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@Vexx234 If you think about it, Link needs her help and others just as much as she needs his arguably since Ocarina of Time and to a lesser extent ALltP. It's a codependent partnership. Yeah she was a damsel in distress but in several cases, she was saving the world or Link in a few of the times when she was, making all the tough calls and sacrifieses. And in the 3d games, Link probably would've lost to Ganon, not have progressed or failed many of the adventures if it wasn't for her. Link is guided, lead, trained, progressed and beats Ganon with her help.

No arguments about Spirit Tracks or Skyward Sword being the best. Course I won't raise an eyebrow at the other girls Link forms relationships with. But the life long friendship of Zelda and Link in SS and the Fullmetal Alchemist positions in Spirit Tracks. They have it going on more then Breath's from knight and princess to companions relationship could've done.

@IreBurn Actually I don't, never played a Batman Arkham game in my life. And even if I did I still wouldn't waver on the gun ship being used if they think they could execute it well.

• more use of her gun ship
• Samus having full but few voiced dialogue if Jennifer Hale is recast
• New Suit
• Side Multiplayer mode

I don't know but somethings wrong here. The critics liked it but this game is getting review bombed. I'll play it when February starts but, I'm keeping my expectations even.

If only it were based off the statue from Zora's Domain.

Surprised nobody brought up Metroid or Eternal Darkness. Games that feed off their gritt as opposed to Zelda, Fire Emblem, Kirby, or Earthbound which have gritty sides to them but do not always commit

I feel like 2017 is a little overhyped as far as Switch goes. A chunk of those games were available on Wii U as well as still having slack carried by 3ds. This year had all original games as far as first party goes and little to no droughts. Not that I mind ports. They expand an audience. Though I guess one could argue that there might've been too much going on. Some months having several games cannibalize each other.

Oh yeah, to say Monolith has been an asset to Nintendo would be an understatement. Especially where Xenoblade and Zelda are concerned.

It's been a great ride and I hope all VAs of Ash. Veronica, Rica and Sarah best wishes on their future journeys. Ash will be missed. I feel like Pokemon stood out from other series by not replacing their protagonist with another like Yu-Gi-Oh does.

@Vil Yeah I understand, hope that's apart of next year as well. Though Im not really sure I'd take another nsmb. I'm more in the mood for 2d than 3d.

@SmoothAndFunky Oh so Tears of the Kingdom the sequel to Breath of the Wild, Fire Emblem Engage, Pikmin 4 or Metroid Prime 4 and wanting them to be the best they can so they take their time are lazy and uninspired nor count? And games like New Pokemon Snap, Luigi's Mansion 3, Famicom Detective Club, Metroid Dread, Brain Academy, and Advance Wars are not old IP that have been ignored eh? If all of that is nothing then I can't imagine what something is.

I'm ready. I only played 3 houses and I see this one has a new vibe. Looking way more colorful and vibrant than 3 houses bleakness.

@ArcticEcho initially

Only played the 2d games. But If Prime 4 hits the Switch the series is truly thriving again with both 2d and 3d Metroid in health.

Yeah, it's been 18 years since the last T rated Zelda. I don't count Majora's Mask becoming rated T over time because it wasn't intentionally made with that rating

I'm surprised Xenoblade 3 didn't get nominated for best narrative considering characters and story are what JRPG's excel at.

About time Xenoblade is finally getting recognition for the game awards after 2 and DE got squat. Side note Nintendo games have gotten nominated more times than you think and won once so nothing is impossible.

2017: Breath of the wild won with Mario Odyssey nominated
2019: Smash Brothers Ultimate was nominated won best fighting game
2020: Animal Crossing New Horizons nominated won best family game
2021: Metroid Dread nominated won best action adventure game.

@AtlanteanMan I'm just saying, discounting shoddy ports and a spinoff. We haven't had an original game in 5 years. As for other properties, if a game is quality then who cares what if it's outsourced or not Though I hear some of what I mentioned isn't.

@AtlanteanMan Other IP from Sega got a chance. Shenmue, Monkey Ball, Streets of Rage, Panzar Dragoon, Yakuza. Sure Sega didn't bring them back and they've been hit and miss sucess wise. But we haven't gotten an original sonic game since 2017, 2018 if we count Team Sonic Racing.

Hope that means more playable characters next time like Tails and Knuckles who's gameplay style is more built for exploration than Sonic.

Well deserved. Before the Switch, Kirby's been as niche as Metroid in opposite territories. Glad to see it and Metroid dread hit the highest heights the series has crossed.

@Itachi2099 @SwitchplayerJohn Well they haven't given the Xbox versions there codes yet either.

@Serpenterror To be fair BoTW has a mix of anthropomorphic birds and regular ones.

@bonjong23 Same

Regarding the comparison of the two. You can't blame people for making that judgement at first. A blue character running from robots to a grassy plain filled with towers and hills staring onto the horizon with a subtle piano melody that loops. Deny that quincidence. The boost mode is now more designed like Links stamina meter. Also Amnesia.

Now Zelda is an Action Adventure game by fact. They have similarities with role playing games, not necessarily the same thing. They can use elements of both.

Finally a statement I can get behind Jenny Hale, she has been the only one who's word in all this I care about. Even though she didnt need to be roped in to this in the first place. I still get the feeling this isn't the last we hear on this fiasco. It would be great if everyone learned from this and ask questions on both sides of the story before jumping to judgement.

I feel bad for Jennifer Hale. All she did was take a job and yet Helena and her follwers on social media hounded her. Also after Platinum lied about why she wasn't coming back Kamiya shuts his Twitter account after blocking everyone.

I had 8, I wasn't buying it because I'm not interested

@Acein210 4000 for 16 hours of work for this B3 or the first and second game.

Good, hope this keeps the employees safe.

I wasn't going to buy this game because Bayonetta never grabbed my interests. However I've seen other VA's treated worse then her and were way better sports about it and none of them ever made the request to fans she made.
You know instead of demanding fans of Bayonetta to boycott a game they've been looking forward to for a while and that tons of hardwork went into (Devs, VAs, Programers, Managers) ect. Why doesn't she just sue Platinum? I'm sure everyone who sympathizes with her would love to GoFund her for lawyer bills.

@MasterGraveheart There are other ways to hold a company accountable then boycotting a product ya know. Also, many VA's that have been treated worse by game companies haven't asked gamers to sacrifice their will to buy a game that many other staffs worked hard on to come out. So how about she learn that to?

Still not done with the campaign plus I was planning on taking a break.

Where is the, it's not terrible but still could be improved? I mean they still have 7 months before release and it's not un heard of to polish a game. And yeah, it could have been as bad as Sonic.

I am in and looking forward. Really feel those skeptic of this movie before seeing this trailer rushed to judgement. I liked how they sounded, looked and interracted. The movie reminds me of the World of Light cinematics. Not absolutely predicting a home run but looking on the brighter side. Also wondering about Yoshi or Daisy if they're in it.

The first Star Fox game I've owned. Played it 6 times I believe. Use to love it back in the day but really mixed on it now. I do still like the locals and some UI choices like the item select being done with the left joy stick is something I wish modern Zelda would do. Also best looking Star Fox game in the series. But I find exploring tedius and I no longer enjoy the puzzles or bosses except for the T rex at the walled city. I also don't like that we get scolded for revisiting the floating islands or can't get Krazoa's and spell stones together.

Maybe because I've played it so much that I know it too well that the game is predictable or that Zelda games exposed me to more challenging puzzles and a more engaging over world, with a better pacing in the story.
I don't want to say like everyone else that it would've been better off if it stayed as rare''s own Dinosur Planet because. Because 1) The Star Fox universe would not be the same and 2 the game by standards now would've either been overshadowed by the N64 Zelda's as Adventures already looks in adequate next to them now. Also I'm not sure Star Fox would've continued back then given that Miyamoto was already making DP as Adventures on a whim being that Saber and Fox look alike.

I do love the fan remake project done by esphirian. If that was an official project on the Switch, I'd definitely get it.

And people here said there wouldn't be directs anymore. Regarding the contents of the direct. It seems remasterings of gamecube Zelda and Metroid are in anticipation. I wonder if we get the remastered versions of TP/WW and MP1 or they show up on a potential Gamecube online subscription since its been a year since N64 online was announced. Now we could get something different like the gb/gba or nothing for the online service tomorrow but I don't know.

And we thank you too Harry. Keep on the mark.

@AnnoyingFrenzy They don't even need this movie to do well or would let how well it does dictate them branching other IP. Furokawa has already been enthusiastic about the animation/film business. If its true that a Donkey Kong movie spin off staring Seth Rogan is following much like him following Mario in the theme park. Then it will happen regardless.

What gets me about this article is the Zelda part. How he piggy backs off of that hack Anita. Was it Sheik who opened the bars, was it Sheik who paralyzed Ganondorf or called on the sages? I'm sure I would've had a good laugh until that part.

Wind Waker being that the Gamecube was the first home console that I owned.

@DjinnFighter Because Christian Whitehead and Pagoda west moved on to other projects.

Smash Brothers was how I was first introduced to Samus. Technically I think my first experience with a Metroid game was playing the demo of Fusion for 10 minutes in Electronic Boutique back when they were in business. Its how I found out Samus was a woman because I died during that game.

If they're are more courses than I guess $15 isn't so steep. But if it was just that one course than yeah we got a problem.

Its about time they updated, that show has been stuck with 2003 quality for about two decades. Even if its just Japan thats getting it.

Its about time they showed something to hook us on the game that is not in Splat2. New weapons and looks are nice but not really a game seller when a prior iteration is already on the same console.

Great, I'm kinda hoping they get back to Elma and Mira, I haven't played X but I know that game has a lot of fans and I hear that game ended on a cliff hanger. Perhaps giving people who love that game might be more. Either a sequel or in a definitive edition deal like the first game got. Maybe fix that cliff hanger with an expansion like future connected.

I can't wait to get it and find out for myself. The accents help as well in their memorability as there aren't too many games with an assortment of European or Australian accents. Hopefully battle dialogue is more coherent then as characters tend to talk over each other a lot in 2 and DE to a lesser extent.

Excellent, I'm glad the game and the series are doing better. I get the feeling I'm really going to feel this one. I'm getting it this week. Love it when titles. Congrats monolith