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@Uncle_Franklin in your opinion

Am I missing something? In what way were those pictures depicting racist ethnic stereotypes? Unless there are other pictures besides those two I don't understand that reason.

@Uncle_Franklin it really wasn't a bad game in any sense. You can be disappointed the battle system wasn't traditional (as I was) but it was still a solid game and closer to traditional Paper Mario than anything SPM was.

This game was nowhere near as bad as people made out.

Meh, never watch these, so hard to care tbh. I want a proper direct, we haven't seen one in 2024

Absolutely not having this. The amount of media, merchandise and games Mario has been in, there is absolutely no way Lara Croft is more recognisible. I'm not saying she isn't iconic, she sure is, but no way is she number 1. The biggest outlier here is "Agent 47". Now, I've never played Hitman admittedly, but I didn't even know he was called that. Very much doubt anyone outside of gaming knows that, or have even heard of the games. A generic bald dude in a suit is absolutely not more recognisible or iconic than Sonic, Pikachu, Pac-Man, Link, Crash...I would put TAILS above him.

TOTK is superior in every single way. People voting BOTW are just nostalgic, because it was all so fresh and unexpected at the time. A bit like how people still clung to OOT being the best Zelda for years because exploring in 3D was brand new. Same goes for Mario 64.

He better write Tingle into it then. It's what the people want.

Quick someone make another hard one!

No, because having to play through the story again is such a chore. It's essentially the FIFA approach to games, the same thing with a little tweak. DLC is better. Also, as it's not the 00s now and games aren't on handhelds made in 2D, I'd rather that time was spent on developing the next game because they churn them out too rapidly as it is.

I kept myself completely in the dark about this game so didn't read this preview at the time. I'm thankful that I did. So much you wrote about that I had no idea was in the game, from reuniting koroks, attaching things to arrows, building things and the fact that bomb flowers exist. It was so joyous to stumble upon everything and have no pre-warning of any of it. Not saying you shouldn't write about it, I'm just saying I'm grateful I allowed myself to be free of any information going into it. I bookmarked this to read when I had finished the game.

Back when Camelot put the effort into Mario sports titles. Recent entries have been lacking. Hopefully they're working on something non-sports related now...

A little disappointed it's only 6 not 8 or even 10 but hour long episodes makes up for it as opposed to the usual 42-45 minutes you see.

Didn't they learn anything from the 90s?

Happy to see Legends continue, it's the fresh take on Pokemon the franchise desperately needed imo. And honestly the next generation mainline game should be a few years off yet if they know what's good. The rate at which they churn those out is why they come out mediocre with graphics people laugh at. More time in the oven needed. There's a reason we don't get a 3D mainline Mario or Zelda every 3 years. Just look at Sonic...

Surprised it's taken this long, seems a no brainer to bring card collecting to smartphones. I'd love a card game on Switch like the Game Boy one they did before. I suppose there are just too many sets to collect now though

It prints money!!

I fear it's too late to put them on Switch. Maybe the next console. I just don't understand why they never expanded into SNES Remix after these. Seemed a no-brainer. Plenty of iconic titles to make challenges from. And hey, maybe even N64 Remix or Game Boy Remix...one can dream.

Have to admit I'm a little disappointed it's only 30 minutes and not a full concert suite, or at least an hour. But hey, it's free to watch so

Just the slate? Seems a bit pointless imo. I guess we can expect a Purah Pad in the future.

Gigantic amiibo

Stunning visuals you say. Maybe the backgrounds, but the characters just look really cheap and crudely designed. Idk it just gives off a really basic vibe to me, especially when the cutscenes are done with character overlays instead of in-field animations.

I wouldn't put it near the top of my favoutites but I suppose it is one of the more memorable ones, in a sea of levels that are largely based on the same scenery (in modern times). Ice Cap definitely one of the best, if not for the music alone (screw the replacement music), but I'd say the strongest levels are in the &Knuckles part of the game.

Not so much gold ink but gold coins, and lots of them. They must've thrown a big offer at him to make him sign on for another movie. And they would've had to, I can't see how they could make a movie based on SA2 without Robotnik. I suspect they'll write a 4th movie with a different antagonist though, this will be his last.

@DripDropCop146 Sega can't make original 3D Sonic's anymore. Generations was a nostalgia trip. The other companies you mentioned might do ports, but also do new games very well. And Superstars might have "original" levels, but much of it still borrows heavily from classic levels. The casino stage, for example.

Just a bit embarrassing if they port or remaster this for modern consoles. Still living on past glories (and it wasn't exactly perfect, just not crap like the previous efforts...but it's a low bar). They need to actually come up with some original games which doesn't recycle old levels.

I don't understand why, after making FFIII and FFIV in full polygons on the DS, they just stopped. They should have carried on with FFV and VI on the 3DS.

@EarthboundBenjy Pokemon HMs and the Tales rings are the only examples of ability based puzzles I can think of as well. Most RPGs only stretch as far as switches or the odd ice puzzle. Like I said it's a real surprise no other games have taken the Golden Sun format and did more with it, given it's popularity and subsequent absence. Nintendo absolutely needs to bring it back

Really surprised to see you found the puzzles a bore the first time around. That's one of the stand out elements of the games, something it does way better than any other RPG. Final Fantasy dungeons feel so DULL by comparison. Just mazes of misdirection and chests dumped at dead ends just to make you walk further.

I really don't know why more RPGs don't use magic in the same way Golden Sun does in the overworld and dungeons. It's the most natural thing ever. Characters use it to fight, why on earth wouldn't they ever use it to get around and open new paths? I've yet to find another RPG that does it. The closest thing we have is Zelda, which isn't an RPG.

Safe to assume it's been pushed to the next console now. With any luck it's going to be a launch title. Probably be the big first party launch title like BOTW was for Switch.

Presumably it's going to be available afterwards too. Because lunchtime on a Friday in the UK is pretty dumb.

@JohnnyMind that is a very good point. I would fully expect them to be compatible with the new hardware, while the new hardware will have a controller with some new kind of tech inside it. And hopefully...a D-Pad.

I know it's to go with the Peach game, but considering we're most likely getting the next console this year it's surprising they're still pumping out new joy-cons. But I suppose they do have form for doing this toward a consoles end of life.

@Princess_Lilly while I understand the desire to play as a female avatar, it's a plot based cast. I can't remember if you can change who leads your party (and therefore appears on the map) but Felix is the main protagonist of TLA because of the fact he disappeared at the beginning of the story. And Isaac is the protagonist of the first game as it's his story. This isn't a game to have a blank avatar that can be swapped out to suit the players preference like Dragon Quest, or the Pokemon series.

Another voice to add to the "what do you mean the soundtrack isn't memorable" crowd.

Come on, it's lauded by fans and critics alike. One of the greatest soundtracks from a compositional and technical aspect. I mean it literally has the Venus Lighthouse theme.

Oh no! Aaaanyway.

Delighted that we as a society have rejected this fad so vigorously that only a couple of years after it sprang up, it's almost dead.

What a day! Golden Sun finally on Switch. Now let's see a new one!

@KJW90 it's made by American companies, so it's actually season.

They need to call it something unique. One of the problems with Wii U is people assumed it was some kind of add-on for the Wii. The Wii was SO big it reached a bunch of non-gamers. I once had one say to me Nintendo have made a new controller for it now, about 2 years after the Wii U was out. So yeah, people who don't follow gaming closely didn't know it was a whole new console.

Whatever it is, it needs to retain the key features of the Switch hardware whilst expanding upon it.

Typical 50+ year old who doesn't really know what gaming is about these days. Perhaps she should spend less time behind her news desk and more time outside, in the real world.

Never heard of this guy, played the game and never encountered this NPC (didn't see the Mirth side quest through fully) so whatever. I won't lose any sleep over whoever he is.

End of an era. I'll never forget the days when streams weren't widely publicised and you felt like you were "in the know" if you found a way to watch it. And no one outside the internet gaming community even knew of the show. It gets reported on BBC radio now. Nothing has, and probably won't, replace it. Summer Games Fest isn't up to scratch. Too drawn out, few major announcements and seemingly tons of paid promo. As a Nintendo fan though, the sparkle was taken off the show when Nintendo started to do the Directs. I miss the stage presentations in front of an audience.

The next generation just won't know what that's like. They won't know the excitement of a week which is guaranteed to show off major announcements and new consoles. Now we have to put up with months of speculation about when the next Direct is coming, and it's never guaranteed. And usually on at awkward times for me. Nintendo always had the 5pm Tuesday slot at E3. You knew when to tune in every year.

@abbyhitter lmao be serious

Wasn't even aware that was the name of the islands

Where exactly in Ealing is it opening? Seems there are specific locations for Brighton and Sheffield but can't find anything for Ealing.

Seems obvious to me that the next "gimmick" they add to freshen up the formula will be tracks where the layout changes with every lap. You see the way it came into the city tracks once they came to MK8. That's gonna be every new track on the next game. Probably won't be released on the Switch, but Mario Kart Switch would've been the perfect name to go with that feature...

@Brianst0rm I haven't heard about that. Do you have a link to where it was discovered?

@Don honestly it would be such a mickey take if they did that. The service shouldn't be tied to the console the same way the downloaded VC games used to be. Makes sense if they just launch the next console with all these games ready to play on day one and keep adding more. But this is Nintendo, who knows what they're thinking.

Super Paper Mario doesn't belong on here. It's a platform game with RPG elements. There isn't even a battle system, which is a core part of RPG gameplay.

Are we going to get Golden Sun (and it's sequel) on the GBA app any time before the new console?? It was one of the games featured in the announcement at launch. Just wondering if this service will continue on the next console in it's current state or if they'll do the Nintendo thing of scrapping it and starting entirely from nothing yet again. You'd hope it's the former, seeing as it's only streaming content.