I got it around launch, I've always liked it, and yet I only ever replay my favorite levels (and minigames, thanks Mom for 100% on those pesky extra levels). Tried it once on NSO, stopped playing after the third or so level. Or maybe after the first boss.
The thing with nostalgia is that mild overall enjoyment and a few highlights are enough to make great memories for me.
Most islands have absolutely nothing if interest except for the potential new villager, and going through the tedious ticket buying process and dodo dialogue for one chance to find someone you like takes entirely too long to be any kind of fun.
Maybe if there was a higher chance to find islands with resources that aren't pointless... oh wait, Nintendo already removed one of them.
He started out by saying "we've already released the amiibo figures for the main game's fighters." That's what "we've released them all" refers to. Those won't be updates. He mentions Zelda and Ganondorf as examples for amiibos that will not get new versions.
THEN he starts talking about DLC amiibos, which are not main game fighters, and states that they will release amiibos of DLC fighters. There is no twist. He's talking about two different things.
I'm not sure if incomplete is the right word, but the game feels less organic than New Leaf.
In NL, things just happened occasionally. Isabelle gave you items for smaller events, the badge guy (forgot his name) showed up for achievements, someone gets an idea for a new building, villagers are looking forward to big holidays (and in some cases you make preparations before the events starts, like collecting Halloween candy/costumes.)
In NH it's all menus. You buy special items from the Nook terminal, there's a strict one visitor per day schedule (new shops/functions just get added to that), and instead of learning about upcoming events through your ingame villagers we get update trailers outside the game and then the event is just there, without any build up. It all feels very artificial to me.
@link3710
I'm sorry, I cannot find a video where he says that, unless the western version mistranslated what he actualy said. The subtitles on the official Nintendo channel (this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NNyXaBW-I) seem pretty clear to me.
Button mashing is still an option, you just need to mash one more button to customize the item first.
Doing the same room decoration event every day for an entire month isn't the same as building your catalog.
The items should have been DYIs.
The article isn't bad, but the title is utter nonsense.
(On a side note, Reese has given my main character a good mix of all three variations, but my second character only ever gets the white and pink requirement. Does anyone know what's up with that?)
There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start.
But let's strip away all of that and look at the game itself... How. How can you give a game one, ONE, map with the most basic and simple design imaginable and call it "strategic" with a straight face? There's marketing lies and then there's...that.
@HADAA It's the Mii Gunner actually. On mobile it was so small the eye looked like an eyepatch and Byleth's weapon looked like part of her body and the result looked too much like a realistic character to be that small.
And I struggled with not enough greenery to get the rating.
Before you do any major construction, throw furniture and flowers all over your island, get watering can recipe, leave it for a few days to spaw lilies or just clean it up while you build up your real island (you may find that this takes longer than you thought) Bam, you get all the cool stuff without sacrificing your aesthetic.
We'll see, but free to play sound like it's going to work like Pokemon Rumble/Pokemon Picross where you could only pay up to a fixed amount of ingame currency to remove limitations. I never even bought that much for Picross and still unlocked the item that gives you unlimited stamina.
Depends on the price since I already played it more than enough on PS2, but if the Polish dub is in, that would be enough to bump it very close to instant buy.
You can't even open your inventory in.party play if you're not the leader. I guess being able to trade between residents of the same island easily would bw too much interaction.
What's the point of region/hemisphere markers on the items if they're available for everyone? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they got rid of exclusives, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
At this point I can't tell whether people really take every drop of water he spills as a hint, their perception of reality got damaged somewhere, or they don't have anything meaningful to do with their lives.
Speculation is fun but this is way out of control.
I'm confused. That person bought the game, but didn't check what they downloaded and made their tweet based on the eShop page they saw before they bought the game?
Even if I don't use voice chat, typing on my phone and having the text appear ingame is easier than typing on the Switch or reading on a different screen, and I can correct typos without having to delete half the message. Had the app installed for Splatnet anyway, so it's not a huge loss of storage space.
I check in every day, but I only play as much as I want to. If I'm in the mood for three hours of landscaping, cool. If I don't feel like playing, I check my mail and the shops and that's it. No point in forcing myself to play, games are supposed to be fun.
I wish Leif wasn't guaranteed. Kicks is fine because his stock changes significantly every time, but Leif just doesn't have a big enough item pool, especially when you can get the flower seeds from the regular store anyway.
Is it really gone from their wishlist? So far games that were taken down temporarily remained on the list, you were just unable to buy them. If it poofed, that's a little more suspicious.
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Re: Next Week, Animal Crossing Players Can Donate Their Spoiled Turnips To A Good Cause
Yeah, I didn't buy any this week. Announcing this before last Sunday would have been better.
I should get back into the stalk market though, I still have three houses to finish.
Re: Sega Kicks Off Huge Nintendo Switch Sale, More Than 30 Games Discounted (Europe)
I just decided to get Project Diva whenever it's on sale. Literally just made the decision this weekend.
Re: Nintendo Has Removed Pikmin 3 From The Wii U eShop Ahead Of The Switch Release
But digital only is the future and physical should not exist anymore, right?
Re: Soapbox: 25 Years On, I Still Can't Get Into Yoshi's Island
I got it around launch, I've always liked it, and yet I only ever replay my favorite levels (and minigames, thanks Mom for 100% on those pesky extra levels). Tried it once on NSO, stopped playing after the third or so level. Or maybe after the first boss.
The thing with nostalgia is that mild overall enjoyment and a few highlights are enough to make great memories for me.
Re: Soapbox: Forget Terraforming And Crafting, 'Island Hopping' Is The Best Thing About Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Most islands have absolutely nothing if interest except for the potential new villager, and going through the tedious ticket buying process and dodo dialogue for one chance to find someone you like takes entirely too long to be any kind of fun.
Maybe if there was a higher chance to find islands with resources that aren't pointless... oh wait, Nintendo already removed one of them.
Re: Splatoon 2's Getting Another Bonus Splatfest Next Month, And More Are On The Way
I bought the game during this Splatfest, but couldn't figure out if it was still possible to join. Time to fix that.
Re: Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo
He started out by saying "we've already released the amiibo figures for the main game's fighters." That's what "we've released them all" refers to. Those won't be updates. He mentions Zelda and Ganondorf as examples for amiibos that will not get new versions.
THEN he starts talking about DLC amiibos, which are not main game fighters, and states that they will release amiibos of DLC fighters. There is no twist. He's talking about two different things.
Re: Talking Point: Does Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Rollout Of Event Updates Make It Feel 'Incomplete'?
I'm not sure if incomplete is the right word, but the game feels less organic than New Leaf.
In NL, things just happened occasionally. Isabelle gave you items for smaller events, the badge guy (forgot his name) showed up for achievements, someone gets an idea for a new building, villagers are looking forward to big holidays (and in some cases you make preparations before the events starts, like collecting Halloween candy/costumes.)
In NH it's all menus. You buy special items from the Nook terminal, there's a strict one visitor per day schedule (new shops/functions just get added to that), and instead of learning about upcoming events through your ingame villagers we get update trailers outside the game and then the event is just there, without any build up. It all feels very artificial to me.
Re: Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo
@link3710
I'm sorry, I cannot find a video where he says that, unless the western version mistranslated what he actualy said. The subtitles on the official Nintendo channel (this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NNyXaBW-I) seem pretty clear to me.
Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/YUVun07
There will be new amiibos of the DLC characters, but not updated amiibos of Smash 4 fighters whose designs were change in Ultimate
Re: Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo
@link3710
He said they weren't making updated or alt versions of existing amiibos, which is what you were talking about in your first post.
Re: Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo
@link3710
Sakurai said there won't be new versions of old amiibo though.
Re: Atlus Says Persona 5 Scramble's Sales Exceeded Its Expectations
My Atlus support is still being planned.
Re: The Pokémon Unite Presentation Has Already Been Disliked 150,000 Times
And even that wouldn't have went over so bad if it hadn't been the only reveal in the presentation. Or if they even just switched Unite and Snap.
Re: Soapbox: Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Wedding Season Is A Reminder That Marriage Is Hard Work
Button mashing is still an option, you just need to mash one more button to customize the item first.
Doing the same room decoration event every day for an entire month isn't the same as building your catalog.
The items should have been DYIs.
The article isn't bad, but the title is utter nonsense.
(On a side note, Reese has given my main character a good mix of all three variations, but my second character only ever gets the white and pink requirement. Does anyone know what's up with that?)
Re: TiMi Studios Describes Pokémon Unite As An 'Unprecedented Opportunity And Challenge'
I suspect most of the challenge stems from having royally pissed off the entire fanbase.
Re: Pokémon Unite, An Online Team Battle Game, Revealed For Switch And Mobile
There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start.
But let's strip away all of that and look at the game itself... How. How can you give a game one, ONE, map with the most basic and simple design imaginable and call it "strategic" with a straight face? There's marketing lies and then there's...that.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Harvest Moon: One World, Launching On Switch This Fall
At least it's more of a proper farming game than whatever Mad Dash was?
Re: Random: Min Min Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural - Can You Find Her?
@HADAA
It's the Mii Gunner actually. On mobile it was so small the eye looked like an eyepatch and Byleth's weapon looked like part of her body and the result looked too much like a realistic character to be that small.
Re: Random: Min Min Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural - Can You Find Her?
Who is that behind Link and why do they look so extremely out of place?
Re: Soapbox: I've Been Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons Wrong All This Time, But No More
And I struggled with not enough greenery to get the rating.
Before you do any major construction, throw furniture and flowers all over your island, get watering can recipe, leave it for a few days to spaw lilies or just clean it up while you build up your real island (you may find that this takes longer than you thought) Bam, you get all the cool stuff without sacrificing your aesthetic.
Re: A New Pokémon Snap Game Is In Development For Nintendo Switch
Just let it have a lot more content than the original. Please.
Re: Why Does The New Pokémon Snap Game On Nintendo Switch Look So Stunning?
Imagine a game that's all about taking photos looked like SWSH does.
Re: Pokémon Café Mix Is A Free-To-Start Game Coming To Switch And Mobile Next Week
We'll see, but free to play sound like it's going to work like Pokemon Rumble/Pokemon Picross where you could only pay up to a fixed amount of ingame currency to remove limitations. I never even bought that much for Picross and still unlocked the item that gives you unlimited stamina.
Re: Nintendo Just Launched A New Game And You Can Download It For Free Right Now
And I just paid 90 € for Ring Fit Adventure.
Re: Can You Name These Animal Crossing Villagers?
25/25, but had to guess three of them.
Re: First-Party Xbox Dev inXile Launches The Bard's Tale ARPG On Switch Next Week
Depends on the price since I already played it more than enough on PS2, but if the Polish dub is in, that would be enough to bump it very close to instant buy.
Re: Animal Crossing Director Views New Horizons As The Start Of The Series' "Third Generation"
You can't even open your inventory in.party play if you're not the leader. I guess being able to trade between residents of the same island easily would bw too much interaction.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Adds Cute Summer And Winter-Solstice Seasonal Items
What's the point of region/hemisphere markers on the items if they're available for everyone? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they got rid of exclusives, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Re: Video: 12 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In June
The wedding event in Animal Crossing is already beginning to wear me out, and I still haven't touched DQXI.
Summer in Mara is on my list, but I'll wait for reviews.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield's Expansion Pass Is Getting A Physical Release In Korea
That is still not a physical release.
Re: Random: Poor Old Sakurai Can't Even Reveal What Games He's Playing Anymore
At this point I can't tell whether people really take every drop of water he spills as a hint, their perception of reality got damaged somewhere, or they don't have anything meaningful to do with their lives.
Speculation is fun but this is way out of control.
Re: New Legendaries, Star Tournament And More Revealed For Pokémon Sword And Shield
Can we team up with interesting characters or just Hop?
Re: Don't Worry eShop Users, You'll Still Receive "All 3 Titles" If You Buy The Borderlands Legendary Collection
I'm confused. That person bought the game, but didn't check what they downloaded and made their tweet based on the eShop page they saw before they bought the game?
Re: Switch Owners Can Claim Three Free Games If They Already Own Select Titles
I already had Lydia with the DLC, and Eqqo was on my wishlist. I'll probably get the DLC for the other games sometime too.
Re: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition Locks In A Western Release Date
"Western release date"
"still no date for Europe just yet"
Can't you just say North American if that's what you mean?
Re: Blimey, Donkey Kong Country 2 Looks Lovely In HD
Way too sterile. Watching the whole video couldn't get the atmosphere across, but I take one glance at the original screenshots and think sticky.
Re: Physical Games Are Thriving In The UK, Strongest April Sales Recorded In Five Years
Physical whenever possible and it's not too expensive (shipping costs and customs fees on top of the game price for LR imports unfortunately are)
Re: PewDiePie's Dungeon Crawler Poopdie Plops Onto Switch Next Month
Poop on its own doesn't make a joke, it's just sh*t.
(In case this comment is too short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iab9YKocUcw)
Re: Ever Wondered Why A Villager Left Your Island In Animal Crossing? This Latest Datamine Reveals All
Now if only the game could pick Scoot for once, that would be great...
Re: Catherine: Full Body Will Get A Demo On Switch, File Size And Other Details Revealed
This is a game where videos don't help me and I need to try it out for myself to get a feel for the gameplay. Very much appreciated.
Re: Talking Point: Has Animal Crossing Finally Made The Nintendo Switch Online App Worthwhile?
Even if I don't use voice chat, typing on my phone and having the text appear ingame is easier than typing on the Switch or reading on a different screen, and I can correct typos without having to delete half the message. Had the app installed for Splatnet anyway, so it's not a huge loss of storage space.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Suffering From Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fatigue?
I check in every day, but I only play as much as I want to. If I'm in the mood for three hours of landscaping, cool. If I don't feel like playing, I check my mail and the shops and that's it. No point in forcing myself to play, games are supposed to be fun.
Re: Animal Crossing Director Wants To Make New Horizons "The Best Game Possible"
Just give us more furniture variety. There's way too much wood.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Datamine Reveals Spawn Rates Of Special Characters
I wish Leif wasn't guaranteed. Kicks is fine because his stock changes significantly every time, but Leif just doesn't have a big enough item pool, especially when you can get the flower seeds from the regular store anyway.
Re: Video: Getting A Real Feel For Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Still haven't decided if I want to buy it. My heart says yes but my backlog says no.
Re: Nintendo Thwarts Scalpers With Animal Crossing amiibo Card Restock
If Europe gets a restock I hope we get better packs here this time. 3 cards are a joke once you have most of the special ones.
Re: Even The Man Who Wrote Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Sea Bass Joke Is Tired Of It
Idk, the original idea feels a lot like it understands the pain. The new one feels like it's mocking me.
Re: SNK Gals' Fighters Mysteriously Removed From The European eShop
Is it really gone from their wishlist? So far games that were taken down temporarily remained on the list, you were just unable to buy them. If it poofed, that's a little more suspicious.
Re: 3DS Sales See 73% Year-On-Year Decline, No Future Sales Forecast Provided
I suppose almost everyone who wants a 3DS has one now and there aren't that many reasons to buy more.
Just got back into Radiant Historia. This is not a game I should've taken a year long break from.
Re: Random: Keen Animal Crossing Home Designers Can Earn £40 An Hour In New Employment Scheme
Where are the people who bashed Happy Home Designer now?