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@swedetrap It was the same way in the original Kirby Air Ride too. The simple controls is part of the game's core design philosophy.

There a demo IDK about?

@MarkSeteth72 uh, yeah, that's called consistency

@Sonicka Tangle and Whisper are from the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comics. They were introduced in them, and basically instantly became hits among a lot of fans. Myself included.

Also agreed on Vyse. I want some hope that Skies of Arcadia will have a future.

The voice direction in this game in general was fine, I have no idea what someone earlier was talking about with it being "not ABYSMAL".

I'm kinda at the point where I have to ask. "What about it was so bad exactly?"

@rjejr Yes, I do, for the original HW, because it was a complete experience on it's own. Everything else that came after, no matter how massive the overall game is, is extra. The Definitive Edition having everything from the Wii U release, on the Switch is just an even bigger reason to double dip for it. Especially since on Switch 2 it runs at a full 60fps. Which looks and feels very nice.

It's wasn't stuff picked up off the cutting room floor. It was stuff planned to be added after launch for the Wii U release, to give people incentive to keep playing well beyond the original release and the original stuff the game had. So the idea that the existence of DLC makes a game "incomplete" is complete nonsense. You can finish the game with, or without it. It's entirely a choice driven decision.

Example, I have beaten the main story of DK Bananza, but I haven't bothered getting the DK Island DLC, because as cool as a modern reinvention of DK Island is for a modern DK game, what it comes with doesn't interest me. And I already paid a sum of money for the game as it is.

Also your baseball analogy makes no sense at all. You stay for the extra Innings because the game isn't finished, but that's because of rules and reasons that are inherent to the game itself, for example, a Tie Game, and the need for a tiebreaker.

That's nowhere near the same for video games. Let alone ones like Hyrule Warriors as a series. The stuff the game has all packaged in at launch, is the original, complete experience. Any DLC afterwards, is an add-on that is completely optional. Unlike extra Innings in baseball.

@rjejr Dude. I'm getting real tired of people making this ridiculous notion.

"There's any DLC at all, therefore it's not the full game!"

If there's a whole game that has a beginning and an end and the credits roll, it's a full game, for god's sake.

Yes, some games have had day one DLC, or had DLC on disc or cart, if you don't need it to complete the main bulk of the game, then it doesn't take away from it.

Idk if someone mentioned it yet, but even though the leak is unverified, I feel the need to put that 21.8 million USD or so bones into perspective:

That's over 3.3 billion yen.

And if we convert that to seconds of time. That's 3 times the time a lot of us on this site have been alive (96 years or so). That's not a small budget by any means.

@Zyph That's the point where you should just be willing to party with randoms. And believe me, I know the feeling of wanting to be able to handle most things solo. But getting to the point where you can do that takes of a heck of a lot of commitment.

I started my account back when Wukong was the new kid on the block and Melee still involved using Channeling via the right mouse button (using energy to power up your melee). I then went on hiatus from it and literally everything changed.

Now in the past several months I went from having pretty much no Prime frames to the majority of my stock of them being Primes. Also several Primed weapons and more too.

And up until a couple of months ago I was still scared to do anything up to Level 50 enemies solo. Now that's not a problem. Understanding how mods work for weapons is an absolute gamechanger.

@harrystein Yeah, no. That's pure nostalgia talking.

@TrueBlueYoshi The problem is Capcom oversaturated the market.

MMBN3,4 and 5 all came out within 2 years of each other. This is on top of X6, X7 and X8, and others.

Mega Man needs new games, but not so quickly that quality is lost. Mega Man 7 is a complete anomaly in the franchise of an actually good game being made in only 3 months.

@DangoTown So what if Bananza isnt?

Also, not the same quality as Odyssey? Game isn't even out yet and it's very obviously inspired by Odyssey's style?

How do you figure it isn't the same quality?

@DangoTown and what exactly do they have to prove?

@JohnnyMind How about you take a moment to think about why it may be a black and white issue for some people instead of taking a nonchalant pot shot?

@cyrus_zuo buddy, you and every person saying this hust continuously prove all you have are false equivalences. Ottocamn also shows they dunno what they're saying.

Photoshop, Cameras, Synthesizers, and more all required knowledge or specialized thereof in order to make best use of them.

You still had to learn how to convincingly edit photos/ synthesize pleasing sounds/ take great photos by experience and knowledge gained from learning, with overlap from art skills.

GenAI doesn't require that, as a supposed tool.

It's not the same as the AI machines used in medicine or other fields that are actually helpful either.

@JohnnyMind you do realize they're generating something they could literally take photos of by going outside?

It matters, pal.

Given up on any blue bomber related surprises ever happening tbh

Only thing I want is a new game.

@N00BiSH On my end, I just wish there was even more optional stuff to do. Like coming across other characters on the map and being able to challenge them to a race with a randomized challenge attached, or even challenges that focus on mastering the game's mechanics in some way.

Just... optional stuff you're not pressured to do, but it's there if you want it.

The other main thing I want is for Nintendo to give the other characters outside the big names some more costumes.

@Justifier I'm still waiting for the invite. : (

@Ogbert no! Do it more Devs! Make him suffer!!!

/joke

@PikminMarioKirby So your idea that it is a rushed game is based entirely on it's graphics, even though this is probably the intended look for the game, and the fact they decided to make these little Wild Park like areas, even though the game is straight up said to take place entirely within Lumiose City?

Do you understand how little sense you've just made?

And "I'm going off the fact these other games were rushed..."

So you already had a bias, and you're just looking for reasons to justify it.

And you admitting the game hasn't gone gold, implies they are still actively developing the game via giving it the finishing touches and further bug-testing before launch... Which is a completely normal thing for them to do as you've already stated.

Yeah. You're not a credible in the least.

@PikminMarioKirby Looks like an unfinished game based on what in the footage? What about it? What about the game in the footage makes it look "unfinished"?

All you've been doing this entire time is insisting, over, and over, and over, that it looks unfinished.

Yet you haven't even tried or bothered to elaborate on what.

And you keep talking about that they've moved on to the next game... Based on what? That it looks "unfinished" in a way you've yet to quantify in any way at all? You're basically claiming secret knowledge of TPC/Game Freak's operations, which, chances are, no, you don't.

So show receipts that prove they've already gone gold with the game and have ceased further development of Z-A, or stop claiming stuff you have no actual knowledge of.

And if you dare to go as far as saying "you can't see it, I can't help you" or any variant thereof, you'll have proven you're talking out your back end.

@PikminMarioKirby Stop claiming secret knowledge abd show receipts, or be quiet.

You're talking completely out your backside.

You're claiming it's unfinished, on literally nothing of substance than the fact it's visually similar to SV, at best.

@YunoboCo they are not ruined dude. Good grief.

@Jeronan Are you being intentionally obtuse? He said the implementation, not the concept.

It doesn't matter if the concept of the mechanic is unique or not. It's how it's used in the game that matters.

And this is with me agreeing you shouldn't be able to patent game mechanics in such a manner, but what they've got is acceptable under patent law.

@Dazman You're historically incorrect. The worst kind of incorrect.

Every propaganda poster you've ever seen qualifies as art. That's not opinion. That is fact. An artist designed and made that for circulation.

And it's inherently political.

As @DiggleDog said: the only people who dont want those things being pushed simply don't want to engage with the real world.

@Andy_Witmyer At this point I just assume they don't want to.

Fast RMX was okay, but very iften the vehicles felt hard to control? For me. Especially in the way of trying to make tight turns.

@PerfectFrost I see. They kinda confused me for a second there...

@Hanabi99 What. What do you mean it's only available through the Japanese store? Huh?

I'd rather they try to make another Star Fox or F Zero. Kirby's got a new Air Ride game. Mario and DK and Samus have new games...

Bring the whole gang together Nintendo.

@RubyCarbuncle Temtem actually tried to make it's creatures semi-unique in appearance via art style. Nexomon wears its inspiration on it's sleeve and also tries to make unique designs.

Same with Coromon.

Pocketpair by comparison initially looked like they literally tried to amalgamate designs straight from Pokemon.

Lets not pretend Anubis isn't literally just Lucario slightly edited in terms of design, or that Azurmane isnt literally a legally distinct Zebstrika, among others.

There's very few Pokemon clones I've seen where you can point at a design and say "This is literally X pokemon"

And I've seen creature designs from all 3 games. Pocketpair has the largest number of blatant ripiff designs by a fair margin.

Tbh, hoping to hear from Nintendo at some point...

Had me on Whistletop Summit

@Not_Soos soos, Im going to be that guy, tell you to stop playinf devil's advocate for those people. Enough of that gunk.

People like me had been telling, browbeating, showing examples of his stupidity, showing how he was and is unfit for the office, showing why he should not be trusted to lead the US, for well at coming on a decade at this point.

They, and the people who decided not to vote at all because between a moronic, malicious dictactor, and a smart, well spoken lady, they chose neither because voting for Kamala somehow meant screwing Gaza.

Lay the blame at the feet of whom it belongs, and stop trying this both-sides nonsense. The sides were freaking crystal clear.

Wow. Who could have seen this coming?

That is venomous sarcasm.

I saw this coming.

@nessisonett I fail to see a problem.

It's basically the return of Pokemon Stadium, in a sense.

@Tyranexx it's a tad more complex than that.

They basically took her character backstory from the 90s cartoon show, flipped it on it's head and did a twist. In a good way.

I remember seeing commercials of this growing up.

@Spider-Kev are you stupid? For real?

Or are you here to be a troll?

@Spider-Kev Do you have any idea how long that will take? We don't have the manufacturing or production base we once had.

Years. Years is the answer.

Years we don't have while 51% FAFO themselves into extreme poverty by their own noose.

@KingMike You didn't read. The import tax (aka Tariff) is paid by who is importing the goods into the US.

That means anyone who ordered Switches and Switch 2s are the ones paying the tariffs.

A cost per unit they will likely pass on to the consumers. It's not that hard to grasp.

@N00BiSH I really don't see a difference if your main hobby is video games, tbh.

@DTFaux I'm going to bet the release date will be revealed on April 2nd, and hopefully it will be sooner than holiday season of 2025.

@VHSGREMLIN From what a friend tells me, it also has to do with the culture of the company and the country. Wanting the element of surprise is a big factor in company things regarding video game sector to help generate hype around a new release, and leak really disrupt that.

And I say this while understand everything you've said is true.

Leaks are the reasons, supposedly, that the prospective Legend of Zelda movie we heard about years ago when we heard about the animated Mario Bros movie got canceled. They can't do that since they're so deep in getting ready for Switch 2's launch.

But from what I'm hearing from the same friend, apparently there's been reports of Switch 2's stolen directly from the factory, which is a major issue for both the manufacturer and Nintendo themselves...