Krisi

@HammerGalladeBro Well, not exactly done right - there still isn't much incentive for battling, and the paint mechanic makes the battles longer than they should be, but other than that, yeah, it's a much better version of Sticker Star.

@Fizza Well, the original one is available for the Switch, so we do have a handheld one!

(Also The Origami King. And I liked that one as well. Sticker Star is not as bad as they say either in my opinion.)

I mean... do we even care?
The first two games' stories were so convoluted and all over the place that I'm not quite sure about most plot points even after multiple playthroughs.

Kabuto has some fake eyes. Also Masquerain I guess? And Dusknoir. And Sigilyph! Does Yamask count? Tapu Koko. Okay, Koffing does not count with the eyes of its skull marking, right? Ooooh Lileep and Cradily used to fool me so bad. Spinarak and Ariados. Ariados even has some Pokédex entries I think that say it's very hard to tell which end is which, which was always a bit silly to me. Also Falinks when it's defending I guess. Arbok! That definitely counts. And Goomy of course. This concludes my list of Pokémon with fake eyes I could come up with on the spot.

And come on, poison type Pokémon are really cool. It's one of my favorite types. But bug Pokémon ARE cute, so okay, you get a point.

I used to say for the longest time that it's the Gym Leader theme from Pokémon Stadium. Now... I don't know, I love too many of them.

Pokémon Dash? It's probably the worst game I have ever played. I have no clue how anybody could even like it.

Anyway, my pick would probably be Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I still think it's the least good Paper Mario game, but it's still a really fun experience.

I might be getting old and out of touch, but I still don't know a single Ed Sheeran song.
But Pokémon Black on the DS is an incredible game.

@TommyTendo Yeah, it's definitely a balance thing. I mean it's like the game has a bigger roster right? You can't only use the final evolutions, but the weaker forms as well because they have the better moves.
But still, later opponents, especially in R2 are using the strongest evolutions with the best movesets, so you don't really have much of a chance with just rentals.

@ChibiSmoothie It does not really work that way. When importing Pokémon, you're still limited to the levels the game allows. So for cups with level 50 Pokémon, you can't use anything that's higher than that. Rental Pokémon, however, have horrible movesets that make it more frustrating than challenging to complete everything. Wanna use Charizard? I hope you like Ember and Scratch. Oh, you wanted to use Flamethrower and Slash? Gotta go with Charmander then with its horrible stats.

It would make no sense thematically. Plus only having certain versions and not being able to link up (thus making certain Pokémon just straight up impossible to get) is just absolutely against the core design of these games.

It's not going to be Goemon, is it?

A Link to the Past.
I was around 3 or 4 (so it was around '95-96) when my dad bought it for us when he was working in Germany. It was in German. Which did not really matter that much, as I could not read in any language yet. But my mom was playing it more at that time, and she didn't know German either. It was still so intriguing and wonderful. Both me and my mom have been in love with the franchise since then, and we both played though all the games.

None of them, please. This trend needs to stop.
I understand that it won't and it makes quite some money for the developers, but speaking in hindsight as someone who got sucked into quite a lot of these: they all waste your time so much more than any other "paid" game. Sure, the more clever ones are made in a way that you don't really notice and they feel addicting, but you could use that time so much better. Even for other games.

If you don't let them waste your money, that means you bought stuff from them already - probably for even more money than a new game would cost. Now is Fire Emblem Heroes really that well-made or interesting as any of the mainline games? How about Mario Kart Tour? Or Animal Crossing Pocket Camp?

@CodyMKW Were they though? I found the first two to be really shallow and boring. The third one was the most fun, it's like a poor man's Zelda DS dungeon simulator. But at least it was creative.

Could be cool. I love Avatar, but the previous games were alright at best.

Does the code work on euro-based eshop cards as well?

Isaac says that "The road we've walked will become history" in case someone's wondering.

It's lie-valive. It's written in katakana in the Japanese version, which is a phonetic spelling.

@Erigen Not the money? They are earning more money every year than I would in several lifetimes.

A new 2D Metroid did come out in 2017... Did everyone forget?

Sure, it was a remake, but it has barely anything from the original. It's pretty much a new game.

I'm kinda digging this. Only because now it has the second set of multiplayer stages unlocked for Dream Course. Something that's kind of difficult to do. I have done it on the SNES, but now I have an easier way to play them with my wife on the Switch. Dream Course has seriously one of the best multiplayer modes like ever, and it's a very underrated gem of a game as well.

I'm hoping for a price cut on Kirby Fighters 2 already. It's never been on sale, and it's a bit expensive at 20 euros for me. But I want to get it, I have every Kirby game ever, other than that one.

...Okay, I don't have the Satellaview ones or the e-Reader card, but be reasonable.

Eh. There first one was incredibly mediocre for the most part. I hope this one is better.

@moodycat And kind of the opposite is true as well. New Pokémon Snap was the most oacked, lovingly made, high effort Pokémon game in many years... Yet it sold much less than the others. I can understand why Arceus sold so well, but why the minimum effort, barely-more-than-port gen 4 remakes?

This kind of saddens me. I mean sure, games do look awesome on shelves. But then again... games are made to be played. I buy quite some games, but I only get ones that I intend to play at some point. This was my very reason to start studying Japanese many years ago, and it remains to be possibly the strongest reason: there are just too many interesting and exciting Japanese exclusive games out there that I would really like to play.

@Fizza What a coincidence, I just beat Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku last month after having it for like 7 years. It has its very apparent problems, but it's an enjoyable enough game for what it is.

How are people not happy about Congo's Caper and Umihara Kawase? I'm starting to think that people here don't even like retro games... but then why do you care?

I think I might have to stop reading the comments under these articles, because they just depress me.

@EarthboundBenjy It's actually been a part of the series since the GameCube days.

I have Ganbare Goemon: Karakuri Douchuu for the MSX2. I don't think I will ever have an MSX2... But gotta have all Goemon games, so... yeah. This is also one of the rarest, and most expensive games in the franchise.

XJ9 or Jimmy Neutron would be cool, if we're talking about labs. Jimmy is much more likely though.

@Don Probably because they cost money to make, and usually they now don't reflect each country's supposed difference of taste in art styles, but just the actual graphics and aesthetics of the game itself.

I have and played the Famicom version, and it was quite a fun and unique game. Might look into this version as well.

I'm hoping for a Kirby Fighters 2 sale...
It's never been on sale, and the 20 euro pricetag is a bit too steep for me.
If it does happen, I don't really see it dropping more than by 5 euros, but I would take it at that price... I mean I do have every single Kirby game there is, so I have to get this one as well.
...It's Kirby's 30th birthday tomorrow, after all.

I misread Chris-san as Chris-chan.

@Pod Fortunately not. She would just spoil everything.

Already preordered it from Strictly Limited. It just looks so amazing.
Also loved the first SNES one... and this pretty much looks like that but with even more stuff and more visual flair.
I've also downloaded the GBA title Pocky & Rocky with Becky for the Wii U VC, because it's absurdly expensive in physical form... And if you're at least somewhat interested in that one, you'd better download it as well, because it's definitely not worth anything close to the physical price... The download price is pretty steep for what it is as well. It's a pretty lifeless, lazily thrown together game.

@NintendoWife Yes, there was a 2D Kirby on Switch before this, and while it was too multiplayer focused for its own good, it did have some great gameplay ideas, looked and sounded good, had tons of fanservice and hidden lore, and it had the absolute best "Arena" the series has ever seen - which might not mean much for most people, but they are one of the high points of Kirby games for me.

As for Woolly World - I think it had great level design, charming visuals, a great soundtrack, and some genuinely fun and creative ideas. My only real gripe was that they kept reusing some bosses. Crafted World was pretty similar, but it was a bit more focused on visuals, while the soundtrack were much inferior, and the level design was a bit less creative as well in my opinion.

And I think it can have some great results if they let other companies handle older IPs. For example, Retro Studios' Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country games are very much well-loved. So is the previously mentioned Kirby's Epic Yarn by Good-Feel. And if you ask me, last year's New Pokémon Snap by Bandai-Namco became easily one of the best Pokémon spinoff games, even though the company did not have much experience with the franchise.

@NintendoWife The gigantic Kirby fan might be speaking from me, but I have to disagree - I think most Kirby games were great or even amazing with very few "okay" titles throughout the entire 30-year history of the series.

Yoshi, however, I agree with. Island and Woolly World were fantastic, Story and Crafted World are pretty good, but everyting in between was just okay at best.

@HammerGalladeBro Well, Robobot was a late 3DS game with the platform already having a quite similar Kirby game on it.

Okay, so it's exactly like Zelda.

I mean... I do have all the Kirby games ever released, including remakes and collections, so why stop now?

...Okay, I lied. I haven't downloaded Fighters 2 yet. It seems a bit expensive for what it is, and it was never on sale! Maybe this year with the anniversary and all?

I'm not into TMNT, beat 'em ups, or fighting games, but man, this is one sweet collection.

This just looks incredible.

@Link_of_Hyrule Yes. It was kind of weird how they didn't make one with the Castlevania, Contra, and Arcade ones...
If they had chosen a different kind of line up, I could have totally dug a collection with the Mr. Goemon arcade game, the first two Famicom games, Sarawareta Ebisumaru for the Game Boy, and the 4 SNES games. Even though the PS1 and N64 games would've been nice as well.

What do you mean, Paper Mario just got released on the Switch a few weeks ago.

...anyway, Chrono Trigger is awesome as well.

What a day to be alive! Banjo Jango is finally back!

@fafonio The Smash Bros. version was already pretty jazzy.
Anyway, a great song from one of the best games ever.

Oh, somebody already beat me to it. Well then.

@LexKitteh Yeah, some Pokémon have pretty much English words as their Japanese names, so they couldn't really be written in kanji, but if we really want, these guys can be.
Bulbasaur is Fushigidane, which could be written as 不思議種, with 不思議, fushigi meaning mysterious, and 種 tane meaning seed.
Charmander is Hitokage, which could be written as 火蜥蜴, with 火 hi meaning fire, and 蜥蜴 tokage meaning lizard.
Squirtle is just Zenigame... Which is actually a Japanese word, 銭亀, meaning a young pond turtle.

But all Pokémon are officially written in katakana in Japanese, so an actual kanji clothing line would not really make any sense.

I've only played the first 5, but interestingly enough, Apollo Justice is the one I think I liked the most, even though it's far from a fan favorite. I'm torn between 1 and 3 being the second best. 5 was the weakest in my opinion, even though it was still great.