Yes, I miss E3. I always lived E3 like a sports fan would live the most important match of the year, I think it's an event which still retains a lot of magic. It has always had terrible and cringe moments, but they are unforgettable too, in their particular way. So yes, I hope E3 will come back in 2021.
@TheWingedAvenger
Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness were also ported on GBA. Obviously, the PS1 versions still are the best way to experience them.
This game continues surprising me. I bought it during last summer, and when I want to play an arcade racing game I frequently choose it over Crash Team Racing and Mario Kart 8. I'm going to play these new tracks with great pleasure.
I love my simple island, but obviously it's not a virtuous reproduction of Johto or Onett or something like that, so I suppose it could be pretty boring to visit.
This is a very welcome update. I won't play it more often than before, but I appreciate. However, my fear is still the same: will the beauty and richness of SMMaker cause the death of any original future 2D Marios? I mean, I'm still playing the original Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World... Games made by Nintendo itself always are a different thing. I hope we will see new 2D games that will be different from what Mario Maker offers.
@Muddy_4_Ever
I played 3D World almost exclusively in single player and yes, I like it more than Odissey too. Obviously Odissey is awesome, and made me say "wooow" many times, but I found 3DWorld a bit more genuinely funny and with more replaybility.
@MidnightLaces Perhaps you understood the opposite of what I meant.I meant that the "romantic hypothesis" never crossed my mind. The word "partner" in that context doesn't make me think about a couple, maybe beacuse of its Italian translation (which I don't remember at the moment). Anyway, the romantic sense is only one among the several meanings of "partners". Remaining in the field of Nintendo, "Mario and Luigi - Partners in Time" should have a romantic meaning, if we always see that word in that sense. But obviously if someone wants to see them as a couple, they're free to do it, it's a nice concept.
I really don't like these childish "blackmails". "If you don't buy this, we won't give you that". I should be "forced" to buy a game I don't want or that I already own, to play another game. And in this case, even very old titles! Bah.
@ghepardo
My first memory is of me and my brother playing Tekken 3. I was four years old. I am not addicted (and I never punched anyone). Parenting is also teaching how much of an activity is good, and how much of it is bad.
The last point is essential. Every time I discuss about videogames, the first things other people say are "graphics, plot, difficulty, badass moments, blablabla". The first thing I say is whether I had fun or not. That element is fundamental. Yes, the other pieces of the puzzle are very, very important. But if a game is not fun to play, what's the point?
As an Italian, I confirm that I'm playing much, much more online with my friends, great Mario Kart and Age of Empires sessions!
... Ah, and I am a University student.
@GameOtaku I agree that maybe it's too early to cancel events that would happen in June, but there are probably factors linked to the organization of a such huge event (so that its fate couldn't be decided a few weeks before) and also with its worldwide audience, as you said.
@GameOtaku Maybe I have not been clear... You can be infected, but not have symptoms. No fever, no cough, no cold. But you still can be infected, without knowing it. Lots of people resulted positive without having any symptom. So, if I am unconsciously infected and I talked to you face to face, maybe I could have transmitted the infection to you. Imagine this in a super-crowded place like the E3.
@GameOtaku You can be sick without showing symptoms. For some time, collective events must be contained as much as possible while the virus must be understood enough, before all can return as always. I'm annoyed too by these consequences, but they make sense. And consider I'm from Italy.
Did someone really think that Nintendo produced their consoles in some special laboratory with scientists in white clothes, something "Wakanda-style"? Almost every object you have, tech, shoes, clothes, even food, involves people that can be called slaves. Is this good? Obviously not, but don't act surprised.
I don't know. I think it will be very difficult to find another "retro racing game" that could take the place in my heart gained by Horizon Chase Turbo. However, I'll keep an eye on this.
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Re: Rocky Comes To Switch In Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
It may not seem great, but as a Rocky fan since childhood, I'll keep an eye on it.
Re: Round Up: All The Games From The Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase - August 2020
I was hoping for something Persona-related... But I guess Atlus gave everything in the previous Direct.
Re: September Issue Of Nintendo Dream To Reveal Switch Game "Everyone Will Enjoy"
Being a Nintendo fan has become really tiresome...
Re: Pikmin 3 Deluxe Officially Announced For Switch, Includes All DLC And New Content
@sixrings Maybe you're right. But unfortunately this strategy is making me (and lots of other fans, I suppose) more and more annoyed.
Re: Pikmin 3 Deluxe Officially Announced For Switch, Includes All DLC And New Content
I love the series, but I won't double dip. I hoped at least for a Pikmin Trilogy...
Re: Talking Point: Have You Missed E3 This Year?
Yes, I miss E3. I always lived E3 like a sports fan would live the most important match of the year, I think it's an event which still retains a lot of magic. It has always had terrible and cringe moments, but they are unforgettable too, in their particular way. So yes, I hope E3 will come back in 2021.
Re: Has Nintendo's eShop Quality Control Hit A New Low With "Inappropriate" Stealth Game?
I have no words.
Re: Taito's November Update For Bubble Bobble 4 Friends Will Double The Number Of Levels
I'd like to buy this, but I'm still waiting for a significant sale.
Re: Review: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated - A Fun 3D Platformer, Despite Some Technical Hitches
@SheldonRandoms
MY LEG!!!
Re: Can You Name The First Game These Famous Characters Appeared In?
10 out of 15... I didn't really know about that Sonic trivia.
Re: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Has Been Rated In Taiwan
@VegasToad
I strongly agree. And with the arrival of PS5 and Series X, this situation will be even worse.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 13th)
I'll try to find some time to play Wargroove. Unfortunately, Animal Crossing has entertained me for 70 hours but now I'm a bit tired...
Re: Can You Name These Animal Crossing Villagers?
15/25. Pretty good, considering that their Italian names are different.
Re: Can You Name These Third-Party Nintendo Games From Just Their Box Art?
4 out of 15... A little worse than I expected!
Re: Poll: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Is Out Today On Switch, Are You Getting It?
Definitely not buying it. It certainly has its audience, but I prefer playing this kind of games in their "real life" versions.
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite Nintendo Switch Online SNES Games
My two 10s: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid. Super Mario World and Panel De Pon: 9.
Re: Sega's Game Gear Micro Might Not Be The "Revolutionary" Scoop Famitsu Has Been Teasing
I'm sorry, but I can't see the "revolution" in this Fog Gaming...
Re: Pac-Man Celebrates His 40th Anniversary With A Special Sale On The Switch eShop
@TheWingedAvenger
Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness were also ported on GBA. Obviously, the PS1 versions still are the best way to experience them.
Re: Horizon Chase Turbo Gets A Brazillian Makeover In A New Update
This game continues surprising me. I bought it during last summer, and when I want to play an arcade racing game I frequently choose it over Crash Team Racing and Mario Kart 8. I'm going to play these new tracks with great pleasure.
Re: Nintendo Says It Will Continue To Increase The Appeal Of The Switch Online Service
Nowadays, the only true reason for me to have this subscription is Tetris 99. Not so much, even for 20€ a year.
Re: Paper Mario Is Coming To Switch! Paper Mario: The Origami King To Launch This July
I've played only Super Paper Mario, years and years ago. This... Looks gorgeous.
Re: Nintendo President Says More Switch Games Are Scheduled For Current Period
... Why are we only asking for ports and remakes...?!
Re: Random: This Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Video Would Be A Dream Come True
@DragotheKomodo
No, you're not. I think too many people are playing this game in an (unnecessary) neurotic state of mind.
Re: Soapbox: Switch Really Needs Games Like Excitebike 64, Wave Race, 1080° Snowboarding And, Yes, F-Zero
F-Zero. F-Zero. F-ZERO!!!
Fast RMX is very good, but a bit soulless, and sometimes needlessly frustrating.
Re: Community: We Want To Visit Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island
I love my simple island, but obviously it's not a virtuous reproduction of Johto or Onett or something like that, so I suppose it could be pretty boring to visit.
Re: Super Mario Maker 2's Final Major Update Arrives April 22nd, Adds World Maker Mode, Frog Suit, And Koopalings
This is a very welcome update. I won't play it more often than before, but I appreciate. However, my fear is still the same: will the beauty and richness of SMMaker cause the death of any original future 2D Marios? I mean, I'm still playing the original Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World... Games made by Nintendo itself always are a different thing. I hope we will see new 2D games that will be different from what Mario Maker offers.
Re: Best Buy Lists Super Mario 3D World For Nintendo Switch, But We're Not So Sure
@Muddy_4_Ever
I played 3D World almost exclusively in single player and yes, I like it more than Odissey too. Obviously Odissey is awesome, and made me say "wooow" many times, but I found 3DWorld a bit more genuinely funny and with more replaybility.
Re: Random: The Official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide Puts To Rest One Bit Of Romantic Speculation
@MidnightLaces
Perhaps you understood the opposite of what I meant.I meant that the "romantic hypothesis" never crossed my mind. The word "partner" in that context doesn't make me think about a couple, maybe beacuse of its Italian translation (which I don't remember at the moment). Anyway, the romantic sense is only one among the several meanings of "partners". Remaining in the field of Nintendo, "Mario and Luigi - Partners in Time" should have a romantic meaning, if we always see that word in that sense. But obviously if someone wants to see them as a couple, they're free to do it, it's a nice concept.
Re: Random: The Official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide Puts To Rest One Bit Of Romantic Speculation
This thought has never crossed my mind, honestly. But it's a fascinating hypothesis.
Re: Sega Open To Reviving Sonic's 1993 Arcade Game, But Needs Your Support
I really don't like these childish "blackmails". "If you don't buy this, we won't give you that". I should be "forced" to buy a game I don't want or that I already own, to play another game. And in this case, even very old titles! Bah.
Re: Random: Reggie Tells Fans He Would "Never" Time Travel In Animal Crossing
I simply don't understand: if you don't like its pace, why do you play Animal Crossing?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 11th)
Animal Crossing and, after several years, I'm re-playing Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker. Still waiting for a Metal Gear Collection on Switch...
Re: Smash Bros. Ultimate Announces A Special Brawl Tournament, Starts This Friday
Not the first Smash Bros I played, but the first that I owned. Great memories.
Re: Random: Stephen Fry Is Somewhat Perplexed By Animal Crossing: New Horizons
"A bit of Fry and Laurie" is awesome.
Re: Feature: 6 Things My Three-Year-Old Taught Me About Video Games, Via Animal Crossing
@ghepardo
My first memory is of me and my brother playing Tekken 3. I was four years old. I am not addicted (and I never punched anyone). Parenting is also teaching how much of an activity is good, and how much of it is bad.
Re: Feature: 6 Things My Three-Year-Old Taught Me About Video Games, Via Animal Crossing
The last point is essential. Every time I discuss about videogames, the first things other people say are "graphics, plot, difficulty, badass moments, blablabla". The first thing I say is whether I had fun or not. That element is fundamental. Yes, the other pieces of the puzzle are very, very important. But if a game is not fun to play, what's the point?
Re: Nintendo To Remaster 'Most Of Super Mario’s 35-Year Catalogue' For Switch in 2020, New Report Says
This doesn't seem like something Nintendo would do. I'll keep my expectations very, very low.
Re: Random: Pichu Player Shocks Himself While He Plays Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Mother_Fan
Oh, so I'm not the only one who hates t-bagging.
Re: GameStop To Stay Open During COVID-19 Outbreak Because It Is 'Essential Retail'
Well, it all depends on the restrictions decided by every single country. In Italy, Gamestop stores are closed, like the great majority of activities.
Re: All Final Fantasy Games Are Now On Sale On Nintendo Switch
Asking for advice: VIII or IX?
Re: Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - An Accessible And Addictive Masterpiece
Great. This will be my first Animal Crossing, and it will be very necessary during these strange days.
Re: Coronavirus Isolation Is Causing A Spike In Online Gaming Traffic In Italy
As an Italian, I confirm that I'm playing much, much more online with my friends, great Mario Kart and Age of Empires sessions!
... Ah, and I am a University student.
Re: Nintendo Responds To Cancellation Of E3 2020, Says It Will Consider "Various Ways" To Engage With Fans
@GameOtaku
I agree that maybe it's too early to cancel events that would happen in June, but there are probably factors linked to the organization of a such huge event (so that its fate couldn't be decided a few weeks before) and also with its worldwide audience, as you said.
Re: Nintendo Responds To Cancellation Of E3 2020, Says It Will Consider "Various Ways" To Engage With Fans
@GameOtaku
Maybe I have not been clear... You can be infected, but not have symptoms. No fever, no cough, no cold. But you still can be infected, without knowing it. Lots of people resulted positive without having any symptom. So, if I am unconsciously infected and I talked to you face to face, maybe I could have transmitted the infection to you. Imagine this in a super-crowded place like the E3.
Re: Nintendo Responds To Cancellation Of E3 2020, Says It Will Consider "Various Ways" To Engage With Fans
@GameOtaku
You can be sick without showing symptoms. For some time, collective events must be contained as much as possible while the virus must be understood enough, before all can return as always. I'm annoyed too by these consequences, but they make sense. And consider I'm from Italy.
Re: Hell Yes! Doom 64's Re-Release Includes An Entirely New Chapter
On the same day, I certainly will rip and tear with Doom 64... And garden my flowers with Animal Crossing.
Re: Nintendo Named And Shamed As Benefiting From The Use Of Chinese Forced Labour Camps
Did someone really think that Nintendo produced their consoles in some special laboratory with scientists in white clothes, something "Wakanda-style"? Almost every object you have, tech, shoes, clothes, even food, involves people that can be called slaves. Is this good? Obviously not, but don't act surprised.
Re: Sora Named "Most Wanted" Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Fighter In Recent Japanese Poll
Are we still talking about Goku?!
Re: Hotshot Racing Brings "Silky Smooth" 60fps Arcade Racing To Switch This Spring
I don't know. I think it will be very difficult to find another "retro racing game" that could take the place in my heart gained by Horizon Chase Turbo. However, I'll keep an eye on this.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 22nd)
Final Fantasy X - HD Remaster. Great game.