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I have no problem with players seeking a larger portion of the pie, because they're who I pay to watch, after all, but jeebus what idiots they are for signing multi-million [unit of currency] contracts and not knowing the fine print. I guarantee that whatever clauses allow teams to sell Ibra and Bale jerseys also cover appearances in FIFA. I can just imagine Bale talking to his agent:

"Why am I not getting paid for this?"
"You are, dumba$$."

@riChchestM By whom?

@Snatcher Spoken like someone who doesn't own IP.

Japanese Xbox sales never won't be funny.

@rushiosan Piracy as games preservation is one of the biggest bull$hit arguments in gaming. At one ROM site 19 of the top 20 games were Pokémon. Piracy is theft. No positive externalities justify it; certainly none so rare do.

This news baffles me. I don't get upset when businesses make business decisions, but I don't think that's what's going on here. I don't understand EA's continued dismissal of the Switch audience, and if I were a major stockholder you can be certain that the board would be providing answers to my questions. There wasn't money to be made on the Wii U, so when the unprecedented partnership never materialized, I was neither confused nor offended. There's money to be made on the Switch.

@Shambo He's not in the game because he hasn't played in seven years. He's become one of those legends of the game sorts, remembered for such feats as having such a devastating free kick that they named a movie after it, and getting sent off against Argentina. Including him is like including Charles Barkley in NBA 2K, or A Rod in MLB The Show, or a famous hockey player in a hockey game--which should give you some idea just how much of a 🍆 move it is to include him in most versions of the game, but not all.

@OstianOwl That's exactly why I've basically limited my figure collecting to amiibo. I already buy a ton of anime, put in a monthly manga order, and have started in on light novels; I don't need a fourth otaku expense.

Yet another in a long line of NL reviews where the text of the review and the bullet points/score awarded are seriously dissonant. Their track record would suggest that this game would be underscored; I'm far enough into the game to be confident that that is indeed the case.

@DannyBoi One sure sign that someone isn't speaking the truth is that they finish their post by saying "I speak the truth".

@Creature I see that you have joined the NL staff in being unable to distinguish between fan sites/material and news sites/journalism. They wish to have all the rights and respect accorded to journalists but none of the responsibility.
Sometimes they highlight game releases not to inform a readership they know will be interested, but just to mock them. They publish hot takes they know will generate clicks. They maintain a confrontational tone in comment threads when it suits them, as apparently it suited @Damo today. This isn't a one-off criticism; it's a reaction to consistent and persistent behavior.

@Nintendemon It is on cart.

@Damo You're protesting too much about NL writers being journalists again. If I needed evidence that @RazumikhinPG had a point (I didn't) that would be it.

In general I don't give a rat [redacted] for physical copies of games, but I love good game collectibles, so I'm disappointed that my pre-order for the Guilty Gear edition fell through. Their business model seemed reasonable, but sometimes the market just doesn't respond. I wish them well.

@aznable I can think of lots of things that are stupid af, but top-down racers aren't among them. Some things I've read recently, on the other hand...

@Agramonte And you'll keep waiting, since you clearly refuse to look. There are a significant number of third party titles available. But people love to count only western AAA games when enumerating them, which is just as disingenuous as owning a dozen platforms yet still criticizing the Switch for not featuring every game available on any of the other eleven.

It's really quite amazing the ways Nintendo fans find to criticize Nintendo.

@Giancarlothomaz The GameCube was more powerful than the PS2, so you may wish to revise your theory that developers don't want to release games on Nintendo systems because of power.

If I do as I've done in generations past, I'll get a PS5 in two or three years. But between Microsoft stepping up their production of exclusives, and Sony being Sony, that could very well change. I'll be quite interested to watch how the twins perform, in the near term, and beyond.

I have no interest in playing a game on a tiny screen instead of my TV--but since I pre-ordered the Analogue Pocket complete with dock I will no longer have to make that concession, so I might buy this just on general principle.

@WiltonRoots Whereas I am late to the party, but don't have the strength to see how many comments are essentially ignorance and/or repudiation of fundamental economic principles.

Reaper, Reaper, that's what people call me. Why?

@Darlinfan I was not reading the comment literally, nor was I responding to it as though it were meant to be taken as such. If you believe that I had, you are mistaken, and if you understand that I did not and are arguing as you are anyway, then you are intentionally being sophistic, and your argument is best rejected.

Now, do you wish to respond to what I was actually saying, instead of attempting to deceive me via pragmatics, a subject I study for fun?

@WiltonRoots Mmmmmmm... sprinkles...

@COVIDberry It depends upon how much Wizards of the Coast wants to get involved. D&D's use of "Dragonborn" predates Bethesda's.

@roboshort It was shown in the Partner Showcase, if you want to take a look.

This would be cool, but the margins involved in bringing it to the market put it out of my price range. Hope they can find the people for whom it isn't.

So far as I can tell, ray tracing is the Johnson rod of graphics tech.

@SwitchForce Actually, it could have been said better:

"We need a physical release. Well, we'd like a physical release. We don't really /need/ one. In fact, the whole debate of physical vs. digital is an absurd, inherently first world problem that quite frankly is disregarded by anybody acting remotely rationally."

That's better.

@Silly_G @LavaTwilight Being successful means that they recouped development costs, not that they earned enough beyond that to fund the next project. That would constitute being wildly successful, and it's quite rare for a debut indie game to do that well. Not only am I not surprised that they're returning to the source of funding they used for the first game, but I would have been surprised had they not needed to.

@Ooyah Yes. It's designed as a thank you to acknowledge support beyond what's necessary to fund the game. It's not a feature they would like to include but might have to cut for lack of money.

@Bermanator Ummmm....convincing people to crowdfund them is marketing their game and earning money.

@somebread So undock it. Problem solved.

@erv Yeah, this format is more trouble than it's worth. And a waste, quite frankly, because of all the consoles I'm familiar with, the Wii's hidden gems are both the most hidden and the brightest gems, and gamers would be better served with them being highlighted, instead of yet another Best Of list.

Of course, if recent NintendoLife output is any indication, they're not the ones to do it, because the latest Best Switch Games You've Never Heard Of video is just Alex pointing out some good games everybody has heard of. There's no indication that whoever compiled the list put in any effort.

@ComposedJam What's that saying about pots and kettles?

@GrailUK The rise of authoritarianism in the west is a worrying trend. This is standard business practice from a publicly traded revenue maximizing corporation which is responsible to its shareholders. But I'm not sursprised that neither a fan site nor most of its audience know the difference.

@MS7000 Why would they produce a cartridge for a game that's about 60 megs?

@TheFullAndy That is interesting reasoning that I shall ponder, undoubtedly to my benefit.

@Kalmaro The game isn't vanishing; it's going out of print. It happens to physical media all the time, just without the hyperbole that accompanies the delisting of digital media. The copies that people already own will remain playable, so long as they follow these steps, which admittedly are essential:

1. Don't delete the game.

It's the same advice I'd give to somebody who wants to keep playing a physical copy they own--don't pitch your game in the garbage and you'll be fine.

@TheFullAndy Once again I thank you for your contributions to this discussion and the illumination that they have provided.

@TheFullAndy I appreciate your continued interest in this matter and look forward to productive dialogue in the future.

@TheFullAndy You have made some interesting points that I look forward to pondering. Thank you for your continued interest in this discussion.

@TheFullAndy Doubling down on the insults, I see. Bold. I assume your purpose was to confirm my assessment.

@benwaterfall Her amiibo probably sold out because they made five.

@benwaterfall As much as I love Daisy she doesn't exactly drive interest. I'm still surprised she made Smash.

Cloudpunk and Shantae for me, Röki if it reviews well. I'll work on convincing my brother to get Mario Kart for his family, but I live alone in a tiny, cluttered, carpeted apartment, so I'm just going to put the money I would have spent on it in the eShop instead.

@Chunkboi79 I suppose it wouldn't be Thursday if Nintendo's fans weren't insulting them.

@Agramonte We already knew you hated fun. We already knew you believe everything should cater to your tastes.
There was no reason to remind us of either.

@scully1888 My local book currently has Celtic at +270 against AC Milan so I'm definitely getting in on them at that price.

Never had an interest in the original, for the admittedly rather petulant reason that it was marketed towards people who wanted Zelda but felt entitled to have it on their iPhone instead of purchasing Nintendo hardware. This one, though feels and looks like it's doing its own thing, so I'll definitely check it out.

@Ryu_Niiyama So did I, which is why I was a bit surprised to see a headline saying that pre-orders were now live.