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Phantom Hourglass 3D remake in Windwaker HD engine.

@Not_Soos
I don’t think that the problems most people have with the environments in Sonic are to do with the aesthetics being ugly, more that 1) the realistic natural environments and the cartoon hedgehog seem jarring when put together and 2) the topography doesn’t seem appropriate for a platformer.

Website confirms non-linearity and free exploration.
Like the designs, not sure about leaning into memes with the naming of Smoliv and Lechonk.

I don’t get how playforming can take place in a world designed like that. Will it just be isolated linear platforming challenges interspersed through an empty open space?

Typing that last comment, I have learnt that “Balan Wonderworld” is now suggested in my predictive text for some reason? Conflicting feelings.

This will probably start the new Pokémon drip feed like in Gen 7/8.

@CharlieGirl
*trading and battling requires Link cable

I never understood why Hulk is enormous and She-Hulk is just a normal lady except green.

As someone from the West, I cannot vote for either because Kirby does not look sufficiently angry.

Insert Project M joke that I’m not clever enough to think of.

Crab news Wednesday

Switch DS. 2 screened portable that comes with a second monitor to plug into your tv.

Same Pokémon as usual. What about people who want to wear a Klefki or Alolan Grimer? They exist. Probably.

Nice article, but the Alola mom moved there from Kanto, so she would know what gyms were already.

Did you know that Sonic Prime’s logo went through 53 different iterations?

Being able to change characters on the fly is big, you can do more complex strategies if you're less ai reliant.
@SteamEngenius Were you doing all of the side quests? The level curve in the game is based on the assumption that you are doing at least half of them. I completed 66-75% of side quest I came across and don't recall having to traditonally grind at all until an infamous level spike 95% of the way through

I want Bugsnax mechanics integrated into Pokémon. I was disappointed by how little variation in Pokémon behaviour there was in PLA, so I like the idea of different Pokemon having different “puzzles” and conditions required to catch them.

@Joeynator3000 Maybe not the art style, but I can kind of see a resemblance in the environment designs.

Some people in this thread seem to think that this is Gavin’s personal list, when this is a ranking of Average User Score.

“One thing that is brand new to the Xenoblade series, however, is Class change.“ The avatar from X could actually change class, but it always bugged me that no other characters could, so this seems like an imporovement.

Never liked the NA versions of A Link To the Past/Link’s Awakening/Ocarina of Time. Even if iconic, they’re just kind of boring, and blend into each other.

@RubyCarbuncle Not everybody has those consoles though.

A fantastic game for its time, but one I was never able to finish. The overworld is great, but the dungeons are just really boring to me- you can tell it was their first attempt.
Loved A Link Between Worlds though.

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.

Rock
Filler text

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.