You can't argue with Nintendo's ability to move units and create demand. Remember you heard it here first: this holiday season, kids will be tackling you and clawing at your legs over their wanting the Nintendo 3DS. They won't even be your kids, but instead random people on the street will be so enamored with the product that they'll be tackling you and demanding you purchase them one.

I mocked Nintendo for offering no new properties and having disappointing demos of Goldeneye (even with a standard controller, the game handled awkwardly) and Zelda (Shigeru Miyamoto couldn't get it working--bad sign). But even my jaded Mac heart will recognize that the new Donkey Kong Country has promise. The original three were fantastic 2D platformers for the Super Nintendo, but the series seemed to have lost its way when it went fully 3D on the N64. Like , I'm hoping the latest Donkey Kong Country is just old school fun.

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