Konnichi wa, minna-san!

Whenever Nintendo has these Nintendo Direct Minis, I usually never find them since Nintendo doesn't say they're having them. But anyway, today's Nintendo Direct was a bunch of updates on 3DS and Wii U games as well as updates to the 3DS. New trailers were shown for Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, The Wonderful 101, and Pikmin 3. Nintendo announced changes to Nintendo Zone which allows you to StreetPass with the last person to visit the Nintendo Zone, increasing your chances of StreetPassing. Nintendo had also announced last week that they're bringing Pikmin 3 to select GameStop/EB Games locations this weekend. While I would love to go to another one of these events, I'm busy this weekend with work and friends. Maybe I can convince them to go to one of the Pikmin 3 events... Not likely since they're not big Wii U, let alone Pikmin, fans like I am. And there's no way I'm missing out on my first 8 hour shift outside of Boxing Day for it too. The last announcement was Earthbound's release... which is today! I wasn't expecting Earthbound until the end of the year so I'm very excited that it's out now. I'm dropping everything after this to go play.

As for my top 10 DS games, I ran into a little snag and time problems so it's been slightly delayed. I've been working more since we're short-staffed at work again, and now Earthbound gets announced today. And I just bought Shin Megami Tensei IV as well... Speaking of which, that game is quite difficult. I do like the demon recruiting aspect of it. While I don't like having to give stuff to them to have them join me (or they run off with my stuff), it's a cool system since you have to think about what the demon wants, what you want, and the demon's personality. So, that's it for now! It's Earthbound time!

Mata ato de!