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@AmplifyMJ which game are you referring to? (Asking as a non UK guy who has no clue)

Well, they must be running out of people to sell it to at this rate

I’ve been plowing through Mario rpg, having a lovely time…

Not sure how high it ranks on my list of favourite Mario rpgs, but I’m still very much enjoying it

That kinda makes sense. If Nintendo is full of “geniuses”, maybe a lot of them are like “absent minded professors”, really smart, create incredible stuff… and completely fail to recognise the blindingly obvious.

And Nintendo are masters of missing the blindingly obvious.

I wonder what kind of music a game has to have in order to be nominated for best music?

There are plenty of games with phenomenal soundtracks that don’t even get a look in…

Hold on, EA FC 24 is on the list twice!

Are there two different versions that count as seperate entries?

It is interesting that sales of COD are down by a quarter, and it still takes top spot.

I wonder if that makes it a success or not, sales wise?
I guess it will depend on if it continues to sell or not.

Wow, I haven’t played any of these, and can still say I’ve played some jolly good stuff this year

On the bright side, unless there are surprise changes, spoilers shouldn’t be too much of an idea

I understand the reasoning behind making live service games from a financial standpoint. They can be a great source of money. As much as we hate them.

But what these higher ups don’t realise is that live service games require commitment. We can manage a couple of the ones we like, but there is no way we can keep up with every game if they were all live service. One or two may make money, sure, but there’s gonna be a bunch that will die out because not enough people can make the time to play them!

Even if the internet liked live service, we simply can’t keep up. It’s hard enough keeping up with one! It feels less fun and more like work in some cases…

TLDR, even if people liked live service, putting all your eggs in one basket is incredibly stupid

It’s quite the sales juggernaut!

Why no freedom planet?

But Eggman isn’t the main villain of frontiers…

Sonics running around actually makes his dream come true, namely getting out of the prison he was stuck in!

Do sega have the ability to pull something like this off? Historically they’ve been too ambitious for their own good… will that trend repeat?

Time will tell

This is one of the only ways I could see Nintendo running ds and Wii U VC in the future.

Maybe not for a switch 2, but maybe the system after it?

My guess for its release date would be July. Pikmin 4 was revealed at the September direct and was released the following july. Both TTYD and pikmin 4 were the “big ticket” announcements of their respective directs, so i could see them both having similar release windows.
Admittedly, not the most foolproof of reasonings, but considering the release schedule, it could fit

I wonder how much it costs to port old games like this and fit them online interactivity?

Wow, didn’t 1 and 2 drop about a year ago… the slow releases have slowed even further

Wow, the ratings board missed the drink driving part of the drink driving game

Do love a good Christie, it’s on my watch list

What a surprise

Well, this is going to be interesting… i don’t like the activision execs, but they do have some franchises I love…
My hope is that the acquisition will improve the horrendous working conditions that we have heard about over the last few years.
It hurts when a franchise you love is stuck under one of the most disgusting companies, so hopefully things will improve

I guess the fact that some people are grumbling indicates how much they actually want to play it, so there must be a fair level of interest.

I wonder if the same reaction would happen if say… I dunno, a less anticipated title got an in store only demo?

It would be nice to have access to a demo near me, but, the games out in just over a week, I’ll survive without throwing a tantrum

Looking forward to it, it would have to be a major mess up for me to not enjoy it

Ah yes, the version of football that predominantly actually requires use of feet

I mean, you might need to make sure the Xbox is dominating the industry before telling other manufacturers that they should jump ship

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

We shall have to see where this goes

The part that surprises me the most is not so much paper Mario being remade… but the fact that it’s the top item on the bill!

Can we not just pay for something and just own it anymore?

I mean, it is hilarious, yet a really cool project at the same time

It’s definitely on my day 1 purchase list…
Not sure if I’ll preorder it or not yet…. Maybe someone will make a steel book… I like those.

I mean, it’s a big dex, but they have been expanding it since 2016…

Imagine if a mainline game had that amount of development time…

@Solomon_Rambling are you self employed?

@HammerGalladeBro unlikely, they did say in the direct all the characters will play the same (excluding the easy mode ones like yoshi and nabbit)

I’d much rather beg they give the devs an extra year to develop their flagship games instead of being forced to an unreasonable three year cycle.

Or give them a much bigger dev team.

Well, nothing to see here until proven otherwise

If they are so determined to keep this pace up, can they at least get more people working on these things? They are the most successful multimedia franchise in the world, they can afford some extra staff!

No Mario kart?

Or did the dlc make it drop off the list?

I don’t go for the shooty bang bang games (which admittedly eliminates about 52% of the market), but I can understand why fans of the series would be sceptical

At least it’s not the “devolver cancelled” showcase, right?

I would say it would have been too much for one reason…

Sakuri needed the break.

I just played the pikmin 4 demo. Have to admit, I was rather impressed. It’s now on my “games I actually want to buy” list.

I did play the pikmin 3 demo and while I liked it, it wasn’t enough to convince me this is something I want to invest in. So cudo’s to the devs for making a demo that has caught my attention, otherwise this would have remained on the “I’ll kinda keep my eye on it” pile

So from the review range, sounds pretty solid

Not very often a snoozefest is actually the point of a game

Uh huh. Sorry EA, I’m not gonna take your word for it when you say a game is running great. The only way I’ll be convinced is when it gets into people’s hands.

What do they mean by “reboot?”

I don’t really care about the Xbox owning activision stuff.

I just care about getting rid of the guys in charge of activision right now. If this deal is what is needed to do it, go right ahead

This is great and all, but I wouldn’t object if they started doing ports/remasters of their early 3d offerings too. I would love to play games like Toy Story racer and A bugs life on modern hardware

Ooo, that means you won’t be able to call it PlayStation exclusive anymore!