So... Kirby's turning 20.

Nintendo's got this wonderful collection disc and all sorts of new games lined up, all to celebrate this one event.

Yet, last year, a certain series of theirs, a series that was there when they first started to assume dominance, that helped build them up to where they are now, turned 25, and yet their was nothing for that.

This is like a kick to the face from a Nordic god. They skipped Metroid in favor of a character that was originally meant to be a placeholder- a fact that most everyone seems to forget over time.

I don't really get it myself, though. For all that people said about it, Other M wasn't all that bad. I mean, it wasn't the greatest, but that's because they were not only trying to do something new, but they also had to follow the Prime trilogy. That, and it wasn't as bad as the Duke Nukem incident. Yet, somehow, because of Other M, we got nothing.

They could've at least ran a sale on the Virtual Console, or at least said something, but no, the pink blob that has had eighty billion spinoffs, most of which are mediocre or just plain unoriginal, is more important.

And that makes it even sadder than last year. If they somehow considered MP: Trilogy an early present, than that's just flat-out hitting the customers with a shovel. After all these wonderful games that have given great gameplay, music and settings, we've seen nothing to acknowledge that Metroid even exists. It's bad enough seeing Star Fox and F-Zero vanish for whole generations, but this is plain awful. Mario and Zelda were understandable, but it's... well, disappointing.

Here's to hoping that Ninty doesn't pull an Episode 3 manuever during the WiiU's lifetime with any of the forgotten three.

-Enig, 8:34 PM CST