Tendo City

For a while, a lot of people were complaining that Nintendo was making way too many "casual" games. Well, this past year (and a half) has seen a crazy number of awesome titles from Nintendo wouldn't you say?

In the past year, I've played more games on my Wii than my 360 or PS3. It's been really nice to dust that thing off.

Further Super Mario 3D Land is amazing. I'm loving this game so far. It really shows off what the 3DS was meant for, using the 3D for more than just a gimic. Along those lines, I have noticed that this game as well as the 3DS has been selling out in a lot of stores this holiday season. I think the price drop coupled with some really nice NEW games has turned the 3DS sales around, but we'll only know when we see the numbers. The 3DS still has a number of flaws in the design, but I'm overlooking them right now to enjoy the awesome 3D Land.

Mario Kart 7 is awesome! It added in a few of the new tricks from Wii, but most notably, the game is less about luck and more about skill than it was with the Wii version. Mario Kart 7 is probably the best Mario Kart they've put together yet, returning it to form, much like another series of software that randomly decided to just go with numbered releases after a rather disappointing release.

Pick it up you sons of mothers!