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Re: Nintendo Direct: Mario Kart World: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?

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I'm glad I get to play as that one annoying enemy from Mario Sunshine that likes to throw you around.

The game looks quite good and does have me excited but I was excited for MK8 as well and in the end that one ended up being pretty weak so whether or not it will actually end up a winner remains to be seen.

I wish there was just clean gameplay of the game available without some dingus always talking over it.

Re: Random: Nintendo Nearly Parked Mario Kart: Double Dash's Dual-Driver Hook

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The dual driver thing does give the game its own identity for sure but just in general I'm glad it's a feature that did not stick around, I do like how utterly chaotic the game is and how you flip and fly around when you get hit and the other driver has to hang in to their dear life, that is fun.

Unfortunately more than any other entry I think the low amount of race tracks hurt it, 16 tracks really did not cut it anymore. I think it had an unfortunately high amount of not-so great tracks too.

Re: Community: Which Switch 2 Games Are You Wishlisting?

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Mario Kart for sure, Metroid Prime 4 also since I'm not playing that one on the OG Switch when I know there is a better version. Bravely Default remaster granted that it has not been released on other platforms by the time I do get the Switch 2, I'm also quite interested in replaying Breath of the Wild on the system, maybe the bootleg F-Zero game as well by the same devs that made the other game on the Switch 1 at its release. Maybe the Pokemon game, I'm also definitely not getting that one on the Switch 1 when I know there's a better version.

There's a couple things I guess, I was thinking I may get the system by the time Metroid Prime 4 releases but at the same time the increased game prices and the cost of the system itself is just insane, like the $500 suggested price of the Mario Kart Bundle seems to translate to roughly 600 euros over where I live, it's brutal, especially in this economy.

Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct?

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Mario Kart is cool

Bravely Default remaster is cool... But I'm expecting that to come in other platforms sooner or later. Then it's just ports upon port that I could play on other platforms right now if I so wanted.

Basically all it amounted to is for me to not want to play Metroid Prime 4 when it releases because I don't want to be playing an inferior version.

I don't think I can justify paying 500+ for it, maybe once a new Smash is announced or something.

Re: Pokémon's Team Rocket Is Returning To The Trading Card Game In A New Set

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The old rocket cards with the "Dark Pokemon" are thematically some of the coolest ones I remember. Too bad this one will probably be similarly scalped to hell leaving casual enjoyers such as myself in the dust. I wouldn't mind checking out a couple boosters of this to see what I get if you can get these at normal people prices.

Re: Poll: Is It Finally Time For Castlevania To Rise Again?

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You can't spell Aaaaa****** without AAA, that line makes me think its gonna be another ***** movie game ala Lords of Shadow. If they're gonna do something with Castlevania they really ought to go for the Classic 2D style or the Metroidvania style, the gameplay which the series is generally known for.

Re: Opinion: The Hyped-Up New Pokémon TCG Set Is A Total Bummer To Open

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This whole situation is insane and its such a bummer to see no-life opportunists to ruin things for everyone.

The actual TGC game is a lot of fun though as I found recently, a friend got me a Ninetales EX battle deck for last christmas to go with Zapdos deck he got himself and we got some pretty fun battles in, it's a lot more chill to play compared to Magic since you don't really need to be so razor sharp about the goings on in the opponent turns.

In the end I got enough of a Pokemon fever from that, that I ended up buying 10 or so random booster packs and opened them to get that feel of childhood nostalgia and yeah, that was fun too but I have no desire to spend any more money on those things.

Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?

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I feel like it will continue further to the way of MK8 and reduce the effect and interaction between racers, that game had reduced the knock back to such pitiful levels already, being able to knock your opponents to a precipice was one of the most fun things you could do in MK. They will probably also make the courses even easier and wider still to account for that.

In theory more racers is good but MK8 already showed that it does seem to come at the cost of the chaos that makes Mario Kart to me anyway.

Re: Random: Geez, PS5 Game 'Anime Life Sim' Sure Looks Familiar

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@BloodWolfe
The amount of customization and player control takes away from the life sim aspect, you never have to deal with villagers leaving or anything like that since they always need to have your permission first, that just totally misses the point of what Animal Crossing is. The villager dialogue is super repetive and just way too nice, the earlier games had bit more of an edge to them.

And then the customization and terraforming features themselves are still limited and cumbersome to use, so it fails in that side too.

It just hits this awful middle ground that doesn't really satisfy either side, but for me personally the series has just lost its identity with this entry and they really need to rehaul the entire villager dialogue system, it's pretty telling that the game itself treats talking to the villagers as a "chore" from which you gain points from.

Re: Konami Shows Off New Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gameplay

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Yeah a bit of a questionable scene to highlight lol. But I hope the remasters end up being worth it, I think the prior Konami classic releases as of late have been just fine. Worst comes to worst the originals always exist.

I don't really remember the dialogue in this scene by heart, but I'm wondering if they did any touch ups to the english dialogue in the game because it could probably use some.

Re: Final Fantasy Team Wants To Hear Your Thoughts About The Series

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Well I got a chance of dissing their modern vision of turning the main series into action movie games, so I'll take it.

Unless they decide to go back to their original turn-based RPG roots I don't see myself playing any of these newer games.

It's generally their lower budget games where Squeenix thrives these days.

Re: Feature: Game Of The Year 2024 - Nintendo Life Staff Awards

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These are my games of the year, I don't really believe in limiting myself to a single console on things like this.

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Vandal Hearts 2
3. Pokemon Trading Card Game (GBC)

Nothing else out of the 31 games which I played for the first time this year comes even remotely close to those so I don't really see much point in continuing the list further.

I'm still amidst playing VH2 but I feel pretty comfortable in saying that its a darned legit game.