AlexOlney

Nice.

No comment.

Chances of finding a decent Pokémon near any countryside scene:

Slim.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Obviously a well-written Tolkien-esque description in iambic pentameter.

@cfgk24 Blimey, it was just an off-the-cuff joke, I don't have the answers.

Probably because they made more than 12.

@rockodoodle Games are reviewed usually in the order that we receive codes. If we get a code for one game before another, that's usually the order they get reviewed in.

@rockodoodle We review every eShop game as standard. If that means revisiting a game we've previously reviewed, so be it.

30 frowns per second.

Not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens.

Serifs. Why?

@SeriousSam Most of the enemies are either creatures with no discernible sex, or borderline faceless robot cultists with no discernible sex (as much as a robot can have a sex).

The only one with an agenda here is you.

That Helix one is wonderful.

*Wowsers trousers.

This news left the internet and went directly into my heart.

@TF-Warrior Mario's pants? Swimming shorts should be close enough really.

Switch port immediately please.

I'm seeing a lot of arguments in here about whether the Switch is a handheld games console or a home games console.

You know what? The Switch is the Switch, and trying to pigeonhole it isn't going to achieve anything beyond a slight headache.

@Lina-MG Thankfully he's not involved in Prime 4, which is a massive relief for me.

Step 1. Make every single button grab.
Step 2. Question life choices.

Blimey!

I played mostly in a squad, and on the whole the calibur of player was genuinely very good (I was on Team Flight), most matches were supremely close each time, including two 0.1% victories.

Team battle is where it's at, baby.

@AtooiJools Bring it out on the Switch and we'll talk 😉

From this we can determine that apparently Mario is twice as roomy as Link internally.

Tried Grape Nuts once.

Tasted neither of grapes, nor nuts. Birds didn't want to eat it either.

3/10

Expected a predictable/tired biking game. Did not expect a ludicrously awesome-looking downhill racer with procedurally generated courses.

Hoo lordy this is one to get excited for.

Completely bonkers. Reminds me of the Pokkén Wii U controller having connections and even mounts for LEDs which you can add in yourself if you want. Weird.

I noticed that hum, but I'd just assumed it was a generic sound thrown in as the TV in the background had cut out. They really went to town on this game didn't they?

Motion controls eh? Who'd have thought it?

@G0dlike Is 'idot' a thing now? Have I started something I can't stop?

3rd party N64 sticks can often be a bit wobbly, and that $20 price tag doesn't scream quality to me.

Hope I'm wrong though, it's a great idea.

@thesilverbrick Proportionally there will be a roughly equal percentage of good v bad players on each side, but the more popular side has more 'poor' players. As the game will try and matchmake with the opposite team above all else, the likelihood of a poor team from popular side being matched up with a skilled team from less popular side is far greater, simply due to the number of people involved.

Chain - Convict in Prison
Coil - Tesla Coil Electric Thing
Plant - Basically Audrey II
Robo - A Robo
Scroll - Some Sort of Pirate
Sumo - A... Sumo Wrestler?
Surprise - Too Vague
Sweet - A Licorice Monster
Twintale - Something a Bit Like Ambipom (Twintail?)

Once you sploosh, you just can't gloosh.

I do love Overton a little bit too much.

I'd like to see them play Zork on that.

Better get on the blower with Gordon Ramsay for a multiplayer let's play.

Art of Balance is an absolutely wonderful game, really good for parties and well worth a few coins.

The most ironic thing about this is that none of the characters are at all iconic.

I need these.
I need these marginally more than oxygen.

@Anti-Matter "I hate swearing and curse words"
"I was pissed off"

Do I need to?

@thesilverbrick *ice cream.

@olrodlegacy Weirdly it's actually the other way around; EB took over GAME.

GAME has the potential to be good. GAME has the potential to be great, but it's been reduced to nothing more than a shop that sells games; games that can be bought for less with less hassle and delivered to your door on the day of release for free.

There is no advantage to GAME, and it's genuinely disappointing. I used to love going in there and seeing what they had on offer, but the focus has shifted to profit over everything. Consumers are moving on and to cope they're having to boost their prices leaving the remaining few paying more for nothing extra in return.

The games don't need to be on display, that space can be far better used for demo kiosks and the like where people can try games out before purchasing them, adding value to the experience. If there was an Argos-type system with a back room holding thousands of individual copies of games without the need to display them nicely they could save an incredible amount of hassle and floorspace and use that to provide other experiences for the customers.

Selling games was their USP but now that has been taken over by bigger, more streamlined outlets and GAME needs to adapt to survive.

And no, I don't mean by introducing a new premium membership that offers naff all.

This leaves me with the wobblies.

@thesilverbrick A few people still play.

You know, just 5 million daily active users.

So not many.

@PtM "Here, have this helpful content entirely free of charge"
"I want it, but I want you to do it twice in different formats"
Can you see the issue here?

Genuinely heartwarming to see a game of real promise and passion managing to find the funds it needed after a rocky start. I've not played much (planning to play it through with the better half) but what I have played has been superb. Bardzo dobrze!

The puzzles are genuinely clever without that Monkey Island-style 'use everything on everything until something works' motif. There's logic to it all and the presentation is wonderful. Nice one Ryan!