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I wasn't a huge fan of Trio of Towns but loved the other 3DS games. This is disappointing. (And they REALLY need to fix the space issues, that used to drive me crazy in the first Story of Seasons game all the time)

The Story of Seasons remake already toed the line of tolerable chibi design for me, but it didn't look quite as cheap overall as this game. I get they were going for a recreation of the otiginals' pixel style, but it just doesn't translate all that well to 3D models, and Let's Go looking so much better just adds to the disappointment.

I was mostly hoping for the games to be less clunky on the technical side, but if I'm expected to pay full price for this I'd rather just replay the old ones.

The only thing I want to know more about right now is the Detective Pikachu sequel.

Ocarina of Time is starting to have the same oversaturation annoyance effect on me as Kanto in Pokemon games. I still had the most fun with the Oracle games, especially Ages.

Sounds more like the fans have an (over)hype problem.

I didn't have expectations other than something for Zelda and a Smash character reveal. I was hoping for AoC dlc and got that, plus a handful of other things I'll consider buying, so overall I'm pretty happy with it.

I don't really judge Directs by "meeting expectations" or overall "objective" quality, I just make lists of the things I want. The only time I remember being disappointed was when Miitopia was a port rather than a sequel.

I had no expectations and got plenty of things on my list now. Age of Calamity DLC and Legend of Mana are probably my favorite announcements for this years, Skyward Sword is nice too.

That definitely looks chaos-influenced. Love the hairstyles.

Glad to see they're back. Those random announcements where I know what theyr're about before even watching any trailers just don't do it for me. I like being in the right mindset for these things (and also being able to plan out my spending a few months in advance)

"Turning on a game to just relax and take the edge off, only for it to remind you of that thing that's been tearing the world apart?"

This requires you to have bought the game, and it can be reasonably expected of you to have at least read the eshop page to know what the game is about. If you don't like the subject matter, don't buy tge game, and it won't be on your system to blindside you.

Those can probably keep you safe from out of control jiggle physics too.

If they keep this up, I'm going to have to dedicate a memory card to Atelier games. Or get around to importing the Asian carts but the custom fees make that a financually unwise option.

Somehow I really like these games' menu icons.

There'll be enough announcements out of nowhere, like last year.

I'm good for now. Bravely Default in February, Stranger of Sword City in March, Snap in April, and then we'll likely know more about the months after that. And don't forget the Zelda anniversary.

You lost me at let's go mechanics.

It's all fun and games until others start playing too.

I explored the castle as much as I could without running into the last blight (great place but I wish you could teleport out) and now I'm pretty much just hanging out in/around Tarrey Town because I'm not killing Ganon before I finished all Divine Beasts and I'm ignoring Naboris because I can't be bothered to go through another of these things. It's been like that for over a year now.

I still feel cheated that I had to buy a random house that's not even really IN Hateno and then got to build a whole town with people who care enough about me to invite me to their wedding and I didn't get to live there? At least they could let me have one of those cute cube houses instead of a boring normal one.

I don't expect more than leaderboards and maybe liking other people's pic.

On one hand I'd love to give these game another chance (they were the least fun for me so far) but on the other I stopped playing every remake after 4-6 gyms...

This isn't judging you or anyone else who got the game for the lockdown, but it really does show the difference between people who were into AC as a life sim before and people who weren't in how they approach "boredom" phases.

If this is your first AC game, I can tell you I was super active during New Leaf times and this competitive mindset didn't really exist back then. And there's definitely still a huge community that doesn't focus on this.

Trying to get out of the "prettiest island competition" and "lockdown savior" modes is important. It's a game. It's supposed to be fun, not save the world.

So, as you said, Animal Crossing cannot be used as a flotation device when you're drowning in the ocean, but it can (literally) be that little island that lets you take a break from swimming.

The guys have to be the most boring designs I've seen in a while. I'm now placing all my hope in the game having one of the usual "secret" candidates and that he's more appealing. Or same-sex marriage.

How is a huge list of 1.99 games better than a huge list of 0.99 games?

How hard can it possibly be to announce these in advance?

That's not Sooga, but I'm still hoping for Astor.

@mlj11
They get added to the regular rotation later, usually with the next DLC pack update.

I play most of the games I buy, and cards cost extra so I don't buy digital games unless I'm actually interested in playing them. (I did grab some of the free games, but never downloaded them.)

With physical releases, I'm far more likely to pick something up to "complete" my collection, but only used and when they're cheap enough. The opposite Pokemon editions are a good example.

They're three months early.

Back in NL we told people who got the game later they can just do it next year.

Even after watching a trailer I can't figure out what's supposed to be standing out compared to other games. The most offensive thing I saw were the walking animations.

Time to panic buy everything I want at 11:50 despite making a list when the sale started, like I always do.

Please don't insult ramen like that.

If any other publisher takes over, that's actually goos news. Maybe we won't have to wait a decade for localizations anymore.

"All we do is push for the very best content. We would not be the type of partner you would want to work with."

They didn't even try to hide the "you suck" in there.

There's always a 50% discount on two or three of the 3DS ones, what's supposed to be special about it?

This is the perfect year to finally ditch the Gamestop codes for good.

DKC3 was one of my favorite SNES games, I replayed it SO MANY times.

I never got the chance to play the original. Consider me interested, though I still have to buy MK8 first.

At some point it started feeling like the default choice for everything.

That recommended sitting position has always been extremely uncomfortable for me. That's the advantage of handheld gaming for me, I can change posture whenever I need to.

Credit cards only and having to choose between a very pricey and an apparently very crappy delivery service, and likely custom fees on top of that... as much as I love Actraiser, I'm afraid I'll have to skip this one.

I like having a place to look up NSO content (free trials and small stuff aren't all that obvious on the eShop) but it's too bright and draws attention away from the game icons.

I know I shouldn't get my hopes up, but I'm clearly failing here.

16/16. The shrine was a lucky guess.

I got one for free with my Meccha Japan order a while ago. They get very damp very fast, I couldn't wear it for more than a few minutes.

Please tell me it was one of the detector dogs that found it.

I mean, if you don't have the time you can play them later. I'm not sure why that's so much worse than playing earlier.

I did appreciate having guides that tell me how many things I can find at what time, especially for the wedding event with its arbitrary order limit the game never tells you about until you actually hit it. I would have missed out on so many items because I tend to save up first to know what I can actually afford.

Going by this review and my experience with Ganon mode in the previous game, I'm going to hate the Divine Beast missions. Hopefully there aren't enough to turn me off the game entirely.

People just can't wait for two days, can they.

If buying it helps boost the chance to get Parodius as well, I'll have to put it on the list.

You'd think we built a magic wall around North America that doesn't allow packages to leave.

The plushie came before the card.