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@Stocksy I'm sure you didn't mean any harm but my point was you (at least seemed) to be mocking a particular commenter over what they decide to do parenting wise.

Heck, you may not have even seen that comment beforehand but it seemed that way.

Also it's not really much of a matter to discuss. They changed it for whatever reason and that's it.
If people are screaming for removal due to controversy, so what?

@Stocksy Not cool.

First off the article is giving a possible reason for the removal but it is most likely purely because the company now owns the property and therefore want to cement their name into it.

If it IS the case they want to distance themselves because of controversy then yea,it's not a giant world problem and it won't fix anything of great importance BUT

To blatantly just criticise someone's parenting choice, (with an obvious finger who to without actually admitting it and which isn't your business anyway) in a 'I'm superior because little things don't bother me' way is just moronic.

How about doing something active to fix major world problems instead of wasting time bashing people or how they live on the internet ey?

Can't watch video for a while.
Is the buddy pass for Switch also?
And anyone know if there is versus like Doom or is it campaign purely?

Love smash. Just wish the stickers, sorry spirits had a little flavour text.

(Typical old man comment)
Anyone know if this will be physical ever?

Amazing work. All looks so clean and bright too!
Some people are just so darn clever!

Just my usual unwanted ramblings here.

I love physical, I do think there's a place for digital and I know everything will turn digital eventually much to my dismay.

However digital games and games that basically have constant DRM is another thing.

I'm sure plenty of people are fine with that but there's also a lot that aren't.
Everyone remember SimCity's contant connection woes?
Why I love GOG for PC goodness. It's not as good as physical but at least there's still options to play when and where and how you want!

@Heavyarms55 agree 100%
Have a couple on various consoles but the collection on switch would be brilliant.
(Still missing a classic,non gimmick splitscreen fps!)

@ALinkttPresent that made me chuckle.

No doubt plenty of people will buy into this. Because Google!! And the general populace, once entered into a bound contract will realise they cant play the games they want because they are either taken down or their internet is sh#@$ will be upset.

Unfortunately I highly doubt they will let you exit early without a major fee (much like phones etc) so they'll already have your money.

The best thing to do as gamers is spread the word of how uttor tosh this is (unless you happen to be the % who loves streaming and has a very decent internet connection. I'm sure you're all for it!)

@JasmineDragon Fair enough, I did think afterward that I haven't actually been up on any information regarding sales for a while.
Was mostly musing about my personal experiences I guess.

I suppose my point I was trying to make overall (though I am tired mind lol)
is that there seems to be more of a split market with books and they can both live together whereas gaming, I reckon there is again a split market but it seems (again, my experiences!) that it just keeps pushing toward paying more for less.

I guess the Switch is a spit in the eye in some respects.

Anyway, enough of my rambles!!

Ta for the corrections

I'm sure whatever Google does will have a giant impact as well as whatever other companies do.

There will however, (now I'm assuming here...) always be an audience for the alternative.

I for one think streaming games is bonkers and would not enjoy an industry based around it.
Not for reasons such as connectivity/owning etc which are also a consideration, but because I like to choose when and what to play.

It is already on the cusp of becoming tedious for myself but I can't imagine wanting to finally play a game I had on the backburner only for the publisher to have taken it off stream due to lessened playerbase.

I've seen comments from people like myself on here and other places that also dislike some modern practices who I guess would feel the same about streaming games.

It's funny how the videogames industry seems to get more and more pro publisher and anti consumer yet books have taken a massive turn and gone back to roots with ebooks (mostly) taking a back seat.

Never watched the series but the gameplay video made me want the game.
Will be waiting for UK in hope though.
My younger self would've loved this even more than I think I do now.

Top half is fine but the legs and lower torso are...strange imo.
Like just 3 nondescript limbs made in Spore.
Maybe anything else looked worse.

Sucks for sure but regional exclusives is far better than limited,timed or shop-based exclusives imo.

We here had always had the lower rung of game software until recent years. (Console wise anyway)

That hat is clearly too small.

@michellelynn0976 I'm not

I was gonna comment a differing view on this but remembered I'm on a videogame site ;P

But I will say comparing popularity of MTG to the Pokemon CCG is a bit moot considering it's the biggest game there is.

@nate83km discussion/opinion - Entitlement. Different kettles mate.

Biggest entertainment industry by a mile making loadsa dosh.

Keeps making everything cheaper for themselves and provides less content while public gobbles it up.

@fusermarucs it's like they took the plus parts of finished,complete (though admittedly sometimes buggy) console games and extra added content and whole new worlds, missions and sub sequels of PC games and somehow made a monster.

A giant, money eating monster ☹

In other news, the backwards town where I live had people donning blackface for charity and then everyone up in arms when the money was declined.

I'd much rather that be a game than my real existence lol.

I don't see the problem with things like this personally (as long as there isn't actual abuse or something in the games!)
I just find it embarrassing myself.

I've ranted about hacking before and had my mind chamged on some aspects and also still stand firm on other aspects.

Thing is, Nintendo aren't updating firmware and trying to prevent hackers because they hate themes etcetc.
It's because people are using these consoles online either while pirating games/cheating or even playing legit but with a hacked console.

Does anyone really think there's a bunch of tech guys going "hey we need to patch our consoles because some people are sitting at home adding new themes".

I mean maybe... but the scene undeniably creates cheating and piracy and that is why efforts are directed to updates and patches.

@Medic_alert (bit off topic)
or in the case of Fzero, a finely tuned, polished and loved by Nintendo game and Nintendo only let Falcon out for smash

I'm hoping my code worked correctly.

Entered it a few days after puschasing but stupidly (and accidentally) cancelled a download after it went through which I assume was like, the confirmation?
And once I tried again it said the code was redeemed.

Not too concerned as I bought it direct from Nintendo but anyone confirm that there's a small download once the code is entered?

But...but I already had purchase plans!

Seriously though I can wait. Cross Tag hasn't had enough playtime yet.

@JayJ i think that was extra cost.

I have mario and luigi cap pouches that look very similar from club nintendo days.
Use them for memory cards (ps2/gc)

YESSSSS!! day one for me!
Love me some fighters and whilst Blazblue is brill I always missed GG.

Now just gotta wait for KoF and SS

@RupeeClock true and don't even get me started on the p#&$ poor print quality on the cases themselves.

Paying more for less seems to be a standard for most things now it seems.

Fantastic work! Wish I had the talent for stuff like this.

@Heavyarms55 For sure it's robots but when appealing a real person should look at the content and decide in a sensible manner rather than just forward a cut n' paste response.

Especially to someone paying for advertising at least.

But yea, left a loooong time ago myself too. Blegh.

@Vertigoat I saw 'acrylic' and sighed. At the least you'd want thick polycarbonate.

@Retsam same. I don't think I would've been tempted at the higher price point but the discounts made me take the chance and having a blast.

I even really like the cheesy stock characters. I think the top notch voice acting helps a lot.

I am slightly saddened by this figure :/
Selfishly I guess lol.

On my project backburner is cleaning a ps2 guncon sprayed completely black.

Now i question it's possible criminal past...

Everyone deserves a second chance right?

As a fighting games fan I'd buy it.
However, seeing as there is no survey or anything how would they know what 'the fanbase' wants?
Do people just search hashtags ir something nowadays?

When I see people talk about the reasons they buy physical it's usually talk about resale or having a large collection or even that it's cheaper.

Those things can be factors but for myself (and the missus probably) it's mostly the fact I can go into a shop and pick up a darn item, browse in a normal way and leave the same day.

That and supporting other retailers/distributors and not giving 100% control. The digital age has already started to give us less for more money, even the state of physical boxes are sub par nowadays.
But that's more my grumpy old man mindset, I'm all for digital for others just don't want physical to disappear like a lot of shops have

@sikthvash Nice sounds like it's back on track!

@sikthvash what's Halo like nowadays? We stopped playing after reach and I heard the next game didnt have local offline and forge??

Bit disappointed woth the GOG results :/
GOG is brilliant.

Huh...I wasn't bothered at all but the video makes it look pretty fun
Makes me wanna play Arms.

Can't believe I have still yet to get this (I blame poor ratio of funds-to-quality games!)
Will have to pop into a shop come next year for it.
There's some aspects of modern gaming that irk me but when devs keep patching like this or adding content much later it is a very big plus and reninds me of older PC gaming in a good way.

Yea this sucks for the players and is really crummy marketing (that may have even been a deliberate move to sell more,who knows?!) but as per they'll receive no backlash big enough to stop this sort of behaviour.

Edit: Sorry for those upset by this mess!

Agree with @sandman89 , very disappointing.

Was stoked when this was announced.
Cheers for the review guys.

Videogame industry been porting games to each successive platform for decades with zero discount.
Gamers in 2018 upset and still surprised.

Totally get it but if it were me I just wouldn't care as I'd still own it.

Looking forward to some platforming fun with the other half.

@Heavyarms55 ditto but at least it's a fun way to fail

@Ttimer5 I think because it's cool to hate. Like the whole COD hate crowd.
It's a videogame version of freakin' battle royale with cosmetic-only dlc and no lootboxes and ftp. It should be praised if anything.

That and it probably boosted the Switch in the public eye when it was announced.

I enjoyed it for a while but things like the events that online games have make it more a chore for my preferred playstyle.

@SBandy Then ignore them

(Like the actual button I mean)

@SBandy I get it, you're not friends but not cool to slate someone randomly. :/

@SBandy Bit harsh... Dude's just playing around.

@EXP Indeed. There should be two sides to this review really. One for those who know the games and thus talking about controls etc (as it does)

And another that is opinion based for newer gamers (who may play games for different reasons/in a different way?)

Videogames as a hobby is so strange compared to other hobbies what with the vast difference in opinions etc.