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@Antonis427 I'm playing through it and it's definitely great

Btw it wasn't completely snubbed though, as at least it was included as an honourable mention in one of the categories in the full list

@ChaoticIgnorance the IGF works differently from other awards

The developers have to submit their games, and they're evaluated for the year which they were submitted

Eastward was an entry in 2020. It didn't make to the Grand Prize nominees but it received a nomination for Excellence in Visual Art at least

https://igf.com/2020

@DrDaisy there's an article here mentioning workplace problems, devs being ghosted, game patches not being submitted

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/09/nicalis_investigation_reveals_tales_of_ghosting_slurs_and_mistreatment_of_staff

A more recent one here from a dev that had to re-release their game with an updated version because the original one was delisted by Nicalis and it can't be updated anymore

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/05/feature_save_me_mr_tako_dev_on_japan_franglais_and_parting_ways_with_nicalis

I was interested in the original but I skipped it due to Nicalis involvement, looks like they changed publishers so maybe I'll pick this one

I only play the Switch in handheld mode + headphones, it's pretty comfy

@nessisonett Maybe you could try a Binbok (I have it and I like it) or a Split Pad Pro (looks like some prefer it but I wanted a fully featured controller and the Binbok has gyro and rumble). I never tried a grip but they supposedly should help.

Anyway I know there's some demand for 4k or whatever but as of now the Switch has hardware more suitable for portable so portable is where it shines

That Fu and Damon backstory trailer was great btw, "The Return"
Would be interesting to see how it would turn out as a full-length movie or a show

https://youtu.be/g2nPg42xsXg

Hell yeah 😈

I'll take a look at the current free trial for a little bit and maybe I'll pick both the game and the song later

All look like potential good games, but Death Trash and Hunt the Night are the highlights here for me, looking forward for more info

Bamerang, Gravity Heroes and Toree look fun!
Articles like these are pretty interesting, there's probably lots of good stuff hidden in the eshop, it would be hard to keep track of every small game released and check for promising stuff, so it's nice to see some highlights!

A new title from Platinum is always exciting news, but as a plus this one has the same art-style inspiration as Okami

Hopefully it's just a timed exclusivity deal like some other titles from Apple Arcade that eventually were also announced for the Switch

Seeing a list of Frostbite games, I'm more interested in Mirror's Edge Catalyst than anything

But NFS Heat and maybe Star Wars Squadrons would also be interesting

From EA though what I want the most is an Alice Collection (they're non-Frosbite though) and maybe an Alice 3

It would be nice to see Vigilante 8 2nd Offense and the N64 Spider-Man remastered

+1 for Insect Glaive
It's pretty fun

@BTB20 still find it kinda sus, because it's "third version", not remake, not brand new game
But yep maybe they just compared 2 vs 2

@Silly_G oh that's true, didn't notice it at a glance, I do think the third versions should count too... Great numbers but then this is invalid, both Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and Diamond/Pearl/Platinum crossed 20 million too

Got the version with the expansion on cartridge and I'm enjoying it, the wild area, playing with Pokémon in the camp, the good old battle and catching mechanics

Surely the internet lowered my expectations though, so I went prepared

Btw lots of Switch entries are breaking records in their respective franchises, maybe Pokémon can get even better numbers if they get more ambitious... Maybe a wild area with more complex and believable behaviors, and Pokémon interacting with each other

Soonic Heeerooeesss, Soonic Heeeerooeesss

@nessisonett it's the third person shooter one, not the mobile ones
A port of the original PvZ would be pretty cool too though

I mean, they mostly drop new IPs so it's kinda hard to speculate about
But I'm hoping for a while for a new game from Cactusquid, either Hotline Miami 3 or a new IP from him
Edit: looks like Dennaton Games are working on a side-scroller rumoured to be called Sector X, that would be interesting

Kirby Warriors

Interesting
Xenoblade does look gorgeous seeing some exploration footage
The combat system doesn't look that appealing to me but maybe I'll give it a chance

It's not endless btw in case people scrolled to the pros and cons, the "endless runner style" means it's an auto-runner

Levels take like 1min to complete in total, but they're made of several chunks that have checkpoints at the start of them.

The total time of the level is the sum of time on individual chunks (dying in a chunk resets the count for that specific chunk). The level replay shows your chunks attempts like they were part of a longer continuous run

As the reviewer said, the controls are simplified, but now there's more actions overall as you can slide kick, dive kick, jump and middle-air punch/kick (which acts as a forward dash and if you hit an enemy you can do another one again). You can manipulate the reach of these actions by holding the buttons for a longer or shorter time. It's definitely more complex than the first one, don't be fooled by the two-buttons scheme, which it makes it more accessible control-wise but the level design is where the difficulty is. I just get annoyed that I could've wasted less time in some runs if I could just turn around instead of having to find a wall to jump and flip directions

The soundtrack is less electronic and more instrument-band-based, I like it, I prefer the original Danny B soundtrack but that soundtrack is not present on the Switch version of the first Super Meat Boy either due to licensing issues (and internal conflicts)

The original super meat boy characters looked like low-poly 3d in-game. I think the drawn characters in this new one look way better

Another difference is that now needles at the clinic don't insta-kill you but instead rapidly fill a damage bar (other hazards are still insta-kill)

Some levels have unique mechanics like hooks, punchable blocks, tracks that speed up / slow you down

I think that if it had similar levels but with directional buttons + a sprint button people would be less suspicious of it, do take a look at some gameplay instead of jumping to conclusions

I'm enjoying it, could bump it to an 8. The original felt closer to a 10 but what you gonna do
Anyway it's an interesting follow-up, even though its auto-running scheme could be off-putting to some

Cool I think I'll come back to participate
Let's see the state of the island...

Well they've tried I guess...
I'd also ask about what Retro was doing before Prime 4
And EarthBound and Mother 3 ports

@Itachi2099 maybe they will report it later, but looks like Sony was messing up with some announcements through marketing deals, Evil Dead showed only PS platforms during the live stream
Disco Elysium looked like it was a PlayStation console-exclusive and I got disappointed but then through Twitter the devs also announced it for Xbox and Switch
Also there was a GTA Online trailer that only listed PlayStation 4 in the end even though that game is a notorious multiplatform title (that sadly is not on Switch but still)

ITT people calling out political bias supposedly favoring the game while being politically biased against it smh

Hades was robbed

@RainbowGazelle there's something that happens on both, it's just that it's obvious with the bad ending, while on the good ending is just implied on the epilogue, or so that was what I understood

Maan I hope it's actually a Revelations 3
I dunno if I've missed some lore from other games but Revelations 2 ended with a kinda big cliffhanger and I'm kinda baffled that it was not addressed

Does anyone knows when the review embargo is lifted?

Definitely interested and it's a potential time sinker but it's a bummer then that looks like the requests could be more annoying than inspiring... Would be great if there was a way to slow things down, I like the idea of adapting to requests but not every 5s
I'd buy it it in a beat when there's a price drop on the deluxe edition though

@Bearzilla823 It won't happen anytime soon so it's not that big of a deal for the Switch, but it could happen sometime later like it already happened in some countries with the Wii U and 3ds eShops

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/nintendo_to_shutdown_limited_wii_u_and_3ds_eshops_in_select_countries

But if it comes to that we'll be warned with enough time left I hope
I think even the Wii Shop still let people redownload stuff though? So not that big of a risk but eventually I'll pick a sd card big enough to have everything downloaded just in case, also, less nuisance having to redownload games anyway

The base game is 31gb, there's no way this is all on cart unless it's the first 64gb cartridge release, which is unlikely

Would love to have such a thing though to save space

I had to archive some of my games on a 128gb sd... Now I'm thinking of picking up a 400gb sd to maybe avoid losing games after the inevitable digital store shutdown

There's actually some interesting picks, like A Tribe Called Quest, Fatboy Slim, Pixies, Kendrick & SZA

Supraland! I've been keeping an eye on it for a while and now I'm downloading it. It's a first-person adventure with puzzle elements, the physics-based puzzles look fun

Also I've bought Mortal Kombat 11 on sale, I'll try it later, looking forward to it

It would be interesting seeing the almighty next-gen consoles behind it, maybe it won't top them on total money value but it could win in units
Wish it would mean more third party support though

I'm already feeling the frustration just by the trailer and the screenshots but oh well I gotta buy it

Nice, maybe day one if it's not as expensive as Burnout Paradise
Maybe Most Wanted U could be next as it uses the same engine (Chameleon)

Hades is my GOTY
Solid indie list

Nice, this will maybe fill the Mirror's Edge void on Switch
Wish EA ported the second one, even though it's kinda a mixed reception

Ohh 3d ones?
It's probably Sonic Generations or Sonic Colors, really
But I think people will tend towards the Adventure sub-series even though they've not aged that well imo
(my secret favorite is Sonic Heroes and I would love a port to the Switch but it kinda sucks I reckon)

The trailer didn't show much but there are already hands-on gameplay videos out there
I'm not so sure if I like the cartoony over the top style, also the narrators are kinda annoying, but gameplay-wise looks good, at least movement and combat could be fun (the puzzles look pretty simple and filler-like though)

That's a nice discount for Rad
Picking it up

@Clyde_Radcliffe whoops I edited it later, it's because it's Brazil, it was confirmed by interviews that Nintendo won't bring physical games for now unfortunately, even though the console will officially launch on September 18

Yep I do want that little cartridge, though the grey market here (Brazil, Nintendo won't bring physical games for now) is selling the physical version for roughly 75usd... I dunno, I'd normally ignore physical versions due to these crazy prices but being a limited run... makes it kinda appealing, 75usd appealing though?

I've never spent a single penny with microtransactions on any game but because I've bought Rocket League it feels like I did, retroactively
Real life retcon

Anyway I think it's a good move. Other multiplayer-with-things-to-buy games like Overwatch could work out well with the free to play model, I dunno why they charge something upfront besides tradition at this point

Maybe they will announce the next season of the management resignation battle royale

@JuanGartner I think it's a "lite" version of their engine, so instead of them having to manually tone down details while using the regular engine, this new version would only support features the Switch could properly handle. This I imagine would impact the devs and artists approach while using this lite version from the ground up.

One example of the 'approach change' thing I think it's the Digital Foundry's Halo analysis, like, Infinite uses a demanding real-time lighting feature, but the older games could look good just mimicking lighting by drawing fake shadows on the textures themselves instead

@Bl4ckb100d their newer engine is actually called RE Engine, it's kinda confusing but DMC 5 uses it too
I guess it just means that like the older MT Framework engine had a 3DS-targeting version, they now have a Switch-targeting RE Engine version

He denying that the recent RE titles are coming does make it more credible sadly