Mariotag

@Fyrus92
Honestly agreed.
I find it disturbing.

No hate to the new guy, but Charles Martinet had stated he would voice the character until he no longer could.

Idk if he really couldn't anymore, or if he really just decided to give someone new a chance in the spotlight, or, my own suspicion, Nintendo just axed him cause of some stupid reason to do with them "as a business".

I genuinely hate the evolution that happened after Iwata stopped pressing B.

Actually, I'd go a step further.

When insanity like this is thrown at you from every direction, it has the psychological effect of making you doubt your own convictions, and believing it as true yourself.

It's actually incredibly dangerous imo.

@LEGEND_MARIOID
A lot quieter from my perspective.

And yeah. I hate the way these things play out.
It's become a world where someone can be accused of something, and even their own decently close friends would consider jumping on their hides.

Really a shame.
I liked FFIX a lot.

Still hoping though!

Honestly don't feel like my impression is represented in the voting thing.

Nintendo was prideful enough to go greed.
This whole launch reeked of Nintendo not especially considering their consumers, and solely being a business that wants to make as much as possible.

I cannot say much, if anything better about the others of the big 3. If anything, they need a wake up call.

This launch was a mess. I understand some of their more decent motives, ala scalpers, hackers, and leakers, but those ppl are largely just part of the world, impossible to stop entirely.

Also, I gather the switch 2 dock makes the system overheat, is poorly designed in regards to ventilation, and even worse if you use an ethernet cable?

So uh, Fantasy Life didn't have a physical? I was pretty sure t did.

Otherwise, hard agree with the top three.

Waiting on sales for DR and Fast Fusion.

@Arawn93
It's funny. I remember way back when, while I was terrified of the first movie, I saw the second one twice, and the third once. (In theaters ofc) I missed out on theater releases of 4 and 5, only finding out about them in Nintendo Power too late.

There was a gag Team Rocket kiss in the first Sabrina episode as technically Ash's first, but Melody (I think that was her name) gave the first romantic kiss. To be followed later by Latias.

I'm honestly still upset that nothing came of Misty, as apparently, aside from the obvious, there were ads in Japan suggesting the first movie was to be the end, showing an adult Ash and Misty together.

Also, the first movie has different implications in the Japanese version, as Mew is notably more antagonistic to Mewtwo, while Mewtwo has less expressly evil motives.

I have no idea how I'd approach this...

But Microsoft has bought way too many studios, and just does next to nothing with them.

Not to mention the 80 billion investment in AI surely had something to do with this.

I'm outright angry at all of the big three rn for their practices.

Absolutely.

I am not paying $50-$80 a year to maintain access to one or two games.

I honestly enjoyed the SA games.

Early commenters are right. They don't need to be these massive affairs.

@Anti-Matter
Ahh. Okay. Just curious if I'd be getting anything new.

Am curious what of these I don't have, but would like.
Only affordable thing I'm seeing that I know I'd want is Monkey Island.

@Anti-Matter
Oh neat! I'd heard of a Crystal Chronicles on Wii, but can't recall the name.

Also, are the other FF Tactics games sequels? Or are they the same story as OG Tactics and WotL?

I have to agree with Sakurai-san.
I've seen games go from enjoyable and affordable affairs with dev cycles of just a few years, to massive games with loooong dev cycles, too often in development hell, that're more bulky than is particularly good, and cost an arm and a leg!

Huh. Looking at this, I don't condone behavior like that, but it also needs to be mentioned, who in their sane mind would have a drinking contest paired with a gaming event where you need everyone to act suitably for others??

It's just looking like a recipe for disaster to me, and here are the results!

@Anti-Matter
What's Echoes of Time?

Also, how many of those FF Tactics games are unique?

I've a strong distaste for Nintendo's actions from switch onwards.
It sounded like the remix from a while back in the direct, but it was absolutely a version of the DK Rap. Not a bad piece mind you.

They just cease crediting anyone these days, and it sucks.
They'll nickel and dime you into no money land too.

Meanwhile, I still want them to fix the internet so both my devices consistently actually see my internet.
When my OG switch updated earlier, it was like the internet ceased to exist...

@N00BiSH
Honestly, fair. I still remember the insanity from when the dub cast for the Pokemon anime was replaced, though that wasn't the aspect I grasped at the time.
Back then, it was a greedy, unfair move, replacing talented voices with people who genuinely grated on my nerves, even if they became the definitive voices, and deserved recognition for it, and the original soundtrack was replaced with stock sounds, with the show itself moved from free TV to paid only.
The OG VAs were not kept in the loop, nor were they asked.

Kevin Afghani's Mario voice is nowhere near as atrocious as the dubbing jobs on that era of Pokemon, which, even now, I struggle to sit through an episode of B&W. But it is worth recognizing that it is different while trying to be the same.

I'll give him his due respect, but it'll be Charles Martinet up there as a definitive Mario, alongside Lou Albano, and idk if there was anyone else.

Meanwhile, I just know it as that life sim series that caught my intrigue cause I saw a character with kitsune ears advertised at some point. No idea which game, or if I'd like any of them.

Go figure.
At least it isn't a repeat of MK Wii yet.
Sub 1 second times for every course smh....

@burndive
Ah. I forgot about that!
For massive deal games like this, I tend to go physical though.

@Anti-Matter
Aww. I wanted to say "You thought it would be Anti-Matter, but it was me! ~~DIO~~ Michael!"

I'm genuinely curious about this one now...

Huh. Well I definitely take issue with courses being reduced to a single lap in favor of intermissions.
Online play has always been a tossup of whether it works for me or not.
Having said that, I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would.
Hoping Mario Kart can mend a friendship for once.

Gotta ask though, do the P-Switches not show up in local wireless play at all?

I'm still wondering why he, and now the princess's VA, have been recast.
It's a weird mystery that I find worrisome.
Of course, now that new people are in the roles, best of wishes to them.

Ah. So this one is worth it?
Is it cross platform play?
I know next to nothing about it, but if there's a sale, it may finally be time.

@sd7232
Yup. Of all the ppl there, the store didn't run out.

"Accessibility"..... Yeah. Just keep telling yourself that you're accessible this gen.

I find it baffling that a high level gaming company would just throw accessibility out the window like this...

Ugh. Meanwhile, my Gamestop had pre purchase at 3pm the day before, and festivities starting an hour after closing, with no staplers, and more than enough for everyone.
Free screen protectors, and prizes from events.

Hate Gamestop corporate, but adore my lovely store.

Heh. Looking forward to this, but not as much as other stuff.

Also, @Spider-Kev , the classic movies were a single continuity.
The most recent 5 are largely different seems like,

Meanwhile, there's me, and my concerns on the fact that the first thing Switch 2 told me was if I skip the transfer, I can't do it later.

I'll be sticking with OG switch for OG games for now...

If this had the expansion pass included, it might even be worth upgrading!

This is genuinely hilarious.
As a little kid, playing Yellow version, with the one starter that can effectively do next to nothing against Brock, (Tackle exists) I still found a way past him. Dunno if it took 80 hours either.
I do recall being confused by some ingame textures too...

Either way, "smartest new AI around"? Don't make me laugh!
Even if hard, it is simple as a game!

@Misima
It's absolutely good. I got it after seeing it in a Nintendo Power issue.

It takes a bit of getting used to. The first few days kinda turned me away. But then it hooked me in a massive way.

Oh. And now that I think about it...
They're kinda doing similar with Switch 2 for OG switch fans... Just not on as huge a level.

Alana Hagues, I had the opposite issue of yours.

I was enjoying my Wii U, but was so angry about how Nintendo was moving forward. Nice new system, but it ditched so many of the bells and whistles that Wii U had, while trying to steal its lineup as the OG Switch launch lineup.
I'd figured it was prideful Nintendo wanting absolutely nothing to do with Wii U itself, to the extreme of not only erasing its existence, and ripping off fans of the console, but also to the point of sabotaging the new gen.
Part of it was my lack of funds too...

I ultimately got mine a bit later that year.

Huh. A couple I never knew about. Only was aware of two MK Arcade GP games.
I'm still hoping MK Arcade GP gets a home console release or two.

Honestly, the file sizes, coupled with storage issues are worrying.

@Stormcloudlive
They were in other games?

Anyway, rather upsetting. Part of the Rareware legacy is fading further.

So, another Keycard? Ugh.
Well, I'll likely go OG Switch for this. Heck all three game console devs for trying to make DRM essential!
Nintendo's only picking this up now, more than a decade after the competition made discs/carts into glorified keycards already!

Huh. Looking at this, MK7 and 8D were both criminally underplayed for me. 7 cause of streetpass weirdness in large part, and 8D just cause I'd already played 8, and have a large list of games to get through.
Having said that...no mention on how 200cc in OG 8 was faster than 8D? (Allegedly)

Sees Majora's Mask amount of time mentioned

How many time loops were you trapped there for?
And how fun was it?

@ryancraddock
Heya! Grats!
Sorry I wasn't around to see you off!
Only staff I remember leaving was the one dude who went to work for Sega...

Honestly? I'm unsure who to side with here.
AI is a scummy practice the way it's prominently used now.
VAs deserve their jobs...mostly. There are a few VAs who've been scummy too. In that sense, this lawsuit winning would be something of a win for VAs in general. Plus, it'd help cement Fortnite getting what they were legit on their hands and knees begging for by introducing that to public audiences, notably including immature kids.
On the other side of the coin though, if the late great OG Vader himself signed this, especially if to benefit his family, it seems like a rare legit case of AI usage being okay. Plus it'd be utterly hilarious to experience Vader in Fortnite. I hear he actually calls players by their IRL names if you rile him up enough?

@Jhena
Honestly, true on both counts.
Plus, in some versions of the canon, you can be a digimon.
I'd enjoy it, but I'd be afraid of damage done.

@Jhena
H-have you seen the sheer destruction they cause in the anime?
Sometimes it really is the multiverse at stake!

Having said that though, they are cool.

Nice of them to offer.
Not so nice that their site will probably be randomly cancelling orders again because of a total crash.
I lost out on a massive deal because the order was randomly cancelled by the presumably overloaded database, and I was told I put in wrong information, in spite of it being the same as other successful orders, and customer service was not even allowed to parrot the info I provided that was "wrong" back to me. Because apparently, the employees do not have enough freedom to do their jobs.

Eh. I'm still unsure how Nintendo's next gen will play out.
They've tossed caution to the wind, and heavily cut down the "accessibility" part of the holy trinity to success.
On top of this, to combat piracy, they threw caution to the winds there with the new terms of service here. Imagining the kids when they excitedly put a game their parents bought second hand into their system, only for it to turn out to be a bootleg, breaking the ToS, and bricking their system... Honestly, that'll probably just turn more ppl to the dark side than anything else.