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That new Peach game will be nice.

Wait this game is 70 bucks? Lol, hell no.

@Retrodouche I remember not ever getting the cards I needed when I really needed them. It was a rare quit for me. Like I said though, it has been a large amount of time I barely remember it.

cheers though hope you like it - I remembered I wont get namco games that don't have dubs. Which means I really only buy From Software games published by namco. Which I do. they'd probably do a lot better with a more stout publisher I bet.

Not sure; likely not until they are giving it away. I had the original on the cube and remember enjoying but I think it got so tedious and rng'ey towards the end I don't think I finished it. It has been a minute. With Namco doing their no english dubs thing probably not. i think they could do so much better if they added dubs for all of their games.

When is the release date? I want to circle it on my calendar to celebrate the absence of this constant, annoying dlc promotion i will not buy under any circumstances.

Which blog is going to blast it for the clicks this time? Do they flip a coin?

@LikelySatan a reminder NONE of the reviews on any game mean anything ever. They are becoming more disposable with each passing day.

Post was 10 of 10 Tootsie Pop Licks

Sony announcing their state of play to come out a few hours after this

@VideoGameBoy user name does not check out!

The Odyssey is not 400 years old.

@VideoGameBoy i think nintendo is best in class at showcases - excluding pokemon and the indie one. Some goofy, dumb funny moments but mostly just cutting to the chase.

@Gofixmeaplate is isn't read 4 posts above this one and do that.

Switch 2 - Phil Spencer takes the mic from Miyamoto to announce a joint effort with MS - Nintendo to add optional, slightly discounted gamepass to NSO in 2024.

@adh56 you are the man, man.

did as you suggested - it worked.

@Lightsiyd I am not and I haven't. I just think I could have if I had pushed hard to beat without doing much else. Instead I played around in the item world, tried most of the generic characters and did any sidequests I found before I beat the game.

maybe it would take a lot more - it was a few years ago now when I beat it.

all this talk is making me want to play again! great game for handheld grinding.

@Lightsiyd I like Disgaea because it is whatever you want it to be. i think you can just have a core group of characters and rush the story down in 30 hours or less without too much grind. or you can play it forever doing all sorts of nonsense.

I love the series I hope this one is a winner.

@Randomarcadedude during the last Evo tournament I tried watching some high level hype videos of the game's best players - and I can see they have major skills. But the game seems so twitchy with effects teleporting all over the screen - it feels almost like another genre. Not for me at all.

That said, it is the best franchise the switch has that isn't Smash. So I get why Switch only players might be excited and god bless them.

Can we swear here?

F yes.

Sold out already. That was quick.

@Randomarcadedude the game has always been about the videos and the blood first; gameplay a far away second. No matter how many things they lift from Smash and SF - it's still a wack game.

As much as I hate shopping at Wal-Mart - that is the best swag I've seen yet in the US. Wal-Mart it is then.

Now. let's talk pre-ordering for Warioware.

edit: it shows it is out of stock. I cannot find the pre-order. I wonder if it's hit it's limit. Hope not.

@Roam85 6 introduced auto leveling. Kind of like the game playing for you I guess - like one of those terrible mobile "rpgs" where you auto battle is how it read to me.

I never played it from everything I read it seems almost universally hated. The most hated in the series by far. Not disliked - but hated.

I loved 5. Spent roughly 230 hours with it - I probably will play it again one day. I sure hope 7 is good I'd love to go back to the series and maybe even buy it when it's new.

@somnambulance I read the book and honestly it didn't resonate with me very well - the cartoon doesn't look anything like what i thought it might. very surreal I can't wait. I hope it's dubbed though.

@Princess_Lilly I usually spend about 70-80 hours doing it - and I take my time. I spend a great deal more than that pumping up the characters afterwards.

@somnambulance December 8th his new film hits American theaters. It looks absolutely incredible. Mark it on the calendar dude.

At that time the closest to japanese animation I had seen was probably thundercats. It was kind of fast and the characters were somewhat different. After I saw nausicaa I realized how trash that, and all of the other cartoons of that era, were.

Super unpopular opinion that is actually fact: US 1980s Cartoons are the lowest point in animation history. From Disney to Saturday morning it is bottom of the barrel bad.

The animations of the actual fighting look so stiff. Like they are missing half the frames and the characters don't have movable joints. I almost got taken in by hype but the video reminded me why I hate this franchise.

The true classics - Looney Tunes.

I grew up in the 80s. I loved cartoons back then. I understand most of them are absolutely terrible by animation and storytelling standards. Devoid of good jokes or talented voice actors.

They showed Nausicaa and the Valley of Wind on some cheap cable channel when I was a kid. I happened to be watching that day. I still don't know how it got on it was on ly a year or two after it's Japanese theater run. I was absolutely transfixed. I thought, "what is god's name is this? and why have I been watching the garbage for my whole life until now?'"

@AnalogWave "Such a sardonic view"

Yes.

Question - did you need cartoon characters doing product placement to introduce you to finer arts? I was introduced by my parents, schools, libraries and maturity. i think being introduced by something to sell you a tshirt does more harm than good. It associates the art with commercialism when the mind can barely distinguish between the two. It really can'.t. I see this every day with my 7 and 9 YO daughters.

Put a KFC bucket in the arms of the Mona Lisa, put a Yankees cap and a Messi jersey on David because it'll get the kids in.

Imo, it really won't. It cheapens the art.

@Dragonite89 I'll skip it. I'm addicted to games but I am a functional addict. if I don't like something I'll avoid it for years - sometimes decades.

The switch was the first Nintendo I owned since the DS. I can cope without.

@nukatha I get it - it just makes me sad. Gogh lived such an oppressive life to have his work reduced to selling some bull**** with a cartoon electric rat just bums me out. The museum taking part really nails it home. nothing to be done about it.

Maybe this is why Kafka never wanted his writing published.

I find the mass-commercialization of prominent artists after their death very depressing.

@Croctopus It isn't really caring about power though. It is just matching what is widely available on other consoles. All the rumors I've read aren't pushing the boundaries of anything.

@Serpenterror for all the reasons you typed out - that is why no one cares about VR. Nintendo innovates as does partner Nvidia. Nintendo does things in the game market - everyone follows.

You told a story as it is now - like it is stuck in time at the moment of it's birth. I believe Nintendo is likely the only company that could let it reach mass appeal. if they wanted to.

I do not care if they do or don't - but it would be cool if they tried and I think they'd be up to the challenge.

@kongOfTheJungle The switch remains their handheld but Nintendo releases a new tv only console. They add a discounted MS gamepass functionality ($10-12) - to keep NSO. They release a small VR headset bundled with it's first game Virtual Mario World. The casual market accepts VR for the first time as Mario VR goes to sell 8 million in it's first year. It comes in two colors - grey and red.

@Dragonite89 I want backwards unless the machine is a quantum leap above the current switch. if these rumors are false - and the next console is something completely out of left field -I'm on board and BC won't be an issue.

If the machine is just a more powerful switch - I will not consider buying it if it doesn't have BC.

@Savage_Joe just re-releasing old games instead of BC would make my decision quite easy. I'd pass on it and skip the new Nintendo generation entirely. I'd go on websites and type out "enjoy yor kids gaems lol i only play adult game lik spiderman"

Whatever this machine is - I hope it isn't just a Switch Pro with a new chip. if it is - this will be confusing for the ultra-casual market - the ones who get their machines through grandma or soccer mom etc. They won't know the difference, will grab the cheaper machine and leave the little ones burned.

I'd like to something that can hold a much larger amount of data. A new format even. So i don't have to download 40GB+ of data on an NBA2k game.

We'll see these rumors are starting to take a clearer form - i think there is truth in them now. I think we will here more in 2023 - so Nintendo will force people to hesitate buying a XSX or PS5 for Christmas. Controlled leaks.

@Paraka MS is so far away from having a monopoly on anything - I really don't get why people think they win if they buy a company. MS is getting thrashed by Sony and Nintendo - they are simply trying to survive.

I was making a much more simple point. I've worked for MS in the past. They are a good company to work for. They support their employees in a number of ways. Financially and QoL. When they buy a company they stick it out for at least a bit - try multiple avenues to make it work.

Embracer gobbled up things too fast and are having a fire sale - throwing everyone out on the street to make the books look more lean or shutting down completely.

@Paraka MS is most certainly better than Embracer.

MS won't be buying any studios any time soon. They have to let governing bodies forget the lawsuits. they will be back but not soon.

@Tharsman It may portend of what is to come with the much larger price tag of ABK though. If they don't get a significant bump with their biggest release in years will ABK, however they release games, really move the needle either? i think it wouldn't - unless they went extreme and stuck it to Sony. Then it could matter.

I believe they will put the screws to the playstation concerning Call of Duty.

@Tharsman I do think if MS doesn't see a significant spike in subs that captures Starfield they might possibly re-evaluate the xbox in some way. They paid a tremendous amount of money for these studios and I know they expect a return.

@Tharsman I know the game is a hit - in more ways than one. MS financial report is endlessly more important that a sales list of barely relevant UK boxed sales.

The quarterly shows a clean picture without the emotions of always overly emotional gamers.

This list would be the very definition of arbitrary. The bottom 20 are in the literal 100s of units.

There is no way the next Switch won't have a brand new Kart.

@Tharsman the most interesting sales chart for the rest of 2023 (to me) will be on October 23. That will show whether they saw a big spike in gamepass subs or not. That will show how successful Starfield really is (or isn't) and will likely dictate the future of the xbox.

I'm looking forward to not seeing any more articles about it here.

@Sputnik_Corner Nintendo knows they have to try harder to sell one and the other just sells itself.

@MooseTinsel the chain itself is metal - if that's what you mean. The graphic is a piece of paper with a really hard plastic case. I got 2 of them I believe and the S/H was around 8 bucks. It was worth it to me just because it was Kart and I had a rl cart. I wanted to put some Mario Kart vinyls on the side of the cart but the lady of the house said no way

I want it to come out in 4-6 years.

Sea of Stars and Exoprimal on the Xbox. Everybody Loves Golf on the Switch when I'm outside on the porch. Kid's sports starts today and it's the last weekend for our neighborhood pool - so my focus is there. Once the pool season starts you miss it! Gotta get in every hour I can!

Sea of Stars is one of the best games of the year. If it comes out physical in a normal fashion on the Switch (no limited run bs) I'll be getting it just to have it forever.

@EVIL-C The set of keychains I got from Nintendo are really nice. The N64 ones you got for Platinum points a year or so ago. Maybe longer.

I use the Mario Kart one as my real life golf cart keychain. It couldn't fit better.

@Dimasaurus good point. It is far easier to just ignore the subject matter so it gets cancelled and goes away.

They have always wanted to be but they have never been successful until this movie and the theme park. And due to Disney's recent weakness.

I've been saying this for years, often on this very site - the weakness in Disney's brand right now is a huge opportunity for other companies. While Disney is out fighting politicians and social justice - Sony and Nintendo are waiting in the wings; knives out with Disney's back as their target. if they aren't they are wasting their time and resources. The US, at least, is wanting a change in family programming and entertainment.