Wow, definitely getting Hotel Dusk, thanks for the scores.

Phoenix Wright 2 for me just seemed a little stale with not being much different from the first (although being able to present profiles does add quite a lot), and I'm not convinced the cases are quite as good as the first. Still haven't finished the final case yet.

I got this in the mail yesterday!

Is Devilish much different from the original megadrive version? I notice the DS version is pretty much fully priced around here which seems a bit of a rip off to me.

On the 1up podcast John Davidson raved about the game as well. They are very high on it, but mentioned that Nintendo has zero faith in the game to sell and has done very little to promote it. Expect every EB to only get 1-2 copies and don't wait if you really want it. I'm hoping this is another Phoenix Wright and word of mouth can generate sales in the months to come.

Great preview for Lunar Nights as well and that one looks to be another must buy game.

Finally Picked up Harvest Moon DS, along with Pheonix Wright 2 and Tamagotchi Corner Shop 2 at Towerrecords.com 25% sale at $22.49 each.

I have preordered Hotel Dusk: Room 215 through Amazon.ca. It was a little steep at $36.99 but chances are that I won't be able to find this game at my local Future Shop, Best Buy and Wal-Mart.

I recently finished Yoshi's Island DS, which I didn't find quite as annoying as some people did. I never had any major issues with the gap between the two screens, since you can use the L button and D-pad to shift the screen up and down to see what's in the gap. It was mildly irritating at times, but never a point of frustration for me. I still have the extra levels to unlock and play, but I'm not really motivated at the moment. Maybe at some point later on I'll try for it.

I also picked up the new Phoenix Wright, which I'm in the middle of right now. Good game - definitely more of the same, which is not a bad thing in this case. I bought the first one when it came out, played through it, and traded it away, and that's probably what I'll do with this one. No replay value, but the games are entertaining enough to justify the price even for just a single playthrough. My pre-order of Hotel Dusk should be arriving later this week, but I need to finish Phoenix Wright before I can delve into another story-heavy game.

i have a mint copy of harvest moon if anyone is interested...

Hotel Dusk was the number one selling game currently on Amazon so that is a good thing.

I'm currently on the third case of Phoenix Wright and it is still the same kind of game I loved and tried to sell everyone I knew on the first time around. Not perfect, but once I got back into the flow of how to break down witnesses and when to present evidence I was really finding the hours flying by.

One thing to note on this second version. This is a straight port of the second GBA game with no enhanced DS case like the first port had. For that reason this was a budget title in Japan for around $20. Since we never had the GBA version I guess Capcom felt it was okay to charge $30 in the US. However, even without the extra case and even with the similarity to the first game I still find it worth every penny and I really hope we get a port of the third GBA title before we get the all new DS version which should be awesome.

I have Hotel Dusk ordered at Amazon so hopefully I can finish Phoenix Wright before it arrives. After muddling through the very mediocre Touch Detective its nice to play quality text adventure games again.

I had a hard time getting into the first Phoenix Wright, but managed to finish it.

I'll probably pass on the 2nd though.

I'm tempted to check out Hotel Dusk, but I'll probably wait until some here have played it and can tell me if it's worth buying for someone who was a bit bored with Phoenix Wright. I'm just not sure these text adventures are my cup of tea.

I only kept the first Phoenix Wright, thinking my girl will eventually pick it up again and beat the thing. I found it fairly boring. Different, but boring

It seems that Hotel Dusk will be a very different type of text adventure. If it lives up to the early reviews it should be much better than Phoenix Wright.

My main problems with PW was that it was too linear, sometimes what you had to do to move on wasn't very logical, and the story was pretty boring.

If Hote Dusk stays away from those I may be more interested.

yea, with PW, its like, you KNOW what you want to do/say, but you're not sure how to convey that through the game

I had a $10 certificate for Amazon from one of their botched deals in the past, so I bit the bullet and ordered Hotel Dusk, not bad for $20 shipped free.

I picked up Hotel Dusk and Clubhouse Games yesterday. I'm planning to start Hotel Dusk on the weekend.

It will be very linear. I think that is a limitation of the genre. The story does sound exceptional and the puzzles seem very logical so that is a plus. Gamespot gave it 8.2.

Has anyone played the BitGeneration titles? Dotstream and Orbital seem interesting.

Where are people finding Hotel Dusk in B&M? I can only seem to find it online. Partial to BB for the GGC and RZ coupons, but open to anywhere if I can actually find it. BB.com shows a 1/29 release, though

Saw on CAG that you can get Hotel Dusk for around $23 shipped from Buy.com with the $10 google checkout deal.

Of course you can only use that deal if you are new to google checkout.

I still can't justify pulling the trigger as I want to get through my back log and would probably end up bored with this like with Phoenix Wright anyway.

Ah, I always forget about Buy.com and GCO. Got it, thanks! I'm in no short supply of gmail accounts to use.

To forewarn you, I also read on CAG that Google has been catching on to people signing up for multiple accounts (and maybe refusing to pay the $10 etc.).

Thanks for the tip, I'll deal with that if it comes up. I haven't had a problem yet, but it has been a few weeks since I tried.

Amazon isn't showing it shipping until the 29th. I'm in no big hurry. Still have a case and a half to finish on Phoenix Wright.

Amazon did have some when I ordered last night. I tried to pre-order from Gamestop twice in the last two weeks, both times they told me it wasn't available for preorder. I went in last night to see if it was in on the shelves. Lo and behold I see the display box above the "Pre Order Now" sign - it wasn't there when I picked up Phoenix Wright last week. I ask at the counter if they got any in. They told me no, they only get it overnighted from corporate if people pre-order and "why didn't you pre-order"?

But it turned out to be a blessing as they want $35 for it. I came home and ordered from Amazon for $30 and had a $10 GC to throw at it as well, should be here by Friday.