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@PrincessAzunyan meanwhile, books have been getting outrageous!

Never ceases to amaze me how game publishers can screw over developers.

I really wanted to like it...I tried it during a mild sinus infection, and instantly got naseous...so badly, in fact, I've been too afraid to try it again since. I should try it again, when my perpetual sinus problems remit a bit.

As much as EA abuses their consumers, they just keep selling games. Their shareholders must be happy!

Best solution (as others have mentioned) --> don't leave your credit card info on anybody else's server.

@patbacknitro18 ikr? There's a bigger story here that needs to get followed up on!

@Nourldean ikr? Remember the time Sony installed DRM that was a virus? And what about the time the Sony marketing-suits spray-painted graffiti in the city as part of their ad campaign? I could go on...

@tgchan yeah, the game is hard to describe, isn't it? But it thoroughly sucks you in, sooner or later, and then you are hooked.

Maybe it isn't a game, as much as it is an "experience"?

That's interesting, in that I thought the launch games with the Gamecube were much much better than the Xbox. I bought Luigi's Mansion and Rogue Leader and was pretty happy for months.

https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/List_of_video_game_console_launch_games#Nintendo_GameCube

heh, more like the frostBiteMe engine.

"Beloved franchise..." does that mean something they can suck money out of?

@Damo True! Just don't get rid of them, those magazines are fairly important chronicles of the way video games used to be.

@Damo Great work! I need to set up an alert with ebay then...

Any plans to scan them? It seems there is a definite lack of GF and GR on archive.org ...

@Damo You have old Gamer's Repbulic magazines? I've been looking for some back issues...what issues do you have? I miss that magazine!

Reminds me of the old Bungie game "Myth" if anybody else can remember back that far...of course, no magic or other races (the dwarves were a blast...get it? ha ha).

@westman98 The offer might have been "Get the hell out of an EA-owned company and work with people who appreciate quality" or some such...

Poor Luigi! Fated to always be #2...

I've heard it is better to try to play these in the order they were originally released, at least the first 3.

@Zeldafan79 let's just say it is 5.95 years old then...

"Character conversations are **littered** with constant wordplays"

I see what you did there! lol

I love reading about Itoi-san and Iwata-san! & Miyamoto-san! It never gets old! Here is a link to a manga about his story:
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/english/180109

I still sometimes want to cry about Iwata dying so young...

Wow, this would be great on the Switch!

@ummyeahnintendo I had never beaten it on the Gameboy either...I started playing in February, then in April found out it was going to be released again, so I tried to "hurry up" and finally beat it on 9/19, the day before the Switch release. Needless to say, I beat the Switch version quite a bit faster, ha ha.

@Aquamine-Amarine The reason you don't make crap up with hurricane predictions is because you don't want to "cry wolf" --> you don't want to needlessly warn people to evacuate when there is no danger, or else people will get "fatigued" and not evacuate later when there really is danger.

Fascinating person...his obituary was worth a read, this bit was very interesting:
"...he was most proud of his time working at the Department of Justice as the special assistant to the head of the Civil Rights Division, John Doar, during the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. At the Department of Justice, where he first worked as a summer intern, he gathered voting records throughout the South that demonstrated evidence of wide-spread discrimination against African-Americans. His discovery of methods such as literacy tests specifically designed to exclude African-Americans from voting helped form the basis of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."

Is that the Animal Village choir singing this? lol

@JasmineDragon Or, you can play the Gameboy version...again!

PSA — if you are following a guide (like this) instead of exploring and figuring things out on your own, then you are losing out on an incredible experience.

Also, if you use a guide to race through the game, and then complain about "how it is so short, it isn't worth xx" then shame on you!

Just go away, EA.

Wayyyy back in the early early 1990's there was a game called Chip's Challenge that this reminds me of...I'm sure they have nothing in common.

@ryobi85 dude, just set aside a long weekend, and go all in, just to get started. With some big early momentum, you can push through to the end!

Not sure why people are complaining about the cost of Link's Awakening when you see the cost of this & time to complete.

@imgrowinglegs Yes...Amazon bought Twitch, so if you have Amazon Prime, you also have Twitch Prime, you just have to set up an account.

@BillyB you gotta set up 2FA

I lol'ed when I read that Luigi's Mansion's short length (back then viewed as a negative) would today be viewed as a positive! Amazing how times change...

@Woomy_NNYes Well...it's also available on Fleabay now!

Does the Switch game come with any of the lore books, soundtrack, or making of stuff? On GOG, for the same price, you also get all the extra stuff.

@Jeaz You should check out the Twitch offer again, it expires September 24th:
https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/nintendo

@Silly_G IKR? Absolutely silly looking in some aspects, but dammit, it's a Day 1 purchase for me! I love all Ninty's quirky exercise stuff...

@Spoony_Tech Wind Waker was great! And I loved the music!

This is what happens when a huge & sucky corporation takes over and becomes a monopoly. It is a lot like book stores & Amazon.

Remember the old game stores? Remember the old mom & pop stores? Maybe some will come back, kind of like some book stores are coming back, post-Amazon.

@oji GOG.com is awesome! I don't buy anywhere else, on-line. Everything else is still physical for me.

@gloom @stuie1234 Fur Fighters was my favorite, too!

In a fit of nostalgia, I recently got it for the PC and play it on my Win7 machine. What a classic...sadly overlooked, in my opinion.

@AlphaElite that totally drives me bonkers!

@YessMasster Agreed! The Switch resolution is too low, and the frame rates are also too low, unfortunately, for me to consider this new device.

Switch VR is a cool idea, and I'm glad I tried it, but, not until the next generation device for me!

If you have a PC, you should really play the BGR mod for NWN2 --> "Baldur's Gate Reloaded" a fan mod of Baldur's Gate made for the NWN2 game engine, so 3D Baldur's Gate!

Check it out:
https://www.nexusmods.com/neverwinter2/mods/794

Or check out YouTube videos

Correction --> The Circle Pad Pro will **NOT** work on just any games, it is only supported by about 20 or so games (I got it specifically to play with my old 3DS and Kid Icarus and Metal Gear Solid).

See:
https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_use_the_Circle_Pad_Pro

@ParasolStars Parasol Stars is one of my old favorite games!

I am so looking forward to this! The Switch version looks better than the game I played on my PC, with a wimpy (but decent in the day) GTX 660. I never was a big fan of the keyboard controls, I'm hoping the Switch controls are better!

I live in NA, so, I'll just wait for the scalpers to list this stuff on fleaBay

@Tandy255 Even then, the giant egg would have to almost literally fall on me in order for me to get the hint...lol