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The number one indicator of childishness is to consciously try to style yourself as "mature".

If there's any stage I wanted to come back, it's the alternate versions of stages such as Mushroomy Kingdom World 1-2 from Brawl (which would have served as an excellent stage for Piranha Plant, since the original SMB World 1-2 was its first appearance) and the greyscale version of the Game Boy Kirby stage from Smash 4.

I figured as much from the beginning.

So now that the entirety of the original trilogy is available on the Switch, any plans for a physical cart release of the Devil May Cry HD Collection like on other systems?

@gaga64 It doesn't work like that. "Quality" is a subjective measure and is irrelevant to the objective fact that they signed a non-disclosure agreement, violated it, and got burned as a direct result. It could be the greatest game in the world, and it still would not have changed their liability.

@jamesthemagi We'll see. A bunch of people swore up and down that they wouldn't buy Sword and Shield, only for it to bust sales records wide open. I'm just going to abuse the Wonder Trade to complete my Dex here.

Put in Xehanort instead. There could be one costume slot for each and every one of his alternate incarnations.

@diwdiws "AND You all know you can start the application without the updates right?"

Only an option for single-player games. If you're playing online multiplayer, the game refuses to let you until the latest build is completely downloaded and installed, as it should.

My biggest "Switch sacrifice" was Fate/Extella. The Sony-owned Aniplex ran a promotion through Fate/Grand Order for the then-upcoming Switch port of Extella. It ran at 30fps, meaning it was a step up from the Vita version, but inferior to the PS4 and PC versions in frame rate and graphics. But what really set the Switch version apart from the other versions was that all of the extra costumes were free and bundled with the base game, as opposed to spread out via microtransactions as in the other versions. This was especially important if you didn't like the futuristic redesigns of the Servants (especially the Tron lines on Cu Chulainn) and wanted to see them in their original Stay Night variations or in swimsuits without paying extra.

Furthermore, there was a Switch-exclusive variant of the CCC "Nero Bride" costume that had the zipper unzipped, which flew in the face of the then-popular narrative that Nintendo was less tolerant of lewd clothing than Sony.

@Investor9872 "FFVII Remake is a $60 game."

No, it's a $60 fraction of a game. It's sectioned off into chapters, and the chapter to be released this March will end at Midgar.

The big shot Smash players don't want Nintendo putting its fingers into the pie nearly as much as they think they do. Generally, big company sponsorship comes with strings attached, and some of the more outspoken players aren't going to like the feel of those strings. To take one famous example, if Nintendo were more actively sponsoring Smash pools, it wouldn't tolerate players like Leffen, Hungrybox, and Westballz groaning onscreen and asking their followers to boycott when EVO 2019 announced that Ultimate and not Melee would be joining the main roster.

The scene grew organically without the need for corporate sponsorship for the better part of two decades. Why change that now?

I'm a little annoyed that the Olympics game is still so expensive. You'd think it would come down in price some more given its developers are in bankruptcy court.

"They're scared that people will notice the lack of quality in the game being leaked."

Does anyone here seriously believe the quality or lack thereof factors into this? Nintendo and its affiliates have always, always taken a hard line toward people who broke street date. Games like Super Smash Bros. 4 and Ultimate, Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Awakening/Fates/Three Houses, and even Kirby Star Allies are littered with the corpses of YouTube accounts from people who got the games early and showed themselves playing them.

@Manah This wasn't a "localization" change. It was the Japanese CERO that forbade Sakurai from putting the Mai cameo in without changing the rating. She's not in any Japanese copy of the game either.

@Bobb Again, CERO. Games like Senran Kagura and Dead or Alive are typically rated "D" by CERO, which means tits and ass fanservice is generally allowed, so long as there's no actual intercourse (which would give it a "Z" rating). Smash Ultimate is "A", which means suitable for 10+.

No matter what your problems might be with the game, no developers deserve harassment or death threats. At the end of the day, it's just a video game. Have some perspective.

Brainiac: "What is the secret of your power? Tell me!"
Ryu: "The answer lies in the heart of battle."

@duffmmann The justification I heard for that was that they didn't know Pikachu and other Pokémon like Jigglypuff and Magmar had baby forms until Johto's Professor Elm discovered them. Of course, that begs more questions than it answers, but whatever.

@retro_player_22 Don't get your hopes up. Sakurai had to pull teeth and kiss butts to get everyone back, and the effort to do so isn't something so readily repeated. If we get a Smash 6, it will likely be a reboot of the series paring the roster back.

"Please, Nintendo fanboys, try to convince Nintendo to shovel enough money at us to bankroll Street Fighter VI like Sony did with V."

Chalk another one up for being surprised at how popular Dimitri is. I thought if any character from Three Houses would show up on this list, it would be Edelgard.

Keep in mind that this is just Harada being Harada and doesn't necessarily deconfirm a Tekken character showing up in Smash. A few years back, Harada told PC port beggars to kiss his ass when they inquired about a PC port of Tekken 7, just a few months before showing up in Microsoft's E3 2017 presentation with announcement of a Steam version of T7 to go along with the already announced PS4 and XBOne version.

Speaking of Dragon Quest...

The 1.0.1 demo patch for XI S is finally live in the West, for anyone (like me) who stopped playing due to crashing issues.

@BarefootBowser If you want recent games, I'd say "Vroom in the Night Sky". That was a genuinely awful game.

I was hoping that Samsora's Peach pulling a Bob-omb out of her ass and blowing up MKLeo's Joker in Shine 2019 would've silenced the competitive circuit's complaints about "RNG".

Can't say much except that I agree. Not every multiplat AAA needs a Switch port.

@Giygas_95 My big hope: Being able to use the nighttime course set without necessarily being wedded to the stage gimmicks.

Just a bit of clarification for the Robot Suit.

To get the Robot parts, you have to finish all of the Story Mode courses as Mario, with the red flag. That means no Luigi runthroughs or downloading items from Luigi's toolbar.

@LUIGITORNADO The brand name was what helped do the Wii U in, ironically enough. People were under the impression that it was just an expensive peripheral add-on to the original Wii instead of its own discreet console.

That's why you have so many Wii U titles being ported to the Switch and billed as new games, because for a surprisingly large portion of the public, they actually are.

@BenAV
Holy Hell. Clannad's out for the Switch? I honestly didn't know this.

Sothis's expression makes this article.

I've gone through three Left Joycons (the first one a launch, the latter two pre-owned) that have gone through drift. It is an issue.

No matter how well this game looks, I'm not buying it at launch anyway. I'd rather not have to pay extra for Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and who-knows-who-else the game is adding to the roster after launch.

This is extra-meaningless. The stock market has just reached the tail end of a rally and nearly everybody's coming down to Earth. Sony's stock dropped almost as much over this period, and as far as I know, they haven't come out with any news that would startle investors.