I don't know why we still expect level-5 to deliver with their pitiful output over the past... Decade or so and the constant yapping about AI and crypto s*** (people also seem to have forgotten about the last ni no kuni literally being the worst kind of cashgrab ON TOP Of being some weird blockchain and nft thing)

@dojmin Laughs then cries
@SillyG Wasn't the Switch 2 version of Fantasy Life i on a cart?
@DiamondJim It's not a spin-off, it's a bootleg version of it made by AI.

@AccessibleDaydream i mean, you at least get it physically this way...

LAAAAAAYTON!!!!

As mixed as I am about Level-5's decision making lately, I am looking forward to this presentation. It's also early enough in my day that I should be able to catch it live unless the runtime becomes long. Besides Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, I'm also looking forward to hopefully hearing more about DECAPOLICE and Holy Horror Mansion (though this one depends on how much they lean into generative AI).

I’ll read the recap as I will be asleep otherwise. However hoping for decapolice.

@ShadLink Just to be clear, I'm not holding it against them if the game doesn't include any single player experience, but it is a fact that I won't play it nearly as much as I would otherwise.

Sure, I got a Super Mario T-shirt from Primark for my holidays, and I’ve got lots of smiles and points, ‘Super Mario!’ ☺️

"What a deal!" he cried, rolling his eyes up into his head as far as they could go.

@BrazillianCara Sure some have single player tutorials. Or an entire single player campaign (Splatoon). But with Pokémon you absolutely already have single player versions (ie. the rpg games). To me games like Splatoon are actually 2 games in one. And then with a lot of effort become a very good game that does both. But a game that is purely focused on multiplayer and designed to give the best multiplayer experience you can have with Pokémon (let's hope so) , I am happy they don't waste time developing a half baked single player mode.

Also it's a free to start game. Those usually don't have purely single player campaigns. Sure I get wanting a different game, but then just wait until that game is made.

I think I will watch it, because I like their energetic vibes. Just knowing the release date of Professor Layton, would be enough for me.

His design and moves are so awesome in TOTK it was criminal to underutilize him. Demon King? Secret Stone?

At that point just make it another $499 bundle where the game is included for “free”.

Really makes me wonder if the next big Mario game is Galaxy related or if they just REALLY went all in on cross promoting for the movie.

As someone who largely uses Steam nowadays it’s funny to see whenever Nintendo does one of these “deals” once every blue moon and it’s just “save 5 dollars on botw with the purchase of 2 consoles”

They are really pushing the movie 2 and Galaxies 1+2. Not that that’s a bad thing, but… wow.

It's been quite a while since Professor Layton and Decapolice were announced, and they've both gone through delays, so it would be good to finally get some more concrete details about those games.

Ah yes, Level-5, the most beloved disappointing game studio

Also interested in the Yokai Watch spin off “Holy Horror Mansion”.

Should be in Mario 35

More Fantasy Life content please!

I wish he did more of the Gusty Garden theme. Love Brian though. His work in Bubba ho-tep is one of my fav film soundtracks ever.

After originally backing this, I used my Covert Dock 3 for the first time yesterday actually, worked straight out of the box without issue. Connected my Son's Switch 2 to my partners (admittedly only HD) TV. I didn't really spend any time playing, but from what did see it worked perfectly, and my son didn't report any issues with it.

His design is badass in Tears, but his look in OoT is still my personal fav.

I guess that means no Direct...

This is looking so much more promising for the Switch 2. There are some really good looking and interesting games coming out soon.

It was such a treat hearing his work again in the cinema. The way he weaves his original motifs and Nintendo's themes is masterful!

It was also great to see it all actually included in the final cut, I'm still mourning the loss of 'Drivin' Me Bananas'.

Delays galore incoming, nothing for 2026.

They will promise three games launching in 2027, then only one or two will stick the landing.

Curious if DECAPOLICE will have an actual release date.

Possibility for Yokai Watch Reboot?

Create a really in-depth Mii and then have sharing disabled (from what I hear)? Is this a way to corner us into using GameChat?

@ShadLink There are many multiplayer-focused games that offer at least some single-player content (including Splatoon), and they could do something similar to the Stadium games where you battle against sequences of pre-determined trainers in either "tournaments" or something similar to the Gym Leader Castle.
No need to be snide about it.

It was great.
Kudos for him.

A Switch 2 Edition of Professor Layton is confirmed (as per the Japanese eShop).

Now we anxiously wait to learn whether it will be on an actual cartridge...

I paid $13.50 for a matinee. Yikes. That's why I don't go to movies anymore. They nicely even gave me the option to pay $13 more for one tub of popcorn. 🙃

Alluring charm, eh?

Seriously though, however one feels about the TotK incarnation of this character, he is one of the best final boss sequences in recent games IMO. Especially phases 2 and 3.

"We can confirm Decapolice will be out within the century, further details will be shared at a later date".

@Fizza You and me both.
@AmanPikon Hopefully not in production.

That’s genuinely insane, especially because despite the movie’s mediocrity, I quite liked the entire soundtrack. I physically can’t take my hat off any harder.

Every time I hear stories (that get spun into 'feel good stories' of people working while in the hospital it always reminds me of how a dystopian nightmare the US is.

I wonder what's going on with Holy Horror Mansion right now

“Alluring charm” is a rather roundabout way of saying “massive pecs”.

@HubbaHunt Rogue Galaxy 2

I would LOVE Ni No Kuni 3….

I was starting to wonder if DECAPOLICE was dead.

6/10!?!? oh my lawd.

This is one of the best movies in years!! C'mon, people — fun matters!!

Just make a Ganondorf spinoff game already! Show his experience and pressures of being the sole male of the Gerudo Tribe, his rise to King and what lies at the heart of his insatiable thirst for power and hatred of the Hylian Royal family and some kid named Link

I don't like how they're trying to gaslight us into thinking Bubsy was "Dead" and they are "reviving" it.

There was a game in 2017 and another in 2019...