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I wonder if it'll be a new Link in a new Hyrule, or if it'll be based on any specific game...either way this is cool!

Just lost all interest in the game, then rofl. Too bad, I was kinda looking forward to it. Hopefully it gets fixed up a bit later down the line.

@GOmar Although I did address the difference in opinion (and the author responded to this), my main point was regarding the wording “Newgrounds art style,” which I believe to be objectively incorrect (which the author has also responded to, explaining the understandable reasoning behind the wording).

I understand not everyone will like everything, but since the author was sharing their opinion, I figured I’d share mine too

@Tom-Massey I’ll give you that liking the style itself is an opinion thing and we can agree to disagree, but I still think “Newgrounds style” is a bit too blanket. I do understand and acknowledge the limitations of a mini-review, but surely there must have been a better wording that avoids the (in my opinion) negligent overgeneralization.

Ah well though, thank you for explaining your perspective. I’m very passionate about NG so I gotta defend it when the opportunity arises lol; sorry if I came across as rude in my original comment.

"but the Newgrounds art style...just turned us off."

Sorry, but there is no "Newgrounds art style." NG is, as their slogan says, everything by everyone, and there is a wide breadth of styles available on the site.

Additionally, while it admittedly is a bit crude by today's standards, I think that the original game's art still holds up. It's still snappily animated, has a clearly defined style, and has a charming look that does bring to mind a bygone era of the internet where Flash dominated. Bringing that up as a negative is bizarre to me.

I agree that the AH Invasion's art style looks objectively better, but dismissing the charm of the original visuals as just the "Newgrounds art style" immediately turned me off from reading the rest of the review. I think that's a gross oversimplification of both what Newgrounds truly represents and of the many, many artists who still post to NG every single day.

Never played Chapter 1 so this map is new to me, and boy howdy is it FUN. I love that they kept Zero Build, sprinting, and mantling; the old map isn’t built for those features at all but I’d argue that makes it even more fun!

Perfect score! I know the SSBU roster like the back of my hand haha, and this was a cool (if unorthodox) way to appreciate the level of detail that goes into these character renders.

I don’t care particularly what characters should be made, but I do think they should keep doing what they’re doing — making two or three figurines for big new releases and/or popular characters. amiibo have become very high quality, but as we all know that means they’re more expensive. I’m appreciative, in that case, that long gone are the days of massive drops lol.

I guess in terms of characters, I’d love to see them try the obvious Pokémon amiibo cards. Make the TCG compatible, even. Would be a goldmine for everyone involved, I think.

Going to pick up my preorder later in the day

Def popping this on the wishlist!

Would love to try the game with a SWO SNES pad if I had one, but since I don’t it’s Pro Controller for me! The game also feels very nice with the twin Joy-Con (tabletop mode is so awesome).

My little gamer heart wants to play it today, but my even littler college student wallet says “no sirree bob” LOL. Will hopefully get it for Christmas!

Edit: My girlfriend heard I wanted it and bought it for me 🥰 she’s the best!!

Code-in-box physical just to get on store shelves is yet another reason to wait for the Gold version that will have all of the inevitable DLC bundled on one cartridge. Game looks super fun, but I will wait for that more complete version.

Not sure if I like either cover more than the other, but there’s no denying the tweaked version is much more expressive.

A super nice surprise! Looking forward to finally being able to play the original game, and the new game having co-op will make for a fun time with friends (I specifically have a buddy who loves Behemoth games, and I love Newgrounds games, so this'll be a match made in heaven for us rofl).

I do have a 1TB micro sd card, but I also have around 80 physical games, so no dice for me rofl

Helloooo everybody; my name is Markiplier, and welcome back to “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games”…

I have a friend who swears by this game and it seems fun enough. Don’t really have an interest in playing it, though.

Haven't bought this season's battle pass and don't plan to (way too busy to justify it this time around), but gosh darn does Ahsoka make it tempting. If they have an edit style based on the Clone Wars later down the line, I'll bite.

Got very excited because I haven’t bought these yet!!!

…then I read the article rofl. Can’t stand LRG

Haven't really been gaming as much recently. Still love gaming, but most of my game time is relegated to short impromptu bursts (games like Picross, Annalynn, and Fortnite) or dedicated time slots to play games with my friends (we played Ultimate Chicken Horse the other day and it was a blast). College life, y'know!

However, I am making plans with my girlfriend to play Danganronpa with her. She loves it but I've never played it, so it being on sale for $5 recently was a great opportunity haha.

Everyone have a great weekend!

Picking up my preorder after class tomorrow! Played through Pikmin 1 already with my buddy who got me into the series, and I’m excited to play 2, 3, and 4.

@sanderev Oh I’m absolutely sure it is LOL. But the overall price is easier to justify, so I may go for it.

May actually get this one! $60 is still pricey methinks, but it’s a lot easier price to swallow than the models that came before.

For the next Splatoon game, they need to make a 2D platformer. I've always thought that Splatoon's ink shooting mechanics would work wonders in a 2D space.

Will be picking Daisy for the novelty and Blue Toad for the culture.

Hopefully this information becomes widespread, and the game is successful enough to encourage other dev teams towards more lax development structures (AND not announcing games until they’re ready…). A few impatient gamers does not warrant crunching!

Makes me very happy when games are delayed / not given strict timelines so the devs can reach their full potential (as a Friday Night Funkin’ fan who has been waiting for the next update for over a year and a half now — let them cook LOL). So again, I hope this game is proof that less stress makes for a better game overall.

They could’ve futureproofed the figures without making the back of the box look so devoid of character lol

@WaffleBoat TRUE. Would love to replay the full Henry Stickmin collection on Switch; hopefully Innersloth gets on that!

Really glad I'm going to get to experience this for the first time, and hopefully for a reasonable price too. Almost bought the GCN original for a jacked up price but I'm glad I never did haha.

I feel like a few folks are missing the narrative of the discussion here - this isn't an argument whether piracy is good or bad, this is folks worried that a company infamous for negatively affecting performance of games is going to slow down an already infamously low-powered piece of hardware. Perfectly reasonable worry, I'd argue.

Also good that the DRM services are opt-in, meaning that not all games will include it. (Off-topic but the "DRM come true" tagline was genius; kudos to the author!)

Also while I'm here - remember to support DRM free, open source, donationware, etc. projects whenever and wherever you can

Freakin' FINALLY. I played the first game on PC and loved it; never got around to the other two because my laptop is very bad lol. This is amazing news; these games are very charming and silly. Absolutely give them a shot when they release!

I'll pick this up eventually. Already played the game digitally on Switch, but this will be a very nice piece of Newgrounds-related merchandise to add to my collection haha. (Plus it'll save a small bit of SD card space...)

Why are some people defending the act of not crediting someone for their work? If someone made a remaster of one of my songs, I'd absolutely want credit for writing the original composition. If someone used one of my songs in a YouTube video, I'd want them to link back to the original song.

Credit is just always a good idea in general. Credit your artists, your musicians, your programmers, your inspirations...giving proper credit shows that you respect the people who work alongside you and who inspire you, and in turn it makes you respectable.

Crediting someone isn't hard and it only makes you look good, so seeing so many naysayers in the comments is genuinely disheartening. I'm presuming most of y'all complaining aren't creatives, because if you were, you'd understand that crediting folks is not a suggestion - it's a must.

Additionally, from the headline alone I thought this was a dead-horse-beating article, but after reading I realized that it was about someone who went uncredited in MPR who did get credited in Quake 2's remaster. I'd say that's a fairly relevant reason to bring it back up again, but the headline's wording was pretty darn clickbaity. Guess it worked lol

LOL that's definitely one way to improve the game - giving every character Cloud's Limit Gauge.

This game looks already very polished and fun, especially compared to how the original game launched, but I will reiterate what I've said in previous articles - I'll be waiting for the Gold Version that includes all of the inevitable DLC content.

OH MY WORD THIS HAPPENED TO ME LAST WEEK. I bought Xenoblade 3 (last copy) at Walmart since it was $45, and when I got home I opened the case to an empty cartridge. After battling Walmart for like an hour I got my money back, but it was very confusing and stressful. Some of the employees even said that this was happening with other Switch games as well. Can't help but wonder how widespread of an issue this is.

For portable systems like Switch or 3DS, I have a dedicated case for those games. For home consoles I have storage bins that are easily accessible, since I don’t play those all the time.

For Wii and GameCube specifically though, I bring those games and a Wii console with me to occasionally record gameplay videos with my best friend, so that junk stays in the “Wii Suitcase” 😂

I always wanted one of these and thought it was so cool!

Earlier this week one of my buddies had me play Pikmin 1 for the first time and it was enough to have me intrigued. We're eventually going to play all 4 games together

As for the weekend, probably just more Fortnite missions before getting back to the projects I've been working on. Maybe a little Mario Kart 8 Deluxe if I'm feeling spicy.

Everyone have a great weekend!

I’ll probably pick this up eventually, but only after the inevitable “Gold edition” that includes the inevitable DLC launches lol

Huge if true! Missed out on DK all those years ago (opted for Diddy instead) and would love to finally add the big man to my collection.

I don’t really care about the characters but I’ll grab the set if I see it around (and that’s a huuuge “if,” given how low stock there is lol).

I want to try it eventually, I’m just so busy and so broke at the moment lol.

To be completely frank I don’t give a rat’s tail about the new courses this time around — my prodigal son Petey Piranha has finally come home.

Literally I was waiting for all the DLC to launch before buying the pass, but Petey pushed me to go ahead and fork over the money for it LOL. Love that goofy goober.

I don’t know about y’all but even that $910k is still an unfathomable amount of money lol. I don’t even know what I’d do with $910k…

I got to see it back in 2017 and it was really cool that such a humble piece of fun hardware could survive such a devastation. I’m glad I was able to before they retired it.

Dang, I never even realized they were shutting down. I always wanted one but never got around to buying. Oh well; glad at least the artwork is preserved.

I literally shouted when Petey came on screen lol. I love that goober

NOOOOOOOO!! First MGS, now this?! Darn it man!

As others have said, at least they’re not like, cloud versions or something. As I said with MGS, I will now wait for a sale.

Boooooo. I was genuinely looking forward to playing these games for the first time and was willing to shell out the $60 for everything on a cart. Will now wait for the inevitable deep discount.