Alber-san

Still seems like more of the same we've always had in Pokemon games. The only innovations we've had so far are big Pokemon and a half baked open world. Don't think GameFreak should be praised for this but oh well.

@StevenG
You mean like Doom, Wolfenstein II, Doom Eternal and Youngblood?

Bethesda is probably the best third party supporting the Switch right now.

@RadioHedgeFund
Yet every single Pokemon except for 4 of them got a vote, and every single evolutionary line was voted as someone's favourite. No matter what they do someone will be missing his favourite Pokemon. In addition, that poll only asked for one favourite Pokemon, when in reality everyone has several mons they like. So the list isn't entirely accurate.

Not only that but the mentality of "it doesn't affect me so why should I care" is very problematic. "Why do people complain about cosmetic microtransactions if they don't afffect gameplay and I won't buy them" has led to microtransactions being the norm in certain developers. The Battlefront franchise has been ruined because of them. Now GF can use the missing Pokemon as a selling point for new games. Every game has less features than the one before, while retaining the same models and animations, and now, the games are more expensive. If that's where you want the franchise to go then go ahead and buy the games, but it's normal for people to not be happy with it.

@alexybubble
The running animations of all Pokemon were already in Sun and Moon, so no, they´re not entirely new. Sun and Moon had future proof models that could be upscaled to HD easily and has every running animation for all of them. So them saying making all models for SwSh is more of a lazy excuse.

@AndyRogan
Why create new ones?? Because that's the main selling point duh. But that doesn't mean you have to force everyone to play only with new Pokemon. Up until now every Pokemon was transferrable onto the newer games, but this didn't stop newer Pokemon from becoming popular, why would this be a problem now?

@DarkKirby
This is the greatest problem of SwSh. People wouldn't be so mad if there were improvements to the games, but they are basically like any other game in the series, now with less content.

@AndyRogan
And why is it a problem if someone wants to use gen 1 Pokemon?

This game looks great! Ever since the first trailer I fell in love with it. That release date though... so close to the start of uni, might have to wait until Christmas.

@Jacob1092
Yeah I was thinking about that too. So only the people who actually commented something aside from the hashtag are evenly split in opinion. Those who want all Pokemon back but only tweet the hashtag aren't taken into consideration.

@JaxonH
The Pokemon fanbase would be happy if Game Freak lived up to expectations, which aren't that demanding. We want a game that is up there with the top Nintendo franchises in quality, animations, gameplay and innovation. You say adding all 1000 Pokemon would use up a lot of development time. The problem with this is that we aren't seeing how that development time has been put to use in Sword and Shield. Granted, the game isn't put yet, but the models are the same as those in Sun and Moon, animations are the same or barely upgraded, the new gimmick is Pokemon getting big and the open area doesn't seem as interesting as, say, Xenoblade Chronicles 2. These points only make it seem like GF isn't cutting Pokemon to increase quality or because they don't have time, but because they can't bother to actually introduce all mons. And when we're talking about the biggest franchise in the world, this is unacceptable.

The problem I have with this explanation is that they already had the Pokemon prepared for future games, with HD models and even running animations. The moves shown until now look practically the same as before too.
As for balancing, why not just ban pokemon from online play until they are ready? That way everyone will have their Pokemon in the game and have the assurance that one day they'll be usable online.
They could also delay the game, nobody is mad at animal crossing for doimg so because we know that means it'll be a better game. It's so frustrating to see so many franchises like Zelda, Animal Crossing, Mario, Mario Maker, Smash, etc evolve into amazing games yet Pokemon takes one step forward two steps back.

I was soo hyped for this game, but no megas and I can't transfer my old pokemon? Welp, I won't buy the game although I really hope they fix this.

@sixrings
Just wait until nothing from Xbox comes to Switch. Suddenly everyone will be like "Xbox doesn't have any games anyway hahaha" or the likes

Hmm it is some weird wording. I don't think it's going to be anything, but if it were I'd say it's something that affects both Xbox and the Switch. "Here's where you need to be for XboxE3" doesn't sound like "look, an Xbox game is coming to Switch" so in my opinion it's either a new game anouncement for both Switch and Xbox or gamepass coming to Switch.

@Agramonte
True but if indies are in the top 10 in the eshop and not here it means they aren't as popular on other consoles.

No indies? That explains why indies seem to sell so well on switch compared to other consoles, they're always in the top 10 in eshop.

@Paraka
I feel like in the case of books it´s different tho. Part of the experience of reading a book is turning the pages and looking at paper instead of a screen all the time. With video games the experience is the video game, the cartridge or disk has no importance.

@namtab78
Yeah, that is a good point, hadn´t thought about that. I guess when a digital only future happens then people will start offering ROMs of the games that no longer exist. The problem with that is legal issues right now but if that´s solved then there´ll be no problem to do so.

However I don´t really want to argue against physical media, I still buy physical games as well as digital, what I´m saying is that in the future when all games are digital, this will be the solution for exposure in stores and people who buy physically to display their games.

@GrailUK
But the product is the video game, not the cartridge. So they're still making the product. And why do people want physical if it's not for display purposes? There's literally 0 advantages to having a cartridge over a digital version of the game (and I know technically you don't own a digital version of the game but no company is ever going to take it away from every user)

@DABYX
I'm against taking away choice obviously but logically games will end up being all digital because it isn't limited by storage caps in discs or cartridges and isn't as costly to produce. So for now you might still have a choice but eventually you'll have to settle for digital.

@GrailUK
Yeah, I totally understand the idea of wanting to use less plastic. But then wouldn't it be better to stop selling physical games altogether? There's no point in doing so when you can buy them digitally to save plastic.

I don't understand all the hate. I like displaying game cases but I also like the convenience of having a digital game. This is the best of both worlds.

Everyone should be playing Warframe. It's free yet has the quality of a triple A game. It has a lot of content and is a tonne of fun. Seriously why aren't more people playing it?

This is EA. Still don't understand why people choose to support said company.

Whaaaaaaat?!!!
I didn't think this would happen any time soon. With most gamers owning a PS4 it made sense for sony not wanting to allow the remaining users to play with them. Great news.

@tommmyy95
Press the a button.

"The most you’ll have to contend with here is contaminated water or citizens b******g about your policy decisions on social media. "

Umm this is Nintendolife right?

@AlexSora89
Go to the MyNintendo page and select family group. Then add people by typing in their Nintendo accounts.

@AlexSora89
Nice. Guess I'll pay for a year and then worry about adding others.

@AlexSora89
I'd also like to know if you can add friends after purchasing the family membership (I guess you can but this is Nintendo).

As always, people are forgetting to use their brains to find out why Nintendo doesn't support these games with cloud saves. Oh but wait, those of us who do are just blind Nintendo fanboys...

Scores are absolutely necessary. There are thousands of games out there and not everyone has the time to read them all. Having a review score means one can check if the gane is good or not. Then the reader has the choice to read the review if they're interested. Changing numbers to "I like it" or "you should buy it" is absurd because it ends up meaning the same thing: how good the game is.

@Saego
Fair enough on both of your points. I probably won't buy them because of lack of time to play them and SSBU and Torna DLC being priorities.

@saintayu
Oh Ok then. Can't debate against personal experience. I guess that's the problem with World being more casualized, more people will get into the series and the community will be more diverse.

@saintayu
Monster Hunter has one of the best communities in any video game franchise... why don't you find it appealing? Or did I misunderstand you?

@Saego
100 hours in each game isn't really that much in MonHun so clearly you weren't enjoying them that much. I never found gathering items so necessary that I had to actively prepare for it, at least in the early stages. You sure you were playing them correctly?(jk) What I mean to say is that people who loved old MH will prefer GU while you clearly only accepted them as decent games.

So basically people who liked MH before World prefer Generations Ultimate and people who disliked it prefer World. Should we even consider it a Monster Hunter game then? Seems more like a spin off.

@Tsurii
Patience young padawan.
Seriously speaking this all seems to be leading to a full on direct. First Smash, then indies, more indies, mobile game and we still need information on the online service which means another direct is due in two weeks max. So many directs will surely end with a real one right?

NintendoLife should do a poll to see how many people from this site bought a Bethesda game, and which one. It would be interesting to see what they consider "hugely popular".

@Ralek85
If you like Dead Cells I feel like you'll love Hollow Knight. It's one of the best games ever made in my opinion.

@ICISAZEL
Why should online saves be free? Doesn't Nintendo need to have servers to store those saves? However the problem once again lies on what people allow companies to do. Pokemon bank was a paid service that allowed to save your pokemon online and people paid for it. Why shouldn't Nintendo do that too then?

@BinaryFragger
Problem is, people payed for Online on PS4 and Xbox while almpst noone bought the WiiU. At the same time people hated Nintendo's Online saying it's laggy and faulty. It's then logical for Nintendo to assume people have no problem with paying for online (which is true because PS qnd Xbox are allowed to charge for it) and actually prefer it.

This game is a lot of fun. Everyone should participate.

I still can't understand how people are so fed up with a service that costs €20 a year (and that's if you don't know anybody who owns a Switch, if you do know someone it's even cheaper). We're getting NES games, cloud saves and online play for 20 a year yet people still complain... huh?!!

@Whalehome
There is a certain number of waves for each island. I've only played in 6 islands for now but the matches are pretty short.

@Pod
I have only been playing for a little while but from what I've gathered islands do get increasingly difficult. Whenever you defend or flee an island you unlock new ones. Fleeing, however does not reward you with coins to upgrade your troops. You gain new troops when you defend specific islands.

@panthro
Well duh. That's why the name is Morphies Law and not Murphy's Law, because it has nothing to do with the latter. The idea of the pun is to make a fun name for the game, not sure why you think it should have anything to do with Murphy's Law.

@panthro
Morphies Law is a pun but it is related to the game... you know, your character is morphing while shooting or being shot. And the Mexican theme might be yo give it some personality as well as adding to its wackiness.

@TheRealAwest
If it has online multiplayer I'll buy it for sure. That was the only big problem the first one had for me.

I really liked the first one (still have to finish it) but will probably wait for a sale unless they upgrade it significantly. If someone hasn't played the first one I suggest trying the second one. Despite its shortcomings its decently fun.

BTW in the YouTube description it says that the first one is the most successful racing game on Switch (I guess not counting MK8Dx). Makes one wonder how much these mobile port doomsayers actually know about the gaming industry.

Played this on Wii U. Its a fun game but I won't double dip. I'd give it a 7 personally.

Interesting to see Playstation sold aproximately as many Home Consoles as Nintendo sold Portables (same number of different consoles too). Really goes to show where each company excels and that there really is a market for both handhelds and home consoles. It'll be interesting to see how the Switch is affected by this and how much it'll sell.

@ramu-chan
No, you're the one grasping at straws saying that a difference between 60fps and 30fps is so noticeable it makes the Switch version vastly inferior and not even taking into account the portability aspect of the console which might not be worth it to you, but totally justifies the existence of this version. The PS4 and Xbox versions are objectively inferior to the PC version and offer no advantages over it (while the Switch version does), so by your logic, shouldn't exist.