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Happy Birthday to Nintendo and all those passionate individuals who made these games possible. My old NES is still working and in my childhood bedroom at my family’s house.

Look forward to many more great memories.

Yeah I voted Europe here, because I like that elegant black and gold color combination.

If we were to include any edition of the game, I’d give it to the package art (not cover art for game) that the recent European Limited Edition got. That image of Koholint Island is beautifully composed and leaves a lot to the imagination.

@Joeynator3000 Yeah I like the concept of the Zelda Maker, but I don’t know if wandering around user created dungeons would be that much fun. Part of the appeal of Zelda is the overworld, characters, and towns in the games.

I love Mario games, but they are usually pretty one note, with platforming taking center stage. Zelda games have a bit more going on than that.

Nintendo has continued to release new DLC content for a lot of their games, even Wii U re-releases like Captain Toad. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did something more with Link’s Awakening in due time.

Hey but at least it has that sexy D- Pad right?.... No?

Ok I tried...

I haven’t replayed the entire game in quite some time, but I remember how great it was for the time. I’d love to be able to do Star World again, but I forgot how to access all the levels.

@CrimsonMoonMist That’s cool. Congrats on getting the PS4. Lots of great games in the library.

I recommend picking up Bloodborne, once you finish off your first batch of games. Just thinking about my memories of that game gets me anxious and my heart racing. Not good for your health, but a good game nonetheless.

Ahh... still working on Astral Chain, but I couldn’t resist Link’s Awakening, so I’m downloading that right now. I was going to get the physical edition, but the download is so small and I’ll likely never sell it and do yearly playthroughs of the game.

I heard mixed things about the chamber dungeons, but considering how much I liked the jumbled layouts in Cadence, I think I’ll get some value from that.

How many of these Neo Geo emulation devices are they making now? Seems like a new one every month.

@NEStalgia Do you have a Roll & Rocker too? I bought that hunk of junk back in the day.

@Kalmaro Also that game based on the Dark Crystal series is being released at some point.

I hope it gets some Nintendo cameos.

Well now that Angry Bunnies has arrived I’m going to need to put every waking hour into that.

No, EVERY WAKING SECOND.

But seriously, Link’s Awakening will be one I’ll get on in a week or so, after completing Astral Chain. I’ve put way more time into these SNES games than I thought. Hope Nintendo will hook us up with with DK Country and Super Punch Out! soon.

@nessisonett Haha. Yes!

“Game Oooooovvvvveeeerrrrrr”. 🐌

@nessisonett Yeah I like the life simulator aspects of the game as well. It’s the dying and losing an hour and a half of progress, then going back to do the same series of turned based battles that caused me to shelf it for a bit. For some reason when I die in a game like Dark Souls, I can’t wait to get back in there and whoop that demon’s backside. But in JRPGs I find it more like a chore.

Still a fantastic game and one that I’ll get around to finishing.

@TheFox When online multiplayer does come, I’ll bet the community will be active. Considering it’s the best realistic racing sim on the Switch, and going to be the only one likely for the next year or so- I’m guessing it have many active online players.

I’ll definitely bite later. Really liked Dirt, even though I never won a race in that game. Looks to be a bit more arcady than that game, so I’m happy to see that.

@nessisonett I have this game downloaded on the PS4, but I haven’t played it yet. I also haven’t beat Persona 5. Sadly I think the Switch has spoiled me a little and now I’m used to just playing stuff at the coffee shop and around my house.

I’ll get around to it though. Sounds great.

@ShaiHulud Yeah I would agree with you there. There are good video game narratives out there, but that isn’t one in my opinion. Unless you find Rick from the Walking Dead and Ellen Page’s character from Juno really compelling for some reason.

@60frames-please If you have an iPhone and like puzzles, then I highly recommend Device 6 by this developer. A really unique experience that surprised me.

@nessisonett Yeah. There you go, sockpuppeting.

Gotta love the way “certain people” parody the other side. He probably thinks Carl Benjamin’s humor is really funny and cutting edge.

@Patron Congratulations on being the worst troll of all time. Showing your hand so obviously that no one can possibly take it seriously. Unless that’s your point.

@ShaiHulud Yeah. To my knowledge video games don’t have their equivalent of Sunset Blvd. or 8 1/2. Worth a shot if they can get it right.

Lure the Belmonts/ Little Mac slightly off the ledge for the win. 🌚

@Ludovsky Huh? What does Dragon Quest have to do with Zelda? Two totally different styles of game.

You’re right maybe world peace is possible. This will cheer everyone up!

Sees the next Castlevania is being made exclusively for ios and Android

Ohh well...

@Cyrax77 Yeah I don’t have a least bit of a problem with this. Especially since it seems like a game people are returning to again and again. I’ve gotten more out of some of these Zelda games on the 2nd playthrough

@Anri02 Yeah not a perfect site. I remember the article you are referring to. Definitely a bad take. Also they were too quick to jump to a conclusion on the controversial poster in Cyberpunk 2077. They didn’t seem to want to explore further the context of what such a poster meant in the world of the game.

But I don’t see the site as a terrible one either. Trying to find the political/social threads in video games is not a bad pursuit inherently. There seems to be an contradiction in the gaming community. You have people who see games as representing nothing outside the context of them being interactive playthings, not as forms of art or capable of having messages/themes that represent anything outside the world of the game. It seems like some in the community criticize Kotaku and Eurogamer, not just for having bad takes but also for attempting ground the world of the game into a larger social context. Not all takes are going to be “fair” or “correct” going forward, but I applaud the very fact that the attempt is being made and I don’t think it’s right to criticize the pursuit.

@Taarna I don’t think Kotaku is the best site either, but I can’t see why it’s a “dumpster fire” either. They lean pretty heavy on the franchise fandom perspective, and are pretty kind to most things “quirky”, but they also do alright reviews and have some interesting takes on things occasionally. Definitely not a terrible site, just one that is designed to appeal to everyone in the tech/ anime/video game sphere. That kind of limits it from greatness.

@RiasGremory Yeah I just don’t understand how one could call a reviewer “biased against the game”, if the gameplay/story/characters doesn’t present any interesting objectives beyond “well that’s supposed to be sexy”. It doesn’t sound like the game contextualizes any of the gameplay in any meaningful way, other than the pure “thrill” of being able to do this to the girls in the game.

What’s going on here? Sounds like a pretty bad game with GameCube graphics in 2019. Uninteresting gameplay that makes no sense. Boring, bland characters and story.

I mean I like Ed Wood movies and Manos the Hands of Fate, but I acknowledge that those are poorly made films. If someone gave them a 3 I’d understand why.

If this is your kind of game, then so be it. But don’t get upset when someone doesn’t take your passion for shooting breast with love juice seriously. Ohh no, my porn game got a bad review😂

Will they be separate or will you need to download them together?

This is also the version of the game that Hideo Kojima said wasn’t very faithful since they aparently changed a lot. It’s still a decent and innovative game for the time, but also incredibly frustrating.

@Ichiyama I like the first Terminator a bit more because it more like a techno-noir-horror kind of thing. Reminds me of the early films of Ridley and Tony Scott. T2 is probably one of the most visceral action movies ever made, but it’s a bit too drawn out and the scenes of exposition and humor feel a bit routine.

I also voted NA.

@JR150 If they found a way to affiliate those series with Tom Clancy, then you might have yourself the next killer app for your smartphone. 😂

It’s not a surprising statement by Ubisoft, but the market is already crowded with open world games that are starting to feel more like bloated Hollywood movies than new satisfying gameplay experiences. I only felt like completing 2 of the 4 Assassin’s Creed games I played.

I’m interested in Gods & Monsters but I’ll be disappointed if it is just AC with a different skin.

How do you mess up a Contra game this bad in 2019? The only people interested in a new Contra game were the ones who played it back in day, and this doesn’t look anything like it. I also won’t be dropping money on this generic twin stick shooter when I already have Nuclear Throne and Assalt Android Cactus.

@Mr_Muscle I’ve been wondering about this since the remake was revealed. Nintendo maybe wouldn’t want to take focus away from the new game by saying the DX/original was included and /or take away from the element of surprise. It would be a great addition, even if it was added later as free DLC for those that finished the game since this is meant to a celebration of Link’s Awakening.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a superior game in every way to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. I know this community doesn’t rank sports games very high, but those Tiger Woods games are fantastic.

It’s a good top ten. But is my vision correct or did Killer 7 not even make the top 50? C’mon lovely people we can do better than that. One of the most innovative narratives for the time.

@NintendoByNature Bummer. I was going to try out Creature in the Well. What’s not grabbing you?

@Silly_G Yeah your right Cacodemon says Doom more than any other character. That would be a really funny addition 😆

Blasphemous has been my main game this week, and really impressed with it. Has a really great atmosphere and interesting set of characters, which set it apart from other Metroidvanias on the Switch. The enemy variety is quite good with a fair amount of challenge. The real challenge lies with the platforming required to get some of these optional items. There is one item at the top of a room that requires you perfectly dodge a swinging incense burner. That had me on the edge of chair more than some of the (amazing) boss battles.

@Silly_G I think Pinky would be sort of out of place as a fighter, but I’d love to see them as assist trophies. Not with updated graphics either, just the pixelated one.

Does anyone think there is a chance Nintendo will include the DX game with the remastered version? I remember you could play the original Metroid after beating Zero Mission, so it would be cool if they did the same with this release. Probably not though...

Reading this without playing the game, I feel like a guy who walked in the room on an awkward conversation.

I’m sure it’s well grounded in the story though.

@Ogbert Yeah I would have liked to see some Zelda and Metroid too. At least for now it seems like they are focusing on the Mario/Donkey Kong francises. Maybe later they will add attractions for others.

What would a Zelda section be you think? I can’t imagine seeing something like Hyrule Castle or The Temple of Time to scale (they would need to pull from Ocarina/BOTW since Lttp is a little bit less played by a modern audience).

@Galenmereth I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “lynch mob”. You mean people getting upset about things they read and voicing their opinion? Why is that bad? I thought the whole point of journalism was to inform the public on issues, so that they are able to form coherent opinions and be part of a “community”.

I wouldn’t say Kotaku have a perfect track record or anything, but man this comment section stinks. This is not just about the games industry or Nicalis. This concerns anyone who works and gets exploited and abused at their job. Believe it or not, we can do better than this.

I prefer exercises that get me out of the house and allow me see trees and birds and stuff. I’ll pass on this one but for those who’d like a game, and don’t mind looking a tad foolish in front of friends and family- just do it.