@MadAdam81 Do you really want to live your life bundled in cotton wool in case some nasty foreign attitude hurts your feelings? Personally I'd rather the censorship brigade would just stop telling us all what we are allowed to see... also learning japanese is quite hard.
@Mijzelffan If you're that sensitive I would suggest not reading through the comments, because like it or not people will have different opinions to you on any topic you care to mention. Leaving the comments open is fine, as long as it's well moderated; (and judging by the fact your abusive comment was removed, I think it's fair to say they're doing a good job).
@ZenTurtle I don't think Senran Kagura promotes sexism in the same way that I don't think the Saw films promote mutilating and killing people. The audience enjoy watching people die in the most grusome ways in those films and may get a strange enjoyment from the experience, but when they leave the cinema they don't suddenly believe the type of behavior they have seen is acceptable, nor do they try to emulate it.
We know we can't fly, we know it's wrong to kill people, or drive off a bridge, we know we can't shoot lazers out of our eyes. The nature of this type of fantasy is that it is an expression of something impossible, not a road map leading to the normalising of mass murder or the enslavement of womankind.
The very idea of scantily clad female ninja's running around fighting giant demons is ridiculous and kitsch, and no one playing these games takes its tongue in cheek portrayal of women seriously or believes it represents any real world situations.
@ZenTurtle Are you equally outraged by Call of Duty normalizing guns, or Street Fighter for normalising violence and unrealistic male body types? If not you're a hypocrite, but if you are, then you have missunderstood gaming:- It's a fantasy, it's an escape from reality.
You don't normalize something by sticking it in a videogame, instead you fictionalise it, it leaves reality and it becomes a parody. You can't hold the fantasy world of vidogames to the same set of rules as real life, after all, what use is a fantasy that can't break free from the the real world?
If you object to Senran Kagura then you object to freedom of thought, freedom of expression and to videogames as a medium.
When such a tiny team can create something so beautiful and so technically impressive, it really exposes the big third parties and their lazy, ineptitude.
I really hope they get the sales they need to make this a worthwhile endeavour. We need talented indies to have the confidence to make these kind of ambitious games and show the big boys how it's done.
"Although most Renegade Kid games have been fairly well received and advertised, some factor is just preventing them from really catching on with gamers."
...And that factor is them repeatedly making unappealing games.
Example: Mutant Mudds - Play as an ugly pixel art rendition of a stupid dork and travel through a generic, uninspiring world, while battling bland enemies made of mud. Who'd of thought a game like that would put people off?
Splatoon wins hands down. It's the best game I've played this generation by a large magin. So original, so innovative and so much fun - it's a masterpiece and will be remembered as an all time Nintendo classic.
I'm happy that its comming, but I'm far from convinced by the trailer. Turn based strategy is the best thing in the world when it's done right, but it can just as easily be the worst, so the dev team really need to know what they're doing to pull this genre off.
...Dice rolls and ugly character models are certainly an ominous sign, but fingers crossed.
@rjejr The mention of 20 hours was not talking about completion time, but rather the reaching of a significant milestone (being vague as you seem to be avoiding spoilers). It sounds like it'll be as massive as the last game.
So Wii U can do Xenoblade Chronicles X, but can't handle The Binding of Isaac? What an absolute lying assh*le this Tyrone Rodriguez is. If you're too lazy or stupid to do it just say that, but don't expect Nintendo fans to swallow this bullsh*t.
9 huh? This wan't really on my radar, but this review was so positive that I guess I'm going to have to add it to the vast amount of RPG's I'll be getting on 3DS over the next few months.
...Nothing will change it now, so hopefully people can just enjoy playing or boycotting the games as they see fit, and stop being buzzkills for those of us who are really hyped.
@sillygostly - Yeah I really hope Revelation has it's own boxed cartridge, but if not at least put it on the same cart as one/both the other games please Nintendo.
I'm hyped for this. I can (kind of) see why some people are upset, but the prospect of finally beating one FE game only to have two more just sitting there waiting to be played is really exciting for me.
@Fee ...The removal of bikinis makes you less interested? That's very brave of you to admit. Personally I sit up and take notice when bikinis are removed
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Re: Nintendo Removes Infamous Drugging Scene From Western Localisation Of Fire Emblem Fates
@MadAdam81 Do you really want to live your life bundled in cotton wool in case some nasty foreign attitude hurts your feelings? Personally I'd rather the censorship brigade would just stop telling us all what we are allowed to see... also learning japanese is quite hard.
Re: Nintendo Removes Infamous Drugging Scene From Western Localisation Of Fire Emblem Fates
Here we go again
Will the censorship never end Nintendo? I'm really getting sick of this.
Re: Splatoon's Last Free Update Map Goes Live Tomorrow
What a great game! Sad to see all this amazing free content finally coming to a close.
...Bring on Splatoon NX!
Re: The Custom Hydra Splatling, Splatoon's Last Update Weapon, Goes Live on 15th January
@Mr_Diabolical Edgy hipster alert! ...Too cool for Splatoon ...No one understands but you!
Re: Reminder: Upcoming Extended Nintendo Network Maintenance Could Disrupt Online Play
Adding stability?
Re: Giveaway: It's Europe's Turn To Grab A Free Copy Of Cube Life: Island Survival
I actually won something!! Sweet!!
Thanks much guys! XD
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
@Mijzelffan If you're that sensitive I would suggest not reading through the comments, because like it or not people will have different opinions to you on any topic you care to mention. Leaving the comments open is fine, as long as it's well moderated; (and judging by the fact your abusive comment was removed, I think it's fair to say they're doing a good job).
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
@Mijzelffan Again, a tad harsh there. Seriously man, N Life just want you to play nice. Chucking around accusations like you were is not cool.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
@Mijzelffan A little harsh don't 'ya think?
Re: Video: Hudson's Abandoned R&D Lab Still Has Its Miniature Train Track In Place
We miss you Hudson.
Re: The Teaser Site For Fire Emblem Fates Has Just Gone Up in North America
@Rei It's slightly unnerving isn't it? I would have pre-ordered months ago if I could!
...Also, why don't we get an EU teaser site?
Re: Feature: The Biggest Wii U Games of 2016
I'm fine for now, Xenoblade Chronicles X is going to keep me going for ages!
...After that, Zelda please (Not Twilight Princess).
(I also have an shockingly large backlogue to work through).
Re: There'll Be More Senran Kagura Bursting Onto the Scene in 2016
@ZenTurtle I don't think Senran Kagura promotes sexism in the same way that I don't think the Saw films promote mutilating and killing people. The audience enjoy watching people die in the most grusome ways in those films and may get a strange enjoyment from the experience, but when they leave the cinema they don't suddenly believe the type of behavior they have seen is acceptable, nor do they try to emulate it.
We know we can't fly, we know it's wrong to kill people, or drive off a bridge, we know we can't shoot lazers out of our eyes. The nature of this type of fantasy is that it is an expression of something impossible, not a road map leading to the normalising of mass murder or the enslavement of womankind.
The very idea of scantily clad female ninja's running around fighting giant demons is ridiculous and kitsch, and no one playing these games takes its tongue in cheek portrayal of women seriously or believes it represents any real world situations.
Re: There'll Be More Senran Kagura Bursting Onto the Scene in 2016
@ZenTurtle Are you equally outraged by Call of Duty normalizing guns, or Street Fighter for normalising violence and unrealistic male body types? If not you're a hypocrite, but if you are, then you have missunderstood gaming:- It's a fantasy, it's an escape from reality.
You don't normalize something by sticking it in a videogame, instead you fictionalise it, it leaves reality and it becomes a parody. You can't hold the fantasy world of vidogames to the same set of rules as real life, after all, what use is a fantasy that can't break free from the the real world?
If you object to Senran Kagura then you object to freedom of thought, freedom of expression and to videogames as a medium.
Peace out.
Re: There'll Be More Senran Kagura Bursting Onto the Scene in 2016
No controversy here. Just a rather decent beat 'em up series with a slightly silly/unnecessary/harmless chest fixation.
I'm glad someone is still making side scrolling brawlers. (I'm still dreaming of Streets of Rage 4, (please Sega)).
Re: Game of the Year: Nintendo Life's Staff Awards 2015
@FierceRagnar That's exactly what I was thinking. No Codename S.T.E.A.M. is an absolute travesty! Hang your heads in shame Nintendolife!!
Re: Video: Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka Show Off Super Mario Maker
The cool uncle's of your dreams!
Re: Feature: A Year in Development - Shin'en Multimedia
When such a tiny team can create something so beautiful and so technically impressive, it really exposes the big third parties and their lazy, ineptitude.
I really hope they get the sales they need to make this a worthwhile endeavour. We need talented indies to have the confidence to make these kind of ambitious games and show the big boys how it's done.
Re: Feature: A Celebration of HAL Laboratory - Forever Focused on Fun
No mention of where their cool name comes from?
I am dissapoint.
Re: Review: Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey to Kyoto (3DS eShop)
Is it worth a pound though? At that price I'm tempted.... Anyone?
Re: Sales for Dementium Remastered Have Been Much Lower Than Expected
@WaveGhoul I'm sure they aren't a bad dev team - just misguided.
Re: Sales for Dementium Remastered Have Been Much Lower Than Expected
"Although most Renegade Kid games have been fairly well received and advertised, some factor is just preventing them from really catching on with gamers."
...And that factor is them repeatedly making unappealing games.
Example: Mutant Mudds - Play as an ugly pixel art rendition of a stupid dork and travel through a generic, uninspiring world, while battling bland enemies made of mud. Who'd of thought a game like that would put people off?
Re: Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei Dated For a 19th April Release in the West
@AVahne 'gone down hill' ...lol, um, whatever.
Re: Poll: Did The Final Video Presentation for Super Smash Bros. Provide a Memorable Ending?
I voted for Bayonetta, but was still SO surprised she won, as I thought no one else in the world wanted her in smash!
Just look at her move set though and try and tell me she's not going to be a great addition to the roster.
...That's right, you can't!
Re: Nintendo Download: 17th December (Europe)
Loving that Wii U sale. Curve Digital are going super aggressive!
Re: Feature: Time to Vote for Your Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards 2015
Splatoon wins hands down. It's the best game I've played this generation by a large magin. So original, so innovative and so much fun - it's a masterpiece and will be remembered as an all time Nintendo classic.
Also, what a soundtrack!
Re: Rumour: PEGI Rating Outs the Development of a Tharsis Port for Wii U
I'm happy that its comming, but I'm far from convinced by the trailer. Turn based strategy is the best thing in the world when it's done right, but it can just as easily be the worst, so the dev team really need to know what they're doing to pull this genre off.
...Dice rolls and ugly character models are certainly an ominous sign, but fingers crossed.
Re: Code Of Princess And Yumi's Odd Odyssey Studio Agatsuma Is No More
It's not my fault - I bought Code of Princess (even though we didn't get a physical release here in Europe).
Re: Fascinating Patent Shows Nintendo Portable Utilising Free-Form Screen Technology
Buttons please.
Re: Image & Form Celebrates SteamWorld Heist Release With an Open Letter to Fans
@imageform You guys are the best. Don't waste your time getting offended by idiots, waste it making more great games for little old me
Re: Random: Disney Engineers Play NES Classics In Innovative Fashion
...But does it do Blast Processing?
Re: GameCenter CX Takes on Super Mario Maker this Weekend
Who doesn't love a little CameCenter CX?
Re: Review: FAST Racing NEO (Wii U eShop)
Just what I wanted to hear.
Re: Art: Here's Another Western Take On The Legend Of Zelda's Link
@AVahne Not sure why you're insinuating people aren't real fans if they don't like a revolting drawing of Link.
Re: Art: Here's Another Western Take On The Legend Of Zelda's Link
Why are all these western attempts to draw Link so terrible. How can the Japanese be that much better at character design?!
This, and the last example posted a few days back are so shockingly inferior that it's not even funny.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
@rjejr The mention of 20 hours was not talking about completion time, but rather the reaching of a significant milestone (being vague as you seem to be avoiding spoilers). It sounds like it'll be as massive as the last game.
Re: Art: Halo Character Artist Gives Legend Of Zelda's Link A Realistic Makeover
That is hideous.
Re: Poor Odds of The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth Coming to Wii U as Nicalis Says It's "Not Much More Powerful Than a PS Vita"
So Wii U can do Xenoblade Chronicles X, but can't handle The Binding of Isaac? What an absolute lying assh*le this Tyrone Rodriguez is. If you're too lazy or stupid to do it just say that, but don't expect Nintendo fans to swallow this bullsh*t.
Re: Review: Stella Glow (3DS)
9 huh? This wan't really on my radar, but this review was so positive that I guess I'm going to have to add it to the vast amount of RPG's I'll be getting on 3DS over the next few months.
...I'm going to be so broke!
Re: Sacked Nintendo Treehouse Staffer Chris Pranger's Dialogue Has Been Removed From Star Fox Zero
I still can't believe this guy's stupidity. He flushed a cushy Nintendo job down the toilet because he wanted attention.
...I mean I do feel for the lad, but seriously - what a douchebag.
Re: Fire Emblem Fates Releases In North America On 19th February, Special Triple Edition Also Confirmed
@JaxonH - Well said.
...Nothing will change it now, so hopefully people can just enjoy playing or boycotting the games as they see fit, and stop being buzzkills for those of us who are really hyped.
Re: Fire Emblem Fates Releases In North America On 19th February, Special Triple Edition Also Confirmed
@sillygostly - Yeah I really hope Revelation has it's own boxed cartridge, but if not at least put it on the same cart as one/both the other games please Nintendo.
Re: Fire Emblem Fates Releases In North America On 19th February, Special Triple Edition Also Confirmed
I'm hyped for this. I can (kind of) see why some people are upset, but the prospect of finally beating one FE game only to have two more just sitting there waiting to be played is really exciting for me.
Re: Feature: How Mario Kart Brought Two Soul Mates Together
So sweet. Such triforce.
Re: Red Fly Studio is Trying to Resurrect the Cancelled Nintendo Exclusive Darth Maul Game
EA hates Nintendo gamers, so even if they do make it (which they wont), it will be a PS4, Xbone, PC only affair.
Re: International Age Rating Coalition System, IARC, Set to Come to the eShop "Very Soon"
About time.
Lets hope that the process can also be streamlined for physical releases.
Re: Review: Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water (Wii U)
Got it pre-ordered. Love a bit of Japanese horror.
Re: Cosplay Dreams Come True With Zelda and Zero Suit Samus Outfits in Fatal Frame
@Fee ...The removal of bikinis makes you less interested? That's very brave of you to admit. Personally I sit up and take notice when bikinis are removed
Re: Review: Chronus Arc (3DS eShop)
...Actually, I take that back. (I just watched the trailer... shudder).
Re: Review: Chronus Arc (3DS eShop)
Well a 5/10 JRPG is like a 7/10 for any other genre.
...What can I say, I'm a sucker for RPGs