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I can definitely understand wanting to play as a character that can help you stay on the stage. That's why Incineroar is one of my LEAST favorites. As far as I can tell, he's horrible at getting back onto a stage once's he's been knocked off.

I think my own mains are Bowser and Toon Link. I'm a sucker for a good aerial down-smash and a good aerial down-special. Bowser has both and Toon Link has one.

Unfortunately, Smash Ultimate often makes it difficult for me to effectively use those attacks since it doesn't have a For Glory mode where I can fight on a flat, single-platform stage every time. Multiple platforms get in the way.

This may sound strange, but one of the biggest problems I've had with other versions of The Witcher III is that they went for realism in the environments but didn't quite get there. I much prefer the decidedly unrealistic but dynamic visuals in Breath of the Wild. THAT world feels alive in a way that the world of The Witcher III doesn't (at least from gameplay footage I've seen of The Witcher III).

So I'm actually quite pleased with this new "muddy" look in The Switcher. I think it's going to result in me not being disappointed that the "realistic" environments don't look real enough. I think The Switcher's muddier environments are going to put me more in the "interactive animation" head space.

@StephanDLW I can buy it. The right Joy-Con on my version 2 Switch started drifting after I had owned it not even a full week.

@Ralizah I was wondering myself how this controller could be anything but a crazy novelty. But then I thought about Smash Ultimate. In that game, I have trouble executing up-smash attacks (which often register as left or right smash attacks on my right Joy-Con's analog stick). I probably wouldn't have that issue on a right-side d-pad.

Dragon Quest (known as Dragon Warrior in the US when I played it as a kid) was the first RPG I ever played, so I'll be getting that one. Not sure if I'll get any of the others.

For me, Sayonara Wild Hearts is the pleasant surprise of the year in terms of gaming. It features excellent level design, a huge variety of levels, and a very cool late '90s arcade feel (but much more forgiving than an arcade game would be).

I've already finished Sayonara Wild Hearts, and I highly recommend it. It's an absolute joy to play.

As a new Switch owner (just got mine a couple of weeks ago), I'm going to be focusing heavily on the Switch. I've already played some Smash Ultimate and Hellblade on it, and I think I'm going to see how much more headway I can made in Super Mario Odyssey (which by the way is the Super Mario 64 successor I've always wanted).

I don't know about anyone else, but I think the lack of online co-op really hurts this one. Unless you're in college, you're probably not going to have your buddies close at hand for a couch co-op gaming session.

I think the Switch is going to be fine for the next few years. As long as there's cross-gen development for third party AAA titles, there will continue to be "impossible" Switch ports. And first party titles aren't going to be drying up anytime soon. We know for certain that we have Breath of the Wild 2 and Metroid Prime 4 in development (both probably being released in 2021 if I had to guess), and I think we can reasonably expect Splatoon 3 and who knows how many other titles over the next few years.

My guess is that Nintendo will bring out the Switch successor in 2023 (2022 is possible but would be a little soon), and I think it will probably end up occupying the same space the Switch did: not as powerful as its contemporaries but just powerful enough for AAA games released on those other consoles to be ported to it.

@Heavyarms55 Maybe the corporate people who push for this kind of stuff should be treated to some form of randomized grocery shopping sometime. You wanted bread? Ooh, sorry. You got crackers this time. You can try again for bread if you want. But you still have to buy the crackers. And you might get crackers again. Or maybe sardines. Who knows? Just keep buying random groceries until you get what you want. Hey, maybe you can trade those crackers with one of your fellow shoppers for some bread!

@TheDragonDAFan I agree. Worst thing about Rocket League. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe they didn't realize how scummy it all was until recently. I hope that's the case.

@HumanDog They still don't have For Glory in Smash Ultimate? That's disappointing. That was just about the only mode I played in Smash Wii U.

I still want to get Smash Ultimate (which I won't be playing until after I get a Switch Lite), but I really hope they patch in a For Glory mode before the end of this year.

@thesilverbrick People like me. This is the Switch I've been waiting for: better portability, sturdier-looking design, and a much cheaper price point. The lack of HD Rumble is kind of a bummer, but I like everything else about it. I think Nintendo is going to sell a ton of Switch Lites as we approach the holiday season.

I'm all for developers using the flagship Switch in docked mode to its full potential as long as they include a way for people to play their games all the way through in portable mode. I can certainly see exceptions to this for outlying party, dance, and Labo games, but all other games should ideally be fully playable on both Switch devices.

Too bad there's nothing about loot boxes being removed from Rocket League. Ever since they were introduced, they've been a blight on an otherwise great game.

I played this on PC a while back. I really wanted to love it, but I just couldn't. First episode? Excellent — 9 out of 10. Second episode? Pretty good — 7 out of 10. But the third episode (maybe a 2 out of 10 for me) went so far off the rails that it soured the entire experience for me. I thought the fourth episode was decent (maybe a 6 out of 10), but it wasn't nearly enough to make up for the train wreck that preceded it.

For what it's worth, I understand why the reviewer gave The Lion's Song a score of 8 out of 10. The art style works brilliantly and quite a bit of the writing is good. But Mr. Lane must have liked the third episode way more than I did. I might have given The Lion's Song as a whole an 8 out of 10 if the quality of the third episode had been comparable to the quality of the first episode. But as it stands, The Lion's Song gets a 4 out of 10 from me.

For anyone who might be wondering why I dislike the third episode so much... Without directly spoiling anything, I'll just say that it takes a very modern social concept (something that has really only come about during the last decade) and runs with it. It makes for a story that's completely out of place for the time period in which it was set. And the way the episode's social message is hammered home is cringe-worthy.