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Tried watching the video review from the embeded video here on the site was really unwatchable due to the ads. After 6 mins of video, I already had gotten 4 ad interrupts when I gave up. Maybe YT acting up but that's just too much for me.

Yikes, that was truly bottom barrel stuff. Except for Metroid of course it was nothing worth watching the Direct for.

The digital game card feature sounds like an improvement but oh boy is such a Nintendo way to make something simple so complicated.

While it's of course disappointing to see it being cancelled, it's kinda refreshing to see a company make the right call.

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot The original Broken Sword actually predates Titan AE so when I saw it the first time I was like "hey, it looks like Broken Sword animators did this"

Leave Zelda alone

While I love the 3D Zelda’s, my personal favourites has always been the traditional top down ones. Super excited about Echoes and, just as there is with Mario, there’s plenty of room for having different types of Zeldas.

So in general, I think in-game currencies bought with real money is just deceitful and bad, so I welcome that they show the real price right away. But if they had a way to earn the currency through in-game, that's a really bad move.

@sketchturner They are remastering the first one in 4K. Wouldn't be a complete surprise if that makes it to Switch next year.

I thought it was quite a nice game, but was a bit repetitive and went on a bit long if you ask me.

Overall I’m for sustainability and ability to replace batteries, but I have also really liked that modern phones are IP certified and that’s most likely going away with users popping their devices open…

@SakuraHaruka they still have the licenses for all player names and most major leagues, so the only main difference is that game they won’t have FIFA World Cup and the name.

I look forward to it. I play more Remote Play than I probably play on the actual TV hooked up to my PS5. And streaming-only devices like the Razer Edge and Logitech G Cloud seem to be doing quite well so don't see why this shouldn't as well. Around 350 USD price point is my bet.

Easily the best trailer for the game. It sets a mood, a setting and got me properly excited for the game. And the chilling, desperate plea at the end from Zelda... epic.

So given Nintendos love for adding controllers to their emulators, we’ll be looking at something like this when they add DS/3DS to Switch Online?

I've been all digital for over 10 years and have had no problems at all with it.

Except for online only games that have since shut down, I can play every single digital game I've bought. Backwards compatibility for games is now a standard for everyone except Nintendo, so having the game digitally has meant I can keep playing older games on my newer consoles.
And neither of those two problems are solved by keeping games physical.

Also, I use Remote Play with my PS5 a lot. And that just not sustainable with having to swap discs.

I get it, a shelf with games do look nice. But having been around since the days of NES fidgy cartridges and Amiga floppy disks, I just don't see the charm in actually using any form of physical media today.

I find the timing of the this game strange, unless they’ve changed things in it.

It is a prequel but as others mention here, it will spoil things for FF7. The problem as I see it, is that with the FF7 Remake a whole new generation is playing through this again but the parts that Crisis Core spoils hasn’t happened yet in FF7 Remake as that happens later in the game.

So I’m thinking there might be some significant changes in either Reunion or Rebirth (2nd part in FF7 Remake)

If I ever get around the playing Bayonetta 3 I'll leave everything as intended. That said, I find the whole presentation of Bayonetta a bit juvenile, but I'm probably not its core audience either.

While I do like the Persona 5 soundtrack, I wouldn't want Xenoblade or Zelda to sound like that.

But he's a talented guy so I'm sure he could work well with the style of Zelda and Xenoblade as well.

I played this game extensively back when it was originally released in 1997, and while it has issued back then as well it was great.
It's one of few games that were made with Voxel graphics, but they haven't aged well at all. I full remake of the game would be awesome though.

Given that Square Enix is probably the publisher I buy the most games from outside of Nintendo and Sony, I'd be very disappointed if they ended up being bought by someone who aims to make them a platform exclusive provider. Don't need more of that.

I have Princess Zelda and Link from this collection and very happy with them, but that's enough I think. Plus no LEDs in the figure, just the base, is a bit disappointing.

Ripoff? Sure.

But since Nintendo doesn’t seem interested in bringing me more new Zelda games in this genre/style, I’m gonna keep an eye on this one.

Looks fun but a full price game? Feels a bit limited for that, but hopefully I'm wrong.

That was a lot of pink 😳

But well done on such a well kept collection. Impressive.

@electrolite77 I’m not disagreeing that they are. I’m just asking for a little scrutiny. You know, like journalists are supposed to do. Maybe it’s a bit too much to ask for on a fan-site.

But questions/topics I see far to easily overlooked in discussions about his:
1. Why is Microsoft doing this?
2. Why aren’t others doing the same?
3. Is it profitable for Microsoft?
4. Will pricing remain at current levels?
Now it’s all, “I wish X did the same” without thinking that much about the stuff behind the reasoning of all involved companies.

As a customer it is certainly a good deal at the moment, and will remain like that until prices or content change. Again, maybe I’m asking for too much here, but just wish there’d be a bit more scrutiny from the gaming media.

@Zuljaras got very little confidence that Blizzard will produce better games under Microsoft. Sure, I do believe all this idiotic sexual misconduct will better controlled under Microsoft, but both of companies they’ve bought are companies that lean heavily into MTX and by looking at how Microsoft’s been dealing with that lately, I don’t think it’ll improve.

@electrolite77 Of course it’s an agenda from Microsoft. They want the narrative to be how everyone else isn’t offering an inferior service to them.

For sure, everything is about making money, and Microsoft is definitely benefiting from discussions like this, since they know the others won’t be able to directly compete.

@electrolite77 It’s Microsoft that’s controlling the agenda, through the media.

GamePass is a great offer now. It’s too good, and won’t last. Just like Netflix, they’ll up their pricing once they hit enough subscribers.
Nintendo and Sony will do their own things, and most likely won’t get sucked into this, they can’t afford to, they don’t have a massive alternative revenue stream like Microsoft.

Sony’s new “PS Plus” is rumoured to be unveiled next week, I guess we’ll see what they offer but I’m not expecting a full on GamePass alternative. They’ll improve their PS Now offer (which actually has more games than GamePass, just older ones) but not go all the way and add day one releases of their first party titles.

GamePass isn’t profitable at current pricing levels. Phil Spector even admit that. So there’s just no logic behind Nintendo going in and offer a similar service.
But Microsoft has to. They struggled to stay relevant last gen and this is the only way they can now. Being Microsoft, they can afford to bleed money into this and then when they’ve got enough hold on the market with GamePass - start increasing the fees.

But they’ve really managed to control the agenda. When even journalists at Nintendo Life can’t see through this, it’s not a big surprise most gamers don’t. So now everyone expects/demands Nintendo and Sony to follow suit.

@SteamEngenius Well, Genki has far made products focusing on the Switch and while this does work with other consoles, it’s Switch users who has the most to gain from the dual-channel features given the lack of communication functionality on the Switch.

@RubyCarbuncle Fair enough. I do recommend the Backbone then, should the urge ever arise to try out some gaming on mobile.

@RubyCarbuncle I get that mobile gaming overall is very disappointing and full of crap games. But there are some gems.
As mentioned here, games like Stardew Valley, Final Fantasy 1-9 and so on are just straight ports with controller support.

But then there are games like FANTASIAN, Stela and The Last Campfire that are all primarily mobile games and are all top notch games.
I highly recommend the Backbone ONE controller that means you aren’t far of a Switch experience. It’s iOS only atm, but an Android version is in the works. I use mine with PS5 Remote Play almost daily and works pretty much flawlessly.

Again, I agree that it’s mostly absolute junk when it comes to mobile games. But not all is bad, and it’s a shame to miss out of some of those gems just due to bias.

Makes me think of Soccer Kid, a side-scrolling platform game from the early 90s. I believe it was released on the SNES but I played it on the Amiga. It was a dumb as it sound

Compared to PlayStation Access I always felt Nintendo Minute was a bit too artificial and like an advert. Still impressive they’ve gone on for 8 years.

I think Dread had a perfect length. Still compact enough to have a steady stream of new abilities and items, yet long enough to throw at your a lot of variation.

Also very happy they didn't go for some generated map setup, this carefully designed maps brought a might tighter and cohesive experience.

So as a someone with not 20 hours a day to play a game, too long games tend to end up in the dust bin as they require too much of a commitment.

"A great place to start" except the only legal way to get it today is through the Wii U virtual console, so not exactly accessible. I understand the point of Ambassadors program when it first came out, but I mean, it's been 10 years now, they should at least allow ppl to buy them on 3ds. They really want people to use emulators, don't they?

Their old logo is bad. No doubt. But this new isn't exactly sparkling either.

I want to know whoever approved adding that Nintendo Online button. Crashes completely with the rest of the UI design.

@CharlieGirl For the main service you can argue that.
Sure we don’t know how much yet and there could also be additional feature with the expansion pass that’s yet to be announced, but it does seem like this will be something you will have to pay specifically for.

When the highlight is that they showed of a N64 controller for the Switch, you know it was a weak one. One of the weaker ones I'd say, feels like Nintendo is in a bit of a vacuum. Pandemic has hit them hard I guess.

And why is there a cross-over between Kirby and the Last of Us.

@Darkyoshi98 groan. You need to lighten up. (I don't mean that literally, so don't set yourself on fire, please)

Where I’m from, we pay about 525 dollars incl. taxes for the new Switch OLED. Anyone in the US even close to that? Didn’t think so, so don’t you dare complain about this price drop.

OMG! Best update yet. Finally no need to haul around a dongle. Love it!

I loved the story, world and characters in XC2, but despite 100+ hours I never enjoyed the combat. Hopefully they improve on it for XC3.

You want Fantasian for sure. One of the better JRPGs in years.

It stays fairly safe, doesn’t do anything super wild with the traditional turned based combat, but the small things it does are brilliant.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but not a fan of the Mii's. Not the concept in general, just how they look. Nine times out of ten they look creepy.
I understand that it was sort of what you had to roll with back with the Wii, but things has progressed since then.

“The worlds leading portable gaming-only device” fixed that for you.

As nice as the Switch or any console is today, they are completely dwarfed by mobile gaming (some numbers pegs it as 4x as large).

Sure, that we gamers prefer to call “proper games” (myself included) are more based around consoles or computer, but to ignore the size and importance of mobile gaming is just going to make a fool out of yourself.

While I opted to play Immortals on my PS5, it's a very enjoyable game. And I also like that the DLCs has felt meaty and unique, just not more padding. Like this one, who changes to the top-down view so spice things up.

While I do enjoy the remakes, as I didn't own either Wii or Wii U so a good chance to catch up with some oldies, the Switch really do lack a strong 1st party original line-up.

After the insanely strong start with BotW, Odyssey, Xenoblade 2 and so on, it's certainly slowed down tremendously over the last couple of years. And I mean, as much as I look forward to Mario Golf, it wasn't exactly top of my mind when I hoped for a new original game from Nintendo.

@FantasiaWHT I’m not talking about micro transactions in general. I’m fine with that. What’s shameful that gamers accept is that instead of costing say 3 bucks for a skin, it says 300 crystals. And you can only buy 500 crystals for 5 bucks. In any other industry, you were force to “leave” 2 bucks in the sellers no-interest, non-withdrawable bank, they been laughed at and prosecuted. But we gamers are gullible idiots

Great news. And I’d also like to see a similar stance on all game currencies bought with real money. They are predatory and to 100% exist for the sellers benefit. For the customers it adds price obscurity that would most likely be illegal another industry did it.