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It's actually pretty ballsy to make a fresh fighting game IP these days. Almost every fighting game seems to rely on people returning for characters that they already know.

I'm not the biggest fan of linear 3D platformers, but this could be an exception.

It looks really good at first glance. I'm getting major inmost vibes, but that game was my all time most disappointing. I think world/level design will decide how good this is.

My prediction is that the game with Slave in the title is not going to sell as well as they hoped, that is a bizarre marketing choice.

Dungeonoid 2 actually looks good, but that's what I said about Dungeonoid 1 and I want my two bucks back.

I'm going to whine about this using the terrible western name until I'm as old as it makes me sound.

@Ogbert And think how many less layoffs would have been seen recently with sustainable business models.

I would bet good money that the system launches with Switch Sports 2.

@boatie Have you been eating that sandwich again?!?!

@Clyde_Radcliffe Sometimes It's weird because they changed him like three times before landing on farting idiot, and it's like "that's the one that stuck?".

@Clyde_Radcliffe That's down to consumers though, if people keep demanding it, they will keep doing it. More companies need to set up studios like the Dave The Diver one.

@Solomon_Rambling I don't disagree with anything you said. She probably WAS the most qualified candidate, I just think that wouldn't have mattered in the past. Is that progress? Idk. Depends why they changed their behavior, I guess. I think as younger people come into companies like this they will naturally become more progressive.

@CANOEberry Blizzard Activision created a tool to measure the proper marketable amount of diversity in their games.

@Solomon_Rambling Yes. I would like to see real change from the bottom up, which comes down to game fans supporting diversity, and not the corporations who say they promote it, despite clearly not actually caring.

Also to clarify, I'm sure she's qualified to be an executive. I don't really care who runs blizzard or acitivision though. Bobby Kotick was qualified to run it from a theoretical standpoint and look how he turned out.

@Fiskern I at no point said anything like that. I've spent much of the last two years researching and writing about marginalized groups in America and how history has overlooked The importance of events not involving white males. Unlike Activision, I have nothing to prove to anyone, and let my work speak for itself.

@gcunit How is my dislike of Activision's exploitative behavior prejudice? I don't give two #$&*'s about someone's race, or gender. I'm just not patting Activision on the back for trying to look good in the press for once.

@CammyUnofficial I dont care who holds executive positions at multinational companies. They all had to sell their souls to get there, and their job is to basically stand in the way of creative process. But yes she was promoted for image, and given your response, it's doing exactly what they intended. But if you're accusing me of favoritism towards white males in the gaming industry, I hate to tell you but my favorite game designers are mostly Japanese.

@CammyUnofficial Oh. And in case you thought diversity calculator was my term. https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-diversity-tool-overwatch-2-call-of-1848924832

It's clearly an image based choice, but their image has taken a beating in the media. It won't change anything for anyone who knows better, they're still a giant soulless company, but diversity sells, even when it's done with a calculator. At least I don't have to look at Bobby Kotick's face anymore.

Man I hate growth driven business. A deus ex game would easily pay the people making it.

@Aurumonado It's true, but I like it's vibe.

@DiamondCore I'm pretty sure it was inspired by the 90's platformers making the jump to 3D.

Lol, awesome, I did not expect this.

@Raifteiri It has some major problems. Two examples are the screen is twice as wide as something like links awakening so it just takes forever to walk horizontally, and many other puzzle are just pick up rocks until you find a button to press, and the pick up animation is slow. Also the main character talks which makes dialogue twice as long and adds nothing to the one sided Zelda formula. They could probably patch a few of the issues though, and might.

@Paulo It really should not. It's not even very good, and UFO does literally everything better than it.

I was surprised you guys didn't review Saga of the Moon Priestess. But also don't bother...

Ohhhhh they mean a 3d game. Yeah that's a dumb idea.

@Rayquaza2510 I'm open to discussion, but if you're going to criticize a NL list come with a real criticism. I blocked them anyways, they can go on believing Putt Putt Saves the Zoo is the greatest VN of all time for all I care.

I think stuff like Trauma Center is where reasonable debates are to be had. I'd call it a VN, but also I skip through the dialog and just do the surgery.

@cmbaum Yes, what you are describing is called a graphic adventure game, often shortened to adventure game. There's an entire website and subreddit devoted to them if you want to learn more. They're based off of text adventure games from the late 70's and early 80's where you would input text, then they added graphics. Also you could just try playing all these games and understanding the interface differences that define genres. If you still believe you are correct, I don't know what to tell you, you aren't, and the Nintendolife Staff are pretty knowledgeable.

@cmbaum You're not giving me anything, you just don't know what a Visual Novel is. I just looked up some footage of Golden Idol just now, and it is an adventure game. Visual novels are story, dialogue, and minor choices, and it's almost all reading, hence visual Novel. Just admit you didn't know, and now learned, instead of pretending you get to decide what Visual Novel Means.

@cmbaum No they are very different, the genre you are referring to is Adventure games, Phoenix Wright is certainly one of those, but it's interface is told like a visual Novel. Obra Dinn has a fully explorable 3D world, it is in no way a visual Novel, and from what I know of Golden Idol it is a straight up adventure game.

@cmbaum You literally just said they're not the same genre, and you were correct, and no they should not be on the list of a genre they are not a part of.

They're both awful, but I think the green background is better.

I don't actually think they look that good. I want to like them because I love shovel knight, but they're just sort of blah, and so expensive. Maybe something like two toned shells, or more color details on the slide part like they did with the Mario ones.

Celeste is amazing, and I can't wait to play their new game.

@Citano This does not actually work in a practical sense, I've done it but it is a very bad option.

I thought they had announced an English version for a sec. Lame.

@-wc- I think most people do use hybrid. Personally for me hybrid systems are how people will get my money moving forward. I can't really imagine buying a non hybrid "home" console ever again honestly. I don't thnk what you want is invalid though, want what you want.

@-wc- If you never use your switch in handheld, isn't it basically what you want?

@120frames-please Honestly switching from an oled TV to my lcd switch is jarring. I'll lay on whatever, and not complain, but the difference is stark. I also have my brightness and contrast down on my TV to basically the lowest settings, I can't even imagine someone cracking their oled contrast up (like most psychos do) then trying to play on an lcd screen.

I can't tell if this is good from that trailer, but it is very unique.

@gcunit I was just asking because people who REALLY love anime are not going to understand why I don't really think highly of VNs. I am also generally an animation fan, and there was tons of good Japanese stuff, and the same goes for manga, but I would never call myself a fan of either as a general rule. Not of the sort of established formula anyways. Something like Snatcher or Policenauts a bit of a different story.

I can imagine a visual novel I enjoy, but it's unlike ones I've encountered so far. I don't really consider them games, unless they're heavily choice based, which is fine they don't have to be, there's a reason people call them visual novels. I don't really like clicking through lots of text, it feels like a cutscene that never ends, like I'm waiting to play a game forever. Or like a story that someone is trying to tell me but I have to press a button to advance it every handful of seconds.

I also typically read heavier wordier literature (Poe, Bradbury, Lovecraft, PKD) if something Is lighter I will usually listen to an audiobook, because I don't get much pleasure from just reading lots of words, I tend to appreciate brevity where possible, if the prose isn't particularly florrid.

I've played a few hybrid games which aren't true VNs like the above mentioned Phoenix Wright, Layton, and some Persona 3.

Feel free to recommend games though, I'm always willing to look into and try stuff. Please don't recommend Fata Morgana though, I've watched some of that and it does not appeal to me.

I thought there was a weird amount of stuff on sale on my wishlist.

@gcunit Do you like Anime, as a general rule?

Oh yeah I've seen this, it looks good, but lacks the simplistic charm that makes me love downwell.

I love the feel and look but visual novels are just a really low form of storytelling to me, it can be OK in doses, but I'd rather read, or play a real game.

This is why we can't have nice things.

@Coalescence They're exaggerating a bit, but if you know about music, then you know exactly what they're talking about. It is very ambient music and often close to silence, it doesn't really matter how it's composed.

He's the second greatest composer of the last fifty years or so, after John Williams. Hopefully they get Yoshiaki Koizumi in there next.