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@PipeGuy64Bit

I wouldn't be surprised. They had a similar approach with Wii and Wii U. Then again, this is post-Iwata Nintendo. They've done a lot of things that are atypical to their habits in the past. I wouldn't completely blame them either. Switch won't keep the momentum up for more than two years. People just lose interest and want something new.

The canonically accurate Super Mario Bros. movie from the 90's shows that the fungus can communicate telepathically, and are therefore sentient living things. Also, the toad race are fungus-based, so whether or not the mushrooms are "meaty", it is definitely murderous, and unethical.

FACTS.

Also, I ate some mushrooms last night (not the psychedelic kind, just some ones from the supermarket). Dipped them in some ghost-chili hot sauce. It was fantastic. Though my stomach isn't doing too well today.

I cancelled my preorder just because I'm done buying games out of fomo. I just have too many games sitting on my backlog that I have no time to play.

If I catch up, and find the game at a decent price, then great. If I don't, that's fine.

@Octane

Nobody buys a game off the premise that the performance is bad. Having an easy or flexible difficulty curve, is not a fault of a game - that's a matter of personal preference. Poor performance and optimization are fundamental game flaws that nobody asks for. It's a bit perplexing that you don't see the difference between these.

Nintendo just needs to make another legit Wind-Waker game or a remaster of the ds sequel. None of the games inspired by Wind Waker have even come close to meeting the mark. Feel free to enlighten me if there are, I am open to that.

I could try and say the same about Earthbound-inspired games, but a few of those are actually good.

@Frailbay30

If you fight down on the ground and go for 100 percent completion, it can actually be a bit challenging. If you play cheap, and spend most of the time floating around above and skipping everything, then yeah, it can be insanely easy.

@WiiWouldLikeToPlay

Judging poor performance is relevant. Judging a game known for having an easy difficulty curve is like judging a blonde girl for being blonde or ice cream for being fattening....It's kinda why people buy it in the first place...

These are very different things to judge something by. Also, if the Kirby game ran as poorly as the new Pokemon game, then it would be fair game to judge it off of that premise.

Not surprised with IGN's score. They panned Double Dragon Neon and a bunch of other good games based off of personal preference. They're extremely unprofessional.

I don't know. I'm waiting for my physical copy. I do hope this game sells well though.

Usually something like Stink or Ratfink, or something that rhymes with Link. Or some kind of expletive, like ****head. Not that I have anything against Link, I'm just immature when it comes to naming any character.

The PS5 is excellent. It's so much better than the PS4 in every way, honestly what the console should've been from the start. It has a lot of good games too.

Good thing Nintendo is also churning out lots of good games. It's a really good time to be a gamer, I think.

I'm just so happy this is a thing. I thought my switch would be collecting dust in 2023, but nintendo was like "nope".

Shyguys AND a Sniffit. I'm guessing that they'll show a little love for SMB2.

With Pixel Remaster, Dragon Quest 12, Ys X, Street Fighter 6, Metroid Prime HD, Suikoden 1 and 2 Remaster, and having barely sunk my teeth into Fire Emblem: Engage, I might wait a while. I already have a huge backlog before I even get to those really.

Anyway, the other announcements were great.

Pretty awesome. Got to give it to Nintendo on this direct - They have been listening, or know their fans, or both.

Now that was a curveball. Nintendo freaking brought it today.

I remember being about thirteen years old and really sad when I beat Earthbound. I hated that it had to end.

I would also beat Super Mario Bros. 2 religiously. It was always good to see Wart passed offstage and taking a righteous beating. The ending music was also wonderful and soothing.

A Link To The Past's ending always made me happy. Used to give me goosebumps.

I haven't finished Nier: Automata. I plan to finish it at some point. Just too many games and too little time.

I'm honestly not sure. Does it come with the DLC? Is the game going to be worth it? Is this the company making sure its employees are taken care of, or being greedy and throwing 50 bucks of DLC on top of it?

I'm not sure. If they were charging 100 bucks and giving us all future dlc, I'd be for it in an instant. I will wait and see. Not trying to judge, but I definitely can live without having the game day one.

I would like a 3d Mother game, and an F-Zero.

And a 3d Donkey Kong that is actually good.

But being realistic, I'd like a real achievements system. It's getting harder for me to keep buying 3rd party games on nintendo systems when the features on other consoles are usually superior and add so much replay value. I keep my switch around for whatever exclusives may come around.

And also time to play all of the great video games that are actually going to come out.....because I don't have time. I'm only on chapter 7 of the new Fire Emblem. I'm honestly okay if they don't announce anything at this point. But still looking forward to what is announced.

Edit:

Honestly, I'd be okay with a new 2D Mario as well.....or 3d even. It doesn't have to even reinvent the wheel or anything. I think my Mario burnout is over.

@N00BiSH

I would love that, but don't think it's ever going to happen. Nintendo doesn't even need to tack a number on to cash in on the nostalgia element. They also really don't care too much for the 80's and 90's generation. They know we're going to buy whatever Mario or Kirby or Zelda they put out.

But it would be great.

Also, at this point, I'd be fine if they saved Metroid Prime 4 for the next console. Looking at standard HD after playing on a 4k console and TV is almost painful to watch. I just went back to switch for Fire Emblem: Engage, and it feels like looking back at Wii graphics.

@OwenOtter

Both total cuties. I loved Petra's speech impediment. She is sexy but still classy. Yunaka is also very likeable, at least aesthetically.

I don't know why, but I think Hilda from Three Houses is quite the catch. I really don't like women like her in real life. It's just something about her.

Also, Zephia in Engage. Something about those bad girls.

@eltomo

Good. Nintendo needs it. They're at their best when they're getting humbled.

@ThisisJosh

That's fine. I'm just going to push back against extremely broad, blanket statements that overlook critical thinking.

@ThisisJosh

It's absolutely not. We shouldn't let obesity become the standard. Spend more time walking and doing physical activities, learn portion control. Sure, some people are naturally fat and big (I'm well over 200 lbs myself), but society should stop encouraging complete and utter disregard for physical health in the name of "acceptance". Also, I'm an American, and it's sad seeing so many unhealthy people. I never make fun of fat people, but I'm "fat phobic". If we're going to have this discussion, can we at least have a little grey area?

Because I can have a problem with disregard for health, and also NOT hate someone for being fat. In fact, I don't hate anyone for being fat, but I don't like how so many assume one is "fat-phobic" for factoring in a bit of discipline and self-control into the equation of a nationwide (and world-wide) health issue.

And yes, I'm aware that some people are genetically inclined to be large - I have a cousin who is big, no matter how hard he diets. He wouldn't look right if he was thin.

I still think that taking care of oneself and having some personal responsibility is a good thing, and not at automatically "fat-phobic", in nearly every conceivable situation, like some people are claiming.

Grey. Area.

@CazSonOfCaz

Some people are naturally large, sure. And no, not everyone should be thin. Personally, I am "overweight", 5' 10", 212 lbs....but I hit the gym at least five days a week, and it's mostly muscle.

If I didn't work out, I know that I would be fat. I was when I finished college, and got up to 235, but I decided that I wasn't feeling that. And being fat isn't so much an image problem, as it is just being plain unhealthy. No, folks shouldn't be expected to look like Superman or Wonder Woman, but all too often there are people making excuses and just being plain lazy.

That's not toxic, or narcissistic. That's truth. Obese people are more likely to die, and the only way to truly manage something like that it to be more proactive about managing one's health. It's one thing to be okay and positive about your body - nobody should be pressured to be perfect, but if you can't walk a flight of stairs without being out of breath, that's a problem. That's reality.

Frog, Tanooki, Penguin, Cat, and maybe a few new ones that will oddly enough make their way into the next Mario game (Yes I want that to happen and I don't have any idea why).

Why would you leave out cat? I hope they don't make such a mistake.

@Polvasti

It's a lame joke. How they believe this is some form of wit is beyond me.

@theModestMouse

I've seen a lot of your posts lately, and it looks like you're in some kind of far-right, incel territory. Good luck with that.

An HD remaster for all major platforms would be the best way to go. I had the original game on wii - my friend lost it, and I just never got back in to it, though he offered to replace it.

I have played a lot of the other Vanillaware games - 13 Sentinels, Dragon's Crown Pro, Odin's Sphere - They are all very good, but I have the fondest memories playing through Muramasa. I would get into a "flow state" with that game and just slice away for hours.

Let's hope they work it out and get this game to as many places as possible. It would be naturally be a good fit on switch, but I would like to see it in 4k too.

Looks good, but I ordered the Mother/Earthbound schwag instead. Thanks for letting me know.

@Turbo857

I still think that the first two Shining Force games go toe to toe with Fire Emblem. I've replayed them so many times. I was considering trying the fan translation of Shining Force 3, now that's not too hard to get working. I was actually looking forward to the mobile game that they cancelled last year.

@Gracetrack

There are some minor elements. Sarah later reveals her crush on Bowie and jealousy of the princess on Shining Force 2's ending. It's pretty sad. There's some minor flirting about, but no serious romance beyond that.

Looks cool as hell. I hope it doesn't suck.

My copy is arriving this afternoon. I haven't played it yet, so I won't vote. I am excited for it. There's just so many games out right now. I like that the reception has been positive, and how it's purported to be more straight-forward and combat-based.

@ZealMajin

You know, I can't get around Alear's design, but the negativity is a bit silly at this point. I think it's just because it looks like such a radical departure after Three Houses.....but people seem to forget that Fates deviated from "the norm" as well.

I really like most of the character designs, and I love how colorful everything is. I think shunning the game just because the art style is a bit juvenile though. Wind Waker is a great Zelda game, and people hated it for being different too.

@YANDMAN

Gotcha. Oddly enough, I managed to get good at Blazing Chrome, though I never finished Hard Corp honest, and it's a shame. I feel like an incomplete Contra enthusiast.

Maybe keep most of the current system, but add some quests involving items that can make some weapons unbreakable. Maybe there's only a handful of those items available each playthrough, or make it where it takes a lot of hard work to make the weapon unbreakable. Most weapons could still break, but the player could still have a nice variety of weapons if things got really rough.

Tales of Arise and Friday 13th, both on PS5....I am trying to wrap up Arise and make room for Fire Emblem: Engage. I don't like being involved in two big RPG's at once.

Dr. Doom, final boss on Roger Rabbit on NES I must've spent three or four days.

Also, the final boss on Ys Chronicle 2, on PC port of the turbografx version. He's just brutal.

Mission Mode in F-Zero GX is also insane.

In addition to greater power for running more demanding games, I think they would benefit from having a real achievement system. Mushrooms for "bronze", fire-flower for "silver", star for "gold" something like that. They sort of have something going on with playing their titles, but nothing tied to actually accomplishing a difficult task in game.....some universal leaderboards, something.

It would really help with replay value. Also, uh...mii-verse would be cool.

Just be more powerful and have cool features. Switch mostly got it right. I don't think a radical diversion is necessary, but we'll see what happens in due time.

@jolteon23

Same. It's just easier to give in. I don't want to die on my proud lonely hill that has no new Fire Emblem.

@Serpenterror

I just bought Odin Sphere and Dragon's Crown Pro on my PS5 for around 20 dollars on sale a couple of months ago. It wouldn't hurt for them to port them to switch though. A Muramasa update would be nice too.

Edit: This one doesn't look anywhere near as smooth or crisp as a vanillaware game.

I said "No" initially, because of the day-one dlc announcement. But being the working-class, capitalist w**** I am, I smashed the pre-order button so hard that it was out of service for several days.

I'm looking forward to it.

I have to wrap up Tales of Arise before this comes in....I'm looking forward to it. First Nintendo game I've been excited about since Kirby and The Forgotten Land.

Also, I love the weapon triangle, and I will never, ever play casual mode.

Tales of Arise, Axiom Verge 2, Guilty Gear Strive. I would also like to try and play Friday the 13th some more, but the game is over-run with bugs and it's been falling apart for a while now.

@Edd-O

It does a bit, but I made a mistake thinking he was saying that Blazing Chrome didn't look or play like Contra. There are some similarities graphically, of course. As for Moonrider, a lot of the gameplay reminds me of Shinobi 3 on Genesis. But then again, I often associate lots of explosions with Konami in the 16-bit era, and of course, Contra, so I'm not surprised at the comparisons. Almost of their games had a ton of explosions and fire everywhere back then.

Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn should be included together. But yeah, that's the best FE story in my book. It was way ahead of its time, going into politics and race and all kinds of difficult stuff while still being a great fantasy with lots of romance and humor. I still dig it. Maybe those games could get a remaster in a single volume....that will probably never again though.

@YANDMAN

Edit: I'm an idiot. I thought Yandman was referring to Blazing Chrome.

It's very similar to Contra. It also takes inspiration from other series like Gunstar Heroes and Metal Slug, but those games are also, very similar to Contra with a little creative divergence. The run-n-gun gameplay, one-hit deaths, similar weapon-styles, over-the-top presentation and gameplay, giant bosses, reliance on enemy patterns and memorization - How could you say it's not like Contra, when the DNA is right up front to see?

@SonOfDracula

I really enjoyed Blazing Chrome, and while Oniken is arguably their weakest game, I still enjoyed it. Odallus was surprisingly deep and polished. It took a lot for me to wipe out the final boss.