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Well, the campaign might have been better if someone didn't program it with BIG MEATY CLAWS! 😂

I was kind of hoping that it'd look like a very "early Internet" website lol
Still, gotta appreciate that they go the extra mile to do these kinds of things. Very niche, but entertaining.

And just like that, Smash reveal pattern is broken. The madmen. Still a chance that she's FP7, but, gotta say, this hurt the odds somewhat. I don't get why they didn't do this a few months back around the release of Seven Sirens. This is just baffling. I'll be mentally thrown-off all day on account of this. And no, I didn't pre-order anything because I just don't need merch at this time. I did grab the upcoming artbook! ...and a plush that I'm not quite sure what I'll do with...

I'd pay for a new DLC campaign right about now. Something to keep me motivated and playing. Got demoralized on the whole "no date" thing over the Summer, and now DOMS is smacking me around! 😭

In order, for sure. Haven't decided how far I'll go through Super Mario 64. I'll probably dabble in it and then play Sunshine in HD, because THAT'S the big draw for me.

@NintendoPok Being dismissive and not taking the company to task is as bad as approving or being straight up complacent about the issue. Ignored.

It seems like a charming beat-em-up, and the one I want to make is based around a rock band aesthetic, but levelling? I don't know, personally...
Still, super exciting news for those that love it or have been dying to play it!!!

It occurs to me that they might be limiting on account of the sets of enameled pins via My Nintendo, but, that'd be incredibly backwards.

@NintendoPok We are adapting — by calling them on their smelly bovine excrement and warning others not to step into it.
Although, as far as crooked measures go, this one sure seems toothless and baffling by the numbers.

I just don't think it winds up doing the company any good. They shorted amiibo so that they got both genuine buyer and artificial scalper sales with the intent that the scarcity would increase the genuine buyer base (see: artificially shorted iPhone stock), sold through that, got complaints about scalpers, re-issued in response, the scalping died, did not increase the number of genuine buyers on account of all of the headache that it caused, so now they're back to Square One. Unless that $3 hike makes up for both the "lost" revenue and the minor improvement to paint jobs, they've botched this crooked marketing scheme.
And since the game will be available digitally, there's absolutely 0 reason to believe that "they'll get the crookedness right this time" for their software.

@Northwind Oh, my franchise tastes are more childlike than that lol, ain't a thing to worry about.
I'm just going off of what industry folk are gleaming from the corporate jargon at Capcom's investor meeting Q&A's.

No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a single soul:
Me: THE RESTOCK OF TIME

@Northwind They've been pretty hush hush at investor meetings about the game they're developing that "would appeal to high schoolers," and I can't think of anything else in Capcom's current portfolio that has that pull (plus, they'd be foolish not to make a portable MH).

@fafonio No, that BotW spinoff's "More News on 9/26" and Sakurai focusing on anniversaries combined with Undertale's Famitsu snippet just decreased her chances. Switch-exclusive Monster Hunter being "revealed soon" (if the leakers are correct) and Ninja Gaiden news was already eating into the probability before today happened. (Usually, we don't see a Spirit Event alongside a DLC Spirit Board, although she could be released next week, or pattern could be broken entirely, so no sense reading into that part.) It's not a 0% chance until after this next reveal is said and done, but it's definitely 50/50, now.

hair whipping intensifies

Oh for, I just sent this to a XB friend, and it's gone?! After I just sent this to a Xenoblade-fan friend?! Oy vey, Nintendo! Good test run, anyway — I'll know to be on the ball if they do the Smash Stationery.

Well, great. Great. If that's a Direct, that nigh-shatters Shantae's chances. And definitely breaks past Smash reveal patterns (should be this week).

@JoeyTS So do a lot of other terrible and predatory games. Ignored.

I'm only curious to see if BotW2 can renovate the Zelda formula properly. Barring that, BotW is just cringe.

@mushpototo This is what it seems like, to me. +, -, and HOME must be on the headset.

@Zuljaras They can't buy all the digital copies, I can tell ya that much. I easily placed a pre-order at Best Buy and Gamestop (cancelled BB's) for it, so, I don't know what mushrooms these scalpers are eating, but they certainly aren't Super.

SMB3 All-Stars functioned better visually, but the Original has style where All-Stars comes across as a bit lifeless somehow.

SMB2 All-Stars was my first SNES game and played it on a Christmas morning, so I kinda froze up and was in a funk for the rest of the evening after taking 1-1 for a quick spin.

As for SMB1 and The Trollfest That Shall Not Be Named, the physics are super faithful, it's just that the running animation combined with the lower color contrast might mess with your brain compared to how tight it is on the NES.

I'm thinking that the right stick will bring up the pointer if you're using the Pro Controller. Although that'll probably be one rare occasion where I would actually use the Joy-Cons.

@antdickens It did take R&D all around to develop, true. And the concept is very cool. But, the use case is so specific...

@Tempestryke I have to wonder if green-screened room courses will become a thing?

@thesilverbrick Meanwhile, I can't even get Gamestop to let me pick up amiibo on release date from one of their stores. I went in today to try and pre-order the 3D All-Stars...guess their bodies weren't ready.

@Anguspuss What I gather from the description and trailer, is that you'll setup the checkpoint markers and then drive the course yourself to "create" it. I assume this from the "paint" sound effect in the trailer as Mario drove a path without racing UI, and then it started the actual race.

@hotheresmallfry Shhh, don't give them ideas!!! Lol

Hm. You'd think they'd have flocked these, like the Vulpix Funko Pop.

Maybe Galaxy 2 is an unlockable? That just seems really odd to update SMG1 with controls and not 2.

Mario Kart: Live Circuit

🤯🤩

Well now I'm wishing that I had an Atomic Purple Game Boy Color growing up and kept it! Could get a GBA SP with a replaced shell, but then the GB carts stick out of those! Gahhhh! And yet I want the RR poster! Even more Gahhhh!!!

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST, LIKE NO ONE EVER WAAAAAAS

Look, all I'm saying is, there's a reason that the Misty, Wicke, and other female Full Art Supporter cards sell more than the others despite the effects being about as useful. And that reason is gOoD tAsTe

This one actually has weight, as we have known that a Switch-exclusive MH has been in the works for some time.
Sadly, if it's being revealed soon, Hunter may well take the wind out of Shantae's sails for Smash.

@LordOfGames It's hurting Star Fox and Splatoon, too. Less so Splatoon, but people don't have any control over online play options and modes.

"If we used the same gameplay system wanted by the fans again and again, we wouldn’t be able to surprise them or deliver new gameplay experiences."

laughs in Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Tales of, PM64/TTYD, Pokémon, Megaman Battle Network, etc.

@Kalmaro I just don't understand why they couldn't have just stuck to not messing with the hand cards beyond a little extra drawing / hand resetting like Bill/Prof. Oak (limit 2 or something on the latter), not accelerating energy beyond Double Colorless, etc. Who thought that the big huge Turn 1 "beeg" Pokémon would be a good idea when evolution is a critical mechanic?

Why couldn't it just be haymakers and strategies? Why couldn't it just stay that way with tons of different decks? "Because Gamefreak introduced Mega/XYZ/____Max." Those could easily have compounded the deck's effects or damage, enabled different strategies like weakness shoring or some other tactic tied to the Pokémon's other physical traits or the traits of the transformation, or sped up faster-but-not-game-ending deck flow. Not power creep.

@stinkyx That's why I bought the basic-decks Battle Academy set — the next time the TCG bug bites, I can say "I already have cards" and replay the GBC game or something.

Because, let's face it, I built 5 decks around my favorite Pokémon, but I'll never have anyone to play with/against. Same goes for any of my Nintendo games, really. **** living in the U.S. and **** our global society of hypercompetition and facades.

Chalk one up for the dude that called it and said to keep expectations in check.
Holy ****, Nintendo, it's been a month and a half since when E3 and that Direct would have happened.

@Mallen001 That's the good thing about Lego and Hot Wheels sets — set it in a different place and voila, it's on the platform you want! 🤣

@LN3000 They didn't include spinoffs, thus why FFTA/2 aren't on here. Just the mainliners.
FFVII, for sure, with V right behind it.

Everyone's @'ing a post — but I can't see it? Must be a troll that I blocked.

Given how the Joker/Hero Smash amiibo would be a month out, which they were quiet about for a long time, that seems possible (as does Thursday). I wonder what game is going to ship along with them?

NASA! ELON! Somebody get me to the Andromeda Galaxy so I can meet Rosalina, QUICK! 🤣

@COVIDberry And it's not like there weren't other third party games, there were. Cave Story comes to mind. Plus, Nintendo definitely had their own wares on display. But WF's games caused quite a stir and got the initial traction going.

@Benhop07 Ha ha, no worries here! It took a lot of practice for this skill to set and firm up. Tacky puns, lumpy puns, just stick to your guns!

BotW2 coming soon, I see.

RBRTMNZ and DK-Fan make the more tangible follow-up points:
What will Nintendo's software support strategy be for the next console after they've already exhausted every decent indie title that people are only buying at premiums because these were previously unavailable on their hardware?

One answer leverages Nintendo's strengths while shoring up its potential weaknesses. Namely, their skill for franchise development and attention to quality would be lent out in exchange for flexible New IP development and higher-quality sales that lead to brand loyalty. Glory of Heracles, S.T.E.A.M., Dillon, etc. aren't really going anywhere. Splatoon is the only IP of recent that really worked. ARMS wouldn't have, but Smash/Min Min is going to give them a second chance to make it work in a sequel. This is a weakness as franchises are aging (and maybe even dying out), and more will be needed. This would get them that.

Either by temporarily contracting the companies behind promising indie games/franchises or by some agreed-upon revenue sharing, Nintendo would endorse only select "Indie Games" but would get to have their hand in the quality control and content creation process. Not so much having a hand in the overall direction since that's a pain point that would stonewall the entire process and the whole point of mentoring indie developers and companies (although this could and probably should be incentivized reasonably so that the consumer gets a more intriguing main cast and story). Assuming that Nintendo has no slack labor as-is, this would mean that titles like "a 2D Pikmin platformer" or "amiibo Festival" would get shunned or have its deadline pushed forward in favor of helping develop an indie's title.

What are some examples of what this would this mean for buyers? Undertale could have looked less rough as was complained about in many reviews (despite the visual style's charm), looked more like a Mother / Earthbound game. Untitled Goose Game could enter into this, have more and deeper content, get its graphical and technical bugs squashed, and become a gem as polished as the Captain Toad games. Whatever the next big Indie idea might be, could be picked up on by Nintendo and, if it has the mustard, turn into a very profitable quality-control/marketing scenario for them both (especially if the studio is happily absorbed into Nintendo proper).

Nintendo isn't cannibalized by this because their strength is in their IP's. At worst, this pushes releases further apart, which is much needed given the franchises' age and number of questionable spinoffs. Indies shouldn't be hurt by this at all if the revenue agreements are fair because they'll have Nintendo's full clout behind them due to the much-deserved brand loyalty that their quality control garners. That means WAY more sales by recognition and trust than if they had released it without Nintendo. But Nintendo can't be totalitarian here, either, because they only have something to produce and sell if they have companies willing to sign up.

Even though I'm playing neither to a great extent, the "indie" titles that have made it to the Switch (a handful of which actually are new) are infinitely more welcome than the absolute "shovelware" of the Wii. I'm hoping that more will catch my intrigue, and I'm not alone in that sentiment per the poll.

This is why I harp on the importance of the strength of a game's "concept" all the time in my posts. Strong, coherent theming that naturally unfolds both as a story and an engaging gameplay experience (Untitled Goose Game, Ori, Cave Story, early Shantae, etc.) is really the only way to go. I'm hoping to see this out of Raji, too!

If it's a derivative game (Bloodstained, Mighty No. 9, Yooka-Laylee), then the developer already has a sky-high bar to hit and may fall short if the original was character-driven (Belmonts/Dracula, the endearing versions of Mega Man, and Banjo-Kazooie plus inhabitants, respectively). And if it's one of many "experience" games or Genre Game #8675309 as carlos82 hinted at, then it will be lost in the sea of similar games unless it tells a proper and interesting story.

And it's not like Indies are struggling to fight some current these days. IMHO and from my recollection of internet community at the time, it was WayForward's efforts with Mighty Flip Champs and Shantae: Risky's Revenge that got DSiWare off the ground in terms of testing reliability, convenience, and consumer trust (which gave the later Nintendo eShops their traction). And now there are plenty of venues for these games to be enjoyed now that people have warmed up to the label. But they wouldn't have done that if we didn't already have some excellent games behind that label.

C'mon, Samurai Jack reviews and user feedback, please be good!
"Voiced by the original voice actors" Err, well, RIP Mako Iwamatsu...