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South Park 64 remake but somehow it's even worse.

N64 - Mario 64 was a launch title

GameCube launched Nov 2001
Sunshine was Aug 2002 (9 mos)

Wii launched November 2006
Galaxy was November 2007 (12 mos)

Wii U launched November 2012
3D World was November 2013 (12 mos)

Switch launched March 2017
Odyssey was October 2017 (7 mos)

I would be SHOCKED if the next 3D Mario game wasn't out a year from now.

Codemasters still exists? Well then get me a new MTV Music Generator!

@Truegamer79 The two biggest criticisms are the pacing and the battle system. Admittedly, 3 didn't move the story forward a whole ton, but I personally didn't find it much slower than the first one which was also criticised for pacing when it released. IMO slower pacing in Shenmue is kind of a necessity because it encourages you to engage with the other life sim elements. In 3, though, there are two sections of the game where you need to earn a ton of money to get a key item and a lot of fans felt it was overkill. As for the battle system, the first two games were based on Virtua Fighter. SEGA owns that engine. 3 was not made by SEGA so they created a whole stamina system that would get drained through battle or just running around. That choice I definitely agree was misguided, but I still love all three games.

They could be made out of human teeth for all I care as long as they fix the drift problem.

Unreal Tournament on console...
Heart of Darkness...
Koudelka...

I'm happy to buy digital when it's an indie game. The barrier to entry is getting more and more expensive so a digital-only option is a fine way to get your feet in the door.

If I'm buying a AAA game, it's strictly phyiscal for me. Takes up way less hard drive space and I like how they look in my shelf. If it's a big publisher and they skip the physical release to cut costs I'll straight up not buy it.

"Never vague"

I literally restarted the game every year since 2020 and always gave up at Babi's Lighthouse because I couldn't figure out how to open the door. I finally looked it up this past weekend just so I could finish the damn game.

Wow JUST restarted Golden Sun this week. Never beat it. Always get stuck in the same place around the 19 hour mark.

Shenmue IV confirmed

Second-best N64 game. Don't @ me.

Shenmue 4 confirmed

As someone who has ridden the "buy anything Yu Suzuki releases until the Shenmue Saga is finished" train for the past 20+ years, I'm still finding it difficult to be excited about Air Twister.

I will die on the hill that the Oracle games are overrated, bottom-tier Zelda and not very good.

Yeah, that name is getting changed before it comes West. Excited for another Hotel Dusk-ish game. Just hope it's a lot better than Chase: Cold Case Investigations.

We're never getting Yamper, are we?

I consider myself fairly knowledgable about gaming but somehow I had no idea this title existed. I thought Turok Evolution was Turok 3.

Empire Strikes Back on Game Boy is one of those games I'm going to die without finishing. It just becomes so unplayable after a while.

Jedi Outcast should have been higher though.

As a Layton fan who's played all 6 games and even watched the movie, I'm nervous about this. The whole series thus far was controlled with a stylus so the puzzles will have to be very different this time around.

@theModestMouse It's bizarro world in these comments. People saying OOT had nothing to do while praising BOTW where you'd spend 20 minutes at a time wandering from place to place without a single interesting thing happening.

I have a weird ritual of naming the first Weedle I catch in any Pokémon game TRON

This hurts my feelings. Blaziken is one of my all-time favorites. I remember getting an issue of Nintendo Power with a poster of the whole Hoenn Dex and deciding I wanted the game just by how cool some of the new designs were.

Still have a copy of the original and the holographic MetalGreymon card that came with it. I remember being confused about what I was supposed to do and never made it past the first area, but I'd like to give it another try now that it's been 22 years.

Full power*

*not including English voice acting

As a collector of official Shenmue merchandise, these need to be released in the US!

I'm not too proud to admit I cried at the end of Kingdom Hearts II. It's the only time I've ever cried at a video game. But with Sora, Kairi and Riku finally back home, together, after like 80 hours of gameplay between the KH1&2. Yeah, I'm a sucka.

I usually don't re-use starters but I'm thinking I might go with a ghost type team in Legends so Rowlet is the obvious pick.

Hard pass. I stayed when they took out VS. Mode. I stayed when they took out Create-A-Warrior. But English voice acting is essential for me in this type of game. Koei, I'm done.

That chapter of Conker's Bad Fur Day where you kill the zombie squirrels in the old mansion comes to mind.

@Not_Soos Sounds like our tastes are similar. Crash 2 was my childhood. These days I can 100% it in a weekend but when I was 9 there was some decent challenge to it. I can't imagine enjoying Crash 4 at all as a 9 year old. It's just too frenetic and the levels need to be broken up.

@Not_Soos I'm typically a completionist with like 104% on Crash 2, 3 and CTR. Even the idea of doing that here was unpleasant (and I didn't). Levels were too big so if you screw something up that's 20 minutes of your life gone. Secondly, it was very easy to screw things up because it was often very difficult to see exactly how the characters were oriented in parts. The shadows helped when you're closer to the camera, but not at all when you're far away. On top of that they padded it with even more filler by having all the level modifications which felt like a cheap way to "expand" replay value. Crash 4 took a lot more influence from Crash 1 than it should have when 2 and 3 were far superior and they could have built on those instead.

Hope it's Crash for Smash. Can't handle another disappointment like Crash 4.

Power Rangers Warriors. Make it happen!

As a fan of the Warriors series for 20 years, the lack of an English voice cast in SW4 felt like Koei trying to lower costs as much as possible. Then Dynasty Warriors 9 was an abomination of a game. SW5 has the potential to renew my faith in the company, but I have a sneaking suspicion they will instead cut all the same corners again.

At this rate I'll own every game they've ever released without giving them a dime.

Had my eye on this for a while but I heard it was short so I didn't want to drop $20 on it. $2 I can do, and just did!

Where's the poll that lets me vote for Zelda games with dungeons?

If we all rate Elmo's Letter Adventure 10/10 we can ruin this!

I can't speak for this version, but to reiterate what many fans are saying above: DW9 is BAD. The idea of making the game open world was ambitious but the execution was all wrong.

The joy of any DW game is the constant action. In DW9, you always end up riding a horse halfway across an extremely barren version of China to kill some reinforcements. It is just tedious.

Not to mention the game was glitchy as hell, and this is coming from a guy who stuck with the series despite the Chi Bi levels on the PS2.

They replaced all the voice actors with some third-rate company so the "so bad it's good" dialogue from legends like Beau Billingslea is now just insufferable.

Also there is a feature where you can visit generals in seemingly random places and become friends with them. How cute.

What is the catch rate though?

Free

clicks

...to play

leaves

Got this in a humble bundle a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised by how good it is.

Digital Sun isn't getting any more of my money until they fix the broken trophy glitch on the PlayStation version

Was waiting for the digital edition to go on sale but hell I'd rather have physical now that it's an option.

As someone who doesn't care about Persona, Dragon Quest, Banjo-Kazooie, King of Fighters or Fire Emblem, this whole Fighter Pass has been a complete bust. They should have stuck to Nintendo IPs.

@Agramonte Fellow Shenmue III backer. Hi.

Add Shaq as a playable character. I know they have a deal with him. Do it, cowards!

Since 2001 I have made three serious attempts at beating the first Golden Sun and I always get lost and stuck. Not on a difficult boss or anything - I just have no idea where to go. Last time I think I made it pretty far too.

Be real cool if my streak wasn't brought to a sudden hault because Koloro was downloaded under a different account on my Switch months ago. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the free games I did get. Just feeling very petty. And honestly I blame Nintendo more than Qubic because it's an eShop problem if anything.

My fiancé downloaded Koloro a few months ago using her account but on my Switch. Since it's listed as "Purchased" under my account I figured I was in the clear. Turns out I'm not and #RaceDieRun isn't being listed as free for me today. Just emailed Qubic to see if they can help.