Yeah I didn't get "glowing blue Vah-jay-jay" this week so maybe it was an error. Did you guys do the upgrade a couple weeks ago?

I did the update a couple of weeks ago and then got the upgrade message again last week.

There was an upgrade a few weeks ago, but there was another one a few days ago too. I was changing my network settings, and was surprised that when I tested out the settings, I was getting another upgrade.

Just got another email from Amazon saying Mercury Meltdown was delayed yet again. Oct. 2 is the new date.

Mark McDonald at 1UP gave Metroid a 9.0. 1UP is generally considered one of the tougher reviewers and even a 7 from them is a very good score. Metroid getting a 9 is really a big deal.

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3162330

It's doing well, all around:

Using Metacritic:

Nintendo Power: 100
Game Trailers: 96
IGN: 95
1UP: 90

IGN has a 10min video review on their site.

Anyone see what the VC games are yet today?

I'm going to cry if I can't get Metroid tonight. :(

I haven't seen a PR yet. Should know within an hour, one way or another.

Why should you? Doesn't it ship today and ends up in stores tomorrow and/or Wednesday?

Yeah, for Best Buy and such.. but I can usually get games on their "ship date" at GameStop. I suppose it's on a case by case basis, but I know for a fact that I got Metroid Prime 2 on Monday because I recall that Fry's had it on sale that week but I opted to pay the extra $10 to get it a day (or two) early.

Great scores coming in for Metroid Prime 3. Here are some choice quotes from a few of the reviews:

IGN.com:GameTrailers.com:1up.com:
:D

Art direction over technical prowess! :banana:

I'm trying to read the Nintendo forums about the VC update today and all I've got so far is "3 games" and "Breath of Fire 2".

That place sucks so bad.

Edit:

Super Contra

Ghouls 'n Ghosts

Breath of Fire II

Very nice update!

Breath of Fire II is pretty decent, but I have it on the GBA already. More RPGs is good though. Bring on Illusion of Gaia.

Didn't that come out already? It's the Contra for the SNES, hence "Super", right?

oooh. Super Contra and Ghouls n Ghosts. More games I used to be wicked good at but now just make me want to break stuff.

I've had some trouble with Super Metroid and that game is easy. I will not be downloading either one of these. My skills are gone for these types of games.

Contra III was the SNES game that has already been released. Super Contra (or Super C) was a sequel on the NES.

See wiki for all you need to know about Contra!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_%28series%29

I haven't started up with Super Metroid yet. I'm still trudging my way through Metroid... but I haven't had too many obstacles there other than my love/hate obsession with Mario Strikers that has taken up most of my free time.

I do know that I'll wait to download any more VCs until I've finished my Metroid runs.

I'm in the same boat with pretty everything you wrote. So many games, so little time.

I hate watching videos of people playing Metroid games, because they make insanely difficult things look easy. I can't even manage to get the timing down for regular bomb jumping and it turns out some people use horizontal bomb jumping to get to otherwise inaccessible locations.

I've had a lot of fun going through Super Metroid again. It's been ages since I've played it - I'd forgotten how many upgrades there are and how quickly you can get some of them. I think I've put in four hours and still have quite a ways to go.

If you are buying at Gamestop, be sure to use the 10% off coupon that expires on the 31st. From CAG:

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6...uponqh3mu4.jpg

Anyone tried Ghouls 'n Ghosts? I liked Splatterhouse
or should I get Super Contra (I'll have 600 points after that and could get TMNT for nes as well...)

Ghouls 'n Ghosts is the Genesis version? I liked that better than the SNES one, although they are pretty different. Also, it's pretty much the same as the arcade from what I remember, so if you have the arcade version on a collection already, then it's not really worth it.