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@Rainz whatever game you have before Stardew - probably isn't as good as Stardew.

I honestly wish he'd let his fantastic game go to the people who work for him now and focus on the new game. Stardew is a forever classic - it's earned it's place. Now go make chocolatier. If it sucks (and I am kind of assuming it does now since he isn't working on it) scrap it and re-tool.

@Manxman64 the good news about being in the shovelware stage is that you won that round of the console wars. Shovelware developers don't bother with the losers. No numbers.

Lol, big time HELL no. All of these retailers tricking people into becoming members. The dark weave of profanity building in my mind's eye right now is staggering and I must leave.

@Arawn93 the EU didn't say "Nintendo products must be..."

It is all portables. This is about phones. Legislators don't give a **** about video game handhelds.

@The_Pixel_King happy birthday. The Minish Cap is one of my GBA favs on this service. GBA on NSO+ is my most played of the retro sub offerings. To this day I consider the GBA the finest handheld ever made.

I appreciate the EU doing this.

@Deviant-Dork I am very familiar. However, as a former MS employee - I know they treat their employees better than most. They will be treating Activision with more respect than they did under Kotick. That is a simple fact.

If I wasn't already subbed to the family membership I'd jump on this. As a gamepass subber I think that NSO+ is the best of the bunch. You get bonafide classic games that you can play online for the first time ever, it's the cheapest of the three and the games never leave. There are as many hours in NSO+ as there are in the touted microsoft offering.

Sony's is so god awful it isn't in the conversation.

Sony shouldn't worry about Call of Duty. Square Enix is going to take the Shooter category by storm with their upcoming masterpiece: Foamstars

@Deviant-Dork MS will run Activision with much less drama and employee abuse than Activision did. I wouldn't be surprised if they flourish under a better employer and HR dept.

When playing retro games I always prefer the original.

I'm down for whatever Level 5 wants to do with the series. I will be buying a new game or 4 if it ever came here. 3 is a really cool game full of personality.

@bahooney RDR 2 came out in 2018. Elden Ring came out during crunch.

I'll be honest - it was a dumb question. Everyone knows Ring took some inspiration from BotW - and everyone also knows that TotK is simply building off of Breath.

That averages to about 300K copies sold per Final Fantasy, 4th mobile version of each game, remaster per every generation, dozens upon dozens of side games over 35 years.

this calls for one of those new year's poppers where you get a crumpled paper crown inside.

@CharlieGirl I want this game to be tight. I'm not in love with the art style but the moves and gameplay do look fun. I hope this one gets an in depth review - better yet a demo would be really nice on this one.

This was the first game my 8 year old daughter finished by herself with no aid. She really enjoyed it and I enjoyed watching her play. Good game with beaut visuals.

@a_brave_new_geek Instead of waiting years to find out you can always purchase one of the other consoles. That's what I did.

@JohnnyC If we are talking merit just based on presentation - Atari 50 is hard to top.

I'm working my way through Hi Fi Rush on the series X. If any game on the other consoles needs a Switch port - this is the game. It's great but it feels like a natural fit for the Switch's audience.

Lots of Street Fighter 6. I'm trying to improve by hitting the practice room. I rarely have the patience to sit in a blank room and hit combos but SF6 is inspiring me to get better. It's the best fighter I've ever played.

I'm traveling today so I'm looking forward to playing Zelda: The Minish Cap tonight. Collaboration games with big Nintendo IPs usually end up so well done - I wish we'd see more of them. My dream matchup would be Platinum Games doing an action game with some big Nintendo property like Mario.

I think gender should always be a factor in hiring because females are nice to be around during the day. I picture hanging out with all dudes at work every day and it bums me out. I went to an all boys military school - we act like animals when we don't have ladies to balance out our debased nature.

Is that chauvinistic? I don't care.

tldr: Women and men are good for each other because human beings are strange animals.

I enjoy seeing talented developers who make fun for people succeed. Good on them! I like pretty much everything they touch.

@Cordyceps My hatred was born from an old passion. I literally bought anything with their name on from about FF7 to FF13. For years and years. Not just Final Fantasy - every game they made.

The loathing came from the CONSTANT remakes on every platform and everyone just lapping it up like they were doing us a favor. The fire grew bright after one miss after another. Now they just chase whatever trend is going on at the moment. Like the splatoon rip with Fortnite faces. No talent. Their best game of the past decade was made by Platinum - Neir. Their second best game of the decade will be a remake by Nintendo - Mario RPG.

@Rainbowfire tl;dr Sega is still trying to make a fun game.

@Jemae gd it I forgot about the Wii.

The shame is real.

@Cordyceps a certain degree? People rationalize their failures like no other company in video games.

Hence my negative bias. I REALLY dislike Square Enix and I enjoy watching them flail around. The last game I bought was Neo: The World Ends With You. It was so soulless and bad. I was such a nut for the original game I asked myself, "Why do I give these hacks opportunities? They aren't worth my money."

SE gets a built in bias for reviews. Nostalgia and their horrid art design and their hackneyed music. So if it reviews an 8? It's really a 6.

If I was a developer and made games where the point was cooking - and didn't make this list - I'd be sad.

White collar crimes always pay.

@Rainz Nintendo has been in the number one tv position for roughly 3 years. 3 years versus Sony's 30 years at the top.

Yes Nintendo thinks of Sony/MS as competition.

Obviously this was written because of how dismal FFXVI's sidequests are.
For me I like a bevy of difficulties - from the 'get three of these' to very complicated that might need a guide. Side quests should offer something in the way of story. Witcher 3 is great in this regard. And make it worth it. Some item that can add power or something new to gameplay.

@Lightsiyd a much more powerful system with an additional port to play switch games would make me be an early adopter.

@Paulo I got tired of Zen repacking and reselling the same tables over and over. This newest iteration of that model offers nothing new - despite what they tell you.

@Rob3008 doubtful: sony and MS raised the prices of their consoles and services. So simply by leaving it alone you are essentially delivering a price cut to the competition without the bad looks.

@Wexter There is lots of weakness in the Disney brand as well. It would be perfect timing to attack Disney now.

Not Harry Potter. They have a deal with Universal. Disney weakness benefits both companies at this stage. Link x Harry Potter crossover movie event Summer 2025.

@Waluigi451 When you are destroying the competition to this degree it would be a tactical error to take your foot off of the gas. Since the PS1 was released, which I would consider the entry to the modern era of gaming, Nintendo hasn't led like this on a tv console.

So instead of letting Sony figure out how to take market share back you can release a new console to twist the knife already placed in their sternum.

Otherwise console selling has always bee: you go> now I go > now you > now me. I wouldn't do that I would do everything in my power to destroy my rivals and put everyone out of work.

@Brumblescope great system wouldn't put it with the legends though! I played the heck out of F Zero in college

Atari 2600
NES
Sega Genesis
PS1
PS2
X360
GBA
DS
Switch

For me, those are the only consoles worth remembering. Good stuff on everything else - but pale in comparison.

The Switch's shelf life is nothing short of amazing. It is tops by a mile in that regard.

You should never give gamers the benefit of the doubt. They are the lowest form of consumer. Maybe heroin consumers are worse. But I doubt it.

Ooof that Zelda one is awesome.

In 2021 Kotick made $850,000. Stock compensation is not salary. What has Nintendo execs made in stock dividends and distributions? Most of the money he is making is from the acquisition by MS. He has deferred salary for stock options for the big payoff. He has worked over 10 years to make this singular deal happen. His entire career at Activision is solely to make the company more attractive for a potential buyer. That's it.

Everyone who didn't pick Yellow should be shadow banned.

Pitch new game and reputation(if needed) > sign NDAs > access to the next machine.

I'd probably get these if the sets weren't so chunky and baby-like.

@UltimateOtaku91 I imagine all of their hopes are on this game or not - knowing square they are. They said they were nervous about pre-order numbers. Now we know why.

Personally I'd call 50% of the numbers of the previous game - which is almost universally hated - a bomb.

Then again, maybe all media is in a bad rut. Movies are doing terrible. Those are going to fundamentally change soon (I think for the better). My hope is games don't just go into this remakes cycle. It feels like it's going that way and people are happy about it.

For the Switch it is Bayonetta Origins. I didn't and won't play TotK unless it hits $30 or $40 one day in the far flung future so I can't judge it.

For other systems Hi Fi Rush and Street Fighter 6 are the best I've played this 1st half of the year.

People putting up remakes they like as goty material is as ridiculous as it is embarrassing.

After this latest bomb I fully expect SE to attempt a reorganization before this year's end.

Losing your job from a company that isn't good at things is an opportunity - not an impediment.

While I'd love to see the Gamecube on the system the people I see complaining about it the most are the people complaining about the service in general. "They won't get ANYTHING until I get gamecube games - until then I will steal games until they make it right the *****!!!" If they released the entire gamecube catalog today under the expansion they find another excuse to steal the games.

next gen I expect to see them. In the meantime I have about 6000 hours of gameplay to catch up with on the current services.

@masterLEON BC was one of the biggest factors in my purchase of the X over the PS5. I bought a ton of gameroom games myself. I am fairly certain they are gone into the ether - never to return. I really enjoyed gameroom - but it seems to be a financial dud for ms.

BC will be a huge factor in whether or not I get the next Nintendo early in it's cycle.