Evening Reading

by Garnett Lee, Jan 17, 2011 5:00pm PST

Despite a pretty exhausting travel itinerary, I'm pretty excited for the quick trip to New York to finally get a chance to really play with a 3DS. On Wednesday, Nintendo promises to reveal its plans for unleashing the new handheld outside Japan at press events in New York and Amsterdam. From what I've heard so far there's not going to be an embargo so I'll be writing impressions from the event as quickly as possible. I'm very curious to see how the hardware holds up to closer inspection, with games to play, and whether it measures up to the to be announced (we hope) price.

Here's the video game news of the day from the Shack to tide you over while you wait:

And a couple random cool things from around the Net:

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By: PixelPie x Show Full Post

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Will we ever see a return to form for Final Fantasy? My favorite is still VI and it hasn't really been as good since.

Jan 17, 2011 10:43pm PST

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  AITOO that wishes for a new FF with a traditional FF combat system and none of this crazy bullshit they s... : grandmasterlee
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    There rumors of a FF:Zero being a reboot of the series
    
    Jan 17, 2011 11:02pm PST
    
    There rumors of a FF:Zero being a reboot of the series : edge198
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    FF9??? : j0nchan
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      Is the worst game in the series. : omnova
      
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      ... I liked it way better than 7, 8, or 10. : lcizzle
      
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      8 was an abortion. I like falling and scraping my knee more than playing 8. : zombie man
      
      agreed. that one sucked. : skryte
      
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      I agree, 8 was absolute trash. One of my co-workers thinks its the pinnacle of the series and it drives ... : HL3dsx
      
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      tying the inventory to character strength was the single dumbest "innovation" in that installment. the ga... : skryte
      
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      And the lovely leveling monsters. Fly back to the beginning of the game and the plants are level 99 and ... : HL3dsx
      
      i forgot that aspect. that's genius. bethesda should hire some square guys. : skryte
- FF X was really good : burningpantsman
- 9 was the first I played, and my favourite. : Chipwarrior
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  I would love a FF game with semi-normal characters. It's almost embarassing playing FF 13 with characters... : zombie man
  - + that ridiculous voice acting : alexpr
- no I don't think so. ever since square & enix merged it went downhill. : razorblade79
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  13 was REALLY good. I think it's mostly nostalgia infecting your brain. 6 was great, and I had a blast ... : batkiwi
  - I give you that the story was kinda interesting if you like this kind of weird futuristic japano fantasy : razorblade79
- Along those lines Final Fantasy XIII-2 was announced for the PS3 and 360 today. O_o : Atma Weapon
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  Nostalgia is blinding you. The series has been enjoyable since the first game and hasn't ever stopped. ... : Vincent Grayson
  - This is true, but a modernized FF4 or FF6 would be awesome. Something that takes the mechanics, the style... : dex.collins
- I'd just love another top down FF / Secret of Mana / Zelda game but taking advantage of todays gfx - and ... : TrulyVexed
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  What about FF: Four Heroes of LIght. Isn't that the return to form? : Gorkgork
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    Yeah I thought that was exactly it's purpose too : geedeck
    - isn't that just a FF lite? all I read about it sounded pretty disappointing. I wouldn't mind a new "FF4-6... : razorblade79

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