a Master Ninja

"Its poor reliability and fan/drive noise are the main reasons it's not selling well."

You pulled that out of your ass. Only a tiny minority of people know about the launch hardware woes and the noise of the fan. That is not scarring off new customers, 90% of which are "casual gamers".

The game holds your hand for the first 20 minutes or so, but after that it really opens up.
http://pinataisland.info/index.php?title=Pi%C3%B1ata_Island
This site is all you'll ever need to know anything and everything about Viva Pinata. Only consult it if you really need to, though, as it basically ruins every secret in the game, and part of the fun is discovering that stuff on your own.

Smash Bros. + Metal Slug = I want to play it.

I'll be the first to say it: "The Xbox 360 launched in Mexico?"

I just want to say I've been using the VGA adapter for 6 months now, and while I tweaked the color settings on my monitor a little, I haven't encountered the screen tearing issues or other problems people try to associate with the update. I highly recommend the VGA adapter, actually. Cheap way to get high def.

Neil, only an idiot wouldn't turn that off. Have you never played a retro XBLA game before?

Ubisoft retracted the 1080p comment. It was a misunderstanding between a representative and the Kotaku guy (if I recall). You'll still have to wait a while for native 1080p content to arrive for the 360.

Some of you guys (mostly the people unfamiliar with the 360) just don't understand why people care about this.

Gamerscore: Completely pointless cumulative score from all the games you play, not many people give a damn about this.

Achievements: Legitamately clever way for competitive people to compare progress and ability in games. Also can add replay value to games by giving you a "new way to play" (ex: Survive for 60 seconds without firing a shot in Geometry Wars) and also a good indication of when you've done/unlocked everything.

It may sound dumb, but I might purchase the boxed expansion rather than download the content from XBLM that way I can pass it between some friends. Kinda like when my buddies pitched in for the Multiplayer Map Pack back in the day.

Correct, Lumines for the PSP is NOW $19.99, you know, two years later. $2.50 more for all new skins and ONLINE play is not a bad deal, you realize.