JumpingJackson

The pre-order system is how they should do everything at the moment given the scalper-demonic that exists at the moment.

I remember saying a while ago when everyone was hunting for Switch 2’s that they should bring back the waitlist at the very least.

@Lanmanna There was a whimsy to them that seemed to disappear as the generations went on.

I'm not a massive fan of the later Pokemon designs. A lot of them scream (to me) 'good God, we're running out of ideas'. As such, the later box arts look like overly-busy messes.

In contrast, the first 2/3 generations look clean and I think would stand out on a shelf next to it's contemporaries, much like they've jumped out at me in this list.

Obligatory reminders: 'each to their own' and 'my feedback on current Pokemon isn't a comment on you the individual'.

Fallout 4 felt like eating McDonalds. Nice at the time but left me with a feeling of emptiness and unfulfilled-ness during post-completion reflection.

I genuinely remember finishing the game and thinking to myself ‘why do I not feel the same as when I completed 3 and Vegas?’

But for those that have never played it before, and will be doing so now, I hope you have a lot of fun with it. There are some wonderful set pieces in it.

Played it and the DLC when it all first came out on the Xbox. Tried to pick it up again but it just doesn’t have that same magic as Fallout New Vegas (yes, I’m one of those).

For what it’s worth, I’ve never played 1&2, and 3 was my first Fallout game enticed as I was by the idea of ‘open world shooter’.

From what I’ve been reading it sounds less like a first step and more like a misstep.

The best horse on my Switch is ‘Cptn Oats’, thanks to name field character limits on BotW.

The Europe art is the best, but whew, what a best-of-a-bad-bunch situation.

No, we don’t have to write titles like this.

I bought the one for the Switch 1 and didn't really get in to it, despite buying it to try and get into new games. In fact, I think I bought it the January before Covid, so if there was ever a time I was going to get into it, that was it.

Sounds to me like they’re saying “we haven’t got a clue what we’re going to do”

@AnonyQ it was alright. Some reviews made it sound like the second coming of Christ and I didn’t get it. But to be fair to them, a lot of people talk super highly of Mario World, how it’s the best in the series, and I can’t see what’s much different from that and the other Mario games other than power ups.

Again, that’s not to say I’ve not enjoyed them.

In which case I’ll be keeping my money-in-my-wallet.

Worryingly, none. I guess maybe Yoshi though I’d prefer more Mario World 2 than the later outings.

Still, currently having a blast through TotK so I’m in no rush.

I didn’t realise C&D2 came out in 1994. A bit late for a NES game, no?

I honestly thought they had already collapsed. Or at least put inside enough shops that it was no longer its own thing.

Hopefully we’ll see a return to the independent stockist, something free of the corporate sleaze.

@Thief The ‘ignore’ button is your friend. Used it liberally a few months ago and the experience here is far better.

@darkswabber Wonderful, three games I’ve missed! I’ll have to go and check these out.

@Scapetti What’s the third game? I’m assuming you’re referring to Castle & World of Illusion? What’s the third, Quackshot (❤️)? Or is there a game I’ve missed all these years?..

@Pally356 Ha, just saw this and thought ‘there’s someone in another comment thread who’s going to be happy about this.

Edit: though the MegaDrive ‘machine’ game is missing which is a great shame. As is the GameGear Yak one.

@Dman10 Or any game.

Members of the Drakon Empire
Wendy Weathers
Shortfuse
Kintobor.

They do still make games don’t they?

Is the Koopaling content new single player content or does it have to be played in multiplayer? Either I’m getting stupid or they’re making these things deliberately more complicated.

I thought they changed the art style from New SMB? The box art made me think I was looking at the deluxe game that was ported to Switch.

@PlatinumSeraph Rather uncreatively, it’s of Jumping Jackson from the Amiga game… Jumping Jackson 😁

Killer soundtrack. Has lived on rotation in my head since 1992.

Ah to be able to move from nonsense high paying job to nonsense high paying job.

Lovely. Can we have some new games please?

Scalpers, and the people that buy from them, are different sides of the same annoying coin.

I long ago developed patience or a sense of ‘not missing out’ if I didn’t get my expensive piece of plastic twaddle (and speaking as a fan of twaddle*, that’s what it is no matter how we dress it up). I say this as an Amiibo owner, and a Sonic Generations special edition statue owner.

*or tat if you prefer.

Edit: take the money you were going to spend on this. Put it in a savings account / ISA / S&S ISA, forget about it for a few years, and come back to spend it on something memorable and non-scalpy. Do it every time and watch it build. This is un-requested, un-trained financial advice.

Nothing kills my interest quicker than ‘we’ve added new content… it’s multiplayer’. No thanks.

@BaldB3lper78 Ha, small world; I'm t'other side of West Hallam.

I’m not entirely sure a game with bugs such as disappearing items should be a 9. Score lower, amend when fixed.

@BaldB3lper78 For some reason, I’ve always thought you were in the US. But I’m now wondering if you’re much closer having properly read ‘Belper’.

@The_Nintendo_Expat I hadn't heard of that no, or perhaps I have (because I remember looking at the announcement of new Steam stuff) and just forgot. I'll look again. I like the term 'slack armed gaming' as well.

The waggle mechanics on Wii were so much more frustrating because you went from an even more relaxed position that normal, to furiously stroking off the air, before returning to gaming-rest.

First VO in a long time of Nintendo trailers / directs that doesn't make me want to headbutt the screen.

I like the joy cons for 'sitting with my arms down by my side' ala Wii era gaming, but the pro controller just feels much better for long term play, along with those back buttons.

@Shepdawg1 You've hit the centre of a Venn diagram of 'someone who wants attention' and 'gaming press devoid of news and ad revenue'

Nice to see a letter from a Nintendo ringer. 🙄

Been looking forward to some free time to finally buy and play Ruffy. Might check some of these others as well if the time gods are on my side.

Other than people mockingly writing ‘here come the Nintendoomed crowd’, who is actually saying this on here?

I’ve read reasoned suggestions and debate on the price of games and how this might affect moving forwards, but the only childish text I’ve read here appears to be those waiting for something not to happen. A little like those that are afraid of migrants for … being told they should be afraid.

As @Lastfootnote wrote* I want Nintendo to do well also. I want them have the confidence to experiment so we get classics like Majoras Mask, but they seem to be going through a few growing pains at the moment as they go through this sustained period of success.

*In another comment thread they wrote “But I want them to succeed by offering good value. If they’re going to continue raising prices and retiring loyalty programs like gold points, they deserve to fail a bit.”

I wonder if this has been brought about by GKC’s not selling / customer outcry, or the impending shortage of micro express cards. Perhaps both.

@Hero-of-WiiU yeah, the coders.

Keyboards don’t look great. Dreamcast one is ok. But thanks at least for the memories of sitting playing Phantasy Star on my Dreamcast with my keyboard sat across my lap. Simpler times.

@OldGamer999 Ha same, I'm perfectly content playing last gen while everyone else fights over ray tracing and all the other mod cons that I can't tell the difference between.

Give me my amiga, give me happiness. (and San Andreas, I love that game).

I bought the trilogy on Wii / WiiU eShop and still haven't played it. I bought the remastered version of 1 and liked it.

Do I need to pull my finger out and play the other 2, or can I jump into this and still go back and having a meaningful, unspoiled story if I play this first?

@Daniel36 My post and your post next to each other. The duality of man. 😂

I’ve picked NA as the best of the bunch, but none of them really do anything for me.

@BaldB3lper78 I watched some of one the other day, over 90 minutes waffling on about the minutest of detail. It is tech ***** at its finest.

I remember articles talking about how ray tracing will let you see your real time reflection (this was for Spiderman PS5) and I couldn't help but think 'who is playing a Spiderman game, and bothered about reflections?"

From a corporate level, it feels like those that wanted to sell you TV's to convince people they needed to get the newest, smartest, 4Kest TV have now moved on to graphics cards, frame rates, and the like.

I saw the picture and thought a new one was being announced.

The character of Chris P Bacon lives in my head.

@sketchturner I forgot about the Switch Lite. I never think about it as I prefer bigger now that I’m older (as are my eyes). Thanks for the perspective!