Triple Trouble: Colors, the Joker and the iPad revolution?

For some reason, I smell something in the air and it ain't pretty for the first day of June. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're in Triple Trouble

First up, last Wednesday, SEGA shocked the world by announcing "Sonic Colors," a new Sonic game that will have a multiple of Sonic's friends playable and....wait. Sonic's the only playable character? Well, lemme rebuke that. Sonic will have a new gimmick that allows him to change his color and...wait. You're telling me it's more of upgrades?

Well anyway. From what I heard, this game will be available on the Wii and the DS. Which is an outrage because if I want a Sonic game that silly, I'd rather have it on 360 and PS3. And by silly, I mean the following that is said to be off of the recent Nintendo Power

The game looks pretty nice, think of it as a prettier looking version of the Wii version of Unleashed, the two zones that were featured were Sweet Mountain zone, and Tropical Reservoir zone, and the former is a mountain of pastries, the said they wanted to include the crazy level designs from the old games, which is fine by me. It also said that in the 3D sections it will focus more on running from A-B akin to the Daytime stages of Unleashed, while the 2D sections will be more for platforming.
The DS version, can easily be called Sonic Rush 3, it looks exactly like those games, even the tension gauge is there, they said it would be similar to the Wii version.
Tails appears in the story but Sonic will be the only playable, they said the story is simple, light, and goofy, which is fine by me. Knuckles, and Shadow may also make an appearance in the game.

The FDA is gonna yell at SEGA over this.

Second off. Later this year, Batman fans will get another taste of the darker side of Batman on the 360 and PS3 called "Batman: Arkham Asylum 2." And once again, Mark Hamill will reprise his role of the Joker. But this time, it may be his final role as the Joker. In an interview with MArk Hamill from IGK UK, Mark has this to say.

Nevertheless, there's plenty to be gauged from his final remarks, certainly about the fate of The Joker in this second part. "This will be my last, there's no question about that. But it's the last hurrah."

Does that mean that Mark Hamill will be quitting his role of the Joker for good? Is this where the voice of the Joker since the Animated Series era ends? Or will it just mean the Arkham Asylum era and he continues on.

Mark, you did a great job with the Joker since Animated Series. Don't give up on us now.

And finally, the writer of Chrono Trigger, Masato Kato, had this to say when it came to the iPad, and to Nintendo.

"With the iPad going on sale, the epoch of Nintendo is finished, but with the DS and the Wii, it's been digging its own grave."

That's right. Even with sales that makes the PSP, PS3 and 360 look weak, the Wii and DS have been digging their own grave. Nevermind the fact that the Wii outsold the overall sales of the NES and the DS is the highest selling system, even beyond the Playstation 2. And nevermind the fact that the iPad is priced at $599, and even a Playstation 3 is cheaper than that.

And that's it for Triple Trouble. Before we go, a moment of silences as we remember Gary Coleman(Child Actor of Different Strokes), Dennis Hopper(Rebel actor of the Silver Age of theater. The Koopa King of Super MArio Bros) and Peter Keefe(Producer of Voltron).

Works Cited
TSSZ
IGN UK
GoNintendo