This bodes well...

So I'm almost done Shantae, and it's great as long as I can play it on my 3DS and totally cheat by exploiting emulator savestates :\ Seriously, it's an incredible technical achievement with so much character... But so very, very broken from a design standpoint. It's like Metroid-light made stupidfrustratinghard to offset the lightness of the Metroidness.

I also got a little impatient and jumped-ahead to Risky's Revenge and Pirate's Curse to see what's up, and they seem to've fixed everything! Stoked.

Just terrible.

I picked-up a complete copy of Cave Story 3D because Cave Story is awesome and Cave Story 3D is kinda rare and sought-after. I'd heard mixed things about the 3DS remake, and... Well, they were being generous. That remake is offensive. I absolutely adore the original, and I guess 3D has some cool packaging, but yeah... No.

Convolution

Current plan:

1. Buy a New 3DS XL and a 32GB microSD card.
2. Transfer the contents of the 32GB SD card in my current 3DS XL to the New 3DS XL.
3. Put the 32GB SD card in my Wii U.
4. Transfer everything from my Wii to my Wii U.
5. Sell my 3DS XL with the originally-included 4GB SD card.
6. Use my Wii as a GameCube because cheap 480p.

Bouillabaisse

The nearly-five-year-old 64GB OCZ Vertex SSD in that Core i5 2500K system I mentioned a few posts back up-and-died yesterday; replaced it with a 128GB Samsung 840 EVO for $83... Amazing how prices have dropped.

Anyway, Shantae's labyrinths kick ass, but it's overworld seriously sucks; currently most excited about finding more baby warp squids so I can minimise dealing with that shit. I really hope the next two games have addressed this, 'cause they all look really pretty!

Also, Club Nintendo closeout! Gotta recommend Donkey Kong (Game Boy), EarthBound, Link's Awakening DX, Super Metroid and Yoshi's Island as must-play classics if you don't already have them. So far I've snagged Doc Louis's Punch-Out, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and Minis on the Move with just over 500 coins left to blow.