Henmii

Could have been interesting.

Lol, just what we all where waiting for...pass!!

Interesting read. I remember Miyamoto defending the change back in the day, saying that a realistic approach just would get copied. I never knew that in reality he hated the artstyle and that it was Aonuma who pushed it. Well, thank goodness he did, it was great. Miyamoto was somewhat right about the sales though: It wasn't a massive hit in America back in the day. That's why they made Twilight princess. Skyward sword felt more like a compromis to appeal to both sides.

It seems they not always listened to Miyamoto. Now they have totally steered away from the realistic graphics. Botw is darker then Skyward sword, but is still cartoony and a bit Ghibli-esque.

Epic fail! I wonder how they will replace it, can't be as good.

I remember my modern version of Meat boy (on Switch) having a different soundtrack because of a dispute. I don't dislike the soundtrack but heard the original before on youtube. And the original is better.

Bam, directly revealing a season-pass. 30 Euro, insanity. And the story dlc arriving at the end of 2023, what are they thinking?!

Anyway, game looks solid but graphics-wise its very underwhelming. It looks exactly like Xenoblade chronicles 1, not better. This one will be bought by me at a later date. Huge backlog and I have still not finished the first 2 ones (and Torna). I wonder if I will ever finish the first one on the Wii, but I definitely want to play more from the second one someday.

Years ago I would have gone ballistic about a Mario animated movie, but now I am more: Pleeeaaassse be good and popular so we will also get a Zelda movie down the line. Of course I am also interested in a Mario movie and I will definitely watch it someday, but Zelda gets my blood pumping.

I hope Nintendo knows what they are doing. They are very protective of their franchises, but all those star-voices on the Nintendo characters sounds sooo unlike Nintendo. My fear is that we get a very young and peppy Mario and Luigi, shaven and all. Nothing like the Mario we know and love. Even worse: What if there will be a movie tie-in with these "new" designs and voices, and what if that becomes the future of the franchise? On the other hand casting Pratt for every game from now on...man that costs a lot of money. Nah, Nintendo won't do that (luckily).

@NintendoWife

True, but I still have a feeling Switch2 is meant for March 2023. I think Switch2 was already meant for this year, but then the chips-shortage happened.

I remember the last time a Zelda got delayed because they had to do "special things", namely mirror the overworld and ad some waggle so they could justify Twilight princess also releasing on Wii.

If there only will be one version of Botw2 there better be a good reason for them to make us wait this long. It can't be only Covid, or Pokemon (Pokemon easily gets Nintendo through the holiday, it will sell big time). Had Nintendo to re-learn how to make dungeons? Did they decide halfway through the development to remove a remixed overworld for a totally new overworld? I hope the wait will be worth it.

A general Nintendo Direct this month might be out of the picture now, but maybe in July? Who knows!

@NintendoWife

A new top-down Zelda this year wouldn't be that unrealistic, maybe sporting the style of Link's awakening Switch. Nintendo could have a smaller team on that, or maybe Grezzo.

Botw2 will be next year and it could be a Switch2 launchtitle (or a dual release, Switch and Switch2). We are probably talking about March 2023, so that takes some time.

Next ten years...if people eat it and like it. Otherwise its back to the drawing-board. For now I keep a positive vibe: It could be fun, I'll just wait and see. Happy that they try something new with the franchise.

@NintendoWife

Personally I do not think the Capcom Zelda's are inferior in any way, The minish cap is even one of my favorites.

That being said, if they use the artstyle of Link's awakening Switch I think they should use it for a totally new Zelda.

Why did Nintendo post such a compressed version? Brings me back to the early days of internet...

Anyway, nice song!

Lol, they are just talking about the upcoming Fire emblem Warriors game! Speaking of that game: Is it normal that the icon of the demo has a splash of red, a bit like blood?

I don't think there will be remakes of Ooa and Oos, because they where made by Capcom. You also sensed it in the artwork, very different from what Nintendo would produce. I think Nintendo thinks: "Its not made by us so its worthless".

I'll explain it to you: This is the road Sega thought was the best road, so they took it. If you don't like it vote with your wallet.

@Silly_G

Lol, I agree! I wouldn't be surprised though if there's a new game in the making. After all it doesn't make any sense to make a movie all of a sudden about a completely dead franchise.

Ah, it's April Fools again!

But will it be in development...forever?

Looks lovely!

Has anyone forgotten its about the "Mamalians"? They probably have mamal-dna in them.

No proper single-player, no buy for me.

Also no screenshots from handheld-mode, you got to be joking!

Finish the game! I wanted to say that again.

There's no Direct! Stop spreading lies, nintendolife!!

I knew this. I knew this.

I don't think I'll will be much interested in a brawler, but we'll see. However, Toys for bob are now toiling away at those awful Cod games. So I don't expect anything from them.

Sooo it has to do with secondary systems? That's still stupid. And even ironic since Nintendo is bragging all the time about people owning multiple Switch systems. They now kicked te same people in the teeth. Though I not understand it completely: Your games are linked to your account, and your account is linked to your system? Meaning you can't use your account with your games on every system, so what happened?

Strange, this stuff happened at the exact same time as last year, around E3. But last time it was because of a faulty system-update, and it took ages before they repaired it.

What's super scary though is that our downloaded games still need to go through a "license" check, meaning that when the eshop stops and all licenses dissapear, then we lose all our games?!

Lol, Nintendolife thinks Nintendo will do E3 stuff even if there isn't a E3. But it's much more likely that they will do NOTHING!

The boss isn't bad, but other then that it doesn't look that great combat wise.

And I agree that the enemies take waaaay to long to defeat.

@RubyCarbuncle

I totally agree.

Looks pretty nice, although it won't look nearly as nice on Switch (maybe Switch 2?). Strange that they didn't show any combat.

Lol, contains everything we hate! Avoid like the plague guys...avoid like the plague!

Game looks fun, but I might not order it just yet since a review on youtube (Switch-up I believe) mentioned there's a bug that deletes your auto-saves. The developers are working on a patch.

I would have loved a new Zelda in the Links awakening remake style, but Nintendo refuses. So its nice to see this exists, hopefully it also comes to Switch. However, rogue...if its a rogue game then I don't want it!

Looks amazing! And that distorted laugh at the end, Warioland 4 style lol!

Nintendo doesn't have the balls (hah!) to make a new Warioland. They rather release another Splatoon, another Pokemon, another Xenoblade, ports, etc, etc. Mmm, I think I'll go for this instead.

I would have been excited...if this was made by the Sonic Mania developers!!

Lol, they always blame it on chip-shortage...what if people just got bored with Switch and are waiting for a more powerful device?

I already had fear for re-designs for quite some now. I just imagine a young and peppy Mario, maybe even without a moustache. He sounds peppy too. Not at all like the Mario we know.

And musical numbers, I don't know about that...

So far it sounds like a disaster in the making. On the other hand I can't see Nintendo greenlighting a movie that has nothing to do with the actual franchise. I mean, they play it save nowadays. And they don't want another "Mario bros movie" disaster, I can imagine!

Welcome to 2022, Nintendo!

Just in time for Christmas...oh wait a minute?!

I probably buy this at a later date, seeing as I am not even that far into Xenoblade chronicles 2.

Sorry guys, but I think its trash! Super floaty controls, terrible graphics. This is definitely not a 3D Mario. Its not "A hat in time" either (that game is also floaty, but very playable. Lots of fun and good looking). All those 3D platformers seem to have 1 problem that Mario doesn't have: They can't handle walls! You either start wall-running all the time (A hat in time) or start wall-jumping all the time when near a wall. Super annoying. I also hate it that when you roll into a crystal by using Snake wheel (Demon turf: Neon splash) you always have a big recoil (that sends you of platforms). Terrible.

Great news! I always wanted to play this. I didn't know someone from Okami worked on it: The game looks a bit similar to Okami, so it makes sense. I also didn't know there was a sequel (sort of).

Hmm, not that much this year...and not even that good sadly.

I chose America because it has Bleck more prominent.

The biggest joke is: Platinum is dead. They sold their soul to Tencent, haven't made a strong game ever since.

Played the demo: You move far to fast, wich is super annoying. Other then that it was pretty fun and I could see myself buying it someday.

Lovely stuff. And that hamster really loves lava, lol.

Art-style is still terrible, gameplay looks fun. Normally I never buy a e-shop game at launch (axiom verge 2 being the exception), but at such a low price I couldn't resist (haven't played the original yet since it didn't have a good discount yet).

I expect a shorter game though. Think about it: Much lower price, much smaller file-size. Of course it will be smaller, more like a dlc-pack.

If there are 2 versions I'll likely go for the normal Switch version. I don't think there will be much difference and I don't want to be forced to buy Switch2 at launch (probably very expensive and full of launch-bugs).