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@johnvboy I think the BBC would find, if it cared to look and/or remember, that the Doctor Who audience is readily accepting of a diverse cast of box-ticking characters as long as the story is good. See Captain Jack Harkness and River Song for evidence. Mickey and Martha were both minority characters, and there has never been a shortage of strong female characters since the show revived, and even beyond into the original run. But starting once Chibs took over, they went all in on social issues and topical commentary and forgot all about the story. TV shows, but Doctor Who especially, are meant to be escapism, and with Doctor Who and its "all of time and space" potential for setting and stories, it really is perfectly set up to be the ultimate escapism. As evidenced by the consistently decreasing viewer figures (big surprise, the show has been hemorrhaging viewers since S11E1), the story is what matters. Poor stories are received even less warmly when there's obvious topical, social, and political undertones in every episode. Chibs should've been fired after series 11. Sad, because I really like Broadchurch.

@TimGibsonPBS Used to be my favorite show, but I checked out after the debacle of series 11. From what I've read about series 12 and Chibs' plans for series 13, I wish they'd just cancel it already. It's being shown neither love nor respect; time to just end it.

I always use the Zagg Shield ones, so as soon as they have one, I'll be installing that.

That's really creative and well done. A real showcase of cake decorating talent. Very nice.

Kinda feel both, as one sentence. "It would be great to see it first from the creator, but
I can live without it, unofficial teardowns will always be about."

Not sure why MK8D isn't on here given it runs at the Switch's maximum resolution and framerate in both docked and handheld modes. But for me, that's easily one of if not the absolute best looking games on the console. Criminal it isn't mentioned here.

Xenoblade Chronicles X port, complete with all the original online functionality restored since we're all paying for online now, and/or (but preferably "and") Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (but please combat closer to 1 and X than 2! The rhythm game combat sucks!)

Not remotely interested in anything like or inspired by anything from Apple, thanks.

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, Rocket League, and, for no other reason than simple curiosity, Tetris 99. Will probably also replay NFS: Hot Pursuit too.

@RupeeClock Ah yes, of course you are right. My mistake. But either way, definitely an idea that hails from the Xenoblade universe. Hopefully we'll see more from Monolith Soft soon.

Monolith Soft had some purple poison water around the Fallen Arm area in the original Xenoblade Chronicles. I wonder, since MS assisted with the level design of BotW, if that's where the idea originated. 🤔

@TheBigK Same for me. The combat mechanics of 2 were a boring slow rhythm game. I'd prefer they go back to the more advanced battle palette of XC1.

@nessisonett Just a polite FYI: it is possible to disagree without being aggressive and resorting to assumptions and name-calling. You don't know anything about me or how much I know about Doctor Who. If you can't disagree politely, don't bother responding to my comment. Have a nice day.

Doctor Who ended when Capaldi left IMHO. The change to the character was unnecessary from a story perspective; it was just sjw virtue signaling. Create new female characters, or bring back old ones, but don't change the Doctor's established gender because "muh modern agenda."
Also, the writing has been utter ***** since Chibs took over. I might come back to the series when he and his terrible writing team leave, but can't commit at this point. I stopped watching after series 11. So sad; it used to be my favorite show.

@Thwomp_Stomper Oh for sure. Al Weaver did a great job with Rex too. I enjoyed the English dubs in both games. 😁

@Thwomp_Stomper "Pyraa!" would actually have been said by Rex in XC2, who wasn't voiced by Adam Howden. Nice to have any Xenoblade stuck in your head though. 😁

@RhiannonRune Hmm, looks like only one of us gets what they want lol.

@RhiannonRune IDK, I actually prefer the paradigm of knowing what I'll get for my money, instead of it being a form of gambling. 🤷‍♂

@KougerKing Hurt? No, you did not hurt my feelings. I just felt like your attitude was unkind and unnecessary.
I agree respect should go both ways. However, unless the author of this article wrote any of the articles you mention, aren't you just generalising and assuming she was being a hypocrite? For all you know, she might not care if someone called her that, which may be why the word was in the article.
IDK, to each their own. It just seemed a weird thing to nitpick at so forcefully. Feel free to stay offended by it though. I'm sure that will go a long way toward ending verbal injustice the world over.
Peace.

@KougerKing I realize interpretation can be very subjective, but I honestly do not understand how you got condescension from her "what a sweetie." It just reads like a compliment. People who care about the environment enough to physically pick up trash from littered areas are absolutely sweeties, and it's kinda silly to be upset about it.
Edit: what's absolutely unnecessary was really your hostile tone.

@Ryan_Again Take it to the Fox News forums dude. Keep it gaming here. People don't come here for political grievance news, especially from someone with a complete misunderstanding of the concept of "free speech."

@Ambassador_Kong "Nothing to play" seriously? The Switch has a ton of games on it from nearly every genre in existence. If you feel it has "nothing to play" then maybe the problem isn't the Switch or its software. Not every title is going to be a triple-A effort, but that doesn't mean there's "nothing to play." IDK, maybe you're just not really into video games. 🤷‍♂

@RupeeClock @abdias
I think what abdias meant, and I agree, is that BotW 1 should have had a post-game. Like, maybe we could have rebuilt castle town and/or some other smaller settlements across Hyrule. Or maybe we could have started gathering supplies to rebuild the castle itself. Or just gone out and cleared the last of the monsters from Hyrule. Yes, I understand much of this content will probably show up in BotW's sequel, but it would have been nice to see some of that in the first game. Also, slight snark here, but I thought it was "pretty dang obvious" that that is what abdias meant. That's how I took it anyway, sorry if I misinterpreted you abdias. Have a nice day everyone. 😁

OMG all the drama about this. People really need to get some perspective, and I'm not talking about the fact that this is all over a series of video games. There are much better and more glaring examples of video game injustice in the gaming world.

@RupeeClock In fairness, "spiny shell" is much more cumbersome and not nearly as linguistically ergonomic and efficient as "blue shell." 🤷‍♂

@chagrined Same. I hate seeing it and wish the button itself could be optionally removed.

@Lawnachaun Well said, and I couldn't agree more. The "I want folders" crowd grows ever louder and more insistent with each passing day, and personally I'd rather Nintendo didn't waste one iota of energy on this misguided idea. Like, every bit of resources they throw at unnecessary things like folders (and music on the eshop, another battle cry, for some reason 🤨) is resources that aren't being used to enhance performance. I'd rather more stable framerates and resolutions than folders I'd never use, and eshop music the nice quiet eshop doesn't need. The eshop is almost perfect as is, maybe tweak the search options a little and optimize the way new releases are shown so games don't get lost in the mix, but unless Nintendo also want to up the Switch's internet speed capabilities, eshop music will just be another slow thing to load before I can use it.

@BloodNinja Well there you definitely bring up an interesting point. Too much software lately seems to be getting released in a poor state. Rushed releases, poorly optimized, in order to meet arbitrary deadlines. It happens on all consoles, but Switch's lower specs might make the botched optimization jobs more obvious or detrimental to the gameplay experience. Legit as that absolutely is to complain about, as you rightly said, it's not entirely the hardware's fault. There's a comment further up (maybe directly above this one) that sums it up much more succinctly than I ever could, but it basically talks about how upping the Switch's screen would be costly from a software development standpoint on this generation, and that it would be better done on Switch's actual generational successor, rather than on the mid-gen revision. TBH, if a "pro" or whateverthefluge you want to call it does come out with 4k or near 4k TV output, and more stable framerates on both docked and handheld modes, I'd get it day 1. I'm content with waiting til Switch 2 for a higher resolution screen and faster load times. Like, to me they aren't that bad. I don't have any other systems too though, so I'm sure your perception of the loading times, and my own, are each affected by the other experiences we do or do not have available to us. IDK. I just love the Switch, it's my favorite console concept ever, and I hope they don't ditch it with their next machine. 😁

@BloodNinja I hear you, and I don't disagree completely on the performance concerns, but again, it's important, in my opinion anyway, to be realistic with one's expectations. Pushing the envelope of raw processing power has not been Nintendo's mission since the SNES. So, again, in my opinion, it's irrational to (a) expect Nintendo to do anything different, (b) expect Nintendo to all-of-a-sudden decide to re-enter the hardware spec race, and (c) to judge Nintendo by Sony's, Microsoft's ,and PC standards. I'm not making excuses for them nor am I a diehard Nintendo fanboy (TBH if Nintendo ever did re-enter the spec race, all hardware concerns being then equal with Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo's IP alone would ensure they crushed both other systems); I just don't think it's reasonable or realistic to expect anything different from Nintendo than they've already done. They've changed, sure, as time has passed. They're obviously different now to how they were in the mid-80s. But to expect them to like overnight have a change of heart and decide to prioritize resolution, specs, frame rates, loading times, and anything else that could, with a minimum of fuss, be categorized as a "core gamer" concern is, to me at least, not setting oneself up for anything but disappointment. Peace man, no disrespect intended. 😁

@BloodNinja Sounds like its a small miracle you own Nintendo products at all, since none seem to be good enough for you and the business decisions of the company are all ones you disagree with. Why not just go buy a PlayStation or an Xbox and be happy? From the vast majority of comments of yours that I've read, you seem to not really be happy with Nintendo and the direction they're going in, so why stick with them? It makes no sense, and it's wasted negative energy on rumors of all things. Or, you know, continue whinging on about specs and performance on a Nintendo site... 🤷‍♂🤦‍♂

@tzahn Great comment. To your point about the plumber, that same pipe plus 10 years of inflation would likely be $120+ to fix. Too many people, and gamers in particular, have this childish attitude that they are entitled to someone's creativity and labor, not to mention material goods with the physical release, for little to no expense whatsoever. That's not how business or creative endeavors work. There isn't a "Port to Switch" button or setting that the developers turn on and off at their whim. Even a straight port has to be programmed for the Switch's architecture. Enhanced ports like HD remasters would logically require even more labor to produce because someone has to do the "enhancing." The point is and will remain "vote with your wallet." I don't think certain games are worth what I'd be charged to purchase them, so I simply pass. It's possible to do this without complaining on the internet. 🤷‍♂

If they're going to start porting over from the 3DS, I'd like to see "A Link Between Worlds." It's a great Zelda game that would be a nice release for the anniversary year.

"King of the Hill x Animal Crossing" oh my goodness lol 😂 🤦‍♂

Good to know, I will make sure to avoid any product from this publisher.

Almost 4 years actually. (3.3.17 - 3.3.21).

@Shepdawg1 I thought the story was decent enough, though I agree not as good as XC1. I played this game through twice because I liked the story so much. But the gameplay really bothered me, specifically the battle mechanics. I greatly prefer the real-time combat in XC1 to that of 2, mainly because the first game features that lovely battle palette with more than 3 arts. XC2's combat played more like a rhythm game, and the characters stop auto-attacking when the player moves them, a bizarre feature in a game in which some of the arts have effects based on the character's position relative to the enemy. In XC1, the characters keep auto-attacking while the player moves them around the enemy, thus not punishing the player for taking advantage of the position-specific effects of the arts in the game.

@Heavyarms55 Well I meant no offense lol. Obv gameplay preferences are a subjective matter. IDK I just preferred the battle mechanics of the first game to 2. But to each their own. 😁

@Heavyarms55 I'd be totally on board with that if MonolithSoft were involved and the gameplay were derived from the real-time combat style of the Xenoblade Chronicles series (1 and X though; leave 2's rhythm game combat mess in the rubbish where it belongs). The XC games were so exploration focused that it would be a wonderfully natural fit, and both series have games with excellent stories and soundtracks. You're onto an awesome idea! 😁

Where's the review NintendoLife? You guys usually have reviews out before the games launch.

@PlayedNSlayed Your entire thesis has been debunked multiple times by reputable scientific sources. Please stop spreading disproven conspiracy theories, especially on a gaming site.

Happy birthday Nintendo Life! Thanks for the great articles, guides, reviews, and the awesome community here. This is my favorite site for Nintendo news, and while there are others out there, no other site really comes remotely close. Thanks again, and here's to the next 5 (or 15, or 50 lol) years of sweet sweet NL goodness. 😁

So great to see Xenoblade Chronicles finally getting some official recognition as the amazing adventure that it is. I am surprised that Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, Smash, and Mario Kart Wii are lower down, but as a huge fan of the first 2 Xenoblade games (1 and X), I am pleasantly surprised to see XC1 at #2 at the time of writing my comment. 😁

I mean, to each their own of course, but I couldn't play with a PS controller. Between the poor positional arrangement for the analog sticks and the face buttons using shapes instead of letters and them also being arranged in a way that doesn't make any kind of intuitive sense, I'll stick with my Switch Pro Controller thanks. For me, the biggest reason I haven't gotten into Sony's gaming ecosystem is what, in my opinion, is a consistently terrible and non-ergonomic controller design.
Again, to each their own.

@Razer I mean, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I very respectfully disagree. The game has been reworked from the ground up, the music has been rearranged and/or re-recorded, all the character models are brand new and much more expressive, the quest tracking system has been completely overhauled into something much more user-friendly and modern, and the best part is it's now able to be played both portable (which is an accomplishment for such an involved and massive game) and on your glorious huge HDTV in your living room. Also, there's a brand new epilogue story with a previously cut area and the relevant original voice cast returning. It is absolutely worth the price. If anything, the 3DS version is overpriced in comparison. Again, to each their own, and you are perfectly entitled to your opinion. Statements like "this game is overpriced" are inherently subjective, so each person will determine what qualifies as a good and acceptable price to then, but as this is tied for my favorite game of all time with XCX and BotW, I happily pre-ordered the Definitive Works set as soon as I was able, and 2 playthroughs later (one with NG+) and working my way through the epilogue, I regret nothing.
Peace man, and happy gaming!

@BCMT Couldn't agree more about the menus. Why remove "quick play" and make the game less efficient?

Returning? I never left lol but am still looking forward to a new season and Rocket Pass 7.

@JR150 I love XC1 and couldn't agree more on the combat in 2. I didn't hate the story, but the combat was terrible. Your character stops auto-attacking when you move them to reposition for position-specific arts, effectively punishing the player for trying to get an advantage, and the whole combat schematic was basically a dumb rhythm game. The story wasn't terrible, but 1 was way better, and I truly hope 1 crushes 2 in sales so MonolithSoft sees that XC1 is the direction the series needs to go, not the way of 2.
And yes, please bring over XCX now. 😁

@retro_player_77 I had been wondering such version of NFS:HP the Switch version would end up being. I had fun with the Wii version (mainly because it was my only console and I was determined to enjoy a racing game) but also remember thinking uncharitable thoughts about the fact that Nintendo fans, again, got a lesser, "alternate" version of a game instead of a true cross-platform release. I might consider this, depending on the price and if I can get it on cart.

But which version of Need for Speed:Hot Pursuit will we get on Switch? The full-fat Criterion version developed for Xbox and PS, or the slimmed down kiddie version developed by Exceed for the Wii? As much fun as I had with the Wii version, I won't give EA money for any stripped down port, and the Switch is more than capable enough to run the full-fat version, and it deserves better than a cleaned up stripped down Wii version. Not buying til I know which version we get.

That had to do it, didn't they? They had to come up with some reason to pry me away from XC:DE. Dirty rotten Nintendo with their wonderful game, honestly, it edges on immoral.