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Giving us only the bare minimum to keep going must stop.

@Kiivi me too, but only because they get heavily discounted and do not possess enough artistic value for me to care enough its preservation

@Bigmanfan I do not think it is cringe. It's about deciding what is good for us. Imagine going to a restaurant which serves you barely edible food knowing that most people will still buy it. Will you be satisfied with such service?

Luigi Mansion + Rouge Squadron + Crazy Taxi? That was a crazy lineup. Wii U was really solid too.

@MrHaggi Not if you go sightseeing and vacationing. If you are brave enough for holiday in Germany

What? You want to circumvent the Non - Japanese tax? You ungrateful Gajins

Toby just confirmed that Deltarune is Undertale Parallel Story

@Orpheus79V True, but will those controllers have all the gimmicks of joycons? Not likely in my opinion. I've been using PowerA joycons for Switch 1 for a very long time now, but they are uselss in fitness games for instance.

And let's face it, for this much cash, the least they could do was make absolutely sure that all the basic issues are fixed. Nintendo doesn't mean quality anymore

No Hall sticks? Great, a final nail to the coffin! Yes, Switch 2 is now officially future proof. There is absolutely no future for it.

Kirby.

Other games - 0 Kirby on cover
Kirby - 1 Kirby on cover

Mario Kart World looks nice too

Th only ones that are interesting to me (Silksong and Deltarune) will be on Switch 1 anyway, so here's that.

But Ridge Racer and Kirby Air Riders are a must have if I get S2 someday

One weird thing is "Survival Kids" did they even do research before naming it exactly like a completely different game?!

@datamonkey yes, all I said is that it proved to be risky in this case because Nintendo didn't do well with the presentation and it almost looks like it wants to flatline the whole project. Nobody could have predicted that

@KoopaTheGamer I mean, I think so too, but I REALLY hope this is the straw that will break the camel's back.

@Ryu_Niiyama yes I know, but seeing how eagerly they jumped into that pool, nobody predicted what was going to happen. That's what I meant

@KoopaTheGamer well, it's just that the reception of Switch 2 launch direct was... what it was. Nobody could have expected it though.

She is cute. She is cute.

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@BlackenedHalo at least hope is free

The game looks absolutely brilliant. I hope it gets released to anything else than Switch 2. The fact that PS5 is not getting it is the most "2020's" thing I can think of

Abysmal doesnt even begin to express what transpired there

@AllBLK true. But with all the bad things with Switch 2, I think they will have to adjust. Call me naive but I believe that players will not stand for THIS amount of abuse

Of course Im getting it on Switch 1

Getting it, but for Switch 1

A cherry in a barrel full of acid

So we are not welcome then

I hope they dont sell a single copy of this madness

The best solution would be to wait for discounts, and if they dont come, buy used. No amount of criticizm hits nearly as hard as low sales

Tge only thing that would make me buy online

What a good month. I'll try to get collectors Kemono Heroes (I waited too long for the reviews which never came), I'll probably pick up The Girl Who Steals Time as well. And Rune Factory, but I'm stuck at 4 for now

Nobody will ever believe his niece

It's 2025, so many stupid things happened in the last 15 years that I do not know what is real and what is a joke at this point. I was 100% ready to believe there is a market for such atrocity

Ah yes, the real one.

And much better than the scraps we were fed

eww it has tencent in it.

Patapon and Grand Bazaar, is it enough?

@ArceusAliasHystelm Arceus didn't create Mew, Mew was first since it has the original Arceus's DNA

Yeah the lore kinda fell apart at some point

@KaijuCouture I am not saying that they are not, but I have to say that while I know the meme about Ryza having thick thighs, I also know that the writers did an amazing job in bringing out her personality and that as a character, she is so much more than her outside features. I mean there is a reason this game was such a massive success.

You're probably right and I should have shut up because all in all it's not the end of the world, but I have terrible hindsight, it only works for the past

Looks cozy but those characters... I mean they are hobbits, but they lack certain cuteness in my opinion

The aesthetics, I'm melting.

Please be good please be good

Ah yes, the good old analog farming tools. Rubber bands and small heavy objects were the best friends in face of the endless grind

Really, thigh? -_-

One of the main overarching themes of the game is defying preconceptions and seeing beyond the face value

@axelhander Or contempt. No "AI art" just AI image. No "AI game", just AI code

The colors and pattern of the backgroud of the Japanese version look like a rug from the eastern block. This time NA for me

"Horrors beyond comprehension"

<shows a deer>

@Anachronism most lore is hearsay though. It is said to be powerful and incredibly potent but then you meet it and it's just a big monster. His mom, Mew, is at least incredibly intelligent for a pokemon. Not to say that according to lore Magcargo is the most powerful mon as his body temperature would literally ignite the atmosphere. And about the gameplay not mattering - if it's a wimp in a game, it is a wimp in lore, I really dislike this "lore over gameplay" thing that some games try to push. There are ways to make your opponent feel super powerful, and if they don't do it, it simply isn't meant to be depicted as such.

Man I just realized I love hating on Arceus. Mew is best and I am willing to defend this hill

Time is speeding up and everyone sees this. It is a phenomenon that was widely regarded as something to do with perception and old age, but nowadays even young people feel it. I feel it. There are theories that it's because of "doomscrolling" and getting information faster than being able to remember them, but I call red bull.

Conspiracy theories start

@SlamDunk22 well, it was an import operation from our good neighbors. Or did you mean how was it so long ago and not how it happened

@Anachronism how so? It is a god, but honestly, there are countless stories where "gods" and other super powerful beings are toppled and humiliated by the player/protagonist. I don't see any problem with it, considering the player at the end of any pokemon game is powerful enough to turn Arceus to dust in a single turn

@Anachronism Well, I think it could be done in many many ways, like one of the other legendaries could threaten the world and Acerus would join your team in a last battle or there would be some other true boss after Acerus.

I love it how the key highlighted news of the day thumbnail spoils the ending of the game

Offtop but NL did you know that there will be Serial Experiments Lain game?

This is HUGE NEWS

@Manah Yeah, we had a lot of related stuff in HS too. It's good that the topics are being mentioned, but I really feel like most of the public knowledge about it is being derived from the movies and video games. As in, it works for imagination better than books which are too complicated for many and the message just fly over their heads. And it's a powerful propaganda tool.

For instance, everyone "knows" the Turing Machine as the first computer because of the movie "Beautiful Mind". Nobody knows that it was actually a Polish invention called "Cryptologic Bomb" only slightly altered. The "Dunkirk" movie only showed heroic British forces, even though the whole operation was one big mess and it was literally just a retreat in panic, and they were covered by Polish and Canadian forces which did all the fighting. Again, nothing like that was even mentioned. There are countless examples like that.

Pushing fake history isn't new. Everyone will say that Columbus discovered America, even though it was not true even for his own expedition. The first ones to actually see the land were the Pinzon brothers, and they were the first who came back and reported the find to the king. They just didn't make it a big deal. Columbus gathered some specimen plants and animals and made a huge parade when he came back much later, and this is why everyone's history book will still say it's Columbus who discovered America.

What I'm getting at is that entertainment avenue works better in educating the public than actual education and scholar resources. And if you censor one of two ultranationalistic ideologies' symbols, you just make a clear distinction - swastica symbolizes something so bad you shouldnt even look into it. Red star is ok.

This is what ticks me off with censoring history in vgs and movies.

And yeah, with US getting super polarized between communists on far left and everyone else on the right, and China + Russia being literally dystopian nazistates ruled by unhinged space cases, it looks like nobody cares about "not repeating history" anymore.

@Zyph yeah, portability of Switch makes it my go to console. I only get to play in the evenings and the TV is occupied most of the time. That's the only reason I haven't started Visions of Mana yet. I hope VoM and AY both get Switch2 versions in 14 days. I know it's unrealistic but I just want N to say "Switch 2 is out now go buy"

@Mesozoic_Masquerade sorry for the late reply. Well, stealing assets is a huge no go, it is a plagiarism to some extent. I assume the other game was craftopia? Yeah it did look like a combination of very weird things, I remember watching the trailer and being more and more weirded out and then a panzer IV tank appeared on the screen o_O.

The thing is, to me Palworld was enjoyable. In terms of gameplay it was really nice. The base building was meh but most pals looked really cute.

As for Cassette Beasts - I hope it was the cause, but I fear that it was simply that Palworld gained so much traction and became a threat. Don't get me wrong, CB looks like a great game (in my backlog for quite some time) but it's way too ambitious to become very popular. What I also don't like is that Nintendo tried patent trolling them, getting themselves into a nearly unwinnable fight. Big players often do that for various reasons

Great news! I am so on fence with this one, ps5 or Switchi? I want the best possible experience, it is a solid 100% Goty candidate after all

I REALLY hope you can also play with full 100% original settings