CanardDeFeu

Good for them! These games made with passion and love for a fun idea deserve all the praise they recieve.

Bro, what?

I mean, I'm all for this sort of nonsense, but this is just wild.

So of course I'm gonna play Magikarp all the time.

I haven't played Unite in a hot minute, but Metagross might get me back in.

Still waiting for my boy Empoleon to make the roster, though. Give. Me. Angry. Penguin!

I've not played this one, but I have very much enjoyed my time with Monster Sanctuary.

I have a love/hate relationship with Pokemon. I played Gen 1 and 2, then fell off for years. I missed gens 3-6, and tried jumping back in with 7. While I liked the Pokemon themselves (well, enough of them anyway), I never got past the second island because I got over the game beating me to death with cut scenes every 10 paces and a story I didn't give a damn about.

And I ended up missing out on the last two because of various reasons. I've watched streams and playthroughs and neither entirely jumped out at me (the glaring technical issues of S/V notwithstanding).

I think I want Pokemon to take more risks. PLA was a nice change of pace, and despite the technical issues (seriously Gamefreak, get it together) it was a fun mixing up of the formula.

I want a Pokemon life sim. Let me be a trainer, or a breeder, or just a farmer who catches Pokemon to help me around the farm or escort me into the wilds to fend of wild Pokemon while I gather resources. If any franchise can afford to take risks it's Pokemon. Hell, how many Mystery Dungeons did we get?

I'm glad we're seeing lots of great indie games that let us scratch the itch of monster fighting and capturing without having to shell out $60 for $20 worth of product and will never go on sale.

I'm tempted by this. Portia had a lot of charm going for it, and it was nice to get a life sim where you weren't a farmer.

But my God was that game a mess. Audio dropping out, some things fully voiced and then the next sentence wasn't, just buggy as hell.

If this can deliver a consistent experience that isn't that then it will get a look from me.

@Raw_Dawg

"If you don't want to pay $30, get game pass."

Is that even an option on Switch? Because if not, probably not the best advice on a Nintendo website.

@hippydave

Yeah, I'm confused by this too. How is it F2P if you have to pay for a "physical" copy to get a code to play it?

Or will there be a legit F2P download on the eShop that just doesn't include all the other stuff in this "physical" bundle?

I just got For The King the other day on sale, so I'm gonna be playing that.

Glad to hear it's taking steps in the right direction.

Might grab this if it goes on sale. $50 feels just a tad too steep for me.

Most of my games are digital, but I have a small handful that are physical and I'd be irked to not be able to play them on a new console.

Ultimately, though, if a new console comes out and is in any way not backwards compatible then I ain't buying it.

Wow. Just...wow. That looks phenomenally bad.

The idea is good, be a bounty hunter and go do your thing. I like the idea of being able to make my own character, too.

But dear lord that looks terrible. The graphics look flat and the animations look like something from an early 3D game on Newgrounds.

@TotalHenshin

You make that sound like a bad thing. Part of Stardew's charm is the visuals.

It's gonna have to have backwards compatibility if they want me to buy it.

Trying to sell me a new console, and then going "by the way, you'll need to rebuy all your games!" is just a kick in the nards. And the whole "Just keep playing your old Switch" argument is weak. If that's the case, then why buy the new one at all? My Switch runs the games I play just fine, and if I want to play something that needs more processing power I'm just gonna use my computer.

In this day and age releasing a new console without BC is basically holding a sign up that says "we don't respect you in any capacity." There's no good reason to not include it (and porting over digital collections) than pure greed and anti-consumerist nonsense.

• I want Card Hunter posted over.
• I want firm confirmation that Coral Island will be coming and run well.
• I want them to keep bringing over the Front Mission games.
• Where the hell is Final Fantasy Tactics?

I could go on rattling off games.

Not a huge battle royale fan, and I've never watched or read MHA. But this does look kinda fun, even to a salty old man like me who mostly despises online multi-player.

I just hope the characters don't constantly spout off catch phrases like they did in this video. That would need to be turned off really quick, or play on mute.

Shame about the menus being such utter trash. I never got a chance to play Gloomhaven on the tabletop, and looks like I'll be passing on this digital version as well.

Looks like my go to TTRPG card battle game will remain the excellent Card Hunter. Now, if only we could get a switch port of that I'd be a happy man.

@JohnnyMind

And it's a project of love. It's not something being rushed out by some soulless megacorporation with zero concerns for whether or not it's actually good/functions so they can try to squeeze a few more dollars out of people.

Eric Barone is what gaming should be.

Oh boy, more rumors. Until Nintendo actually comes out and presents the specs these articles accomplish nothing of value.

And if the new console isn't BC or let me port over my existing library (small as it may be) then it's a hard pass from me.

Fantasy Life looks cute and fun. Might check that out if it isn't too pricey.

As long as the game runs well, smooth and isn't a mess then I'm happy.

If it has BC then it's a maybe from me, if the new specs actually matter. I don't give a toss about 4k, my TV isn't 4k so that means literally nothing to me in terms to value.

More processing power? Great. Able to run at higher FPS? Sure, that'd be nice too. Upping native to 1080p? I'd be happy with that.

But if I need to rebuy even my miniscule library then I'm out. Besides, for the types of games I'm playing the current Switch seems to work just fine.

Shame about the NPCs. Maybe they'll get some more conversations with a patch.

But, everything else about this game looks so fun and charming. Maybe this will be the farming sim where I stay defiantly single and just become the beat damned farmer the world has ever seen.

I'm cool with it, as long as we get good stuff out of it.

Team up with the folks at IDW and give us some dope comics set in famous worlds (but not adaptations of the games themselves, please).

I must be the weird one, because I could never get into Rune Factory. I always felt like the story they were trying to put into the game just either got in the way or felt pretty weak.

So this'll be a pass from me. I'm more excited about Fae Farm, personally.

Considering Volition's reaction to the fans when the Saints Row reboot flopped, it's sort of hard to feel sorry for them. I know it wasn't the entire company being idiots, but still.

The people with skill will hopefully find new work, and the people who were dicks to the fanbase will hopefully not.

Also, this is why mergers are bad. This is why companies like EA and Embracer need to be prevented from just gobbling up anyone smaller than they are because all they do is go "you didn't make the CEO another literal boatload of money this quarter? Out you go!"

@shonenjump86

That was my thought as well. I want the characters to play and feel different, otherwise they might as well just all be pallet-swaps of Mario.

@WanzerAce

Same, although I forgot how unapologetically brutal the first game could be. I'm no strategic master, but dear lord the RNG is rough.

I'm super stoked for this. Loved me some JSRF back in the day, so I've got money set aside for this one.

Only issue is it doesn't show up on the eshop on my Switch? Is this not getting a digital release?