Nep-Nep-Freak

Hello again, y'all! This weekend I'm playing:

Switch:
Dragon Quest XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition: I'm pretty sure that I'm almost done with all of the side stories between Act 1 and Act 2. I just finished the side story for Rab.
Animal Crossing New Horizons: I just paid for the first update storage upgrade yesterday. Time to begin saving up for the last one.

@anoyonmus, I kind of doubt that, since Tetris NES is on NES Nintendo Classics from NSO.

If the translation and character designs are true to the source material and it's on a physical cartridge, then I am interested.

@D-Star92,

You were asking about this recently, so I thought you would want to know about this 😀!

7/10.

A few maybes: Digimon (Switch 1, not Switch 2), Adventure of Elliot, and Kyoto Xanadu.

No guaranteed purchases though.

I wasn't getting any of these games anyway, but I do feel sorry for anyone who wanted physical versions of these games on the Switch 2.

Well, at least Indiana Jones being physical is good news, that's something to be happy about 😀.

So Switch 2 version is confirmed to be a Game Key Card? If I do end up getting this one, Switch 1 version it is.

This is only Switch 2, right? If it has an actual physical cartridge and the American version isn't censored compared to the Japanese one, then I'm sold.

Whatever, it's a nothingburger. Never played Overwatch anyway. Still kind of eh though, I'm not the greatest fan of unnecessary changes made to things that already exist, especially if it means the original thing is just lost (which is why I stay away from most live service games in the first place, just give me my uncensored JRPGs and I'm happy 😅)

Tetris 99 and F-Zero 99 are also still getting updates and new content as well.

I'm just hoping that any third party games that do release aren't censored in any way.

Super excited for the 30th anniversary of my favorite franchise!

I always loved the concept of the Ultra Beasts.

It's probably too much to hope for a new Neptunia announcement here because of NOA's current behavior with series like that at the moment, but I am interested in finding out more about the Adventure of Elliot.

@crudfish

https://localizers.ch/column/critique-of-xenoblade-chronicles-2s-western-localization-vs-original-japanese/

With all of this talk going on of Japanese media being censored worldwide more than ever, I've been interested in experiencing a lot more genuine Japanese media. The article that I shared a link for should explain everything that the localization of XC2 changed. Is it a super big deal? Not necessarily. But I've been wanting to experience a lot more genuine Japanese media lately, and this was one of the games I was interested in since I hear it has the most anime style tropes in the Xenoblade series, so I might still play it somedat anyway like I originally wanted to, but knowing that it's not 100% genuine is a bit disappointing 😢. Heck, as a Christian myself, the themes of Christianity in the original Japanese version actually sound interesting to me.

@kal_el_07241, Nintendo while revealing its financial report where the Switch 2 sold over 17 millions units be like:

https://youtu.be/2q35PgSXhKg?si=RcQZh37ZPG7M3mP4

Oh no, Nintendo is NintenDOOMED... AGAIN! 😉

@Debo626,

"(too revealing and overly "jiggly" for a kids game!)"

It's not necessarily a "kids" game though. It's rated Teen. There are plenty of kids games out there that don't have that kind of content though.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Uncut Edition that's closer to the original Japanese version of the game, please. I'd pick that up as soon as I could if it happened. A man can dream.

Future physical cartridge with all updates on it?

I might actually be interested in paying $70 for this game years from now, as long as I can buy a physical cartridge that has all of the game content on it 😉.

Just the assist mode for all characters makes the Switch 2 Edition better than the base game, but I still don't really think that warrants a pickup yet since I have been trying to limit how much money I give to Nintendo of America over the past year-ish for... reasons.

Congrats to Mario Kart and Pokémon!

I'm excited for Fire Emblem as long as the English version is not censored. A man can dream.

Congratulations on becoming the best-selling console ever, Switch! Very much deserved.

This and the Sakurai manga need an English translation. They'd be perfect for my growing collection of video game manga. While they're at it, Neptunia manga translations too please?

Here's some popcorn for today's Mario Kart vs. Sonic Racing argument, y'all 🍿

@CaptainQuo, they did make changes to outfit designs to make them tamer, which has unfortunately been happening to the Dragon Quest series a lot in recent years. As a matter of fact, that has been happening in quite a bit of Japanese games franchises lately because, as I mentioned in my first comment up above, unnecessarily tightened age restrictions in places like the EU and Australia. Also, the casino was taken out, so I hear.

To add more about the casino situation, the newest game in the Trails JRPG series, Trails Beyond the Horizon, which came out last month, did not release in Australia except on Steam, and if it did come out in Australia, it would've had a 18+ rating (because it has a casino) even though, with the content the game has, it really doesn't need that rating. If Square Enix had kept the casino in DQ7 Reimagined, the game would've been slapped with a very much unwarranted mature rating in the EU and Australia.

Yes, Square Enix most likely did decide to make the changes to the outfits and take out the casino themselves. But they also probably only did it because they didn't want to be slapped with a stupid, very much unwarranted mature rating. There's also the topic of the original designs being created by Akira Toriyama, and a lot of people like Dragon Quest because of Akira Toriyama's designs, so those designs being changed are also a complaint worth bringing up in that regard.

"Best-Looking DQ Ever".

I would probably give that title to DQ 11 S, but this game does look pretty good too in terms of art style.

@FrenchVaniIIuxe, probably because this game is the exact same on all platforms, and the design changes were seemingly chosen by the devs themselves (probably because they just didn't want to bother arguing with the increasingly tightening age restriction systems of the EU, Australia, and the like). The whole situation is just getting really out of hand.

Ranked 31st out of 146, with 11 questions right in close to two minutes time. The only question I got wrong was the new Joy-Con colors 😅.

Monthly quizzes are a brilliant idea!

What I voted for was Mario Tennis Fever, Super Mario Bros. Wonder S2E and Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, since those look the most interesting to me at the moment, especially if they're complete on physical cartridges.

But what I'm probably looking forward to the most this year is Pokémon Gen 10, and the next mainline Neptunia game (which probably isn't getting an American Nintendo platform release because of "guidelines" or whatever, and may actually be a Switch 1 game still).

Hello again, y'all! Before I begin, I would like to apologize for my behavior in the article about the new Tomodachi Life two days ago. I was just so mad about my attempt at being the middleman being denied, which caused me to start being snarky just because I thought that other people were being snarky too. I just want to apologize to the Nintendo Life community, since I have seemingly been given a second chance. Anyway, this weekend I'm playing:

Switch:
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Pirates of the Disturbance: I started this game a few days ago, after beating my most recent Neptunia game. It's a visual novel based off of an anime that I watched a few months ago and liked a lot. I'm actually borrowing my mama's physical copy of the game, since I don't own it myself. Though if it keeps being awesome, I will definitely want to buy my own physical copy at some point. I'm still on chapter 1, because I've been putting a lot more attention into...
Animal Crossing New Horizons: over the course of this week, I finished all 8 hotel rooms 🎉! But there's supposedly still some more stuff to do at the hotel (as well as more items to buy with the tickets) so I will probably go to the hotel again today. Also, I've been massively restructuring my entire island and changing water pathways, as well as getting rid of a few water pathways and adding a ramp. I'm making space for two new areas: a club area and a Zelda area, for when I eventually get a Zelda amiibo to be able to buy those. There's also a very, imho, underused area in the east side of the island that has hardly anything there, but I haven't decided what it will be for yet 🤔. Also, I'm very close to affording the update's first storage upgrade! In other words, ACNH has been keeping me busy 😅.
Among Us: I have almost enough beans for the Stardew Valley cosmicube and it expires in half a month, so I guess I'd better get on with that soon.

And this is why I prefer games that aren't live service 😬

The decline of physical video game stores, and just physical media in general, is depressing.

I think the way that Nintendo went here was a good move. Anyone who wants gay elements has the option to include them, and anyone who doesn't want to do gay elements has the option to not include them. I like having options like that.

And yes, Hugh Morris for Smash!

Also, as long as no words are blocked like in other Nintendo games, this is a definite pickup.

Hear me out, y'all: even though I am a massive Nintendo fan, I don't really care for the 3DS all that much (the horror!). Yes, I did own a 2DS back in 2023-2024 before it broke on me. And I enjoyed the small amount of games that I did play on it. But the 3DS was one of the consoles that came out back when Nintendo of America was really strict about third party game content. Heck, until the Switch generation, Nintendo of America was always strict about that sort of thing. I can guarantee you that something like Neptunia would never release on the 3DS, except maybe in Japan. That is why I do not miss the 3DS generation whatsoever.

Though I will admit, one thing I really do like about the 3DS generation is its menu music and personality. Now that, I do miss. And I'm glad I have the 3DS and Wii U menu music downloaded on my phone so I can listen to them whenever.

For some reason, the few times that I died in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom where Link kept on falling and rolling was fricking hilarious 🤣.

@ottoecamn, I will also give her the benefit of the doubt, since she just become the president. That benefit of the doubt goes away if the issue isn't addressed in a year or two though.

@JPEGMakima, @Dark-Luigi,

From what I've heard and seen, all of the "hentai" games on the Switch (especially the newer ones) aren't as extreme as Dispatch, in terms of the kind of content that is censored in Dispatch. Though I also haven't been on the eShop in months (been busy with Neptunia on PS4) so I might be a bit behind on the times in terms of the "hentai" games. I'm going to log on to the eShop now and check the content ratings of the more recent ones, assuming they are still being made, and then report back by editing this comment, since I'm now kind of curious about it myself.

Update: I have results. Surprisingly, all of the games with "hentai" in the title looked more realistic than anime-ish like before. And they were all rated Teen, with the only things included in the ratings being partial n*dity (I don't know which full words will get my comment removed) and s*xual themes (which doesn't mean actual s*x). There was also an American cartoon-like art style p*nty matching game, also rated Teen. Though I did eventually see a kind of anime-ish "sugoi girls" game that I was blocked from seeing information on because I'm technically still a minor for a bit longer and my family does have Parental Controls set up, so I couldn't get any rating details on that one. But yeah, it's obvious that those "hentai" games are only allowed on the platform because there's only partial n*dity in them.

Something is obviously going on at Nintendo HQ. They allow freaking Cyberpunk of all things to be uncensored (except the Japanese release, because CERO is stupid like that), yet this one is a no? Good freaking grief.

Cyberpunk of all things was allowed uncensored. Yet this, for some reason, was seemingly not?

WHAT THE ACTUAL **** IS GOING ON

"This has been today's episode of People Will Still Buy It Anyway! Tune in next week for another episode!"

Jokes aside, I'm glad that I don't pay for any gaming subscription services outside of NSO. I prefer to pay once up front to play, without having to pay again later. Just saying 🤷‍♂️. Other people can spend their money on as many subscriptions as they want though.

I have heard of this game and Operation Rainfall, it does look good and a remaster (without any censored designs, of course) would be nice.

Speaking of Operation Rainfall, let's start a second one to get games like the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy released on Switch in America and Europe 🔥.

This just sounds like a completely different game now, and I don't know if I like that 😮.

@OctolingKing13, just having a game complete on the cartridge is very nice. No digital storage taken up, and if I ever wanted to factory reset my Switch 2 and turn it into a completely offline console when Switch 3 or whatever comes out (which is what I am doing with my original Switch when I get my Switch 2), then I'll have all the game content still in that scenario.

Please, please, PLEASE get a physical cartridge revision with all updates on the cart by the time I get the game 🙏.