro each! That is a bargain for such original and quality titles!

Sonic Lost Worlds first trailer! PLEASE COME ON DISC/CARTRIDGE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sIkDWfccU
(be careful, it's from ign's YouTube channel)

Many are seeing a Mario Galaxy influence here and I like that a lot! In fact I think this calls for the Charles Martinet soundbite "Welcome! Welcome new galaxy!".

But please please please let this be available as a packaged retail Wii U disc and 3DS Game Card!

HCBailly now doing second quest of Zelda 1

He handled the first quest really well! Didn't have to use life replenishing medicine or anything! Really entertaining too. Expected no less from the man himself.

But I wonder what the "finale 1/2" in the title is all about? Find out next time!

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D takes up a shitload of space

Over 17,000 blocks! This might be the first time you'll have to delete something to make room on your SD card. And no, it's not worth it. The game just isn't as good as the original SNES and Game Boy trilogies no matter what they do.

Game Grumps just doing 1 video a day until June 11

Shucks.

The Yakuza games on a Nintendo console

The Japanese Nintendo Direct was like a "SEGA Direct" with the blue colour and all. There they announced Yakuza 1 and 2 for the Wii U.

I think that's pretty weird, but then, I haven't played any of those games(not much interest).

Also, the glamour of the creator of those games always strikes me as odd. It's like he comes from a stock photo or something.

He created Super Monkey Ball though so he's cool!

How about the PS4? Is that going to be a failure too?

Sony make nice radio alarm clocks.

Xbox One is going to be a big failure

This thing was revealed yesterday. It might seem premature to declare this but why not. There's just nothing appealing about this thing and I doubt that it's going to improve.

Tomorrow's the last day for Fire Emblem Awakening Free DLC

Remember you have until 23:59 on 22nd of May 2013 to download this DLC for free. If you don't it won't be free anymore.

You have to play a bit of the game before you're able to do it so take note if you're planning on doing this.

This is the European version of course.

Brian Blessed voices the ads for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D! :D

Granted he can be heard in many ads but this one just seems so appropriate!

It also gets me more excited about the game.

Wish I had a YouTube link for the ad. It also goes on about the promotion where you buy 3 and download 1 free.

Sonic Lost World's honeycomb-like picture

This was the one new game announced in Nintendo Direct that was the most interesting. We only have that one promo image so far. It looks like a common map you'd see in turn based strategy games but obviously it's not of that genre! I'm pretty excited about this because it's been a fairly long time since we had Sonic Colours and that was amazing. I hope that this new game will have the same sensibilities (e.g. no loading times etc)

Super Metroid PAL & NTSC don't seem to be that different in speed

There's a video doing the rounds now comparing the 50 Hz/60 Hz versions of the game. I don't have the link handy but the PAL 50 Hz version doesn't seem to suffer at all with regards to the speed. I guess they did a good job on the optimisation when they first brought it to Europe. I'd say it's fairly safe to buy it on the Wii U VC.

I only know that from looking at it though and as we all know, playing is believing.

New Super Luigi U will be available as a boxed release!

It comes in a lovely green box too. Yes! I wasn't going to bother with it because it was going to be DLC. But now we can buy a boxed version to own forever.

FUCK DLC!

60 Hz NES Mega Man 5 is on the 3DS VC now

How come Super Metroid for Wii U VC has to come out in 50 Hz? The 60 Hz releases like Mega Man 5 here are only going to bully and make fun of it!

Shantae on VC better be a reasonable price!

Shantae's sequel Risky's Revenge was a quality game but it cost me like 12 Euro or something. The original Shantae is being published by Nintendo for the 3DS VC and will hopefully be going for a reasonable price.

Game Grumps are doing Clash at Demonhead!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlUGUZ0qTEE
Wahey! This'll be interesting. They're going to get stuck a LOT.

(By the way, Bus Éireann are cunts for going on strike)

Super Metroid on Wii U VC will be in 50 Hz

Another case of this version of the game being optimised for PAL. Nintendo still aren't giving us the option to choose which version we want which as usual is my main gripe.

Otherwise I don't feel that strongly about it as I've only played this game once. I am interested in it though and I would pay the limited 30cents price no problem.

Bloody Vampare, a 3DS Metroidvania thingy

Heard a little bit about this recent eShop release. It looks like one of those weird DSiWare developers made a 3DS Ware game. I don't really know if it's any good, but it's another weird little curiosity in the eShop jungle.

Kokuga seems a lot like the old HAL Game Boy game Trax

In this game you're a tank in a top down view going in all directions and aiming in all directions which is a lot like the old game Trax. Spiritual successor maybe? Nothing official obviously but look up both games and have a look for yourself. Kokuga seems to be coming out on the eShop soon.

Thanks to Game Grumps, people will finally know what Kirby's Air Ride is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPlkZDSaw6c

Uploaded about 3 hours ago. I haven't watched it yet (buffering) but there's one thing I'm sure of and that is that this will be the first time most people will know what the heck Kirby's Air Ride is.

It was a game that was kind of under the radar and not that great so if anything, this episode is bound to be a fascinating curiosity for many!

Wrecking Crew updates/releases on 3DS VC

I haven't updated it yet because I keep getting the 007-2100 error when I try to load up the eShop.

I heard there's some crazy update like being able to save levels you edited? The cynic in me assumes that it's simply an advantage of the restore point but we'll see.

Andrew Eisen shows the alarming reality of third parties and Wii U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ig7A-eaZA8

I didn't realise it was quite like this. Still, it would be worse if Nintendo was chasing third parties like they were doing when they announced the Wii U.

3DS VC NES titles get updated with multiplayer... why not GB/GBC/GBA?

Recently I got my ambassador updates (or normal releases for everyone else) for some NES games on the 3DS VC which enables multiplayer (and effectively, spectator) mode.

This is nice and all but why not do the same with Game Boy games? That would be so cool because it was unbelievably difficult to find someone to play multiplayer Game Boy games with back in the day that weren't Tetris or Pokémon (and even then it was rare). Also, it is something even most emulator writers don't bother doing so this would actually give 3DS owners a very good reason to buy Game Boy games on the VC!

Game Grumps playing Chulip

First of all I'm still pissed off that Chulip was never released in Ireland.

The lads started playing it recently and I have to say these episodes are super enjoyable. After watching them play Pocky & Rocky, a game that initially puts you in a good mood but often leaves you in a bad one, it's so nice to see them wander around a world that's gentle but unbelievably weird. It's a great one for all the many jokes it's inspiring them to make!

Angry Video Game Nerd episode 111: Toxic Crusaders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcuxGRO1wQA

Well here he is! Back and with a guy who looks a lot like Mel Brooks. This episode was good, different though. Seeing James' face crack up and burst out laughing is really funny in itself!

There's a distinct atmosphere to this episode... it feels like a "jam session" of sorts.

99.8 million Wiis and counting!

Big jump from 99.3!

Nintendo revealed this official figure from their shareholder meeting thingy so it was a little further along than we thought.

Almost there now! Just a little more! :)

Luigi's Mansion 2 multiplayer is better than Four Swords

I got a chance to play this mode recently and it was fantastic! I think the main reason for this is the fact that puzzles work better when it's a guy with a hoover poking around a haunted mansion. Zelda's good for a different reason, exploring a big dangerous world.

Wii U VC first batch of third party games are in 60 Hz

http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=201724

Nice work by Nintendaan and GoNintendo there.

The PR should be telling us this!

GameStop in Cork seem to have Fire Emblem Awakening in stock

In any case they don't have the "Out of stock" sticker on the display boxes anymore.