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I love this game. Sadly don't have the time to really get into it, but I've come pretty far already. It's not perfect but it is defintely one of my faves. Now if only I could get back to when time went slowly.

@KingMike Oh, I am not taking that as the standard at all, was merely pointing out that Horii here probably hasn't experienced the full breadth of translation and localisation quality, so who is he to talk?

I don't know much about him, but I would dare say he doesn't have a very full grasp of the English language to say such a thing. There have been crap translations and great ones, and there have also been crap games and great ones coming from Japan. It's such a narrowminded thing to say.

And not only that, Japanese and English are completely different things, they are so incredibly far apart from one another. And Japanese and American consumers/fans are different too, so what is so wrong to cater to the crowd at least a little?

Even if he wasn't trying to be condescending, it's just a weird thing to state.

@A_WINNER_IS_Mii You have said it better than anyone can say here, and since it's your profession, you know what you are talking about. This guy right here, people. This is it!

Methinks mister simply is being simple and has a understanding of the language.

Sure, Japanese is way more flowery in its use of language, and obviously cultural context gets lost in translation. But you can replace that with other cultural mannerisms. Their language is directly tied to their culture and their culture is very focused on rules.

Not only that, and without trying to be condescending towards the passion that a localisation team undoubtedly has, their efforts aren't by definition the highest art forms of the language in question.

The only games that I found had struck a seriously good vibe were Final Fantasy 12, and the PSP remake of Final Fantasy Tactics. Those had characters that I felt belonged in their worlds, especially Tactics.

Comparing that to translation work such as Working Designs, with puns about Bill Clinton in there, or JRPGs where everyone sounds like the worst cliché of an American jock teenager... If that is your reference, then sure... it's probably a simple language to your ears.

I am sure there are also Japanese people or media that are "simple" in comparison. There are PLENTY of animé series which, should I watch only those, would make me assume that every Japanese person screams and is angry, and that every Japanese person can only focus on breasts. One Piece is Japanese, the Japanese are not One Piece characters.

If it will include actual levels-type stuff, and not the world map nodes approach, than that is literally what we should've gotten in the first place.

I actually dislike both, but NA EU less so.

Only two players? That is kind of a bummer. Especially since the blurb says only He-Man, Man-at-Arms and Teela can save the planet, kind of a bummer one has to sit on the sideline.

I actually prefer the S2 visuals for 99%. The only thing I dislike is the look of her hair. That one looks better on PS. Everything else though looks plastic on PS and the right amount of washed out slightly on S2.

One of the few games that actually deserve to be calles Rogue-like. Also a masterpiece. Played very little of it but loved every second.

@kmtrain83 Same design principles, more or less, but this game has way less of a learning curve.

@MeloMan There is no James Bond Jr. - James Bond is a Time Lord.

I am kidding, but what a fun theory.

His face sort of... feels like it was made by AI. I know it's not the case, but it's.... a little bit non-descript?

Ooooh first vote! That's a first.

I dislike them all, but I dislike the US one the least. Green looks nicer than red as a background to the quite reddish character. Japan's is just bland. At least in the other ones he crashes through something, even if non-descript.

Do I want this game?

Do I have time to play it? No...

But do I want it?

@Coalescence I was with you until your Power Rangers remark.

Go wash your mouth!!

Talk about an eclective mix of titles to start with.

My autism always burns bright when I see "collections" start with a part 2 and not release part 1 of anything, such as here starting with Ninja Gaiden 2. It hurts me and I am not even the target audience, haha.

The main guy on the Western version looks wrong. His eyes aren't right. Or maybe his head is too stretched. But it looks wrong.

Love the look, but the gameplay won't be my cup of tea.

@Craigsouthern If you read my post, you would see that I present those as additional thoughts, not the main one. I also didn't say the S1 version is better, I simply compared several things.

@rjejr ouch co-op sounds horrible. We've had that woth Wii Sports. Never again will I take a controller in the face!!

Haha.

@EarthboundBenjy @Craigsouthern I'd day sharper visuals don't necessarily mean better visuals. I actually prefer a slightly washed out look, though I haven't compared them side by side.

If you already played OT1 and 2, then the Switch version of OT0 will be fine too.

There's a lot less max items you can place in your town though, which I don't know yet if that will be a dealbreaker... depends on how much you want to play house.

I only have a Switch 1, so I bought that one, and so far I haven't hit max items yet by far.

Also, the Switch 1 boxart doesn't feature a horrid red border, and the game cart actually holds the game. So there's that.

Hope that helps.

I dislike both. I dislike the Western one less.

Seeing as the red makes me nauseous even on static screenshots, this is a welcome addition.

Not that I will be playing it, but nonetheless... I can't be the only one who gets that, so anyone who would like to play it and this makes it easier, welcome addition!

Man, even those short clips gave me motion sickness. I can't imagine how I would feel if I actually played a real Virtual Boy.

But I applaud the release of unreleased games!

The America one would have been okay, if not for the horrendously tacked on A2, which looks like Lesson 01 - Photoshop for Beginners.

@HammerKirby Well, in that case...

Pure insanity.

Spending well over a 100 bucks for a meme.

@Thomystic I was going to say the same thing but struggled to find the words. Then I scrolled back and saw your comment. Well put, I agree.

@sportymariosonicmix I am too lazy to read the reviw, but judging by your comment, I guess the reviewer saw two similarities between Cory and Kenan and Kel, and that's both being a tv show with a black lead. And games based on shows historically being sub-par, he probably assumed the games were alike.

I'd doubt he even played the game for more than ten minutes.

I have to say it... Why does Lego insist on making things so bland and unappealing?

Animal Crossing were tiny house with the backside non-existent. Far from enough to recreate a cool little island vignette with.
Mario was... well... a world map node thing...
I liked some of the Minecraft sets, at least those felt like you could create a cool litte world with, though the more recent ones are all awful.
I guess the Deku Tree was alright, but so many sets are just incredibly lacklustre.

Maybe it's just me.

Being sold for, or being offered for?

There is a very distinct difference.

Pfffttt... Nintendo has already been partnering with a B brand of bricks, if not several, for years. Buy those instead.

@GammaPhonic @nessisonett - Maybe a better analogy would have been "The bully was nice to me, so...", but we can't deny that sentiment.

This studio was lucky amongst a ton of less lucky ones. EA is a horrid company for many reasons though. I think we can agree on that. Doesn't mean there aren't any good folks there doing their darnest to create fun products for us, but the top dogs are only in it for the dough.

@Not_Soos You can pay me in exposure. Haha, just kidding... I also dislike video editing. I am alright at it, made a few pretty good looking music videos, if I do say so myself, but all for the love of the craft.

Also thought about starting a YouTube channel but the hassle wasn't worth it to me.

I hope the video game music thing pans out, but I am not holding my breath. We shall see. Maybe it's time to start those house tracks now.

Good luck on your endeavours!

@Not_Soos I feel compelled to comment on your last reply.

You might already be doing this, but just do stuff for the fun of it. That is how you hone your craft. Me? I want to produce house music. I do not feel good enough to produce it, so I don't do it much yet, but in the meantime I am making hip hop beats that are slightly further removed from my passion, making it easier for me to finish.

I also enjoy editing, so I edit videos for an artist. I also enjoy writing and creating lay-outs, so I helped in creating a board game for a friend. He has a friend working on a videogame, so I might start producing music for that. All of that stuff I do for fun, but also simply to train, and the proof is in the pudding, it opens up venues, as I might be able to contribute to a videogame sometime soon, and not even because of something closely adjacent. The board game is WWII.

Also, don't feel bad. They had a 100 applicants, they say, so you pretty much had a 1% chance. And I don't know about divisive, I don't recall ever reading anything grating from your side. Or maybe I just agree with you, that's possible too.

I wasn't able to watch it with sound on, but the intro was hillarious nonetheless.

Welcome Mai, hope you will have a wonderful time on the team, but I am going to take an educated guess and say that won't be much of an issue.

@MTMike87 Insane decision. They even took the time to redub them, and then hide them.

I actually already accepted their ommission. I have the game but haven't had the time to play yet. Now it's an even better package. And also pretty insane that it was already discounted when I bought it.

@MTMike87 REALLY?!? And nobody in the team was like "Let's make sure people know!"?!?!

That was like the one thi g I was a little bummed about. Not terribly bummed, but... bummed.

That is something. Well, pretty awesome that it IS in there, but why not give the option to add or disable them in-game? Strange decision.

@dskatter

Call me a grognard (cuz' I am), but while I should be happy that some things that might need fixing might be fixed, it kind of annoys me that they could add content. It just always feels like you are holding an incomplete product when the cartridge doesn't hold the final version.

@traceman Aha, shame on me for not reading, then.

Guess I am still too salty over the van Gogh card.

After the Amsterdam debacle, you'd think they'd learn.

But no.

@dartmonkey Sorry bud, but I have to agree with @Pillowpants, before this I never heard of that abbreviation either... so... I guess our mileages vary?

I've watched it several times, and I prefer the look of the RTX OFF.

So... I dunno...

Tonal continuity. Now there is a term I needed to to express my feelings towards some other series, mostly to describe how the vibe is destroyed...

Thanks for that!

Graphically it looks amazing, but that main character... Doesn't do it for me at ALL. So... Not sure if it is for me.

Pro Evolution Soccer: Enchanted Wonderland.

@darkswabber You forgot the best one, Time Extension!

Happy New Year from me too.

This year I will play Octopath Traveler 0 to completikn and trynto wrestle myself away from Kairosoft games. Not gonna happen.

I spent last night playing N64 games with my kids on our brand new online sub.

I must say, as a young 'un, I hated the N64 after the SNES. I thought the graphics were butt ugly compared to the sweet pixel art I had grown to love, and PS1 had way better games.

But I kind of chose to ignore how much I loved F-Zero, Wave Race, 1080, and that's just the Nintendo games. In hindsight, it has some absolute treasures. And for the record, all three of those are better than the GC iterations, if you ask me.

So I completely decimated my kids on F-Zero and Star Fox last night, among others. Good times. Goldeneye's control scheme, though... yuch.

Asked them nicely again to update Crystal Chronicles to allow us to play together on one console.

Loved OT1, though I didn't see the final ending, really liked OT2 up to a point, because I didn't like the characters as much as the first, but I love town building so can't wait to start playing 0.

It would be awesome if somewhere down the line the cap on building stuff is upped a little, but I won't complain. I will just keep my tiny village tiny. Which is fine. Looking forward to playing it. Will be the first game I am going to be playing a lot of since ages, Vampire Survivors notwithstanding.

Are these browser games? Because I have never ever heard of any of these before. They look good, though!

Japan has had some stinkers too, but this isn't one of them. The US one is lovely too, and on the one hand I really appreciate the different outfit, but on the other hand... at the end, a small win for Japan for me.

I cannot get over that intensely ugly red border on the S2 carts. Could be reason enough to go digital.

I hate modern Street Fighter. Oh well...

As much as I love RE4, especially from a gameplay standpoint, the series pretty much already jumped the shark, or giant fish monster in RE4's case, in their storyline right there.

After that, they just continuously seemed to double down on the sillyness. 7 felt like it got back to a more gritty, realistic vibe, but then Village turned up the notch to a 1000.

I am kind of done with it. It used to be more serious, bar a select few boss monsters.