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I could live life without both and be quite happy, but I'll take ketchup any day over mayo. Ick.

That definitely made me cringe. I don't see why they think a video game about a cartoon hedgehog needs to have such convoluted plots about the apocalypse and "edgey" villains.... but they just keep doing it. Just..... make the game fun. And make the plot serviceable for the gameplay.

I haven't played Forces, obviously, so I can't say anything with any certainty, but I keep getting worse and worse feelings about this one.....

@Mr_Zurkon I think The Show is PS exclusive, but I might be wrong about that.

I WAS interested..... Until I saw the reviews for it. Yikes. Unless the Switch version somehow changes things up, I don't think I'm THAT desperate for a sports game.

@Angelic_Lapras_King What I wouldn't give for Madden on my Switch. I would play the ever-living heck out of it. Madden 13 is STILL my most-played title on Wii U, and even though I had it since launch, and it's a pretty crappy port, I still love the game. If I could bring a fully-featured Madden game with me anywhere? Oh man. Heaven.

@Wichtel They obviously went to the Square-Enix school of PR.

Man, Nicalis has been BUSY with Switch publishing, huh? They're looking to be a noteworthy portion of the third party support for Switch in 2017 at this point. They started to grate on me with Tyrone acting like an idiot on Twitter, but it seems that now that the Switch is out there, doing well, and apparently treating Nicalis well, they're all in and have quit whining. Glad to get good games coming without the baggage attached to them.

I honestly thought Splatoon was the title that defined the Wii U for me, and honestly, I think even the original game was a 10/10. Now it's back and even better and people refuse to believe someone could think it's a 10? All I can say is this:

Who. Cares.

Love the game, refuse to think it's a 10, find it mediocre, hate it; I couldn't care less. I'm hyped for this, and I'm confident I'll view this as a 10/10 as well. I don't see why everyone's so hung up on Alex giving his opinion...... On a review.... Which is an opinion.

Heaven forbid someone have a dissenting perspective on a game, be it on the positive or negative end of the spectrum; everyone loses their dang minds.

Why do people seem to demand uniformity in review scores? Every game is either a 10/10 and we need to burn the witches who disagree, or it could never be a 10, and anyone who thinks so is posting clickbait, a fanboy, or is being paid off. Man, slap a number on something and all reasoning goes out the window for some folks.

@Fuz Yeah, this feels pretty devoid of personality and soul. It looks like they threw some Overwatch characters and Smash characters into a blender and they're hoping ripping them both off will be enough for people to care. Couldn't be less interested personally, but more power to those who are.

@gcunit I'm fine with this even if just for the purpose of being a deterrent for people with horrible connections.

I didn't love the games in execution, but I loved the ideas, and I can't NOT respect his stance on it. Anyone defining the success of their career solely based on critics or finances is doing it wrong, as far as I'm concerned.

I feel like a lot of their stuff has been pretty derivative for some time now, but that was actually really amusing! I loved the contrast of the jazzy Mario song with the trash can scraping the ground so loudly and obnoxiously! Well played, fellas!

@westman98 I got a good chuckle out of that. Haha.

Wait a sec...... so what you're saying is..... the handheld version is better? How very peculiar.........

Just beat the game last night! The soundtrack is positively enchanting, and I'm definitely considering a purchase!

This management/property acquisition element makes me way more interested. I thought it'd just be a prettier RCR, which was a fine enough game, but I'm much more interested knowing there's more to it.

@Lone_Beagle I couldn't agree more.

@antdickens We did get Lego City for $30 last night on a Lightning Deal, so I almost bit, but the promise of more or better deals stopped me. Prime Day tends to suck for my shopping needs/wants, but we'll see!

@antdickens I definitely get it, and appreciate your response to my light ribbing. I don't mind, since I know some folks aren't as deal-hungry as me, so this would be convenient for them. Hope they add some decent Nintendo stuff soon.

For everyone else, I strongly recommend the NintenDeal account on Twitter. They pick up on just about everything good out there Nintendo-related!

@Octane A cynic would note that they're all big ticket items with affiliate links. Luckily, I'm no cynic.

I'm not as crazy about Kamiko as a lot of other folks appear to be, but I'm still very happy for their success, and definitely interested in their next title from the looks of it! More good games is always a good thing!

@therealgamer People..... who want it..... care.....? If you're essentially Nintendo-only for your gaming experiences, as I have been, you haven't seen a WWE game since they were published by THQ, and it came out for the Wii. That's a full generational gap for both handhelds and home consoles. Even if you don't care about the game personally, it shows that major publishers are willing to start taking risks bringing "AAA" games to the system. We got exactly 1 2K-published game on Wii U, which was NBA 2K13. We're already topping that on Switch. This is uniformly good news for anyone who wants to see more "AAA" titles on the Switch. Publishers are at least trying, and if they succeed, more games will come. How the heck could this be construed as a bad thing?

This will almost certainly be a guilty pleasure for me very soon. I feel so lame wanting this, but I so totally do!

Part of me was hoping to control Zelda for at least some of this one, but oh well. I'll gladly settle for more story, and I'm excited about the extra dungeon!

@Grandpa_Pixel Yeah, and now that they don't need to worry about moving consoles by being cutting edge and keeping up with Nintendo/Mario, I can't help but think it's a fruitless effort to try to force something to work that simply won't. Looking at the comments section on the YouTube video Alex posted about his Sonic Forces preview, however, it's pretty clear that there's a legion of people with such a fierce devotion to Sonic, even when he's empirically at his worst, that voices of reason don't seem to matter. He's like the Transformers of gaming; no matter how poorly critically received his games are, no matter how mechanically broken they are, clearly enough people throw money at it to keep making them and learn nothing new.

Yeah..... Not okay to say. Context doesn't seem to improve things by much, either. Rarely would I wish someone the worst, but here's to you, Lorne! Never buying anything associated with you again! Keep it classy!

@AlexOlney Seeing the comments on the YouTube video's page just make me sad, so I can only imagine what it's like on your end. It'll never cease to amaze me that the people complaining that you've judged it too harshly too soon are also the same ones who have never played it at all, and therefore base their opinions on nothing. The logic there is hilarious.

I wonder if all topics will be worldwide for Splatfest from now on. If so, I'll miss all the jokes about what the next Euro Splatfest would be. Those were always my favorite.

@idrawrobots My thoughts exactly. I guess it's good that they're trying to listen to fans, but they seem so utterly directionless and creatively bankrupt that it's painful. It's one thing for a company and group of creatives to go through the slump-- Nintendo's had plenty-- but never with the perilous lows of Sonic Team, and pretty universally coming back with a massive bang, as seen with Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.

@BenAV Ditto. It felt imprecise to me, and after playing and loving Bayonetta, extremely unwieldy. 101 has a ton of charm, but the gameplay always felt really imprecise to me, personally.

In terms of sheer revenue I'll be stunned if Forces isn't more successful, since it's a retail game, but I have to assume that in terms of raw profitability, Mania will mop the floor with it. Ideally, they'd both be great, but I don't have a good feeling about Forces.....

@HappyMaskedGuy I'll just leave this here 😉:

https://youtu.be/WYDsz1NFBJw

@impurekind When they made the change (in Sonic Adventure, I think?) I actually assumed they were making it stupider for Western audiences on purpose. I was shocked to learn it was the opposite many years ago, and it still surprises me.

I see it as being pretty inoffensive, but you know, opinions and the sort. I do agree that the white border makes it stick out in a weird way on Switch, but as noted above, it has literally zero impact on gameplay, so I'm not sure why anyone cares quite that much about it. Bad box art never ruined a game for me if the content itself was good, so I fail to see why an icon would be any different. A bad first impression? Maybe. Ruining the game and causing someone to delete it? Yeah, that's a bit extreme.

@gatorboi352 "It's the best version of this game thanks to its portability."

Claim: The game is better because it is now portable.

"People really need to stop this false rhetoric with Switch versions of games. Being able to take it on the go doesn't improve the game any, just makes it easier to play away from the TV."

Response: The game is not any better due to it being portable.

Unless we're debating the meaning of the phrase "value proposition," then I don't see another way of reading this than you telling someone their feelings about a game are wrong.

@gatorboi352 It's a good thing you're here to tell people why their personal feelings about a game's value proposition are wrong.

Shocking negativity around here for this one. I'm excited by the prospect of this being portable as I feel roguelike titles benefit from not requiring lengthy sit-down sessions. I would have loved this on New 3DS, but I'm much more interested with it on Switch so I get a mix of home and portable options to fit a run into my day whenever I can. This is one I think I'll definitely get at some point now that it's not tethered to a home console.

@TommyRabbit It should be possible, in theory! I'd be up for it when/if it does! The Switch feels like an ideal platform for a title like that. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/02/undertale_creator_open_to_nintendo_port_but_wouldnt_be_able_to_code_it_himself

@MisterMan This statement makes me wonder: why not also let us vote in a poll every month, and maybe include a "reader's choice" award to this whole set up? Thoughts, @AlexOlney?

@davidevoid Aside of the music being fundamentally awesome, that further explains its win at IGF in the audio category!

Only played a bit, but loving it so far! I adore the art style and music, and the gameplay is already coming together for me.

I can also say that this is the sort of game I got used to seeing and thinking "This looks really interesting, creative, and quirky.... I assume it's Playstation-only. Rats...." Same goes for a title like Tumbleseed. Nintendo is finally getting creative, colorful, polished indie titles that normally would have only ever seen their audience on other platforms. That alone is worthy of celebration and support as far as I'm concerned.

MADIAX...... Is this you......?

I'm interested enough. It looks like the original was a midway between Warriors and an ARPG, and that could be something I enjoy. We'll see!

If you have a Wii U or New 3DS I firmly recommend 6180 the Moon. That game is wonderful, and for the price, I don't think either eShop has anything better.

I don't love the in-game graphics, but a series of solid reviews could persuade me to overlook that. I usually love pixel art, but something about the in-game graphics just rubs me wrong. The cut scene animations have wonderful personality but the in-game art looks extremely generic.

I assumed it was built with UE4 for some reason, so this explains the delay in getting it out. This will 100% be a day one buy for me, as it's been high on my Switch wish list for some time now! Heck, seeing it introduced in that little montage at the start of the E3 spotlight was enough to make me really happy with the whole show!

I'll take all the Edmund I can get! I love his creepy-cute art style, and I have yet to play one of his games that wasn't at least provocative, if not genuinely brilliant. Bring it on!

Isn't Comcept just an ideas house, and wasn't MN9 developed by Inti Creates? I didn't play it, but I'm quite sure that's the case.

@moroboshi Agreed. Hard to believe the higher clock speeds won't allow them to get consistent performance at 900p, or even something slightly better than 720, but a locked 60 on both would be enough for me to be happy regardless.

Oh hey! Actual details and a release date for something other than a Switch t-shirt for Link! I'll be paying up on June 30th, unless I see a lot of warnings against it (somehow).