GilbertXI

Yeah....ill skip this, not for me. Appreciate the effort they put into making it though.

It runs mid on ps4 and xbox one even, I can't imagine how it will run on switch. I might just get the ps5 version that was announced whenever I get one.

@UltimateOtaku91

"Getting hyped for a game you really want to play is a big part of being a proper gamer"

There's a proper way to be a gamer?

Ok, so I sort of agree with this, and I sort of don't.

I agree that people need to keep expectations in check, and use their critical thinking skills for once.

But... people have every right to be hyped, I don't see why not. They enjoy it, so they get hyped, I don't know what else to say. They have every right to be happy, sad, disappointed, mad...whatever.

But the problem I see is the constant circle jerk people have when it comes to this. People disregard everyone but themselves, then label it as the general opinion. Splatoon 3 for example

A crap ton of people were hyped beyond **** for that announcement. A lot of people didn't like it. A lot of people don't like splatoon, yada yada vice versa. But the people who don't like splatoon decide their subjective opinion is the one and only determination of quality for the direct. Splatoon 3's announcement wasn't a waste of a "one more thing", it was just something you didn't like. I still fail to understand how some people think this way.

In my opinion, the problem isn't over hyping, it's cynicism.

Wandavision is pretty fun. The writing gets a bit iffy in certain places, and they only just figured out pacing existed, but it is definitely worth the watch, don't deter my negativity from watching it. I just had high expectations for this specifically, don't know why, but watch it.

This genuinely looks pretty decent, although I probably won't buy it, cause I'm lonely.

Definitely the middle, now I'm gonna get out of here before this comment section goes into nuclear war.

Holy crap this looks great.

Alrighty, the game looks pretty decent, might wait for a sale though.

@HeadPirate thanks

@HeadPirate are you talking about the art of splatoon 2? I want to make sure I'm getting the right one if I were to get it.

@15roundTKO I never said you had to like the direct or the games, that's perfectly reasonable. But I don't think its fair to put the games from respectable, albeit niche developers and remakes that were remade for a reason on the same level as ninjabread man.

Edit: Nintendo could have done a better job showing games that were actually good to a western audience though.

@15roundTKO I think you are confusing the terms "shovelware" with "things I don't like".

Some of the double standards you all have is genuinely baffling. You all complain about "nothing new", and "it's the same thing" after you lose your lunch to a BOTW 2 trailer with no gameplay, no release date and with a supposed "dark" theme. What actually makes that different from this? I'm actually confused.

I don't know how to feel about this, I'll wait a bit until it gets closer.

Also, yay Nintendo direct.

@Nerdtendowastaken Well, there's the FBI, NCA, NIC, any other government intelligence agency charged with monitoring and apprehending people within their borders. I'm not saying it isn't bad and treading weird legal grounds, but I'm just saying the law is there for a reason(whether you agree or not with the law is a different issue), Nintendo taking the law into their own hands wouldn't make too much of a difference. And not buying their products won't hurt Nintendo as much as it will hurt the developers who aren't in charge of those things. What would be better is to raise awareness (which you have been doing, interesting rabbit hole you took me down) instead of boycotting the products.

"or to play that next breath of the wild game for the first time"

The man's mocking us, he laughs in our face.

I never really played or got into kirby whenever I did play them. I played the ones on the SNES online for the switch, but it was so easy, what's the fun in just flying over everything?
And then I realized.

My first splatfest, I garnered a cool losing streak well into the double digits I believe.

Not the scariest bowser.

That title goes to the Bowsers on the site that shall not be named.

Waluigi one, then we'll talk

@WaveWitch it would be Nintendo's own fault not to release a pro version. Just maybe not in 2021 at this point.

Wait, L.A Noire is on Switch? I completely missed that.

@WaveWitch Nintendo has said the switch is about halfway through it's lifespan at the moment.

@Clyde_Radcliffe the 2D sections in Mario Odyssey had more interesting level design than new super mario U.

@Mgene15 it currently holds a 9/10 on Steam, the console versions didn't fare too well in terms of performance though. I doubt it will run well on Switch, but it was by no means a disappointment.

Wow really, thats actually pretty awesome.

TT games has a special place in my heart. Lego Star Wars was a decent chunk of my childhood, I actually have yet to play this game, but I would get the switch version in a heartbeat.

This kinda makes me sad, not sure why.

@Zadaris well said.

Inject it into my veins.

@Quarth that would be the viable next step after what happened to Mario in the Ridley and Sephiroth reveals.

Word of advice.

Even though it's probably true, I wouldn't make financial decisions based off of leaks.

I wish Sega would capitalize more on this arcade market for the switch. There's some stuff, like the genesis classic collection, but barely anything saturn or dreamcast.

I have been summoned from my resting grounds to acquire the information.

@Benji80 just looking at some of the comment sections here, a get together would not end well lol. Happy new year.

Date:January first/second, 2021

Time of publishing: 12:15 A.M. UK time, 7:15 P.M. EST

First comment flame war of the year

Topic: censorship, a fairly controversial topic.

Relevance of flame war to the topic:8.5/10

Surprise me, I'd like a good hidden gem.

They were so intent on 3 games for 3D all stars so they left it out. Can't have too much fun, that's a no no

Cyberpunk on PC is not as bad as the consoles. Issues I see with the game is the emptiness of the world and lack of interactivity. They nailed aesthetic, but little else in regards of world building.

@Razer that's completely fair, an issue I see is the fact that the development updates are coming from Kamiya's Twitter. That is a problem of itself.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Crash in smash? No, probably not for the time being. Crash Bandicoot 4 port? That's quite likely.

When I was in a hospital for a day towards the beginning of the year, there was a ps4 on a cart outside. Think it was for kids though, and I really had other things on my mind at the moment.

I did have a TV in my ward though, Shazam's a decent movie.

Kirby cafe all over the world would put Starbucks ourt of business.

@Razer I'm kind of torn on what type of development update I like better.

There's the Bayonetta 3 route and the Cyberpunk 2077 route.

In one you have little to no updates, making many people complain and wait for tangible information, but we know that it wasn't completely abandoned at the very least.

And in the other you have drips of info with advertising and such and such, most of the time not honestly(as people are idiots and complain about transparency with game development and then go on and **** on the trailers when it shows the game in its current state as a work in progress, which is exactly what they wanted) so it would sell. This hypes people up, sometimes to astronomical proportions, obviously disappointing many in the process.

I honestly don't know which one I like better; the Bayonetta 3 route is little information in exchange for an honest answer, but the Cyberpunk 2077 route is lots of info but you need a shaker of salt at all times when digesting the news. There are of course numerous exceptions to both of these routes. For instance BOTW 2 was doomed for both of these routes just cause it has the Zelda logo behind it.

Edit: You have a very interesting theory as well. In an interview in 2016 I think, Kamiya stated he had multiple ideas for a theoretical sequel to Bayonetta 2 and interestingly enough a spin-off title. It could be that Astral Chain might have been what became of that supposed spin-off. And also Kamiya was giving these blank updates during the lead-up to release of Astral Chain, so even if it was Bayonetta 3 at some point, it must have diverged only a little bit after the announcement, so it would still be pretty far in I would think anyways.

They need to make a clearer distinction between online for Nintendo of Europe, Japan, and America so people don't get confused/hyped to be then disappointed.

That's some dedication, good job.

I liked it, it felt sort of forced, but it's leagues ahead of some performances. Lip sync though, I don't know why, but that drives me up a wall, I cant get over it. If it's not in tune exactly, my mind will zero in on that for the rest of the movie/game.

Epic Games isnt much better than Apple, so I'm just gonna grab popcorn and play neutral.