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Gotta be that scene in Pokemon X&Y for me personally. I remember going to the midnight release for this game and staying up playing it with my friends all night. I distinctly remember that scene too. I'm not sure why, there's nothing particularly special about it. But teenage me was having so much fun with the first ever fully 3D handheld pokemon game, and so that scene just stuck with me!

Definitely don't think MKW deserves GOTY honestly, I mean it's fine but nothing of that caliber. DK Bananza maybe? Idk it's definitely a fantastic game but I'm not quite sure it's gonna contend with the other nominees.

I'm glad it's great, but I think this will be a "pick up later down the line" game for me. I'm just a little burnt out, I played every Nintendo "Warriors" game thats come out from the Wii U and Switch, so I just don't think I have it in me to play another one right now. I still hope everyone else picking it up this week has a good time with it though!

I totally get the argument of it taking time and effort. You cant just upload the audio files. You've gotta make sure they're properly sliced and set up for seamless looping, you've gotta give it a cover art, you need to figure out what playlists to add it to or create for it to be put into. There's more to it than just dumping it onto the service. But it should not have taken this long. Especially with that quote, this just screams of "Dont release it until it would be the most profitable to drum up interest again."

@Max_the_German And what about all the "Game Of The Year" games that got rereleases with the DLC included? It's got nothing to do with Nintendos games being somehow inherently a higher quality than games literally agreed upon by many to be that years best game, its entirely to do with Nintendo being deathly allergic to giving consumers an even decent value.

"No mouse mode"
Laughs in Steam Deck
In all seriousness though that's crazy that it doesn't have mouse support. It was literally designed first and foremost as a computer game, how could it possibly have been difficult enough to implement that they just didn't bother??

Not really interested, idk. I played so many of the Warriors games on the Wii U and Switch that I feel like I'm pretty burnt out for the time being.

Finally, a Switch 2 exclusive that actually makes me wish I had one! I haven't bought one cause I subscribe to the Rule of 3 (3 exclusives that you really want) and this is the first game to go onto that list!

Adding content to one of the worst Nintendo games to come out in a long time... I wonder how long support will continue, given that this is apparently performing VERY poorly...

@kal_el_07241 Thats great for the people that pick the game up during the time period where you can get it. What about the people who pick the game up later? It's okay that they just don't get access to those mega evolutions all cause they didnt get the game right off? Or the people who just straight up dont want anything to do with competitive? These should've just been obtainable in the normal game, not online competitive.

The switch 2 version having better performance is nice and all, but better performance alone cant save how much this game has let me down. The visuals themselves are enough for me to give this a pretty bad score. The game takes place in a single city, and they couldn't even make the city look any better than an early PS2 game?! Not to mention the city itself just is not fun to explore or traverse. Charging $70 for this should be a crime. The gameplay isnt much better either, its better than normal Pokemon but its still just not that interesting. I feel like this game is being held up entirely by 3 things; the die-hard fans that will accept garbage slop as long as it has the word "Pokemon" slapped next to it, the admittedly decent story and characters (which is still hampered by the complete lack of voice acting), and how much genuine fun it is to dress up your character.

"This item can't be obtained through normal gameplay"
Aaaand there it is. One of the (admittedly few) reasons why I won't be picking up this title.

@itsapossum What does Palworld have to do with this? Anachronism was talking about the Switch having a copycat ripoff game of this already, which is a thing that regularly happens whenever an indie game on PC gets really popular. It happened with Supermarket Simulator, it happened with Unpacking, heck it even happened with Palworld getting a Switch ripoff on the Eshop.

I'm probably not gonna get this game mostly due to both announcing DLC well before the game was even out and also locking some mega evolutions behind participating in competitive which I have no interest in, but this review makes my decision sting just a tad bit more. It seems like it would be fun. Probably not $70 fun, but fun nonetheless. And I absolutely agree with the game needing voice acting. Ever since Pokemon moved to the Switch, I've been baffled that they haven't even bothered to do a small amount of it. Voice acting would truly heighten the experience and make it finally feel like Pokemon has finally moved to the next generation. It would also make the games so much more accessible as so many young gamers are held back with their enjoyment by their limited reading comprehension.

I was into the aesthetic and locale, but honestly after they announced DLC well before the game was even out AND decided to lock some mega stones behind competitive, my interest has almost completely died.

@AllBLK I do agree with that sentiment of punishing people for pirating modern games but not ruining their lives completely, I think 4.5 million is a ridiculous amount. And I agree with your take on retro game piracy. As far as I'm concerned, if a company isn't planning on making something available for consumers to obtain legally anymore, they should lose their rights to that particular piece and it should enter the public domain early. There's no reason to sit on an IP or not re-release older titles but still get mad at people for finding less official ways of playing them

This seemed crazy to me until I remembered there's a lot of people that basically just buy every years new CoD and/or FIFA, so they're probably influencing that statistic quite a bit. Plus the people that have GamePass and probably dont buy many games cause of it. Still, if we're including games that go on sale I'm probably about 5 to 6 a year

@AllBLK I'm all about pirating older games and ragging on bootlickers, but I feel like Nintendo is super justified in going after people pirating current gen games. They cant exactly continue to exist if people start pirating newer releases and they start bleeding money.

I really did not like MKW all that much. It was enjoyable but not nearly as fun as most of the other Mario Karts I've played, and the controls just felt kinda off. SRCW, even though it doesn't have nearly as much content overall, feels a lot more fun (not quite as much fun as MK8 & All-Stars Racing Transformed though.) I ended up selling MKW but I think I'll get a lot of playtime out of SRCW

My goodness I'm so sick of AI, I would absolutely love for Nintendo to use their Lawyer Ninjas to sue OpenAI into the ground over this.

@Supaguy I agree with fan service being kind of a turn-off (haha) for a lot of games and shows, though I do think the fan service here doesn't look like it'll be TOO much for me to be able to enjoy the game.

@Supaguy I agree, MK World did not look appealing to me, and after playing the demo I was even less interested. So I picked this up on my Steam Deck since the Switch 2 version isn't ready and I am absolutely loving it.

@Sonicka Idk a lot of those intro shots where you see the environment outside the track really give off the vibe of the game being built with the Switch's weaker hardware in mind. Even on stronger hardware like the PS5, while the game looks better, the environments visuals don't quite hold up compared to the other Sonic games in the last few years that definitely were just backported to the Switch.

It's crazy to me that it runs so poorly considering how obvious it is that this game was designed initially for the Switch and just ported with improvements to the other systems. I got it on PC for my Steam Deck and it honestly runs better than I expected. No resolution scaling needed, with every setting on High except Occlusion on Low makes it run at a locked stable 60 fps

@somnambulance What are you talking about?? Xenoblade was a literal actual remaster. Completely new models and massively improved visuals, that's an awful comparison. Also, what parts of the internet were you on?? People definitely complained about Skyward Sword, and Sonic Colors got almost exclusively complaints for how awful and low effort it was. And 3D All-Stars was 3 games for $60. $20 each is a way better value. None of your comparisons actually make any sense with what you're trying to argue dude

@SirLink I agree with everything you said there, I think companies have no right to go after people pirating older games that quite literally cant be sold in a way that they profit off of anymore. But if people keep trying to push game piracy to the point of affecting games still actively being released and sitting on store shelves, it's eventually gonna lead to governments stepping in to stop it. And when they do, I highly doubt they'll make caveats for older games, they'll likely just ban piracy outright

@Willo567 The people complaining about there not being enough first party Switch 2 exclusives? Is that not what was being talked about?

@AmplifyMJ Hows that boot taste?

Fire Emblem & Among Us with Fursonas thrown in?? Sounds super weird, idk about this one

I have to not only pay for the more expensive version of the monthly subscription, but I also have to pay either $25 or $100 for a peripheral just to play headache-inducing games from a failed system? Yeah count me out. They absolutely could've figured out a way to let us play them without that peripheral, this is just lazy and money-hungry.

@Switching The starting roster is fine dude. It's not like they're announcing an entire expansion before the games release like Nintendo did with Pokemon A-Z. And half MK Tours roster is the same characters in different outfits, these are all unique characters.

@somnambulance It wasn't cool, people literally were super annoyed that Tropical Freeze was more expensive than it was when it first released on the Wii U and all they added to it was Funky Kong.

I wasn't sold on this port combo before, but after this? I'm sold even less! Nothing in this looks like it justifies $35 per game.

I feel like Nintendo is once again falling into the pit of "They'll buy anything we shove out there" like they did with the WiiU. Only real difference is this time it seems like the general public is actually somehow more okay with these weird decisions. If this was entirely optional I'd understand, but the fact that your only option to play games you're already having to pay a subscription to access anyway is to pay either $25 or $100 for a peripheral is insane. This, and the ridiculously high cost of the newer amiibo has me thinking being a fan of Nintendo is too expensive and not really worth it anymore.

You should not be able to patent game mechanics. Companies need to be taught a lesson when it comes to flaunting their power like this, and I hate to say it but this is the kind of thing that should land companies in hot water legally for. Companies need to be fined heavily for blatant abuse of the copyright system

Just get an 8bitdo Ultimate 2c, it's only $30 ($20 if you're fine with wireless) and for the price is a fantastic value. I've never used this regular Ultimate 2 before, but based on this review it sounds like its a good controller but not worth the higher price tag compared to the Ultimate 2c.

The NA one at least kinda shows its post apocalyptic. And its so strange looking it probably got a couple of double takes. The EU one though looks kinda boring and honestly similar to Mortal Kombat so if I saw that one I think I'd put it back out of annoyance.

I'm all for game piracy. But when the games you're pirating are still being sold on store shelves for a console that is still actively being supported, thats where it massively crosses the line. Not to sound like a bootlicker though, I'm not trying to defend a multi-billion dollar company. But if people keep pushing game piracy too far, eventually they're gonna ruin it for the rest of us that just wanna play older games you cant get anymore without paying an arm and a leg for a used copy that usually doesnt even have a case or manual.

@Willo567 We're not forgetting, we also criticized Sonys awful 1st Party lineup for the PS5 launch too.

So they'll work with a company in eSports, but they'll lose their mind at a company trying to raise money for charity??

@darkswabber You absolutely know there are hardcore TPC glazers that will defend anything they do lol

Ooh someones getting fired for this lol. It's one thing to use other art as inspiration, but this looks like a pretty clear rip off, possibly even traced too. Big yikes, good on TPC for taking it down

Its an alright F2P mobile game. But charging $9.99 or even worse with the DLC for basically a bunch of mediocre flash games? That is absolutely criminal!

Yeah, the moment you spend money on a game it should be illegal to take access to that game away from you. I understand being banned from servers if you're toxic, but the ability to access the game and do things offline with it should never be taken away from you if you paid any amount of money for it

@jsty3105 So you're saying Nintendo saw all the people picking random, and changed how it works so that people can't do what they were wanting to do while simultaneously being completely unaware of why people were picking random? The fact that they changed how it works explicitly to not be able to do 3-lap tracks anymore already proves that they did know, because otherwise why would they change it to begin with, and why would they change specifically that part?

B-but the CEO is down a whole 8 million from 2021!! WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE RICH CEO'S!?!?

I haven't review bombed it, but I am also pretty disappointed. Nintendo saw that people were unhappy with online so much so that they found a work around to play the game how they want it to be, and instead of doing something to help that problem, they doubled down and essentially made online way worse for a lot of people. If I wasn't outside my return period already I would've returned the game where I got it as I genuinely do not enjoy the traveling to the next track on a boring straightaway just to play 1 lap of an actual track. I'm sure some people don't mind, but for me I just have no interest in playing online anymore. They should've just had the intermittent tracks for Knockout as it makes sense there, but in regular online I wanna play the actual tracks, not the boring traveling in between.

Nintendo: "Hmm, people keep picking random in races so they don't have to do the intermittent parts which seem to be universally disliked. Maybe we should address this so people can play the full courses online like they clearly want to...? Nah, lets double down and make the game objectively worse for nearly all players!"
Classic Nintendo.

Wow, that's all pretty cool! Not enough for me to spend $80 on the game, but still cool

$450 was already on the higher side, anything above that and I'm just out, not gonna bother. Here's hoping people dont fall for this crap again and the scalpers get financially ruined