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New 3D Sonic please... we've waited long enough.

(Oh, and I guess more Elden Ring would be nice too.)

Lord above... hopefully, this is just to help Nintendo manage Hollywood's BS, and he won't even begin to look at the games.

Because if he does... we're boned.

REALLY boned.

This needs more time in the oven. So, do disappointed... I was really looking forward to it, too.

Ah well. I'll download the STEAM demo just for a laugh, but I doubt I'll jump in until there's at least a 75% discount somewhere down along the line... maybe not even then.

Considering the absolute lack of new stuff from their big franchises ('cept Contra, but... no ), they may as well have done this when Kojima bailed.

@Sabrewing More partial to a Sonic-centered take on The War of the Worlds (complete with Tails as the Journalist and Jeff Wayne's rock opera backing it up), but your idea sounds great too.

@PhilKenSebben YES! That'd be perfect... especially with how comically screwed-up the ending is.

Expectation: Sonic Unleashed for Steam and PS4/5/Switch.

Reality: Most likely a Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 shadow drop, again on Steam.

Nice!

...

None of his friends are there too, are they?

(stares longingly at my imaginary Tails plush)

"One day, my son... one day."

He's a giant turtle demon that just got his one-winged angel mode. Of course he's hot now... hell, was he ever not?

/s

@Jakiboy Whoa whoa whoa, 30 minutes? How the hell can it be that short? I'm expecting 2-4 hours at least...

Eh, could've been alright with some more polished animation. Shame we'll never know, really...

Rather sad to see no Nintendo stuff apart from AC. Business may have been fine... but, in terms of cultural catchet, this year just simply **was not good.**

@KingBowser86 Oh my God, you're getting slammed too? I thought I picked up a phone virus or some ***** like that...

Maricar: "Let's run unlicensed Mario Kart through the Tokyo rush hour, where someone's liable to get horribly maimed and/or killed! What could POSSIBLY go wrong?"

Nintendo: "This is copyright infringement, we're suing."

Japanese courts: "This is illegal. Please shut it down."

Maricar: SurprisedPikachu.gif

Just get Tails right, will ya? REALLY getting tired of best boi being turned into a whiny-little-you-know-what in the games.

No one cares, Sweeny.

Cool.

When's Amazon coming?

@RupeeClock
"What if Disney/Pixar, as rendered by drunk French perverts?"

-Drunk pervert that just so happens to be Ubisoft exec

Mmm... not liking the look of this one. Gonna wait until user reviews drop before picking it up.

Edit: I did not know you could ride a unicorn in this. That... that's a level of "gloriously insane" that's honestly kinda tempting.

Guess buying this on Xbox was the right call after all...

@Azamama YES.

Give Mr. Sato whatever he want, Sega... at this point, can't possibly be worse than Forces.

@ShaiHulud Relying on Halo really screwed them over this time...

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Ah, my mistake.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Tis just a joke, my friend.

PlayStation: I got a new Spider-Man AND Demon's Souls on deck!

Nintendo: Oh yeah? How's about this: a new Mario Game & Watch...

PlayStation: ...

Nintendo: ...plus physical Mario Kart and a brand new Zelda.

PlayStation: Alright, not bad. Xbox, what you guys got lined up for the big Black Friday rush?

Xbox: crickets

@Enyeto

Jesus Christ... hope they pull through.

If they have to sell, please be to Microsoft/Sony. Nintendo would just place Sonic in the F-Zero dungeon and everyone else would butcher him beyond repair.

@nessisonett I dunno... Sony could probably make a play for them if they get a loan from Japan's banks to fund the purchase.

Why? What did they do to deserve this? Sucks for the devs... hope they get it all psyched up soon.

NintendoLife: "Bakugan ain't what you wanted, but it won't be THAT bad!"

The narrator: "They were right. It was even worse."

Well, then, guess I'm getting Remedy's magnum opus on Xbox. Screw this.

Europe's style just cannot be beat, so it gets the win this time around.

@GrandScribe Get RE2 Remake instead. This one cuts out the clock tower and is over in six hours... if you do buy in, wait for a sale.

"LJN called, sir. They want their gimmick back."

I think they'll keep giving us ports... just not every port.

We are NOT getting Halo: Infinite or Elder Scrolls VI, of course. But the third Wolfenstein is probably a lock, as is any new Minecraft or Ori content that comes our way.

(Could also see them port over legacy titles like the Halo games from Bungie as separate eShop releases.)

Awful for the backers, but I'm glad the devs are free of their boss's BS. Hopefully 505 can shift the rights over to the new studio and give this game the proper sendoff it deserves... without Mike Z's involvement, of course.

@Facelord ...or maybe the head guy was an @** and the employees were just sick of him? Get your head out of 4Chan and calm the hell down - not everything is part of a conspiracy, y'know.

Good. The quality of Joy-Cons is nowhere near Nintendo's reputation... it's about time someone took them to task over it. God bless these two and here's hoping they win.

@EchoNemesis PLEASE.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

@Y2JayRome A very potent strain of "imagination", my friend.

The year is 2076.

Half of the western former United States is uninhabitable because of wildfires and typhoons... both because of climate change.

The European Federation (and it's reliable allies Great Britain and Australia) are seen as the global leaders of freedom and democracy.

Their chancellor Greta Thunberg has announced a new, lucrative trade deal with the Andromeda Empire on the tenth anniversary of first contact.

China prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 2021 People's Democratic Rebellion by focusing on tourism and boosting the economy... long seen as a weak spot by its electoral base.

Africa and Latin America begin uniting into supranational blocs based around their common interests... just as Europe did all those years ago.

Microsoft is under fire with Canada's anti-trust authorities for buying up and then subsequently ruining half of Japan's gaming industry. This drove Sony out of the market altogether... and Xbox wound up buying them out, too.

They, Amazon, and Google choke the art form of gaming by locking content behind reliable Internet access and forcing ALL users to agree to their policies in order to use their services.

The new "big three" destroy users' privacy and are supposedly collecting data for the revived Russian Tsardom. They cram as many ads down your VR headset as they could possibly get away with. Each one only allows a set list of websites and web-based content to be accessed, fueling political polarization worldwide. Mods (outside Steam, now a small fry), ownership of your titles, true single-player stories... that's all gone now.

And yet, one small Japanese company releases a phone-sized console that does all of this for one set price... the same way they've been doing it since 1983.

That Japanese company is Nintendo.

Guess who keeps selling out their stock each week in the drastically different world of 2076.

@rjejr That's.... pretty damn funny. Good work. 👍

@Sinister Pls no

Well... at least it ain't $60?

Expectations: Monster Hunter Switch, Doom Eternal drop date, something Sonic related.

Reality: FIFA Legacy 2021 and that's it.

@SalvorHardin True. Still... guy can dream, right?

All I want is something good. Could be Forces II, an 06 redo, an Adventure remake... hell, I'll even take something as stupid as Total War: The Robotnik Rebellion or Streets of Rage: Cleaning Up Station Square at this point.

Just one request, Sega... whatever it is, make it great. Beta test it through the wringer, bring your best writers and designers, and give the music department whatever they want.

It's a lot to ask, I know... but you can't hit the home run Sonic deserves unless you put the time and effort in.

@nessisonett Seconded. Nagoshi-san's a genius... and he and his crew might have what it takes to save Sonic.

Whatever it is... let it be good.

Please.

Say what you will about the guy... he needs a win in the game department.

Not an obvious cash-grab either... a REAL home run. One that respects the lore and has legitimately good gameplay.

One that makes the world remember why Sonic was so special in the first place.