Nintendo Direct on tomorrow at 3pm Irish time

This one isn't going to sneak up on me like the last one did! Make sure you watch it tomorrow at this time as well.

No doubt they'll have release dates and talk about the 2DS but maybe they'll talk about Wii U bundles and some new stuff too.

Game Grumps (I mean Steam Train) are playing VVVVVV

When I watch Arin and Ross stop at an obstacle in this game and ask "Wait... how am I gonna do this?", it carries a nostalgic feeling. The game is nostalgia inducing in itself to '80s computer platformers but it's also a throwback to the time we'd crowd around the computer and ask each other ideas about how to "get past this fecking level".

Yes Michael Pachter, I'm buying a Wii U

I've a deposit on one of the upcoming bundles.

...and no I haven't been whiny.

Shantae 1/2 genie hero transformation art

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/611961

Some nice art here. There's also some voting going on for upcoming transformation stuff. The spider girl is cute even though I thought that was a different character. Shantae just looked like a normal spider in the first game.

Recent top 10 Metroidvanias by GameTrailers

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/ni7h98/gt-countdown-top-10-metroidvania-games

Just watched this and I was surprised to see Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet there. From watching Game Grumps (Steam Train sorry) I was under the impression that it was some kind of co-op escort mission maze spaceship shooter. I never would have thought of it as a Metroidvania. Yet I see it being sold and marketed as so.

I'm not sure about Muramasa either. Whatever you'd call that game I just find it too boring to be in the top 10 anything.

From now on I think I should be very careful when someone uses the word Metroidvania to sell something to me.

Shantae Half Genie Hero is funded, nice!

WayForward's Kickstarter was a success! Not that there was any doubt or anything. I mean, Shantae has a wonderful fanbase and we all want to see more games with her.

Ugh... Wind Waker HD has backwards camera control... but you can change it

Ughh I hate the backwards left/right camera so much. Super Mario 64 set the standard! Why the fuck isn't this legacy standard the default anymore?

However, there's a camera option menu where you can set it back to the proper one. Of course this is labelled "Reverse".

Remember developers, if you're going to do a backwards ass camera, make sure you have the option to change! Otherwise I am not going to buy your game!