OstianOwl

Never finished Bounty Hunter when I rented it from Blockbuster on Gamecube several years ago so can probably spend that weekend finally tying that loose end.

Hilarious to me still that this game basically started out as the creator taking a jab at the waves of try-hard mascot horror games based on some childhood thing that flooded the Internet after Five Nights at Freddy's blew up and it basically became popular as if it were one of those games it was having a laugh at.

@EightyTwoStu Land of the Fee more like

Translation: We'll toss out stripped down versions of our games from a few years ago and then blame the "lack of audience" for bad sales.

Does make me wonder though where that leaves Pikmin 1 & 2. Assuming they won't get added to NSO since pretty straightforward ports already exist on the Switch for purchase but would be pretty odd if they had most of Nintendo's major 1st party titles but not the series that first appeared on the Gamecube.

Honestly I mostly agree with this take: Nintendo is undoubtedly aware they're already in PR hot water from this base Mario Kart being $80 at launch so announcing plans for paid DLC less than a year after release (or even worse, before launch) would absolutely blow up in their face.

Or they could just genuinely not care and let their greed have them only worry about making what money they can off of the hardcore consumers they know will buy everything they publish no matter what. They'd be severely limiting themselves by only focusing on that short term profit when they accumulated such a massive audience with the Switch but I'm not a marketing analyst so what do I know?

I really hate being stuck in this godforsaken country...

North America's art is the most chaotic and by that, I think it captures the spirit of the game the best.

Wonder if Sega of Japan had any communication at all with their other branches (America, Europe, etc.) on this. I imagine not and that the lore management team of those branches absolutely LOVE this...

Considering Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Goldfinger go hand-in-hand, I find their absence on this list a major letdown.

An HD-2D remake/remaster is such an obvious choice that Square Enix definitely WON'T do it.

*Insert mandatory "leave me alone, I'm busy" reference here

Unfortunate to hear about the layoffs especially when those in upper management apparently went uneffected (scumbags, the lot of them) but what was the publisher thinking going all in on this game that nobody seemed to want right out of the gate that didn't even know who it was marketed towards (Kids who like the similarly playing LEGO games? Adults who understand references to older/more mature franchises?)? This was always the Space Jam 2 of video games; just bashing together as many recognizable IPs as possible with little to no thought to it and hoping that'll be enough for audiences to eat it up.

I played FUR Squadron last year and while it was a decent bite-sized game, it looks like they've improved a LOT with this sequel. Definitely looking forward to giving this one a try, especially with Team Star Fox still being MIA since 2018.

I'd love a new SOTN style game but Konami definitely can't phone it in; the series would REALLY need to bring its A-game, I'd hate to see one of the genre's namesakes return only to fall to the wayside next to the numerous incredible Metroidvania games have been released since Order of Ecclesia released back in...2008 (wow...),

All these years later and that title screen music STILL slaps.

As much as I'd like to think this means more HD-2D remasters for games like Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest V, knowing Square Enix, the only thing they'll take away from this is that they're not trying hard enough with their predatory mobile games and will only double down like the short-sighted, greedy shareholder pleasers they are.

Considering how Nintendo has approached even free high profile fan projects in the past and with the official live-action Zelda movie currently in production, this project's days were numbered the moment it was announced.

I'm sure everyone will be very normal about this plush being released and it absolutely will not be misused in anyway at all.

Honestly, I like the new design. It looks like an evolution of the classic design from DK '94 with some cues of the more cartoony styles of King of Swing on the GBA and the Illumination movie while still retaining elements of Bayliss' Country design. Feels like a fusion of classic and modern to me.

Sheesh, the sheer amount of arguing/banned comments on this post in particular is really telling of the times we live in...

Assuming it's just to cover bases with Labo, Ring Fit Adventure and other games that heavily use the IR sensor but will remain slightly nervous until I see a definitive list of non-compatible games.

AI or not, this looks painfully mediocre and boring, which is a shame because "The Sims but it's cats" isn't a terrible pitch for a game.

If this is considered the worst of 2024, review websites have clearly not spent enough time in the trenches of the Switch eShop or Steam because wow, PO'ed is DOOM Eternal compared to the horrors that lurk in those store fronts.

I mean, saying he wanted to snap his own neck is a bit extreme but nice to see Kamiya showing some humanity by expressing remorse for once. A tiny glimpse that he can indeed improve as a person.

I cried tears of joy at the announcement last night and even this following day, I'm in such a chipper mood and can't wipe this smile off my face. A game reveal hasn't made me this happy since Pikmin 4 and I can't wait to hear more but I'm just fully content knowing Okami is coming back to us and with Kamiya at the helm. Life truly is great sometimes.

So glad that such a deserving game won Game of the Year and hope Astro Bot is able to help give 3D platformers more of the respect they deserve among the general gaming public with this win and the positive reception it has gotten since release.

Mostly just here for AntonBlast; been excited to play the full game since I backed it on Kickstarter two years ago and played the demos Summitsphere kept releasing.

Still wish that of the Wii's library, games like Punch-Out or Sin & Punishment Star Successor got HD Switch ports but suppose with this one already having a 3DS port, it was likely a little easier/cost effective to port (cross promotion with the DK Super Nintendo World expansion probably doesn't hurt either). Regardless, I do enjoy Returns but the game remaining mostly unchanged and already having Tropical Freeze on Switch make this a hard sell for me at full price.

What I still don't get about Mai being left out of the SNK cameos in Smash is that she's had more reserved designs they could have used (such as her outfit from Fatal Fury 3) and even then, it's not like Smash wasn't above altering some character designs to keep the age rating lower (Bayonetta undoubtedly being the biggest example). I always felt like it could have been possible to include Mai without having to drastically alter her design to where it betrays the character which I know Sakurai also tends to be heavily against (hence why Ridley took so long to get in).

Why they even still bother with this award after the Sonic/Genshin fiasco in 2022 is a mystery to me.

Glad they're taking their time to make sure the game isn't another story of a shoddy Switch version but this along with a few other instances are really making me hope that Nintendo has optimized the hardware for the Switch successor so that porting games from other systems on it goes a lot smoother without needing to be a technological wizard.

Something tells me that if Paramount had stuck to their guns on that initial ugly Sonic design, we wouldn't even be watching this trailer for a third movie right now.

As much nostalgia as I have playing the first game growing up, I wonder how well the controls will be optimized from the mouse/keyboard set-up that's so engraved into my brain.

This is getting ridiculous. It feels like every other day, the big gaming companies or their parent companies are constantly in talks of buying basically everything despite the fact that they can't sustain themselves doing so (Microsoft shutting down multiple studios following the ludicrous Activision-Blizzard buyout comes to mind) so really in the long-run the only people that benefit from these buyouts are the out-of-touch CEOs and shareholders that don't actually care for any of the games these companies produce and only are invested in the short-term gain of money.

@somnambulance Apparently on Steam, the game has 88% positive feedback; granted only from less than 50 user reviews right now but still a pretty good sign. Question just remains if it made the transition to Switch smoothly.

As much as I'd want to see Adventure and Adventure 2 get remakes/remasters just as an excuse to have the Chao Garden on a modern system, I do see merit to the idea of remaking Sonic 06 to give that game the second chance it was robbed of from its crunched development time and misguided decisions.

Neither are that great and the Japanese one is probably better but part of me kind of enjoys the North American one just because it reminds me of the box art for a lot of older PC games from the 90s.

Now remaster Super Paper Mario, Nintendo; unless you're chicken.

Considering he's unapologetically posted AI generated content on his social media, not sure I can really trust him back in any sort of creative role, especially for a series so reliant on human imagination as Rayman. You know, even aside from the accusations of him being a horribly toxic leader.

Sad part is that with this costume, Doja Cat is doing more to get eyes on Conker than Microsoft has in nearly a decade.

While I wouldn't be opposed to a port of Zero that reworks the all-range mode sections and changes the controls to something a bit more conventional; I think like many others, I would prefer a brand new Star Fox game that finally expands on the structure of Star Fox 64 in a meaningful way instead of rehashing it again.

Kind of wish Switch got a port of Yakuza 0 first but guess can't complain about having a decent port of Kiwami on Switch. Already got this one on PS4 but will probably grab this eventually when it inevitably gets discounted in one of Sega's MANY sales.

Ubisoft making a new Rayman game.

Yeah sure, and I'm the tooth fairy.

@LikelySatan Eh, I know.

Good to see that the Switch version is running pretty decently, was a little worried after the console's port of Frontiers was a little funky (despite me still enjoying my time with it). Can't wait to pick this up Friday!

@LikelySatan

About dang time, I was wondering when this would happen after the Contra crossover dropped thinking Castlevania was the more obvious one. Haha

"WB didn't cancel it for tax reasons"

Dang, cold. But deserved.

Considering how long it took Nintendo to file this lawsuit, it gives me the impression that they've been assembling their lawyers and forming up a bulletproof argument with every possible comeback to any counter Pocketpair could throw out in front of a judge; Nintendo very clearly understands the value of a brutal legal team and an airtight case considering the Universal lawsuit from 1983 basically helped them shape where they are now. They are definitely ready for this and considering they've potentially spent over half a year moving in the shadows, they are out for blood.