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Yea its a very big reason I loved the series in the 1st place. They're not written like jrpgs or something like the Witcher, but they still have plenty of character moments and just overall world building and lore that are well worth getting invested in. And its only part of a whole, that makes it all work. Wind waker's bloody unskippable intro always gets me hyped despite the fact. But the whole set piece of the bird taking links sister away, seeing how he reacted to it, having to get the shield from the poor grandma that has to see her 2 grandkids taken away so quick as link sets off to go save his sister. I don't think these games would be as amazing without the compelling stories they usually have

And I say usually cuz this switch era of Zelda has been the worst especially in terms of story. I can see ignoring the story in botw and totk because the games themselves already ignore their non existent stories themselves 🤷. Those 2 are quite literally my go to for when i just want to shut off my brain and mindlessly wander around a world for stuff

I umm kinda boughted pokemon za even tho I haven't finished any of the other pokemon playthroughs I started lol. Will be checking it out but mostly continuing Scarlet and Xenogears. But sheesh all this pokemon is literally gonna last me till winds and waves lol

@Folkloner because that's literally not how it works on any other platform but Nintendos

And while I haven't seen the stream myself, https://x.com/Wario64/status/2047757507066577303 ,this post says it was decided after talks with Nintendo

Lol not paying a separate sub just cuz nintendo wants to nintendo, will try out that free month thing to fiddle around but I'm sticking with pc/ps for this amazing game

I just download any of my favorite nintendo music from yt and listen to it on spotify anyway lmao. But its mostly xenoblade tracks. No way I'm downloading their dumb app when it doesn't even have them either, but if they'd put it on spotify, they'd be getting their cents from me

I think I rolled the credits for Pokopia last night. What a great game that was. Still gonna be playing for the full pokedex and habitat dex

I'm 40hrs deep into Xenogears, sometimes it can feel very archaic but it's so fun more often than not. And I love the characters so much

I'm gonna keep exploring in Pokemon Scarlet. It's kinda overwhelming. I've been stuck in the 1st few areas for awhile making sure I caught everything there. I found my 1st shiny but it was a mudbray lol

If I do, definitely not on switch 2, the blurriness was awful. The demo on pc was fun enough for a wait for sale, but since the pc version already gets a decent price cut right off the bat, im likely to buy it sooner rather than later

It's alright but im no competitive pokemon player. I find myself fighting more bots than humans which you can tell by the trainer appearance and the fact they let you win so easily. Once it's a real player, it's sorta a gamble which I usually lose. You can see the pokemon they have but you don't know what 3 they'll pick, so a lot of times I end up getting the wrong type match ups. And I don't know enough atm about specific natures, abilities, stats etc to counter that

My 2 praises are that you can play with different music from the series which hopefully is expanded on as it goes, and that moves look better. It's kinda embarrassing that colosseum and xd, hell even stadium, still have the better pokemon animations, but at least moves look pretty cool

Honestly I still have an insane case of pokerus cause pokemons been taking the majority of my playtime. I joined a family plan to play pokemon xd thru nso lol. It's been worth it tho, as much as I'd rather own them, having access to these games is neat

Still going with pokopia, I think im nearing the credits but I'm absolutely going for complete pokedex and habitat dex so it'll last me a while yet

Pokerus hit me so bad I actually bought pokemon scarlet. I went the entire switch 1 gen not even being remotely interested in touching the series after how they handled sword and shield. But the feeling of nostalgia was strong lol. And honestly im glad I did, it's been great fun so far. I made it to the school where it opens up and it made me genuinely excited. The world can absolutely look horrendous even with the S2 update, but there are times when the game just looks so cool. And honestly running around in an open world seeing pokemon roam around and catching them is stuff I've been dreaming about since I was a kid. Even if its not perfect, I'm very looking forward to tackling all the content in this game

I honestly just want the 100 points for whenever better icons come out. But I genuinely can't be bothered to set it up. I'll do it at some point for the coins tho

Lmao 5 out of 12. Never count on me for up to date news 😂

I would say no considering, to this day, I still haven't seen the 1st one and have 0 interest in ever doing so. But on the very slight chance this movie is hinting at a smash bros movies, I will consider watching this one lol

Gonna finally start my journey into playing and replaying everything in the Xeno series starting with Xenogears

And still chipping away at pokopia, still super fun making my own version of towns for these pokemon

The only thing interesting is the OoT remake and that's if they decide to do it justice unlike what they did with links awakening. I'll hold off on a replay for it tho to see what becomes of this

I can't really tell so far unless I do a quick on and off comparison. The most notable difference has been xenoblade 2 but that's still significantly blurry and pixelated but it looked horrendous without the boost. Smash and monster hunter gu felt the same as when I'd play them handheld on switch 1. Hopefully FE 3 houses and skyward sword have a difference

Would this handheld boost potentially fix how ugly totk looks on switch 2 without the paid upgrade? I never tried and likely will never buy the upgrade for botw but I'd assume that has the same issue totk did

I wonder what that means for free s2 editions also lol. But I'm curious to try 3 houses and mhgu with this

The pokemon bug really hit me cuz ive been in a pokemon mood the whole time. Apart from still playing and loving pokopia. I dusted off my 3ds and booted up pokemon yellow. 2d pokemon never gets old. And I'd like to start another playthrough of coliseum soon

Idk for it to be too much or op, there had to have been some level of challenge to break with it but there really isnt. If anything its weird how they dont do that much unique things with it. The other transformations added changes, even if some slight, in how you approach some levels and "challenges" but elephant didn't. Its even more apparent in its post game challenge where you had to mostly just throw rocks. Something the kong bananza already does and better. I guess they couldn't think of anything to do with its ability to suck lava lol. It was a fun transformation but i gravitated more towards the others especially snake which has the better tune

@DylanMcGrann they can always improve it from the other 2 games and or make it more pokemonish with the weakness types and non combat moves but granted im not thinking of a deep intricate combat system. But as it stands, and again I'm still way early on, it already has a pp system that does literally nothing. From the very beginning you get access to berries that restore it and it gives you good chunks of it. Combat can make this system a little more involved, and personally I think itd just enhance exploration. Finding some mons out in the fields that are aggressive and can be recruited thru battling would just be another thing to set out for and again it just makes sense in the world of pokemon even within this game that's about building and restore their world

Why don't you guys do this a week after a release like push square lol. Anyway, I do still need to feel what the gameplay loop is like further in the game. So far, as much as I'm loving the game and would love to give it a higher score, it's about an 8 or 8.5. The one thing I can't help feel like is missing to make it perfect is combat. DQ Builders literally has it, idk why the team decided not to have it. It makes sense for pokemon, even within the premise of this game. Considering ur out here discovering pokemon maybe some of them could be hostile or require you to calm them down by beating them to a pulp lol

And my other issue is that only a certain amount of pokemon can be out roaming around. I guess it was too taxing for them but even then surely they could've made it so more than 20ish pokemon per area are roaming around. Like ur probably missing out on some of the admittedly funny dialog and interactions and you wouldn't even know

Other than that, it's fun making homes for pokemon and slowly making the world come to life and look nice and pretty. The interactions are cute. It's fun to explore and increase ur pokedex and environment level. The little tidbits of lore and journals you find around the world are actually so good and quite dark lmao. Looking forward to continuing

Finally finished the main game for DK Bananza. As much as I thoroughly enjoyed it, man do I wish it had the same energy and creativity that it had in the last 4 or 5 layers. Gonna finish up all the post game content, some of which amped up the difficulty so much lol

Also started Pokopia, its been a lot more fun than I expected building the different habitats and seeing all sorts of pokemon pop up. And am now in the process of trying to make slowpoke yawn 😂

Still making my way thru Nioh 3. This is likely my goty so far. Ive adored every area in terms of exploration and level design. It hasn't slowed down yet

And last, still slowly making my way thru MH Stories 1. Knocking out all the side quests with my black diablos before I leave the desert

I actually ended up buying despite the reveal trailer doing absolutely nothing for me. But something about the 30th anniversary got me in a pokemon mood plus the great reviews comparing it to dq builders, and now I'm glad I did. It's been pretty fun so far

I missed 3, 2 of them being from switch era pokemon I have yet to play. And then sawk and throh were always gonna confuse me lol

Still need to see their evos, but both pombon and gecqua had me doing the leonardo pointing meme

I would've paid $20 for this and coliseum. Well if they included a fast forward option. As much as I love them, they desperately need at least that qol feature

@OrtadragoonX I've never kept up with its release dates so I didn't know this. Releasing in fall 2027 would be crazy lol so I do hope it's an early 2027 release if only to see more. It looks promising but it was only a slice

That actually looked not bad lol. Might be the 1st pokemon I buy since emerald. Weird they decided to announce this a whole year away tho even longer if it doesn't come early 2027

Bro let people do whatever they want with their money unless it's asking ninty to give it back to them for an issue they have with a product amirite 😂. This comment section is baffling to say the least. Truly up there with Disney and Apple for sure

That I can remember, im pretty sure i played it thru the collectors edition on gamecube. I remember my uncle taking my cousin and I to gamestop, mainly for his son lmao. But he still told me I could pick out a game and saw it for $20, one of the best decisions I ever made

@RiasGremory 1 singular rom is not worth 20. Capcom knows this, square knows this, hell even sega and konami know this. Even the most egregious example being the megaman bn collection that got a bit of flak for being 60. Still included every version of the games that were split, new unlockables, and added online. And now goes on sale for the same exact $20 so often it might as well be its actual retail price. This 1 singular rom literally doesn't even have multiple languages to choose from, you have to buy it separately. It does not have online play, and as far as the description on the eshop goes, has added absolutely nothing else to it besides a function for Home. But yes I agree your examples are just as much of a scam

@JohnnyMind yea I was able to check some time later and got them just being subbed to the basic nso, thanks for the response tho. And hopefully the other xenoblade icons come back soon

20 is a scam lol. I was holding off some eshop credit I had in case something for the anniversary happened and was reasonably priced but this is ninty ofc it wasn't gonna be 😂. Ah well bummer

Do you have to play the game to get these cuz id really like to get them. Was bummed I couldn't get the pokemon mystery dungeon ones cause I had to be subbed to the upgrade pack

Personally many of the designs are ugly but I still loved this gen so much. It was an incredible experience. And it has my 2nd favorite legendary reshiram so thats my pick lol. There's just something majestic about it and it's shiny form is subtle but adds so much to an already amazing design

Rayquazas still like my favorite legendary in the whole series so I have to go with that. There's so many great pokemon in this gen though

If it does go up then I'm glad I got mine when I did, even moreso doing it with spare gift cards I was just accumulating lol

Genuinely doesn't matter when they're already out there

And I always get a kick out of people making this a moral fight. As long as we have the files of the game stored in our pcs able to be played at any time, that's literally preservation. Couldn't care less if that's correct or unjust, piracy, legal or illegal especially in the age where youre literally being told ur renting a license, not buying a game lol. They're being preserved on my pc and that's what matters to me. Being able to do it for recent games, still being sold, does not change that. But already there's more than enough reason to do so, seeing as people have been begging for switch 2 patches for the xenoblade games when they've been playable at higher frames and resolution thru emulators for a while now lol

Zapdos but mostly cause of mystery dungeon red rescue team. Idk I just really remember his design and boss fight so fondly with that game lol. But flying lightning bird is really cool

Nioh 3, I adore this game so much. It's open world absolutely works and each time I find a new area I look forward to exploring just as much as I do the combat. Finding the maze like level designs of 1 and 2 while out exploring cemented that I knew I was gonna love this game

I'm also playing MH Stories 1 alongside. The demo for 3 really got me excited to finally get into this series, having had this 1st game in my backlog for years lol. So far you can really tell it's a 3ds game 😂. But it's really fun. Just taking my sweet time completing quests, hatching new mons, and progressing the game

And last, still slowly but surely chugging away at DK Bananza. I feel like im about halfway done but I can't say for sure. This new layer I'm in has a really fun level gimmick tho so I'm enjoying it a lot

@Pillowpants that it doesn't have the convenience of digital while having almost none of the boons of physical beyond being able to pass it on. And while that's a plus, it's not one that people who have an issue with key cards in the 1st place can really take advantage of. So in a way, a key card has no positives whatsoever. Basically that there's a lot of reason to not go physical when it comes to key cards anymore and that it makes sense if someone says they'll buy a digital copy, be it from any of the 4 platforms, cause the game is a key card

@Pillowpants I doubt the vast majority, if not all, of the people that have an issue with key cards are looking to sell them in the 1st place.The issues stem from being a fake physical that functions more like a digital copy but without its convenience. It requires an internet download to even function the 1st time and for any time you have to redownload it, and takes up storage regardless vs an actual cartridge

@Pillowpants if there is no option for a physical release then all theres left to choose between is digital. If the guy already has a pc/deck then yes a steam digital key would be better than a ninty digital key

It's literally the blurry vaseline smear of death all over again. It genuinely looks awful in handheld mode. And apparently mh stories 3 is the one with issues, I have the demo downloaded but yet to try it out 😂

Ending it with Bethesda games is certainly a choice lol

I genuinely thought it was awful. I'm not going to play 3rd parties on switch 2 so I kept my expectations low and thought they'd likely have a new multiplat reveal here and there at least. But it barely had that either. Basically all old ports and stuff already shown off. I'm hoping that 1st party direct isn't far off

"I JUST KILLED A GAME SERIES WITH MY FREAKING JOKES HAHA!" - myles probably

Genuinely how is selling faster than your previous game not meeting your expectations, get a grip Sega or don't use paramount ips

As for the whole sonic vs mario. I've actually been enjoying mkw more than I was in the beginning. But between it, sonic and kirby. Sonic crossworlds is still easily my favorite one. Drifting just does not feel as good in mario kart. I hate the long arch it does while in sonic it's quick and snappy. Tracks are more fun, the music is so underrated but being able to race with songs from the series is legendary

Only fire emblem, and it's more cautious optimism for looking more like 3 houses, after what they did with engage. But im not super big on the character designs shown so far

Maybe duskbloods since I've actually been enjoying Nightreign but that's coop. Duskbloods is pvp so who knows

Mopping up side quests in the original Trails in the Sky before continuing on chapter 3. Im pretty close to the end it seems and its been every bit of a masterpiece that Zero was, idk which I like more

Also making progress in the Nioh 3 demo. The series has not let me down and so far between the demos, 3 isn't stopping that trend. I'm very excited to see the full games open areas. Still not super keen on splitting up samurai and ninja but I'm getting used to it

And lastly making more progress in DK Bananza. I've now 100%'d around 8 layers. And my opinion mostly remains the same, it's so good when it wants to be smart about how you go getting bananas. But for a lot of them, it goes the Odyssey route and simply puts them in easy spots with not much platforming, puzzle solving, and just having an actual objective to get to it beyond smashing rocks for literally the millionth time lol

@JTurner theres likely retailers here and there that are selling out. But famitsu also tracks how much stock they sold through. And ff7 still had a little under half its stock left

@JTurner it hasnt sold out in Japan and you can see it in this very chart that shows you how much stock is left so they also didnt make too little physical

And this comparison between the ps5 and switch 2 versions is very flawed when you consider just how many factors the ps5 version had going against it. Some which you have pointed out in your 2nd post, but is still downplaying the huge difference in installbases. The ps5 version also went on to get a new edition thats priced similarly to the switch 2 version and sold a further 14k+, which in this weeks chart, would place it at number 1 too. As far as i can tell from the internet, japan still favors physical for nintendo, so personally these sales are ok at best. The switch 2 had the bigger potential to sell more and ended up selling 3k more than a port that sold for $60 to a significantly smaller base, that had other ways to access intergrade beyond just straight up buying the ps5 port