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Fable series is overhyped, had the first two for Xbox & Xbox360. First one was fine if a bit bland. Barely touched the second one, but the character classes fit the overly simplistic 'archer, fighter or mage' triangle which I hated as it just becomes a mishmash.

Was hoping for either Kiln or Beast of Reincarnation.

Ubisoft, EA & Activision-Blizzard are three companies that have made terrible games for years. Very few of their flagship franchises are interesting anymore. Once EA screwed over Maxis, Redwood, Bioware and other studios, from the 2010's they were awful. The other two have mostly been awful anyway apart from Diablo & Rayman.

Won't lose sleep over this.

@Ryan_Again She doesn't make decisions about what games are made or how.

But you are just annoyed a woman was appointed, even if it is of little consequence or significance.

GranBlue Fantasy Relink
Metaphor ReFantazio
Splatoon 1 or a trilogy pack
Starfox Zero
Any other game that wasn't released outside Wii U
Clair Obscur
Demons Souls
Sekiro
Ghosts of Tsushima
Anno 116 Pax Romana
physical releases of Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water & Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (no GCKs)
Lies of P
Felt That: Boxing

@BAN I'm 39 and have been gaming since I was 4 as well. I don't understand where you are coming from at all. Nintendo has always been a business out to make money. The fact they have a different ethos is why I like their products and some of their employees and always preferred them to competitors, but they are still a business.

Nothing has really changed except I am older and wiser. I am equally confused by people who say things like "I already have 48,611 copies of this but will buy to support the developer." These are businesses, not football clubs. They do not need nor deserve such misplaced, unwavering loyalty.

If you want a product, buy it. But you may not need it.

We don't care if the President of McDonalds actually eats their awful, poor quality food.

Why are we so fixated on whether a gaming company President plays games? They're business people. Their job is to market products.

All they need to know is some basics about the products they sell and the market conditions, maybe a bit of PR.

@hcfwesker I would love if she had pronouns in her bio, it would upset all the right people who need to re-assess their priorities in life rather than being offended by people wanting relatable stories with social commentary in their games. Next you'll be telling me Charles Dickens was woke for writing about poverty.

Especially that stupid 'Woke Game Detector' that people unironically use.

@EVIL-C While I generally agree with you, this kind of Gender Essentialism helps nobody. Women start wars.

See Margaret Thatcher, who started the Falklands War because she was dropping in the polls.

@Johnny_Arthur The Mexican President is doing all the things most leaders should be doing.

She is a scientist, is in favour of sustainable development and has enshrined social programmes into law to protect the most vulnerable.

What is wrong with that?

Here in Scotland we had Nicola Sturgeon who also helped to protect the most vulnerable. That is what we pay them for, not to roll over to rich billionaires.

Can we stop glorifying wealthy business people?

Ok but still no PAL physical release?

Keeping in mind I only own a Switch 2:

1.Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 208 hours
2. Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 116
3. Game Boy Advance NSO - 54 hours
4. Triangle Strategy - 28 hours
5. Diablo II: Resurrection - 27 hours

Favourite game this year was Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Yay, a fellow Scot. Welcome Mai. Looking forward to seeing you on your first videos on the channel.

Is there going to be a third video producer coming so you aren't both buried under the weight of your workload?

Please don't waste resources on Persona 4. Either make Persona 6 or remake 1 & 2, which fewer people have had a chance to play.

Also a Metaphor port for Switch/Switch 2.

One of the top 3 games in the series, alongside the GBA games.

Looking forward to:

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake
Resident Evil Requiem
Mario Tennis Fever
Pragmata
Pokémon Pokopia
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
The Duskbloods
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction
Orbitals
Mega Man: Dual Override
Splatoon Raiders

Games not mentioned here:

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories
Starsand Island
Tanuki: Pon's Summer
Darwin's Paradox
South of Midnight
Wandering Sword
Lost Hellden

The number of bugs in Chronicle mode is incredibly frustrating. I'm only trying to change my players and it keeps crashing

The buttons instead of a D pad still feel weird to me after almost 7 months.

Surprised no Demonschool and that Octopath didn't get on the main list.

The Fiorentina shirt with the Ninty logo was iconic. I didn't realise they had a relationship with their local club though. That's ace.

I give it a 10 as someone who did not own a Switch 1. I have a whole library of Switch games and will have even more Switch 1&2 games to play in future. Plus I can play older classics I owned elsewhere while taking a dump. What's not to love?

Huge disappointment. Does not feel like a Pokemon game, and is overall the worst version of the original Kanto games. FireRed & LeafGreen on GBA remains the best way to experience Pokemon, full stop.

Lets Go is far too easy and no wild Pokemon battles is just strange.

Kirby's Adventure has to be number 1.

Also Kirby's Avalanche has been done dirty here. I'm not a puzzle fan usually, but Puyo Puyo and its derivatives reign supreme, second only to Tetris.

You should check out Mother Russia Bleeds & BroForce, which are only £1.79 each.

Are NL working on a review of this?

I can't run it on my PC as I can't use Windows 11, so I am interested in the Switch 2 version.

A Link to the Past should be #1, and Zelda II has been unfairly castigated here. It's much better than the original, and 10x better than Skyward Sword, Wind Waker or Four Swords.

I have no idea who Brie Larson is. Then again I only knew 3 of the original cast. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Or maybe its because I don't watch the 48,611 Marvel films that have comes out in the last 10 years.

I've cancelled my pre-order, I don't want to pay for a brand new game in December when I have other expenses.

I have ordered other stuff in my backlog in its place this month and will purchase early next year instead.

I will be visiting a friend up near Inverness and bringing my Switch 2 with:

Mario Kart World
Smash Bros.
Bomberman R
Kirby & the Forgotten Land
Mario Maker 2
Mario & Rabbids

Microsoft never really had any seriously good, truly exclusive games. Even the Xbox360, which was actually a pretty good console, didn't have too many interesting, unique exclusives other than Viva Pinata and other Rare games. Most could be played on PC. That is why their systems actually fail.

I'm not surprised they have struggled to keep up. Exclusives are why people buy consoles. Its why people love Nintendo - you can't buy their first party games anywhere else.

Exclusivity kept Sony going when they should have lost to the Wii & 360, whether that was Blu-ray winning the format wars or lots of JRPG and SRPG franchises like Demon Souls, Bloodborne, Final Fantasy, Disgaea and many more.

Honesty not a fan of the new UI for FM26 and I feel like I'm the only one.

Also this is Football Manager made by Sports Interactive. IT IS NOT A CRAPPY EA FIFA GAME. Can people at least read the articles before commenting? No, that's too much to ask.

I thoroughly enjoyed Dragon's Fury, which is the Mega Drive version of Devil's Crush, so I'm curious about this one.

Very excited for this one to potentially right the wrongs of historic Terminator games.

Probably have to wait a bit before buying, but since I no longer have a PSP and getting one and a copy of WotL is expensive, this is one of my must buys.

Not arsed about Adventures of Elliot, 2D-HD looks too messy and ugly as an Action RPG, but looks gorgeous in a turned based one.

Very excited by Octopath 0, looks like some big gameplay improvements. Especially intrigued by the rebuilding of the town.

A copy of SMG 2 on eBay beckons

Best game in the series by far.

I loved ActRaiser, the Soul Blazer series and Dark Cloud, and always wondered if Quintet's mysterious disappearance as a developer was followed by some of their team joining Square-Enix, or Level 5 to work on Dark Cloud.

@OmnitronVariant My bad, I had you confused with the guy I responded to the first instance who was ranting about people being "performative."

I'm not bothered if other people do see a distinction and want to pay for performance upgrades. Luckily, Kirby has extra content so I'm still interested.

@SalvorHardin I bought a Switch 2 and I'm enjoying it. I have Kirby and the Forgotten Land as well.

I genuinely can't tell much of a difference on the above video other than running mildly smoother. Extremely sharp graphics and 60fps just aren't as big a deal as some people think they are.

It has nothing to do with whatever you're complaining about.

Mega Evolutions were the worst thing to happen to Pokemon.

The only ones I would be desperate for are Clair Obscure & Metaphor.

Would love to also see Granblue Fantasy Relink, surprised that wasn't mentioned.

People moaning about the title of the article and making all sorts of implications based on that....take a day off.

I find the main issue with trying replicate games like Illusion of Gaia with HD-2D is the art style.

It was fine for Octopath where the combat happens on a separate screen, but I found it very untidy for an Action RPG from the demo.

The best thing from the Direct, along with:
FF Tactics
Persona 3
Hela
Cronos: The New Dawn
Adventures of Elliot
Katamari

We should probably stop giving these oxygen thieves attention and clicks.

Its been less than two months since Switch 2 released. Of course it won't match Odyssey.

Idiots influenced by what American "gamer culture" thinks "anti-consumer" means. Meanwhile they don't care about predatory business practices involving, for example, water companies polluting their water.

Just vote with your wallet. These are consumer goods companies making electronics that you can choose not to buy, and "anti-consumer" means anti-capitalism, not whatever impotent nonsense this is.

Stop supporting mindless consumer capitalism - that is what anti-consumerism really is.