@Zuljaras I mean if you got so much money that you'd never need to worry about it then why not use it to make life better for yourself? Of course enabling scalpers in itself is bad but it's not their job to make the world a better place.
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.
Just like the Switch tutorial thing, they really should just have had this as a pack-in title showcase, I don't really see anyway this'd be much fun after like half an hour of playing.
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.
I'm curious about the extent of the backwards compability, like if I transfer all my digital stuff from the Switch 1 to Switch 2 can I expect for everything to work and what if something doesn't? Am I just out of luck and I've just lost any and all access to a game?
The distributor over where I live already added 100e to the suggested price for seemingly no good reason so the base package is already 550 euros over where I live, it sucks.
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.
I don't really care for it myself but I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. As for the game itself it's gonna be one of those cases where I will play it if I get to borrow it from a friend or something but I'm not paying a cent for it.
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.
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.
Do they still force you to take Elma and Lyn with you everytime you do a main story quest? I hated that in the original, I got so many cool characters to use and they keep forcing me to take these lamers with me.
Going for those rare drops is always a waste of time, you never really need them, and if you do it's probably not a game that's really worth your time in the first place.
Chikorita is my favorite starter ever so that, but like all starters it goes right into the trash once I get to a point where my team starts forming up.
I've said for some time it'd be smart of them to make a sort of a competive side game that'd entirely focus on that aspect of the series, guess they finally went there.
I guess I could make some manner of package deal including some of the games I don't care for that much, but at the same time I don't think it'd ultimately be worth the effort and I donno how much life my launch day Switch has in it anyhow.
That's so cool, love the style they're going for here. Never watched the show but I was aware of it. Lots of respect for getting back the original VAs too. Might consider checking this out once it drops.
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.
I'm wondering if they took any step in making the AI smarter when it comes to invasions, CIV6 AI had no idea on how to invade another country and it was one of the major reasons why the game felt like a downgrade from CIV5.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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Re: Talking Point: How Can The Next Animal Crossing Improve Crafting?
Does there really need to be crafting in the first place?
Re: Talking Point: Are You Excited At All For Switch 2 GameChat?
No, I use Discord.
Re: Poll: Orange Or Red Switch eShop - Make Your Choice
I much prefer lighter colors that don't burn my eyes (so orange in this case), thank god most sites these days at least have a dedicated dark mode.
Re: Too Saucy For Xbox, 'Steam-Heart’s Saturn Tribute' Lands On Switch This May
Horny and mechs seem to quite often mix for some reason.
Re: Bravely Default On Switch 2 May Have Removed One Of The Game's Best Features
I mean the option to just remove all encounters is pretty damn broken, you can just go in and clean all dungeons off treasure for free for example.
Re: eBay Is Already Flooded With Switch 2 Pre-Orders At Ridiculous Prices
@Zuljaras
I mean if you got so much money that you'd never need to worry about it then why not use it to make life better for yourself? Of course enabling scalpers in itself is bad but it's not their job to make the world a better place.
Re: Opinion: Steam Deck Fans Are Seriously Underestimating The Switch 2
The console wars are back! You must choose a side.
Re: Switch Onimusha 1+2 Bundle Pack Launching Alongside Sequel Remaster
@Sylamp
I mean sure I guess IF it was coming I wouldn't care any which way, but as far as I'm aware there has not been word of such things.
Hell mode in itself sounds like the lamest and laziest possible way to add difficulty in the game.
Re: Switch Onimusha 1+2 Bundle Pack Launching Alongside Sequel Remaster
How about adding the Genma Onimusha content instead of that nonsense, no? Restoring the old soundtrack as an option would also be appreciated.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With A Classic Fire Emblem
Great game, if a bit on the easy side. Good recommend for anyone that'd be interested in getting to the series.
Re: Nintendo Direct: Mario Kart World: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
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: Opinion: It's Been 20 Years Since I Was This Excited For A Mario Kart
It feels like it's been roughly 20 years since there was a new Mario Kart.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of 'Drag x Drive' For Switch 2 Are In
Just like the Switch tutorial thing, they really should just have had this as a pack-in title showcase, I don't really see anyway this'd be much fun after like half an hour of playing.
Re: Random: Nintendo Nearly Parked Mario Kart: Double Dash's Dual-Driver Hook
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: Talking Point: Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
If you only play Nintendo systems then for sure, it's a damn good first line up of games with lots of variety.
Re: Community: What Questions About Switch 2 Do You Still Have For Nintendo?
I'm curious about the extent of the backwards compability, like if I transfer all my digital stuff from the Switch 1 to Switch 2 can I expect for everything to work and what if something doesn't? Am I just out of luck and I've just lost any and all access to a game?
Re: Nintendo Of America President Says Tariffs "Not Factored" Into Switch 2 Price
The distributor over where I live already added 100e to the suggested price for seemingly no good reason so the base package is already 550 euros over where I live, it sucks.
Re: Community: Which Switch 2 Games Are You Wishlisting?
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: Opinion: Oh No, I'm Not A Fan Of Switch 2's Mouse Mode At All
Don't worry, I'm sure they have plans for a $199 official nintendo mouse add-on.
But yeah, knowing how the joy-con is shaped I can imagine it making for a pretty poor mouse.
Re: Hands On: Should 'Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Be A Pack-In Game?
Yes, who is this even supposed to appeal to really?
Re: Donkey Kong Country Artist Shares His Thoughts On Kong's New Design
I don't really care for it myself but I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. As for the game itself it's gonna be one of those cases where I will play it if I get to borrow it from a friend or something but I'm not paying a cent for it.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct?
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
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: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch) - An Underrated Gem Transforms Into The Series' Best
Do they still force you to take Elma and Lyn with you everytime you do a main story quest? I hated that in the original, I got so many cool characters to use and they keep forcing me to take these lamers with me.
Re: Opinion: Against All Odds - Why Does RPG RNG Hate Me?
Going for those rare drops is always a waste of time, you never really need them, and if you do it's probably not a game that's really worth your time in the first place.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Xenoblade Game? Rate Your Favourite For Our Upcoming Ranking
X is far and away the best of the bunch, which isn't really saying that much.
Re: "I Couldn’t Allow Myself To Kill My Soul" - Kamiya Dives Deeper On Why He Left PlatinumGames
I don't like his attitude much just in general but I do think he has the right idea.
Re: Pokémon Champions Limited To "Select Pokémon" At Launch
I'm wondering if they're maybe gonna go the way of the OG Pokemon Stadium and maybe not include some of the unevolved Pokemon?
Re: Best Pokémon Games Of All Time
1.Gold/Silver/Crystal
2.Legends Arceus
3.Black & White
Those are considerably above any other games in the series in my eyes.
Re: Poll: Which Starter Pokémon Will You Choose In Legends: Z-A?
Chikorita is my favorite starter ever so that, but like all starters it goes right into the trash once I get to a point where my team starts forming up.
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Announces Removal Of Super Famicom Title
Clearly preparing for Switch 2 so they can continue drip feeding the same dozen or so games all over again as they like to do.
Re: 'Pokémon Champions', A New Battle-Focused Game, Announced For Switch And Mobile
I've said for some time it'd be smart of them to make a sort of a competive side game that'd entirely focus on that aspect of the series, guess they finally went there.
Re: Poll: Will You Trade In Your Switch When Switch 2 Arrives?
I guess I could make some manner of package deal including some of the games I don't care for that much, but at the same time I don't think it'd ultimately be worth the effort and I donno how much life my launch day Switch has in it anyhow.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - River King: Mystic Valley (DS)
Quite Impressive how the EU cover manages to transform the game into what looks like shovelware.
Re: '90s Anime 'Samurai Pizza Cats' Is Getting The Action RPG Treatment Next Year
That's so cool, love the style they're going for here. Never watched the show but I was aware of it. Lots of respect for getting back the original VAs too. Might consider checking this out once it drops.
Re: Random: Final Fantasy Is The Next Magic: The Gathering Crossover, Here's A First Look
Soo many colors needed to use for these, seems pretty unwieldy.
Legendary cards tend to be lame, I'd honestly be more interested in seeing what sort of generic cards they got.
And as someone said, I agree that MTG has just gone too ham with these crossovers as of late, game's losing its own identity in the process.
Re: Poll: 10 Years On, Which Version Of Zelda: Majora's Mask Is Best?
The 3D version is hot doodoo in comparison, pretty much all the changes are for the worse and it's handheld only too which in itself is a big con.
Re: Poll: Is It Finally Time For Castlevania To Rise Again?
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: Round Up: Reviews For Civilization VII Are Mostly Positive So Far
I'm wondering if they took any step in making the AI smarter when it comes to invasions, CIV6 AI had no idea on how to invade another country and it was one of the major reasons why the game felt like a downgrade from CIV5.
Re: Opinion: The Hyped-Up New Pokémon TCG Set Is A Total Bummer To Open
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: Random: Astro Bot "Almost Outdid Nintendo At Its Own Game", Jokes Reggie
Almost only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades. (Odyssey was kinda poop and IDC about Astro Bot so I have no dog in this race really).
Re: Community: What Are Your Favourite Sidequests On Switch?
Digging through the e-shop deals and trying to figure which of the dozens of hentai games use AI generated art.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?
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: Switch 2 Leakers Called Out By Industry Veteran Hideki Kamiya
He speaks like a wrathful god or something jeeze.
Re: Random: Geez, PS5 Game 'Anime Life Sim' Sure Looks Familiar
@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: Random: Geez, PS5 Game 'Anime Life Sim' Sure Looks Familiar
Donno if this would be it but Animal Crossing could use some competition, they kinda dropped the ball with the latest one.
Re: Konami Shows Off New Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gameplay
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: Best Of 2024: A Trip To Machida, The Real-Life 'Pallet Town' That Inspired Pokémon
It looks lovely, japan had many nice picturesque places, loved some of the shrines and castles I got to visit myself.
I don't suppose there was a fat person telling you how amazing techology is though?
Re: Final Fantasy Team Wants To Hear Your Thoughts About The Series
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
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.