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[huckleberrypie]

Funny how you can get two $60 games on Steam for less than half the price. Dad and I managed to score both Dirt 4 and Dirt Rally just recently, and 'twas a good buy.

Steam really does know how to do sales. I get notifications every now and then of certain games on my wish list that go on sale, and the prices are usually deeply discounted.

I wish Nintendo did the same. :/ You can still find big-ticket Wii U games for $60, despite Walmart not selling the consoles anymore! The only exceptions are shovelware and Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, which Nintendo really wants to get rid of following it's poor critical reception.

As for the eShop, their latest sales only go to 30% off. Big-ticket games only end up getting $10 or so shaved off the price, while VC games get really small cuts at around $1.50 or so.

My latest video game adventure is Super Mario Galaxy 2. I'm about halfway through, and while it is great fun, it pales somewhat in comparison to the first game. The course maps are more linear and the plot has been reduced back to the standard "Save Princess Peach"... IN SPACE!! While this story was also the ExcusePlot of the first game, it added on a very deep story regarding an entirely new character which I thought was a breath of fresh air.

Apparently, Shigeru Miyamoto didn't want the devs to put a story in the sequel thinking it would be a distraction, and instead had them focus on the gameplay. Seeing as how the first Mario Galaxy game scored high marks upon release, Miyamoto is clearly wrong. Games with deep stories can still be fun to play if the story and gameplay are well balanced.

I'm also going to pop in my old Animal Crossing City Folk game disc. I believe it's nearly been two years since I last played that game, and I'm curious as to how blighted my old town has become. I will also struggle with the controls since I'm so used to New Leaf on 3DS.

Shame the big N hasn't gone that route, and I still can't get over Nintendo's weird and bone-headed ambivalence towards their fan base, like clamping down on fan games and unfair treatment of those showing gameplay footage.