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The X Button - War of the Gems

Otomedius is basically Gradius

There were a few interesting things at the New York Comic Con, but most striking was the dedication of a Mega Man Legends 3 cadre.

The options allow for customized appearances and move sets, though the character generator is apparently capable of crafting only male protagonists.

As for SxF's gem system, I could care less. If there's one thing that irritates me more than anything else about fighting games it's the "competitive scene" comprised of people that don't have any FUN playing. Plus this gem's system is actually nothing new in terms of the fighting genre; stuff like the Bleach DS fighting games and Jump Ultimate stars had stuff similar to this and they were TONS of fun.

Hey, you can play the woman on the right and pretend this is a sequel to Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara.

Also have my fingers crossed that Otomedius will actually come out this time. Though I suspect that since everyone is expecting a delay anyway, they might just delay it to right before Christmas....

I blame Inafune for MML3's cancellation. Seriously man, you leave AFTER it's finished, not before.

Nintendo of America may ignore Wii games like Xenoblade Chronicles and Pandora's Tower, but they certainly aren't neglecting Kirby. The pink blob is one of Nintendo's own, and he gets two side-scrolling games: the DS title Mass Attack and this Wii offering, which has flitted in out of development since 2005. The title refers to the original Kirby's Dreamland released on the Game Boy in 1992, but Kirby has expanded his repertoire greatly since then. As in his most recent games, he's able to gulp down enemies and either spit them out as projectiles or gain various powers from digesting them. The vaguely unsettling proportions of that idea are brushed aside as Kirby and his comrades help a stranded alien reassemble a starship.

While it's still Kirby's show, Return to Dreamland features a four-player mode that dumps King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Waddle Dee into the side-scrolling stages, where they can help Kirby—often by letting him inhale and spit them at enemies. Kirby's also able to use temporarily overpowered attacks by consuming specific enemies. Failing that, he can swallow multiple enemies and create particularly damaging projectiles in the unholy cauldron of his innards. But he looks so darned cute doing it.

SONIC GENERATIONS
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/PC
Players: 1-multiplayer
MSRP: $59.99

To that end, the game recreates many stages of past Sonic games, from the original's Green Hill Zone to Sonic Adventure's highway race.

The Saturn era is conveniently skipped. Apparently no one had fond memories of Sonic R or Sonic 3D Blast.

but players also face Silver and Shadow, both of whom hail from the disastrous 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog.