PharoneTheGnome

@khululy So true. I love my Nintendo Switch, but I honestly was not done with my 3DS when the Switch came out. Hell I still play on my 3DS. It's an amazing game system for what it does. It is WAY easier to toss my 3DS in my pocket than it is my Switch, and I don't worry about my 3DS getting broke when I put it in my pocket.

I am a 3DS Ambassador. I thought it was awesome that they did that for us.

Who is Altus? /(0.o)

This game looks absolutely amazing. I can't wait to play it!

@Nitwit13 Oh yeah modding Gameboys is definitely a thing. I'm thinking this summer I might mod mine. Either I'm going to mod mine or buy an Analogue Pocket if I can get one.

@Rambler lol. Ok buddy. You go ahead and believe what a wiki site says over what someone tells you who has actual experience with the subject. I suppose you believe that all Texans wear cowboy hats, ride horses, and shoot anybody that disagrees with them too.

@Rambler I don't know where you get your information from on the USA, but most companies in America offer paid maternity leave. I think you're believing too much of the America-is-bad propaganda.

I've never understood why a companies like Nintendo that literally have thousands of games across multiple legacy platforms that people STILL OWN AND USE do not offer the ability to purchase their games on demand. It would be like printing money for these companies.

It's not like you need a massive warehouse full of premade copies of every game. Just have the necessary materials ready to go, and create them on demand.

Want to buy a brand new copy of RC Pro Am for the Nintendo, order it for $49.99 from Nintendo, and it shows up in the mail a month later. Want a brand new copy of Pokemon Red for the Gameboy, order it for $49.99 from Nintendo, and it shows up in the mail a month later. Etc... etc.. etc.

These companies are literally leaving millions of dollars on the counter that they could be collecting, but instead they refuse to make 10, 20, 30+ year old games on demand ... because there's new stuff to make money on. .... uh .... why?

It looks really good. I would buy this in physical form for sure.

I still have Link's Awakening in my Gameboy to this very day.

I really need to mod my Gameboy one of these years to get a nice bright screen.

If you buy this game, you encourage bad people to keep doing bad things.

Make a game. Put everything in it. Sale it for one price. Why is that so hard for these companies to understand?

I like Sonic, but I will NOT be rewarding their bad behavior by buying this game.

Disturbing.... so disturbing. I will have to spend a lot of time playing Kirby to cleanse my mind after that.

1. 3DS
2. Wii
3. Switch

I honestly can't think of one person in the industry that would want to work for Blizzard at this point. It's a death sentence for anyone to be bought by them. Expect their employees to find new jobs.

I remember playing Ms Pacman on the Atari 2600 when I was a kid. It was one of my favorite games.

I can imagine people's heads exploding when they read that you think Monopoly and Mouse Trap are better board games than Chess lol. There's gonna be a lot of rage incoming in 5... 4... 3....2...

But, anyway. Chess is a very particular kind of game that appeals to people based on its game play and complexity more than any other factor. You either like it or you hate it.

Either way, it just isn't comparable to anything in the board game genre even though it technically IS a game played on a board. It would be like comparing the constitution to a novel written by Steven King. They're both written word, but they are miles apart in relevance.

That all being said, I am not a chess lover. I just found the article funny, and I look forward to seeing the explosions of all the people you are going to trigger.

I still say the 3DS is a good enough system to co-exist along side the Switch. I think it is silly that they discontinued it. The Switch would still sale like hotcakes even if they continued selling the 3DS.

I love my little clamshell game machine, and the games made for it are super nice for that "pull it out of your pocket, flip it open, play a few minutes, close it, and slip it back in your pocket" style of on the go gaming. The Switch is great, but it is bigger and has no clam shell to protect it in your pocket.

The two consoles serve different purposes and are fine co-existing on the market at the same time.

@Serendipity me too. I love turn-based games which probably relates back to my first really big game I played as a kid was a turn-based game on the Commodore 64 called Pools of Radiance. It made me take time to think about the decisions I made on each turn rather than just smashing my way through the game. I like that.

And, here I was thinking about putting together a multi-million dollar booth to introduce my game, Pharone's Quest, to the world at E3 2022. Oh well.

Ummm.... this practically looks like a reskinned Super Mario Bros game.

It doesn't just look like a Super Mario Bros game. There are scenes in that video that literally look like they were ripped right out of a super mario game and reskinned. I mean wow. How is this not getting flagged by Nintendo?

I just can't understand how any lego game is worth $59. There are tons of these lego games, and while they are fun to play through, they are notoriously dirt cheap to buy used for any system.

Looks really good. I will likely pick this up when it comes out.

I'm thinking I will pick up a physical copy this weekend. The demo was great.

All these tactical games, and yet nobody has made a D&D style tactical game in the likes of the old Pools of Radiance.

Give me Dungeons and Dragons 2.0 spell casting, orcs, goblins, kobolds, trolls, ogres, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and I will be there happily. I'm not against these eastern styled tactical games, but I prefer western high fantasy ala DnD.

Note that Nintendo has been telling developers to create for 4k. Anybody that truly understands how all this works would know that upscaling from a lower resolution to a higher resolution isn't going to make detail appear that wasn't there in the first place. It's just trying to add pixels based on what is around it. You don't suddenly get more detail out of nothing.

Until the game developers ship the games WITH the added detail in the texture to accompany a higher resolution, you aren't going to get that awesome detail on screen that you see in more capable consoles where the games are developed for it.

Just another snake oil salesman using kickstart to separate people from their hard earned money.

The reason that we keep buying weird retro stuff is the same reason that anybody buys things they don't need for any other hobby... collecting is fun.

I have a bookshelf full of games, and the vast majority of them are games that I have never finished. Some haven't even been played. But.... I LOVE the collecting part of it.

Looks really good.

I never had a Neo Geo because it was so expensive. I will probably pick this up when it comes out for the Switch. Looks fun.

Legends Arceus is an amazing game that completely breaks the mold of traditional Pokemon games. I believe that people will be playing Arceus long after the next Pokemon comes and goes because there's just so much continued play you can get out of Arceus with it's open world design.

They could actually just keep releasing DLC for Arceus, and it would be fine in my opinion.

I don't get it.... I didn't see an issue, and after looking at all the images on this article, I still don't see anything out of the normal. It just looks like eyes to me.

@Lagster_YT I can see that, and I probably should give BoTW a second chance. As for open world gameplay, I just felt like Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition was way more fun, engaging, and had a MUCH more beautiful world. Time and time again while playing through Xenoblade Chronicles, I was blown away by the visuals with each time I progressed to a new area.

To me, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is a better open world RPG than Breath of the Wild, and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze a more fun platformer than Super Mario Odyssey. I know that makes me the odd man out, but that's my opinion.

@Mauzuri Stardew Valley is about playing a game while relaxing. The music and atmosphere of the game just has a way of magically melting the stresses a bad day away when playing it.

Really its all about doing what you want to do in the game. There is no "right" way to play it in my opinion. I tend to try to make the most efficient farm possible, and I work on completing all of the town hall collections.

Why are there comments on this post from like three years ago? I'm so lost.

That being said, I have to say that I truly feel that Breath of the Wild is soooooooo over rated. I played an hour of that game when it came out, and that was it. Everybody always says BoTW BOTW BOTW IS THE BEST, and I am like .... meh.

I liked Donkey Kong Trpical Freeze, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, and Stardew Valley WAY more than I did BotW.

@WiteWulf That's horrible. Tempest VR would have been awesome.

I had no idea they were getting rid of the old one. I actually enjoyed playing it there for a while, and I still have it on my computer and tablet.

It obviously will not be VR on the Switch, but I was just wondering if this game got the VR treatment on PS? This looks like a perfect candidate for VR like they did with Tetris. That Tetris VR game is a freaking trip with the music and visuals. I could totally see this being equally awesome.

I honestly can't tell the difference >.<

I will NEVER support games that do not actually have the game on the cartridge. Cloud gaming is nothing more than a long term game rental.

I've been a professional programmer for over two decades, and everyone I've worked with over the years have always said the samething... do NOT go to work in the gaming industry unless you want to be overworked, grossly under paid, and get little to nothing out of the success that sometimes comes along for a well received release.

Seriously. Stop glorifying the gaming industry. It's sweatshop work that makes billions for those at the top at the expense of those that actually do all the work.

I love my career, but the only way I will ever jump in to the gaming industry is if I make a game independently for myself.

I thought it was a good Nintendo Direct. I have no idea why some reviewers are so down on it.

I am excited about:

• Kirby
• Mario Strikers
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Earthbound
• Mario Kart Deluxe 8 DLC
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

The only thing that I had ZERO interest in was the Kingdom Hearts cloud version. I will NEVER pay for a cloud version of any game. That is such a very, very bad road that the industry is going down. You are NOT buying a game if you are paying for a cloud version. All you are doing is OVER PAYING to RENT a game until such time that they decide to stop providing it.

I may have pooped myself a little when I saw this announcement. I can't believe they finally are going to make it available to play.

I am so looking forward to this game! I love Kirby games. They make me feel like a kid again.

I really like that they are bringing Wii Sports back to life. I just wish they would have put the home run derby and archery games in this one. I really hope those come later to the game.

This looks so fun. I can't wait to get it.

I think its awesome that they went a more traditional old school route with this game. Not everything needs to be fancy new shiny graphics. Sometimes less is more.

I have one word for you... PERSONA.

I would buy a DLC expansion for this game. Best Pokemon game ever in my opinion.

Streamed this last night at twitch.tv/Pharone

Was disappointed that it wasn't available when I got home from work, but it gave me some time to mess around in some other N64 games on the Switch.

When the game finally was available though, it was well worth the wait. I had forgotten just how much fun this game is really. So much fun!

I plan to stream more of it tonight after work.

I think that the current generation of working class out there in the world right now think that this sort of thing is new. The reality is that working has sucked for ever.

The big difference between the current generation's workforce and that of a couple decades ago is that back in the day, people just kept their mouths shut and did their job until such time that they found a better job, and then they flipped off their boss, told them where to stick their head, and walked out the door strutting like they just won the lottery.

Today's workforce thinks that every time something happens that they don't like, it is suddenly news worthy. Sorry. It's not. You have a job. Congratulations for finally figuring out that having a job SUCKS.

My advice to you is simple. Start investing every dollar you can in to stocks, crypto, collectibles, etc. That way, you can retire in your 40s while everybody else that didn't do that works well in to their late 60s and early 70s before retiring.

Welcome to the real world.

I love my Switch, but only a fool would not realize that this is due to the fact that you literally can not walk in to any store and buy a PS5 or XBOX X anywhere in the world for the most part.

I would own a PS5, XBOX X, and Switch IF I could get them. I have the money. I have the desire. I have no access to buy them. The only thing I can actually buy IS the Switch.