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I really hope that we see a lot of ports. I want to play Cyber Punk, Elden ring, Baldur’s Gate 3… many others. If it turns out that the switch 2 can’t handle these games I’ll still be getting it - Nintendo’s first party offerings guarantee that - but I’ll probably also start looking into getting one of the other consoles. There’s starting to be too much I don’t want to miss.

My mind is blown! I hope it lives up to its incredible predecessor!

I think there may still be more games slated for the switch than people assume but I don’t expect anything to be announced at the game awards. I think Nintendo has decided that this is not the best venue for their brand, and I think they are likely to hold any announcements for their own direct. The switch games we’ll see will be multi platform indies.

@AllBLK I agree. Also never coming out: Elder Scrolls 6. GTA 6 on the other hand I think will eventually release.

@Dom_31 disappointing, although I have heard less negative things from some others. Nevertheless, I cannot believe they kickstarted a game specifically to address a decades old cliff-hanger and then blew off finishing the story. Incredible malpractice.

I want the whole trilogy, like others are saying. Actually, I heard they still didn’t finish the story so maybe we should just wait until Shenmue 4 releases.

I guess I’ll… see you later, Alligator.

Nailed it.

@larryisaman clearly correct.

I think they should go private. Taking companies public is a real double edged sword and think going private may be the only way to save the company at this point.

But, uh, I also don’t really know what I’m talking about, so…

@Truegamer79 it’s all down the character specific collectibles. If it weren’t for that, I think people would love this game.

@LikelySatan I think the ship may have sailed on this a little bit. Most of the younger kids I know seem to view video games more like a sport than a visual/narrative art form.

Edit: I’m referring to teenagers. I teach at a high school.

I took advantage of this offer last year. If you want some free games go for it but I found the games to be… lacking in quality. This is a “you get what you pay for” kind of situation

@Grumblevolcano that’s some good reasoning. I voted that there wouldn’t be anything until switch 2 announcement but you may have convinced me.

I finally beat this game over the weekend… the ending was pretty strong and rousing and I found myself thinking “what a great game!” Then I remembered that I spent the whole time I played it complaining non-stop about nearly every single choice they made. When I see builds like this, it reinforces for me that this game is a sandbox for a different kind of personality… someone who makes their own fun and is intrinsically motivated. Like Minecraft, I’m constantly amazed at what people are doing with this system.

Well, much depends on when the switch 2 launches, but if it’s as early as summer or even say September of next year, then I think it’s I likely tariffs will not be in effect that soon. Despite Trump claims to the contrary, most likely sweeping, large tariffs will need to pass through congress. This will not happen overnight. And congressional representatives for their own reasons will be hesitant to pass tariffs that are two high. The real purpose of this policy I think is simply as a bargaining chip. I.e. China you better cooperate on xyz or else tariffs. Better stay away from Taiwan or else big tariffs! Etc. if this is effective I wouldn’t be surprised if these tariffs never actually materialize or are much smaller and milder than some are expecting.

Regardless by the time this all pans out I expect Nintendo will have already launched the Switch 2 and be stuck with whatever price they chose.

Oh cool. I wish listed this just because I thought the Bela Lugosi angle was interesting. Now that I know it’s a decent game I’ll move it up in priority.

It’s a great platformer. I do think DKC 2 is just a little better in some ways, but I kind of prefer the first one anyway because it’s simpler. It’s also important to remember what a big deal the graphics were at the time. In some ways they’ve aged worse than proper pixel art, but at the time we all thought they were unbelievable!

I never played this originally so I think I am interested. But we’ll see… I actually have a big backlog of RPGs and more coming out this year and Xenoblade next year… Really the biggest reason I wouldn’t get a good RPG is that I might have just gotten a different good RPG instead.

@Yoshi3 yeah, I know. No worries, lol.

@Yoshi3 I was basically with you until you wished them in hell. But my controversial take for literally years now has been that Aonuma’s design style is bad for Zelda. I wrote a letter to a Nintendo podcast before BotW was even announced arguing that Aonuma had taken the series down to many dead ends and fractured the fan base.

Both of these side quests are annoying. I can’t choose between them.

Like other Zelda games from this period this game has a lot of intriguing ideas but is marred a bit by half-baked or ill conceived design choices. Still a great game though.

I played the demo of this and was impressed. I like shmups but I suck at them, so it would be cool if this game could help me get better. I agree however that the art direction is pretty gross, lol.

@duerer this is one of my major pet peeves with modern gaming. I assume developers are creating these games on PC, and they are inches away from the screen and it looks fine. But you play these games in a living room, 10+ feet away from the screen, and I for one can barely read anything. It doesn’t help that the font is also sometimes blending in to the background as well.

Most Nintendo consoles end with a whimper as software starts to dry up and we wait through several months of nothing just waiting for the new console. Actually I’ve been impressed with how well the switch has handled its last year. Despite the many years there is still a steady stream of must play titles. The Switch is truly in contention for greatest console of all time.

Switch 2 reveal <5% chance. Switch 3 reveal 0% chance.

I remember this controversy from when the game originally released. On the one hand I do feel like Western culture has gone too far in its aversion to… what do you want to call it… male sexual interests? But at the same time we gotta get clear about what censorship is. Censorship is when a government prohibits something from being created or distributed. Censorship is not when a creator adjust something on their own volition. There is no actual censorship here.

The Wii-U was awesome. It’s a shame it never gained traction. It joins the Dreamcast in the halls of Valhalla dedicated to noble failure game consoles.

@Kirbysonic my second thought after “Yes!” - if this is the definitive edition maybe they’ll actually finish the story this time!

Finally! What great news. Also, yeah I can see that my prediction of no Switch 2 reveal until next year is looking better and better. I’m telling you this console is not launching until September 2025 or something like that.

Another 6… maybe there’s some kind of conspiracy going on… coded messages… something….?

@Dr_Corndog my immediate thought. Someone get to the bottom of this!

What a week for 6/10s! I think I’m going to be getting this. I’m not expecting a masterpiece but I like the weird Suda stuff and I passed on it first time around so… the time is now.

I have this game on PS4. If the port runs well this seems like a harsh score. But, y’know, sometimes a reviewer just doesn’t like a game (or movie or what have you). The great Roger Ebert gave zero stars to Blue Velvet, for example. You can’t really explain it, it just doesn’t work for them.

They must know… surely this is some kind of psychology driven marketing thing. Like telling people they can’t tell is going to make them want to tell more? And telling other people they can’t know just makes them want to know more. And pretty soon you’ve got everybody talking about this game feeling like we’re cool secret agents talking in riddles and sharing clandestine information. Whereas if Nintendo had revealed it normally they would have spent more marketing money and everyone would have just complained anyway.

I played the demo and I was a little underwhelmed but in a way that tracks with what I expect from SAGA games. That feeling that the story is too slight is a perennial complaint with SAGA games. I noticed it even in the demo as the player is just handed a party full of generic characters. BUT I actually thought the presentation is quite good. Normally a score like this would move this right off the list as there are just too many games to spend time on a mediocre rpg. But based on the demo I’m not sure I would personally score it this low. So I’m still thinking about this one…

Another bit of bad news. I think there are several problems in the industry which are contributing to all these layoffs:
1. Over-reliance on contract work. People don’t talk about this but that’s a big part of what’s going on. They’re laying off permanent staff so they can bring in contractors on a project basis instead. This has become way too normal.
2. Being a public company. Taking Ubisoft private is probably a smart move at this point.
3. Unrealistic expectations.
4. Short term orientation. This is related to # 2. Bottom line, they are walking away from potentially tons of money because they are not willing to wait and let an ip develop. Going private might help…
5. Overcrowded market. So many games… I didn’t get this game even though it looked cool. My limited time and money did not leave room for it. There’s nothing any of these companies can do to fix this problem and it has some rather obvious consequences, which the big companies are kind of running from I think.

Just some thoughts I’ve been developing as we get round after round of news like this.

The art looks amazing. I’m not the biggest fan of tactical games but I’ll be keeping an eye out for reviews. If it’s good it’s hard to resist that pixel art…

I don’t know if it’s good but it’s a must buy. The chip tune version of the songs… that alone makes it something I need to experience.

Looks promising but I need to finish Hollow Knight first. Unfortunately, by the time Silksong comes out, so many other similar competitors will have released that the Silksong itself will have to be a masterpiece. I’m worried for them that they’ve missed their window.

@Erigen I think the obvious answer is because frogs are just the best. Am I right guys?

I actually kind of need a new alarm clock... but this is so expensive. Oh crap... I can feel the urge to buy it growing. Ugh. I have such poor will power when it comes to weird Nintendo stuff.

Looks fantastic. Hope the gameplay/game design turns out as good as the graphics. Sometimes that’s an issue with these games. But it looks promising so far.

Aww, bummer. It seemed so promising.

@UltimateOtaku91 This is the most salient takeaway for me! $500 confirmed!

checks calendar
Nope, it’s not April.

I always liked his games and was sad that Devil’s third didn’t turn out better. A lot of these “auteur” guys seem to struggle with going independent. What’s the success rate there? It’s less than 50% right? Anyway I hope he can release another game someday and we can get that proper Itagaki experience again!

I think the switch 2 reveal is sometime after Christmas, which I have been saying for a long time. With all the rumors I lost confidence in this prediction and started thinking we were going to hear something soon. But with September over and the rumors apparently false, I’m back to thinking it’s next year. All along there was this phrase “this fiscal year”. Why say that? How many consumers even know precisely what that means? If it’s this year just say “this year”.

Count me among the people who actually found this kind of confusing. It almost reads to me like they misunderstood the controversy? I don’t think people are offended because they insulted American education or something (or are they?). I guess I don’t see how changing the words to “puritan” changes anything about the ultimate meaning.

Anyway oh well. This whole “controversy” is silly.

It is an impressive model! It does make me realize how small the game world was though. Nintendo was clever making it feel bigger than it really was, by for example forcing you to take the long way around at times. But seeing it as a model makes you realize… if those houses in Kakariko are approximately the same size as my house… then this entire game world is about as wide as the distance from my house to the end of the street… lol, it would take like five minutes to walk across.

@N00BiSH interesting. See for me I’d say it’s almost the other way around. The fact that there are many ways to approach the TotK puzzles means that pretty much any plausible idea will likely work. I wouldn’t call them “brainless” but they rarely feel clever and they usually get solved pretty quickly (maybe a few seconds of looking around).