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@blockfight especially considering Salmon Run is probably the most fun thing in the game. I find the reg matches get boring after awhile, 2 maps on rotation for a few hours, meh unless it's a Splatfest, then every match feels important. The Competitive mode, Clam Blitz is fun, Tower Control is neat but exhausting (especially if one side gets a lead right away), Rainmaker can be a nice change of pace, but I find it all really repetitive even tho I adore the game. But yeah, only having 2 maps on rotation? That's gotta go in Splatoon 3.

@Mr_Persona How can you tell Splatoon 2 people aren't nice? You can't voice chat with people unless they are your friends. God I hope they fix that in 3 (they won't).

@Wavey84 I loved Mighty Gunvolt Burst...I own Azure Striker Gunvolt 1+2 but couldnt get into them even tho I LOVED the MM Zero games. My interest actually waned during Curse of the Moon 2, never finished it...but the first one I played thru several times to get all the different ending and paths...thought that was well done, each way of playing (killing your allies, etc) really changed up the gameplay in an interesting way. I think Blaster Master Zero 1 and 2 and Curse of the Moon 1 are like Mega Man 9 levels of good, if not better in how they were able to evolve the game itself a bit. My secret hope is they remake Fester's Quest...which would never happen.

@Wavey84 Not surprising the sprite based game you listed are Inticreates...they are old even that technically that pixel art isn't being faked (in a way).

Seems about right. Skyward Sword doesn't even deserve a placement...most of the handheld games were better than that. Really wish they would have tried reworking the game a bit for the rerelease...it'll be a good litmus test for how strong the Switch cult of fans have become and just buy it anyway. Really curious about the sales.

@Wavey84 I wouldn't say it looked amateurish at all...but if it rubs you the wrong way, I can totally get that.

@Wavey84 streets of rage 4 didn't looks like a flash game because all the movements of the characters and enemies were fluid, and had weight, and limbs didn't animate independently of the each other...the flash complaint is specific to how the flat limbs and etc of the characters all seemed animated as separate pieces, which is how one used to make flash games - maybe Rage looked flash like to you because the illustrated aesthetic threw you off? maybe you mean mobile game or something?

I try to keep my game series on the same platforms for the most part, so I don't see why I'd get this on Switch, when I've already had the original P5 on Ps4 AND especially when games like this feel so much better at 60 fps (hits it on PS4 and above), and the Switch version is only 30.

@dluxxx The aesthetic could have worked, but how it's animated, the limbs moving independent of the bodies and stuff just make it look too much like a flash game. I don't know how you solve that because I bet the...for lack of a better example, because it's not prob the most accurate comparison...Monty Python, Terry Gilliam 70s Brit animation style is something they are targeting. However what is ultimately turning me off of the game is some stuff Happy Console Gamer said about the controls and the way the game feels off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDe4q09-qg8

Jon did a nice job reviewing here but I think Happy Console Gamer points out some important stuff he didn't cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDe4q09-qg8

@Zach777 a lot of that list is the second half of 2021 and later.
Second half of 2021:
Zelda Skyward Sword HD
No More Heroes 3
New Hyrule Warriors DLC
Neon White
Then a few things like Fall Guys say Summer 2021, so unless it all gets crammed into the end of June, that's all technically the second half of the year. Outside of Neon White, I don't care about these game myself, Skyward Sword I played on Wii and it sucks. Some good in it, but is entirely overwritten by the amount of BS and poor design in it. Fall Guys is approaching being a dead game, so I don't even know what match making will be like on it. I've had my time with it and been done for many many months. The Hyrule DLC, they showed NOTHING or barely described ANYTHING to get excited about. I liked my FE Warriors DLC, but this seems to be something much lesser. NMH 3...looked like garbage visually (like 540p? are you kidding me), so there goes a title I was excited about and absolutely drained all interest...yet again another title released on Switch that can barely run on the hardware.

2022:
Project Triangle Strategy
Splatoon
Excited for both these games...but they're probably 16 months away, if they match their Splatoon 2 and Octopath month launch dates.

Outside of that stuff...what is there? Monster Hunter looks strong, have it preordered, but the demo didn't grab me. Totally fine, looks like a quality release. Bravely Default 2, getting that this week...I did like the gameplay in the hard mode of the demos despite those doll heads and some visual muddiness bothering me, lol. Then...I dunno man. A bunch of old games I skipped out on previously, lackluster ports of "yesterday's flavor" games like Apex (I dont know why you would play a competitive game like that on Switch)...and a Mario Sports game (could be good, but that trailer was really flat and Camelot isn't a dev I get excited for). It's just all very mediocre.

@JSDude1 Koei Tecmo might have some pull with when the DLC was announced. It isn't just a Nintendo thing.

zzzZZZZzzzzZZZzzzz - game felt tired and old and outdated and sloggy when it was released over a decade ago. But wow...amiibo support and generic A.I. Upscaler graphics. Wow.

@Zach777 How dare a consumer expect some exciting new title announcements after all this time. Bad bad bad consumer hurting the feelings of our friend Nintendo. Those Directs are a big commercial, not an artistic statement by a human being at a gallery art show. For me, the Direct was whatever. About what I expected....except for the reveal of Splatoon 3, which made my heart sing.

That's a good file size - so much gets squeezed on Switch to the point of it looking like garbage. That's around the size it is on Ps4.

@the4seer FE 3H is at 3.2 Million rn, making it the best selling in the series. However it just barely beats out Fates, HOWEVER AGAIN, Fates was sold as 2 games, so in theory twice as many people bought the Switch version, if Fates consumers bought both games (not really a Pokemon game kind of split, it's 2 different games).

@the_beaver Don't mind the puzzle - but the lack of resistance makes it all feel like a chore. Can't lose.

@Friendly What's the "small" flaw in Paper Mario? I personally think it has 1 small/medium one and 1 big one.

@Friendly This is a larger list....BUT it's a bit deceptive I think, I believe it only lists software that had a million in sales IN THE LAST YEAR (that's why XBC2 isn't listed even though it was done like 2 mill) - but shows the full totals.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 33.41 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 31.18 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 22.85 million
Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 21.45 million
Pokemon Sword/Shield – 20.35 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 20.23 million
Super Mario Party – 13.82 million
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 13.00 million
Splatoon 2 – 11.90 million
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 9.82 million
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 9.13 million
Ring Fit Adventure – 8.68 million
Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 8.32 million
Super Mario Maker 2 – 6.91 million
Paper Mario: The Origami King – 3.05 million
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 2.84 million (overseas)
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 2.62 million
Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 1.94 million
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – 1.48 million
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – 1.08 million

@Dr_Lugae I didn't experience much if any slowdown or frame drops - the dynamic rez would dip HARD tho.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Bigger....but is it as dense? Doesn't look like a New Donk City.

@Heavyarms55 "I think people really pay too much attention to the numbers. As long as the game works and is fun, that's what matters for me." Don't completely understand this kind of comment, ever. This is a "video" game. VIDEO. I dont need 4k, I'm not a graphics junkie, but soft, 720 visuals on a big tv is straining on the eyes, and depending the type of game it is (like a shooter) the soft rez actually makes the game more difficult to play. Also 30 versus 60 fps on a platformer is not crispy and feels kinda bad (or in my case the blur of camera rotation at 30 versus 60 often strains my eyes more). And before ya yell at me about the frames on a platformer, all the NES and SNES games I grew up with DID run at 60, so it isn't a new thing.

If this isn't a typo - Fury not running at higher frames and rez in docked is Nintendo being too cheap to put dev hours into optimizing it. No excuses. This is 2021, they had a more detailed Mario game doing this in 2017. So sick of this sub 1080-900 crap.

@NinChocolate yup SMB3 is the best - some amazing stuff in SMW but I find a lot of redundancy in theming in the game from the worlds and levels to some of generic but cute dinosaur sprites

@pixelpatch I love the game, but it kinda felt like it abruptly ended just as the worlds were ramping up, as well.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Agree with you in general, except I think they work here because they are in the Mario clothing. Nintendo is so precious with Mario being "on brand" (see all the discourse around the new Paper Mario, or how the "New" Bros look) that seeing these ugly things in Mario branded outfits, felt oddly refreshing and delightfully sacrilege. Rabbid Peach was a joy.

If there isn't a sequel it'd because Nintendo doesn't want it. I can't imagine the greedy game factory that is Ubisoft wouldn't pump out a sequel to something they already have a framework built for. I love this game. Also I don't think the story finished, right? The stuff with the girl in the beginning and all of that?

NL - do ya have a guess on how long you think Bowser's Fury MIGHT be?

@COVIDberry It is only Koei Tecmo games...it's like if "From Software" were the only ones who the "Souls-Borne" genre.

@ecco6t9 Given how their businesses are structured,, I'd bet Sega and Konami would become one big company versus a Capcom merger. Though modern Capcom would be THE PERFECT company to become the new owner of Konami's IPs.

If anything I'd imagine they'd refocus on their video game division, seeing how (I'm assuming) there aren't as many people accessing pachinko machines and the like. I'm willing to bet we get a ton of collections in the second half of this year from them. Bomberman Collection, Castlevania Collection part 2 (god please), etc, and next year early on, a remaster of MGS games.

@Ryu_Niiyama I'm a hetero boy and that pastel color palette always appeals to me, especially when real life people dress in it or cute anime girls are designed in it, lol. The aesthetic sensation is like drinking reallllly good, fresh juice or something. I mostly wear black clothing so the exact opposite is always appealing to me.

I think they fixed the bugs by the now*. My gf and her 7 yr old said it's good now, but had complained about bugs at launch.. I kickstarted it but haven't played it yet, and didn't even recommend it to them - she watched Nindie Direct and fell in love. The kid is so obsessed she wants her birthday cake themed after the game, this month. Always sendning me vids of her carrying cats around. SO there is an audience there, lol.

Her biggest criticism is "Can we hack it to be 2 players? Will Nintendo not notice if we just hack onnnnne game?"

*She just told me there is a bug "where the character gets too skinny and glitches up in the air if she plays too long".

@TheFullAndy "Shipped pretty much is sold or do you think Nintendo hands out these copies to stores for free?"

Depends on the contract the retailer has with the distribution. Sometimes games can be returned by the retailer, and have the stock bought back, sometimes the stock can be returned as a credit toward future purchases. Also, and you see this with Ubisoft a lot, when games sit on shelves, game companies allow retailers a "markdown allowance". Hyrule Warriors went on sale a week or so ago, which is pretty early for a Nintendo title. So noting 2.5 mill shipped versus sell thru does mean a lot of difference, especially since "sold" means there's potentially a lot more lifeblood left in the game's shelf life. For example, try to find a physical copy of Hyrule Warriors 1 anywhere...they haven't been on shelves since early to mid 2019 because the initial run of games had to be discounted off.

Good games but...ZzzzZZZzzz "generic looking sword human character with cape and ninja moves"...would be an ok base game choice, if included from the start, but as paid DLC this is a big no.

@BadWaluigi2 yeh - pretty lame how Capcom has been treating "physical" on Switch - but i got the games cheap tho

$60 for this piece of plastic and no AC adapter? Man I really hate this company lately.

ugh....really awful news

The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroines - lol, i'd love it tho

Featuring, Paya, Zelda, Divine Spirit Mipha - fast swap between them, their different abilities couple up to solve puzzles, traverse environments, etc. You unlock Link 3/4 thru the journey and or in a post game, new game+ mode.

@Moistnado watch the physical of 4,5,6 to go on sale (2 games are codes)...I got mine for around $25 last fall.

@nessisonett Don't know how old you are but I find a lot of the thigh stuff pretty healthy. In the 90s and 2000s all the anime stuff just pushed these unnaturally thin and unhealthy body types.

The DLC for the last one came months after, on a delayed release - expensive though. Don't understand the content controversy here, previous game walks a good balance between some fan service and having fleshed out characters that are more than cheesecake....expect for that ONE character in the last one with the weird gross huge tumor boobs.

He ever release his kickstarter for the Chicken Wiggle Switch port? Only kickstarter I ever requested and received a refund from.

Tegra X-2 chip (T-210) was a full 2 years old when the Switch launched, not 1.

@SalvorHardin lots of people have been saying Nintendo Ninjas for years, everywhere

@Tourtus I work for an advertising agency...I do not understand how this happens. You NEVER EVER pull anything off the internet, even if you think it's a client owned asset. You have an Art Buyer who manages client approved assets, or you work with a folder of client direct, supplied assets. I think maybe someone bopped this in as a placeholder while waiting on an official asset, and it accidentally got pushed out thru production when someone got laid off or something.

@Ks123 They do that garbage with all their preorders. Which means they get nothing from me.

Why is this on here?

Awful year. Nintendo finally broke the fan in me. I no longer buy stuff to try it, running off the 2017 high I had during 2018 and 2019, havent even touched my Switch much at all since Sept (their year report of my playtime reminded how long it's been). But between their weak lineup (which given the times is kind of understandable) but more importantly their gross new (and old) business practices...I just don't care about Nintendo much anymore, from a fan point of view, or as an interested consumer. I don't hate them nor am I excited about them. Just sort of neutral on them. They gotta work hard again for my money.

@Menchi Underperformed is something the investors have a different angle on though. The game literally got pulled from the PS Store, a bunch of others are refunding and there are still those that may have bought this for Christmas/Hannukah etc or with said holiday money afterward. They already made all their money back and are making a profit. That's huge, but imagine how much bigger it may have been following all the preorder and first week window sales. So it is underperforming from a certain point of view, just by the fact that the unfinished nature of the console ports got the worst word of mouth I've seen since Fallout 76 and the fact it is literally not digitally purchasable from the PS Store, is impeding further sales.