That has got to be one of the best video games I've ever played. That ending... tragic yet bittersweet yet happy... I'm feeling so many emotions just sloshing around right now, not sure I can even make sense of it.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
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The EU Collector Editions came with a separate steel case in addition to the normal case and game, whereas ours came with the game inside the steel case.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
Likely: Kirby and Yoshi both arrive before summer
Unlikely: 2D Mario with local co-op announced, either remake/remaster (maybe as part of Wii (U) DX series) or new
Green Pipe Dream: VC-ish series with a lot of content arriving shortly
Well I should hope so, the Wii has been out for 11 years...
Seems the hardware is doing well all over. I'd like to see how software sales compare to previous consoles. Surely good hardware and software combined should convince the 3rd parties to jump on board?
Unlikely: 2D Mario with local co-op announced, either remake/remaster (maybe as part of Wii (U) DX series) or new
Same as mine Probably 'unlikely' since Nintendo are already bringing out a couple of platformers this year (so I'd imagine that any 'DX' games to come in 2018 will likely cover other genres instead) ..but a co-op 2D Mario game would be just perfect to play 'Anywhere, Anytime, with Anyone' - so you never know!
@Harmonie That's probably true. Still, with the Switch having a totally new version of Zelda and a more 64-esque Mario, and generally flipping their approach to the gaming industry on its head, I feel like there's a better chance than ever that Paper Mario goes back to its glory days. Who knows, though. Maybe Nintendo just doesn't care about making really great worlds and characters and writing witty dialogue and such anymore. Those certainly aren't aspects that they've been shining in lately.
@KirbyTheVampire@Harmonie the issue with Paper Mario is they now have two Mario RPG franchises. The original plan was M&L for handheld, PM for console. But in the 3DS era they started mashing them on handheld, and then we got Sticker Star 2 on WiiU basically. Ultimately they (for good reason) don't want two different unrelated Mario RPGs, so one has to become something different, and they decided M&L would be the RPG branch, so PM had to become something unique. Especially with Switch where there's only one platform, that's more important. So PM of old is definitely gone, but I'm not sure the SS/CS format works well. CS was actually an excellent game overall, with a great world....maybe too many toads not enough unique characters, but the world was great and the toads were surprisingly unique. The problem is the "disposable item battle system." It's too much work and effort for absolutely zero reward: You're better off avoiding combat than engaging more times than not, and a game that encourages you to fear battles and avoid using the battle system isn't a good design. If they don't want a stat progression so it's and adventure rather than an RPG, they need to either make battle easier to get in and out of as simple action diversions like a regular Mario game, or at least make it less cumbersome that you win by some means other than expendable battle units that make you put more thought and effort into battle than the battle is worth. The team at IS seems to think playing with Hanafuda for its own sake is the reward, which isn't even true in Japan anymore. Then again the team at IS thinks petting minigames are a good idea too, so....maybe IS is the issue.
Edit: I also think some of that design comes from Super Paper Mario which was in line with Wii philosophy that games should return to simplicity and pick up and play nature rather than complicated epics, which Nintendo thankfully now recognizes is the domain of mobile and console buyers want grander adventures, and so far in the Switch era they're delivering on that new wisdom.
@YummyHappyPills Super "battles are just mario enemies in regular fashion" and CS's world and writing.....that would be a far better "adventure game" than the weird RPG battles with no upgrading that it currently is.
But seriously don't count out the 3DS at least until we have a better idea of Nintendo's 2018 plans. It could be that a significant number of 3DS games are announced in the January Direct.
@NEStalgia I 100% agree with you on the problems with the 3DS and Wii U Paper Mario games. The pointlessness of battling the enemies and the wasting of resources to fight them just completely turned me off from the game.
I haven't played a Mario & Luigi game since Partners in Time. It seemed like the series kind of went off in a different direction after that, and especially with the more recent 3DS titles. For Nintendo to say that the PM series can't be RPG because of Mario & Luigi and then turn around and change up the M&L series too just doesn't sit right with me (it reminds me all too much of the logic they had where they stated that the Galaxy series was exploration-centered like 64 and Sunshine, whereas 3D Land/World were linear... Yet they were BOTH linear, the exploration style 3D Mario had completely vanished). But maybe I'm exaggerating how much the M&L series has changed, as I haven't played any of the recent entries.
I just don't like that philosophy at all to begin with. Paper Mario came first. The Paper Mario series should be the one staying as an RPG.
@YummyHappyPills I don't know where the rumour outright started but in part it was because of that supposed EA leak that stated Fe would appear in a Nintendo Direct. That and the fact Nintendo almost always seems to have a Direct in January made sense that it would continue this year.
However, Nintendo could easily just say nothing until the end of February if they so desired but I don't see that happening. As you said they do have games lined up for the next few weeks.
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