LastSonofTennessee

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is actually the only 2021 Switch game I've played so far, so calling it my favorite is a little meaningless. But I do really like it. It has most of what I liked from the first game and fixed most of the problems I had. I haven't finished it, so I may decide it ends up getting to tedious, but thus far I love it.

It's funny, because three months ago I would have said it was a certainty that we would get a Pokemon Direct by now. I really expected one before E3 and when that didn't happen (and Pokemon was completely absent from E3), I figured we'd get one later in June or July. I'm not complaining; it's just odd. It's been so long since we got any new footage of the Sinnoh Remakes or Legends and they both come out relatively soon. (And let's not forget that we haven't heard a peep from Detective Pikachu Switch in 2 years.) I get that the Sinnoh Remakes are Remakes so there isn't much new to show, but you'd think they'd want to show us something. And Legends is a game we still don't even know exactly what it is yet. It's just weird they've been so quiet. The only thing I can think of is that they didn't want to overshadow Pokemon Unite.

Monster Hunter Stories. I really want to finish it before the sequel comes out so I need to start grinding seriously.

This is exciting; I just recently replayed SoJ and made me really want to play more Ace Attorney games; and these games always seemed very interesting with their own twist on the formula. The only thing I don't like is that it's coming out in July--the same month as Monster Hunter Stories, my most anticipated game of this year. I mean, I know that's a weird thing to complain about, but still...

I never realized before that all three of the Canto starts are based on reptiles and amphibians and therefore none of them sound appealing.

Also, if you have an issue with generically modified foods, skip Mewtwo and probably Eevee too.

The fact that this article was updated on April Fool's Day makes it all the better.

Pokémon Snap looks really cool, but I can't imagine playing an entire game about taking pictures. So I probably won't pick up any of these.

@BloodNinja Yeah, I'm not sure how a new game would play, since the movement is very clunky. My idea would be to have less jumping and more emphasis on combat. Maybe have it play like Link Between Worlds, but with a yo-yo instead of a sword.

Series to revive: Star Tropics. It was such an interesting premise with a unique atmosphere and fun (if dated) gameplay. I'd love to see it revived and since it's so obscure, it would be like having a new IP without having to come up with something new.

Series to die: does it have to be Nintendo? Because if not, I'd say Jewel Quest. There are already more of those games than the world needs. For a Nintendo series, I guess I'd say Paper Mario. It's not a franchise I care about and if it was gone, maybe all the controversy would die down.

I've barely touched Ring Fit in the last two weeks, so I really need to get back to that. Beyond that, I picked up Majoras Mask 3D yesterday, and I'm looking forward to playing that for the first time.

I played Monster Hunter Stories and I'm planning on playing Stories 2, but I have 0 interest in the main series.