I didn't hate the game, but I never did get around to finishing it. Sadly, I just don't have time to put my nose to the grindstone and try to finish the main story before it shuts down. I work all day, and there are other games that I would rather play.
What would be nice is if they pulled an Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and released a complete version that you could play offline, with all of your player data intact. Personally, I think all live-service games should do that. I know I would certainly like to see that for games like Genshin Impact and Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
Star Fox is one of my Top 3 favorite Nintendo franchises, so I would absolutely be excited for a new entry in the series. Preferably, I want a sequel to Assault that ignores the events of Command (thus making Command non-canon), and shows Fox and Krystal deepening their relationship and getting married instead of breaking up.
Although, I could get behind a sequel to Zero, as long as it reintroduces Krystal as a character and gives her a more significant role instead of just being the damsel-in-distress like she was in Adventures. She could be a total bada** in such a game!
A remaster of Ocarina of Time, on the other hand, I am a lot more iffy on. After all, we already had the 3DS remaster, and that featured a graphical overhaul of the game. The only way I could justify buying yet another remaster of the game is if they rebuilt it from the ground up with a modern game engine, such as Unreal Engine 5 (similar to those tech demos that I have seen on YouTube where someone rendered the game in Unreal Engine 4), plus if they introduced some new gameplay mechanics and story elements to spice things up.
If I'm being honest, however, I would much prefer a remake of the original Zelda, but making it a 3D game from a third-person perspective instead of a 2D game from a top-down perspective. Plus, it would lean more heavily into the story than its NES counterpart did, and also introduce some new gameplay mechanics. I could also get behind a remake of The Adventure of Link or A Link to the Past, maybe even the Oracle games, too.
I will say, though: I was not expecting a crossover between Star Fox and Mario. It's just not something I ever considered, given how fantastical the Mario series is, even compared to something like Star Fox.
I do know that Star Fox and F-Zero are kind of adjacent to each other; after all, there's a character named James McCloud in F-Zero and bears heavy resemblance to his Star Fox counterpart (minus the fact that he is a human and not an anthropomorphic fox), and Octoman from F-Zero appears as a recurring boss in Star Fox Command.
Plus, I did hear a rumor years ago about Nintendo developing a game for the Wii U that was going to be a crossover between Metroid and Star Fox, where the Great Fox and Samus' Gunship collide (literally) sending Samus spiraling down to the planet below. The crash would strip her of all her abilities once again. She would have to explore the planet below to restore her abilities while the Star Fox team would help out from the air; and you as the player would be playing as both Samus and Star Fox.
And of course, the Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas features the Star Fox team, and you can even play as Fox. And frankly, it had the kind of flying that I was hoping for from a Star Fox game. If it had been exclusively a Star Fox game, it would have been the Star Fox game of my dreams.
But all of these games are in the realm of science-fiction, where the idea of an anthropomorphic animal flying through space is not just believable, but plausible. It's still rooted in a degree of realism. Mario, on the other hand, is so wildly fantastical that it can really only exist with itself (the Donkey Kong, Wario, and Yoshi franchises are included in this, since they all occupy the same universe).
Still, I reiterate what I said in the announcement article: will Fox have a relatively significant role in this movie, or will it just be a cameo? Plus, will any other Star Fox characters show up (fingers crossed for Krystal!), and will this set the stage for a Star Fox movie?
I would say yes. I mentioned it to a VTuber that I follow earlier this morning, and she proceeded to chew me out on stream. She even deleted my comment to try and keep anyone else from seeing it. I feel bad for spoiling it for her, to be honest.
1. Will Fox be playing a significant role in the movie, or will it just be a cameo appearance?
2. Will we see other characters of the Star Fox franchise at large, such as Falco, Slippy, Peppy, General Pepper, Katt Monroe, Bill Grey, Miyu, Fay, Wolf, Leon, Pigma, Oikonny, Andross, and my personal favorite, Krystal?
3. Will this set the stage for Star Fox to be the next Nintendo franchise to make the leap from video games to cinema, especially if this Mario movie (plus that of the upcoming Legend of Zelda film) does well?
The sooner these questions are answered, the better for me. Star Fox is legit one of my Top 3 favorite Nintendo franchises of all time (along with Metroid and The Legend of Zelda), and I long for the day that Nintendo gives the franchise the love and attention it rightfully deserves.
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A møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge--her brother-in-law--an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nodrfink"...
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@Bolt_Strike Oh, totally. In fact, that's exactly what Karl Marx himself pushed for. People like to think of socialism based on the Soviet/Chinese/North Korean model, but that's as far from socialism as how Marx defined it that you can get.
If anything, socialism as Marx defined it is the most democratic and libertarian model for economics and society at large out there. He advocated for the dissolution of the state, not its expansion, because he recognized it as only serving the interests of the wealthy elite. Same with the church as an institution.
Unfortunately, some people took parts of his ideas and corrupted them to suit their own ends, the result being what we saw in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam. While technically not true socialist states, the social democracies of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark) are far closer to Marx's vision than the so-called "communist" countries of the 20th Century and today. We need to emulate that model, at the very least.
Speaking as an American, I think the crux of the issue here is whether or not the president actually has the legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs on imports. For those not aware, Article I of our Constitution explicitly states that the power of taxation lies solely with Congress, and that all tax-related bills must be initiated in the House of Representatives. This power does not lie with the president, in order to prevent what we are experiencing right now (that being a runaway executive asserting power that does not belong to them).
While Congress did sign over some powers of taxation regarding tariffs with the Trade Act of 1974, one could make the argument that Trump is going beyond the scope of his legal authority. We'll just have to see if these new tariffs that he is attempting to impose will be upheld by the Supreme Court. Of course, if not, he will either attempt to find a way to skirt the ruling by using another law, or he will just flat-out ignore it and continue on as before, as he has with prior rulings against him.
Personally, I think the Trade Act of 1974 should be struck down on the basis of it going up against Article I of the Constitution, and thus return the powers of taxation, tariffs included, back to Congress, taking it out of the president's hands for good. Regardless of which party the president belongs to, having too much power concentrated in the hands of one person only leads to more problems for everyone else. After all, if you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk; likewise, if you give an executive power, he's going to want more.
These are nice, but I've already given my fiancée (engaged as of this past Valentine's Day) an engagement ring. In fact, it's a replica of Nenya, the ring worn by Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings.
Turns out that Weta Workshop, the production studio that made the props and special effects for the live-action movies, sells replicas of the rings, and Nenya is one of them. So the minute she said yes, I showed her the webpage for the ring and bought it, since she and I are both big fans of LOTR.
We'll just have to see whether or not she wants a themed wedding ring, though. Maybe she'll be on board with these Pokémon ones.
What the EU would have to address, however, is the possibility of Nintendo trying to create or exploit a loophole with such regulations by rewriting their End User License Agreements and warranty information to state that even if the battery is easily replaceable, opening up the system to replace it would void the warranty.
After all, quite a few pieces of tech these days do contain such pieces of documentation, requiring you to send the broken tech into a licensed repair facility authorized by the manufacturer to service the tech. It would be much easier (and cheaper) to DIY a fix yourself, but you end up risking voiding the warranty, especially if it is still under such coverage.
So if people in the EU want to DIY the replacement of a Switch 2 battery, the language in any such regulation to enable that must be clear that it should not void the warranty of the system. Basically, make it as easy and not-warranty-violating as if you were changing out a pair of AA's in your TV remote.
I didn't even know MeTV had a toon channel! I knew it aired a lot of old sitcoms, like The Andy Griffith Show, M*A*S*H, and others, but this is news to me! I'll have to check it out one of these days!
Well, Pokopia is a Game Key Card, after all; that’s why I decided against buying it physically. So if anyone was planning on buying the game, you might just be better off buying it digitally through the Switch 2 eShop.
@JohnnyMind Well, if you do ever intend on watching the series proper, be sure to watch the first three seasons of DS9 first. And even before that, be sure to watch TNG. Although, with TNG, you can probably get by one just a handful of episodes, as not all of them are relevant to future events in the show.
If anything, Star Trek was a cinematic universe before Marvel made it cool, with the shows and movies referencing each other (this is especially the case during the Berman Era of the show, which lasted from the late 1980s to 2005, although the current Kurtzman Era will on occasion reference some things from the Berman Era).
In fact, I believe you can look up a watch order online to see where each episode and film takes place in the timeline. This will especially be crucial during the last couple seasons of TNG (plus the four TNG movies) and all of DS9 and VOY, since they all overlap with each other.
@Triple_Cherries The kid who plays Link is actually somebody. He was the voice of Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action remake of the classic Disney film of the same name. Take that how you will, but he did at least star in a major film made by one of the biggest studios on Hollywood.
What'll be interesting to see is who will play Ganondorf. I know he's kind of famous, but I really want to see Jason Momoa take on the role. He has experience in fantasy franchises (having played Conan the Barbarian in the 2011 reboot, as well as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones), he is built like a tank, and he has that intimidating aura and fierce gaze that would make him the perfect person to portray the King of Evil.
I played a little bit of it yesterday, but I didn't get very far in it before I had to go to bed. But it does seem like an enjoyable experience so far. I was describing it to friends and coworkers at Pokémon meets Minecraft meets Animal Crossing, all of which I do like.
Plus, the star of the show for once is Ditto, which--while not as instantly recognizable as Pikachu or Eevee--is popular in its own right. I know one Dutch VTuber I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee is obsessed with Ditto (to the point that she has an entire room dedicated to it; I've seen the photos), and she loves the game so far. I can't wait to tell her that I got the game myself when she starts streaming in about 20 minutes from now!
If you ask me, this is going to be make or break for the Xbox line. If they can't get this one to sell well, I think it's over for Xbox as a console. If anything, I think they were preparing for this possibility by scooping up all of these third-party developers, big and small; my guess is they are trying to transition into a publishing powerhouse, especially in the event that they stop making consoles.
But then again, they could always pull off a surprise comeback with this new console. After all, think about how many people were saying that Nintendo was doomed when the Wii U failed to take off. A lot of people were saying that Nintendo would and should go the way of Sega and put their games on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. But then Nintendo came roaring back with the Switch, and now it's even overtaken the DS as the best-selling Nintendo console of all time. The same can happen to Xbox, but they need to be smart about it.
Okay, this is what I wanted to hear. Lugia, Ho-Oh, Deoxys, Celebi, and Jirachi were the event Pokémon that I needed to get; I already got Mew on the GBA version, but forgot that I had it and ended up deleting my save file a decade ago. Now that we have confirmation that at least a few of them will be available, it gives me hope that the other ones will be made available at some point as well. With this news coming to light, I will most definitely be purchasing them!
I just hope that it will be possible to have more than one save file, though. That way, I can have all of the different starter Pokémon. Or better yet, be able to trade with myself across the different versions (although if I had to venture a guess, I would probably have to have one version on my OLED Switch and another version on my Switch 2 in order to make that possible).
@FlyingDunsparce Exactly. My maternal grandfather's legal name was Richard, but he went by Dick. That's what he was known as by everyone, even his own wife. And he was one of the nicest people I knew; the complete opposite of the moniker.
To my recollection, he never once raised his voice, even when scolding me, and whenever my parents and I spent the night at my grandparents' house, he would sleep next to me so I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night scared of being in an unfamiliar place.
Even though he's been dead for almost 25 years now, I do miss him dearly. He was the only grandfather I knew, as my paternal grandfather passed away in 1990, a few years before I was born. Sometimes, I will catch a glimpse of him from a family photo that we all took around the year 2000 (one of the last photos from when he was alive) and think back on the time we spent together.
There are a couple of things I am looking forward to, such as Pokémon XD coming to the Switch 2, as well as Winds & Waves, but beyond that, not much else stood out for me.
I guess my problem is that I don't have as much of an emotional attachment to the series that many of my contemporaries do, because my mother expressly forbade me from getting into it when the franchise's popularity was at its peak in the late 1990s/early 2000s. While her excuse at the time was that the anime was too violent for me, it turns out the real reason was because she didn't want me to be begging her for the trading cards, toys, and memorabilia. Joke's on her, though: I got into Yu-Gi-Oh! and Beyblade instead and ended up begging her for that stuff anyway.
But because of that, I'm basically a deer in the headlights when people my age gush about Pokémon. It has to take a lot for me to get excited about a new Pokémon game for me to even consider buying it. And even then, I don't find myself in awe of it like I would be with something like The Legend of Zelda or Metroid.
The question is, though, can you play as Ditto in its base form? That's the question that a VTuber that I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee was asking during her reaction to the stream. Ditto is her favorite Pokémon and is always trying to get her hands on Ditto merch (much like how Ironmouse, another VTuber that I follow, is obsessed with the Sanrio character Cinnamoroll and begs her friend, CDawgVA, to get her more Cinnamoroll plushies). If you can play as Ditto in its base form, I bet Jorunna will be super happy! Time will tell soon enough!
If I do get these games, Pombon for me, all the way! I usually like getting the Fire-type starters, anyway. But I especially love the design for Pombon, especially since it looks like a Pomeranian, one of my favorite dog breeds. It's so cute, a far cry from Feucoco, which looks too much like an apple for my tastes. I never did get Scarlet & Violet, but if I did, it would have been the first time that I went with a Pokémon that wasn't the Fire-type starter; I would have likely gone with the Grass-type starter, Sprigatito.
But I am curious as to what its evolutions will look like. I'm personally hoping that its final evolution will look like a wolf. So instead of it being a Direwolf, it will be a Firewolf! It would also be interesting to see it be a quadrupedal evolution instead of a bipedal one, something that a VTuber that I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee echoed in her reaction to the stream. She went into quite the rant when she mentioned how every Fire-type starter Pokémon is bipedal or humanoid in its final form (with the exception of Skeledirge, the final evolution of Fuecoco). So I would like to see it take on a quadrupedal form, but also make it wolf-like in appearance.
But the most important question for me still has not been answered: will they be distributing event-exclusive Pokémon (Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys) in these rereleases of FireRed and LeafGreen, like they did with the originals?
If yes, how will they be distributed? Will it be through some sort of online feature that I can do at home, or will I have to drive to somewhere like GameStop and download it there? Or will I have to link up with someone distributing these Pokémon and trade one of my own for it?
The reason I ask is because I very stupidly deleted my original save file on my GBA copy of FireRed in 2016, completely forgetting about the Mew that I had on it, which I got from a distribution event at Toys "R" Us in 2006. I was trying to catch Suicune, got it down to a sliver of its health, but then afflicted it with the Poison status effect. So I decided to start over, but once I had realized what I had done, it was too late.
Now, I could use an Action Replay or GameShark device to reacquire Mew (plus the other Pokémon I missed out on), but I am afraid to do so, as it can freeze or corrupt my game; something I learned with the Action Replay device for the DS, which I used on Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and Pokémon Pearl. So I would rather avoid that if I can.
Ergo, I want confirmation that these event-exclusive Pokémon will be distributed again in some fashion before I even consider purchasing them.
I did pique my interest, that is for sure. And I'm glad that they made the Fire starter cute again. I hated the design from Scarlet & Violet; it looked like a cross between an apple and a crocodile. If anything, it reminded me of the old cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s. Had I gotten Scarlet and Violet (I don't have either), it would have been the first time that I would have picked something other than the Fire starter.
So for them to basically make the Fire starter in this one resemble a Pomeranian, one of my favorite dog breeds, I'd be more likely to get this generation of Pokémon games. Here's hoping the final evolution will make it look more like a wolf! Instead of a Direwolf, you get a Firewolf!
So this one will be on my radar, for sure! I'd like to see a bit more gameplay before I plop down any money on preordering it, though. Hopefully it will be a true open-world experience, where you can freely explore the region and challenge the Gyms in any order.
While it was something unexpected, I don't see how this could be practical for listening to music. I'm assuming you get one tune per cartridge, meaning you'd have to swap it out every time you want to listen to something else. Heck, even vinyl records back in the day could have more than one song on them!
But now with the advent of digital media, physical media is going the way of the dodo. I mean, even Nintendo has gotten in on that with them releasing the Nintendo Music app! So why release the soundtrack on 45 separate cartridges and a miniature music player made to look like a Game Boy for $70 when you could just listen to them on the Nintendo Music app for less?
If anything, I think this is more or less geared towards Pokémon enthusiasts who are more in it for the collectibles and the bragging rights that come with it than any sort of practical use. As neat as it would be to have, I think I'm going to skip this. It's just more clutter that I would have to deal with.
Sweet! I'll finally be able to put that game guide of Pokémon XD from Nintendo Power that I have had for years to good use! I never did get the game, but I do have the game guide.
I might, provided that they will distribute Pokémon that were only available through distribution events, such as Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys. Even better if they were distributed online instead of me having to drive to the nearest distribution site (such as GameStop) and acquire these Pokémon there.
Plus, it would also be nice if they could allow for more than one save file, thus allowing me to get all of the starter Pokémon, thus allowing me to get all of the roaming legendary Pokémon (Suicune, Raikou, and Entei). That was always one of my biggest complaints with the older Pokémon games: it looked like you could have more than one save file, even though you really only could have one.
See, the reason why I brought up those points was because I have a copy of FireRed for the GBA, but I screwed up things on my original save file: I wasted my Master Ball on a Pikachu, and therefore couldn't use it to capture the roaming legendary Pokémon (in my instance, Suicune). I had it down to a sliver of health, and then when I was playing it in 2016, I inflicted the Poison status effect on it, meaning it would have fainted and disappeared from the game forever, thus preventing me from capturing it. Therefore, I decided to start a new save file.
The problem was, I had completely forgotten that I had Mew on the original save file, which I was only able to get through a distribution event at Toys "R" Us in 2006. Therefore, I lost my Mew forever. To make matters worse, the special cartridges that Nintendo gave out to Toys "R" Us to distribute Mew had to be sent back to Nintendo to be destroyed, meaning that there would have been no way for me to get another Mew, unless some dishonest Toys "R" Us employee had kept one of the cartridges and sold it online.
Now, I could have always gotten an Action Replay device for my GBA and used that to get a Mew again, but it could have corrupted my game and done all sorts of other things; I learned that the hard way with the Action Replay device for the DS, as it did weird things to my copies of Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and also Pokémon Pearl. I didn't want to risk it.
Ergo, I really hope that Nintendo will bring back these distribution events and allow for more than one save file in these rereleased versions of the game. Those are the two criteria that I have that would make me justify purchasing these games again.
@JohnnyMind I’m with you on this one. We get an idea for what is going on in the game, who the characters are, etc. Plus, I love the retro anime art style. So while the NA/EU version is iconic in its own right, JP takes it for me this time around.
On the good ol' NES. In fact, I still have both! I was born in 1993, and was gaming since I was old enough to hold a controller. Despite the SNES (and possibly the N64) being out by the time I started gaming, the NES was the only home game console I had until 2003, when I got a GameCube with The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition packaged in with it.
But with the NES, I only had six games for it growing up (seven, if you count the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt combo cartridge as being two different games). They are the following:
-Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
-The Legend of Zelda
-Tetris
-The Black Bass
-Jeopardy!
-Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition
I didn't build this library further until I was in college, when I got a box of NES and Atari 2600 games from my cousin, who was looking to get rid of them. But The Legend of Zelda stands out above all the rest as one of my favorites. While it was not the first game I ever played, it's one of the ones that deeply resonated with me, even to this day. If I ever have kids, I will be sure to introduce them to the series with this one!
Again, all I care about is whether they are going to distribute special Pokémon like Mew and Rayquaza for these versions. I know that they say that online play is not supported, but what about online distribution? Or is that also going to be local wireless as well, assuming that they even do it to begin with?
Well, this is pretty nice. FireRed was my first Pokémon game. While I was alive during the Pokémon craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s, my mother never let me get into it back then, mainly the anime; she said it was too violent for me. Turns out the real reason was because she didn't want me to get into all the trading cards, toys, and memorabilia. Joke's on her: I got into Yu-Gi-Oh! and Beyblade instead.
But because of that, I never really got into the Pokémon series. So FireRed was my first real exposure to the world of Pokémon, aside from watching a few episodes of the anime here and there with my brother (who was a baby at the time, and was oddly enough allowed to watch; my mother's reasoning was that he was too young to understand much of what was going on).
But I think the one thing I care about the most is whether or not the distribution events for FireRed and LeafGreen will be made available for these new versions via an at-home online feature. For example, back in 2006, Toys "R" Us distributed Mew to anyone who had a copy of either game. It was the first Pokémon I got through such an event. But I very stupidly deleted the save file in 2016 when I was trying to start over because I inflicted the Poison status effect on Suicune when it just had a sliver of its health left, preventing me from being able to catch it before it fainted and disappeared from the game. This meant that my Mew was gone forever.
Now, I could always track down an Action Replay device for the Game Boy Advance, but there are inherent risks involved, such as corrupting my save data and trapping me in specific areas, essentially soft-locking the game, or even freezing the game altogether. I learned that the hard way with the Action Replay for the DS, using it for Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and even Pokémon Pearl.
Ergo, I really hope that they will distribute the event-exclusive Pokémon like Mew and Rayquaza via an at-home online connection, instead of me having to physically bring my Switch or Switch 2 to somewhere like Best Buy or GameStop (especially the latter, since the one in my town closed down last month, meaning I'd have to find the nearest town that still has one) so I can get it there.
While this is indeed fantastic news, I do hope that Monolith Soft will make a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles X. There's still a few loose ends in the story that need tying up from the first game, even with the extra chapters in the Definitive Edition. I'd hate to see this sub-series in the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise be completely abandoned, especially since it's more hard sci-fi than the main Xenoblade Chronicles series.
Yeah, I'd say this was a good choice. She does kind of have a similar vocal range to Amy, so it shouldn't be too difficult for her. And I always did like her witty banter with Geoffrey Peterson on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (as part of their mock feud over her supposed jealousy at not being picked to be Craig's sidekick on the show). Hopefully she will bring that same energy to the role of Amy Rose!
@Smerd Yeah, that's what I am thinking. It would be interesting to see Nintendo Life re-review the Switch 2 edition of Skyrim once these patches are completely rolled out, to see if it's any better than its initial launch.
What'd be real nice is if they released just a few more Shrines in each game so that you could max out your health or stamina meter. It always bothered me that you could only max out one or the other, which is a cardinal sin to a completionist like myself. So I would really like it if they give us just a few more Shrines so that we can finally max out both.
As cool as this is, I will sadly have nowhere to set this up; not in my parent's house, and certainly not in my fiancée's condo. As it is, I've had to box up most of my other figures and put them into a storage room. And they will be going into a climate-controlled storage unit once I finally move in with my fiancée.
@Pillowpants The F4F poses for Link, Zelda, and the Four Champions from BOTW are the same as their amiibo counterparts as well. But I look at it like this: it's a fun little way to compare the scale of the two versions.
While I did feel that the game's story and world-building were a bit on the generic side, and I was underwhelmed by the lack of personality with the main characters, I did enjoy the game very much. I liked the challenging gameplay, the level design, and the soundtrack is probably one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time (it's frankly a shame it didn't win The Game Award for Best Score and Music). So I would not mind buying it again if it came to the Switch 2. It would give me the opportunity to play it on the go and not have to worry about an Internet connection to use the PS5 Remote Play feature.
As it is, with a couple of PS5 games having already made the leap to the Switch 2, that being Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I see no reason why Stellar Blade can't. If it does, and it can hold up nicely on the Switch 2 hardware, here's hoping that Stellar Blade 2 can also come to the Switch 2 as well!
And if it does, all that's left would be for Genshin Impact to finally make the leap to the Switch 2. It's probably the one game I want on that console, more than any other game out there. If it still doesn't come to the Switch 2, I want confirmation that it wouldn't work out and get an answer as to why.
Personally, I still think that it comes down to legal issues regarding copyrighted characters; I bet that Nintendo would no doubt want to include a Nintendo character in the roster (such as someone from The Legend of Zelda or Fire Emblem), but I doubt that they would be okay with their characters appearing on rival platforms, since the game does allow for cross-play and cross-progression. But I could always be wrong with that.
To quote Mint Fantôme/Maid Mint and Matara Kan (two of my favorite VTubers who happen to both be big fans of the Metal Gear Solid franchise), "Yippee!"
Was planning on avoiding this one anyway, as I've never been one for sports games to begin with (however, I can remotely tolerate baseball games, such as MLB Slugfest 2003, and maybe the occasional motocross game, like Freekstyle or Moto Racer).
It's the same with the Mario sports games; I can't even get into Mario Kart, after having lost interest in it from playing Mario Kart 7 way too much. I much prefer the Super Mario part of the Mario franchise, since the focus is more on adventure.
Besides, I don't have many friends to play online games with (and the ones that I do have don't want to play the games that I like because they tend to have a gacha mechanic, even though it's not required to enjoy the game; games such as Genshin Impact and Umamusume: Pretty Derby, for example), so I'm basically left with solo gaming experiences.
I really have no interest in the Mario sports games. Not even Mario Kart. If I'm going to play a Mario game, it's going to be from the Super Mario series.
Personally, I'm hoping for something with a bit more cohesive of a narrative, plus more hack & slash elements, with hordes of enemies to cut your way through. But we'll see.
@neogyo Who said I was a human to begin with? After all, my name implies that I am not from this world. 😉
Jokes aside, it's genuinely because it helps lull me to sleep, but also because I find some of the stories immensely satisfying to listen to. In fact, I am thinking of writing my own stories based on some of these videos (but not using AI; I'm actually quite talented at creative writing, so I have no need for AI to do it for me).
As a big and lifelong Star Trek fan (we're talking since I was just a little kid in the 1990s), I might try out the demo. But I'm not normally one for strategy games.
I maintain that the best Star Trek game I ever played was Star Trek Online. I signed up when it went F2P and got quite far in it, maxing out my character level and everything (at least what counted for a level cap back then).
Although, I have not played it in recent years because I've gotten sucked in by other games, such as Genshin Impact. Plus, now that I am a working adult, I don't have as much time to play games like I used to.
But I would not mind playing it again. I doubt it would ever happen, but it would be really neat if that game could come to the Switch 2 (especially if it allows me to use my account from the PC version, thus allowing for cross-progression).
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Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO (GameCube)
@JohnnyMind Ditto. Although, I do like the pose from the JP/EU version.
Re: The Elder Scrolls: Blades Is Shutting Down This June
I didn't hate the game, but I never did get around to finishing it. Sadly, I just don't have time to put my nose to the grindstone and try to finish the main story before it shuts down. I work all day, and there are other games that I would rather play.
What would be nice is if they pulled an Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and released a complete version that you could play offline, with all of your player data intact. Personally, I think all live-service games should do that. I know I would certainly like to see that for games like Genshin Impact and Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo's 2026 Plans Include New Star Fox & Zelda Remake, No 3D Mario
Star Fox is one of my Top 3 favorite Nintendo franchises, so I would absolutely be excited for a new entry in the series. Preferably, I want a sequel to Assault that ignores the events of Command (thus making Command non-canon), and shows Fox and Krystal deepening their relationship and getting married instead of breaking up.
Although, I could get behind a sequel to Zero, as long as it reintroduces Krystal as a character and gives her a more significant role instead of just being the damsel-in-distress like she was in Adventures. She could be a total bada** in such a game!
A remaster of Ocarina of Time, on the other hand, I am a lot more iffy on. After all, we already had the 3DS remaster, and that featured a graphical overhaul of the game. The only way I could justify buying yet another remaster of the game is if they rebuilt it from the ground up with a modern game engine, such as Unreal Engine 5 (similar to those tech demos that I have seen on YouTube where someone rendered the game in Unreal Engine 4), plus if they introduced some new gameplay mechanics and story elements to spice things up.
If I'm being honest, however, I would much prefer a remake of the original Zelda, but making it a 3D game from a third-person perspective instead of a 2D game from a top-down perspective. Plus, it would lean more heavily into the story than its NES counterpart did, and also introduce some new gameplay mechanics. I could also get behind a remake of The Adventure of Link or A Link to the Past, maybe even the Oracle games, too.
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Have Kept The Mario Galaxy Movie Fox Reveal Under Wraps?
I will say, though: I was not expecting a crossover between Star Fox and Mario. It's just not something I ever considered, given how fantastical the Mario series is, even compared to something like Star Fox.
I do know that Star Fox and F-Zero are kind of adjacent to each other; after all, there's a character named James McCloud in F-Zero and bears heavy resemblance to his Star Fox counterpart (minus the fact that he is a human and not an anthropomorphic fox), and Octoman from F-Zero appears as a recurring boss in Star Fox Command.
Plus, I did hear a rumor years ago about Nintendo developing a game for the Wii U that was going to be a crossover between Metroid and Star Fox, where the Great Fox and Samus' Gunship collide (literally) sending Samus spiraling down to the planet below. The crash would strip her of all her abilities once again. She would have to explore the planet below to restore her abilities while the Star Fox team would help out from the air; and you as the player would be playing as both Samus and Star Fox.
And of course, the Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas features the Star Fox team, and you can even play as Fox. And frankly, it had the kind of flying that I was hoping for from a Star Fox game. If it had been exclusively a Star Fox game, it would have been the Star Fox game of my dreams.
But all of these games are in the realm of science-fiction, where the idea of an anthropomorphic animal flying through space is not just believable, but plausible. It's still rooted in a degree of realism. Mario, on the other hand, is so wildly fantastical that it can really only exist with itself (the Donkey Kong, Wario, and Yoshi franchises are included in this, since they all occupy the same universe).
Still, I reiterate what I said in the announcement article: will Fox have a relatively significant role in this movie, or will it just be a cameo? Plus, will any other Star Fox characters show up (fingers crossed for Krystal!), and will this set the stage for a Star Fox movie?
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Have Kept The Mario Galaxy Movie Fox Reveal Under Wraps?
I would say yes. I mentioned it to a VTuber that I follow earlier this morning, and she proceeded to chew me out on stream. She even deleted my comment to try and keep anyone else from seeing it. I feel bad for spoiling it for her, to be honest.
Re: Fox McCloud Blasts Into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
I have three burning questions regarding this:
1. Will Fox be playing a significant role in the movie, or will it just be a cameo appearance?
2. Will we see other characters of the Star Fox franchise at large, such as Falco, Slippy, Peppy, General Pepper, Katt Monroe, Bill Grey, Miyu, Fay, Wolf, Leon, Pigma, Oikonny, Andross, and my personal favorite, Krystal?
3. Will this set the stage for Star Fox to be the next Nintendo franchise to make the leap from video games to cinema, especially if this Mario movie (plus that of the upcoming Legend of Zelda film) does well?
The sooner these questions are answered, the better for me. Star Fox is legit one of my Top 3 favorite Nintendo franchises of all time (along with Metroid and The Legend of Zelda), and I long for the day that Nintendo gives the franchise the love and attention it rightfully deserves.
Re: Feature: Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
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A møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge--her brother-in-law--an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nodrfink"...
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Re: Feature: Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
@Bolt_Strike Oh, totally. In fact, that's exactly what Karl Marx himself pushed for. People like to think of socialism based on the Soviet/Chinese/North Korean model, but that's as far from socialism as how Marx defined it that you can get.
If anything, socialism as Marx defined it is the most democratic and libertarian model for economics and society at large out there. He advocated for the dissolution of the state, not its expansion, because he recognized it as only serving the interests of the wealthy elite. Same with the church as an institution.
Unfortunately, some people took parts of his ideas and corrupted them to suit their own ends, the result being what we saw in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam. While technically not true socialist states, the social democracies of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark) are far closer to Marx's vision than the so-called "communist" countries of the 20th Century and today. We need to emulate that model, at the very least.
Re: Feature: Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
Speaking as an American, I think the crux of the issue here is whether or not the president actually has the legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs on imports. For those not aware, Article I of our Constitution explicitly states that the power of taxation lies solely with Congress, and that all tax-related bills must be initiated in the House of Representatives. This power does not lie with the president, in order to prevent what we are experiencing right now (that being a runaway executive asserting power that does not belong to them).
While Congress did sign over some powers of taxation regarding tariffs with the Trade Act of 1974, one could make the argument that Trump is going beyond the scope of his legal authority. We'll just have to see if these new tariffs that he is attempting to impose will be upheld by the Supreme Court. Of course, if not, he will either attempt to find a way to skirt the ruling by using another law, or he will just flat-out ignore it and continue on as before, as he has with prior rulings against him.
Personally, I think the Trade Act of 1974 should be struck down on the basis of it going up against Article I of the Constitution, and thus return the powers of taxation, tariffs included, back to Congress, taking it out of the president's hands for good. Regardless of which party the president belongs to, having too much power concentrated in the hands of one person only leads to more problems for everyone else. After all, if you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk; likewise, if you give an executive power, he's going to want more.
Re: Random: Nothing Says "I Choose You!" Quite Like These Pokémon Engagement Rings
These are nice, but I've already given my fiancée (engaged as of this past Valentine's Day) an engagement ring. In fact, it's a replica of Nenya, the ring worn by Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings.
Turns out that Weta Workshop, the production studio that made the props and special effects for the live-action movies, sells replicas of the rings, and Nenya is one of them. So the minute she said yes, I showed her the webpage for the ring and bought it, since she and I are both big fans of LOTR.
We'll just have to see whether or not she wants a themed wedding ring, though. Maybe she'll be on board with these Pokémon ones.
Re: Poll: Who's Your Favourite Resident Evil Villain?
"Wait a second! Claire, return your books to the library! I need-- where'd she go?"
You can probably figure out which one I like the best.
Re: Europe Might Be Forcing Nintendo To Revise The Switch 2
What the EU would have to address, however, is the possibility of Nintendo trying to create or exploit a loophole with such regulations by rewriting their End User License Agreements and warranty information to state that even if the battery is easily replaceable, opening up the system to replace it would void the warranty.
After all, quite a few pieces of tech these days do contain such pieces of documentation, requiring you to send the broken tech into a licensed repair facility authorized by the manufacturer to service the tech. It would be much easier (and cheaper) to DIY a fix yourself, but you end up risking voiding the warranty, especially if it is still under such coverage.
So if people in the EU want to DIY the replacement of a Switch 2 battery, the language in any such regulation to enable that must be clear that it should not void the warranty of the system. Basically, make it as easy and not-warranty-violating as if you were changing out a pair of AA's in your TV remote.
Re: Random: A Classic Super Mario Cartoon Is Heading To MeTV Toons In The US
I didn't even know MeTV had a toon channel! I knew it aired a lot of old sitcoms, like The Andy Griffith Show, M*A*S*H, and others, but this is news to me! I'll have to check it out one of these days!
Re: UK Charts: Pokémon Pokopia's Physical Troubles Continue As It Slips From The Podium
@CRASH64 Well, hopefully you will like it! Let me know if it's your cup of tea!
Re: UK Charts: Pokémon Pokopia's Physical Troubles Continue As It Slips From The Podium
@CRASH64 Well, if you like Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and especially Pokémon, then you will most likely enjoy this game. I know I am.
Re: UK Charts: Pokémon Pokopia's Physical Troubles Continue As It Slips From The Podium
Well, Pokopia is a Game Key Card, after all; that’s why I decided against buying it physically. So if anyone was planning on buying the game, you might just be better off buying it digitally through the Switch 2 eShop.
Re: Review: Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown (Switch 2) - Merciless But Ultimately Satisfying Survival Strategy
@JohnnyMind Well, if you do ever intend on watching the series proper, be sure to watch the first three seasons of DS9 first. And even before that, be sure to watch TNG. Although, with TNG, you can probably get by one just a handful of episodes, as not all of them are relevant to future events in the show.
If anything, Star Trek was a cinematic universe before Marvel made it cool, with the shows and movies referencing each other (this is especially the case during the Berman Era of the show, which lasted from the late 1980s to 2005, although the current Kurtzman Era will on occasion reference some things from the Berman Era).
In fact, I believe you can look up a watch order online to see where each episode and film takes place in the timeline. This will especially be crucial during the last couple seasons of TNG (plus the four TNG movies) and all of DS9 and VOY, since they all overlap with each other.
Re: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Introduces The Voices Of Yoshi, Wart, And The Honey Queen
@Triple_Cherries The kid who plays Link is actually somebody. He was the voice of Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action remake of the classic Disney film of the same name. Take that how you will, but he did at least star in a major film made by one of the biggest studios on Hollywood.
What'll be interesting to see is who will play Ganondorf. I know he's kind of famous, but I really want to see Jason Momoa take on the role. He has experience in fantasy franchises (having played Conan the Barbarian in the 2011 reboot, as well as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones), he is built like a tank, and he has that intimidating aura and fierce gaze that would make him the perfect person to portray the King of Evil.
Re: UK Charts: Pokémon Pokopia 'Undersupplied' At Retail And Falls Short
Here in America, it was also sold out at Best Buy. But when I saw that it was a Game Key Card, I instead decided to download it from the eShop.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Pokémon Pokopia?
I played a little bit of it yesterday, but I didn't get very far in it before I had to go to bed. But it does seem like an enjoyable experience so far. I was describing it to friends and coworkers at Pokémon meets Minecraft meets Animal Crossing, all of which I do like.
Plus, the star of the show for once is Ditto, which--while not as instantly recognizable as Pikachu or Eevee--is popular in its own right. I know one Dutch VTuber I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee is obsessed with Ditto (to the point that she has an entire room dedicated to it; I've seen the photos), and she loves the game so far. I can't wait to tell her that I got the game myself when she starts streaming in about 20 minutes from now!
Re: Xbox Announces Next Generation Console, Will Play "Xbox And PC Games"
If you ask me, this is going to be make or break for the Xbox line. If they can't get this one to sell well, I think it's over for Xbox as a console. If anything, I think they were preparing for this possibility by scooping up all of these third-party developers, big and small; my guess is they are trying to transition into a publishing powerhouse, especially in the event that they stop making consoles.
But then again, they could always pull off a surprise comeback with this new console. After all, think about how many people were saying that Nintendo was doomed when the Wii U failed to take off. A lot of people were saying that Nintendo would and should go the way of Sega and put their games on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. But then Nintendo came roaring back with the Switch, and now it's even overtaken the DS as the best-selling Nintendo console of all time. The same can happen to Xbox, but they need to be smart about it.
Re: Nintendo Indie World Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 3rd March 2026
I mean, I'll watch it, but I'm not holding out hope for much. Would be nice if we could get a trailer for the new Shantae game.
Re: Quiz: Can You Name That Pokémon?
11 out of 25. Goes to show how behind I am with quite a few of the Pokémon, especially the newer ones.
Re: PSA: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Version Gives You The Mystic Ticket And Aurora Ticket
Okay, this is what I wanted to hear. Lugia, Ho-Oh, Deoxys, Celebi, and Jirachi were the event Pokémon that I needed to get; I already got Mew on the GBA version, but forgot that I had it and ended up deleting my save file a decade ago. Now that we have confirmation that at least a few of them will be available, it gives me hope that the other ones will be made available at some point as well. With this news coming to light, I will most definitely be purchasing them!
I just hope that it will be possible to have more than one save file, though. That way, I can have all of the different starter Pokémon. Or better yet, be able to trade with myself across the different versions (although if I had to venture a guess, I would probably have to have one version on my OLED Switch and another version on my Switch 2 in order to make that possible).
Re: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Update Censors Naughty And Offensive Names
@FlyingDunsparce Exactly. My maternal grandfather's legal name was Richard, but he went by Dick. That's what he was known as by everyone, even his own wife. And he was one of the nicest people I knew; the complete opposite of the moniker.
To my recollection, he never once raised his voice, even when scolding me, and whenever my parents and I spent the night at my grandparents' house, he would sleep next to me so I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night scared of being in an unfamiliar place.
Even though he's been dead for almost 25 years now, I do miss him dearly. He was the only grandfather I knew, as my paternal grandfather passed away in 1990, a few years before I was born. Sometimes, I will catch a glimpse of him from a family photo that we all took around the year 2000 (one of the last photos from when he was alive) and think back on the time we spent together.
Re: Pokémon Presents February 2026: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
There are a couple of things I am looking forward to, such as Pokémon XD coming to the Switch 2, as well as Winds & Waves, but beyond that, not much else stood out for me.
I guess my problem is that I don't have as much of an emotional attachment to the series that many of my contemporaries do, because my mother expressly forbade me from getting into it when the franchise's popularity was at its peak in the late 1990s/early 2000s. While her excuse at the time was that the anime was too violent for me, it turns out the real reason was because she didn't want me to be begging her for the trading cards, toys, and memorabilia. Joke's on her, though: I got into Yu-Gi-Oh! and Beyblade instead and ended up begging her for that stuff anyway.
But because of that, I'm basically a deer in the headlights when people my age gush about Pokémon. It has to take a lot for me to get excited about a new Pokémon game for me to even consider buying it. And even then, I don't find myself in awe of it like I would be with something like The Legend of Zelda or Metroid.
Re: New Pokémon Pokopia Trailer Introduces Even More Poké Pals
The question is, though, can you play as Ditto in its base form? That's the question that a VTuber that I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee was asking during her reaction to the stream. Ditto is her favorite Pokémon and is always trying to get her hands on Ditto merch (much like how Ironmouse, another VTuber that I follow, is obsessed with the Sanrio character Cinnamoroll and begs her friend, CDawgVA, to get her more Cinnamoroll plushies). If you can play as Ditto in its base form, I bet Jorunna will be super happy! Time will tell soon enough!
Re: Poll: So, Which Starter Will You Choose In Pokémon Winds & Waves?
If I do get these games, Pombon for me, all the way! I usually like getting the Fire-type starters, anyway. But I especially love the design for Pombon, especially since it looks like a Pomeranian, one of my favorite dog breeds. It's so cute, a far cry from Feucoco, which looks too much like an apple for my tastes. I never did get Scarlet & Violet, but if I did, it would have been the first time that I went with a Pokémon that wasn't the Fire-type starter; I would have likely gone with the Grass-type starter, Sprigatito.
But I am curious as to what its evolutions will look like. I'm personally hoping that its final evolution will look like a wolf. So instead of it being a Direwolf, it will be a Firewolf! It would also be interesting to see it be a quadrupedal evolution instead of a bipedal one, something that a VTuber that I follow by the name of Jorunna van de Zee echoed in her reaction to the stream. She went into quite the rant when she mentioned how every Fire-type starter Pokémon is bipedal or humanoid in its final form (with the exception of Skeledirge, the final evolution of Fuecoco). So I would like to see it take on a quadrupedal form, but also make it wolf-like in appearance.
Re: Yes, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Are Getting Home Support
But the most important question for me still has not been answered: will they be distributing event-exclusive Pokémon (Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys) in these rereleases of FireRed and LeafGreen, like they did with the originals?
If yes, how will they be distributed? Will it be through some sort of online feature that I can do at home, or will I have to drive to somewhere like GameStop and download it there? Or will I have to link up with someone distributing these Pokémon and trade one of my own for it?
The reason I ask is because I very stupidly deleted my original save file on my GBA copy of FireRed in 2016, completely forgetting about the Mew that I had on it, which I got from a distribution event at Toys "R" Us in 2006. I was trying to catch Suicune, got it down to a sliver of its health, but then afflicted it with the Poison status effect. So I decided to start over, but once I had realized what I had done, it was too late.
Now, I could use an Action Replay or GameShark device to reacquire Mew (plus the other Pokémon I missed out on), but I am afraid to do so, as it can freeze or corrupt my game; something I learned with the Action Replay device for the DS, which I used on Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and Pokémon Pearl. So I would rather avoid that if I can.
Ergo, I want confirmation that these event-exclusive Pokémon will be distributed again in some fashion before I even consider purchasing them.
Re: Pokémon Winds & Waves Announced For Switch 2, Launching Next Year
I did pique my interest, that is for sure. And I'm glad that they made the Fire starter cute again. I hated the design from Scarlet & Violet; it looked like a cross between an apple and a crocodile. If anything, it reminded me of the old cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s. Had I gotten Scarlet and Violet (I don't have either), it would have been the first time that I would have picked something other than the Fire starter.
So for them to basically make the Fire starter in this one resemble a Pomeranian, one of my favorite dog breeds, I'd be more likely to get this generation of Pokémon games. Here's hoping the final evolution will make it look more like a wolf! Instead of a Direwolf, you get a Firewolf!
So this one will be on my radar, for sure! I'd like to see a bit more gameplay before I plop down any money on preordering it, though. Hopefully it will be a true open-world experience, where you can freely explore the region and challenge the Gyms in any order.
Re: Pokémon-Themed Mini Game Boy Announced, Though It's Not What You Think
While it was something unexpected, I don't see how this could be practical for listening to music. I'm assuming you get one tune per cartridge, meaning you'd have to swap it out every time you want to listen to something else. Heck, even vinyl records back in the day could have more than one song on them!
But now with the advent of digital media, physical media is going the way of the dodo. I mean, even Nintendo has gotten in on that with them releasing the Nintendo Music app! So why release the soundtrack on 45 separate cartridges and a miniature music player made to look like a Game Boy for $70 when you could just listen to them on the Nintendo Music app for less?
If anything, I think this is more or less geared towards Pokémon enthusiasts who are more in it for the collectibles and the bragging rights that come with it than any sort of practical use. As neat as it would be to have, I think I'm going to skip this. It's just more clutter that I would have to deal with.
Re: Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness Comes To Switch 2 GameCube NSO In March
Sweet! I'll finally be able to put that game guide of Pokémon XD from Nintendo Power that I have had for years to good use! I never did get the game, but I do have the game guide.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Getting Pokémon FireRed Or LeafGreen On Switch?
I might, provided that they will distribute Pokémon that were only available through distribution events, such as Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys. Even better if they were distributed online instead of me having to drive to the nearest distribution site (such as GameStop) and acquire these Pokémon there.
Plus, it would also be nice if they could allow for more than one save file, thus allowing me to get all of the starter Pokémon, thus allowing me to get all of the roaming legendary Pokémon (Suicune, Raikou, and Entei). That was always one of my biggest complaints with the older Pokémon games: it looked like you could have more than one save file, even though you really only could have one.
See, the reason why I brought up those points was because I have a copy of FireRed for the GBA, but I screwed up things on my original save file: I wasted my Master Ball on a Pikachu, and therefore couldn't use it to capture the roaming legendary Pokémon (in my instance, Suicune). I had it down to a sliver of health, and then when I was playing it in 2016, I inflicted the Poison status effect on it, meaning it would have fainted and disappeared from the game forever, thus preventing me from capturing it. Therefore, I decided to start a new save file.
The problem was, I had completely forgotten that I had Mew on the original save file, which I was only able to get through a distribution event at Toys "R" Us in 2006. Therefore, I lost my Mew forever. To make matters worse, the special cartridges that Nintendo gave out to Toys "R" Us to distribute Mew had to be sent back to Nintendo to be destroyed, meaning that there would have been no way for me to get another Mew, unless some dishonest Toys "R" Us employee had kept one of the cartridges and sold it online.
Now, I could have always gotten an Action Replay device for my GBA and used that to get a Mew again, but it could have corrupted my game and done all sorts of other things; I learned that the hard way with the Action Replay device for the DS, as it did weird things to my copies of Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and also Pokémon Pearl. I didn't want to risk it.
Ergo, I really hope that Nintendo will bring back these distribution events and allow for more than one save file in these rereleased versions of the game. Those are the two criteria that I have that would make me justify purchasing these games again.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening
@JohnnyMind I’m with you on this one. We get an idea for what is going on in the game, who the characters are, etc. Plus, I love the retro anime art style. So while the NA/EU version is iconic in its own right, JP takes it for me this time around.
Re: Anniversary: The Legend Of Zelda Turns 40 Today - How Did You First Play It?
On the good ol' NES. In fact, I still have both! I was born in 1993, and was gaming since I was old enough to hold a controller. Despite the SNES (and possibly the N64) being out by the time I started gaming, the NES was the only home game console I had until 2003, when I got a GameCube with The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition packaged in with it.
But with the NES, I only had six games for it growing up (seven, if you count the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt combo cartridge as being two different games). They are the following:
-Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
-The Legend of Zelda
-Tetris
-The Black Bass
-Jeopardy!
-Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition
I didn't build this library further until I was in college, when I got a box of NES and Atari 2600 games from my cousin, who was looking to get rid of them. But The Legend of Zelda stands out above all the rest as one of my favorites. While it was not the first game I ever played, it's one of the ones that deeply resonated with me, even to this day. If I ever have kids, I will be sure to introduce them to the series with this one!
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
Again, all I care about is whether they are going to distribute special Pokémon like Mew and Rayquaza for these versions. I know that they say that online play is not supported, but what about online distribution? Or is that also going to be local wireless as well, assuming that they even do it to begin with?
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Officially Revealed For Switch
Well, this is pretty nice. FireRed was my first Pokémon game. While I was alive during the Pokémon craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s, my mother never let me get into it back then, mainly the anime; she said it was too violent for me. Turns out the real reason was because she didn't want me to get into all the trading cards, toys, and memorabilia. Joke's on her: I got into Yu-Gi-Oh! and Beyblade instead.
But because of that, I never really got into the Pokémon series. So FireRed was my first real exposure to the world of Pokémon, aside from watching a few episodes of the anime here and there with my brother (who was a baby at the time, and was oddly enough allowed to watch; my mother's reasoning was that he was too young to understand much of what was going on).
But I think the one thing I care about the most is whether or not the distribution events for FireRed and LeafGreen will be made available for these new versions via an at-home online feature. For example, back in 2006, Toys "R" Us distributed Mew to anyone who had a copy of either game. It was the first Pokémon I got through such an event. But I very stupidly deleted the save file in 2016 when I was trying to start over because I inflicted the Poison status effect on Suicune when it just had a sliver of its health left, preventing me from being able to catch it before it fainted and disappeared from the game. This meant that my Mew was gone forever.
Now, I could always track down an Action Replay device for the Game Boy Advance, but there are inherent risks involved, such as corrupting my save data and trapping me in specific areas, essentially soft-locking the game, or even freezing the game altogether. I learned that the hard way with the Action Replay for the DS, using it for Star Fox Command, Metroid Prime Hunters, and even Pokémon Pearl.
Ergo, I really hope that they will distribute the event-exclusive Pokémon like Mew and Rayquaza via an at-home online connection, instead of me having to physically bring my Switch or Switch 2 to somewhere like Best Buy or GameStop (especially the latter, since the one in my town closed down last month, meaning I'd have to find the nearest town that still has one) so I can get it there.
Make it happen, Nintendo and Game Freak!
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Gets Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade, Out Now
While this is indeed fantastic news, I do hope that Monolith Soft will make a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles X. There's still a few loose ends in the story that need tying up from the first game, even with the extra chapters in the Definitive Edition. I'd hate to see this sub-series in the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise be completely abandoned, especially since it's more hard sci-fi than the main Xenoblade Chronicles series.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Movie Has Found Its Amy Rose
Yeah, I'd say this was a good choice. She does kind of have a similar vocal range to Amy, so it shouldn't be too difficult for her. And I always did like her witty banter with Geoffrey Peterson on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (as part of their mock feud over her supposed jealousy at not being picked to be Craig's sidekick on the show). Hopefully she will bring that same energy to the role of Amy Rose!
Re: Bethesda Releases Skyrim Update 1.2 For Switch 2, Includes "60Hz Mode" And Much More
@Smerd Yeah, that's what I am thinking. It would be interesting to see Nintendo Life re-review the Switch 2 edition of Skyrim once these patches are completely rolled out, to see if it's any better than its initial launch.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom And Breath Of The Wild Updates Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
What'd be real nice is if they released just a few more Shrines in each game so that you could max out your health or stamina meter. It always bothered me that you could only max out one or the other, which is a cardinal sin to a completionist like myself. So I would really like it if they give us just a few more Shrines so that we can finally max out both.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom "Exclusive Edition" Link Statue Announced, Here's A Sneak Peek
As cool as this is, I will sadly have nowhere to set this up; not in my parent's house, and certainly not in my fiancée's condo. As it is, I've had to box up most of my other figures and put them into a storage room. And they will be going into a climate-controlled storage unit once I finally move in with my fiancée.
@Pillowpants The F4F poses for Link, Zelda, and the Four Champions from BOTW are the same as their amiibo counterparts as well. But I look at it like this: it's a fun little way to compare the scale of the two versions.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev Might Be Eyeing A Switch 2 Release In The Future
While I did feel that the game's story and world-building were a bit on the generic side, and I was underwhelmed by the lack of personality with the main characters, I did enjoy the game very much. I liked the challenging gameplay, the level design, and the soundtrack is probably one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time (it's frankly a shame it didn't win The Game Award for Best Score and Music). So I would not mind buying it again if it came to the Switch 2. It would give me the opportunity to play it on the go and not have to worry about an Internet connection to use the PS5 Remote Play feature.
As it is, with a couple of PS5 games having already made the leap to the Switch 2, that being Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I see no reason why Stellar Blade can't. If it does, and it can hold up nicely on the Switch 2 hardware, here's hoping that Stellar Blade 2 can also come to the Switch 2 as well!
And if it does, all that's left would be for Genshin Impact to finally make the leap to the Switch 2. It's probably the one game I want on that console, more than any other game out there. If it still doesn't come to the Switch 2, I want confirmation that it wouldn't work out and get an answer as to why.
Personally, I still think that it comes down to legal issues regarding copyrighted characters; I bet that Nintendo would no doubt want to include a Nintendo character in the roster (such as someone from The Legend of Zelda or Fire Emblem), but I doubt that they would be okay with their characters appearing on rival platforms, since the game does allow for cross-play and cross-progression. But I could always be wrong with that.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th February)
Other than Umamusume, not much, really. I'm going to be spending time with my fiancée (I proposed earlier today).
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Announced For Switch 2 And Switch
To quote Mint Fantôme/Maid Mint and Matara Kan (two of my favorite VTubers who happen to both be big fans of the Metal Gear Solid franchise), "Yippee!"
Re: Review: Mario Tennis Fever (Switch 2) - Slim For Singles, But An Addictive Core Gives It Online Legs
Was planning on avoiding this one anyway, as I've never been one for sports games to begin with (however, I can remotely tolerate baseball games, such as MLB Slugfest 2003, and maybe the occasional motocross game, like Freekstyle or Moto Racer).
It's the same with the Mario sports games; I can't even get into Mario Kart, after having lost interest in it from playing Mario Kart 7 way too much. I much prefer the Super Mario part of the Mario franchise, since the focus is more on adventure.
Besides, I don't have many friends to play online games with (and the ones that I do have don't want to play the games that I like because they tend to have a gacha mechanic, even though it's not required to enjoy the game; games such as Genshin Impact and Umamusume: Pretty Derby, for example), so I'm basically left with solo gaming experiences.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Mario Tennis Fever For Switch 2?
I really have no interest in the Mario sports games. Not even Mario Kart. If I'm going to play a Mario game, it's going to be from the Super Mario series.
Re: Talking Point: Age Of Imprisonment Could Inspire Next Zelda Game, Say Devs, But What Does That Mean?
Personally, I'm hoping for something with a bit more cohesive of a narrative, plus more hack & slash elements, with hordes of enemies to cut your way through. But we'll see.
Re: Kirby Air Riders New Event Starts This Week, Includes Kirby Santa Hat Reward
@neogyo Who said I was a human to begin with? After all, my name implies that I am not from this world. 😉
Jokes aside, it's genuinely because it helps lull me to sleep, but also because I find some of the stories immensely satisfying to listen to. In fact, I am thinking of writing my own stories based on some of these videos (but not using AI; I'm actually quite talented at creative writing, so I have no need for AI to do it for me).
Re: Feature: "We Were Quite Nervous" - Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown Dev Talks Returning Actors, Music & Fan Feedback
As a big and lifelong Star Trek fan (we're talking since I was just a little kid in the 1990s), I might try out the demo. But I'm not normally one for strategy games.
I maintain that the best Star Trek game I ever played was Star Trek Online. I signed up when it went F2P and got quite far in it, maxing out my character level and everything (at least what counted for a level cap back then).
Although, I have not played it in recent years because I've gotten sucked in by other games, such as Genshin Impact. Plus, now that I am a working adult, I don't have as much time to play games like I used to.
But I would not mind playing it again. I doubt it would ever happen, but it would be really neat if that game could come to the Switch 2 (especially if it allows me to use my account from the PC version, thus allowing for cross-progression).