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Bravely Default 2 isn't HD-2D, and Octopath Traveller (either the original or the upcoming sequel) aren't exclusives either.

No one seems to conisder the fact the FE1 remake was released in between the 2 titles, and considering that the only other remake (Echoes) is included in the list, it's likely that that could be the missing link.

Although I have no knowledge if someone has already datamined FE1R to determine that, based on the fact no one discussing this seemed to remember it even existed, I'd hedge no.

"Sad I had to confirm this" is a complete overreaction, honestly. The issue is annoying but fixable, and you definitely wouldn't see that poor reaction from another fans item (never saw Joe Merrick complain that patches were incoming to fix ScarVi).

This type of joke wasn't funny when ye did it as an April Fools prank in 2021, why did anyone think it would work a 2nd time, in mid-January?

Considering Inazuma has been delayed 5-6 years, we can't even guarantee it'll release in Japan.

@Xenobound94 the VA change only happened in English, the original dumb was unchanged. They wouldn't have cancelled a show based on a highly popular game, just because the US team changed who voices a character (and even in US standards, the characters would have no issue being replaced, because it barely matters there).

Ironic that it claims to be channeling Link's Awakening, considering it seems awfully "inspired" by Yacht Club Games (that blue Knight in the thumbnail looks awfully familiar, and that their newest title is also inspired by Link's Awakening).

Leave it to Nintendo Life to jump on the bandwagon as usual (Bakugan WayForward, Switch Pro) without any concern for being accurate. Nothing has been finalised and this deal has been more intensly scrutinised than any before it. Microsoft don't currently own Activision, they're under no right to make promises, and these comments are simply for evidence gathering of support of the deal with the public.

Entering a 10-year commitment for a property they don't yet own.

Not a surprise for sure, a lot of the above titles were discounted for Black Friday, or included in BF/CM console deals.

Personally surprised that Midnight Suns failed to crack the top 10, thought the Marvel IP would be a good influencer for its success (and shocked that Callisto did, despite the lukewarm-negative reviews)

@Cronodoug there's one next year almost guaranteed based on the trends of releases, no need to send up the warning flare.

So basically:

• Nintendo poll on Choose Day determined Fuecoco
• Splatfest determined Quaxly
• Famitsu determined Sprigatito

I can't believe we live in a world where someone already thinks Forces is better than Frontier (Forces got a 6)

The reason your review is so harshly treated is the fact your review makes the equivalence that "this is a bad port of a bad game", when the actual only conclusive part is "this is a bad port". Quite honestly, this game does nothing much different to differentiate itself in the open-world genre, but is instead an actual proof of a whole new formula for a game (which is one of the very points that NL brings up in the Legends Arceus review). Ye're harshly punishing a game for reasons ye've previously commended other titles (Zelda and Pokémon, like Sonic both previously linear games that convert to OW, got higher scores than Frontiers implies they should've. Maybe this opens up the channel to rereviews of games that were praised by NL for their OW concept more than the game).

Also the old adage that a Nintendo fan will take any opportunity to demerit Sonic is clearly applicable /s

Charizard is actually standing, and not just flying eternally? Hopefully that's consistent and not just the battle intro.

Now we just need the article about the updated sales numbers and the template Nintendo Financial Report articles will be complete.

Don't know whether my lack of love for Gen 5 influences it (dont think its the worst, but definitely dont buy into the hype the story is anything other than extremely average), but the Gen 5 starters are easily among the worst designs in the entire franchise in my opinion. The first stages are fine, the 2nd stages are good but the 3rd stages are completely awful and it ruins the rest of them. Similarly, I don't rank Galar's starter, with the middle stages being the worst (by a long shot). Think Gen 7, Gen 3 and Gen 4 are the most consistently well-designed across the 3, with each of the latter 2 challenging the Kanyo starters for good design.

For anyone curious about it, it's part of Apple Arcade.

It's also *****.

@nessisonett what a very specific way to defend it, very clear you've had this argument before, not that any of it is correct. Jodie Whittaker has done the 2nd least amount of Modern Who (only beating Eccelston). Even with COVID, she's had the least amount of episodes and appearances, less than any of the previous 3 Doctors. As you mentioned, the only reason she lasted 5 years is because they didn't film for 1 year in the middle. If you're going entirely by "first reveal to regeneration", then Paul McGann certainly wins by that regard (didn't even regenerate until 2013), if you're going by years as the Doctor then Tom Baker has her beat, if you're going by Modern Who, David will have her beat before his next episode. It's a stupid metric to base it on.

Also, it's exactly that she was fired. RTD had every opportunity to keep her in the role. but she no longer fits the vision of what Doctor Who is going to be and was replaced. In literally any other industry, that is called "fired".

@Ryu_Niiyama Steve and Alex were the default skins for the player character, if you hadn’t imported/obtained any others. This update adds the 7 other characters in that image to the default skins list, making a total of 9.

Headline should be updated to "Scarlet/Violet restores single-use TMs again". Then again, reverting a good feature to a ***** one isn't exactly headline-worthy news.

Edit: Really censoring a swear word, NL? Absolutely nothing wrong with it, no need to be prudes.

Traffic low today, NL? That why you're posting a whole article about a YouTuber whose only connection to your usual content is he plays a game that is also on the console (the version of which he never plays)?

@Oppyz666 there are also many countries that EU doesn't cover in that as well. Just saying "Europe" is the correct version.

• While there's no doubt that Kit and Krysta's story is true

There is quite literally no evidence to back their claim in the first place, its a conversation that only they have claimed ever happened, it specifically is negative and hyperboled to the extreme, contradicts previous claims about the topic (them claiming that Nintendo compared Nuzlocke to ROM hacks contradicts the typical system of not even acknowledging ROM hacking), and has been discredited by prominent members of the community with a bigger focus on the topic (Joe Merrick for example), and by the Pokémon company themselves (who acknowledge it as a fanmade challenge that requires nothing more to add/affect on their part). A nothing story made by former disgruntled employees who haven't captured similar fame outside of the company, blown out of proportion by Nintendo sites with nothing better to write about.

Must be a slow news day, if NL is making a whole article of a minor misprint

Biggest disappointment with this article is you said Tails instead of Knuckles

Glad to see that they spent 2 years advertising the the Ares series, as well as outright stating this entry would be based on that canon, only to now abandon the series entirely. Era with a huge amount of potential, wasted because they spent 4 years too long developing a game (that was originally due for release in 2018).

This maintenance has been on for weeks already (around the start of July), and this information has been reported multiple times by other sites (and even told directly to ye in your comment sections), this is extremely late reporting on it

Every game that releases carries that title, it means nothing.

This was one I picked out when Xbox showed it off at their press conference a few years back (same one that announced 12 Minutes, if memory serves), and thought it would've been perfect for Switch. Glad to see I predicted the future on that one.

Funnily enough, I bought my Shulk amiibo primarily for Xenoblade 2, not knowing that it wouldn’t have functionality with that title. 5 years later it finally gets a use in a Xenoblade title. Presumably the Pyra/Mythra amiibo will also have similar functionality when they release

@Andy77mk actually, I meant the exact opposite. Of all the MH amiibo, Malzeno was the only one I could get at the time (Sunbreak ones were OOS, and I don't believe the Rise or Stories ones went back into stock at the same time).

All sold out on the EU sites still. Luckily I got my Malzeno pre-order in yesterday (couldn't get the others in the set, but at least have one).

Anyone considering Bum-bo based on the BoI might want to consider the issues with the title.

Bum-bo is a fun title, but the development of the game was famously drawn out and the finished product was rushed. Releasing in a buggy state, the first month was spent fixing the game into an playable state, before ideas of a mini-DLC (inputting missing endings, adding new items) were mentioned for Christmas time.

It took over a year.

The final update for Bum-bo released early March 2021, with less content than was detailed for the mini DLC (less bosses, less new items, only a single new character) and the ending was updated to now link into Repentence. The only solace that could be taken was that it was offered for free (when the original talk was to release it for a small fee).

Bum-bo was rushed on PC, and these ports look somehow more rushed than that (rather than implementing actual controller support, just making it a mouse pointer and clicker). I'd recommend holding off for a while. This title needs an update to fix the obvious issues, and maybe the minor support it will inevitably receive from the Isaac community will make it so they actually fix their game on console.

Your "source" literally just told you she wasn't told by anyone who would know the information ("It's not technically a leak because Nintendo didn't tell me, which is how I make that call."). You are literally pushing false news that inherently tells you the fact it's made up.

@SteamEngenius mostly because it launched on PC before getting ported to mobile. The same reason no one calls Slay the Spire or Stardew Valley mobile games.

@UltimateOtaku91 I'd say you've answered your own question there. I imagine Splatoon 3 suffered some unannounced internal delay, with it due to release when XB3 is now releasing (which would've been just over 5 years since 2 came out). They simply swapped the dates.

My first words when seeing the Gibbon game:

https://youtu.be/da_xoXrWT4M

As an Irish user, it doesn't really matter to me, as my country will almost certainly refuse classification for it, like the original. I'll be going on the US eShop for it when I do.

Can I ask what the point of this article is with regards to its relevance to Nintendo? Monkey Island has had 2 entries on Nintendo consoles in the last 25 years (one being a TellTale spin-off), with no new entries or rereleases being proposed since the WiiWare days. The latest title isn't even confirmed for anything outside PC at this point.

This is being exaggerated in its impact. The majority of the games listed as unreleased are third-party titles that either have been released by their owners in a collection (Pac-Man in Namco Museum, Castlevania in the Anniversary Collection, Mega Man in the Legacy Collection) and would probably not want them in a $2-a-month app with little residuals when they can sell them for more. With Tetris, Nintendo already offer Tetris 99 as a title, and would probably prefer attention on that.

@Olliemar28 that's a very poor explanation. You can pretty much use that for any item as an excuse, it doesn't really make it valid in context. The quality of the scarf is more akin to the ones sold by people outside stadiums for significantly less than £50, the ones you're claiming are "almost as expensive" are luxury items (either made with high-quality material, or brand-name products).

I think the easiest way to decipher the legitimacy of a story is to ask this simple question: does it originate from a Reddit community known for its... let's say leniency with regards to the legitimacy of its submissions?

@darkswabber and, despite that, the "inside sources" information are just exactly what was logic'd out when the announcement was made. Them saying this isn't confirmation in the slighest, in fact it looks more like they came into the comment section of the NL article and ripped the theories from there.

@Yanina I wouldn’t be giving them any credit then, considering they abruptedly cancelled this title, as well as release and leave PoE 1 in an unfinished mess.

@Night-X There’s nothing wrong with it at this moment, though. We just finished the Manaphy event last week, now a new one started. Isn’t that exactly what you were describing?