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Does Mystic Quest count? Unfortunately I didn't have any of the real Final Fantasies as my "starter" games on the SNES and I only got to experience 1 through 6 later on the PS1. I did have Chrono Trigger and Breath of Fire 2 though so it wasn't all bad definitely.

7 was my first real FF game though.

Judging by 4 which is the only one of these remasters I played, while I do like how the game looks and the arrangements are neat (though I'd like the option to have the old music too) the completely borked level of challenge (I think you get like 4x exp compared to the original) it turned the game into a total snooze fest. Awful.

Yeah that was a pretty goshdarn fine trailer.

Warioware DIY was such a wonderful piece of software.

Yeah, motion controls were still new and exciting at the time so I used the wheel for quite some time until I didn't, donno how I ever made it work.

Breath of Fire 2 is one of my "starter" games and as such it is a particularly important one for me and 3 was a superb JRPG also. I did also play Dragon Quarter last year and while it's very different from other BoF games I did find it surprisingly excellent also.

Yeah, I'd be up for a new BoF.

's gonna be worth it for me for sure but considering how they seemingly aren't much more than simple upscales of the DS games I can see why one could find the price quite spicy.

Still finally being able to play these games on the big screen is the dream.

Having played all of the main series by now DQ4 (DS version) stands still as my favorite easily, I consider it to be a top tier JRPG.

3, 5 and 11 are all pretty good as well.

I actually started with 9 and I personally found that one to be just awful, almost turned me off the series, but thankfully I managed to collect 4 from a bargain bin and didn't end up missing one of my all time favorites.

I did enjoy BotW but I donno if I'd be up to dealing with some of the things I disliked about it, namely the samey as hell shrines. I do look forward to exploring the overworld though at the very least, hopefully it does hit some of the same feels as BotW did in that.

I'm carefully optimistic but I feel like so many things could go wrong with it at the same time.

Where's Rocket Racer? Trailer didn't do much of anything to sell this for me tbqh even though I loved the PS1/N64 Lego Racer, trailer doesn't exactly make it clear whether you actually get to build anything on your own and whether or not there are even proper races.

Well I've always said that completionists are the type of people that just love to ruin everything for themselves (and sometimes for others).

Yeah loved that place too, in general Hollow Knight's atmosphere and sense of exploration were excellent. Wish these guys were the ones making new 2D Metroid games instead of the hacks at Mercury Steam.

Skip for these ones. I've never played these games but I was not impressed by the music back in Curtain Call, decisively not my style.

Waiting for those Chrono Trigger sounds.

Prolly just continuing Octopath 2 mainly, unfortunately it has entered similar stage as OT1 had towards the end where you really start to feel the repetition but I don't really want to give up on it either.

Tried the Resident Evil 4 remake demo, it was fine though I still find its existence highly unnecessary.

Friend is also visiting for the weekend so probably some Smash Ultimate and Mario Kart 8 too to test out the new tracks. I'm going to ask if he's up to for some Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 too for old times' sake since I think both of us are kind of hyped for the announcement of the new title in the series.

The Wii U art academy was amazing.

It was a mistake to include CD-I Link in this, you know I can't help myself.

That's some pretty expensive cardboard.

@Nanami_Ataraxia
Oh yeah, Triangle Strategy was superb, one of the best turn-based strategy games ever made in my books. I'd love to see a sequel to that one.

I'm teetering between a 6 and a 7, just like with OT1 even though overall I'd say this is the better game between the two.

Compared to OT1 the world is considerably more vibrant and interesting to explore and the storylines feel a bit less formulaic. the art's nice to look at and the music's at least as good as the soundtrack on OT1 which was already quite good.

However the game does fall into many of the same trappings as the first OT, the dungeon are still as dull as they ever were with really nothing to differentiate them from each other, no events or traps or gimmicks or set pieces or anything, the break system largely encourages sweeps which are particularly sad with the boss encounters when the bosses barely even get a chance to do their thing, similarly while the game's open ended nature is nice for how you can explore at your own leisure it's also inevitably going to trivialize large portions of the game since there's no level scaling of any kind, it's pretty lame honestly. Also while it is fun to run around pickpocketing NPCs and whatnot I do feel like there really should some bigger concecuences for failing the rolls than just having to pay a small price at a bar to completely clean the sheet, I donno really how it should be done but I'd like to see the entire system revamped somehow if they do plan on making more sequels.

Mostly just Octopath Traveler 2 still, I think I'm around 25 hours in and I've just been haphazardly exploring and doing the character chapters I've come across in a wildly random order, I just recruited the final character, the merchant.

Just like OT1 I feel like the main battle system with the break system isn't particularly great especially for boss battles, I feel like the bigger damage oughta be reward enough, it's just way too easy to completely nullify the bosses, I've never really been too huge for this sort of removing enemy turns systems, just feels like it kind of dummies it down, similarly just by its open ended design large portions of the game you're going to be playing completely overleveled, I feel like this is one game that would greatly benefit from some degree of level scaling system.

But the world exploration has been fun, I think the world is a fair bit more interesting than the one in OT1 (though the dungeons are still extremely lacking in personality) and the music and the art style are both pleasing still and while some of the stories do ham up the villains a bit too much for my tastes I've still generally been enjoying the short stories and they don't feel quite as formulaic as the ones in OT1.

So far I'm gonna it's a touch better experience than OT1 has but as I expected it is still falling to mostly all the same pitfalls, still I've been enjoying it well enough nonetheless.

I loved the Gen 2 Pokemon one with the title screen music from those games.

In my 3rd playthrough of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne as I was going through the Amala Labyrinth doing one of those diving minigames where you're supposed to avoid the rocks as you're falling I accidentally hit one of the buttons and learned that you in fact can punch through the rocks in those minigames and don't need to just avoid everything, I never even considered that was an option, I facepalmed pretty hard at that point.

Octopath Traveler 2 Just started the 3rd character, this priest boy's chapter 1 after having done the prologue for the Thief and the Scholar.

Early impressions towards the game have actually been quite positive, I think the game has a bit more personality than the first game had, maps feel less generic and there's some things of interest even in the overworld areas, I've enjoyed exploring the world, talking to the NPCs and then cleaning everyone off their valuables with the thief character, it's doubly fun when you talk to some orphan girl who's like "I finally got some bread and it's not even moldy!" and then you just pick that off her, we're the good guys after all, we need the bread more than she does.

Though on a more serious note while I enjoy the general vibe of the story I think they're going a bit too far when they're potraying the villainous characters, they're so overtly cruel and irredeemable that it comes of a bit comical for a story that seemingly tries to take itself pretty seriously.

Though I did also enjoy OT1 more at the beginning and it was later when its shortcomings started to become more apparent. Just like OT1 though the soundtrack so far has been fantastic, that's something that I'll never take away from the game.

Ended up picking Throne the thief, she has a cool design, is very easy to the eyes and the ability to steal stuff off NPCs is fun, apparently they removed the locked chests mechanic so there's no need to pick her for that but w/e.

Headed up to the scholar who ended up being my 2nd character. Jeeze I'm gonna need someone a bit less gloomy and serious for my 3rd unit I think.

Honestly I still have no idea, game's gonna unlock on steam in a few hours, waiting for that currently.

I do know it's not gonna be the samurai or the cat girl.

I've got the physical copy on pre-order, I think it's coming around somewhere early march over here. I've got Theatrhythm and Octopath 2 to work with, I can deal with not having the game for a bit.

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line It's so good, there's some minor annoyances between a few tracks having parts of them cut (one winged angel) and I could go on and on about tracks which are not in the game but it's just so much fun to play especially not that its on the big screen, and the series quest "forcing" me to play through all the music tracks and games I don't care about actually made me discover a few really nice tracks that I would never have tried otherwise, like turns out that my least favorite game of all time, Final Fantasy 13 actually does have a pretty damn fine battle theme in Blinded by Light and Crystal Chronicles soundtrack which I've never heard anyone speak much of had some real bangers too.

I've managed regain my minute skills to the point where I can deal with an average ultimate difficulty track now in a passable enough manner, you have to multitask a whole lot more with the buttons in this one compared to Curtain Call and holding a button whilst doing something else with other buttons and then releasing the held button at the right timing seemed impossible at first but it's surprising how quickly one can adapt.

I find the dread suit ugly and I don't like the fusion suit either.

The Prime costume with the massive shoulder pads is my favorite.

@FantasiaWHT
Wow jeeze I would not have caught that if not for this post, this is some pretty wicked, fun art.

I got a GBA SP at some point, it isn't even all that many years ago, I wanted to get it just so I do have a way to play all the Gameboy series games with a backlight, but turns out ***** me should have done more research because apparently I got an older model with a really dim backlight, apparently the later ones have multiple levels of backlight to choose from which I'd assume the highest level at least would be better than the one in the early edition SP.

I had the Gameboy Color and then later original model GBA as a kid, I didn't mind the lack of backlight back then but those systems would be completely unplayable to me these days.

I can't believe its happening, cannot wait!

"I say" is always a good time.

@DrewBA77
Turning the sound to mono removes the tin can effect and IIRC it's only the first disc that has the bug to begin with.

Wow okay that is a big disappointment, IDK I guess I'll just settle for replaying the originals instead.

@ryuuryuunonoroi
No there hasn't been any such announcement but I can tell with my eyes, I've played these games before and I know the art of these games well enough.

Best thing out of the direct for sure. Being able to play these on the big screen and (judging from the japanese trailer) with a proper auto map that actually fills in the walls too has been a dream of mine. EO3 in particular is one of the best dungeon crawlers ever made in my eyes.

@Andyv01
What do you mean? All the character artwork is the exact same, just higher res + one additional portrait for each class.

The earlier part of the direct was a flop but then suddenly they started rapid firing interesting stuff almost back to back Advance Wars finally out of limbo, Prime Remaster (that actually looks like effort was put in), Remasters for both Baten Kaitos games, great stuff.

But the show stealer for me was the Etrian Odyssey Trilogy, being able to play these games on the big screen has been a dream of mine. EO3 in particular is such a top tier dungeon crawler. And looking at some of the japanese trailers the automapping actually fills in the walls now too which is such a great thing, depite always been touted as the big series feature, I never was too big on the map making, it was cute, sure, for a little while but for such a long game it gets very tedious.

In short great direct this was. Funny how every exciting announcement in the direct is just a rerelease though.

Guess we here at Nintendolife are just gonna ignore Etrian Odyssey remasters then, lol. That was the big one for me especially for 3 that I'd say is the best game in the series yet was the only one that had never gotten an enhanced 3DS port or anything. Looking at some of the japanese trailers it looks like the auto mapping is finally filling all of the map, walls and all which is all I ever asked, the map making always just slowed the pacing down imho. The trilogy is also coming to Steam which'll be the version I'm getting.

I only believe it once I have the game in my hands.

I was actually rolling my eyes at first because I was expecting a slightly touched up port at best as has been the Nintendo way with these things most of the time, but they actually did seem to go full in and properly upgrade the textures and make the game look nice, yeah I'll get it, sure, it's been forever since I've last played MP1 anyway, would love to see 2 get the same treatment too.

Nice, I used to love these games and I'm sure I'll still get a lot of enjoyment out of them, for the beatiful soundtrack if nothing else.

I wonder if they're gonna redo the voice acting because uh.. The first game could probably use a redo.. Origins doesn't though, that one had a really stellar performance.

'd love to play some Super Metroid on that one.

Dealing with RNG is all about giving yourself the best possible odds, sometimes you get lucky, sometimes not simple as that.

In a game like Fire Emblem I see a lot of people complaining about the times when they got killed by a 15% hit rate attack or whatever, then on the same not complaining when they miss an 80% hit rate attack, people always like to focus on the "oddities", because those are what you remember, when everything goes at it is "supposed to" people don't make note of that.

Though in Pokemon I still firmly believe that pressing Up and B in rhythm with the Pokeball shaking as you're catching Pokemon increases your odds of a succesful catch, I will never let that one go.

I couldn't tell ya, after Theatrhythm the entire year looks pretty bleak to me on all consoles.

It's one of those times where its good to have an infinite backlog.

Soo very excited for this! I've been purposefully keeping myself from playing the 3DS Theatrhythm even since this was announced so I'm starving for this and having it on the big screen now is gonna be so nice. I don't even mind paying the exorbitant price for the complete edition or w/e it's called, I know it's gonna be worth it for me.

None, I'd rather see them brought as purchasable games instead of being wasted on this crummy rental service.

Diddy Kong Racing is one of my all time favorite games though and Rare's best game.

I've seen this a few times, it's kind of charming how it all comes together even with such a crude artstyle.

Though when it comes to Wario Land-likes I'm way more hyped for Antonblast, which I loved the demo so much I ended up backing it.

Yeah I knew of it, I was a kid back then so I had time to experiment and try out dumb stuff like this. Donno if I ever really used it to avoid battles specifically though.

@Matroska
I would appreciate if you didn't try to tell me what my standards should be. I disagree about the value of the items, I disagree about the comparison BOTW because the other is an adventure game (not that I'd appreciate the game forcing a free knight armor into my invetory at the start of the game in that game either) the other is an SRPG that at its base is specifically built on making the best use of the limited resources the game gives you, the modern titles do also account more for those who like to grind sure, but that is how I like to play Fire Emblem and that is what makes them interesting to me.

However all that is mostly irrelevant, my point stands, I should have an option to decline the handout, it has been an option every game in the series so far that has had stuff like it, there is no reason for it to not be in this one.

Well at the same time they should add a NPC to the game whom you receive all the free handout gifts from instead of just throwing them to the player whether they want them or not, because - believe it or not - there are people who care about balance in their games, I don't want any stupid free steel weapons before they're actually available in the campaign, nor do I want any free money. Sure you can get rid of it by discarding the weapons and just buying like 6 heal staves and then tossing those but it's still annoying and even worse there's still the 10 steel ignots which there is no way to get rid of so now I always need to remember not to use them. And that was just Gift Update "1" implying there's gonna be more.

I'd have zero issue with any of it if you could just simply opt to not receive those gifts, as it is it's pretty big anmoyance especially if there's gonna be more items that you cannot get rid of like master and second seals or more forging materials.