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@Nintendo-or-Noth Trend setter in what way? Every mechanic in this game is from a different game. Weapon durability from Far Cry 2 and some others, crafting from Minecraft, climbing and gliding from Assassin's Creed, building goofy vehicles out of big chunky parts in Banjo Nuts & Bolts. Now there's this vending machine from every smartphone game ever. The only really new mechanic is you can stick a mushroom to a shield, or stick a rock on a stick, lol... And they want $70.

I just cannot get excited for this game. Every detail they put out is a major eyeroll to me. I just don't get this new direction for Zelda. It's like this goofy combination of Assassin's Creed, Minecraft, Far Cry 2, and Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts. They really need a 2D Zelda, or some kind of spin-off, because this mainline Zelda is just getting too far into youtube clickbait territory.

I didn't even know this existed.

I always forget you can get gold points for physical cartridges.

@Primarina Afterimage

@Fizza It's a fantastic game, my second most-played racer on Switch after Mario Kart 8, and I have a lot of racing games on Switch. I think it's better than F-Zero GX, which I'm sure might start a war here.

@Kestrel If they would do something like that, I'd probably actually buy it. I didn't like that you get Link's entire kit at the beginning because in my opinion there was nothing to build up to. There wasn't much of a reward structure, so I wasn't invested in it.

I did the first two Divine Beasts, started the other two and decided the game was pretty boring.

@Anti-Matter It's like Fire Emblem but completely amazing. It's probably one of the best game series in existence. Sadly this is only a remake of 1 & 2, when 3 & 4 are way better. For the gameplay, you capture cities/factories/ports/airports, and get money from them on a per turn basis. You spend the money on units and repairs/fuel/ammo for units, and use those units to capture more places to give you more money. With the goal of capturing the enemy HQ.

@Porky People don't look at their options, they're just like give me Charizard, when Charmeleon probably has better type coverage or Charmander has better moves. They also get salty that they're not as good at Pokemon as they think they are. I want more Pokemon games like Stadium, because I love battling, but don't have the drive to screw around with EVs/IVs and breeding for hundreds of hours. EVs are nonsense, they should just give you points to assign to stats.

I love how the major complaint with people is that Pokemon Stadium is hard without the transfer pak. Oh no, it's a Pokemon game that actually requires thought and strategy. The Pokemon are actually pretty balanced. Weak Pokemon have the best moves, and strong Pokemon have the worst moves, so you have to actually like weigh your options. They should have just went for Stadium 2 though.

@Sonicka You got the opposite impression of what I said. The Zelda is what's been derailed. Zelda is underwhelming because Monolithsoft is busy working on stuff that they want to make. I think the Xenoblade games are way higher quality than BoTW and BoTW:2 copy and pasted. I played BotW for 70 hours waiting for it to get good. I played XC2 & Torna for over 400 hours. I had not played any Xenoblade before that, and played nearly every Zelda. Zelda has become Youtube content creator fodder just like Metal Gear Solid(5). They couldn't be bothered to write an adventure, so they outsourced it to the player. They gave us a game engine, and told us to to make our own scenarios. That's fine for a new IP, but not Zelda. And if they want to go that heavy sandbox route, make it for PC so it can have a proper modding community like Cities Skylines or something.

@Sonicka I don't think they're holding back anything. I think they lied about this being a 6 year endeavor. I think Monolithsoft worked on it as a side project while they made what they actually wanted to make, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

If anything, I thought these games got a lot more fanservice than they used to. I can't remember anything really blatant in either the Arland or Dusk Trilogies. I then played Atelier Lydie & Suelle, and their outfits are very risque. Then you move to Ryza, and all I see are big boobs and thick thighs. Like it's clear why Ryza is outselling the rest.

DS: Advance Wars: Dual Strike
PS3: Atelier Escha & Logy

Looks sick!! I'll have to keep my eye out for it.

@WanzerAce Three Houses was the only decent Fire Emblem. TinyMetal was a major disappointment. No navel or air units, weird fog of war mechanic, the loading times... no thanks. I'll take a cheap ripoff of Advance Wars if it's ripped off properly. This looks like it might be it.

@Solomon_Rambling I love Advance Wars, but I was upset that the new release is just Advance Wars 1+2, instead of 3 or 4, or just a new one. The reason is the first two only have the boring units and mechanics. I love Dual Strike and Days Of Ruins, because they have the more specialized units and more interesting mechanics like units getting more experienced as they gain kills. The unnecessary additions look fun to me. They have less obvious units here, and I appreciate that immensely. What I see here looks more interesting than Advance Wars 1+2 Bootcamp. They didn't need a remake, they needed a new entry.

@Mrkittyhead Basically there are 2 Trilogies and 2 Tetralogies(I had to google this word, it is 4 entries rather than 3). And 1 spin-off.

@Andee They're actually pretty short, around 30 hours. The first two trilogies are like Persona or Fire Emblem: Three Houses, in that they have heavy time-management mechanics though. You have to like that sort of thing. The difficulty is all over the place too.

@Nourldean Agree with Dusk Trilogy being the best. I only played one of the Mysterious Trilogy so far, it's kind of meh.

@W9e0e2e3e4pizza I was playing Escha & Logy this weekend on PS3. It's been in my backlog for 10 years. I also have Shallie, which I guess I'll play next.

I liked Detective Pikachu but didn't really like either Sonic movie. I was probably too hyped up by all the people claiming they were fantastic. I am optimistic for Mario though.

Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai DX and Splatoon. Both had sick music.

@smoreon What's wrong with the PS3 version?

@MrPKOmega I personally think Return To Dreamland is all-around just a better game than Star Allies. It has better world design and more variety in gameplay. This Deluxe version, upped the graphics greatly, and the other additions made a great game much better.

I want more creative spinoffs. Mainline Pokemon has become such a disappointment.

@Anti-Matter Every Atelier game has a female protagonist except for Atelier Escha & Logi. Every single one has a couple male side characters you can add to your party, that's as far as it goes.

@JohnnyMind It's definitely better than Star Allies, Robobot, and Triple Deluxe. If you like GBA or DS era Kirby, you'll like it.

@Vexx234 But if very few RPGs have a remarkable story, then you can't complain about Tales having a bad story as it is up to the standard. All of these games are Anime at their core. And I think Tales is no worse at Anime stories than any other. It's actually way above the average.

@Vexx234 But compared to what exactly? Final Fantasy is just as dumb if not dumber than Tales. Fire Emblem is mostly a joke. YS is nothing special. Pokemon is certainly not known for quality anything.

Like Sakurai, I am awful at Puyo, but this looks amazing. I've heard of it but never played it, so I might have to pick it up.

I had this accessory pack for my SP that added really nice ergonomic handles and stereo speakers. It was really awesome, and made it closer to a DS.

I love everything they've shown of this movie. I just hope it's at least as good as Detective Pikachu... I thought Sonic was awful.

@Wheatly People have been posting side-by-side graphics comparisons and it looks a lot nicer than just the straight Trilogy port they would have given us otherwise. I really want Prime 3 with button controls though.

I ain't paying $70. They can keep it. It looks like a carbon copy of Breath Of The Wild anyway, which was massively overrated. It took them six years to make the same game.

@Chapapa Sometimes we don't want to have to drag all of our stuff out when we want to play something, and sometimes it's not worth $90 to buy a semi-rare game I don't have. I'm already paying $20 a month for online, why not pay $50 to be able to play all my favorite N64 games without having to go into basement and drag out an N64. I have four consoles hooked up already.

I bought a 2nd copy of Advance Wars Dual Strike this week to play with my friend who has never played Advance Wars. It cost me $38, you're all welcome. Xenoblade Chronicles X and Twilight Princess HD should be just around the corner...

@Anti-Matter It took Gamefreak several entries to get the most out of the DS and 3DS. They won't be making proper PS3 level games until 2026, imo. The game after the game after Scarlet/Violet will probably look good enough for most of us. I'm not defending them, I'm just realistic about what Gamefreak is. I didn't even buy Scarlet/Violet because it looked worse than Arceus and SW/SH. A Pokemon game that's beautiful would need to be outsourced to good developers, kinda like Pokemon Stadium or Colosseum was.

@Arcata Someone answered me and said that Japan got it early, and the rest of the world are getting it in June. I'm looking forward to it because my Gamecube copy had a defect where it couldn't save beyond year 1.

When did Story Of Seasons come out? I hadn't seen it in the coming soon section of the eShop, and I'm obsessed with checking it. Or is just out in Japan?

@Jimmy_G_Buckets It is 2 digital games for $100, for games published by Nintendo. You have 1 year to use them. I bought it last time it was available and got Fire Emblem Three Houses and Dragon Quest Builders 2.

@StarPoint All things that should have been in the first one. I swear it was an unfinished game Nintendo quickly threw out along with the Switch to try to salvage the Wii U sales disaster.

@Tober It's one of the better mainline Kirby games, much better than Star Allies. I still have it so I'll only get it if it has a decent amount of added content.

@Shambo I thought Tiny Metal was a complete disappointment, no air units(maybe there was one helicopter), and no navel units whatsoever. The maps were kind of bad too.

@Turbo857 Because to me, a game should be somewhat worth replaying, and none of them are worth replaying. The only one I even finished was Path Of Radiance. I played them all, found them to be a waste of time, therefore I don't recommend them.

@Bret Well, the fact that Fire Emblem Heroes exists, kind of proves my point that it's very much just a gacha game about collecting attractive characters. It doesn't necessarily have to be super pandering, but it's clear with all the petting and what not, in the recent entries. The deal is I wouldn't care about any of this, if I thought the main gameplay was engaging. Permadeath is a drag, all the units aren't that unique from each other, and the AI is predictable. You could turn off permadeath, but then it's just super easy. I think Fire Emblem could be great, but it needs a lot of work. Giving any of these games a 9 is extremely generous, the very best of this series is only worth a 7. It's like Pokemon, every time they improve one aspect, they ruin two to three others.

@Bret The older ones were more gothic, yes, but everything post Radiant Dawn i.e. when it actually became popular, is full on waifu mobile gacha game. It is now far beyond Disgaea.

@Not_Soos I'm an otaku weeb, and I honestly don't recommend Fire Emblem at all. I have played every entry starting from Sacred Stones on GBA, and they are without hyperbole, all exactly the same game. Fire Emblem cannot and will never hold a candle to Advance Wars. Because of permadeath, every unit, though they have their own personality, are not important to the story in the least. If you don't like the main gameplay there is nothing to get invested in at all, because the characters don't matter, and the story is usually terrible, especially the newer ones. I'd get Three Houses cheap, and see if you can tolerate it. The AI aren't even interesting. You just throw a unit into their range, and they bum rush it. Fire Emblem exists only because anime boobs sell, not because it's a good strategy game. It's basically Disgaea, but easier to get into.

@Savage_Joe This is the part they found offensive. "we imagine that nobody discovered it for the first time through Mario Kart Tour, but if you did — hi!"