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@Donald_M I'm upset with Jools/Atooi but not with you. I hear your points.

I think a lot of it boils down to this was the first time I supported a Kickstarter and it was created by someone I really respected.

@Donald_M Ok there is a lot in that post so I'll go point-by-point.

1.) "It's a small team trying to make the best game they can."

These aren't amateurs. They have made plenty of games in the past. THEY ALREADY MADE THIS GAME. I had hoped they would know enough to put together an even somewhat in the ballpark estimate of how long they needed to make the new version.

2.) "Nobody "went back on their word".

Nobody forced Jools to put December 2018 on his Kickstarter page as the release date. At this point I believe he did it with malicious intent...knowing he would never make that deadline and posting it anyway to get more supporters. And certainly nobody forced him TO DO IT AGAIN after he missed the OG release date.

3.) "Games get delayed all the time."

Yea, tons of bad things happen all the time. Just because something happens a lot doesn't make it right, or moral.

4.) "A solution here would be for developers just to not give a release date on games until they can actually be sure it's realistic"

!!!THIS!!!
I 100% agree with this!

@Donald_M I hear ya, but it really rubs me the wrong way when someone I respect promises something, asks for my money to help with that promise, then goes back on his word.

Then goes back on his word again!

@Deku-Scrub This is a really good point but even as disappointed/upset as I am with Jools and Atooi right now I refuse to let myself believe he would care so little about his backers that he would stoop to such a lowlife move like that.

This is upsetting news to me but I should have seen it coming. How many Kickstarters does this happen to? It's really not a major surprise that yet another Kickstarter has been delayed into oblivion.

I thought it would be different. This one has Jools, who seems like a great guy and makes really fun little (and some bigger with Renegade Kid) games so I decided to make it my first supported Kickstarter. Even this morning when I woke up and saw there was an update email I had hope it was good news. But here we are.

Look, I only gave $10 so it's not the end of the world. It's more like a sacrifice of 1 Burrito and Coke. I'm way more frustrated about the Animal Crossing delay because they have a powerhouse company with seemingly endless funds behind them. But it is still very disappointing to me. First it was promised by December 2018, then sometime in late 2019.....Now? Maybe 2020? Who knows anymore.

At this point I'm no longer 100% confident this game will come out. I like to think it will but who knows anymore? Jools/Atooi was up there with the SteamWorld and Shovel Knight guys as my favorite indie dev. And to think, I probably still would have supported, and all this could have been avoided, if he just told us from the start it might take a really long time to make this game.

All that good will is now gone.

My dream daddy is Damien McFerran.

As a general rule I try to get all my gaming news from Czechoslovakian websites that I Google translate, so this is great to hear.

I didn't play it all the way through but I really enjoyed AoT on Switch. I'll likely be getting this expansion, but I need to watch the new season before I play it.

It makes me so happy that Hotel Mario is FINALLY getting a reboot!

I'll pass on this one. You can find me chilling down by the fishing pond at Lake Hylia instead.

No Vroom in the Night Sky? No Ark: Survival Evolved? No Troll and I?

This list is clearly fake news. Do better NintendoLife.

Boring.

Now if there was a DOS Kentris battle royale, that would be something worth talking about.

I'm all in on the Switch Pro. Switch Mini will be a pass for me.

The big N will always be the last man standing.

I'm so old I remember when I was excited for the BotW Labo update. Times were simpler back then. A boy could naively dream.

Linneman's a big boy these days.

Nintendo is truly a company of heroes for delaying the game...

...or maybe they shouldn't have announced a 2019 release in the first place.

This PR spin to get people on their side after yet another AAA game delay is pathetic. The delay of AC ruined an otherwise great e3 Direct for me.

Now back to playing Wild World while I wait for the March 2020 release. Despite how upsetting this is to me I will of course be buying it day one because I love Animal Crossing and it will likely surpass BotW (their other delayed game) as my most played Switch title at over 500 hours.

@Matthew010 I'm being a bit facetious but I also believe that if you set a deadline you should do everything in your power to meet it. Sometimes I, probably you, and most everyone, has to put in grueling hours at work to get the job done. All this "boo hoo, we work too hard and can't handle it" doesn't fly with me. These people chose the line of work they wanted to get into and I have zero sympathy if it turns out to be harder work than they expected.

@LetsGoSwitch God forbid a company has to work extra hard make a deadline they decided to set themselves.

Let's all work leisurely 40 hours weeks and have a nice siesta in the middle of every day. Ha! IDK what fantasy world you're living in, but that's not how my gig works and it shouldn't be for Nintendo either.

@Matthew010 Yes, I do.

Can't wait to see what title Nintendo is delaying next year!

He's the best! Can't wait to hear his contribution to Chicken Wiggle Workshop...if that game is ever released.

Link's Awakening: Happy Home Designer.

A little less time spent on nonsense and AC might not have been delayed.

Link's eyes look weird.

@suikoden And that screen grab of the Ferris wheel and bumper cars in the amusement park look a whole lot like the one in Pripyat.

If they just stop-motion animated that pizza cutter and plugged it into the movie it would still look better than the Sonic in the trailer.

Timely cash-grab releasing this on Switch right after the HBO miniseries ended.

Third Pillar Pride!

Everyone is all excited about the direct, and I agree it was good but it was a major disappointment to me that AC was delayed and that kinda spoiled everything else.

Gooigi is my God now. Praise him from whom all blessings flow.

I knew being a man of Dutch heritage would one day pay off. Today is finally that day. I'll be skipping Nintendo's e3 Driect now, nothing they could announce could possibly top this amazing news!

I wish I could be typing this comment on a Mink keyboard.

Thank goodness for this update. I haven't been able to sleep since the game's announcement, being so consumed with worry about where it fits in the Yooka-Laylee canon.

I only buy racing games published by Tiger Fortress.

I wonder how this title will help exploit the Switch.

@MajorasLapdog Yes, I have played it and it's kinda a jerk move to assume I'm lying just because I think it's a bad game. I bought on 12.15.17, the day after it was released on Switch, for $39.99. (I keep a Google Doc of all the dates, names and prices of the Switch games I buy to see how much I spend every year.) My Switch says I've played it for "3 hours or more" because I wanted to like it. Some parts were fun but overall I think the bad far outweighed the good.

I have it on good authority the next Pokemon direct will be held on October thirtynineteenth.

What these guys did back in the N64 days means they deserve at least one more shot to do something right after their previous disaster of a game. I look forward to checking out their new work.

I like how it looks in box on Rainbow Road

But it has boobs. 12/10.

Good to hear, but at this point unless there are MAJOR re-shoots and editing, it will be nothing more than polishing a turd.

If I could lay eggs I wouldn't throw them at stuff.

But where are all the gold Skulltula tokens located?

Good idea to release games with Brazil as the specific demo. There's a solid chance they will still be buying it to play on Switch in 2080.

It will run at 240p.

I'm getting more and more excited for this one. Adventure mode makes me think of Diddy Kong Racing, which everyone knows was the best Mario Kart game ever made.

Man, I've blown so much cash on Switch software...I say as I'm currently downloading RE4 and Assassins Creed 3.

Nintendo's failing. A successful company would have taken 11 of the top 10 spots.

Looks fun. I probably won't get both this and Crash Team Racing though. I'll wait to see how that one is received but right now I'm leaning towards getting Crash.

@RupeeClock Ya got me! I googled "obscure Pokemon Go" cause I thought it would make my dumb joke better.