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Getting around with the wirebug isn't as easy as it looks (this game does NOT make you feel like Spiderman), but I did find myself using the Silkbind moves in combat really frequently. I can embed a sword into a monster for free bonus damage? Yes please.

Dudes and dudettes, we've been having this "new Switch" speculation since roughly four minutes after the Switch launched. Can't we just let it be? It's as if there isn't a TREMENDOUS library of Nintendo games to feature and bring attention to instead of feeding into this endless speculation cycle.

My kid loves these. I think they look "bare-bones" because they aren't display sets. These are more like a buildable board game where you rearrange the components and such. The only set I felt was too expensive was the base Mario set, but he has enough tech in him that I get it now.

I don't know about a dungeon maker. I've played a lot of Mario Maker 1 and 2, and I think they showed us that quality levels are actually really tough to make. Imagine something more complex, like a Zelda puzzle. I'll stick with the official stuff

Maybe we'll luck out and it'll just be Diamond and Pearl, virtual console style. Then all the Gen 4ers can enjoy just how slow those games play

-System can display 3D
-Puzzles use 3D
-It's a GiMmIcK!!1!

-xoxo every review outlet

Mon Hun 4U and Gen are still running, right? Such great games, I'd hate to see them get lost when the servers are pulled. RE: Revelations was another one I spent a surprising amount of time playing online.

My kid loves his Lego Mario sets. He's played every day for three months, and just got new sets for Xmas. I've gotta admit that it's refreshing that he's into a toy that I can stand

FFL2 is actually one of my favorite RPGs... I hate games that involve mindless grinding for exp, and the "randomness" of Human and Mutant stat growth is still refreshing. It should be noted that stat growth isn't actually random. HP growth is fairly consistent, and your other stats (Strength, Agility, Magic) have a chance of growing after any battle that you use them. So if your human uses a Rapier, their Agility has a chance to go up after every battle. Not to mention the Magi, the key items you hunt down in the game. These can be directly equipped to give an immediate stat boost or elemental affinity, taking a human from a blank slate to a Strength/Agility machine instantly. I never got the hang of Monsters, who follow a very much set progression, but Robots are the opposite of random. Their stats are directly related to their gear, and they have the unique property of being able to repair/recharge their gear at an inn.

It's funny that so many people are annoyed by the price. I'm ready to drop 20 bucks just to be able to replay FFL2 on something other than my Game Boy Pocket.

EDIT: I will add that I'm one of probably 15 people on the planet that was excited when Legend of Legacy was released. An RPG with no dialogue and tons of opaque systems to figure out? Yes, please.

Ah, two years in a row of Diablo III taking the top spot, followed by Pokemon Sword and (surprisingly) Age of Calamity. Way to sneak in there last minute, AoC! Interestingly cut my total play time down by 160 hours, despite the pandemic. Yay?

I like her Zelda, it's spot on what I would expect. I especially like her work on Age of Calamity where she gets to interact with the Champions in a more natural setting.

I've done something like 40 workouts with Ring Fit (the game keeps track) and I've gotta say it's been surprisingly tough. Once you get the difficulty where it needs to be a 20-30 minute session really works you over. I wouldn't say it's great for arms, but man the abs/lower body exercises add up fast.

@TG16_IS_BAE I think you're pretty clearly looking for something that isn't there. I'm sorry things can't exist without people like you trying to take them into weird directions.

@TG16_IS_BAE I'm very confused as to what aspect of this drawing makes you think these characters are children. Large eyes? Small nose? All typical anime features, hence my reference to Peach, whose face is just as ageless.

@TG16_IS_BAE What are you even talking about? Is your theory that Xenoblade 2 is some kind of pedophilia thing? You seem to be the one digging for this stuff. My point was that the character designer can make whatever he wants, and if you're weirded out by it you can choose not to engage.

@TG16_IS_BAE Using anime as a reference to judge age is beyond nonsensical. Why not criticize Princess Peach for the same thing? Because it's pointless. If you don't like it, no one is forcing you to play the game.

Maybe artists shouldn't have to cater to your delicate sensibilities when it comes to what a female super hero should look like? While we're at it maybe male super heroes shouldn't have unrealistic arms, chests and abs, because fEeLiNgS. It's a literal fantasy. If you don't like it don't engage with the product.
EDIT: Just going to add in, for maximum hot take exposure, the first time I played Xenoblade 1 was with the definitive edition's release, and after 10 years of hearing how great the story was, I was HUGELY let down. A party full of characters with virtually no character growth. Does Melia even talk after her chapter? Shulk is the only character whose motivations ever even shift, and his solution is to do the EXACT SAME THING HE WAS GOING TO DO ORIGINALLY. Effs in the chat. Every main character in Xenoblade 2 goes through events that change their perspective (except for Tora, but see Poppi), and the entire world concept/design was leagues beyond what XC1 attempted. /hottake

@jarvismp Yo that logo is Pikachu's tail. Nailed it!

25th anniversary? I'm rooting for Switch releases of the entire mainline series, capped off by Gen 4 remake next holiday season.

All installed and ready to go, looking forward to some quality time with it later on.

@Anti-Matter If you lived far enough away from Earth and were capable of seeing it it's possible that you could see this booster box come off the assembly line as this story was published. Unfortunately our stupid flesh bodies can't enjoy the benefits of temporal relativity, so we have to pay an arse-load of cash to capture that nostalgia. #peaceamongworlds

I'm telling you guys, the first time Tony Jaa knee kicks a Rathalos, all will be forgiven. Let the man do his work.

I think that the real question is whether the two "version" model makes sense anymore, given that the game is on a full console and costs full price out the door. I'm not buying into both Sword and Shield for minimal differences, it doesn't make sense. You can trade for anything from either game, so the only functional difference are the gym leaders. Just release one version and have players choose different paths or something once they start.

I am surprised at the number of people outraged by a company making decisions to increase revenue and profit. Pokemon isn't a charity or public service, it's a product. It makes sense for Game Freak, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo to want to get the most out of their development investment. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they went for a second round of DLC based off of the same world and engine.

I'm dreading the story for Age of Calamity. The Warriors stories have all been sort of hacked together, fan-fic style scenarios that are just an excuse for characters to meet, and that's actually sort of fine for a Warriors title, but this is BotW. Starting the game by having a guardian inexplicably travel through time is a head-scratcher, though. We were already playing a prequel, so why muddy the waters even more with time travel? Can't we just play the events that led to the Calamity?

The big question will be what happens with the main series next? Do we see a remake in the Gen 8 engine? Or do we skip straight to a Gen 9. I think it's most likely that we see continued development within SwSh, with another expansion set for next year. Hopefully we also see some virtual console action. I could care less about remakes, but I'd love to be able to play some of the classics on Switch.

Honey boo boo, I couldn't even get a performance patch to even out the frame rate in Link's Awakening. Fix Koholint first!

Give the people what they want! Let me play as the giant dragon ruins in Faron Woods.

Umm... What is the "end" of Isle of Armor? I just realized that I spent all my time exploring and catching new pokemon, but I don't have the slightest clue what the story was or how far it goes.

Ahhh I need to be playing this now.

I doubt levels would be mixed, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if at some point the game completely switched to SMB3 or SMW levels. That would be amazing. Playing SMB levels with huge Bonzai Bills would be a little rough, though.

I've won about 1/3 of my matches so far, and while the game is a blast I wish I could actually use the later stages. There's a big difference between repeating 1-1 and 1-2 and the later areas, where unexpected enemies can really jam up your progress. Hopefully once the game is out a few weeks we'll start to see a bigger variety in starting levels. As it stands, there is zero benefit to playing a harder level because it has fewer items, harder platforming and essentially gives everyone else a leg up in terms of gathering easy coins and power ups. I hate rolling a castle because there are usually very few enemies, which means you're losing time. It really rewards replaying the first two stages over and over to rack up high coin counts and items.

I played a few years ago, back at the end of Gen 4 and just through the launch of the Black and White base set. When my kid got into the TCG last year and we started looking at the current cards I didn't even know what I was looking at. The meta is insane, and expensive to get running with real cardboard. I jokingly made an Eternatus VMax (look it up, it's bananas) to play, then realized that might be the most reasonable approach.

Always looking for a new roguelike... Haven't really clicked with one since Etrian Mystery Dungeon. Although aren't we getting Shiren on Switch?

I have a problem with Xenoblade Chronicles being called "open world." Unless we're talking Xenoblade Chronicles X, which lets you travel virtually anywhere as soon as you clear the tutorial, the Xenoblade games are very deliberately paced JRPGs. Xenoblade 1 metes out a single area at a time, and Xenoblade 2 is segmented up into titans. Now both of these games are amazing, and both do include huge chunks of game to explore, but calling them "open world" just isn't accurate.

100% agree with the poll. I'm a little shocked, mostly because the hate X and Y get over here for some reason, but I agree. I loved X and Y. It was the first release since the original that was actually exciting to play.

Hm my Home launches, but no 'mon? I definitely did the raid a few times and transferred a Pokemon to Home.

I don't understand why the distribution isn't via Mystery Gift, the existing distribution tool? I mean I get that it forces people to try another service, but really Pokemon Company? I just bought an expansion, why should I be downloading another app in order to participate in the expansion celebration? BACK IN MY DAY you just had to bring your DS to the bench outside of Game Stop to get your specials...

I'm bummed that the event requires you to also use Home. I was a huge proponent of the Bank app and used it for years, but home is 3x the cost. I just dropped 30 bucks on an expansion. It'd be great if distributions like this were for Mystery Gift...

@g_ruz I second the r/GameBoy community! There are some amazing looking projects coming out of that group. They've really been breathing some new life into old Game Boy models. I especially love seeing the Game Boy Pocket mods that the community comes up with regularly.

Naw guys, we're about to get Pokemon TCG on Switch. It's gonna be a sick pull.

Hrmmmm strange that the shiny would be distributed through Home instead of as a Mystery Gift. Has anyone confirmed if the raid is available in the main game, or just DLC? Because if I need a 30 dollar DLC and a subscription to Home to get this thing...

This trailer is not interesting.

Wow, some harshness for dungeon crawlers as a genre. Lord knows we can't have games centered around the gameplay itself.

@nessisonett How does that go again?

@VR32X Unrelated, but the Super Game Boy w/ Castlevania Legends is amazing! I still play that game on my Pocket GB!

(Sees that photo of a glass full of JoyCons)

Could you guys spot me a JoyCon L? My 4 year old shredded mine

@Heavyarms55 Sorry just saw this. I'm talking about the exploit where you toss in a wishing piece and quit if it isn't the beam you want, and then you can load up to check the Pokemon, and if it isn't what you want you can tap Home and change your clock settings. It lets you fish for the best Pokemon while collecting tons of watts, and better Pokemon mean better rewards after the battle.

@Heavyarms55 I wouldn't care at all except that every currency in the game except for BP is tied directly to raid battles. Exp Candy, Dynamax Candy, TRs, valuable sell items, Watts, not to mention Pokemon themselves. All tied up in a system that people just scum. Really kills the spirit of the game for me.

@Heavyarms55 Alls I'm saying is that if your console clock has changed in the last 24 hours, zero raids should spawn. Is that doable? Maybe. If only Nintendo had a hand in both the OS and the software in some form...

Could we also patch out save-scumming at Dynamax dens? Talk about killing the spirit of the Wild Area.

@KBuckley27 If these were triple A releases, I'd agree. Atlus has been localizing extremely niche JRPGs. It makes sense that they would be selective about what and when they put resources toward localizing, especially considering the size of their teams outside of Japan.