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@8bit-Man
"Now Nintendo feels rewarded for putting out a fine Mario Kart entry that just happens not to be to your taste, at the very usual price point of 60€, the same price as every other console MK games."

FTFY

@TheExile285 As long as the sport/racing category does not go to FIFA or whatever it's called now, I'm happy.

@Axecon The very concept of indie does not make any sense to me, or at the very least not named that way. They used industry-standard tools, someone else's platform and probably much more. They are not any more independent than Nintendo or Sony would be. In fact much less independent than them.

The cult-like behaviour that has developed around "indies" is weirding me out more and more.

Is this the cannon size of all these characters? DK is dominating the picture a bit ^^"

Nice bow tie though.

Massive difference in texture resolution, definitely.
But the load times would be my n°1 worry if I didn't have the S2.

@steely_pete Already listed at 52€ at my local super market. 60 for the Sw1 version, for whatever reason.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

@Zuljaras What do you think the optical discs are, if not a plastic DRM.

Are they purposely keeping it under 32GB? Are we getting 32GB cart for Sw2 now?

Defo the type of game you will archive once you are done with it. But not really a surprise.

@XiaoShao F0 GX is available on the VC, while KAR is not. So that does not look good for a new F0 any time soon.

100% recommend Unicorn Overlord, amazing. Feels like what modern FE should have become. Don't let the real-time strategy aspect scare you, the game has an amazing learning curve and everything you need to progress by yourself. Top tier OST as well

A mainline Zelda game on sale is definitely a good surprise. Nekos of Wisdom was on my backlog for a whole year.

@Acein210 There's nothing to address, you are allowed to buy digital copies too. GKC were never mandatory.

A boring cube, a fugly controller, and yet another VR headset. This is just sad.

@canaryfarmer Yeah, she looks a lot like her mother

"Previously identified issues have been resolved"

Ah! They've finally removed Lin and Tatsu?

It's funny how hard they are still trying to support Bloom. Maybe it's popular in Japan, idk.

The new game+ is definitely a welcome addition.

Doesn't change a thing. It's just digital that you are allowed to resell or trade.

The fact this is a move made first by Gamefreak doesn't really surprise me though.

They are making very cute products lately. Good idea to keep covering those demands, we need more of the cute and fun stuff

@Willo567 BotW was a critically acclaimed game with massive amount of quality content. The DLC was just a little bonus.

Here they are asking for 30€ for an unsaturated texture-pack and a modified spawn table, for a game that was already being criticized for its price/value.

It's really not that complicated.

They are adding jelly donuts, Brock would be proud. But they could not be bothered to go the extra kilometre and make them French beignets instead? The Pokéball parallel was right there!

Of course they are filming in the southern hemisphere; the sun is to the North at midday in BotW and TotK. Great commitment to detail!

Jokes aside, would be nice if this could become the next LotR trilogy :]

Weird move, but nice to have the detailed activity log like back in the 3DS days.

Next move: StreetPass for Android/iOS 🙏

A lot of heavy hitters, and in completely different genres too! My backlog is not getting any smaller

@UltimateOtaku91 You say that, meanwhile I can't believe MP4 is just a month away. When was it revealed? 8 years ago? Madness °_°

That's a lot of pokédollars indeed. But at least it's a decent game, even if the QoL isn't great.

Unlike Pogo, which after all these years is still a laggy, grindy mess with immensely boring gym and PvP gameplay.

@Member_the_game I guess they'll be fine then. Evidently it still sells well, even without the FIFA name.

@Erigen They are not allowed the names of real players either? Wow, I didn't care to look into it but that's crazy.

Doesn't that also mean one less excuse to sell the same game next year?

The last one is pretty funny^^

@OpheliaDynamight Please stop with this "it's ok to put no effort in it because it is for children".
This is a silly attitude. Not only that, it is fundamentally flawed.

1/Pokémon is not just for children.
2/Children can tell when something is low quality, you are just insulting them by pretending otherwise.

@Bats1234 I don't know what you guys hope to achieve by constantly finding new excuses for the sad state of this franchise.

No, 200 people is not a small team, not for a company that hardly ever innovates and constantly under delivers. And if it IS a problem, they had 30 years to work on it.

Full price + 20€ DLC (or was it 30?) would lead people to expect a full game in a fully functional state, with an good amount of content, appropriate pacing, lvl design, quality control, gameplay and all the rest.

You know. On par with the rest of the industry?

Some people have way too much free time... and decide to use it to do harm. Sad.

I just noticed the box art for the Sw2 version looks pretty messed up. With the full width header and the small print at the bottom.

I assume you could get the Sw1 version and the upgrade separately though.

Ubimou has been recycling the same game over and over for 2 decades and somehow it gets glitchier and more expensive with every release.

No thanks.

btw how does recruitment for those tests work? I understand they are random, but do you get an email or something?

@nessisonett Minecraft "BLOCKbuster", you say?
Hehe.

Well I had no intention of watching it in the first place. But the 2 sec clip of Jack Block shouting "I am Steeve!" with lowest amount of effort possible definitely convinced me to stay away from it.

I don't know if the 80€ price tag was ever true though.

For example, Bananza has been available for 60€ the whole time at multiple retailers (Cultura, Auchan, Carrefour...). Those are the same retailers who have been selling many Sw1 games anywhere from 44 to 55€ often from day 1.

The console bundle prices however seem correct. Released at 440 and 500 respectively.

@JohnnyMind Maybe they purposely gave such a wide window of time because they are hoping for some drama? There is no such thing as bad publicity, they say.

I think we have enough cheap rip-offs on every platforms imaginable. In fact it's only getting worse as AI has made it faster and cheaper than ever to throw poopoo at the wall and see what sticks.

Although consumers with poor media literacy and low standards are obviously enabling this as well.

NintendoLife making an article on Sonic shoes is very funny to me.

Considering how much backlash AI slop has been getting lately, I don't think this is gonna end well.

I am surprised this is a problem though. Usually, this kind of services refuse any prompt that makes reference to protected IPs. Sometimes even to the point of refusing prompts that are actually safe.

I guess they must have changed their policies on that matter.

@ElkinFencer10 Yeah, considering we never hear anything about the CEO of NoJ either, the company's communications have felt a bit soulless lately.
Not that I would expect to ever get back to the Iwata days, but still...

Excuses, always excuses.
Maybe your game shouldn't require loading 10 petabyte of data every µs. Seems to work fine for other games.

yoshi wery cuute

@sp1oopy "I don't like it, nobody should be allowed to have it!"

New type of spin-off in the Pokémon franchise? When was the last time they came up with something mew?

Sadly, in classic GF fashion, the technical aspect is lacking. Visuals this simple should not have this much aliasing on modern hardware.

The ditto animation are super cute though.

Fire Emblem Four Houses 😞

I can see the quality of publications hasn't increase here. I've been away from this site for a reason. Sad that I have been forced to come back here to correct you.

Just came to correct a little thing.

Paladins was in dev long before the reveal (since 2010) and is very different in some aspects. As someone who has spent over 200 hours in both, I can tell you it's hard to go back to anything else than Paladins, notably because of the loadout customization.

Also, let's be honest, Overrated invented absolutely nothing...

30 years ? Yeah that's being optimistic.
CD and DVD can become unusable within 5 years, it's a matter of luck. Optical discs need to die.

This works the other way around too, kids.

This game is uninspired, boring, runs poorly on PS4 and I don't care for it in the slightest. If you have a problem with that, you can still tell your Mom someone was mean with you on the Internet.

This series has been going downhill for years, especially if you consider what it achieved in the 90s. SE needs a good kick in the butt to wake them up. Not liking a game that is trending is not a crime. All the contrary, the public needs to become more demanding again, for our own good. If a given company does not want to maintain standards of quality, their problem, let them die.

I have an idea for a mini-game that would require you to close your hand and move it back and forth. But I doubt Nintendo would ever do something like... Oh, my bad. Milking a cow is already part of the game.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yeah, you wanted a PS4 clone, we get it. You can stop whining now. I know someone else who's limited.

The Switch is what it is, you won't change anything.