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@HerMajestysmyPronoun

I would think so yes since the last collabs Uniqlo Canada also sold the Capcom T shirts recently. Don't see this being any different.

I'm almost done the game and it's a great game for those who love the genre. Thinking it will get 1 million eventually since it's on every platform.

Terrible news to hear about. I wasn't the biggest Tales fan but I always loved seeing her water colour artwork. It was very unique and distinct and had some shojo flair to it too.

Hoping her family the best given the terrible circumstances.

@JR150
It really is a love letter to the genre. Vanillaware's unique art style makes the game even more special.

For anyone worried about performance the game runs perfectly on the Switch. The game also looks great in portable mode. I've Played almost 20 hours so far and it's great.

Story is very similar to Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon where you have a blue haired prince returning home to liberate the land. Besides FE homages it takes ideas from FF Tactics, Shining Force 2 and many other SRPGs. Just a great game if you love the tactical genre.

Already have the game delivered last night, haven't played it yet since I was trying to beat another game but I'm looking forward to putting many hours into this.

As for the generic story I'm honestly okay with that, not every plot needs to be overly complicated for me to enjoy it. Seems like Vanillaware wanted to pay tribute to classic fantasy tales. It seems to take the story of the original Fire Emblem and remodel it. Kinda funny how many things it pays tribute to FE staples like the blue haired protagonist and supports.

The 3DS is retro yes. The console came out more than 10 years ago which is crazy to think about. To give a comparison when the Wii came out in 2006 the N64 was already considered retro and that also had a 10 year gap at that point.

Things just feel different now since "older" consoles feel more modern and advanced than previous generations.

Already sold on Unicorn Overlord. As for everything else Ender Magnolia is another highlight for me.

This game is going to eat up a good chunk of my gaming time. Looking forward to it

I'm honestly ok with a more quiet year for Nintendo personally since it will allow me to try to catch up with my ever growing backlog.

As for games I would love to see HD remasters of the 3DS Zelda games like Link Between Worlds, OoT and Majora's Mask 3D. Port Twilight Princess and WW then you got the ultimate Zelda machine.

Already got this one pre-ordered, so many great SRPGs released the last couple of years and this looks like another great one to look out for.

Mighty Peach honestly reminds me more of Mega Man Star Force than Mighty No. 9. Game looks like it's going to be a fun time

A bit odd they are releasing this version of the game but not the releases that are actually already translated and dubbed. The gameplay has also aged kinda poorly where to run into an enemy to attack is still weird.

Shadows of Valentia is probably my favourite remake Nintendo has done. It expands the story while adding full voice acting, updating graphics while keeping the gameplay true to the original. It remade a barebones Famicom and gave it new life.

Links Awakening, Metroid Return of Samus, OoT 3DS and Another Code Recollection are all noticeable remakes as well.

It's not a deal breaker for me if I know the ending to a game but I'd prefer to keep things as spoiler free as possible. For example we know Mario will always beat Bowser but the way he beats Bowser and how the ending plays out is always a fun little suprise.

If I knew the ending to Odyssey prior to playing the game I think my enjoyment of it would generally be the same but I would had robbed myself of that great moment.

In short I always try to avoid spoilers for movies, shows, books and games.

Glad the game finally got released in North America via Recollection. This really is a gem of series

For anyone who doesn't know the original game was an adult visual novel that had nudity and sex scenes. Kinda funny how popular the franchise is nowadays

This is coming from someone who has never played these games before. I beat the first game and still working through part 2. If I had to rate it I give it a solid 8. The presentation of the game looks great, I found the story to be interesting enough to keep me going and the voice acting is well done. Not to mention Ashley is a likable character.

After playing all those big titles from last year I find it relaxing to play a smaller scale game like this to just unwind after a long work day.

@Giancarlothomaz
It's probably a mix of voice direction change and Samantha Kelly voice aging a bit. But even in Mario Bros Wonder Peach's voice wasn't as high pitched as we normally heard in past games I noticed too.

Not really surprised Another Code is so low, visual novels/old school point and click adventure games are very niche.

Personally I really like the game, I'm just glad Nintendo bothered to give it a physical release unlike Famicom Detective Club.

I try to buy used games if I can, mostly third party titles. Unfortunately Switch games that are pre-owned aren't even that much cheaper majority of times unless it's a shovelware title.

As for trading in games I haven't done that in years, you barely get any value back for what you trade in.

Would love to see Phantasy Star make a return to it's traditional roots as a single player game. It's long overdue

@duerer

FE Engage is just a fun game that doesn't take it's story all that seriously and it's meant to be a throwback to the series' roots which a lot people didn't seem to understand.

I still love Three Houses but I also love Engage for it's superior gameplay and MCU like plot.

Paper Mario TTYD HD, Another Code and Peach Showtime are on my list to buy in 2024. The Unicorn Overlord game does look interesting so it's also on my radar.

Honestly I'm kinda ok with Nintendo having a bit more of a quiet year to start since I need to get through my backlog of games.

@wanghosom
It's not really all that surprising since DQ is much more popular in Japan while Final Fantasy has always been more popular overseas.
Doesn't help that Square tried too hard to cater to Western audiences and made 16 into a game of thrones clone with shallow RPG elements.

On the topic of hockey I would buy a hockey focused Mario game like what they did with Strikers and Sluggers. I know the Mario Olympics have hockey as a mini game but having a dedicated Mario Hockey game would be awesome.

Pretty cool to see a series that was so niche before now have mainstream appeal. It really all started with Persona 3 then snowballed from there and Persona 5 has brought the series to new heights.

I'm not the biggest fan of the series since the games tend to drag on but there's no denying how great they are

Honestly nothing interested me at all in terms of Switch related content. Which to be honest didn't suprise me since the VGAs in the past rarely has any Nintendo content to get hyped about since the show caters mostly to the Xbox/Sony crowd.

As for non related Nintendo games Visions of Mana looks interesting will maybe pick that up for on my PS5 down the line.

I agree I think Nintendo has done as much as they can with the world that they built with BoTW. The games really are incredible and it's going to be interesting to see what they think of next.

Sonic 06 Remastered edition here we go!

In all honesty I would love if they announced a new single player Phantasy Star game.

Honestly I think the design is kinda cute, has that gothic lolita look. Doesn't look as bad as I thought it would after I heard the concept behind WaPeach.

Super Star Saga will always be my favourite one. Was my first foray into Mario RPGs as a kid and the battle system was so fun and interactive.

The box art really is gorgeous. Surprised Capcom got away with a T rating for this since I remember Dual Destinies was originally rated M due to it having some pretty grizzly CG art. Makes me wonder if they had to tone down or censor some parts.

Just give me the 3DS version in HD and that's honestly good enough for me personally. I wouldn't be against another remake of OoT but I'd rather have new Zelda games.

With saying that call me crazy but after playing the 3DS version I can never go back to the N64 version. And this is coming from someone who grew up with the N64 version of the game.

I'm guessing Mario RPG will sell better in other regions. But the Mario RPG type games usually sell much less than the main series of platformers.

Ironically it's also competing against Mario Wonder which most people would pick that game vs Mario RPG even if it's a beloved classic.

With saying that I'm playing RPG for the very first time and I can see why people love it, it's such a fun game.

@EaglyBird
Namco has never worked with Nintendo on any Fire Emblem games. It's more likely Nintendo would collaborate with Koei Tecmo again to make a new FE since they helped develop Three Houses.

But hey Namco makes great games so I'm always down for more Nintendo collabs.

I don't see Nintendo picking one particular game to adapt. It's going to be a mix of elements I think along with an original plot I feel.

Kinda like how the Mario movie wasn't focused on one specific game but ended up being an original origin story with elements of the games lore (albeit Mario never had much of a story but you get what I mean).

Not really shocking to see it sell well. But great to see none the less. Mario Wonder was such a fun game, I loved every minute of it.

Like any movie I'll judge it once I see it. I'm a bit skeptical since live action video game movies for the most part have been meh, I can't think of one that's actually been really good.

With saying that I'm gonna watch it. I'm really interested in seeing who is going to play Link & Zelda. It's very ironic that Sony is producing a movie for a video game franchise that will never appear on PlayStation.

21 out of 25

Something is afoot with this article...

Not to be pessimistic but I have doubts about this super game. Sega makes some great games but they have a history of some major flops. This feels like it's setting up to be a tire fire but it's too early to judge I guess.

Ya the game isn't that great but it's nice to see Konami still recognized it after all these years. Sonia Belmont as a character I wouldn't mind seeing them bring her back in some form of canon. They obviously would need to rewrite her story though.

Honestly it's a subjective pick but I'm going to go with the OG version. Nothing wrong with the remakes which are equally as good but I just prefer the 8 but music of the NES version. When people say SMB3 I think of the NES version even though I grew up with the GBA one.

But you can't go wrong with any of them.

Gotta go with the Mario Bros. For me I can't think of a more iconic sibling duo in video games. As for Nintendo siblings there's a few that didn't make the list like Jenna & Felix from the forgotten Golden Sun.

For Fire Emblem I would have picked Erika & Ephraim as my favourite sibling duo. It's hard to pick though since FE has such a huge cast of characters. Other great siblings in FE would be the White Wing Sisters, Sigurd & Ethlyn, Marth & Elice, Ninian & Nils.

I'm the furthest thing from being a Sonic fan but the scores seem decent enough and the game looks fun if you're into the traditional Sonic experience.

As for myself I'm gonna pass on this especially since Mario Wonder is coming out a few days after.

@Chibi_Manny
Ya for the most part anime video game adaptations rarely get dubbed nowadays unless it's one of the big three of Naruto, DBZ or One Piece. Spy Family the game I'm a bit surprised didn't get a dub since it seemed to be pretty popular when it came out last year.

I get why they cut dubs since it saves money but it would be nice to have more options.

@Chibi_Manny
Knowing Namco they probably won't be adding English voice acting at all unfortunately. It's similar to when Baten Kaitos HD came out and they didn't bother to include a dub for that either.

The fact that Nintendo even bothered to remake this game is great to see. Another Code was one of those games where I thought was going to be forgotten forever.

It's a pleasant surprise like Famicom Detective Club when it got remade out of nowhere.

Ya can't say I'm a fan of this, I like Jpop but this sounds like they went overboard with the autotune. Never got into the whole Miku craze but hey people who love it more power to ya.

@Vivianeat

A bit off topic but that just reminded me that Sony computer entertainment is basically owned and run by Americans now which before was located in Japan and run by Japanese executives.

But I get what you are saying, I can't see Japan being too happy if Microsoft bought Nintendo.