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I feel tempted to get this, because Three Houses is my 2nd favourite game ever, but BOTW is my #1, and I couldn’t really get in Age of Calamity, so I reckon I’ll just look up the story and supports online instead.

I like the new characters.

How do her glasses stay up, she doesn't have a nose?

Missed opportunity to use the Veteran trainer class in the article image.

Romance is barely in Fire Emblem. It was a story integrated unit customisation feature in Geanology and Awakening, and an optional mini game in 3H. Fates is the only entry that really has "dating sim" elements.

Link looks pretty normal in this. Why did they hide his face so much in the E3 trailer?

The best Mario Kart is always the most recent console entry.

My answers for both are the NES entries.
I love Majoras Mask, TP is very good, and I genuinely prefer all of the NSMB games to 3 and World. However, whilst I enjoy it overall, Sunshine is easily my least favourite 3D Mario. Too much jank, and reaching the good levels involves persevering through the pachinko, the poison river, the sandbird, and massive amounts of filler. Seriously, remove red coins, blue coins, and the janky nonfunctional levels, and there's only 40/120 shines left.

@AlanaHagues I recommend Kirby Superstar as a good place to start. It’s a collection of multiple shorter campaigns, each with a unique twist, and it’s on NSO.

“Game rush bad”- The producer of Mario Sunshine

I have been put off playing it by looking at the maps. Some of them look worse designed than in Gaiden/Echoes. I didn’t know that was possible.

Candy Crush may not be comparable quality wise, but it’s influence on the mobile gaming space, for better or worse, was massive.

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What happened to Dorcas?

@Arawn93 Yes it’s just the opening segment, but 1) I’m pretty sure that’s what @buggysdad was talking about, and 2) That opening segment can take a while to get through. Literally every time a new system is introduced, there’s a screen of text. Given the depth, it’s a lot for a newcomer to keep track of, and the game is pretty bad at “show, don’t tell”. When you get more experienced, it’s a pick up and play game, but it can take a while to figure out in the first place.

@Arawn93 You get the basic controls down quickly, but there a billion different menus and systems (each with an accompanying text wall) that take a while to learn/understand. Each round may take 15mins, but learning the game mechanics can be incredibly overwhelming for newcomers and take far, far longer.

Is duck —> I pick duck.

SprayDuck.is clearly superior to Sprinklotad, and especially Wailmer pail.

Credits at ~70 hours with ~80 shrines.
Spent an additional ~40 hours clearing the remaining shrines and just messing around in the world.

Main system is fine, but one of the joycon drifts.

@Aneira But this game is like Fire Emblem. The comment about Octopath was separate.

The people in the article are the crazy ones and not the people here getting irrational upset about the fact that somebody dared to have a mildly critical opinion? Yes it’s a non issue… so why are you all getting so worked up about?

@SportyMarioSonicMix
The desert isn’t the first level, and there no “place” to save progress because it’s a menu option.
Maybe you should try giving it more of a chance? You might end up enjoying it more than you did last time.

For me personally:
2017- Breath Of The Wild
2018- Super Smash Bros Ultimate
2019- Fire Emblem Three Houses
2020- Super Mario 3D All Stars (First time I played Galaxy)
2021- Metroid Dread
Honourable mentions are Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition and Dragon Quest XI

Looks good, but I played so much of Fire Emblem 3 Houses, I think I’m burned out of the genre for the time being. Maybe I’ll pick this up in a year or so, but I expect that the next Fire Emblem will have been at least announced by then, which would take priority for me.
Still haven’t played Octopath either…

I use Crunchyroll for Wii U. It crashes a lot, but none of the ads load either!

Everybody says it won't be rushed, because Gamefreak has two teams, so PLA was being separately, but I think instead of making two games at once, they should put the entire studio on one project, so we can have larger scale games semi regularly.

Also why are so many people making sweeping generalisations about the games quality/lack of when we've seen a minute of cutscene footage? There is basically no information in the trailer, but people are already casting their final judgements.

@Royalblues
Every gen has had a different artstyle, yo can compare them side by side and see a slow transition. The designs were always "anime" it's just that each gen matches the stylistic conventions of the era they were made in.
Also the ai thing has no reflection on quality. You absolutely could create an ai that generated 90s style anime characters, for example, its just that nobody has bothered to (at least high profile).

The open world is stated to be seamless, so hopefully a step up from Arceus.

Scarlet is serif and patterned and violet is sans serif and starry. May be a past and future/ tradition and innovation theme?

#TeamViolet
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I’d do fine in the army, I already know the weapon triangle!

They’re really cool, but I’m worried that Squenix is releasing them too fast and reaching saturation. Then again, after DQ 3, I want DQ4-6 in the same style.

@Fizza The XY bug was a widespread issue in the official release, but I believe that the SM bug turned out to only be in pirated ROMs.

I watch it on the Wii U. It’s barely functional and occasionally crashes, but because it’s barely functional, the ads don’t load 😉

Welcome to the cult.

@Snatcher The first game is a critique of libertarian ideology and the works of Ayn Rand.

Can't wait for people to complain about "Netflix making it woke" as if it wasn't always political.

Mini World like the MiniLand theme park from Mario vs Donkey Kong?

To preface this, I like PLA (8/10 imo). I used to believe that an overhaul in this style was the only way to modernise the series. Then I played Dragon Quest 11. Like Pokémon, it has a rigid turn based combat system and extreme linear world design, and yet it never once felt dated due to how polished everything was, the amount of personality in the designs of enemies, the creativity behind some of the environments, and a basic story and characters being elevated by sheer charm. Whilst changing a formula from the ground up can be a great approach (see BoTW), it isn’t always necessary. Sometimes all a series needs is a renovation rather than a reconstruction.

I want to like it, but I really cannot put up with the first few hours. Only 1 party member with basic attacks, and you need to grind repeatedly (at least in my experience).

Longclaw is a superb owl.

Flute summons Wyrdeer

Next console releases holiday 2024, Mario Kart 9 and Metroid Prime 4 as the big launch titles.

Everyone complaining about this like it’s replacing a mainline entry. This should be 90% developed by Koei Tecmo, whilst IS is doing their own thing.

Pikmin 4 or we riot.

Pop still exists?

@Dr_Lugae It’s a lot more complicated than that. Pokémon Go has increased brand recognition to greater than it was in the GBA and DS eras, and the Switch has a much larger install base than the 3DS, as well as having a healthier ecosystem than pretty much any previous Nintendo handheld. These will have all contributed to higher sales. Almost all 1st party Switch games are among the best performing in their series, regardless of quality. The increased sales have less to do with the quality of the games and more to do with the system they’re on, as more users + more hype = more people willing to try new series they know little about.

This was my audition for Detective Pikachu 2.