AussieMcBucket

Still need to check out my copy of the first game. Thanks for the review!

Awesome, thanks! I've never played any MGS games. Except for the one on GBC, actually, which I'm excited is a part of this collection. I haven't cracked open my copy of the first collection, but assuming I enjoy it, I'll definitely move on to this set.

Super excited for this.

@asdfghjklz I'm hoping that achievements are coming soon, after this DK Challenge seems like they're wading deeper into the water with it. I know many games have their own achievements, but I assume you're referring to a system-wide bank of them, connected to all games that support it. And I'm hoping they are heading in that direction. It seems like it. We have those My Nintendo missions, which they have started to expand on and make a bit more complex, as opposed to just, "play a game online." And then this DK Challenge, which even pings you with a notification when you complete one of the challenges. I'm curious to see if we'll get a new set for some other character or series or whatever after this one expires. Personally, I wish it wasn't expiring. I genuinely wanted to complete all of them, but I got the game too late and can't do it by tomorrow. It's a wild Nintendo way of doing this. But I wonder if it will change or what. Hopefully this wasn't an isolated, one-and-done event.

I think this game is pretty fun. I've been playing other stuff for a while, but I was digging this for a stretch.

Finally, Snorlax, my favorite!

@StewdaMegaManNerd Oh, haha. Fair enough.

@VirtualVisage87 @StewdaMegaManNerd Huh? This isn't The Game Awards. It's a preview event. All the awards are like that.

@DollyrotsFan1 Yes! What a package! I played a ton of it on Wii U before my cousin accidentally erased my file. I don't think I ever went back. So, I'm gonna pick up this one.

@DollyrotsFan1 I'm actually in the USA, just so you know. American, just a random name. Sorry.

But yeah, that was Kristin's story, that she joined it for the self-help bits. I don't know if she left because she discovered the truth or what. Hopefully she's been honest. I didn't care for what I've seen of Tracker. Seemed like another cheesy procedural, at a glance. But you're right, not many others did much more. I'm surprised Tom Welling didn't have a bigger career after that. Maybe it was his choice.
Oh, I do like Kathryn Newton, so that's cool. I went to school with one of the guys from Riverdale. Well, I was friends with his older brother. Ah yeah, Mckenna Grace probably got her big role in the Ghostbusters legacy sequels, which I thought were fine. And then she was in that new Hunger Games movie that I haven't seen, so she seems to be doing pretty well. I'm not familiar with Phoebe Tonkin. My one sister loves that H2O series though. And Vampire Diaries.
I hated the teen romance stuff, but because it was bad. The one guy who ended up being the bad guy was nauseating. I thought the storyline with the mages or whatever they were was odd. Emma Myers was great. I think I liked Jenna Ortega okay, but maybe I didn't like the way they wrote the character. I'm too far removed from when I saw it to remember my specific qualms, but I think they were so stuck on her like, hating everything or something. I'd have to watch it again to remember. And I'm not sure I want to. But I do love Winona.
I still need to watch Locke and Key. I hadn't heard about that Scooby show. That sounds like an interesting take. Hopefully it's good.

Just release it already!! It's free, right?
Man, I'm looking forward to this.

@Misima I think this is stretching the argument very thin, and I think your logic falls apart. Now, I have not played CoD games, but am I missing something here? As far as I can tell/imagine, the storyline is not a retelling of either a past or current conflict between USA and another country. There is some "bad guy", and this platoon of American soldiers goes in to stop it. How does this project colonialism? I don't expect this depicts invading another country without cause or painting an entire population as "others."
And why wouldn't our consciences push back against propaganda just like violence or sex? If it is something within us that we inherently reject, then why would it be selective? Conversely, why would propaganda not work for the other elements? It's a conditioning of the mind; I would say that a patriarchy which includes toxic masculinity is heavily influenced by propaganda, so called. I would argue that propaganda is trying to change minds, not just perpetuating "the way it's always been." Sometimes those definitely overlap.
And yeah, many movies, video games, and other media portray violence as a means of solving challenges. The argument here seems to be that one can typically discern that violence is fake in these depictions yet not pry themselves away from nationalist influences. I don't see that. I'd say they're just about the same either way, and it generally comes down to the individual if completely left to their own devices. To me, this seems like an action story, not a "See, this is why we need the military and why we need YOU to join it" narrative. And you're incorrect in that we must now wait 2 more years and watch as everything crashes and burns before we can do anything about it. In the USA, this is our government. We can take charge, and there are many things we can push to either remove these people from office or counter their policies. Some are exercising these rights; many others are not. And I am talking about legal, constitutional rights, not a coup or something like that. The Constitution was written to allow us to fix our mistakes, yet we almost never do so. The UK seemingly does this all the time, at least lately. And if you want to talk about propaganda, hoo boy. Washington is the propaganda machine. But we could also force those people out and not elect more like them. We have the power and the tools to make lasting change. But we often sit on it and distract ourselves with other, less important things.

Okay, so it is a partnership. I saw that the original series was being added next month. Interesting. I'm so excited for this. And so sad that it's not until next year. XD
The "Pokémon Tales" bit: do we think there will be more of these stop-motion shorts with different characters? All with Aardman? Completely different "tales?"

Darn, we can't change our responses. I forgot about a handful of physical games that I haven't yet opened.

I feel like the results of this will be a little skewed, given that there isn't much nuance. But I get it, this is a survey.

Is this just for curiosity's sake to see where everyone's at with Switch 2? Or are there bigger plans for the results?

@Max_the_German That's not what this is? I figure they just capped it around 30 or that's where it's landed based on the graphical/power demands.

Not sure if that screenshot is for S2, but it looks great.

I wasn't aware of those Motion Patterns. That's a pretty cool idea.

@Max_the_German Well, it sounds like you maintain the original version if you upgrade to S2, since it creates a separate title. If I understood that correctly.

@abbyhitter Literally!

@Friendly Okay, sure, not dragons and magic. But it's literally country vs. country or whatever. And I don't think you can't really consider the turn-based format to support your argument. It's fine. I understand what you're getting at.

@Eel XD Except Gaston has her way beat. Even as a lad, he ate FOUR dozen eggs. Guess that makes him the real SF champ.

@DollyrotsFan1 As I understand it, she participated in meetings or activities with the group for a few years. I think she maintains that it was only part of the "public-facing" aspects, so she managed to escape any repercussions. Hopefully that was true. I'm not sure why only she went on to have lasting success over some others. Some actors didn't really escape "The CW YA drama" bubble, I think.

I know, it was a disappointing discovery, to say the least. I forgot that she was cousin to Lois and introduced her to Clark. It's a shame for Gough and Millar.

I forgot that they also created "Wednesday." I actually did not really care for that series, for a number of reasons. I do like The Addams Family a lot, but this series bugged me. I thought the actor playing Enid was great though, actually. I felt that character and story line were one of the highlights, so maybe that is to the creators' credit, as well.

@Don Yeah, that's her story. But maybe you make a good point there. Hopefully it's correct.

I know, it was one of the craziest stories when this all came out. I'd like to say that she was, you know, brainwashed, but I'm not sure that does much to excuse her. It would seem a jury and/or judge agreed with that. I think she has served her time now, so hopefully the people who fell victim to the crimes and inhumanities feel that justice has been served.

In fairness, it has been a while since I watched the whole series. I convinced my mom to check it out, so I saw bits of it here and there. I'm not sure if she stuck with it though. She was bothered by the "YA drama" of it. Which is somewhat fair. It is also a thing of its time. But I still think it's pretty great.

Oh, I balked at $360. I didn't know it was on sale! $429 is currently just about the price of the system. That's bats.

@ShonenJump121 Perhaps they'll add those options for the final release.

@Friendly I mean, I get your point. But FE is absolutely simulating war. Just war from before guns. But it's also not graphically violent. Like Musou games.

I don't know, I think this looks pretty cool and fun. It doesn't seem stupid to me. And I am not a stupid movie apologist. I don't like seeing dumb films.

@Krlozgod @Don Kristin got in a bit of trouble with the human trafficking ring that Allison Mack (Chloe) helped to orchestrate. Kristin avoided conviction, but her story seems a bit hard to believe.
I also thought she was quite pretty, but her character was mostly irritating, especially after several seasons. I thought Erica Durance had really good chemistry with Tom Welling, which was fitting, since they were Lois and Clark, respectively. I also love that show.

Probably a good one, right?

What's wrong with cryptocurrency?

https://youtu.be/hihEhsdwiIk?si=8qrdIfXwX1nht1UC

@nomither6 I wouldn't hold your breath. But I totally take your point.

@spottedleaf HA! My argument is most definitely not that propaganda doesn't exist or work. And this isn't literally propaganda. You could just as soon say that criminals are trying to change minds and recruit people with GTA VI.
Our government and military are absolutely putting out propaganda. They certainly have in the past, too. But this is just a video game with a military setting. Most likely to give context to guns and group tactics.

@BrewsterTea Oh, see, I wouldn't know about spoilers. Curious, you make an interesting case.

@BrewsterTea That would be! I can't say I'll snag it right away, but I'm definitely curious about this one.
What makes you think Nintendo might do that for this game?

@Misima So, I don't care for and even reject military too. But if you say this is propaganda, isn't that making the same argument as those that say violent video games influence people to commit similar acts?

@The-Chosen-one That's interesting, thank you. I wouldn't have known to do this. I should try and remember to do it once I jump back in.

I thought it was decent, as well. Seemed underwhelming visually, to an extent. Some things looked good, others less so. But it ran fine. And we have the newest release on the same date as everyone else. So that's pretty cool to me. And this is a beta. And we can always expect updates.
My thing was, and sure, I'm a total novice, but I found it fairly difficult. And not entirely because of me. First, I'll say that I really haven't played any CoD game since the original ones on GameCube or whatever that was. These ones are obviously different. I chose RECRUIT difficulty, because it suggested that for people new to CoD. I figured, sure, I'll try that. I died several times from the jump before I managed to move along in the trench. I didn't know what the controls were without looking them up in the settings. I didn't know where to go. They said to follow Jae, but I couldn't tell where they were. I did better after that, but I still died a handful of times. It was over sooner than expected, but I'm grateful for the early sample.
I'm psyched for the release on Switch 2 and looking forward to trying out multiplayer, though I am now expecting to probably get outplayed significantly.

D; Too many things to play!!!!!

@Whirlwound Damn. That's so annoying.

Oooh! Great art style and visuals! Seems fun.

Thank you for reviewing this! I was curious about it. 'Tis a shame that it sounds like it's a bit underwhelming, though others seem to still have a good time with it. So, I'll keep it in the back of my mind.

@the_beaver One does not simply walk into a 7/10.

Agreed. This does look awesome.

Wow, this looks really good in the trailer!

@the_beaver I know, we're running out of months for spaced-out releases!

@Whirlwound Ugh. I hate it when that happens. Sorry. :/

@The-Chosen-one Oh, that's interesting. Certainly helps. Hopefully it's just the same for Switch 2. Thanks for the heads-up!

@Warioware Oh, right. I think when they do that, they mean the whole "Switch family." I don't think they would mention both consoles if there weren't versions for each. The backwards compatibility would be implied.
Yeah, they're going for that classic film noir look. If I'm not mistaken, this game is narrated like one. I know Bigby is like a hard-boiled detective. But the comics were definitely in color. I love Fables, and I have enjoyed some other Telltale titles. I'll be excited to try it at some point.

@KociolekDoSyta Wow! Well, good for you. With a ringing endorsement like that, I should really play my copy of the game.

@RickStar I see. So, he's not responsible for the presentation of the story.

@VirtualVisage87 Yes!! I haven't finished all of them, but I read most. I would love an animated series for Fables. "Invincible" is quite adult, maybe something like that.