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@Would_you_kindly there’s no evidence that they don’t mention it right away.

@Would_you_kindly that’s still just one instance out of how many “impossible” ports? That’s not enough to justify a pattern

@Not_Soos Frontiers looks good, it’s just the design elements of Sonic, his new enemies, and the world clash too much atm. I think it could be mitigated by tweaking some lighting effects and color saturation. It doesn’t help SEGA’s case that while Xeno showed off multiple environments, even in their first trailer, while Frontiers only showed off the same island in the teaser and gameplay trailers

@Anti-Matter that’s fine - it’s just that adding more variables to an equation doesn’t make things more or or less fair, it just makes it an inconvenience for you.

Incidentally, I’m the opposite. I hate predictability in video games. I get the most joy from the moments I’m blindsided by a critical hit or a surprising story twist.

@Anti-Matter Isn’t camping and fighting the player that fought the longer battle quite the opposite of a fair fight? The randomness is what makes it fair, not predictability.

@Synecdoche i agree. I think they tried to make Chun Li more Chinese, which is fine, but the same effort wasn’t taken to make Ryu a more realistic Japanese man. He still looks like an anime brute. The two styles don’t mix well imo.

@Alundra-1998 What does it look like? UK has been getting a lot of the good SE packages lately T-T

For me, I think Smash Bros franchise is what got me to branch out to other games and genres. Prior to Smash 4, my go-to franchises were Mario, Pokemon, Metroid, Zelda, Fire Emblem, and Sonic - so platformers, turn-based RPGs, and adventure games. Then, the DLC came around. Suddenly, I had an interest in Xenoblade, Final Fantasy 7, and Bayonetta. I ended up falling in love with Xenoblade 2 and Bayonetta 2 when the Switch came around. I was so enamored by Bayo 2 that the moment Astral Chain was released, I looked for where I could put in a pre-order. Hero got announced and I bought and adored DQ11S. Later, I finally got a PS4 for $70 and tried out FF7R and Persona 5 Royal. Thanks to Royal, I didn’t have to think twice about Strikers and the upcoming SMT V. From those games, I wanted Persona without the SMT and turned to visual novels. I played Danganronpa 2, V3, and then 13 Sentinels when I came out. I ended up making so many memories with these games.

Surprised Aegis Rim didn’t make the cut. I know it’s more of a visual novel, but so is Ace Attorney!

@Arawn93 KT put a lot of development time into 3H, so I assume part of the deal they had with IS was that they could use 3H assets in their own style of game

One thing to note is the differences in the two English trailers:

USA:
Challenge the Ashen Demon...AS A mercenary who was meant to fade into the waves of history...

UK:
Challenge the Ashen Demon...A mercenary who was meant to fade from the pages of history...

@Axecon Nah, both are great games. That said, I think I would have enjoyed AC more if I didn't play FE3H. That game just raised the bar for me that I haven't had much fun with following games haha

With a graphics downgrade, it could work on the switch, from what I can see from the trailer. We won’t know for sure until we see a second and third trailer.

@Royalblues I don't understand this comment. What you described literally describes a lot of pokemon from gens 2-4: a collection of shapes that vaguely resemble an organism

I want PLA’s catching style to stay. I’ve been playing since gen 2 and I’m tired of the old way if catching Pokémon. I saw no joy from watching a ball jiggle 1-3 times after spending some time weakening Pokémon. There have been entire Pokémon games where I left most of the dex blank until the postgame and my playthrough party consisted solely of gift Pokémon because I just hated the old way of doing things. PLA was the only game I actually had fun catching Pokémon. If we go back, then the prof can ***** right off with their Pokédex - I’ll just catch what I want

@NintonicGamer good luck. I played BDSP and decided it wasn’t worth completing…

@GC-161 unrelated but damn your profile picture

@graviton lol Persona on Switch..I’ve given up on Atlus’ porting decisions tbh haha. P4G on Steam, but Arena Ultimax on Switch and Xbox? Jesus…

Anyway, I agree with SE being lazy. They put in work with DQ XIS and struck gold. Don’t know why almost everything else needed to be Cloud-based.

@Maulbert I wouldn’t worry. Intelligent Systems has a crap ton of money to burn from FE3H and FEH revenue, on top of the goldmine they hit with Awakening. This is just IS and KT making use of whatever FE3H material didn’t make the cut and repurposing it.

@Thaliard very informative! Thanks!

@Link-Hero Thanks!

@Link-Hero I got that much, but I was looking for more a more in-depth answer (no offense, I'm just legitimately curious), like how can we fix the current problems? Is it just we need better servers? Is the problem with ISP companies? Can these be mitigated with 5G support?

@graviton WRT your Soul Hackers comment - I don't think it's that the Switch can't handle it. I'm pretty sure the Switch can handle a downgraded version of whatever the XBone and PS4 can handle. I think the lack of Soul Hackers on Switch is more company politics - i.e. Switch gets longer exclusivity of SMT V in exchange for Soul Hackers

I'm not the mot well-versed in cloud tech, but what is wrong with the current implementation of cloud gaming? Is it just infrastructure? Looking for a detailed, yet summarized description of what is needed for a good cloud gaming experience.

@Truegamer79 Depends on what you're looking for. IMO, Xenoblade 1 had a mature story and the environments are beautiful while Xenoblade 2 had more enjoyable character arcs and more satisfying gameplay (shame about the ***** tutorial though...). Both games I ended up taking long hiatuses from because the tutorials confused the crap out of me. However, I had the time of my life when I went back to them.

@DevinRex I can agree with us having different views - I think Rhyperior looks incredibly dumb with the extra horn and I’m neutral on Electivire overall.

While I agree that women have been over-sexualized in Japan, I disagree with your view on Enamorus being solely born from this view. Many fertility goddesses in antiquity have been based off of women and female anatomy that predates Japan’s mythology.

Also disagree on your assessment of Jynx. Jynx and her line is more a inspired “gyaru” culture and fashion rather than any fertility deity. Also their Pokédex entries allude more to femininity in general as opposed to fertility. There’s Smoochum’s fascination with kissing, but that could just be an allusion to the fact babies put stuff in their mouth than a comment on femininity. Plus, the dex implies this behavior doesn’t carry on in its evolved form - or at least it’s not a significant enough occurrence to comment on.

In response to your turtle comment: turtles in Chinese mythology are actually thought to improve sexual performance, more fitting for the fertility aspect. It’s form as a turtle also alludes to the black turtle, a creature in the same league as the other genies’ therian forms.

@DevinRex what’s difficult to understand is that you wanted something unique, but i see an evolution of an older pokemon just a slightly upgraded rehash of an existing one. So much for “unique” . Just as unique as another genie - and i don’t think it’s ugly. I think she and Landorus are clever metaphors for “fertility”. If you don’t understand that, feel free to look up “fertility” in a dictionary.

Alternatively, look up Chinese legends to see the inspiration of the Therian forms. A fourth member was going to come sooner or later.

only must-buys for me are Fire Emblem and Xenoblade. I kinda just tuned out for the rest of the direct. Live A Live did pique my interest though.

@DevinRex what’s the logic here? You say you want something unique then immediately say you want an upgraded version of an old Pokémon 🦛

@Xenobound94 I am right there with you. I adored Three Houses and Xenoblade games. I was so distracted by them that I kinda blacked out on the middle of the direct and had to go back to see what I missed lol

@Ralizah Yeah, that "inevitable" P5 port that was RUMORED since 2017. Thanks to that, I have trust issues with people claiming to be Atlus insiders lol Never believe an Atlus port unless it is announced by them

I typically don't have a problem with frame rate as long as it's stable. I think JRPGs can get away with not having consistent 60 FPS since a lot of the time you are just choosing cycling between options to choose from, but close to 30 is a must. I personally don't understand a lot of the hype for squeezing out as much FPS as possible because I tend to get motion sick when playing 60 FPS games. I just don't feel good when I'm viewing something that comes close to reality, but in reality I'm not moving at all -just sitting still. With lower frames, it gives my mind a chance to remind myself the games aren't real

@rockodoodle damn you right, I forgot about that

@Theober555 Hot take, but I disagree here. Those black hole eyes haunt my dreams sometimes.

@Max_the_German I mean...technically you aren't far off considering it's a remaster of a DS game lol

@Otoemetry tbf , SwSh showed that nostalgia and familiarity with old conventions often trumps bad press, unfortunately.

@OnlyItsMeReid disagree there, but in that case I didn’t get much enjoyment from splatoon in the first place so I am biased against it

This DLC is honestly the most worth it compared to the other DLC that Nintendo has offered aside from Smash

@mariopartyfan68 really? I love those. I feel like the more unimaginative ones are the ones that are recolors of existing animals

@illmatic20xx hard to say. Other than battle mechanics, mainline SMT is nothing like Persona. Actually, Polygon did a review on it complaining about how much it WASN’T Persona 5

This is weird...I think they are doing this so that family members don't get free access to the DLC when the subscription ends. I do think the DLC should remain accessible on whoever is moderating the family account, though

In other words, let your dreams run wild before they face execution lol

@progx I’d love for more companies to get things away from SEGA…

@Ultrasmiles I think 3 might be using the Astral Chain engine or some variation of it

@kobashi100 I’m guessing the deal was, “you can have it back, but we keep Astral Chain and Bayonetta”

@Ralizah we’ve been fasting for so long…

@MasterTrainerPeter I want to say that’s fine, but it’s a pretty bare-boned remaster of a game that came out 2-3 generations ago… These problems shouldn’t be a thing in the first place for any current/last gen console.

@Dafirelive I think higher quality cutscenes for less customization is a fair trade. The easiest thing to do would be to save customization and online battles for postgame.

@BloodNinja unfortunately, I don’t think anything better will be developed anytime soon. Lack of effective leadership and spread of misinformation kinda doomed us. The virus has been left to spread and mutate for a little too long

@Snatcher The official SEGA tweet says EMEA regions were being delayed. I google searched it and America isn’t a part of this region