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I've never formally played a single RE game (just in passing at a friend's house), but I'm surprised on seeing this many colorful villains from the series.

I'd give credit to Legends Arceus for being Pokemon's "Breath of the Wild" momentous title.

@Nep-Nep-Freak While the article suggests a retirement from the Wild Era, I'm pretty sure that's just Nintendo employees playing coy. The article was also posted before HW Age of Imprisonment, so Nintendo clearly still had and potential has plans for Wild Era Zelda. Until the next Zelda project is teased/revealed, I don't think we can fully rule out the possibility that the next game might be a sequel still.

Might just be the worst Pokemon DLC in history. It's completely quantity & substance over quality.

@Nep-Nep-Freak Do you have a source for that?

I seriously wonder if we might get a 3rd Wilds game as the next mainline Zelda title or if we are getting something completely new. Perhaps with the same timeline and main cast but set on a new continent.

Regardless of the pick, the posing and linework goes hard!

I'm so busy! If I can I'll try to get back to Xenoblade Chronicles X

Previews but no release date?

Good to see Nintendo recovering a bit financially. It's been a rough year with the world situations and the stock would ideally be on an upswing with the new console launch.

For US markets, $70 is just going to be the standard price for new Switch 2 games unless they are noted as budget titles or premium titles.

Father figures and daughter figures = GOTY contenders. It worked for TLOU and DK Bananza!

This is extremely heartbreaking to hear. Voice actors are actors too and they deserve to protect their image and likeness.

Yay, it's farming sim #297 for Nintendo Switch!

This looks like a fun Zelda-lite!

Very adorable! Not sure if it'll top Woolly World but it looks better than Crafted World

@metaphysician We're moving to a mainly digital ecosystem with this current console generation and game sale splits have crossed into majority digital (over 50% in most cases and higher). Wouldn't you like to know how many digital copies a game sells? More data is good data. And Nintendo does report their sales figures but only on a quarterly basis or if sales hit a big milestone. Would be nice to know on a more regular basis, a man can only ask.

@NinjaWaddleDee Agreed. It's part Galaxy, part Sunshine, part SMB2 USA, part SMB World, part Odyssey. There's a lot of quantity moments and not a lot of downtime or quality storytelling.

If it's as addicting and creative as DQ Builders and runs well, then it's easily at least a 9/10.

Visually, this is what a Pokemon game should look like. Gameplay-wise, the series still falls a little short

Nintendo really needs to start reporting digital sales if they are abandoning true physical media.

It looks cute but hard no. Nintendo made every business decision against me getting this game. Digital-only/GKC, Switch 2 exclusive, $70. This is also something I wish came out years ago, but now I'm just not interested in a game like this.

Played a little Smash Ultimate. If I have time, I'm going to try and get back into XCX and finish the game.

Xbox died the day Halo was ported to Playstation. It's been a slow death too, the numbers of the last few generations are trending very negatively and GamePass has plateaued or decreased. Also I doubt the new management has any idea what they are doing.

GOTY candidate right here

Weird that this wasn't announced in the Indie Direct week

If you got everything for this game, you'd be spending $420 minimum at market value. On the plus side, those are some very nice figurines!

Absolutely not. It's the reason why Gen 5 was the least popular generation among the general populous. Nostalgia and classic Pokemon are just as much of a selling point.

It's a port that comes up a little short.

This was easily one of the strongest Indie Directs. A bunch of new stuff that was not previously announced or leaked, good-looking games with great gameplay variety, and rapid releases. Significantly better than the wet fart of a Partner Direct we got a month ago.

My DS Lite, which was my original DS, broke when the top screen snapped off. It was playable for about 2 more years before it ultimately died (I got a DSi to replace it but I sold it a while back). I got a refurbished OG 3DS in 2013 which still works but I haven't used it in years. I also have a GBA which turns on thankfully but doesn't work the best.

Reminder that Nash Weedle is a fraud and stop getting your expectations up for a general Nintendo Direct.

This game is probably going to be a blast, especially since it's the same team as DQ builders. But for $70 and no physical, it's a hard pass for me.

Gen II for a few reasons. The metallic colors go hard and it's the first generation to start the trend of featuring box art legendaries. It still retains the original Ken Sugumori water-color art style. Also it's the last generation where "gotta catch em all" is featured as the slogan, criminal that it was removed in latter gens. Gen VIII is the weakest, feels like a Saturday morning photoshop project.

This is fantastic news! I also heard there was a datamine for R/S/E in the files for FR/LG's re-release, but I'm not sure how true that could be. No mention of the Mew/Faraway Island quest though

Pokemon has never done 3 generations on the same console, so it only makes sense.

It's Kalos Go Fest weekend. Will probably do a few quests and raids.

It's an even generation and based on my pattern, I'm going water starter this time

I'm grading the overall presentation and honestly, it was just ok. Gen 10 looked good, but that's about it. Other than the obvious Gen 10 reveal, nothing else felt "new". We got the same drabble of mobile games and announcements as per usual. For a 30th anniversary celebration, it seemed pretty lackluster.

I almost wonder if there will even be competitive battling in Gen 10 or if the feature will be entirely moved to Champions. It might be for the better.

Visually, it looks great! Gives me Bandai Namco Pokemon Snap vibes, which I wonder if they are helping with the game. Not a fan of the new starters however, feels like we are starting to recycle ideas.

The OG, it's the first console I bought with my own money!

I'm really excited about the prospect of a new Sony handheld. Competition is good in gaming, and Nintendo is not being challenged

For people who are really annoyed at this, play Pokemon Colosseum on NSO when that drops instead (rumored also to come out the same day or very soon in the Spring).

@larryisaman I'll do you one better - Charles Martinet

Because this is not officially announced, it's not like you need the star power to promote the role and there's enough acting chops in the main cast.

It's understandable he feels angry, and so should many others. Leakers have been a problem and are only getting worse. I do believe they should face harsh legal consequences, they are essentially stealing work.

50/50 split as of my vote, very interesting. I can see the appeal of both, the simplistic nostalgic design of the West and the colorful design of Japan. Personally, I prefer the Japanese design more.

I do like Gen 9's designs a fair bit amount more than Gen 8 (which are IMO the 2nd worst batch, Gen 5 being my least favorite). But I also don't have the interest or nostalgia for Gen 9. My personal rankings of all generations by design: 2>1>3>4>7>6>9>8>5. I don't care if you criticize this, this is my opinion.

I'm happy these games are legitimately available on modern hardware. But there's an extremely low chance I would get them. Not being a physical release hurts the most, and I'd much rather play them on the NSO service or my original GBA copy (or by other means, IYKYK).

I stopped playing mainline after Gen 6, and while I do have a fondness for the Gen 7 designs (I did use Rowlett in Legends Arceus), I have no feelings towards Gen 8 & 9.