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I'm interested in Outer Wilds but cautious about the port. I hear there is a major graphical downgrade so I might pass. Octopia and Highland are my next choices but I might hold off until the new year.

What's the deal with this graphical style? It's mixing 2D cell-shading, kinda hand-drawn but blurry, flat perspective-less backgrounds and random 3D models. That screenshot with the docked ship hurts my eyes. What is going on here? Is this something people like or is it just cheap/easy to do?

Not for me. It's not an optimal device for streaming and those apps are suspicious anyway.

You guys do whatever you want though.

I love nostalgia. It's a warm and pleasant emotion mixed with a bit of longing and melancholy. It's not all a positive feeling and yeah it can be a bit depressing, but that's life. How are we supposed to forget the past?

And if you don't like this kind of indulgence, you don't have to read these articles. It sounds like I'm being flippant but, seriously, it's so empowering when you realize you can just not participate. Everything on the internet doesn't need to be catered to satisfy you. Not everything requires your participation, your appreciation or your comment. You can just not engage.

The Deku tree is a great intro dungeon for sure. Teaches you a lot and is a lot of fun. I loved the concept of exploring a giant tree and a little arboreal fairy village, but I also remember just wanting to get out of it and see the world.

They're doing all these articles about OoT because it's the 25th anniversary, as it says at the top of the article.

Ganondorf was first named in A Link to the Past. In English at least, the name is mentioned in both the manual and by one of the maidens you rescue from a dungeon in the Dark World.

After looking it up: the maiden from the Swamp Palace says "You are the only one who can destroy Ganondorf, the thief-no, Ganon, the evil King Of Darkness!"

I remember playing OoT and thinking the story was the deeper lore hinted at in the backstory of ALttP. My impression from ALttP was always that the evil in Ganondorf's heart turned him into Ganon and OoT told that story in more detail. I've never really cared for the continuity. In my mind, Zelda games are often just the same story told in different ways.

I liked the unseen story in ALttP. I like it when a story or game has deep lore that is not made explicit and leaves much to the imagination. Prequels are rarely satisfying and it's best to leave things unsaid. But I agree, the introduction of Ganondorf in OoT was incredible.

I haven't heard any of these for over twenty years but somehow I knew them all.

It's nice to see Song of Storms get its due in the poll.

Earthbound remastered in the HD-2D style of Live a Live is such great idea. The fact that SE found a market for a game so obscure in the West just shows that Earthbound isn't too obscure to find a market itself. It's a real shame Nintendo won't do anything with that franchise.

Before I read the "Zeldies" letter, I thought it was a suggestion for a games award for the best "Zelda-like." Would be a competitive category every year for sure.

9/15 is not bad having only played it once back in 1999.

You get the best power ups when you fall behind.

I was halfway through FFVI Pixel Remaster when TOTK came out. Now that I finally finished TOTK, I'll pick that up again. I'm just about at the Magitek Factory. Can't wait to hear the remastered music.

I would fail this course.

The game looks really interesting. The music is giving me Phantasy Star vibes. I don't know how they've been inspired by BOTW but sure. Why not?

Why is Nintendo Life's code of ethics stricter than the government's?

Some really interesting games: On Your Tail, Howl, Highland Song, Moonstone Island, The Gecko Gods, Urban Myth Dissolution and I was sure we'd never hear of Outer Wilds again.

It's unlikely I'll end up playing most of the games I found interesting but it's nice to get an update on the indie scene.

Sorry, they already offered the role to Chris Pratt.

@highscore I didn't like the gameplay either but it was cinematic in the MCU filling-the-screen-with-incomprehensible-clutter sense.

I don't get what people see in the Ocarina story. It's the one people love and think is the best but is it a good story or just a good game? I think the time travel thing with young Link / adult Link would be disorientating.

The most interesting story, imo, comes during the young Link phase, but the conclusion would be done with adult Link, who would be the main lead (Chris Pratt).

I thought Age of Calamity as a joke but the more I think about it the more is makes sense as a BOTW adaptation. A game based solely on BOTW would be fairly empty but studios would love to sell all that CG action in Age of Calamity.

Oh sh.. I better finish TOTK today then.

I don't tend to have any interest in the kinds of games that win these awards (except indie games and Zelda games) but I am looking forward to BG3 when I get around to it.

I sat down yesterday to finally finish TOTK but ended up farming Lynels and dragon parts instead. Maybe I'll take another crack at it today.

A delayed building is eventually good but a rushed building is forever bad.

"We are focused on more people giving us more money more often."

I'm very disappointed it's going to be live action. No point in wishful thinking and believing it will work out. It feels absolutely like the wrong move and it's so obviously the wrong move that it destroys my trust that they have any idea what they're doing.

He can think all he wants. I don't even consider myself part of the Nintendo community. It ain't a community. I buy games I like from them. I'm not part of the chicken community because I eat eggs. This comment thread is more a community than the purely transactional relationship between you and a corporation.

They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

I played this when it came out and loved it. I never had a huge desire to replay it though. Unless this gets a steep discount in the future, I'm probably not going to get it. Despite that, I'm kinda just excited it came out and it's good. Happy for you all who've been clamouring for it for years.

I miss the 90s too but alas.

Not valued enough it seems.

Could they maybe jazz it up a little?

More content isn't always better. Of course, you'll never convince gamers of that.

I've seen the fan art of what diglets look like below ground. They are the scariest Pokémon.

The OG SMB3 is literally the best Mario game ever.

I raged as a child when I got hit by one. Why do I get hurt and the Goomba doesn't? It's not fair.

Now it makes sense, I guess. Mario should just eat them too.

OK... in the end, what was the point of announcing there was going to be an announcement?

Mario loves a good ride.

@Bratwurst35 I admit that I didn't read the terms of service carefully but I doubt it says that lol

The point is probably less to get you to play the demo than it is to get you into the store where the kiosk is located.

A wizard did it.

My guess is the hydraulic press channel.

@Woderwick I love Kids in the Hall. I watched a few episodes of the new season and then Brain Candy last night. What a weird coincidence that you brought them up.

@samuelvictor I'm not offended by that. It's true. A lot of what Canadians say about our identity is about contrasting itself with America and largely due to the fact that American culture is such a dominating force. The similarities shouldn't be canceled out. Things that are seen as American are also Canadian, but the emphasis is always on the differences.

@Woderwick I wonder if Bob and Doug McKenzie are bigger back east. I'm from the west coast and we aren't big on them over here. Boomer uncles can do the impressions so maybe it's an age thing.

@samuelvictor Happy Birthday!

I might take a crack at finishing TOTK. I played over 200 hours of it and never finished. I just ran out of steam and got bored. Haven't played it for over a month.

@samuelvictor I think if you ask a lot of Canadians they might say similar things. Mostly we contrast ourselves with Americans, who are our most familiar reference points.

Anyway, glad you enjoy it here!

I'm gathering that there's a subtle British-ness that isn't obviously British but doesn't suit outside markets. You could compare, say, the UK Office and the US Office TV shows or, to use a more contemporary example, the UK Ghosts and the US Ghosts. They have different styles of comedy. In the case of the US Ghosts, it's not as American as the US Office but you can see the clear differences between the UK version. Another example, I'm Canadian and I love Bake Off. The Canadian version of Bake Off is mostly the same but you can tell it is so Canadian. It's hard to explain to non-Canadians. They've tried multiple times to make an American version but the core format of the show just isn't translatable into "American."

OK, I'm rambling here. I don't know what this means for video games. What is a British game?

So he means too British in the sense that it's a style of game popular in Britain?