The lack of a map in the original Metroid ruins it for me. I don't have the patience to learn where everything is or the gumption to draw my own map lol. Echoes was less forgiving in general but it was that final boss that was so brutal. Like I said, I missed the optional weapon upgrade meant to make that fight reasonable. Making that weapon optional was a very strange design decision to be sure.
Yes, Symphony of the Night is awesome! You at least have to play the first Prime game, though they're all good. And Other M is super cheap right now so you should definitely pick it up even if you don't play it right away.
Metroid Prime is my favorite. I'd love to go through them all again though, especially the two on GBA since I've played them only once apiece. You should finish the Prime trilogy. Echoes and Corruptioin can't top Prime 1 but they're still great games.
Yeah, I really like PS+. If you stay on top of it, it pays for itself in no time 
It would be pretty awesome if Microsoft got the memo too...
Nice rant, Jesse. Aside from the points you make in the piece, this news makes me sad because I recently finished playing Dead Space: Extraction for the Wii and really liked it. It made me interested in checking out the series proper and now looks like it might be dead. Bummer.
I suppose the silver lining in the cancellation of Dead Space 4 is that EA hasn't shut down Visceral Games. I wouldn't put it past them...
Welcome aboard! It's always nice seeing a fellow former 1upper. Looking forward to seeing what you post.
Dude! What a great bunch of freebies! I'll probably grab them all, even Disgaea 3 (glad to know I'm not the only one getting the Vita games with no system to play them on lol). I'm most interested to play The Cave, though I definitely wanna give Spec Ops a go as well. Thanks for the info!
Great post. I absolutely love Ikaruga. It's one of Treaure's finest creations, hands down. An official Ikaruga 2 would be awesome 
I can't speak to the XBLA port but on the GameCube you can unlock unlimited continues simply by reaching a certain amount of playtime (don't remember how long it takes exactly), so you could eventually power through the game even if you don't get any better at it lol
Hopefully it won't take too long to write the Jeanne D'Arc review. Sometimes life draws these things out lol. I thought it'd be a lot more like FFT than it is, so that was a nice surprise. As Iwata would say, please look forward to it!
I was excited to see Maverick Hunter X. I've been keeping an eye out for it but haven't seen it anywhere. I'm kind of torn because I know it's the kind of game I'd like to physically own but at least I can play it now :) As for Vanquish, I think I'll wait till after I play BioShock Infinite. Although I doubt Vanquish is that long of a game, I don't want anything that might cause me to push back playing Infinite or that could become a loose end. I have enough of those lol
