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You can always count on Sega these days to mess things up. Sad.

Musou games are like my comfort food, but I know nothing about this franchise. I need to see more before I decide to jump in.

SEGA: "Skies of Arcadia? What's that?"

Being banished into the realm of phone games actually sounds worse than retirement, tbh.

This is starting to feel like Smash Bros......"everyone's here!"

Dragon Quest X western release. I'd even be satisfied with the recently announced offline version. Please, Square.

They really need to fix the Marketplace performance on Switch. It is incredibly slow, images won't load and it sometimes even causes the game to crash. Awful.

Considering Tencent already owns a 40% stake in another game company with a far more popular game engine (Epic), I doubt this is about Tencent wanting another game engine. The military simulation access theory seems plausible.

If Western countries were smart, they would be banning sales like these....

Another one:

Nights: Journey into Dreams (Wii)

Just listening to the music makes me really nostalgic, probably because I bought that game during a particularly happy time in life.

NintendoLife gave FIFA21 a 2-star review. FIFA22 should get a 1-star review.

It's not even really a 2D game; it is a 3D game with a side-perspective camera.

2D games use sprites, but these are 3D models presented from the side.

Be sure to use a mouse for this one. It's so much better...

Heaven forbid kids learn about having to persist through failure to ultimately succeed.

I'm fine if these are optional, but if they are not then it's a terrible decision. It's a SONIC game - death means replaying seconds of gameplay, not half an hour.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog has to be the most ported game in history. Yes, I'm counting emulation collections as ports.

Square makes it frustrating at times to be a Dragon Quest fan in the West. This is one of those times.

@Ardisan I thought it stood for "Developers' System"? 😉

What about letting the studio behind the Outlast games, Red Barrel, take a shot at Silent Hill?

I mean let's be honest: after RE6, Capcom definitely looked at Outlast for inspiration for RE7.

I ranked X a 1-star due to a lack of western translation 🤷‍♀️

"we work to maintain a continuous stream of new titles for Nintendo Switch"

I must have missed those titles 🤔

This really just reminds me how I miss Iwata. I feel like the current Nintendo attitude of coasting on minimal effort wouldn't have been the case if he were still around.

If any late and overlooked 3DS title deserves a Switch port, it is definitely Ever Oasis.

I assume everyone in the UK owns at least 3 copies of GTA 5 by this point.

About the "Sudoku Included!" on the box cover....

From my personal recollection of 2006, there was a bit of a Sudoku fad going on at that time (at least here in America), so I can see why they would want to specifically market that feature.

Can't wait for the sequel to Mario Odyssey:

"The second game in which you travel the world collecting moons to power your ship. Even if you die, you can start again at the last checkpoint. We believe in the day when Mario will defeat the evil Bowser and save Princess Peach."

I think the problem is that there is a mistaken belief among some players that capturing is the "expert" way and that killing is for noobs.

I just can't help but feel bad about this whole situation. This game may be the end of Yuji Naka's career.

Ah yes, the annual Atlus "tell us what you want so we can ignore it" survey. My favorite time of year!

Just how OLD is Pokéball technology, anyway?

I don't understand why online stores don't just add CAPTCHA to their checkout process.

I would happily click on a few pictures of bikes to have a fairer shot at getting an item.

I think Nintendo just found the controller for their next console.

As an added bonus, there's no possibility for drift.

I remember when Twitch Plays Pokemon were doing their first run, I watched as the chat figured out a way to restart the game, start a new game, and was about to overwrite the save file before the admin stepped in at the last second to shut the game down.

Weeks of progress were nearly lost 😬

Capcom forgot Ultra Street Fighter 2 exists, again.

As a US president once said: "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

At first I thought, "surely the game deserves a score of 1 instead of a 2", but then I thought "better to save that score for FIFA 22 Legacy Edition".

Please make another Endless Ocean game, Arika.

Please.

@TeslaChippie Then again, the oldest Dynasty Warriors games had fewer enemies but were tougher to kill and did not have the "capture the fort" mechanic. You had to stick to and fight alongside your AI teammates, especially in the beginning when your character was low-level. It felt more like actually fighting a war, ironically.

So basically, the poll results are: "It's sneaky and dismaying, but I'm pre-ordering it anyway."

And we wonder how the industry got to the point it has when it comes to things like DLC and microtransactions.

@gamerjo

Atlus: "Well, we need to do about 10 polls to gauge consumer interest, then we need to consider it for a long time, then maybe."

Immediate pre-order! Musou games are my favorite. There's just something so satisfying about them.

Only a couple of more ports left before I pack my Wii U away for good.

No Switch release and an Epic (Fail) Games Store release on PC. Looks like I'll be skipping this one. Too bad.

RIP amiibo support.

So am I the only one that LIKED Paper Mario Color Splash?

"At least Sony respects its customers."

Ok, I laughed way too hard at that one.

Seems like all of the Animal Crossing amiibo are now going up in price, so this actually turned out to be a decent investment.

That's where my wallet is buried.

Atlus: "Do you guys want Persona 5?"

Switch owners: "Yes."

Atlus: "Can you guys fill out this survey asking if you want Persona 5?"

Switch owners: "Yes, we want it."

Atlus: "Don't give up hope. We need to hear from you."

Switch owners: "Yes. We want it!"

Atlus: "If you guys don't let us know, we will never make it!"

Switch owners: "YES! WE WANT IT!"

Atlus: "We decided not to port Persona 5. The demand just wasn't there."

Switch owners: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Did someone forget to tell Build-a-Bear that movie Sonic got a redesign?

The original game has the best music. It's quirkier and catchier, which I feel is something that was lost in later titles.