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I'd actually like to see Luke Skywalker or Yoda as a callback to the SNES Super Star Wars games.

I love my switch but I don't think this is worth buying a new console for. For $250 though, I'll be getting the new Intellivision in October, packaged with 2 full controllers and some games making it just right to play with my kids. Each to their own though I guess

What?! I normally generally agree with the reviews here but I've played it on PC and I'd give this game an 8 to a 9 in terms of just how much I enjoy it! I really dig the Indiana Jones vibe and the mix of survival / old-school events that occur. It can also be enjoyed in small bits or larger sessions. And the price to me seems reasonable too. Hope you all enjoy it too!

Alex the Kidd was one of my most favorite games as well, a kid I know what I'm asking for for Father's Day this year!

There are some good ideas in the article but here's what I'd love to see:

1. Making the Breath of the Wild developers' 8-bit-style prototype into a full game would be awesome — and I love the idea said in the article of making it multiplayer in some way!

2. Remaking Zelda II with gameplay enhancements (including a longer sword — not the knife Link currently has in that game

This sounds kinda neat to me as I've never played a bunch of these games (even back in the day) but I would have rather had the arcade versions than the NES versions. As such I'll wait to at least a 50% off sale.

I hope people enjoy it but it still seems like something that will be played with once or twice and forgotten. If they added an actual board game element to it with challenges of skill (The tilting piranha plant one seemed like the only thing close) it might be interested — after all video game players like challenges of skill.

Awesome! Now I'd love to see Cadash added to their line up

I actually like the look and feel of what I saw. I like the idea of driving little cars or planes around a simple town for some faster paced action and then transforming in the middle of it too for some close up action.

I'm glad some people liked it but I thought the script even for a Tom & Jerry / Looney Toon like cartoon was really lacking. It was something more like a undergrad student project than something from a professional company

The castle is neat and all and kudos to the creator but how many people would actually buy it. A cooler lego set might be a great deku tree that opens up to show a couple dungeon rooms. Maybe it comes with Epona and Navi too.
If they build off the current electronic lego Mario, I would like to see a Zelda like dungeon board game, (kind of like the dungeon builder in Link's awakening) but where some rooms had a different kind of puzzle to solve. Hire me Lego and let's have some fun!

Reminds me of the Conduct Together game — which is fun but more challenging at times than you might think

What I really want though is the Intellivision version of Burgertime. That was my favorite version by far. Here's hoping the Intellivision Amico will deliver!

I like a lot of what's being offered here. I would prefer it though if there was some more potential progression through each run. Sure, for those who want a harder challenge, let them turn off the feature. But it would widen your audience for a relatively small investment of effort. For me sadly it's a pass until then. Hope others have fun

@hbkay I agree with both A and B. Doesn't enhance creativity either but seems like it would be limiting.

As "new" as the Mario sets are in features, I worry they take away from some of the imagination aspects. If they add in an element of strategy and planning in playing, I'd say that's a good trade-off to offer new kinds of play to the Lego audience but I think that might be over-rating what I saw in the videos.

Let's hope the trend of social responsibility continues in all companies! … … … well, let's hope...

@sleepinglion Great suggestion! I thought Cadash's magic user game play was really inventive for day too.

It's a real cool demo for sure and the maker should be commended. But it potentially violates some of Nintendo's thoughts on level design. For example, the first red coin is off the path in a way where there is no indication to the player that they may want to investigate there. When introducing a new idea, Nintendo traditionally prefers to hold the players hand in a low risk high chance of success manner. Then as the player becomes accustomed to the new feature they increase the challenge or iterate on it in a new way to keep the gameplay fresh. As he's doing this to help get a job, he may want to tweak the level to account for this. It is a fun tech demo though and I hope the best for him.

I like the technology idea as something creative. I think though that it would have been better as its own kind of new Lego board game. The issue I see with this potentially is that it isn't LEGO enough or Mario enough (in terms of the kind of play experience people might hope for) to satisfy either craving. Of course, this is just the impression from a short video. I hope the local LEGO store will offer a hands on demo to play with

Make an option to turn off the "only one life" aspect and I'd be interested

Agree with a lot of the comments here. It has potential but the gameplay looks bland, a bit chaotic in that I really can't tell what's going on, and the cartoony look with the "blood" just feels really off. The concept may have potential but this is way off from realizing it.

Got a good vibe. Hope it's as fun and it does well.

I like a lot of what I saw but it would have been even better for if they included a city you could zoom around in, finding cool jumps, and the like — paradise city was pretty great for that. I like games that are a lot like the old midtown madness games. Miss those.

I'm keen to seen how they combine the real time aspects with the grid based strategy elements. Thanks for helping to put this on my radar

@cfgk24
Intellivision Amico this year! Can't wait!

Looks interesting. I'm curious whether the difficulty of the gameplay, particularly the platforming sections, is well matched to the age range of the math skills. I'm very supportive of the general concept though and hope it does well in its goals. Perhaps the whole is better than the sum of its parts — haha (sorry that's the best math reference I could come up with

I found it actually very anti-climatic by not showing hardly anything that park go-ers can actually do (other than wear a wristband — I'm sure it wasn't cheap to make the video which is a shame that the resources probably could have been better spent otherwise (at least in my opinion)

It looks like it has interesting gameplay but I'm against the gruesomeness of this. I'm guessing since you have to clean up the blood, there is no way to turn it off. Definite pass as a result.

@StevenG I'm sorry but we don't live in a black and white world. Could I do better? Most assuredly. Almost everyone can. But I keep my personal spending well in check in comparison to the income I have, and I would argue that no level of income can justify the 1.2 million spent on this. You seem to imply the opposite end of the spectrum, that anyone can spend on whatever they want with no moral obligation to helping others in society and this is what I protest. Hopefully you recognize the need to give to those in need (even from a selfish perspective social issues effect us all directly or indirectly), and that spending a modest amount on oneself does not automatically make them a hypocrite. But again the issue here is that I feel that this is out of balance for the person spending the 1.2 million here.

@StevenG Actually SteveG, I donate far more money and time to charities than I do to video games. Maybe you should try it.

You can argue that people are entitled to spend their money as they wish but to me this is just a very sad statement on what we value. An obsolete piece of hardware for $1.2 million when there are millions of people starving in the world. Should I ever become rich, I hope I never become so foolish and self-centered.

I really hope this is a joke but its a very sad one. Of all the things in the world to protest... Then again as a sad joke reaching out to one of the saddest excuses for a human being on the planet, perhaps there's some logic here but overall it just reminds me of how embarrassed I am by my own country right now (I'm American)

Some of the general comments about how gaming has evolved are one of the reasons I'm hoping the Intellivision Amico will deliver. Here's hoping

Sorry but I've been out of touch with this game. Could anyone let me know if there is a PvE version? I think my fellow dad friends and I might enjoy it but not against people who play it religiously. Thanks in advance.

@sleepinglion Cadash was a lot of fun!

@PBandSmelly I agree. You can't own an art style. In fact Cuphead was based upon a previous popular animation style anyways, so the amount of anger some have seems unjustified. Especially when so many get excited when someone tries to make a Nintendo clone and get mad for Nintendo shutting them down. I for one am not a fan of this art style so I'll probably stay away from both this and Cuphead. But I hope people have fun with both.

I like this game and would welcome the further unit variety. It plays a lot like a board game that you can actually play by yourself if needed

I was super excited for it originally and not only pre-ordered but also pre-ordered another copy as a gift for a friend. I really liked some aspects of Monster Boy and there was definitely a lot of care that went into it. But sadly for me there were parts that were too frustrating to be enjoyable — if the timer was just a little longer or a jump or other move didn't have to be so precise and left a little more room for error than it would have been really great, or there was some really weird combination of steps that was required with no real clue provided, especially irksome when it involved elements I thought were just background. I've gotten pretty far in the game (already a human again) but there have already been a few times when I basically stopped playing for a while because it wasn't enjoyable any longer — although I really wanted it to be. I am hopeful that perhaps they've heard other comments like this and this will make their next entry that much better. Looking forward though to see what they will come up with. I would add that I would have actually preferred a little less artistic polish in return for more tested gameplay thru the sections I mentioned above, but that's my opinion.

@OorWullie I'm sorry you feel that way and appear to be jaded but hopefully you'll agree that regardless whatever hypocrisy may exist we must all continue to strive to do much better than we are.

Does anyone know if it is completely PvE with the bots or are there just bots mixed into the PvP. If its entirely PvE, especially if I can play on the same team with my friends I'm interested in this. Otherwise I'll continue to pass on Fortnight. My fellow gaming dads (and a couple moms too just don't have the time to ever "get good" at these kinds of games and hence we just don't play them at all to prevent getting frustrated. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help answer this for me.

Man I'm going to really feel it when the first pup dies. And for what its worth, I do think this is a good medium to spread their message. The more ways people hear it the better. Go Greta Thunberg! (If you don't know who that is, google her speech at the UN)

@spirit_flame Given the importance of the subject matter, I think I'll remember

Loved the original! The Intellivision version was the best! (Still eagerly awaiting the new Intellivision Amico next year!!!)

This looks like it could be fun. Not a fan of the artstyle (didn't like Cuphead's art style at all either).
Hope they also change the sound effect for walking over food slices — not sure I can "stomach" it repeatedly — hahaha ...okay I need more sleep.

And I was really hoping for some fun archery sim from the earlier video. I like archery in general but I really shouldn't do it in my house

$80 is far too much in my opinion. As I was watching the video I thought I would bite for $40, but I can have better other experiences most likely for $80. Plus I can get a year gym membership at Planet Fitness for $99 and meet people (and ironically get free pizza once a week). Or better yet get a state park pass for $60 to go hiking, or just use the free local exercise trail to be outside and meet people along the way too. But as I can't imagine though this game is going to down to $40 anytime soon (even on Black Friday sales) I hope many of you have fun with it.

JEDI POWER BATTLES!!! — remake please!!!

I usually like some of the ones that weren't hugely popular but were still good games as compared to the main headliners so I'd aim for the compilation. But a remake of JEDI POWER BATTLES would be awesome!!! Or how about a new Ecco the Dolphin!

Thanks for the answer all the same. Hope you enjoy the game

@Razer Would you be so kind as to let me know if with the update you get the ships / weapons you would if you bought it digitally? Thank you in advance