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"SEGA accepted that reality"

Multiple systems for testing purposes, probably.

Looks like no one's going to see me that weekend, I'll be too busy collecting stones.

I honestly don't care. There's no reason for me to let a company's reputation or people's opinions influence how I spend my own money and free time.

Has anyone's user experience ever been enhanced by these updates?

By some people's logic, half the world should identify as geese now, yet somehow that never happened. Children will be fine if their character wears a differently shaped piece of fabric.

I have a feeling we wouldn't have these discussions if people stopped freaking out over customization options for a fictional avatar in a game. Those are usually the ones that start the discussions.

Anyway, guys could wear dresses no problem in New Leaf, and Pocket Camp already let you set your gender (though the eye options were still locked afaik), so I don't really see the issue here.

Mewtwo is really, REALLY hard. Casual players wouldn't really stand much of a chance to catch multiples (if they can even beat it). And let's not give people more reasons to ask for ridiculous trades on the GTS either. This is for the best.

Stuff in directs and other videos aside, the girl on the game's cover has a hairstyle that's not on the chart It also wouldn't make any sense to not even port all the existing ones over.

Even if you don't remodel your entire island, the landscaping is still immensely useful. I'm sure we all had those moments when the river was just a tiny little bit in the way of our building plans.

@nintendork64
The reason they restrict the backup system in the first place is still very likely to prevent "cheating." There would be no need to add these limitations, that still don't mean you can transfer your save data to a new console if you just want to upgrade to a better model.

I'm under the impression that this last point is why the majority of the backlash happened, because it looks like Nintendo is paranoid enough to make sure players play it EXACTLY the way they expect. And there have been enough revisions made to the procedure now that the backlash has worked. Or maybe Nintendo realized they won't sell as many consoles if people choose keeping their save file over buying a new model. Either way, we're not stuck with their initial crap idea anymore and that's good.

What is cheating in this game even? Time manipulation was an ingame function in NL, so that wasn't it.

Hacking an inconvenient stone out of existence? I know someone who did that, and I wouldn't have noticed because I typically don't go around counting people's stones. And they were happier playing in their own town.

Duplicating items... maybe. But it doesn't hurt me if someome decides to put 50 ice cream lamps in home. The largest ac community is adamantly against even talking about cloning, and even a few years after release I could easily find people paying high prices for my legit Saharah wallpapers. I myself had someone clone a golden watering can for me ONLY because getting one the normal way would have forced me to build my town matching some criteria that go against the "create your own world" spirit I bought the game for.

So, what kind of "cheating" do you need to protect other players from?

I don't think it's supposed to add value or convince anyone to buy the digital version, it's just meant to get people to buy a subscription.

You'd think the kind of people who discuss tiny trailer details would have seen Hitokui Village.

It's for you when the bees kill you.

Regarding upgrading the system, some people on my AC forum believe the restriction applies to the save file transfer only, and you can still do a full system transfer to a new device. Has this ever been deconfirmed somewhere? It would be a little strange if you transfer the whole system as is, but one game would be excluded somehow. (If it really does work like that, I wonder if they'll change their mind when people inevitably stop upgrading their systems.)

The all-digital future has been touted long before the influx of physical special editions filled with stuff that takes up even more space in your home than just the game. It's almost as if there's a market for these things.

I don't think I really understand where people go where they need to take their entire library with them, but even my cheap carrying case (that I have with me either way if I take my Switch on a trip) has room for 29 cartridges.

I'm glad I don't have to pay three times as much for games I don't even want, so Nintendo is perfect for me.

This "maybe we release/port our game if you beg enough" mentality is getting out of hand these days.

And here's the same Yoshi theme again for the fourth or even fifth time.

If excitement for the game doesn't hold up when there's no money to win, I have a hard time believing it was excitement for the game to begin with. But at least the guy doesn't sound like a demanding crybaby, like the other one.

Would be a nice long term goal if it wasn't limited to the first month.

Even more evidence that user reviews and scores in general are utterly useless.

At least the game got a publicity boost.

That harness thing they're wearing is exactly he same as those dudes in Dragon Quest. Give the guys some pants but otherwise I don't know if THAT much censorship was necessary if the text is clearly venturing out of kid-friendly territory that often.

Looks interesting, but that price is a little too high for me.

Nintendo really counts on us making impulse purchases when we're forced to go to the eShop to view the full list, hm?

Doesn't every game with online multiplayer have this because of the option to buy an online subscription?

@Roto13
Oh right, the RV series. Those were so stupidly rare I forgot they existed.

That reminds me, I hope we get June back as a regular villager.

No regular villagers in NL were locked behind cards though? It's been a while since I used them, but I thought it was just the special characters visiting your campsite and selling unique items, and even then you could trade them/buy from other campsites.

The only amiibo-locked villagers I'm aware of were the Splatoon/Zelda/Sanrio ones.

I'm sure time travelling is not an issue when changing the internal clock was an official game feature in new Leaf. Item duping maybe, since that's why we can't back up Pokemon saves.

I hope they'll finde some way to at least allow people to transfer their data to a new Switch, or else that will be a dealbreaker for many people.

And here I thought something interesting happened, instead it was just a Switch pkayer playing a game that was released on the Switch. Totally worth an article.

I like how it incorporates both forms in its design. The apple dragons didn't do it that well.

I'm glad we get more free Gmax forms, but I'd love to have a way to get it on my team pokemon. You know, the ones I care about because I played the whole game with them.

It says very clearly that system transfer won't be supported. I know we all want to hope for the best, but as long as the cover isn't fake, it's pretty much set in stone.

Please give me Alice. PLEASE. (And Eugene too while we're at it.)

@Dang69
If you both have a Switch and a copy of the game each, you can visit each other's islands locally. Or you can play on one Switch on the same save file with two user accounts.

@Rebusmind @HeroponRiki
You play on your normal save file, you can just choose to open it to other players (people on your friend list only if it works like New Leaf). You can manually save just like offline, and I think it autosaves whenever someone arrives/leaves.

I won't be excited until they confirm it can be downloaded it the normal way without codes or any other Gamestop nonsense.

Why do these people get articles for saying basically nothing?

The "markets" those articles keep talking about rarely seem to include actual people who buy the product, and if that doesn't indicate a complete disconnect of financial stuff from reality I don't know what does.

I sold my pink Gameboy Pocket ages ago and I still regret it. I could have sold my copy of Suikoden for around 100 € last time I checked out of curiosity (and didn't even consider it), and I'm still buying used 3DS games for my collection. And yes, it's entirely for my own enjoyment. Because hobbies.

@duffmmann
The update isn't out here either, and the announcement did say tomorrow. Not sure where Nintendolife got that from.

Physical versions of most Atelier games drop to around 20 € pretty fast, this one costs at least full price IF you're lucky. That's one game I'm going to regret not getting earlier.

I'm in the minority here, but I'd love to have it back. Posting to regular social media sites isn't even remotely the same.

I'm more excited for the new spirits than the character to be honest.

I'm not against inspired games, but this looks a little too much like a copy and being an MMO is a hard pass for me anyway.

I might give this another chance, but then again I hated the crafting system so, SO much...

If guessing Byleth correctly is a reliable leak, I'm a pro leaker because I predicted Ice Climbers in the next game after 3DS/Wii U.

@fafonio
Same but I'm missing the Tetris spirits. They should be added with the Byleth update if it works like past event spirits.

I would like to say this is a little over the top, but apparently some people do think there will be no games if they aren't announced within two hours of the new year, so...

I'm only playing Switch and I have never made a single sacrifice. Performance isn't the more important aspect by default.

Games seem to vanish all the time, usually it's temporary.

COuld've done worse, but Sothis would've been more interesting.

It looked a lot more like BotW in the other article.