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Quite possibly my top game of all time. I'm on my 4th playthrough with some mods. Hope they figure it out so more people can experience it, it really is a masterpiece.

Now let's feign shocked when prices are raised!

Maybe I'm just jaded, but remake to me was very good, I played through twice. Rebirth I couldn't get halfway through with the boring open world areas. And "Revelation" is such a silly generic sequel name. I'm sure it'll be fine, but I'll pass.

There hasn't been a lot for me unfortunately, mostly DK, mario party and Hyrule Warriors. I have a Steam Deck, ps5 and gaming PC so usually the Switch is for Nintendo exclusives and there hasn't been much to interest me.

We're overdue for zelda. Maybe not the next big 3d game but a 2d game or remake for sure. I need more zelda!

Wow, that's a huge increase. Glad I got both a switch 2 and deck before the price hikes.

I think she was great for the version of Zelda in these games. I'd love to see a return of a more regal version of Zelda similar to Twilight Princess, and I'm not sure this VA would fit well to it.

I'm about 11 hours in. I am a huge fan of the series and this was always one of my least favorites. I am enjoying it a bit more with the updates, but basic story and gameplay structure is the same. I gave a 7/10.

Edit, for context, my favorites are 5, 4, 11, and 9 in order

I'm excited to play. DQ7 is the only one in the series I couldn't complete (with two attempts) due to its length and other subjective issues. I liked the demo a lot, definitely going to pick it up.

Something for everyone, unless hard is what you want, then it's a two-playthrough commitment.

Nope. I was already on the fence for this game, now I'm out. I have enough backlog to keep me going.

I've been on the fence about this game for a while, loved the original few Metroid games and Dread but overall not a series I follow closely. But hearing about the hand-holding companion NPC killed the excitement, and locked difficulty doesn't help. I'll see how the reviews look, maybe.

@RobertCorwen I was thinking the same! Weirdly while reading about this the game's theme popped into my head.

I paid more for my PS5 so I don't mind at all and still excited for S2. The games are expensive but not a deal breaker.

@LavaTwilight
Hey buddy next time you want to act superior, put some thought into it. Pick up your switch joy cons and put them flat side down and grab them with buttons facing inward. The right joycon has buttons easily accessible to your thumb. The left joycon only has access to the stick. I'll take your apology now.

If the idea is to use your thumb to hit buttons on the front face, I don't see how this will work for left handed people.

So many apparent patent law experts on here, lol.

Such a strange array of emotionally driven comments. The lawsuit has nothing to do with character design similarities. It's about patents, and if Palworld creators did infringe on them that's a cut and dry case. It will (or will not) be proven in court and case closed.

I am loving Astro Bot. Coming from someone who grew up and loved Mario starting with the original SMB, I lost a lot of interest starting around 3D world / Odyssey, and can't really put my finger on it. To me Astro Bot has incredible production values and top notch level design (though I'm only about halfway through). I never thought of it as a Mario copy, I think it stands above.

I wonder if they'll do 4, 5 and 6 later. 5 is my absolutely favorite.

More options = longer development time and contributes to rising prices in games.

A full remake like ttyd, Mario RPG, link's awakening I'm happy to pay full price for. A simple re-release, definitely not.

Mario 2 on NES

I'd rather they hold off until next year and bring out all their releases on the new console to ensure the switch 2 is a full success.

It's gotta just be a sequel at this point right?

I would love a remake of both, especial AoL as it's probably around #3 in my top Zelda games. But I think they would need difficulty options, because what made them difficult a lot of times were stiff controls. If they're replaced by modern movements, it would probably be quite easy. Harder difficulties would offset that.

I don't disagree but I think what the Wii did best compared to switch are how classic games are handled. I'd so gladly take the VC per-game purchase with a huge array of games over the weak switch subscription offering. How did the Wii do it so much better, and over ten years ago?

I remembered having more fun with it than I am now. As a remake it's great. It's just too easy, and would have been nice to have a hard mode added, since they put the effort into an easy mode.

I have no issue with the price, one of my most nostalgic and favorite rpgs on SNES aside from ff6 and secret of mana, getting a makeover? There's no way I'd pass on this.

I don't see a description of what is different on the anniversary edition

@9-Volt wow absolutely not. Many games are abandoned without being fixed.
Also when you pay $70 for a game that is released (not early access, etc), it absolutely needs to work. I don't buy a released game to play with their bugs.

Should not have been released on Switch. Was simply to reach a wider audience but it's incredibly deceptive to pretend it works well on the system.

This looks like I'd rather play the NES original.

I hate sounding negative but the trailer is silly. Just a mashup of labyrinth, legend and probably another 80s movie. It doesn't look like anything Zelda would be at all.

I don't get it honestly. If you don't like it then don't buy it. There, boycott lol.
And people who don't mind spending the money can get it.
Yay, choices.

I may try this again. I love rogue like games and metroidvania style games but this felt brutally difficult to me to the point I no longer felt I was making progress on each run to advance further. Maybe I was missing something.

The first game was pretty fun, definitely not perfect and was hoping a sequel would clean it up a bit. Too bad.

Oh man... Hogan's Alley was a great game!

Except for the final boss the TotK bosses were very easy. But they had great designs.

Great article. I do like TotK overall, but it feels like a lesser experience to me and I think this articulates my experience as well.

Hard to pick a top 5 anymore lol. Ultimately will probably be BotW, ALBW, AoL, OoT and TotK.

Great intro. Wish the rest of it was as good.

Wish I shared the sentiment of others here. To me I feel like I bought a game I've already played thru 5 times. I'm not into sandbox games like Minecraft so the new "powers" Link has and their puzzles feel more like a chore than anything. I'm glad it's a success but maybe this is where I stop following the series.

I'm gonna wait for streaming but definitely going to watch it. Just looks like a fun entertaining movie.

People and their opinions of this game are depressing. I can't wait to have so much fun with this game for months if not years. Everyone else can keep being negative about everything

I'm really looking forward to it. I have no doubt nintendo has another fantastic game coming and they don't want to spoil it. I'm okay with that. I'll experience it first hand soon.

I feel like many developed hide their open beta behind a demo these days. Ignoring those, a true demo should really just be 30-60 minutes and not the in to the final game with save transfer. Otherwise you're not really a demo.

I voted skies of arcadia. But I'd equally take thousand year door since I never played it.

I love how they're keeping so many details secret. I can't wait.

I think I have been lucky, my switch controllers haven't had the issue, at least yet. My PS5 original controller became unusable after about a year due to extreme drift though. I love both consoles but for me in more frustrated with Sony.

I've never been engrossed by a fire emblem story and have skipped the last couple entries because of it's greater story focus. The better gameplay experience described here might get me to pick it up after all.