Flickr finds are a strange thing. You can find the most amazing images that have little or no explanation to them. For example, this gorgeous marble statue of an angel playing a GBA. According to the tags it was taken in a cemetary. Is some poor GBA-loving child lying under this angels feet? Or is this just where they buried all the Virtual Boys?

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So most people seemed confused with Orbient’s release on WiiWare this week, and for that the blame rests squarely with Nintendo for not even bothering to communicate with people about the game. It’s an update/re-release of the Japan-only “bit generations” title Orbital for the GBA. I imported the title way back when and wrote up a review which you can read here. It’s a fun little game that offers some pretty unique gameplay elements and actually seems pretty well suited for the WiiWare platform…. if only Nintendo would make even a half-hearted effort to educate people about the games on the service.

It’s the 1st WiiWare title I’ve been excited about, and that’s mostly because I know about the title already so I’m not relying on Nintendo to inform me about it. Take my word for it though, it’s a smart little game that definitely deserves some attention. Worst case scenario, import the GBA version…. it’s prolly hella cheap now.