Need more incentive to see Heathers?  It's the best Winona Ryder's ever looked... and that's saying a lot because she's always looked smokin' in movies and she still looks hot.

And, yes, Fast Times was great.  I was even witness to a Spicoli moment when I was in university; a student had pizza delivered to the classroom and from that point on I called him Spicoli. 

It seems like selecting a starter pokemon is akin to this anaolgy:

You've been magically transported to an empty room with nothing but your skivvies on.  There, a mysterious voice tasks you to embark on an epic quest.  But before you can go out the door, you must choose one of three items to start your quest off with: 1) a sword  2) a shield  3) a suit of armor.  Which do you choose?  

It almost seems to me that common consensus is
EDIT: My reasoning for this is:

When it comes to 80s "teen beat" movies, my favorites are easily The Breakfast Club and Heathers.  Heathers was fan-freaking-tastic!  It had some of the best one-liners. 

I recently caught Ferris Bueller's Day Off on TV not too long ago.  I know it's an iconic 80s movie, but like Yoda, I wasn't too enthralled by it.  Yet, go figure, I love the anime series The Irresponsible Captain Tylor which also features a disgustingly lucky protagonist.  Maybe I like that better because Tylor unwittingly bumbles his way to success whereas Ferris is more of a calculating sociopath who uses everyone around him by charming them to do his bidding. 

But if anyone can weave that updated narrative, it's WayForward.  The Shantae games had good narratives and storytelling.  Nothing rivaling great literature, but good "Saturday morning cartoon" stuff.  And Sigma Star Saga had a very good narrative too.  It wasn't Xenogears, but it was above-average Saturday morning cartoon.    

DuckTales Remastered is in good hands.  

/WayForward fanboy. <3 Shantae!

As someone who often complains about the "chain mail bikini," this speaks to my inner feminist. Sure, some of the outfits still seem a little impractical for fighting crime (I can see Zatanna tripping over the long inseam of her baggy pants going past her heels), but Black Canary's outfit looks totally badass. http://www.geeknative.com/38733/drawing-the-impossible-fully-dressed-superheroines/

I get the feeling Chris understands the concept that high price=/= high quality but was being subtly sarcastic about it, especially given that it is SMT. 

Still, the gaming seasons this year have been great for 3DS owners.  Winter with Fire Emblem, spring with Soul Hackers, summer with SMT 4, and fall with Pokemon. 

Waaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii!  I can't handle the cuteness.  The Japanese theme song is great and my ponified self is adorable!  And I love the punny name. 

Mike- that's adorably awesome.  Reminds me of a recent show we had where everything seemed to fall apart on us (my amp, our lights, the fog machine, a couple of wardrobe malfunctions) then after our set there was silence.  We thought we'd be laughed out of the place... then everyone at the place started chanting the name of our band in unison and we felt like rock gods.  

Mesh- blargh!  You're right!  (And if anyone doesn't get the inside joke Mesh is referring to... http://www.rpgfan.com/boards/index.php?topic=5920.0 , more specifically, the picture link at the bottom of the OP's rant. http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3239/rpgfan.png)

Dice- Yay!  I get to be fanart!  

Man, this is too freakin' great!  Meshie's is probably my favorite.  

And it begs the question... what the hell would my cutie mark be?  Or would I just be a blank flank with endless potential?    

Between this, the new Shadowrun, and Cyberpunk by CD Projekt Red, futuristic RPGs are looking good.  And with Soul Hackers to whet my appetite... I'm drooling right here!

I think I've said this in countless threads about gender in video games, but gender of protagonist aside, it's very very VERY rare when video games script relationships properly. Relationships are difficult to write.  Heck, many love adventures (which are all about relationships) are written with by-the-numbers scripting with archetypical characters.  

And insert Dincrest's usual spiel about Maya in Septerra Core.  Oh, and insert something about the awesomeness of Fear Effect, because that may end up being relevant to this discussion.  

Dice- I think we've unleashed a monster.  The only ones I can safely say I like are the Lapras girl and the seahorse girl because they don't look like jailbait.  

Considering the awesomely creepy nature of many Japanese games that make us raise our eyebrows (like that doujin love adventure with the giant pigeons), I'm surprised that crossover hasn't been done yet.  Although perhaps the idea of a tsundere Bulbasaur using vine whip with dominatrix tendencies may perhaps have too much of a squick factor...

Then again, some Pokemon like Gardevoir and Gothitelle look like anime human females so perhaps this crazy idea isn't too far off.  

Are we turning Japanese?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww

EDIT: I can totally see your Chespin girl as the childhood friend archetype, the Fennekin girl as the popular/out-of-your-league girl you've been crushing on from afar, and Froakie girl as the quiet mysterious one.  Man, I really HAVE played too many love adventures that I can pick out archetypes based solely on appearance.

Dice- I smell a Pokemon/ love adventure crossover.  Hey, if they could cross over Pokemon and Nobunaga's ambition, why not Pokemon and Memories Off with your cute girl designs of Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie?  

Taelus- In thinking about the fire-type starters, Charmander is still the best.  Cyndaquil, Torchic, Chimchar, and Tepig don't seem to hold a candle to Charmander.  We'll see how Fennekin compares.  

Now to think about the water starters.  Squirtle's good, Totodile was solid (he started out really strong, but Cyndaquil had the more powerful final evolution), don't know anything about Mudkip, Piplup's gotten mixed reviews with some saying he's great to others saying the opposite, Oshawott's evolutions are pretty badass