@JohnnyMind It's a Wii game that offers nothing different from Wii. If you never played this game before then the value (still crazy) is fine. If you happen to still own a Wii, you're better off dusting off the old thing, and using that money to buy something else. You gain nothing of value from this deal except paying full for a bit of nostalgia. If that's worth it, then okay. I don't know.
What's next? Switch 3 releases and is no longer backwards compatible, so now we begin porting Switch games over at 70$ a pop?
I may be in the minority, but honestly I've never been a fan of these random movie guest characters. I think it's because partially, these characters were not in my era and feels more like it's just Boon living out his childhood dreams. Plus many of them just feel so misplaced in the world of MK.
Anyways, I'd rather the time be spent on bringing back old characters instead.
@PerfectFrost That's just incorrect. Unless you live your life completely offline, it's quite easy to be spoiled by something you weren't even searching for in the first place. Like, that's just the nature of where we are now in the online world. News, social media, forums, etc.. All of them are leaking things at rate no normal human being can completely avoid.
@OorWullie That's a bit tricky to answer . Technically the original Trilogy is considered the best yet Tomb Raider 4 still had a good reception even if it wasn't as highly praised. It's normally Tomb Raider 5 and 6 which are the lowest points. But even there it's a bit complicated.
Tomb Raider 5 had a mixed reception. Some reviewers were bored by it, while others thought it was return to classics and the best of entry so far.
Tomb Raider 6 is however the worst of them all, and that comes down to it's rushed development. It's very unpolished and feels unfinished .
So, as the user above mentioned, Tomb Raider games came out so fast and frequently that it effectively killed itself. My best advice for you is start with the first set of games, and if you like them then maybe consider these.
@JohnnyMind My issue with the people I met and hardcore anti-censorship is those individuals are perfectly okay with censorship when it comes to things they don't agree with.
What I gathered though the years of these culture wars is that when it comes to censorship we are all hypocrites to some degree. We are only active when it come to censorship that matters to us, while staying silent or not showing any particular interest it comes to censorship of others.
There is no true unity against all of censorship. Even anti-censorship crowd will admit there are some things that should be censored when it veers into the most extreme.
@Yosher Have to agree. You could put her in a green tunic and she would be just cosplaying as Link. It's strange to give Zelda her first starring role only to rob her of any voice in it.
They even decided to do what Zelda games of old did and give her a sidekick that does the talking.
To me that brings the game down a peg. When Zelda was on the sidelines, her character gave weight to urgency of the story. Her silence just adds nothing.
But I think what brings it down for me most is this a reverse of roles rather than something truly unique to Zelda. Link is princess and Zelda the warrior. And idk, just why?
So many ideas to make Zelda stand out they went something basic. Atleast with Peach Showtime, it wasn't just Princess Peach rescuing Mario.
@HammerGalladeBro Even though ability is mostly associated with Shadow, Sonic can as well. Alot of characters in the series has used the ability besides Shadow too. In this case it could be just the writer got the name wrong.
@Ryu_Niiyama I'm sorry but even if Nintendo wants to pretend it didn't, the company did in fact try to win the console war at some point. They lost in the end, but found a different path to longevity out of it.
I don't why admitting such a thing is too shameful. If anything, admitting that would show humility and lessons learned which lead to better success.
@Truegamer79 That was rather dramatic. People are just pointing it out. No one is losing their minds over this.
The people who want a patch are still going to play it regardless. The people who don't care are still going to play regardless. It's not like the game is going to lose massive sales suddenly.
@LexKitteh Japan built an entire industry dedicated to voice acting. America didn't. Such a career was never highly valued in the west. In some ways it still isn't.
It's an unstable field, many English VA's are self trained, and many get replaced easily.
@Mana_Knight I would implore you to look to up info regarding Sonic 06' canon. Not that it can't be explained, it's just Sonic's timeline is a mess and wacky.
@PinderSchloss Well, I the think is Link being a blank slate in the past was because he represented the player. You had the ability to rename him anything. So the excuse of him being blank worked.
However when BOTW came out Link was no longer that. His official name became well...official. So I can agree with you that because Link is now a person and not the player he should speak.
Im not going to lie and say those dramatic weren't funny. Link just standing there there blankly made it a bit awkward.
@Maubari Well to be fair, judging by some of these comments I read here, you'd think we live in a comic book where every other game company are supervillians, while Nintendo is the hero on gamers side.
It is a bit funny how people keep humanizing these companies.
@Sonicka Im just waiting for a sci-fi Zelda game set in the far future. Hyrule is now a city, and Zelda is the daughter of it's president.
Ganondorf takes the form of an evil politician who seeks to be a dictator.
Link is a scrappy kid who tinkers with parts and creates his own gadgets which aids him throughout dungeons.
All three characters become linked when Ganondorf behind the scenes destroys Link's hometown and uses it as scapegoat on why Hyrule needs new leadership.
Link sets out on motorbike on goes on quest to uncover who the real villain is and avenge his friends.
I know none of this fan fiction will happen, but I always wondered what a futuristic take on Zelda would be like.
@SpaceboyScreams Well in your own words it's not a huge game anyways. Why should the Pokemon Company throw a huge celebration for something so small?
Anyways, to me it's not newsworthy atleast. It's a rom hack with 130 random artists and little consistency. It's not anymore special than the dozens upon dozens of rom hacks through the years.
@JohnnyMind I don't mind it. Nitpick, but if I never found out the turtles are suppose to be 15, I could better buy into some of the incarnations over the years.
I know it's silly, but it always bugs me when someone makes a teen protagonist who acts like someone 3 times their age. From the way they speak and act, it just makes it hard to not to laugh at how silly it is.
@VoidofLight But then that's what makes it funny. Ganondorf has become sympathetic, just not in an interesting way. Rather now you pity him because he's becomes obsessed with Hyrule to the point of no return.
He's so pathetic now with his one desire, that he's sympathetic.
@JackieCMarlow I cannot agree with that. You might find this funny to say, but there are actors who are fully capable of showing their full potential, but choose not to. Especially comedic actors.
Jack Black can act. He's shown a few times he can do a grounded role and excel at it. Just like Jim Carrey showed he can do more than comedy. It's just a choice not to.
@Lightsiyd I grew up with Sonic. Really, the first console I ever owned was Sega and I must have played Sonic games till the console caught on fire. Sonic is one of my favorite videogame franchises.
But the series did not transition into the 3d sphere as easily as Mario did. Adventure 2 is mediocre. It has great ideas, but also as many bad ideas. It hasn't aged well with time.
Also, Shadow the Hedgehog was pure edginess over anything substance. This is a game that had the orignal vision went through would have made Sonic act out of character for no reason. Sega really was going to lean in and make Shadow a bad bad boy who curses and uses machine guns.
@Maxz Did one person exclusively said all those, or you are just picking random phrases from random people?
Whatever point you are trying to make doesn't work here.
Guy on the left says “Nintendo should branch out into more Mature games”
Girl in the middle says "Nintendo should do more with their legacy content”
Guy on the right says "…Nintendo should stop doing those things and give us Star Fox Zero Point Zero instead”
It would be one thing if a single person said all those, then you would have point. They can't make up their mind. But random people all wanting different things from Nintendo, is no different than random people all wanting different things when it comes to everything.
@Maubari Metal Overloard is imo one of Sonic's top bosses ever. Shame the power gap is gone now. It took a trio of super powered beings to stop him. Looks like lore wise now, he's weak enough to where a basic form Shadow can easily take him out.
@ScalenePowers I played all of them and honestly, the only one I found the best was the Spin-off prequel Genesis. I found the fast paced gameplay, and lighter tone quite refreshing. With that said.
Darksiders 1 is the closet Zelda like.
Darksiders 2 is more Action RPG.
Darksiders 3 is very much a hack n slash. Very much inspired by Soulbornes.
The Darksiders series is like 4 different genre of games.
I just don't have the energy to relive Goku's tale for the 50th time. Even if Kakarot is the definitive way to experience it. Especially with the upcoming Sparking Zero.
@Samalik Leakers have been around since the dawn of journalism. Labeling them bad in general seems like a misstep. Alot of leaked information has actually been beneficial to the public.
Such a shame that a fantastic series of books have been grossly commercialized. From the various mediocre videogames, p2w mobile games, fast food tie-ins, splitting a single book into three mediocre films hoping to cash in on fans, etc...
I know im the minority, but I wasn't huge fan of the Link's Awakening Remake.
I still think the original version is superior. The remake is fine, but just didn't capture what made the original so special. I still play that version more than I did the remake.
@8bit4Life He's only 53. Everyone's genes don't operate the same way. There's always outliers. His hair is still within the healthy range.
Not everyone's hair rapidly thins. There are men who can still maintain a reasonably healthy head of hair will into their 60's. Not every male goes bald in their lifetime.
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Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Donkey Kong Country Returns HD?
@JohnnyMind It's a Wii game that offers nothing different from Wii. If you never played this game before then the value (still crazy) is fine. If you happen to still own a Wii, you're better off dusting off the old thing, and using that money to buy something else. You gain nothing of value from this deal except paying full for a bit of nostalgia. If that's worth it, then okay. I don't know.
What's next? Switch 3 releases and is no longer backwards compatible, so now we begin porting Switch games over at 70$ a pop?
Re: Conan The Barbarian Joins Mortal Kombat 1's DLC Roster Next Week
I may be in the minority, but honestly I've never been a fan of these random movie guest characters. I think it's because partially, these characters were not in my era and feels more like it's just Boon living out his childhood dreams. Plus many of them just feel so misplaced in the world of MK.
Anyways, I'd rather the time be spent on bringing back old characters instead.
Re: Talking Point: Did All The Switch 2 Leaks 'Damage' Nintendo Or The Console's Reveal?
@PerfectFrost That's just incorrect. Unless you live your life completely offline, it's quite easy to be spoiled by something you weren't even searching for in the first place. Like, that's just the nature of where we are now in the online world. News, social media, forums, etc.. All of them are leaking things at rate no normal human being can completely avoid.
It's quite easy to be spoiled before you know it.
Re: Video: Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered "Meet The Bosses" Trailer Showcase
@OorWullie That's a bit tricky to answer . Technically the original Trilogy is considered the best yet Tomb Raider 4 still had a good reception even if it wasn't as highly praised. It's normally Tomb Raider 5 and 6 which are the lowest points. But even there it's a bit complicated.
Tomb Raider 5 had a mixed reception. Some reviewers were bored by it, while others thought it was return to classics and the best of entry so far.
Tomb Raider 6 is however the worst of them all, and that comes down to it's rushed development. It's very unpolished and feels unfinished .
So, as the user above mentioned, Tomb Raider games came out so fast and frequently that it effectively killed itself. My best advice for you is start with the first set of games, and if you like them then maybe consider these.
Re: Square Enix May Withhold Its Own Products If You Harrass Its Staff
@Dee123 Why single out Americans for? This issue is a worldwide problem.
Re: Anniversary: Resident Evil 4, One Of The Greatest Games Ever Made, Turns 20
It's sorta funny to me the trajectory these remakes are heading in which lead to the series getting a soft reboot in the first place.
I would honestly laugh if RE:10 was "Getting back to the RE roots...again"
Re: Review: Freedom Wars Remastered (Switch) - A Fair Reprieve For One Of PS Vita's Best
@JokerCK No, if we don't stand here and now then it's over for humanity. This is the endgame. It's now or never. The revolution starts here! War cry!
Re: Tencent Labeled A "Chinese Military Company" By US Government
@Chocobo_Shepherd Non Americans believe they know more about American government than Americans.
Re: Dragon Quest Creator Chimes In On Characters Showing Less Skin In Upcoming HD-2D Remake
@JohnnyMind My issue with the people I met and hardcore anti-censorship is those individuals are perfectly okay with censorship when it comes to things they don't agree with.
What I gathered though the years of these culture wars is that when it comes to censorship we are all hypocrites to some degree. We are only active when it come to censorship that matters to us, while staying silent or not showing any particular interest it comes to censorship of others.
There is no true unity against all of censorship. Even anti-censorship crowd will admit there are some things that should be censored when it veers into the most extreme.
Re: Shadow's Sonic Generations Campaign Length Reportedly Revealed
If the game is a long as the main game, then why couldn't it be a whole new game just starring Shadow?
The way it's been advertised, one could could the impression it's no more than a couple of hours.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom?
@Yosher Have to agree. You could put her in a green tunic and she would be just cosplaying as Link. It's strange to give Zelda her first starring role only to rob her of any voice in it.
They even decided to do what Zelda games of old did and give her a sidekick that does the talking.
To me that brings the game down a peg. When Zelda was on the sidelines, her character gave weight to urgency of the story. Her silence just adds nothing.
But I think what brings it down for me most is this a reverse of roles rather than something truly unique to Zelda. Link is princess and Zelda the warrior. And idk, just why?
So many ideas to make Zelda stand out they went something basic. Atleast with Peach Showtime, it wasn't just Princess Peach rescuing Mario.
Re: Feature: Here's 10 Games We Played At TGS 2024 Coming To Switch
@HammerGalladeBro Even though ability is mostly associated with Shadow, Sonic can as well. Alot of characters in the series has used the ability besides Shadow too. In this case it could be just the writer got the name wrong.
Re: Forget The Console Wars, Miyamoto Says Nintendo Has Always Followed Its Own Path
@Ryu_Niiyama I'm sorry but even if Nintendo wants to pretend it didn't, the company did in fact try to win the console war at some point. They lost in the end, but found a different path to longevity out of it.
I don't why admitting such a thing is too shameful. If anything, admitting that would show humility and lessons learned which lead to better success.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom's Frame Rate Is "Even Worse" Than Link's Awakening
@BenAV You're fine. At the end of the day only you know your eyes better than anyone else.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom's Frame Rate Is "Even Worse" Than Link's Awakening
@RupeeClock Maybe really people can't tell the difference? I don't know it's strange to me. The eyes can easily tell a sudden change in motion.
I upgraded my monitor and played my first few games at 120 fps. I can easily tell the difference from 60 fps. I can see it even more at 30 and lower.
Maybe a few of us are mutants who have super eyes. If so, let's start our own X-men society for the super visually gifted.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom's Frame Rate Is "Even Worse" Than Link's Awakening
@Truegamer79 That was rather dramatic. People are just pointing it out. No one is losing their minds over this.
The people who want a patch are still going to play it regardless. The people who don't care are still going to play regardless. It's not like the game is going to lose massive sales suddenly.
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings Episode 1 Is Out Now
@LexKitteh Japan built an entire industry dedicated to voice acting. America didn't. Such a career was never highly valued in the west. In some ways it still isn't.
It's an unstable field, many English VA's are self trained, and many get replaced easily.
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' Adds Keanu Reeves
Wish we could've gotten a better actor for Shadow. Keanu is a cool guy but has very limited range.
Re: Maria & Melphiles Feature In New Sonic X Shadow Generations Trailer
@Mana_Knight I would implore you to look to up info regarding Sonic 06' canon. Not that it can't be explained, it's just Sonic's timeline is a mess and wacky.
Sonic 06 is canon and at the same time not canon.
Re: Echoes Of Wisdom Originally Starred Link, Until His Sword & Shield "Got In The Way"
@PinderSchloss Well, I the think is Link being a blank slate in the past was because he represented the player. You had the ability to rename him anything. So the excuse of him being blank worked.
However when BOTW came out Link was no longer that. His official name became well...official. So I can agree with you that because Link is now a person and not the player he should speak.
Im not going to lie and say those dramatic weren't funny. Link just standing there there blankly made it a bit awkward.
Re: Tactical RPG Gem 'Unicorn Overlord' Smashes Past 1 Million Sales
Those poor women aren't going to survive any battles with that gear on.
Re: Anniversary: Nintendo Is 135 Years Old Today
@Maubari Well to be fair, judging by some of these comments I read here, you'd think we live in a comic book where every other game company are supervillians, while Nintendo is the hero on gamers side.
It is a bit funny how people keep humanizing these companies.
Re: Random: Horror Master John Carpenter Heaps Praise On Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown
@martynstuff I don't find it neat at all. I find it normal. pretty normal as many of them of do like everyone else.
Re: ICYMI: Yes, Dungeons Return In The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
@Sonicka Im just waiting for a sci-fi Zelda game set in the far future. Hyrule is now a city, and Zelda is the daughter of it's president.
Ganondorf takes the form of an evil politician who seeks to be a dictator.
Link is a scrappy kid who tinkers with parts and creates his own gadgets which aids him throughout dungeons.
All three characters become linked when Ganondorf behind the scenes destroys Link's hometown and uses it as scapegoat on why Hyrule needs new leadership.
Link sets out on motorbike on goes on quest to uncover who the real villain is and avenge his friends.
I know none of this fan fiction will happen, but I always wondered what a futuristic take on Zelda would be like.
Re: Pokémon Emerald ROM Hack Contains Redrawn Sprites From 130 Artists
@SpaceboyScreams Well in your own words it's not a huge game anyways. Why should the Pokemon Company throw a huge celebration for something so small?
Anyways, to me it's not newsworthy atleast. It's a rom hack with 130 random artists and little consistency. It's not anymore special than the dozens upon dozens of rom hacks through the years.
Re: New TMNT: Mutants Unleashed Gameplay Trailer Is Packed With Bodacious Brawling
@JohnnyMind I don't mind it. Nitpick, but if I never found out the turtles are suppose to be 15, I could better buy into some of the incarnations over the years.
I know it's silly, but it always bugs me when someone makes a teen protagonist who acts like someone 3 times their age. From the way they speak and act, it just makes it hard to not to laugh at how silly it is.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Almost Had A Different Name
@VoidofLight But then that's what makes it funny. Ganondorf has become sympathetic, just not in an interesting way. Rather now you pity him because he's becomes obsessed with Hyrule to the point of no return.
He's so pathetic now with his one desire, that he's sympathetic.
Re: First Minecraft Movie Trailer Features Creepers, Piglins And Jack Black's Steve
@JackieCMarlow I cannot agree with that. You might find this funny to say, but there are actors who are fully capable of showing their full potential, but choose not to. Especially comedic actors.
Jack Black can act. He's shown a few times he can do a grounded role and excel at it. Just like Jim Carrey showed he can do more than comedy. It's just a choice not to.
Re: Nintendo Updates Content Creation Guidelines To Clamp Down On Multiplayer Meddling
@CartoonDan Why can't people just have game where toxic people don't exist? They bring down the overall gaming experience for everyone.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Reportedly Offers 'Normal' and 'Hero' Difficulty From The Get-Go
@cmbaum Too high. I say between 85 and 92.
Re: Sonic 3 Movie Director Reflects On "Full Circle" Shadow The Hedgehog Moment
@Lightsiyd I grew up with Sonic. Really, the first console I ever owned was Sega and I must have played Sonic games till the console caught on fire. Sonic is one of my favorite videogame franchises.
But the series did not transition into the 3d sphere as easily as Mario did. Adventure 2 is mediocre. It has great ideas, but also as many bad ideas. It hasn't aged well with time.
Also, Shadow the Hedgehog was pure edginess over anything substance. This is a game that had the orignal vision went through would have made Sonic act out of character for no reason. Sega really was going to lean in and make Shadow a bad bad boy who curses and uses machine guns.
Re: Review: Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Switch) - A Stylish Mystery With One Foot In The Past
@Maxz Did one person exclusively said all those, or you are just picking random phrases from random people?
Whatever point you are trying to make doesn't work here.
Guy on the left says “Nintendo should branch out into more Mature games”
Girl in the middle says "Nintendo should do more with their legacy content”
Guy on the right says "…Nintendo should stop doing those things and give us Star Fox Zero Point Zero instead”
It would be one thing if a single person said all those, then you would have point. They can't make up their mind. But random people all wanting different things from Nintendo, is no different than random people all wanting different things when it comes to everything.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Movie Trailer Finally Reveals Keanu Reeves' Shadow
I'm personally glad they chose a star's popularity over a talented voice actor for the role. Keanu's wooden acting cannot be matched.
Re: New Sonic X Shadow Generations Trailer Showcases Shadow's Doom Powers
@Maubari Metal Overloard is imo one of Sonic's top bosses ever. Shame the power gap is gone now. It took a trio of super powered beings to stop him. Looks like lore wise now, he's weak enough to where a basic form Shadow can easily take him out.
Re: 'The Knightling' Takes Inspiration From 3D Zelda In A Promising Debut Trailer
@ScalenePowers I played all of them and honestly, the only one I found the best was the Spin-off prequel Genesis. I found the fast paced gameplay, and lighter tone quite refreshing. With that said.
Darksiders 1 is the closet Zelda like.
Darksiders 2 is more Action RPG.
Darksiders 3 is very much a hack n slash. Very much inspired by Soulbornes.
The Darksiders series is like 4 different genre of games.
Re: Random: Man Sets World Record By Connecting 400+ Working Game Consoles To One TV
That beats my record by 443.
Re: Where To Pre-Order Super Mario Party Jamboree On Switch
@Porky The real tragedy is Wario's last solo outing was back in 2008 on the Wii.
We haven't had a Wario Land game going on 15 years now.
Re: Sega Announces New Sonic X Shadow Generations Manga, Here's A First Look
Never been a fan Shadow. Would've liked a story based on Sonic CD featuring Metal and Amy who were before Shadow.
Re: Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Reaches Another Sales Milestone
I just don't have the energy to relive Goku's tale for the 50th time. Even if Kakarot is the definitive way to experience it. Especially with the upcoming Sparking Zero.
Re: Final Fantasy Creator Isn't Interested In Revisiting The Franchise
Tried to get into Final Fantasy but many of the stories and characters can be hit or miss.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Nervous To Replay In Case They Don't Hold Up?
@-wc- People don't choose what era they're born into, so I don't know why you felt the need to end your comment that way.
Re: Nintendo Is Hard At Work To Prevent Future Leaks
@Samalik Leakers have been around since the dawn of journalism. Labeling them bad in general seems like a misstep. Alot of leaked information has actually been beneficial to the public.
Re: Hands On: Can Lord Of The Rings Spice Up A Stale Genre With 'Tales Of The Shire'?
Such a shame that a fantastic series of books have been grossly commercialized. From the various mediocre videogames, p2w mobile games, fast food tie-ins, splitting a single book into three mediocre films hoping to cash in on fans, etc...
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Box Art Has Been Revealed
I know im the minority, but I wasn't huge fan of the Link's Awakening Remake.
I still think the original version is superior. The remake is fine, but just didn't capture what made the original so special. I still play that version more than I did the remake.
Re: Random: Welp, Now Nintendo's Going After Sheet Music
@RygelXVIII You Shouldn't be sorry. Expecting more out of journalism these days is what we should strive for.
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Has Finished Recording His Final YouTube Video
@8bit4Life He's only 53. Everyone's genes don't operate the same way. There's always outliers. His hair is still within the healthy range.
Not everyone's hair rapidly thins. There are men who can still maintain a reasonably healthy head of hair will into their 60's. Not every male goes bald in their lifetime.
Re: Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'
@Anrei You missed the sarcasm entirely.
Re: Talking Point: amiibo Were First Revealed 10 Years Ago Today, And We Still Want More
@YoshiAngemon When the Big N starts doing microtransactions, the dystopian future of videogames shall finally be a reality.
Re: Hands On: Sonic X Shadow Generations Is A Love Letter To Sonic Adventure 2
@Samalik In the Hero's Story mode during the final fight with Shadow, if you lag too far behind, Shadow then launches the Chaos Spear.
Re: Rumour: It Looks Like Nightdive Studios' Next Remaster Is 2002's 'The Thing'
@Gamecuber I had no idea there was even a novella. Two in fact. I'm going to check them out.