Munchlax

“What do you play?”
“The 3DS”
“No, what instrument?”
“The 3DS”

Interesting that Lets Go maintained viewership much better than the games with larger peaks.

@Varkster S/M are my favourites and were widely praised upon initial release, but many fans have started panning them since. They definitely have a lot of flaws, such as long unskippable cutscenes and even more linear design than normal, but I like them because they are probably the most unique entries, and also have the strongest sense of theming.
The reason the have higher sales is probably 1) They launched on Wednesday rather than Friday, and perhaps more importantly, 2) They released less than half a year after Pokémon Go, whilst the craze was still ongoing.

Probably just Pokémon. It’s good so far. Far from the best game I’ve ever played, with plenty of flaws, but I’m still enjoying myself.

Look Mum, I’m on a jacket!

I swear we see this article for every new Pokémon game?

@ThomastheDankEngine
Actually, yes, I think that all Pokémon games GBA onwards have been severely underpowered for the hardware they’re on (compare RSE to Minish Cap for example).

Just because the game is good, and I’m glad it is, doesn’t mean the complaints about the graphics are unfounded. Even if it doesn’t majorly impact enjoyment, the visuals are still inexcusably bad for a modern AAA release. The overall quality of the game doesn’t excuse it from criticism of its flaws.

Fire Kotick please.

Majora’s Mask
The Zora swimming and reworked boss fight are a shame, but they added:
Gyro aiming
Save anytime
Reworked Bomber’s Notebook
Fishing Minigame
Improved song of double time
Reshuffled item placements to make more sense
More minor QoL
If you played the original, maybe you were a little disappointed, but for a player like me who first experienced it on 3DS, I would take all of these QoL over being able to swim fast without holding down a button.

The divine beast are separate maps. They won’t load in until the story cutscene is triggered, or you quick travel to them.

@Grumblevolcano The first proper Bowser’s Fury trailer released on the exact same date last year, I believe, and we still got a February direct.

If they really were being cancelled, then why only pull the digital version. If they were being forced to stop selling the game, surely they would have to stop producing the physical board game as well?

It’s not “cancelling” or “censorship” if they made the decision on their own, and there’s no evidence to say there was any third party involved. It may be a stupid decision, but you all need to get a grip and stop treating everything like a conspiracy.

I like how we have an NFT article tag.

I guess this balances out the amiibo, but I, perhaps unpopularity, think M!Byleth looks much better. The Byleth armour design has a lot of weird elements, and these are just exaggerated in the female version of the costume. Also, her eyes are twice as large as every other character in the game, and I think that just looks bad.

Fanboyism is dumb.
Like what you like, but acknowledge the flaws that your favourites have, and acknowledge the appeals of the other side.
-Confucius, probably

How to win battle royale:
1) Pick Hagakure.
2) Hide as everybody else takes each other out.

As a new player, I am confused by everyone here and in other parts of the internet saying that a 200 hour game is offensively short.

@RupeeClock
Tbh, locking features behind a paywall in the remakes is actually worse.

@DomGC
The GTS
The Pal Park
Base decoration and capture the flag.
2/3 rounds of the contest mini game.

It would need to maintain its current pace, but Nintendo’s used up most of their arsenal by now. Unless there’s a price drop or major revision, I think sales are going to start slowing down.

@AlexSora89 I never ended up getting the DLC, but Byleth actually made me come closer than any other character.

Spelunky 2 is fantastic (but I played the PC version).
My best run is only about 2/3 through, but according to steam achievements, that’s still above average!

Seeing Xenoblade 2 above 1 saddens me, but is an opinion I respect.
Not seeing X at all is what gets me. Best in the series, but it’s existence seems to be largely ignored.

@sketchturner @Jmjfrank Its hard to tell when zoomed out, but there are uniquely modelled eyes and eyebrows, this was 100% intentional. To see for yourself, screenshot and increase brightness and contrast (I don’t know how to post the image I have).

Why is redoing the Kanto designs a higher priority than getting out the Gen 4 shirts whilst the remakes are relevant?

Desinwise, most of these are monstrosities, and yet the art style is perfectly replicated even down to the shading.

@DDFawfulGuy
I haven’t tried lava, but I have pushed them into a river, and that also instantly kills them.

@SuperZeldaFun
Isn’t it already implied that all time lords are bisexual because they don’t have the same perception of gender due to how they can change sex upon regeneration?

I’m fairly certain that BOTW’s lava is actually water with a “death layer” on the top that only affects Link. I believe this is also how the poison river in Mario Sunshine works.

@MegaVel91 If they want it to sell, why wouldn’t they make it look as good as possible in the prerelease rather than relying on “pleasant surprise”?

I really want this to be good, but GameFreaks track record is hard to ignore. The graphics are still poor, but more worrying is the fact this carefully scripted clip is the closest we’ve had to live gameplay. The game comes out in a month and it feels like we barely know anything. I’m not optimistic but hope to be proven wrong.

C'mon guys, regardless of your overall opinions of these games, you have to agree that there is no good reason not to have online matchmaking.

I think you're missing Bayonetta 3 in 2017, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance in 2018.

@Bondi_Surfer
No disrespect, but run is mapped to B and crouch is mapped to clicking in the left joystick, so I’m honestly not sure how you keep managing that?

The NES entries, like in most series, just don’t hold up today, not matter how influential they were.
The difference between the original and ALTTP, which isn’t even one of my favourites, is night and day.

The people on this site complaining about other people not liking the games seem greatly outnumber the people they are complaining about.
This has become the opposite situation to Swsh- at the start of the gen, people couldn’t say they enjoyed the games without being shouted down by people who didn’t, but now expressing a negative opinion of BDSP gets an equally overblown reaction from the NL comments.

Sad we never got it, but I disagree with some of the above commenters, the Switch version has a way better artstyle.

“Do you remember Komala? If you said yes, we’d say you’re a liar. Komala’s design is so uninspired it looks like a caricature drawn for a child's alphabet book (K is for Koala!) rather than a Pokémon.”
Komala is one of my favourite Gen 7 Pokémon 🙁

@Specter_of-the_OLED
Previous Pokémon remakes had massive improvements over the originals. This is the same game with a few QoL features.

I was worried you had linked the SiivaGunner version for a second.

Personally, this disappoints me. I want remakes to innovate upon the originals, but if this approach gets higher sales with lower budget, its what we're going to see more of going forward.

Yes let people enjoy things, but people are equally entitled to not enjoy things. Obviously it’s great, it’s diamond and Pearl, but forgive me if I don’t want to pay $60 for “Platinum, but worse”, an inferior version of a game I already own.

@TheWingedAvenger
The titles being remade are not playable on 3DS, and that last paragraph is definitely a logical fallacy. (But yeah, they still aren’t going to big numbers purely because it’s a niche series).

I never would have believed they'd have been so bold as to base their line entirely off of Gen 1. Truly unique.

I'm begging you Pokemon company, please make merch lines outside of gen 1.

Twoka Laylee

@TheBigK
This PR is for marketing purposes as well.

Sun and Moon are my favourite.
HGSS are my least favourite (outside of SWSH, which I dislike for other reasons).
I swear I’m not being deliberately contrarian.