JaketheArbok

X and Y is probably the game that is most in need of a major remake. The story itself is pretty solid, and I really like the gimmick of a group of rival characters that are all friends with each other, and Lumiose City was a big step up in what Pokémon locations could become, but the repetitive routes and the feeling that nothing new is taking place, despite the leap in hardware, started to roll the boulder of “Pokémon is horrible and lazy” down the hill of popular fan opinion where it is now tumbling at Mach 10. A remake that did a little plot retooling and increased the difficulty in a few key areas could make a great game, and the plus side of wishing for a remake means that a BDSP-esque remake would take work to downgrade it, so that probably wouldn’t happen.

Guys, I really am not feeling up to making a stable joke right now.
My allergies are kicking up, and I’m really feeling kind of…

hoarse today.

I just play some Mario Maker 2. If you like 2D Mario, you can pretty much play it forever, and it’s especially fun to test your skills (and patience) on a super expert level.
I also go through bouts of Smash and Mario Kart online every once in a while, until I get bored of getting walloped in every game.

The gaming landscape will be entirely different by the time Nintendo sells out, it would honestly take 3 or 4 Wii U-like failures in a row to get them to even consider it, and by that time we have no idea how Microsoft or Sony will do in the gaming landscape.

TTYD remake easily, I am so happy I held out to avoid spoilers, this is going to be a treat.
Elsewhere, I’m already playing F-Zero 99 and will pick up the Mario vs. DK remake, Mario RPG, Wonder, and Warioware: Move it!

@Serpenterror
Yeah, if they produced a more arcadey, free flowing series on Nintendo to alternate from the 2K games it would appeal to the user base more and be able to not look as good as long as the frame rate was steady. I feel like they might have considered it if Battlegrounds wasn’t as poorly received as it was (for good reason, but still). A studio more based around fighting games might be able to do the job slightly better, but it’s free money that’s falling through the cracks at the moment.

Looking at footage of this makes me grateful 2K stays away from the WWE games on here, 18 was awful, and I don’t imagine it’s going to get any better with the increase in graphics. Maybe if the Switch 2 is in the ballpark of PS5 they might try it again.

There is something about the angry 10% of F-Zero fans that make you not want there to ever be a new F-Zero game.
I haven’t given the game a shot yet, but I am excited to, I’m slightly better at F-Zero than I am at PAC-Man or Tetris, so I should have a decent shot.

I was thinking about maybe pre-ordering Wonder at the GameStop, in order to secure a copy but if this is all, I’ma pass, it’s a Mario game, there should be enough copies to suffice from the get-go.

I’m going to make a push to finally finish Fire Emblem: Engage, as I think I might be in the endgame. I’m also going to try to finish Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s final boss rush, it’s been kicking my tail since I don’t yet have the Galacta Sword and don’t feel like grinding for one, and the final boss is no joke, I can get there pretty reliably, but I always stumble at the finish line.

I picked this up myself, and the review is pretty accurate. The story’s alright, the cameos from wrestling personalities are good, but you kind of have to know a lot about wrestling going in to appreciate that aspect. If you’re a wrestling fan or the concept sounds interesting, it probably shoots up to a 7 or 8, but otherwise, it’s a bit too finicky for its own good.

Wrestling Empire remains the best wrestling game on Switch.

Pokémon battling should ideally be about skill and strategy. Imagine a game of chess where if you did 100 pushups before every game, your pawns could move two spaces all the time. It wouldn't kill them to let you adjust your mon's move pool and EV's (? I don't even know anymore) when you start competitive play. It essentially barriers entry to those who are willing to spend hundreds of hours grinding, which, if you consider time an equal to money, makes it no different than a mobile game tournament.
Edit: The visceral response to me saying, "maybe grinding in order to compete in a game that doesn't at all improve your skills at it is kinda dumb" is pretty crazy. Gonna make a mental note to leave this hornet's nest alone in the future.

@Commandervide0
Do you have a better reference that more people will recognize?

It's really just the mane for me. I have no problem with Raikou being a giraffe, but the mane just throws me off of the design. It would look just different enough to be fine for me without it.

I'm on the exact opposite boat as a lot of people in the comments on this one. The base game was so fun once I got past the technical stuff that it sold me on the DLC itself, and I hardly ever buy DLC for a game unless I'm extremely sold. The amount of agency the game gives you to just explore and do what you want, while still being quickly and easily able to do story content (my pet peeve with a lot of open-world games, honestly), the difficulty being pretty good if you take the challenges in the right order, and the story content genuinely being fun and even emotional at points has me feeling far more optimistic for the future of the series than Sword/Shield or even Legends Arceus did (while I liked it, it just didn't feel like Pokémon to me). Sign me up for the DLC. If the technical issues are too big a hurdle for you to climb, I understand you, but don't act like they make the games unplayable and everyone that likes it is a shill.

I’m pretty excited for the game to come out. Pikmin hasn’t been a series that’s necessarily hooked me so far, but I’m excited to give it another shot. I had a great time with the demo, and I hope that fun will carry over into the main game. I am kind of worried this game won’t sell particularly well, though. Nintendo’s done basically nothing to advertise this game, and it’s always been a pretty niche franchise, but I hope I’m wrong.

As both a Teddybuggy and lightweight fan before Waluigi’s death, the nerf sucks, but I hope it’ll get people away from obsessing over viability, especially since I’ve jumped onto Kamek instead.

I hope there’s also some significant story content, the main game was so good that I would buy the DLC for that alone. This looks good too though.

If you’re new to the series, just buy the 30th anniversary collection. It’s cheap and packed with content. Unless you’re really competitive, I wouldn’t understand paying 40 dollars for a game that you can have like 6 different versions of, as well as the Alpha games, which I prefer.

If only he could show just as much remorse to everybody he threw under the bus or was generally a jerk to during his time as a developer. The man has done a lot for gaming, but I do not feel the least bit sorry for him.

I am once again commenting to inform you all that you’re missing out on a good game. Just give it a shot, and you’ll enjoy it. It’s a decent party game for a cheap price by Nintendo standards.

I bought this game expecting shovelware, but for 30 bucks, it’s a solid time, and the phone compatibility is quite solid. I’ve played for a few hours and haven’t gotten tired of it yet, and I think it would be good to bust out at parties.
Not a masterpiece, but you could do a lot worse than this if you have a bunch of people over for a party.

TOTK for now, a big improvement to me on Breath of the Wild, but I don’t know if it’ll make it through the rest of the year unscathed, as I much prefer 2D platformers to open-world games, and Mario Wonder looks quite magnificent, and the Pikmin 4 demo has convinced me to pick that game up too. FE: Engage was alright enough for my first ever Fire Emblem game in the series, it’s not a masterpiece in the genre, but it’s a solid time-waster. I also really liked the Metroid Prime remaster, even though I haven’t gotten too far into it.

I’m still on the fence with this one.
AEW isn’t really my thing, but the game itself looks alright. The DLC looks kind of scummy as well, so maybe at a discount somewhere down the line.

Hey guys, in case you haven’t noticed, the Nintendo-Sega console wars ended nearly 25 years ago, so…

I may give this a shot to try the Game Gear games and finally finish 3 and Knuckles.

It’s a celebration of the series, so…
NA for me.

Never played, but I’m super excited for it to come out, as I grew up with the Mario and Luigi games and really really hope this sells well, so we can get more Mario RPGs and just out there stuff with the character.

@Ragdoll72
Fair enough, I haven’t read them.

The only good version of Shadow in the past 15 years was in the Boom cartoon tbh
“Your shoddy craftsmanship brings shame to all hedgehog kind!”

@Dragnoran
Thank you so much for giving me a vague enough answer that I can find it on my own, saved me a google.

@cmbaum
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I’m talking about where to give the Korok seeds to.

I feel like I might have to look this up soon, but where to give Korok seeds. I’m about 20 hours in, and I still haven’t found it yet.

I don’t know how many good games it’s going to take for me to get out of my cautiously-optimistic shell whenever a new Sonic game comes out, but considering the frankly abysmal 2D controls in Forces and even the few sections in Frontiers, even if it was a little better, it’s all going to hinge on that, but I really hope it’s good because co-op Sonic that works sounds awesome.

We’re getting really desperate for a new Mario Kart, aren’t we? I think we need to face facts, and know it’s not happening on this system. What I would wish would happen soon are the new courses coming out.

I have the exact opposite opinion. Breath of
the Wild just never hooked me because the simple gameplay of climbing, walking, and fighting scattered camps just never really did it for me. When something big happened, it was fun, but it was few and far between. TOTK, on the other hand, has enough big activities that the little ones, which are great, can be supplemented by something actually happening, so for me, it’s just the right balance. However, I respect other people’s opinions if this ruins or dampers TOTK for them, although many did not respect the people who said that the lack of things to do in BOTW hurts that game.

More TOTK. This might just become one of my favorite games ever, and I never really cared for BOTW all that much, I don’t know what’s different.
Elsewhere, I started a playthrough of New Super Mario Bros. Wii with my brother, and he enjoys it. It’s always a treat to play childhood games with him. We’re also playing Lego Star Wars:The Complete Saga and Yoshi’s Crafted World.

You know, it could be good… I’ve always balked at 1-2 Switch’s asking price, and my siblings wont play the N64 Mario Parties with me, because they’re “too old”, so I wouldn’t mind a new party game at the moment. If it’s alright, for 30 dollars, why not?

I really hope this game is at the very least decent, because a proper wrestling video game story is something that most modern games are lacking. 2K’s improving, but they’re not quite there yet, and I don’t even know what Fight Forever will do, but from what I’ve seen it really looks like it would be fun.

I have somehow managed to go from not really being excited at all for this game to counting down the days until Friday. I might get burned again, but at the very least I’m going to try my best to see the game every single review outlet sees.

I can’t understand how people defend this. I can understand emulation of older software, particularly games Nintendo does not see a dime on. But outright modding a Switch and providing a way to do so to the public is very close to outright piracy, and once you let them in, they will not leave. Nintendo is within their legal right to enforce their IP law, and if you disagree with that, you need to get off your moral high horse and look at things from a logical perspective.
Sorry that was a bit ranty, I just hate the “Nintendo bad because DMCA” argument when you’re dealing with such a subjective system as IP law.

I don’t think people realize with Mario maker that the main selling point isn’t really making the levels, which is just one of the problems you’ll have with a level maker. It’s a shame, as it’s one of the better level makers I’ve played, and the community is really dedicated to quality.

I mean, it’s not really about the value of the cup/ mug, but the experience you associate it with. When you buy this, you will think about the experience of waiting for the game to come out, camping outside Nintendo NY (I would assume) waiting for the game to finally release.

I’m a sucker for level makers, so if this improves, I may give this a shot down the line. But still, that’s a pretty scummy practice for a game to throw. If you, say, got a discount for early adopting or got some sort of reward for buying an unfinished game, that would be one thing, but the fact that you are not informed AT ALL before you buy the game feels very dirty.

That’s a big list of great soundtracks. He will be missed.

I think it’s important to think, if you’re subverting expectations, why are you doing so? If it’s to surprise the player with a neat detail that they didn’t see coming, it’s good, as long as it’s not too drastic. If it’s to mask the poor quality of your game, then that’s not good, and neither is attempting to be an “art house” story where you attempt a crazy subversion unless you give ample warning of that in other parts of the game’s advertising, and have the age rating and description on the back of the box reflect the change. Not every subversion is good just because it’s a subversion.

So what you’re saying is that while it’s good, this game doesn’t exactly cry out in the night and leaves you restless longing for some solitary melody?

And this is why Nintendo is strict about mods. IP law and the means they have to enforce it is not as powerful as everyone makes it out to be, but if you allow people to mess around with your game and your console, you’re going to have issues down the line.

YES!
I’ve wanted this game for forever, and I’m finally going to get the chance to get it on a discount.

Just being able to chill with the crazy physics is something I always wanted out of the original game, so this and more overworld puzzles makes me reasonably excited. I was always going to pick this up, but I may do it sooner rather than later.

@AlienX
Exactly. I mean, acknowledging previous games is perfectly fine, but every other line in Frontiers was, “Remember this thing in this Sonic-related thing?” It was a bit much, and that was just with him translating.
I hope I’m wrong, but I have my reservations.