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@Bowie1979 I noted that too, but honestly, Riker always shows up. The truly shocking twist would be if he didn’t.

@Olliemar28 “You can… land on top of your enemies, spinning them out and netting you some sweet cash. Very satisfying.”

Sounds like me on my morning walk to get coffee. Morning Coffee Shop Aggressive Walking Simulator! Very nice!

I remember playing this one Capcom game as a kid where you play as this psychotic little blue robot that goes crazy and starts murdering all the other cute robots who are just going about their lives. His sociopathic master Dr. Light justifies it by mutterings of “A.I. is the future and also think of the shareholders, something something job creators…”

You could choose what order to do the murdering in, it was cool.

@YunoboCo I understand public opinion dropped a bit after that time Yunobo raided the pension fund, and the thing with all the dead Goron miners in the shaft with shoddy construction, that was sort of swept under the rug. And eating children. But other than that he’s a super nice guy!

@YunoboCo Heh sorry, I couldn’t resist teasing you. I doubt anyone dislikes poor Yunobo!

@YunoboCo Didn’t you see Nintendo’s tweet a couple months back? “This is Furukawa. There will never be a Yunobo amiibo. I can’t stand that guy!” 😁

I’m hoping for a Freshly Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland remake using Unreal 5 to render every nose hair and sweaty pore in exquisite detail. It’s time for a new generation of kids to be “exposed” to Nintendo’s premiere horror franchise.

According to my husband, my player characters seem like idiots no matter what game I’m playing.

Hey NL editors: I just want to say that this bloke “Ed” that you have answering the letters seems like a thoughtful, stand-up guy and really deserves to be hired on as more than an unpaid intern and have his full name printed. Or at least something like “Mr. Ed”.
Even the likes of poor Fishface gets more respect!

Not having played a lot of Sonic, I have a question for the community here before I try understanding the show… ahem How much wood would a wood knuckle knuck if a wood knuckle could knuck wood?

@Znake “If only they had some bundles like Twilight Princess and Windwaker OR Metrpid Prime 2+3.” Not really a huge Metrpid Prime fan myself…. I always thought it was a bit of a Metroid Prime ripoff.

My uncle who works at Nintendo said he saw Mr. Miyamoto and Mr. Aonuma using the Xerox machine to make copies of their naughty bits after hours last night. Apparently those images will be the only thing shown at the September direct, because they hate the leakers and decided we all need to be punished.

Given Monolith Soft’s involvement, I was really waiting for a moob slider for Link to be added in the settings so that I can more effectively relate to my character.

@Anachronism And now I definitely want Nintendo Life to hire you to do reviews and analysis! Thanks for taking the time even though you weren’t feeling it.

Wow thanks for the thorough interview, great questions! The screenshots evoke a real sense of awe. As in “awwww…”

I almost edited my previous response after posting it, and I apologize for implying you were “blind” due to nostalgia! I actually wasn’t trying to pick on you personally. I agree that hyperbole can get out of hand on here, I’m certainly not innocent of that, but it’s only hecause we’re all passionate about the subject. I appreciate a rigorous discussion, and your perspective as a musician, so hopefully no hard feelings!

I will say that, while Sugiyama is undoubtedly talented, I am unfamiliar with his work outside DQ. So while I too appreciate classical music, I guess my impression with DQ music (and again, I love the games) is that it has grown a bit stale and could stand to be iterated on a bit. Not advocating to throw out the classical style by any means! I’m open to having my perspective changed on this matter; but right now I can only go by my experience with DQ 11 which is basically: classic game, tedious soundtrack for vast swaths of gameplay time, punctuated by some pretty nice new tracks, but nothing I wanted stuck in my head. Anyway, thanks for the response!

@Ljink96 It’s not “slander” against an artist to criticize their work (though the choice of that word is ironic considering the guy was a war crimes denier). I speak as someone who has adored Dragon Quest since its first western release in 1989. It was perhaps my favorite NES game as a kid and my brother and i obsessed over the first three sequels. So my love for the series goes way back, and I have a far greater fondness for the whole of the DQ canon than for (modern) Final Fantasy.

However, I’m not so blinded by nostalgia to think the music is beyond criticism. I’ve played through DQ 11 twice, and wasn’t halfway through the first time before I turned down the ost in the settings. That shrill, clanging headache of an overworld theme haunts my dreams, my disappointment equalled only by the brazen recycling of so many previous games’ tracks. I respect the opinion of anyone who loves 11’s music, and god knows I’m glad somebody does (there are a few good new pieces in there). But I find far more enjoyment in the depth and variety of tunes in any number of jrpgs, be they FF, Xenoblade, Ys or Mario & Luigi, even as I don’t enjoy those series as much overall. Whatever compliments Uematsu has thrown at Sugiyama’s work, I’m sure he’s too much of a gentleman to suggest otherwise. But I feel Uematsu is far and away the more masterful composer, electric guitars or no, if only for the ways he’s grown and evolved as an artist over the years while DQ’s music has stagnated.

Constructive criticism is one way we can help that which we love to improve, and those who critique a piece of art don’t deserve to be shot down with accusations of slander. There is plenty to both appreciate and criticize in DQ’s musical history, and both perspectives can be valid at the same time.

I’m over DQ 12 already. Getting hyped for Dragon Quest 13 at this point!

@Mikmoomamimocki Wait, they got Snail Blooper??!?

The ending got leaked and apparently Samus wakes up in the shower clutching a slime plushie having dreamt he was a female space Metroid bounty hunter from space who had forgotten how to crawl. Finally a video game character I can identify with. Sorry, I forget how to do spoiler tags.