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@JHDK It's a small team trying to make the best game they can. Good games take a long time to make, especially indie games and for good, easily understandable reasons. Nobody "went back on their word". I would assume you've been a gamer long enough to realize that any release date from anyone is, until the game is actually completed, nothing more than a wishful placeholder.

A solution here would be for developers just to not give a release date on games until they can actually be sure it's realistic, but we know that's never gonna happen. In the case of stuff funded on Kickstarter, I think giving a date when the project is expected to delivered is a requirement and it's easy to see how a developer can underestimate how long a project will take if it's just begun or hasn't begun yet.

@Bunkerneath What coattails? Is there some huge Turok fanbase with deep pockets I'm not aware of?

@JHDK Waiting for an anticipated game to come out, especially in the face of one or more unexpected delays, can definitely be frustrating, but if we actually have any respect for the people that make these games then we have to respect that they're working as hard as they can to make these games a reality and that they hate delays just as much as we do. We also have to respect that it's not a good or healthy thing for these people to overwork themselves just so we can have a silly video game a bit sooner.

I mean, the sample image there doesn't look awful, but the whole point of Cuphead is how it evokes the look and feel of a particular era and style of animation, so changing up the look is an odd choice, though not necessarily one that means the show will be bad, though it does create an obstacle to attracting fans of the game which seems to defeat the purpose of licensing it in the first place.

@alexybubble Yeah, some publishers would rather re-release their own games than license them to Nintendo as part of the online service, which makes perfect sense. No hate. It's their games and if they feel there's more money to be made in porting and selling them directly, of course that's what they're gonna do. Of course, this reality is just more reason Nintendo should move on to other platforms already rather than continuing to drip feed NES titles. I mean sure there are still a lot of NES titles not on the service, especially at the rate Nintendo is releasing them, but how many of those that we can realistically expect Nintendo to be able to license are actually good?

It's cute that some people are calling this the bottom of the barrel. At the rate Nintendo is going and assuming they're gonna stick with the NES titles for the foreseeable future, there's plenty of scraping left to do.

@UmbreonsPapa Bold of you to assume anyone reads the comments before posting.

@Wazeddie22 If two decades of mostly mediocre to terrible games and a complete inability to do a google search on him without seeing things that can't be unseen hasn't killed Sonic's reputation, I doubt a bad movie nobody will go to can do the job.

@idrawrobots Everything I've read about the movie refers to him as Robotnik, but it's possible that he'll be calling himself Eggman by the end of the movie.

So is this gonna be a Superboy/Lex Luthor situation where it turns out the reason Robotnik hates Sonic is because Sonic made him bald?

Not bothered by this at all. 3rd party exclusives are getting rarer and rarer anyway and it's certainly not a bad thing that more people will get to play this fantastic game.

Plus, at least for now it remains a "console exclusive" for the people who care about that kind of thing.

@oninowon If the kid's too young to understand how to use a download code, they're too young to be playing this game.

That doesn't excuse anything, but if a parent or grandparent is buying Wolfenstein for their young child, there's other problems than the fact there's only a download code in the box.

I certainly don't mind digital games as some folks here do, but I can't help but agree that releasing a game box with a download code in it is stupid and waiting for retailers to let the cat out of the bag before admitting it was even stupider.

I mean, I can see what's happening here, this "physical" release is to keep retailers happy by giving them something to throw up on store shelves. It's not Bethesda's fault that they have to throw retailers a bone, nor is it their fault if putting the game on a cartridge would up the price on Switch and they wanted to avoid that, but it's certainly their fault they weren't upfront about all this from the beginning.

@MadCow74 Cool, didn't know there was more than one kind of chip that goes inside Switch carts.

That's what I get for acting like I know more than I actually do.

@Agriculture Yup. The actual game is stored on a chip inside the cartridge, this piece just provides the connection between the cartridge and the console. Clearly it's not common knowledge though as even the guy who wrote the article doesn't seem to realize that.

The advertising motto for this thing should be, "Genesis does what Nintendid."

Seriously though, I have no plans to get this, but I'm glad that it's a thing that exists. Love Sega, love the Genesis, and Sega's return to console-making (after a fashion) is long overdue and has been long awaited. I just hope they don't find a way to biff it the way Sony did.

@TempOr The low effort doesn't bother me, NO effort should be put into these "jokes." April Fools Day really is just the worst.

No hard feelings for anyone that feels differently though. Opinions vary.

@pingua08 Agreed. Whether or not anyone likes mid-generation hardware revisions that are more than just cosmetic, they're here and likely here to stay. Making games exclusive to these revised versions is just stupid though. A "Pro" version of an existing console might sell enough to justify its own existence, but it'll never sell enough to support exclusive software and no third-party developer will ever release a game that only a fraction of the user base can even play.

@BulbasaurusRex Yeah, I don't really get why some people are so dead set against creating an account, but if that's how they feel then move along, nothing to see here.

Been hoping this one would come to switch eventually. Great news

This is one of those games that I've always heard is really good but just kind of passed me by... and I OWN it. But, it being on Switch will motivate me to finally check it out. It's silly, I know, but I've always preferred to do my gaming from the recliner.

@Rudy_Manchego Right? The game's a freakin' blast. It has at least as many levels as Hotline Miami and I certainly never felt shortchanged by that because what was there was so amazing. Apparently, Ape Escape meets Hotline Miami in a painterly, Jazz-infused fugue isn't enough of an elevator pitch for some people. I'll never understand some gamers

@Rika_Yoshitake Yeah, if the rumors are true, it sounds like this is gonna be an expansion along the lines of Persona 3: FES.

@pbb76 I really don't get it, so many gamers seem to focus solely on sheer AMOUNT of gameplay with little consideration for how much of it is actually fun. I'd rather a game waste my money than waste my time, I can spare far more of the former than the latter.

The only game I own on that list is Breath of the Wild, but it's already expired here in the US. On the other hand there were a couple other games I'd forgotten to register, so this wasn't a totally wasted effort.

Preloading a free game is weird, but feels very Undertale.

@PapaPedro Someone should have mentioned this sooner. Hopefully that answers all his questions, because jeez.

@Alucard83 I'm with you on games that require a lot of maintenance and busy work (which is what I assume you mean by "keep it up") which is why I've never really gotten into games like Harvest Moot and Stardew Valley, but I don't recall what I played of DQ Builders requiring much of that. I may be misinterpreting what you're saying though, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

As for all those ridiculous, awesome buildings other players put together, I'm in awe of the time, effort and creativity that goes into making them, but tend not to beat myself up too much over lacking the skill and patience to do anything of the kind myself. I'm happy enough just to see what other people can come up with.

@Heavyarms55 I tend to prefer something with a bit more structure and direction than I understand Minecraft to have, though admittedly I've never played it and know little about it beyond the basics. I really should get around to checking it out one of these days.

I really very much enjoyed what I played of the first Dragon Quest Builders when it released on PS4 back in 2016, but there was a major difficulty spike in the third chapter and I got annoyed and stopped playing and haven't gone back to it since, though I keep meaning to give it another shot.

Assuming part 2 can avoid anything like that I'll be all over it.

@derty You'll have a better appreciation of this if you've played Undertale, but the game is free and doesn't require you to own Undertale to play. Undertale is a fantastic game though and currently on sale on the eShop, so if you haven't played it you should really consider it. It's not a particularly long game though it does encourage replays in various ways I won't spoil. Buy it now and you can complete a runthrough or several by the time Deltarune Chapter One is available.

I don't think Nintendo needs to be as involved as it used to be, (not that limiting the number of games per year ever stopped crap games from releasing on the NES) but they could at least make an effort to vet eShop releases to stem the tide of garbage shovelware. It's getting harder and harder to parse out the quality titles with several dozen games releasing every week, most of them junk.

I'm used to games outlasting their welcome even when they're good, so a short but sweet game like Pikuniku is always welcome. I had a great time with it and was sorry to see it end. Always leave 'em wanting more, I say!

If the Switch is really Nintendo's official answer for both the console and handheld markets then a potable-focused Switch Lite to attract consumers not interested in a full console would make sense, attract the 3DS only gamers into the next generation in a way that doesn't compete with its existing hardware.

Been really looking forward to this one since I found out about it. Feb. 28th is the first release date I ever heard for it, so I can hardly feel bad about the delay.

Been looking forward to both Wargroove and Ape Out, so it's looking like a decent beginning and end to the month for me.

@ritouf I guess it depends on how you look at it. It might have placed higher in the sales charts in the UK, but the US is a much bigger market so it's likely sold more copies here despite "only" placing fifth.

This is extremely impressive when you consider that the game came out in December. I imagine had it come out sooner there's a good chance it would be number one.

@Dman10

"I am open to Indies, but no more of the ‘retro’ graphics ones."

Then you aren't open to indie games.

If you skip out on potentially great games games because the graphics are "retro" that's silly and also your loss.

@DarkLloyd I wouldn't give these developers a dime, personally. It's a funny idea, but watch a couple videos and you've seen everything this has to offer. Bad game is bad.

The thing that gets me about this game is it seems to take itself so seriously. You'd think a fighting game with Jesus, Moses and Santa Claus could laugh at itself a bit, but nope.

@GhostGarrity Yup, I tend to like the Nintendo first party titles a bit more than you do, but those are always gonna be few and far between. Indies provide a steady stream of releases and there are tons of great ones that haven't come to Switch yet, but some people seem to think that indies aren't "real" games. They'd be happier if nothing ever came to Switch but the handful of Nintendo releases every year, I guess? That's weird.

@westman98 Yeah definitely, of the currently announced indies with no exact release date yet, the goose game is easily my most anticipated.

@Krull Well, great indies games that aren't on Switch and that haven't, to my knowledge, been announced for Switch include The Red Strings Club, VA-11 Hall-A, Graveyard Keeper, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Return of the Obra Dinn. That's just off the top of my head. The PC scene is full of great, lesser known indie games, any of which would make a great addition to the Switch lineup.

I sure do miss Club Nintendo. It wasn't much, but between actual support for then current hardware and the ability to occasionally snag a decent prize (I got a few free games and some stickers out of it, all told.) it was better than nothing. My Nintendo... isn't.

@ricklongo I guess I can't blame you for being cautious, but the Yo-Kai Watch games have all been fairly well received and there's no reason to think Level 5 is gonna screw it up now. The thing with Ni No Kuni is, Studio Ghibli was heavily involved in the production of the first game, but not the second, which might be a factor in its being a disappointment to some. There's no such major change between Yo-Kai Watch 4 and previous games to suggest this one will have a drop in quality, but I guess we'll see.

@solcross Yeah, Hotline Miami has an incredible soundtrack. We don't often think of music as necessarily being integral to gaming, but that soundtrack is a huge part of why I love that game so much.

@Flowerlark To be fair, this seems to be a standard problem with the Switch more so than an issue with internet speed. I rarely have any connectivity problems gaming on my PS4, but with the Switch it's a constant issue. Mind you, the PS4 is connected directly to my router while I use wifi with the Switch. Connecting it physically might help, but I'll need to buy an adapter for that.

I've never played a Yo-Kai Watch game, I ended up giving my 3DS to a close friend after he had to sell his, but I've always wanted to check them out and am really looking forward to this one. I'm trying not to get too hyped though, since we usually don't get these games until a few years after they hit Japan.

As for the t-shirts, there might be licensing issues since these shirts are based on games from major publishers or it might be as simple as them wanting to release new shirts over time to keep gamers engaged and interested, especially with the second half of the season pass not dropping until April.

Honestly, it always amuses me when people complain about free content, but people will complain about anything I guess.