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@Blizzia Thanks again for the detailed explanation. Still not sure about ranged weapons but I will for sure try out HH when the game comes out! Just need to finish my backlog before March 26th hahahahaha

@Patendo I totally get it. Even having "tutorial" stages, you actually have to open up the menu, read Hunter's Notes etc to really understand what is going on. And I don't remember the game telling you about it, but I may have missed.
Anyway, I would say to give the game another chance, as I find it really great. But at the end of the day, maybe it's just not your type of game.

@Blizzia Interesting to read your review about the Hunting Horn! I've been playing MH since MH3U and it never clicked, I might try it again. And now with a proper controller, I might give range weapons another shot (bad pun intended).

MH Rise demo was also the first time ever I tried Charge Blade, have no idea why I never used that before hahahahah My main weapons were always Long Sword and Switch Axe

@shazbot But of course not! That's the beauty of MH games: each weapon has a very different playstyle, which suits each person differently. What matters is that you keep hunting!

Hm, the cover art for the soundtrack is almost a bit too much for my taste. But always good to hear some Rune Factory 5 news, hope this box gets a Western release for those who would buy it!

@gcunit Ah ok thanks!

Why Monster Hunter Rise is not listed?

Nice to see such article over here. Stay healthy everyone!

@Jester151 Of course you don't owe them anything. You are not forced to buy their products.

But I agree that price is too high. That's why I'll wait for a sale.

@Kirby_Girl @TG16_IS_BAE The illustrator for Pyra/Mythra exaggerated in their designs. It is too much. Do people buy merch and stuff because of it? Yes. Does it prevents me from enjoying the game? No.
I guess you know, but there are some stereotypes in looks like "femme fatale" (Bayonetta) and "cute girl" (Pyra). There is a freedom in art and each person has hers/his preference. And of course child sexualisation is bad! LOL

Just try to avoid behaving like "he does not completely gree with me so his is an pervert/pedophile" etc, and don't use the same argument as "hard rock is bad because it leads to drugs"

Have a great weekend and take care

@Kirby_Girl @TG16_IS_BAE I agree that the artstyle is very nice, and that probably he had a real model posing. But you can't say that the painting does not express sexuality intentionaly, and I would bet it was pretty much distant from the average female human body at the time. Again, it all comes down to how the artist decided to portay a fictional character. If you don't like that painting (which deserves praise in my opinion), you won't give it a second glance.

In my head, I never saw Pyra/Mythra as children, even though the former does have more childish-like facial traits. And it's funny to see how one quickly gets attacked just by trying to go in a more "neutral" approach lol

In 1863, Alexandre Cabanel presented The Birth of Venus ( https://eclecticlightdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/cabanelbirthvenus.jpg )

I don't know if at the time it was criticized for portraying a woman beyong real standards, or of it being over-sexualized. Very clear skin, no body hair, volouptous body curves, long hair... That's how the artist decided to present a fictional character. We may agree with it or not. And of course the "mindset" changed from that time to today.

@Kirby_Girl Of course, the design is made to call attention of a target public, whatever the style may be. I totally agree that male heroes are most drawn in a way that evoke "damn this guys is strong" than anything else. But for sure some people do think "whoa this dude is HOT!" when seeing big muscles, etc. I would say that the main difference is how each part of the body is sexualized overall. I do not 'defend' such portrayal, nor will I attack a design of a fictional character, something an artist decided to express.
And no need to start trying to get offensive.

@Kirby_Girl I totally get your criticism, and truly valid. Of course the characters were designed to have this sexy appeal. But @Einherjar is also completely right. A woman with "big bewbs" is not the correct portrait of females, but a super fit 6-pack perfect hair dude is ok to portray males?

Update: I chose Latin American Spanish as soon as I first booted up the game, just to check it out.

It is so damn good that I simply left it like this! Voices are nice and the "lip synching" is incredibly well done!

@mcdreamer I would say to try it again, yeah! Story is the the central piece, but I did find it interesting. Plus, I find that the sense of exploration and marvel over ingame zones is superior than in the other two games.

I played XC2 very close to release date, as I loved Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U. Got Torna as soon as it was released as well!

I love this game! Recommended to a friend and he also enjoy it a lot. When XC DE was announced I got really excited to finally be able to play the first XC, as the majority of comments stated that it was the best in the series. It does have a "darker" ambiance and great characters, but I enjoyed XC2 way more, mainly due to its combat system and music.

@Not_Soos Not just some accent and expressions as @freitasXsau mentioned, but also the same word might have completely different meaning in the way it is used. Another example is Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese (from Portugal). In Portugal, the word "rapariga" means girl and that's it. In Brazil the same word is pejorative. And there is a common agreement between both countries to have same language! Pronounciation is very different as well.

Edit: now I imagined if they ever do a Portuguese translation and decide to call Zelda a "rapariga". No problem in Europe but well, in Brazil...

So it is Latin America's Spanish? Awesome! I'll definetly try it out. BotW had great voices in almost all languages in my opinion, Spanish was pretty good!

Normally I completely ignore anything besides the very first trailer of a movie I might have the slightest intention to watch. But I'm glad I watched this, I feel more inclined to spend around 1h30min of my life for it.

@JR150 100% agree with you on this one. Heck, maybe FF7 Remake or P5R would deserve to win (haven't played those), but not putting XB DE (great game) along on the list is pure bias.

The Chinese mythology really interests me, but I would rather have a full game on this setting than a DLC chapter.
Anyway, this is a game that I'll read some reviews about to start considering its purchase, and wait for a sale.

They look really well done!

The fact that the game also has a great 80s soundtrack, has coop and some guys over here that bought also enjoyed makes me think about getting this!

Yes, the game is set in Zelda univerve, but if you don't enjoy musou games, you probably won't enjoy Age of Calamity. Because it is a musou game at its core! Geez! And that was never concealed from anyone

Damn, it almost makes me sad that people do not get @Shiryu reference!

Serious Sam II was loads of fun back when I played it on PC, but I did not enjoy BFE. Let's see the price tag on this one

@Ratking I'm not saying they won't do it, even less defending them. The chances are high that unfortunately you will be right. But you just shouldn't imply stuff you can't be sure about.
And that is applicable everywhere.

Anyway, stay safe.

@Ratking If you could send some source concerning censorship in Bravely Default 2, as your comment seems to imply, I would appreciate.

I am aware of the censorship (outfits changes, dialogue "adaptations", characters' ages) in previous entries.

Tried the demo, had time just to walk around. Then I proceeded to uninstall it, it wasn't able to get my attention at all

Having the option for cloud gaming is great, as long as we keep receiving ports. I don't want to have the need of a good internet connection to enjoy my games

As I've mentioned, I've already been the "target" of light sexual harassement by men and women alike, be it in public transportation or parties (no hands in my male genitals but other parts of the body well anyway). For example, even a rub over my abdomen or chest without me giving the slightest indication I might want it is not nice at all, I can't imagine when it's worse.

I totally see the point of @Astro_Alex argument. It is not by any means endorsing the behaviour nor accepting it as normal. And I also agree with @sikthvash and @Kirby_Girl, even though Terry gets what he deserves at the end, it's not a good ad. And sexual harassement is something we must talk about.

But then again, the game had sexualized characters from its conception. Sex sells, I'm pretty sure Mai was designed to captivate the spicy imagination of boys (mostly) and girls.

Anyway I never wrote something that long and I lost quite some minutes so I'm probably not doing it again lol

Take care everyone

@Ratking Could you give me a better indication of what is being censored? What are the differences over the version that will be released in the west?

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Loved Bravely Default on 3DS, and enjoyed a lot the demo on Switch. Plus I really like they took feedback and in my opinion improved the game. This is a must-buy for me!

@Ratking what is being censored?

@Ryu_Niiyama being touched innapropriately by men and women alike is a bad experience. Yes I've "suffered" both. You are completely right, it is not a behaviour to be promoted.

Although, Terry does get a payback, and the ad gave me the impression that his action was a bad one.

For me, Marina >> Pearl anytime. But I'm not a huge fan of candies and enjoy the practical jokes for Helloween. So Team Trick it is

Got Ni no Kuni! Could't resist with that price, cheaper than two pints of beer here in France and now my region is under curfew, so no going out for probably 6 weeks

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@DrLockdown Think you can take me?

@PBandSmelly Had no idea about the Tharja trophy. That's a shame, I enjoyed her character in FE Awakening (I guess I even had my avatar marry her hahahahaha)

About ZSS, the big difference is her chest, but it seems to me they "upgraded" the lower part of her body model. I prefer Ultimate's version, actually

@PBandSmelly they changed ZSS's body? When? And a Tharja trophy was removed from Smash 4?

@Arkay I totally get your point, but I must admit that if I read "Steve" without any mention to Minecraft or an image of it, I would have no idea who they were talking about. But well maybe due to your comment this will change hahahaha

@BenAV Can you elaborate on the "time limit" aspect? Is it for decision making in combat?

So strange to hear Jon's voice in a Nintendo Life video.

This side special looks like it can be avoided without have pro-like reflexes

@SwitchVogel And thanks to your statement my good sir I'm really interested on getting this game.

Although I would say that Hollow Knight deserve its praise, had a terrific time playing it and I'm looking forward to Silksong

It does seem like a fun game! Will wait for some reviews after its release

The idea that the next Nintendo home console won't be an hybrid is indeed strange. As already mentioned, they dominate the portable gaming market.

If the newer models are more like a jump from Nintendo DS to Nintendo 3DS than from Nintendo 3DS to New Nintendo 3DS, seems pretty good to me.

Also:
"Nintendo is reported to be working on an upgraded Switch for release next year"

isn't more "rumoured to be working"?

@Ulysses No worries man, same is valid for me. No offense taken at all!

@Ulysses Whoa man, easy, easy! Well, first thank you for taking your time to write such a huge reply. Sure, no company wants to lose the sales opportunities for holiday season.

Probably I wasn't that clear, but the thing is that I, myself, nicknamed Lugazz, would be very pleased to know some months in advance about a new Nintendo hardware coming out by first quarter / half of 2021. I did not complain about anything lol

Peace

@Ulysses Yeah, sure. But isn't exactly this what the article is about? New hardware to go for Monster Hunter Rise better performance, etc? If the system is to launch first half of 2021, I would like for it to be announced before 2021.

Of course Nintendo is working on a new hardware. It's silly to think they are not, even if Switch sales are going strong. But when it will actually be released, we can't tell for certain.

If they do that, they should announce the new hardware before Christmas, so people will save money to buy the new Nintendo console and not Xbox Series X or PS5.

I'm planning to get a PS5, but I won't be able to afford another console soon after. And Nintendo does have its priority for me.

@Citano The first Ori is a great game, but it's waaayy more a platformer than a Metroidvania

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