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No dragon or kitsune option. Sad.

Eh. LttP, OoA/S, and LA form a sort of trilogy by their beginnings and endings. Example, in OoA/S, Link starts by placing the triforce on a set of pedestals, and at the end, he leaves via ship. Definitely a continuity there.

What bothers me about the EoW map vs LttP is, the forest was moved from to the left of the mountains, to directly in the middle. Idk how that can naturally occur. The whole downfal timeline is the only one where the map is inconsistent with the orientation of key areas in the other games.

This was a hard knock for me. I thought it was gonna be the next VSXIII, so I have a preorder fully paid off.
Gotta change that.

Tbh, I'm not very hyped for it. I still have Superstars to play, and it's looking I'll have few chances and people to play with.

@Desrever
Unfortunately, the ethernet port I'd be plugging into is at the opposite end of the house.
I think it's moreso the fact that we only get 3mbps internet to begin with, at best.

I would have liked to get into Splatoon, but, I lack a good enough internet connection. It's a shame, cause these festivals seem neat.

This could pose a problem for me. I do think I'm not really a toxic gamer, but I suffer from horrible internet. If I'm playing, and I disconnect, how do they distinguish that from me pressing the home button to ragequit?

So, is this already available? Where do I find it?

My big question is if this allows for mods and stuff. I like taking games I've already played to death, and finding new user generated content for them.

I worry for the future of Nintendo gaming if Sw/Sh are the best selling in the franchise, and they use that to direct how they should develop games next.

While I am glad Nintendo is doing well, I worry about their mindset regarding IPs. Simply because an iteration in a franchise sells the best does not make it the best, but they may be inclined to think so. I for one, don't want more BotW/TotK type gameplay as the new standard from now on, and would very much like things to continue to change up every so often.

When does this come out?

I'd thought I'd missed out on this game and have been avoiding it lol. Probably will continue to until I know what it is.

I did see a video on this, speculating it was because they offered downloads for Pokemon Essentials.

@Axecon Thing is, he always was. For Solid Snake.
In MGS4, they had to recast Big Boss because both Snakes were there. At least, that's my take.

I wonder if this is what will get me into this game.
I have Cadence of Hyrule, but absolutely do not jive with having to redo everything in a roguelike.

I'm definitely going for this one when it goes on sale. NL was kind enough to show me to the remasters, and I loved them. But not $20 loved them.
What I wonder though is if the cdi dongle can be obtained without going through Limited Run games.

@Ryu_Niiyama Just that I'm wondering if there's more content I'm unaware of.
I have the Wii U version too.

@Ryu_Niiyama
What's there to finish besides the two campaigns?

This release is very much good news, I hope.
One the one hand, it means they haven't totally forgotten the series. On the other, relegated to a sub service without any real promise of a new release or remake.
So many ppl are gonna enjoy these.

@blindsquirrel
I have to agree.
I get burned out so easily playing open world LoZ that it feels like it's actually a shame this is the direction the series is going.

Congrats on the milestone!
Yeah, I remember the old days of Virtual console reviews.
I do wonder what happened to Corbs, and I forget the name of the guy who joined Sega.

I'm wondering how I'd connect to these servers.

@jkirchgessner07
That isn't the issue. The issue is moreso I thought it was any switch game from the early comments. But it seems it's only a handful.

@jkirchgessner07
So uh, I finally got to working on using the deal, and it only lists some 20 items or so it works with? Maybe more?
Uhm, did the deal end, or change, or was I mistaken about it?
I thought it was any switch game.

@HotGoomba
Honestly, I didn't see this quote coming in quite this fashion.
Pretty impressive.

Awesome! I started Nintendo Power in the N64 era.
It helped me discover a few games. I really miss it.
Never could keep my magazines intact though.

So, Blockbuster is still in business?
Interesting.

This is great.
Tbh, I still haven't seen the dub past the first season of Black and White.
For me, Veronica Taylor is the big voice of Ash, but Sarah also had her own unique take.
I can't help but miss those older days watching new episodes as they came out, and everything was hype.

I'd personally like to see both voices come back someday.
I dunno if Ash will ever return, but it'd be neat to see both VAs make comebacks in the anime.

Wow. Twenty Five years.
I actually missed out on the original airings of most of season 1, as I was against most things that were new at the time.
But looking back, I remember it fondly. The various bold stunts the writers managed to get away with really worked out. The original trio of protagonists, and trio of antagonists were iconic.
The fact they even had a probably deranged gym leader who put anyone who lost to her through a penalty game was just one example.
These days though, they axed the OG voices for people who kinda... sounded a bit cringe in a few cases. Ash's new voice took getting used to.
The OG soundtrack was also axed. Going with something far more generic. They chose to go from free TV to paid networks.
Finally, they just stopped taking risks with the writing, and most episodes just came down to finds random Pokemon or human in need, tries to help, Team Rocket shows up to interfere, and somehow provides an effective answer.
Team Rocket were genuinely the most enduring, best part of the show as far as I've seen.

Wait, this addition is DRM?
Isn't DRM like, you don't own this game, in spite of you bought it?
Like, if the "service" shuts down, you lose access to ALL of your games?
I never actually knew much, but those were my impressions.

As for pirating games, once upon a time, I was on this site and saw a fangame for download. Really enjoyed it. Right next to it was what I thought was another fangame. Got that.
Next to those two were Super Mario RPG, and Super Metroid.
Thinking they were also fangames, I downloaded them as well, only to deeply regret it when I found out they were official games I was supposed to buy.

Do they ever reveal new stuff at these?
Or release windows or anything?
It's not a Nintendo game, but I'm eagerly anticipating Kingdom Hearts 4. (Notably though, it WAS a Nintendo system and release that got me hooked onto the series)
And there are a fair few Nintendo things I wanna see, but, not so much trailers of or release windows.

Yeahh, I never played Ninja Gaiden, so I dunno the reflexes needed.

So, a group's working on Virtual Boy projects?
If they could actually fix the head and eye problems, it'd surely be a godsend!

As a personal note, some years ago, I was interested in a VB.
Looking on ebay, my dad found one for like, $14. I thought he said something more like 80, and turned him down because broke person.

This is pretty much what I wanted, hopefully with the event content included, for Dragalia Lost.
Though am intrigued about this one anyway.

So, I've gotta ask a couple things about The Messenger.
How frustratingly hard is it?
Also, how metroidvania is it?
Eshop lists it as action/arcade, among a couple other things, which turns me away tbh.

@Mgalens
Absolutely yes! I started with Symphonia. I still have the OG gamecube version, as well as the ps3 version.
I've played a fair few of the games since then. Didn't end up liking the Xillia saga as much, or Zestiria/Berseria. I felt that Xillia fell a little short of my expectations, and had too much grinding for what I wanted to accomplish. Zestiria felt too unserious. And short. Berseria was better than Zestiria, and I did the story, but, to do the extra content, I'd have to grind for ages. Arise was superb though. Reminded me of Symphonia in theme, ironically enough.

@luckyseven
What's this from?
Ironically, I thought you were replying to me at first, as that name can also refer to me elsewhere.

@johnedwin Tbh, I've already played and beaten that on another system. It was pretty good!
I was hoping for a new one.
Though, rerelease of one of the other games would be good too.
Considering the Tales of Phantasia PSP game only came to Japan, and we only have the GBA version here, that's on my list for sure!

Klonoa 3 would be nice. I'm largely hoping for another Tales entry.
Hopefully a good one.

I still haven't tried CC. Might do so on Gamecube, rather than the "remaster". Dunno what to think though.

Amusingly, after playing the game for about a month or so before getting burned out, I have within a single percent of the author's roughly 40%. No intent of doing the Koroks. I've actually gotten fewer of them than in BotW.

Okay. Yeah, Diddy Kong Racing is certainly up there with like, my top 3 kart racers.
A remake would be awesome! I never played the DS version, though the track creator interested me some.

Aww. They really did go and forget XenoX again.
Unless they secretly have more planned for that, for /after/ XC3.

@riChchestM
That's another glitch?!
I'd only heard about one that deletes your save data..
Still waiting on that to be patched, but I might risk it to get the Mew.

I greatly enjoyed Scarlet. But, that all died when the save data bug was introduced. It may be rare, but the fact I'd need to send in a support ticket, plus the fact I'd need to redownload my save if affected makes playing the game a no-go almost entirely on the basis of my 3mbps internet. Seriously, when are they gonna be able to patch it?

Heh. Other M wasn't especially bad imo, outside of the "detective mode" sections. It was more over the top than anything.

I'm definitely tired of retro prices.

And a VB collection would be great!

Huh. I see lots of games that I missed out on because of Wii U's VC shutdown. A few of those I'd have liked to try for sure! (Devil World included maybe?)

So uh, I come back home to this game announcement, am confused what it is, then looking at my discord, find out I've been on the dev's server for literal years, and just completely forgot both that I was there, that I knew this was gonna happen at some point, and like, everything. Lmao

Honestly, those "failed" systems deserved better. N64 had some of the best games I'd play for a long time. Gamecube, uhh, started a couple franchises and had Melee? Wii U basically was given the immense disrespect of having a lot of its comfort and utility features being completely scrubbed from switch, in some cases, I imagine Nintendo had to go out of their way to do it. Like, not even streaming services reached switch till much later, not to mention a LOT of the big early hitters were effectively Wii U titles. Like, let's disrespect a system simply because we don't like it. Poor Virtual Boy didn't even get a chance to be fully developed iirc.