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@HamatoYoshi -and thank you for proving you can't come up with a half-decent response. We're done here.

@HamatoYoshi I grew up in the 90s you presumptuous jerk. I grew up with the Super Nintendo, Game Boy/GBC, the N64, the Gamecube, GBA, the Wii, NDS, and so on. I have been a Nintendo boy all my life. Also a poor attempt at deflecting.

Just because a lot of the franchises you listed are dear to people's hearts doesn't mean you speak for them. I get tired of people like you doing that crap.

@ProfessorNess Do you even understand what the meaning of generic is? Nothing about what we saw in the Dread trailer, or anything else qualifies under any definition of that word.

Also, yes, you are comparing apples to oranges. 2D animations is an entirely different style of graphics than 3D models. Ori and the Blind Forest and it's sequel use a completely different style than either Dread or Hollow Knight, and Dread has it's own visual style distinct from either of them. Just because they are Metroidvanias doesn't mean they are apples to apples. Your entire assertion is ridiculous.

Just because the visual style of Dread doesn't match up to your standard or desired aesthetic does not make it "generic" by any stretch. You cheapen the word and make it lose it's meaning by doing so. You and so many other people do this crap and use "generic" like a catch-all for something that doesn't particularly wow you, and I'm sick of it.

Either use the word properly or don't use it at all.

@ProfessorNess Boi. Comparing Metroid Dread to Hollow Knight and Ori is stupid. What the actual heck is wrong with you? They are completely different art styles entirely. Hollow Knight is hand-drawn 2D animation. Ori's visual style is unique. You're grasping at straws by comparing apples to oranges to melons here.

Go peddle your brainlet take elsewhere.

@HamatoYoshi "Nintendo fans are left wanting" is a pretty broad statement that speaks for a lot of people.

@Atariboy Why would they change it from an FPS after 3 whole titles, and switch it to 2D? You're not making any logical sense at all. Metroid Prime has always been an FPS sub-series for Metroid. Samus Returns was made by MercurySteam, and the style of this game is too similar to Samus Returns. It's logical to think MercurySteam is behind it.

Retro Studios and MercurySteam are nowhere near the same company or studio.

Further: They say they are still working on Metroid Prime 4, right in the direct itself. After they previously announced, publicly, that Metroid Prime 4 had it's development scrapped and restarted under Retro Studios after Bandai Namco's work wasn't up to snuff back in 2019.

You literally have nothing to base the project being dead on, except personal opinion.

@Atariboy You've basically assumed Metroid Prime 4 is dead based on checks note a lack of them showing anything and showing Dread instead.

Also, just because they have another game in the pipeline doesn't mean the other one is just, gone. That's what your words read as, and it's logically incorrect.

Also, nowhere has it shown or said that Retro is the one who made this game. Based on the style, it's MercurySteam.

In short: you're speaking utter nonsense.

@HamatoYoshi Are you out of your gourd? Just because you didn't see things you wanted doesn't mean you speak for everyone.

@Atariboy You're making quite a few assumptions there, buddy.

@moodycat Samus Returns was a good game and far from mediocre. They can do it.

@GameCollector84 You have no way of proving people en masse use it just for stealing software. By any stretch, and on top of that, have no real evidence of stuff. Are you just a lunatic or what?

@duffmmann Just because someone's software is used for a nefarious purpose doesn't necessarily mean it's their fault it's being used that way. Put on your thinking cap before speaking please.

@sanderev Point to a time that piracy actually, legit hurt the sales of anything Nintendo has made, anywhere since it became widespread due to the rise of the internet. Seriously. I'll wait.

Your entire assertion doesn't match up with reality. It's pure BS.

@Ulanda -and you're being aggressively defensive for little reason. Are you alright? Seriously? That's an overreaction.

@Heavyarms55 I must respectfully disagree. A show format would allow for a fleshing out of Zelda and for Link. Link doesn't need to speak in order to be fleshed out. Facial expression and action can be used to define him in a show format if him being mute, or silent by choice is an issue.

It could also work by giving Link a flat character arc, where he, or possibly he and Zelda are the ones who affect change in others rather than others affecting change in them.

It's best not to be narrow-minded when thinking of things like this. Plus, it makes it more fun to think about that way. Nobody had faith in the Sonic Movie, yet it turned being a half-decent movie along with Detective Pikachu.

I think it's about time we try giving things a shot with franchises like Zelda.

@Ulanda You do realize those live action adaptations don't magically mean an animated one would be terrible right? You're not making any sense.

Why isn't this even a debate? Visually it reminds me of the old GBA, just leaning more toward blue.

@BulbasaurusRex I played MP and MP2 on the Gamecube and the Trilogy on the Wii with Motion controls.

As someone who did both, can tell you straight up: which one is superior is entirely a matter of preference. The Gamecube controls might not have the freedom of movement you get out of using the Wiimote, but least with that your arm doesn't eventually get tired holding the Wiimote and moving it around to aim, but that's only if you don't want to utilize the lock-on and be El Sniper of the 'Mote.

Both have their pros and cons... but calling the motion controls of the Trilogy outright superior is really pushing it.

@PBandSmelly Oh my god dude.

@Razer What do you mean a "bill"? That sound very weird and doesn't make much sense.

@PSoneboi Then feel free to be beholden to companies and lose your games when they deem them no longer profitable. That's the future you are heading toward. Losing access to the thing you paid for without your consent. It's like buying a computer that the manufacturer comes and takes away and then has you pay a premium to buy the new thing even when the one you have is still perfectly fine.

Some of us want to be able to continue playing our games even after the digital stores close down or the consoles can't call back to the servers. Some of us want to enjoy some of these games for years after the fact, even after said console has ceased being on store shelves. See the Super Nintendo, N64, PS1 and others. Yes, physical media will eventually deteriorate, but if my console still works and the cart or disc still work, I can still play them whenever if I so desire.

As for not being "full games". Let me tell you something. Even if DLC is stuff that was picked up off the cutting room floor, if the game has a beginning and an ending that doesn't require add-ons that you have to pay for, then that is a full game. It's no different than if you were playing a game off a cart without knowing any passwords (if the game in question even has that feature). DLC wasn't even a widespread thing until the beginning of the 2010s for god's sake. You literally have to ignore the fact that a game stands on it's own without the DLC to even make that argument and I therefore consider it invalid.

@PSoneboi You and everyone else who are calling for GameStop to go under are being incredibly short-sighted. Even when they sell merch as said earlier, GameStop is the only national chain in the US that currently specializes in selling games, including the newest releases. As I said before, GameStop going under would leave a big gaping hole in the VG market as far as physical is concerned.

Unless Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and similar store chains start picking up the slack and do as Gamestop does by having a massive selection of old and new games, or some other store comes in to take their niche with better policies, then losing Gamestop is a net loss for everyone, no matter how terrible their policies are.

Call me a bootlicker if you like, I'm calling this as I see it: the death of Gamestop will be the death of the most significant part of physical retail for games. Not even Amazon can completely replace GameStop, and they are by a large a worse company for entirely different reasons.

@NikHogan Gamestop being gone is actually a bad thing, despite all it's practices. It's one of the remaining places in the US that actively has a massive selection of games on it's shelves of games from different console generations. Walmart, Target, and similar stores don't even come close to the kind of selection Gamestop has on the whole. Hell. No retailer I know of right now does.

Them going the way of the dinosaurs, no matter what anyone says, it a net loss.

@sanderev Miiissing the point there buddy.

@SpaceboyScreams You just have to stick with it it and lab it out. Best way to deal with it.

Am I the only one who looks at the main hero of Everhood and immediately thinks "That looks like Geno"?

@Travisemo007 "Mobile BS Company"

ILCA has worked on stuff like Nier Automata, Dragon Quest XI, and several other big name titles that aren't at all mobile. That's already an impressive resume.

Gonna put this here so everyone understands and as a reminder:

The remakes are not being made by Game Freak. They are being made by the people who made Pokemon Home: ILCA.

So complaining about Game Freak in regards to the game's Chibi artstyle is utterly pointless and completely off base cause they don't have their hands in it with the exception of publishing it alongside Nintendo and The Pokemon Company

@gloom The remakes aren't even being made by Game Freak, so your whole comment is moot.

@Tyranexx I don't think that's a zipper... I think that's a latch.

@Heavyarms55 Give it a rest already. People are allowed to be critical and disappointed as much as you are allowed to be viscerally excited and happy. Stop acting like they have no reason to be unhappy and no cause for wanting better just because of your excitement and happiness. You're not wrong to be happy or excited. They aren't wrong for being critical or voicing disappointment.

I watched the Direct. The opening nostalgia trip had me smiling, tearing up, almost crying because Pokemon was a massive part of my childhood like so many others. New Pokemon Snap made me smile. The DP remakes made me a bit less so, and Pokemon Legends has my interest.

That does not however stop me from being critical. I want the game to be the best that it can possibly be. As things stand right now, it is The Wild Area: The Game, The Wild Area was a good concept, but making a whole game out of it requires something more. It needs more polish. Creating an entirely Open World Pokemon game where the Pokemon just move around like glorified robot sentries, is not enough.

Even if you're tired of all the people who are expressing negative opinions, saying they're "pretending to be fans" basically implies you think that people who are being so critical can't possibly be fans. Did you stop to think that maybe the disappointment stems from the fact they want better from Game Freak and the franchise?

What you're saying essentially boils down to the same kind of attitude a lot of conservatives show when people complain about how cruddy the US is: "If you don't like it, then leave." That's unreasonable. You're basically wanting your comment space to be utterly sterilized of negative feedback and not wanting people to voice discontent.

@Zach777 Considering they're pulling concepts from a game that has become influential enough to spawn imitators, and coming off of a concept that laid the groundwork for something such as this from Sword and Shield. It's not entitled to ask for the games to be better.

They made the games better over the years and now that the technology clearly allows for it, you're telling us it's entitled to ask Game Freak to try to push their formula and concept to the next level?

I can guarantee you that if Pokemon is somehow still around in the next 10 or even 20 years, the children of today will be acting like we are now if Game Freak continues to drag it's feet and hold back on how the concept of their games can grow. Pokemon Legends is a big step in the right direction toward doing that. Now Game Freak needs to keep stepping in that direction so that Pokemon as a concept can evolve further.

@Judal27 I have a problem with it being called "Early footage" myself... There's no way this hasn't been in the dev pipeline since somewhere after Sword and Shield's main development ended, and they're telling us it's gonna be out by next year? 12 months is not a lot of development time for a video game by any stretch.

@Kalmaro Unfortunately I have one major concern with Legends: that the Pokemon will have no behaviors outside idling, wandering, running away or being aggressive.

For a Pokemon game like this to truly work, they need to make the Pokemon more than statues or robots. They need to make them interact with the environment and each other, outside of battle.

Considering the fact it's only a year out, I hope doing that is their goal aside optimization, but considering how SWSH initially was, I have little hope.

@Menardi This was nowhere on my Saturday Bingo Card.

@Darlinfan Since you're obviously not getting it. I'll spell it out: the iconography and symbols have meaning to people who are still alive today, many with negative connotations. Just because it doesn't affect you doesn't mean it's no big deal. It's a completely selfish way of thinking. Realizing that forcing people to be okay with the continued existence of symbols of those regimes is wrong, is an act of sympathy and compassion.

Actually take yourself and imagine being a victim of those regimes, how would you feel to see people proudly parading those symbols and icons around? It's not hard to figure out how you'd probably feel about that.

@AtlanteanMan So symbols of people who espoused hate, tried to enslave or kill people, and used their religion among other things as excuses to do the aforementioned, should be allowed to stand in public as symbols of power of a failed regime? For someone who minored in history, you seem to have very little understanding of what that means to let them continue to stand. It says their view of the world, the one that allowed slavery and mistreatment of fellow human beings to stand for hundreds of years, will be tolerated and allowed to continue to exist, for no reason other than "Freedom of Speech"

Which, by the way, I feel the need to inform you, is not how it works. The First Amendment keeps the government from jailing you for things you've said (the kind of thing you could've had happen to you in Colonial England). It does not however protect you from the consequences of your own words. To use a phrase: "Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose."

@BloodNinja ... Are you for real? More than half the games on it are not shovelware, and actually have interesting concepts. Just because they don't jive with you doesn't make them shovelware.

@Denoloco Japan is their primary market.

@Henmii "First party is basically dead."

Because there isn't a plethora of their IPs on the table right now?

BotW2 is sill in dev. We have no news on MP4 but that doesn't mean it's dead (though I would say struggling right now). Splatoon 3 is in dev and who knows if they have anything else up their sleeves they're waiting to show.

Most of the stuff shown is for the next few months to boot. Who knows if there will be another direct this year like this one.

@Sabrewing Seems like this is a changing of the guard, like it was with Sonic X and then Colors.

@nessisonett That's a terrible analogy for a number of reasons.

For one thing you're framing children as victims and act as if playing games is something they do out of a compulsion from addiction (which literally rewires your brain to want the target of it) to something they do voluntarily, often with others, for fun.

Second. The analogy isn't anywhere close to reality unless you're talking about games that blatantly try to use addictive mechanics (in a similar way to gambling) to try to lure them into doing harmful things (spending lots of money).

Third. Asking the children is a good thing because ignoring their thoughts and such on this is not only eschewing a whole other data point, it's also denying a whole other perspective of the whole picture.

If you want to use that analogy, you have to apply it to everyone, not just the children. A lot of people are around my age of 29 and we still play video games. Is it because of addiction?

@doctorhino Pokken predates Jump Force dude, and they don't have anywhere close to the same fighting mechanics.

@Taekw0ndud I am on MAXIMUM RENDER DISTANCE!...And I STILL can't find WHO TF ASKED!

11/12, Lapras got me too.

@Supadav03 Even so, it proves that the lighting engine and animation makes all the difference.

@Ralizah Calling it a stuttery mess is just outright lying, it just doesn't run at 60 FPS.

@nessisonett @COVIDberry Since it's a racer, it would probably be a matter of balancing.

Changing the speed slightly (while still making it fast), minor changes to track features (like adding rails to places they don't exist, where able) for relatively for forgiving experience, and giving a player multiple machines during a race at the cost of getting passed up (but not too much) are probably the order of the day for differences in difficulty settings.

The AI of most racers, even in GX, isn't that sophisticated, they're made to go around the track as fast as possible and not much else in most cases, so messing with their AI would be far trickier.

@Lordplops -or you're being stupidly simplistic and not seeing the whole picture.

@StinkyHat I have to agree. At this point it feels almost like they're trying to keep stuff under wraps and save face rather than give us anything of value...

Almost like the game is in development hell (Heehee hoho) and has been for a long time.

@Aurumonado Her name was Longclaw.

I am still suspecting she isn't dead.