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I passed on this and Lollipop Chainsaw back in the day. Looking forward to getting this! I know there’s a lollipop chainsaw remaster too supposedly coming out this summer. Don’t know if it’s coming to switch though.

@-wc- I’m not quite there but I understand the feeling. I do have two small kids so I may get this to play with them, but most games are just uninteresting to me now. Actually most Nintendo first party games, despite being easy, are creative and fun. So many modern games just repeat these brain dead design choices that are just annoying, or are oriented towards a certain personality of gamer. The variety in AAA gaming is pretty much gone. People say that’s just nostalgia talking but I don’t think so.

@Daggot thank you for linking to that trailer. I’m seeing Shmup and… rail shooter? And it looks like there’s a fair amount of story… are there dating sim or like relationship aspects or am I misinterpreting the trailer? Honestly, as a Macross fan I may have to get this, even though usually the Macross games are not very good…

This is somehow totally shocking… I don’t really follow anime anymore. I didn’t know his age or health status… but I find myself stunned anyway. He really wasn’t very old. Talk about a legend!

I have lots of digital games but I prefer physical games and will always opt for physical if that’s an option. The main things that would make me more comfortable with the all-digital future would be some kind of guarantee that I’ll always have access to what I’ve purchased and also substantial price reductions off the $60-70 that is a full priced retail game. I’m talking like 80-90%. I would be interested in buying Mario Wonder digitally for like $9.99. You actually do see sales that reduce prices that much from time to time, even on big games... although never a first party Nintendo game, lol.

Honestly I don’t think either of those two things I are going to happen. They are contrary to the whole ethos of digital only ecosystem and what makes it attractive to companies. So realistically, once things go all digital, I’ll probably just become a pure retro gamer and focus on that.

You can tell this is probably true just from how quiet Nintendo is being. It simply does not feel like Nintendo is getting ready to release hardware in 6 months… they haven’t even confirmed there is any hardware yet. I guess it’s possible they could still make this year, if they go for a very short marketing cycle or release in December or something. But right now 2025 is feeling more and more likely.

It was good. Definitely some stuff I’m interested in getting. Nothing that absolutely blew me away (although I’ve been looking forward to Penny’s Big Breakaway for a while, so that shadow was a big surprise). A lot of remakes which happen to be of games I was interested in playing back in the day but didn’t get around to, so that’s cool. My biggest question is, what about Hi-Fi Rush? That was the one thing I thought we would definitely see.

I have to say, this did not give me the feeling that Nintendo can easily wait to 2025 for the new platform. They don’t seem to be just swimming in great third party titles here.

Definitely excited to get this. I’m very surprised it got released today though!

@Hoshiko it could be as you say… or it could be that Nintendo has nothing big planned this year and are just going to try to get by on third party games and legacy titles (maybe some big sales or a price drop?)

Personally I find the idea that this isn't launching until 2025 plausible. As I have said on other articles, I think Nintendo needs a pretty good lead up to launch the Switch successor properly. They cannot shadow drop this console like the Saturn. Maybe I'm wrong about that but I don't know. They are running out of time if they intend to launch this year.

@tanaka2687 Isn't this pretty much every industry though? Rumors about what might happen can affect the stock price of any company I think.

Very sad. I hope, when Eiyuden Chronicles releases, that it is a masterpiece. That would only be fitting.

Sold. I’ll be getting this down the road.

I own all three of these games on ps1, but I never made it very far as I found them to be very difficult. I’m a little unsure as to whether I want to buy, but if the reviews are good I’m very tempted. These games have great atmosphere.

If it’s really releasing this year they need an announcement soon. Say it releases in November - that’s already only nine months away. How much time do they think they need to market this thing?

Looks promising. I question the release date. I don’t know - I’m not going to get my hopes up too much because other RPG-veterans-make-a-new-ip projects have either not materialized or suffered extensive delays. But, if they can actually pull it off, I’m certainly interested. The art looks great.

Wow this looks good. I’ll be picking this up eventually for sure.

I chose ‘other’ because there was no option for being indifferent. I’m general I do not seek out spoilers. But I have learned that they rarely matter that much. They don’t ruin the experience for me. There’s some interesting research suggesting this is actually true for most people.

Slave Zero X looks pretty great. Tomb Raider collection could also be good but it depends on how it runs and how it controls. I’m waiting for reviews.

I hope that in the future games like this get English (and other languages) releases as a matter of course. That is one possible upside of AI. It will be easy to get at least a basic localization and they can release it on the eshop.

I saw a trailer for this a little while ago and was really intrigued. The color palette and car theme made me think of Mandy. The pixel art looks top-tier, if you’re into that (which I am). I think this review sold me on this; I’m gonna give it a shot.

@PikaPhantom Would it be correct to say that the Japanese industry already contracted years ago? I recall Japanese publishers really struggling 10ish years ago - like Konami completely abandoned game development, for example. I know smaller companies closed and merged but I can’t remember if there were many layoffs at the big publishers.

The first game also had some frame rate issues. I just played it over the holidays. Since this is a rogue like I’ll be passing on it anyway, but I hope they can fix the frame rate.

This is a must buy if it runs well. Love this series but somehow didn’t play this when it originally released.

I’m interested in this but I do wonder how the control gimmicks of the DS and Wii will translate onto the Switch. I’m sure NLs review will cover this so I’m looking forward to that review.

Then developers need to get comfortable charging about 1/10 of what they do now because there’s no way I’m spending the same amount of money on games I don’t even own.

I would love to believe that new Sakura Taisen and Evangelion games would come west… and be good… but I don’t know if I have that much faith…

@BrianJL Yes, you are so right, I screwed up the name. Yeah what a game! So many cool, funny touches. Puh-LAS-a-Maaa!

@BrianJL Are you referring to Legend of the Mystical Ninja, the one that’s like a Zelda game? That’s one of my all time favorites too. The other one that’s 2.5d I never played but I hear it’s good too.

Rocket Knight!!!’ Oh man I actually have to purchase this one! This is one of my favorite old franchises!

I mean what they can get away with vs. what I would want are two different things. I think as little as 128gb or even 64 like the OLED could be “acceptable” to Nintendo. I don’t think it would necessarily harm sakes that much. But me personally I would like at least 512gb. I just upgraded to a 1.5tb card for my switch so assuming file size goes up at all anything less than 512 will definitely get filled up fast

How about this one: the first Zelda released in ‘86 and Skyward Sword released in 2011, a time span of 25 years. From Skyward Swords release to today has been 12 years and and some change, meaning the time after Skyward Sword is already almost half as long as the entire franchise up through Skyward Sword. Whoa!

The first game that popped into my head was Ocarina of Time

I just think in terms of marketing cycles alone the earliest a new system could possible release at this point is late fall 2024. Whatever the sales numbers say (good and bad) this will be a very important hardware transition. Nintendo can’t afford to rush it or confuse consumers (as happened with Wii U). They need to announce the system, let that information settle in, then do another presentation where they go into more detail about the system, and then they need to announce and promote the launch games. They need to go through the whole hype cycle so that by release day consumers (including kids and families not just enthusiasts like us) are fully informed and fully excited. I just don’t see this being done in less than 9-10 months. So basically, if we don’t get an announcement soon the console launch will slip to 2025.

Well, that’s my guess anyway but I’m often wrong about Nintendo’s marketing so, eh.

Honestly kind a lot of stuff there I’m interested in. Another Code, Ace Attorney, Paper Mario, the Princess Peach game, and then a number of the other more indie flavored titles… I can already see that I’ll be buying plenty of Switch games in 2024! But the million dollar question is… will I also be buying a new Nintendo console???

I’ve heard of this game but haven’t played it yet. It looks really good though. I can’t imagine creating the puzzles in this and other complex puzzle games. The complexity of the design challenge they’re undertaking boggles my mind!

@Astral-Grain I agree with this completely too! I’m through with chasing graphics. Don’t care, haven’t cared for a long time. Waste of developer’s time and resources if you ask me.

@Cikajovazmaj I agree with this completely. Like on the one hand GTA6 may well not come out on Switch 2, because the games don’t normally come out on Nintendo hardware. Maybe Switch 2 can run it, maybe it can’t, we don’t know for sure because we don’t know the fine details of the system. The assumption that ray tracing will be the sticking point seems weird, for the reasons you state. I find it hard to believe that the Switch 2 will be inferior to the (eventual) minimum pc specs. That being said, the PR around a very downgraded port may still make it not worth it for Rockstar. Since neither the game nor the system are out yet it’s all a bit too speculative at this point.

@NintendoKnower yeah I honestly think this is about right.

@-wc- yes, agreed. I’ve been playing games since I was three years old in 1989, and I’m still here. My judgements are based on a lot of experience. That doesn’t make them objectively correct or anything but they aren’t just thoughtless nostalgia either.

The dungeons were an improvement over BotW but still fell far short of the best traditional dungeons. In general, BotW had a lot of issues but got by on the strength of an incredibly fresh approach and the sheer fun of exploring the best designed open world I personally have ever played in. TotK also has a lot of problems (some the same, some different) but it is far less fresh and it reuses the map so the exploration element is mostly uninteresting now. IMO, no that that’s worth anything, I think if they’re going in this direction going forward, they need to give us an outstanding and fresh world to explore every single time. Because the gameplay itself is not that fun, it’s actually kind of a step backwards in a lot of ways. Obviously this is not the majority view but…

Nights, Skies of Arcadia, Phantasy Star, Panzer Dragoon, Outrun, Burning Rangers, Shining Force, and this is only beginning to scratch the surface. They could go deeper… there was supposed to be a 3D Vectorman in the Dreamcast era, what if they bring that back? There are so many exciting possibilities!

@GamingFan4Lyf That would be a day 1 purchase for me! I know you’re joking but I’m not, lol.

Bummer. Combined with the inadequate physical edition and with so much other stuff to play I think I might be passing on this one. We’ll see what the reviews say.

I mean this game just looks great. It was a highlight from the Nintendo direct a while back and it’s still looking fantastic. I hope the gameplay and level design are as good as the art direction.

@Mattock1987 Agreed, Bolero of Fire is one of the best songs!

One of my most anticipated games. Can’t wait!

Kind of disappointing honestly. I wonder if they are planning DLC to add more "episodes"? I think for me I'll look for it on sale. You're right to point out that taking kids almost anywhere is already more expensive than this game - it could still be an acceptable diversion for an afternoon.

I’m so excited for this! One of my favorite games and this time I’m going to be playing it with my five year old. I think she’s gonna love it, and I think she might even be able to play it herself.

I voted with my heart and chose A Link to the Past. It’s my favorite Zelda game (OoT is a close second) and I do think it has an interesting story that would benefit from being represented in a modern idiom. That said, if I use my head instead of my heart, I think it’s most likely that the movie will pull from a bunch of different things while essentially telling a new story, just like the Mario movie did.