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Not much to see here but U.O. Was incredible so I’ll keep an eye on it!

The only one I’ve ever had was the OoT 3DS. The TotK switch OLED was tempting, and this OoT Switch2 is a particularly nice-looking unit.. I want to hold out for OLED this time but idk, if I can get my hands on this edition I would be happy with that green and gold.

The timeline discussion WAS great fun to discuss before Nintendo made a timeline with a “downfall” line, then introduced the absurd “10,000 year” span of BotW, and finally made TotK inconsistent with BotW.
I like the idea of keeping a connected history but why do we have to incorporate so many time travel paradox shenanigans?

That said, I find the “‘Legend’ means they aren’t true / are retelling of the same thing” position trite, lazy, and dull.

Very simple for me this week: Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The exploration appeal is simple but fun, the story is really intriguing.

I was super disappointed. Why call this a 40th anniversary direct if it was going to just be OoT… my expectations were low but not this low. Yes OoT looks beautiful but judging from the minimap sizes it’s not expanded any so it probably won’t be all that different from the original.. coming from a 25+ year fan my faith in the series is at an all-time low. 😣

Just started Xenoblade Chronicles 3 today, having finished Phantom Hourglass last week and taking a little break. The wife continues in Skyward Sword HD but really stalled out due to the desert being tedious.

@larryisaman totally agree about Sammy’s talking and the overcorrection from Other M. In Dread they show her standing in elevators or trains in a way that exactly mirrors her monologue scenes in Fusion, but then nothing happens and it feels lacking and kind of old-fashioned. Her one line in Dread was a highlight of that game and I think having more of her thoughts and words would have taken that game to a higher level. Storyline and lore build connection with the player.

My view is that the Metroid series falls behind other “vanias” in the department of lore and world building. Dread was great, but felt barebones to me with almost no story threads to get along the way or discover through exploration. HK & Silksong excel in not only combat, movement, and exploration, but also in the worlds they present, where you are motivated to explore not only for self-empowerment but also to meet characters and learn more about Hollownest and Pharloom.
Metroid Fusion came closer to this than any other, and it remains my favorite Metroid game. But I think the fans tend to look down on its plot-driven progression.

@NintendoWife fair point and yes I am of the latter variety who has played the originals

My problem is not remakes; it’s when the remakes hardly add anything to expand on the original. The Link’s Awakening remake was basically just visual. They added the lame dungeon maker at the cost of the world-building photographer quests, and did nothing to make the island or its people any deeper.
I hope but doubt that OoT will have something new to expand the world some.

My favorite FF and one of my favorite games of all time.
I might get a Switch or S2 version some day for the sake of collection, but right now I honestly don't need to replay it.

Zelda days continue as I’m about halfway through Phantom Hourglass and my wife is totally hooked on Skyward Sword HD. Fun times!

Exactly what I’m waiting for

Pumped to try this one; I think its visuals are top notch. Sad to hear my support might be too late; I just had my hands fill with backlog…

@FancyJehuty yeah it’s a shame that this one went with such a generic “anime” style. The characters look like they belong Tales or Fire Emblem games. Very disappointing since I’m a fan of Runersia.

@Zerra_Adventure I’ve been meaning to try the improved SS sometime — the original experience was kind of dull for me.

I’ve been replaying Phantom Hourglass this week, and I convinced my wife to start Skyward Sword today and she actually likes it! So it’s shaping up to be a very Zelda season in my house, which is most welcome.

I really liked Undertale but haven’t been compelled to check out this one.
I don’t really get the episode release format but it seems to be working for them.

@EarthboundBenjy I say Elliot, personally.

It’s a replay of the DS Zeldas for me, starting with Phantom Hourglass which has been about 13 years since I last touched. It’s one of the weakest games in the series, but still a fun time. It’s follow up Spirit Tracks will be a welcome change after I finish. Mina the Hollower was good fun but that ending kind of killed my motivation to increase my completion from 88%.

Enjoying Mina the Hollower before diving into replay of the two DS Zeldas. After that I’ll be ready for an rpg flavor again.

Definite buy for me once I get a Switch 2!

Hard disagree on the saves from anywhere. I think that old style is one thing that made players really learn the world map and fall in love with it. When you never retrek you just don’t get that same familiarity. And since it’s OoT nowhere takes long to get to anyway.

My issue is OLED only

Talking about strands of hair like it’s 2006.
The 3DS remake did it best imo. This glimpse of the new design is not inspiring

A big flop for me. I’m feeling like Switch 2 is missing the inspiration of its predecessor. I just don’t know why they’re do a direct if this is all they have to say. A million ports and upscales.

Any Zelda is good, but I’m more keen on WW and TP than OoT.
Oracles expansion/sequel are always the dream, or Golden Sun, but I’m not that idealistic

Finally caved and decided I’d rather watch the rest of FFVIII as a film than have to play through any more. Picked up Mina the Hollower and am having fun with it.

Bought it two days ago, played about an hour; thumbs up!

This is an overreaction.
A graphically overhauled newly realized 3D version of old 2D games is always an intriguing possibility. Don’t use AI in the development of the actual game if this were to inspire one.

How is that Waluigi essay not the star letter!
Secondly, was that ghostwritten by a staff member? Nice prose.

As for Mario: if it isn’t a platformer it isn’t “mainline.” Platformer can be about clearing levels or about collecting items. I don’t think 64 is a “sandbox spinoff” I think it’s a 3D collection platformer as were so popular in that late 90s era.

EDIT: @Glassneedles makes compelling points on this.

Looks really cool.
I always come to these to vote about not adopting Switch 2 yet though. I’m sure I’ll get there eventually .

It’s all FFVIII for me, though I pretty much live in the 3x and “powered up” features — not in to the combat. Overall these PS1 era games are not smooth to control and navigate, so at this point I treat it like a kind of point and click story game where combat is just something to push through and I waste hours on a tangential card game. Nice story though.

Still working through Talos Principle (still short 3 stars) and FFVIII Remastered. Also dabbled in a replay of Iconoclasts before hopefully starting either FF Tactics or Xenoblade 3 next.

I don’t think a film counts toward making it a fuller Nintendo year, because it does nothing to justify the purchase of Switch 2 or not.

@Shepdawg1 They didn't literally say that. But their lack of response to Reggie's rebuttal was implied to mean that. I'm also not sure that it was exactly "illegal" but in any event I think it's right for Nintendo to treat vendors equally. I don't want the game stores and smaller retailers to die out or stop selling games because the MegaCorps suck up all the business.

I like left hand. Just a minor little thing that makes him unique. I don’t think it needs to mirror the player anyway, but even if it did, I wouldn’t mind trying my left hand at swordplay. You don’t need strength for waving a controller anyway.

If there isn’t an interconnected story, I don’t see the purpose of having the same world (Hyrule, with death mountain and a forest and lake etc) and characters (blond Link, namely).

For me the story is equally important to gameplay. I still enjoy the ones with weak stories, but ultimately a dynamic world of characters is a top priority for me.

Haven't had much time lately, but I'm still working through Final Fantasy VIII Remastered and Talos Principle. My brother-in-law's wife (is that my sister-in-law-in-law?) got really into Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and has been getting our other sibling-in-laws to play it with her, so this weekend my Switch has been kind of out of my hands! haha.

For those who play MMOs I've been told this is the best out there. I can't take that kind of long-term commitment, myself.

Miyamoto’s bias against deep storytelling, which has long hindered the Zelda series imo, is proving to be harder to forgive in the medium of film.

@Shmoo I'm in no way opposed to skipping a generation (i'm still waiting to have sufficient cause to get Switch 2 or not), I don't understand why the docking feature would be a complaint! That's the coolest and most useful thing about Switch/2 and I see no reason why it would be a negative. You don't even have to engage with the feature if you don't want to .

I’ve only played NH and my main disappointment was that the villagers don’t feel very dynamic. Are the other games like that? I thought interacting with the neighbors was one of the main thrusts of the games, but Ain NH they really don’t do anything.

For all the people saying "no, they should make a new game instead," I don't think these remakes cause new titles to be significantly delayed, as they usually take far less time to make than the ones starting from scratch and Nintendo has said that the new games constantly have a team working on them in the Zelda series.

Oh man I have so much to say about this.
First off, I would prefer for any remakes to have expanded and added content and lore. The Link's Awakening Switch remake was really disappointing to me because nothing of significance changed from the GB release, and it even had LESS worldbuilding content than the DX edition because no more photo cutscenes! I would like the world of a remade game to be enlarged and deepened some.

I have always wanted Holodrum and Labrynna to be further developed in the larger narrative of the Zelda series (the latter having its own royal dynasty seems especially ripe for more stories), and generally I think the the Oracle games are the best of the 2D entries so far in terms of lore design. So I would love to see them remade and also get sequels/prequels! BUT like @CaleBoi25 said, the LA19-EoW "diorama" art style would not be a good fit for those games (take note @FX29) , so I am hesitant to suggest a remake too soon. (3D sequel?)

The other two that I love but are not so accessible now are Spirit Tracks and Link Between Worlds. Both are excellent, the former is less appreciated I think and it may be too soon for LBW. MC has been a while but I don't really know that it needs changing. It needs a sequel.

I would be interested to see what they could do with Zelda II: The Adventure of Link nearly 40 years later. It gets a bad rap but the combat is actually pretty fun.

And personally my beloved WW is just too inaccessible to me since I never bought WiiU....

I'll rank it:

1. Oracles (and make a sequel!)
2. ST (and make a sequel!)
3. AoL (with significant lore development)
4. WW
5. LBW
6. PH
7. TP
8. LoZ
9. OoT
10. MM

Is this like Stadium?

While I do have Switch 2 fomo, I’m still holding out for an OLED version.
This week playing Talos Principle and Final Fantasy VIII. I’m finding the latter hard to connect with, it’s so clunky to navigate the world and various menus; I think the PS1 era is kind of hard for me even though I’m fine with N64, PS2, GCN

He's certainly right that you can't communicate the same "flavor" of personality just by translation; there are so many nuances in any culture that don't really communicate in a different language. However, it isn't accurate to say that one is "simpler" than the other. English is much more precise, which entails a form of complexity. Japanese is more nuanced and contextual, with implications that constitute a different form of complexity.

Looks fun, and I'm not usually a pokemon guy. But at this point I'm still waiting for an OLED or some kind of superior version for Switch 2. We'll see..

@UpsideDownRowlet you forgot “globular”

My vote goes to Greninja in this crowd. Surprised by most of the results.