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@JNolan93
I can understand it if that’s the goal, but if you are making a means for people to commit piracy on a current console, unintentionally or not, you’re going to get some pushback. I don’t know what the lawsuit entails, but if it’s just shutting the emulator down, I don’t think it kills the general public to wait 5 or so years before we get 60FPS TOTK.

I mean, it’s one thing if you emulate a dead console, but this is active theft, I don’t really understand any argument in favor of Yuzu.

Still holding out for a $45 sale, or at the very least 6 being under $10.

I have no horse in the Pokemon copyright race, but man I’m getting tired of hearing about this game. Congratulations, you made a game similar in concept to Pokemon; there are many other (and judging by critical reception beyond the surface level better) games that have been made, and I think it’s kind of sad that the only one to get attention got it by being edgy.

I think a legitimately great 2D Kirby would serve as a great swan song for the Switch similar to Extra Epic Yarn for the 3DS (I know it’s a remaster but the point still stands), and the Forgotten Land sequel could be saved for better hardware and ideally 60fps.

A Smash Run where you could interact with other players a la City Trial would make any game it is in the definitive Smash game.

@KingMike
I’m not in any way suggesting that pixel art is worse; I just got done with the Live a Live remaster and I loved it, just as I’m sure I will with Triangle Strategy and the Octopath games. The point is, that when so many of these very similar games come out, it really dilutes the waters in terms of what I might buy, and I think that might be the reason Square’s going in this direction.

I feel like, no matter how good they may be, slimming down, especially on the pixel RPGS, would be very beneficial for Square Enix, as they’ve released so many games in the past few years that none of them have really had as much of an impact as they could have.

I’ve heard conflicting things on whether or not the DK expansion is coming to Orlando along with the base park; has that been confimed yet?

Is the M rating an Australian thing, or would the rating change for Switch? Just from looking at the game, it doesn’t look like it would warrant an M rating.

I think it’s as easy as pointing out how long a critic spends on TV or cell phones to notice a disparity. There is nothing about video games that makes them any different than any form of electronic media, and it’s just tiring at this point to see it repeated over and over again.

That being said, if someone has a problem, it needs to be addressed in the same way that addiction to any other form of media needs to be addressed. This was not one of those times, however.

I feel like it’s going to come down to getting used to the new voices, because Mario and Luigi might just sound slightly different, and I think that’s okay, instead of trying to push Afghani into being a soundalike.

The Wario voice just sounds like Wario is going through the flu, so they may need to do something about that, however.

@Serpenterror
Yeah, I figured you may have knew about that already. An actual 3D shooter with Yoshi would be really cool, and it would be different from almost anything else Nintendo publishes.

I think I‘ll always love Dudunsparce just for the fact that Game Freak saw everyone wanting something else with the Dunsparce line and gave them the ultimate monkey’s paw.

As for actual answers, I do really like Quaxly and Greavard, the designs of the new mons are generally really good with the exception of the easy punching bag of Flamigo.

@Markiemania95 @Hero-of-WiiU
I win! I win! I was the first to comment about an obscure SNES game!
I’ll never forget this moment as long as I live

Honestly, I feel like the egg-throwing mechanic is best left in the Yoshi games. That adds too much of a sub game, and I definitely see how it could be confusing if it isn’t the main focus.

@Serpenterror
Have you heard of Yoshi’s Safari? It’s basically what you were talking about but with the Super Scope.

In the realm of Yoko Shimomura’s RPG remasters, I picked up Live a Live and the music is so good. Do yourself a favor and listen to the soundtrack, or better yet buy the game, it’ll change your life.

1. Mario Wonder
2. Fe: Engage
3. Metroid Prime Remastered
4. TOTK
That’s all I really played in 2023 so far, Wonder is the only game I finished, surprisingly enough. I’m coming back for the rest eventually, but Mario Wonder was the only game that wowed me.

@PinderSchloss
Fair, and in the same breath he also needs to take accountability. I feel like some people were ignoring that, and that’s why I said what I said. This is still a fixable offense, and it hasn’t been fixed yet, but I do agree that nobody deserves to have a mob after them.

@PinderSchloss
Everyone here defending Jirard seems to be ignoring the fact that most of this criticism could all go away if he took responsibility for his actions, and so far, he has not. It’s that simple. I was a fan of his up until then, and I felt for him right up to the point where he threatened to sue anyone that noticed his inability to donate money to charity.
Most of Jirard’s remaining fans see his personality on the Internet as a nice, wholesome guy who talks about video games and assume that saves him from criticism, but it does not.

I knew I’d be disappointed with at least some of the comments here, and I was correct.

“Oh, no, the poor, wholesome man might get mean comments after his little mistake.”

The guy lied to people about where their money was going, and by his own admission didn’t let go of it until people cracked down on him to sell it, no matter how he spins it in his video. Not only that, but he still hasn’t paid all of it off, with inflation and all of the stream money that he earned not going anywhere. He had so many chances to apologize and salvage his career, but instead doubled down on his claims and even threatened legal action on people he was just previously begging not to tell on him.

Excellent call by the devs, and this honestly helped remind me to give Sea of Stars a try.

Anything would have been better than Metropolis Zone.

@the_beaver
Just a pun about Born of Bread being buggy lol. I really enjoyed Bug Fables, the characters and writing, as well as the combat were really solid. The humor doesn’t get any better if you’re not into that style, but the combat improves a lot later on in the game, as well as the optional objectives.There was a couple points where you could tell it’s an indie game, but it’s a great time for someone that’s never played the original or TTYD, so I can’t really remark on that.

So it’s trying to be both an homage to classic Paper Mario and Bug Fables then…

@DwaynesGames
I have heard decent things about that and Sonic Superstars, but I feel like we’re talking about 7-8/10 games versus a 9 or 10. Pikmin 4 is also excellent from what I’ve heard, but it’s a combination of slightly niche and not really a family game in the sense that the family can all play together. It should win best strategy game, though.

Not exactly a high bar with the exception of Pikmin 4, but an achievement nonetheless. On to winning Game of the Year!
It won’t… but I can dream.

My favorite game is Super Mario 3D World because nostalgia, but I would have to say that getting all three stars in Piranha Plant Creek After Dark is terrible. How precise you have to be with your Fire Flower throws compared to the wonky depth perception makes it the one part of the game I dislike replaying in a game where its biggest strength is its consistency.

Where’s the skates?
0/10 movie

There are so many thing in Mario Wonder that I swear were inspired by Mario Maker levels; from the direct things, like the multiplayer death sounds, multiple checkpoints in one level, or the star run levels; to things like the Jump Jump Jump climbing level, which would have fit perfectly as a Mario Maker level. I think the Mario Maker series was a time for Nintendo to look at what fans did with Mario, and create new ideas with it, and that’s part of how the game became so successful.

Dream Team, Paper Jam, and BIS are all way too low (BIS especially is objectively better than Superstar Saga), but they’re all great games, and you can’t go wrong no matter what you pick.
Edit: Except Sticker Star

I did not have that experience with ReDeads in their original game, but I did in Smash Bros. Brawl. Even in 2D, they managed to give 7-year old me nightmares.

I’m thinking of buying an RPG, and I played Xenoblade DE and loved it. Should I get 2 or Live A Live?

On the one hand, this is a pretty cool class that would be fun to take.
But on the other hand, grading on a curve via a race is a really stupid idea. Imagine you use an exploit or other to go faster, there’s your A+, everyone else is messing up their GPA on a course centered around gaming.

BIS imo, the visual style I think is what puts it over the edge for me, and it’s something that makes the remake worse. I haven’t played TTYD though, so I’m interested to see which one I’ll think will win out.

It probably won’t win because the story and side stuff are not good in the slightest, but Engage’s gameplay is some of the best gameplay I’ve seen in an RPG, and managed to get me into a franchise that I don’t think Three Houses would have sold me on the same way.
Nintendo has had a pretty great year in a year where not much has been released, so they should do well here.

I don’t know if you guys intended it, but you’ve got an extra o in popular, just a heads up.

I can’t trust the opinions of someone that doesn’t like Funky Kong.

Jokes aside, good review! The BCP has been a wild ride, with various rises and dips in quality. But playing through Wii Rainbow Road took me back to when I was a kid playing Wii without a care in the world, and that’s all I wanted out of the DLC.

A moment of silence for Cheese Land, which will now never be picked online after this patch.

@rockodoodle
It feels like Nintendo wants to try budget games without trying budget games. It’s either 50 or the rare 40 dollar game, or really bare bones games like Big Brain or Everybody 1-2 Switch.

The Kirby budget titles have been great, though, especially Dream Buffet.

@rockodoodle
Fair enough, I can definitely see Nintendo keeping at it with continued sequels into the Switch’s successor due to the decreased production costs. I do wonder if they’ll go back to the Smooth Moves style anymore after this, though.

@rockodoodle
You have to be really niche or a really poor game for a Nintendo-published title to sell less than a million units on Switch. It’s still nothing to sneeze at, but one would think that a game starting a member of the Mario cast marketed around multiplayer could sell slightly better. Additionally, it came out during somewhat of a lull period for both Nintendo-published games and games in general. Get it Together is a good game in my opinion, I’m really just talking about sales.

I just had a feeling about Warioware. Get it Together sold relatively poorly, Everybody 1-2 Switch did even worse, and when you have a game that to the average consumer is a combination of the two, after so many minigame collections have released on Swittch, during a year when so many GOTY candidates have come out, especially in the past couple of months, and the game is DOA, regardless of quality.

At some point, my Joy-Cons are usually awful at motion-control shenanigans, but the game looks fun enough that I’ll give them one more chance. I have a feeling this game will not sell well though, so if you like Warioware, enjoy it while you can because the next one might not be for a while.

Definitely Airship Fortress for me. Such a great reimagination of the airship levels from 3, and antigravity could really help the section at the end especially. Would have preferred it over SNES BC3, but I like that track fine enough anyway.

@Nidorom
Seconded. A balloon Pokémon that takes kids with it? That runs circles around Murkrow.

@Darktower77
Ok, my mistake, I just assumed since your account was just created. Go have opinions in peace.

@BTB20
Checking this user’s other comments, it’s a pretty safe bet that it’s bait.
Unless they just hate Mario idk

On the one hand, I do understand that being excited over the artificial delay of a barebones emulation of an N64 game finally being over is a symptom of Nintendo having me like a fish in a barrel…

But MP3 ON SWITCH FINALLY!!!

Spider-Man 2 might actually get me to buy a PS5 from how good it looks. It’s been a great week for gaming in general, and we still have games to look forward to.