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Just wondering, this is unrelated to the other games on mobile with Nikki in their title, right? The Word Nikki is just a word that means something like dress up or fashion or something, right? The ads for Shining Nikki have put me off the game and anything related to it…

@Tober @Polvasti Um, it is a $15/£14 game. You're looking at the price of the physical version, and I assume that's mostly covering the cost to produce the cart itself. The eShop price is under half that. In fact, for the rest of today there's 10% off.

@NinjaNicky There's a bunch of ads one game made where they actually claim to Be the game, and even made themselves game boxes based on the actual game boxes of Age of Empires, to give an impression that they are the modern iteration of the game. It is downright disgusting. It was probably Rise of Empires, but I can't remember.

This is nothing new. I’ve seen mobile game “gameplay” ads that paste a fake virtual controller over a video of the Legend of Korra game. I’ve seen a game use Bloodborne promotional art with the darkness turned up. I’ve seen a game promote itself with Chun Li fanart. Some of the people behind these mobile games are just scum. Not all, there are some mobile games that try, but the majority of mobile game ads are trash designed to lower your IQ…

Echo of Starsong seems to have vanished from the UK eShop, any idea why?

Feels less like Breath if Sonic and more like Sonic Stranding …

Is it free if you have a Netflix account? On iOS, it’s free for those with a Netflix account, as part of their trying to branch out into gaming or something.

Wow, these certainly have that NFT feel to them, like the art doesn’t feel too dissimilar to those damn apes. Like it’s Megaman style, but some element of design or something is missing, giving them that soulless feel of every other NFT.

I disagree with the “Zelda like” descriptor. As they say in their own description, it’s like a top down of the First person dungeon crawlers… in fact, it looks very much like a rogue type game, but without the procedural generated level (and I assume the usual gameplay loop), instead opting for a more Puzzle like approach. It even looked like enemies might wait for you to move first?
Basically, it’s rogue-like, but not using the usual elements that get picked up from rogue.

You know, when you said there was an Amnesia game, I was thinking a Dark Descent port or something. I suppose I should have realised most of the games were from the East?

I wouldn’t hold my breath for a Switch release. So far I haven’t heard of Solar Ash having a Switch version planned, and if this uses an offshoot of the same engine, it’ll probably be as difficult to port. There Could be ports of both eventually, but not for a long long while I’d imagine.

@PBandSmelly The crew ones would have a hard Candy bone hidden inside, so you can bite them in half to make a body to be reported.

I feel that the Kitsune Tails Zero is an April Fools, given how they make it practically a 1:1 duplicate of Super Mario Bros. They might still release “something”, but it will be obviously intended as a joke release. It is already April in the parts of the world that inspired this game at least. (Can’t figure out where the developer is based, think they might be an online team with no office location).
The other game looks more legit. Sure it has some similarities to Mario 3, but there’s also some unique elements shown off in the trailer. Also, if you’re going to take heavy inspiration from a game, it might as well be one of the classics like Mario 3.

… Isn’t it a bit early for April Fools? The majority of the English speaking world is still stuck in March for at least another couple hours…

@Bunkerneath Just to give you an idea how much more expensive the physical version is:
-On the UK eShop, the version with all the DLC is £22.50.
-The Standard Physical version(which also includes the DLC thankfully, though not sure if they’re on the cart or what) is $40, which is ~£30.
-This price won’t include VAT (another £6) and postage (probably another £10 to the UK, since they’re US based).
-Thus to buy the game physically in our regions will probably cost more than DOUBLE the price of digital.
-Physical isn’t really an valid option, unless we go all out and get the super duper special edition with all the bells and whistles, which is still a much worse deal for us in these regions than for people in the US.

@Bunkerneath Buying physical for games like this can be pretty expensive, especially with VAT. In the UK, VAT is another fifth of the base price.

@BakaKnight It’s coming to the EU eShop? I hope that’ll include the UK! I loved the very original on the 360 Indie store, and was so disappointed that the DS one was never available to me. Here’s hoping they get super successful and re-release the previous games on Switch too!

So… how does the rhythm game work? There’s multiple styles of rhythm game, and it’d be nice to know which formula this one uses, or if it uses something fresh? The video showed dancing, but no input prompts?

Pretty sure the game, House Flipper, is the inspiration for this game. It’s a clever idea, don’t think it is for me though, but I’d probably happily watch someone play it for a couple hours…

“And that’s how it’s done!”
But you didn’t explain Anything!

I have the Kindle Book version, which is great as it allows you to jump straight to the right page by tapping your choice. Not sure if I need a version on my Switch, but I’m tempted.

I choose to Create…
… A better future for my planet by rejecting this nonsense.
At Best, NFTs are a scam. At worst, they’re destroying the planet.

It feels like a video of someone speed running the game is not the best gameplay example. I mean, look how they completely cheese that water level by running on top of the water? And we hardly got to see the bosses? Also, where is the story? I mean, at the end there’s the two bosses, but what was their deal? Who was the guy with spider legs coming out his back? Do I need to see the movie to find out, or is the story explained in game and they just skipped it?

Are the versions on the UK eShop also untranslated? It looks like you’re using an import copy by the ad link at the bottom.

Obviously this heralds the “Kid who owns all consoles” character in Smash. He plays like Pokémon Trainer, where he has several consoles/characters he can swap between. Finally, the console war can be put to an end, in Smash!

By the way, is it weird that I recognised it as Bayonetta, or at least a Platinum game, almost immediately? I can’t describe their graphical style, but they have a graphical style that is instantly recognisable.

@Klent no, but a new update that is necessary to play the game will update all Mario lines to be voiced by him.

This Nintendo Direct announced… Yet More Nintendo Directs!

We thought the advanced Pokémon Sword/Shield game would be Gun, but I present:
Pokémon Bayonetta.

This… actually works to my advantage. Next month is going to be expensive, so the news I have one less thing to pay for, is good. I wasn’t really expecting to use it with the game all that much.

Heh, it’s been a while since I played Jackbox… mostly been playing Gartic Phone recently.

Wait guys, there are arm slips, they’re just zipped up… from the outside… wait.

@Solomon_Rambling I was going to say it reminds me of Stick Fight but with spiders. Still looks fun though.

I remember YouTubers playing a game with the same name- a low res, follow simple tasks, get creeped out by odd occurrences, get freaked out by the escalating madness, then a twist ending.
This looks very different though, so much it hardly looks related other than you’re working at the same place, doing similar tasks?

I’ll admit these games don’t interest me, but I see no reason to complain.
And hey, this time there was a kinda theme- Games with… “Unique” art styles?

You know what I’d like to see? Clock tower. Of course, what I really want is a Western translated release of that game. The original game (SNES or PS1 version).

It looks a lot like a game I have on my mobile- Bombastic Brothers. I think it might be the same publisher. I hope it does use the same freemium tactics it does.

I actually prefer the statue of the cheaper special edition. It’s a more interesting design and glows in the dark. Not buying either though, unless I catch wind of a massive reduction in price.

Anyone wanting to give it a go, there’s a demo on Steam it seems.

@MrGrim I don’t think so, I’ve seen the trailer for the next game from those devs, it’s a 3D game, Solar Ash.

This game clearly takes lots of inspiration from HLD, but can you blame them?
This seems to be the studio’s first title.

@SolBlazer Hyper Light Drifter is there, look at the giant bear’s paw.

To name a couple not on @Jackpaza0508 ‘s list, the giant bear is from Pit People I believe, and Hyper Light Drift is standing on his paw. Also one of the skeletons in the hole is from “60 Seconds”. Carrion monster by the pizza.
Va11halla, death from Manuel Samuel, Pony Island and Super Hot are all in a clump near the top right. Moonlighter, Runbow, Dust: An Elysian Tail and Flinthook are in a bunch near the centre. Lovers in Dangerous Space Time. Skull girls. A cookie clicker game of some kind? Is there one just called Cookie Clicker? Not a Hero. Slender man. Hot Line Miami. Chroma Squad. Bastion and Transistor with a Slime Rancher reference. Gang Beasts. Machinarium. Horace. Snake Pass. Minit. Very small Donut Country ref with the Castle Crashers knight. Binding of Isaac. Escapists. I think that might be the Knights of Pen and Paper DM by Papyrus? Transformice (forgot the name, had to look it up). Death and Taxes guy with Sans (Hey Undertale, why does your mum let you have Two references?). They Bleed Pixels. Limbo. Friday Night Funkin’. Goat Simulator (by Untitled Goose Game). Wait, oh! There’s McPixel, with the nuke! FTL. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. Helltaker. One Shot. Stick it to the Man. Duck Game. 2064: Read Only Memories. Papers Please country emblem on wall.
Is that the kid from Little Inferno about to throw toys on the fire? Super Hexagon in the Lovers Ship, on a monitor. Stealth Bas- er, Inc: a clone in the dark. Oh a super subtle reference to Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist, with a tiger warning sign. Passpartout: The Starving Artist, thought I recognised it, but kept thinking the hand was a beak and thinking it must be something else.
Was Spelunker in the list already?

Does anyone recognise either of the fairies? One by Transistor, the other by the nuke?

But yeah, too many to mention.
Kinda wish there was reference to the work of the guy behind Iconclast (unless that’s the character from Noitu Love 2 by the Goose?) or the work of the guy behind Cosmic Star Heroine, but I’ve yet to spot any. But we can’t have everything.

Do you see that one that’s £150 for the game, then £80 for postage? I’m pressing X to doubt… For starters, I bet they’ll put the Actual price on the customs form to keep postage down.

For UK buyers, ShopTo dot net have the Special Edition up for preorder, at a better price than the Official Nintendo Store even! No sign of the Amiibos yet though.

To be honest, I’d be more interested in the game without the guns and Grimdark elements. It looks like they have a beautiful and interesting world, similar to Pokemon, yes, but with a more free feel to it and building and crafting, but the slave labour looks like a poor joke and the gun combat, with real world weapons, looks like a cheap cop out of trying to build a real time combat system and weapons that would really fit in the world they created. The assault rifles, slave labour, and wanton slaughter just don’t fit the aesthetic of the world, and seem more for shock value.

… The release makes me suspect it is just so Harmony Gold keep ahold of their Robotech licence. Probably just me being cynical/paranoid. I’m not even sure if they’re directly involved.

Blooming heck, shipping is silly expensive. Worse, with the way they do these purchases, you can’t combine shipping, even though they allow you try. Ordering two items at the same time presents you with a combined shipping of £8 something, where separately it is £6 something each. However, to be able to purchase an item you need to enter in a code for it, and you can only enter One code for each order, so I spent over £12 on some magnets and some postcards.
I’m never ordering physical goods from My Nintendo Store again. They need to combine it with the Official Nintendo Store UK for when you’re in the appropriate place, as I think the shipping would be cheaper and at least then I could throw in some mini Lego sets to make it worth it…

@GameOtaku thing is, this is a Japanese developed title right? So they wouldn’t be influenced by Robotech, they’d be influenced by Macross. Though there’s not that much of a Macross influence, with no transforming, and I don’t remember Beam Sabers being much of a thing in Macross.
But Robotech leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth these days, since Harmony Gold uses it as a means to block any official release of anything Macross in the West these days.

Does anyone else think the main character looks a little like the main character of Eternal Darkness?

“ PlatinumGames has confirmed that MOE codes will be released in the future”

Lucky Star or K-On crossover confirmed?