MrGawain

UK, Europe, Canada, and the rest of the world don't have tariffs on Japanese products. It may cost more in the US, but that doesn't mean that will translate to sensible countries.

The base game is a lovely little gem when you play it on the PS5, but I think the performance on the Switch, the delays, and the pricey but short and inconsequential DLC has tarnished Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes. Even EC: Rising ‘Pre LC’ was irrelevant, where the story really had no bearing on the main game.

Playing the Suikoden Remaster has reminded me how engrossed I was with all those interwoven stories that captured my imagination. Eiyuden Chronicle has suffered by not knowing when to stop.

Marmite gaming. If you love them (I do), they’re all 10’s or 9’s. If you don’t I’m guessing you rank one of them low and haven’t played the rest.

Xbox has options. They can continue the console business, push the subscription service, go 3rd party, build a Steamdeck competitor…

…I just wonder why they are spending money on all of these options? Jack of all trades….

Two tins and a bit of string would be improved chat on the Switch.

Traditionally there is a problem and you design a technology to solve it.

Foldable screens is a tech that they're trying to invent a problem to solve, and one that makes the tech more likely to break implementing it.

Suikoden was a better game than Final Final Fantasy 7 then, and has aged far better now. And it didn't need 3 disks.

My favourite games ever, and probably the last games I will buy for the original Switch.

I get the feeling the video will just show why these games are so loved by its fans, and the only people who will watch it will be those fans.

I tend to think people like bitesize gaming on a handheld. Stuff like GTA6 is the sort of thing you play on a bigger screen for an afternoon, not just on a bus for 10 minutes. And for that you don't need a grand of machine.

Even if Nintendo only released a big 1st party exclusive every other month they would still be running rings around the other two’s output. I’d much prefer a great game every 3-4 months like Pikmin 4, FE 3 Houses, and Bayonetta 3 than a continuous supply of games like Sushi Striker, Mario Golf, and Mario vs DK.

Knowing Nintendo they’ll use 3DS remakes to supplement the regular full priced Switch 2 releases.

If I’m honest I’ve played all of these games too recently to feel pangs of nostalgia yet. I Missed out on a lot of GameCube and Wii games, but I was all in for the Wii U and 3DS.

You can sort of understand it. It's basically a discount on a new game in a time game development is more expensive, not to mention the threat of those tariffs for US sales. If it isn't financially viable then fairs fair.

The reason Nintendo’s IP is so valuable is because it’s managed by Nintendo, with a measure of restraint and logic of how they use it. Even the lesser games are of a level of quality that any o the developer would die for.

Meanwhile Crash Bandicoot….

Of course, it's traditional to have a Kirby port at the end of support for a Nintendo console.

Seeing Switch games will play on the Switch 2, it seems silly to make any less graphically intense games for only the Switch 2.

I’ve pretty much ruled out buying a PS5 Pro or PS6 at £600+. Realistically I will eventually buy a Switch two, but how soon is dependent on price and launch lineup. I would say £300-£400 is a good price to get me to bite straight away.

‘Acquire New Players’.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated into the EA play collective.

It will make a squillion dollars and 'fail to reach Square Enix's expectations'.

I don’t own an XBox, but if I did I think I’d be sick to death of Phil Spencer talking about how much he loves everyone else’s platforms when his own is apparently an afterthought.

Dragon Age was a bit of a mess, but I wonder how much the FIFA/FC name change has affected EA? Or perhaps the price increase and the add ons has made people think they don’t have to buy it every year?

EA needs to tap into the magic infinite player base with infinite wealth and infinite free time that live in makebelieveland.

I liked Astrobot. It was very familiar in relation to a lot of the Mario Mechanics. Stylistically it was very fresh.

If there was a few gripes I had with it was the fact it didn’t do a good job letting you know where you were in the 3D space sometimes (the camera angle shifted at awkward moments), the level design on the challenge levels were unfair as you had no awareness of what was coming next before it killed you, and on occasion the buttons where fractionally unresponsive when you had to jump multiple times in succession. Mario does these details better.

Even the worst Mario games are better than the competition. Astro Bot was fun, but judging the jumps in 3D was off, the buttons occasionally felt unresponsive, and some of those challenge levels threw unfair blind surprises at you so you had to keep trying and failing to extend the play time. It isn’t just an image- Mario gaming is a feeling of control that appeals to people. Banjo Kazooie isn’t know by the general public, especially in a modern gaming context.

People know Nintendo quality, and any challenger to the crown is going to have to build up a lot of trust before selling numbers like the plumber.

As Nintendo continually tells us: Software sells hardware. It’s a very nice another Switch, and the new Mario Kart looks fun, but it will need a strong first year lineup for me to bite straight away.

It looks like it will be more a long form rally type game from the footage.

Competition time! Let’s see who can hold their breath until the reveal. Last one conscious wins the Internet.

To me the joy of the Switch is it catered for so many different tastes. It has 3rd party, it has indies, it has retro, and perhaps the greatest collection of Nintendo titles ever.

You can’t talk about the Switch without noting it has the greatest collection of RPGs ever either. I don’t think you can define this system with just 8, 10, 20, or 50 games.

You wonder why Xbox are making their own handheld (or any platform) when they want to put all their games on everything else.

We’ve seen a 3D print out of a slightly larger Switch. Undoubtedly that will be the Switch 2, but without the games we don’t know the stuff that matters.

Just think of all the Assassin’s Creed games we will be able to play on the Switch!

(Goes back to playing Ace Attorney and Tetris).

The fact that they’re celebrating shows they’re committed to Bayonetta 4.

The strength of Star Trek has always been the stories and deep, relatable characters. I really don’t see the point of a game like this that ignores that.

With the N64 and Gameboy advanced add on to the NSO I found that once I played through the things I wanted to play and realised some of it didn’t hold up, it became pretty redundant so I cancelled it. Same with Netflix. It doesn’t matter if it’s £20 or £2 a month, if you’ve had your fill you don’t remain subscribed.

I love Nintendo, and my interest in PlayStation has been waning as they really aren’t making much for my appetite, but I think the ‘Next Gen’ is so uncertain at this point there is no guarantees anyone will succeed, or even by competing with a black box that connects to the telly.

Besides, Nintendo has been syncopated with the other two on its releases for a while now, would it in Gen 9 or 10 anyway?

He couldn’t really accept his award and say: ‘nope, never heard of Nintendo’ could he?

You would hope Sony might be paying attention to the fact there is more to games than live service shooty games and cutscene dense games about child/parent issues, and they should lean into this success.

I’m pretty sure the PS5 will be the last monstrous box connected to my telly. The games I envisioned for the system (fun Japanese stuff) haven’t really materialised, and there are now other ways to access streaming tv- basically just through the tv. I can think of better ways to spend £700+ than on a PS6. I can’t be the only person in my situation, and that’s going to hit PS and XB bad next Gen.

As for Nintendo, I know their console will have another Mario, Zelda, Xenoblade, Bayonetta, MK9, and all the rest that I love to play. I may not buy the Switch 2 day one, but I can put enough confidence in knowing they will deliver.

Neither company is thinking ‘let’s make a handheld and then craft games that will work well on the system’. They’re thinking ‘this Gen has been really disappointing, let’s put out a handheld and then slap all the games designed for 4K TV’s from this Gen on it’.

Power, Battery Life, Memory, File Size, Sound, Text Size, Save Points, Internet Connectivity- they all have to considered when making games for a handheld console.

Nintendo always designs their games to work on the console, not the console to play a bunch of games from wherever.

Even though Nintendo and Sony’s tech was compatible, I very much doubt their business practices would have been for very long even if the SNES/Playstation had been put into production.

Two sets of big feet waiting to be stepped on.

All the game awards has done this year is highlight how few really fun games have come out, and barely any of them have been full triple A games.

I’ve enjoyed Zelda and FF7R this year, but my favourite game has been Eiyuden and pretty much everything else has been remakes or just old games.

I don’t think I’m the target audience for the gaming awards.

I love these games, definitely both in my top 5 all time games.

Not entirely enamoured by the updating of the opening or the profile pics (I always think these redrawings make it look like a flash game. Even so I think this will probably be the final game I will buy for the original switch, which seems like a beautiful bookend for a system that has everything I could possibly want.

@Simone93

It probably is, as Immortals wasn’t that bad either.

But it’s pretty obvious their R’n’D department is a bunch of people sitting around playing Nintendo games.

@Tempestryke

Yes, Ubisoft bought it in 2001.

But the last one (the lost crown) was DEEPLY influenced by Metroid Dread.

Remember their BOTW copy Immortals?

Remember their Metroid Dread copy Prince of Persia?

Oh well, at least Ubi is aware the lack of variety on other consoles and is borrowing from the best. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I prefer to see the story of Link and Zelda like a fairytale. Fairytales don’t have sequels- Sleeping Beauty doesn’t go back to bed for an afternoon nap. But Sleeping Beauty has been retold many times where things happen differently, and I see every Zelda game just as a retelling of the story again, but from a different storyteller’s perspective.

…Because there aren’t enough original triple A games released this year to fill out an entire programme of backslapping.

How to watch the Game Awards.

With little expectation.

Seeing there isn't much further they can go with power that makes financial sense, a portable system could attract a different audience.

IF the have offline games to play on it.

Xbox is trying to change the way we pay for gaming. Playstation is hell bent on selling us high priced tech we probably don't need that isn't supported properly. Lots of people who like that sort of gaming are considering in moving from console to PC. The concept of live services is a bad taste in everyone's mouths.

In the meantime Nintendo are reassuringly stuck in their ways as just making fun little games that distract us from reality for a bit.

I owned this on PS1 and the DS. It was even remastered for iPad I think.

I question if we really need another remastering of this game, even if it is a high point of the genre?

Good to know EA will still be releasing FIFA 17 under a different name each year.