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Hopefully he'll find success with his own studio. Both Mario + Rabbids were a fantastic breath of fresh air and I'd love a spiritual successor.

Replace the Rabbids with Mokke from Toilet bound Hanako-kun and you'll have something similar, but even better and 100% japanese.

So far, the Steamdeck has sold 4 million more than the Switch 2. That number will probably be reversed within 6 month of release.

As long as every single game isn't a 5+ year development purgatory. Not every game is a 3D Zelda, a main Mario entry, a Mario kart (deluxe not included), a Metroid, or an F-Zero (still waiting for that perfect game that has definitely been in development for 20+ years)

@Anti-Matter It's even worse with full price game as a service. Any game based on micro transactions sucks.

Poker that doesn't involve real money is as harmless as any other card game.

PEGI18 should be the default for any game that includes micro transactions, loot boxes or premium currency to buy in game items with real money.

@HotGoomba I only believe self-proclaimed "insiders". You didn't say you were one, but you're a goomba, so this could be mushroom kingdom dollars or coins and I don't know the exchange rate for this currency.

Something bothers me... You reviewed RGB in the wrong order! You went for RBG! Great review though.

That reminds me I bought oxenfree on switch years ago and never played it. And yes, I am totally decensitized to the almost daily layoffs in video games.

I'll never get the fascination for this game. I got it day one on Wii U and it was far inferior to XC1 and I was never enticed to explore everything after I beat the game.

It did look incredible for a Wii U game, and had Monolith soft art style all over it (and the Wii U only had a handful of worthy games)

It won't be any cheaper than the switch OLED. And it won't be as expensive as the PS5 on release or the XSX. Nintendo often try to get their consoles on the cheaper side. So 400€/$ is a safe bet and you don't need to be an self proclaimed analyst to reach this conclusion.

Too bad the house didn't get a stability update.

QOL > Nostalgia. 3DS is the winner.

I still have it somewhere with my GC under a mountain of dust. I don't remember much about this game, but it wasn't bad. I'd rather have a Lylat wars remake or a new entry that would kick star fox zero out of the canon.

A true star fox inspired game must include:

• an arrogants bird
• a patronising rabbit telling you, the elite pilot, how to use the brakes and always reminding you about your dead dad
• a useless frog that gets shot down and you constantly have to help it
• an antagonist with the best theme music from the N64 era

AI generated crap need to go, but so does the rest of the shovelware. I wonder what percentage of the eShop is filled with shovelware.

@Member_the_game If anything, your comment wasn't agressive enough. There is a report rule that says "do not post unless you have something useful to share". First comment celebration should be instant ban on every comment section.

It wouldn't be a Nintendo game without at least one insanely stupid decision. They think of the best possible things, and overlook something ridiculously annoying... Twice, since they did it with TOTK.

Just don't release cross gen titles if it limits the Switch 2 version. I'm disappointed Metroid Prime 4 isn't a switch 2 exclusive, so it can take full advantage of the new title, and not be an enhanced version of an old gen game.

So Nintendo took over ESA and created their own event after boycotting E3 for a decade. Well played, very evil.

Can we also have news about studio hiring hundreds of devs for a change?

@martynstuff I'm pretty sure it's gotten a lot worse. Games nowadays are way too ambitious, and pushing back a release only extends the crunch and add to the pressure.

Not to mention all the publishers and executive who only see in the very short term and want to make more money while spending less, aka "stop polishing and release it even if it's unfinished".

@Champalimo Crunch periods were totally different back then. The game, manufacturing and logistic were scheduled. And once the game was released, it was in its final version, without possibility to patch it after release. But devs got months of holiday to compensate for the crunch period.

Today it's absolute BS, because they combine delays, insanely long crunch and then troubles really start when they have to urgently patch the unfinished hot mess they released.

The quality of their games were just so random. They definitely had some incredibly talented people, but I don't even know the names of trustworthy people in the studio. Let's hope they all gather in a studio full of freedom and are entrusted with great IPs.

I wish eBay and the likes cared even a little:
Only authorising reselling of unreleased goods to professionals.
Forcing all non-professionals sales as "used" during shortages.
Blocking prices at 110-120% of the RRP.

Just doing this would prevent a lot of scalping. The rest could be done with some targeted bans as examples (plus death penalty, but some people would say it's taking things too far)

@KayFiOS Got it. They are trying different random routes in their lives. And left this one in the hands of a bot.

Since Sony is always lying, I'll make up some fake numbers:
Xbox series has solt 300 million units
PS2 only sold 25 million
Switch has sold 5 units per human on this planet.

It's not as far fetched as Sony's arse pull.

I bet Nintendo would have never broken this deal, had they seen beta versions of the monstrosities on CD-i. And sega might still be making consoles with one less competitor.

I guess they weren't too proud of Babylon's fall either. They should harass square enix until they agree to let them make NieR: Manualata, the game no one can play in the US.

As impressive as it is, I will never understand why someone would spend years on a single game just to set a record. Same thing for glitches and exploits.

Switch 3 will predict you will fail and die (in game) as soon as you you start a game. No need for a patent, I already know I can be clumsy.

Super Mario, how cool is that when it's your actual name? I would have personally chosen "Mario Shopping Kart". Good luck trying to sue this.

We want it to be fun.
And we know nintendo will always go for new mechanics, rather than a simple cut and paste.

@drypaphmrbro I understand the struggle. I used to work in the UK, and every time a colleague came back from the US, his English was corrupted for a while and he'd say non British words like "garbage". He knew speaking like this was rubbish. You should always stick to proper English, especially if you had the chance to grow up surrounded by a nice accent.

They even copied football and renamed it "soccer". Who does that?

This is depressing. How can the market supposed to bring joy be based on so much crap?

When you "restructure" by removing every single brick of a structure, it's called demolition. But I'm sure the execs will have a huge bonus for these mass layoffs

@X68000 Same format. It's still microSD, but the minimum read/write speed is higher. Before that you had UHS 1-3

@Dazman You mean that would be Valve? (I'm super proud of that ridiculous joke)

This is a one way competition. This is so like Nintendo, minding their business, totally unaware of how big they can be and impacting the entire videogame industry every time they release something big. Like the complete void of announcements around TOTK's release.

This reminds me of a tv show or a film (can't remember) in which a kid was playing an Xbox exclusivity on a Nintendo console with a playstation controller. The prop guys were either really stupid, or fantastic jokers.

Fundraising for an IP infringement. They might actually be geniuses. They collect money, then say "thanks, but Nintendo is against it. And we're keeping the money since Kickstarter was made for scammers and we don't owe you anything."

I hope they just move all the game development to the Switch 2. I'd hate to have crossgen games dragged down by the old switch hardware for several years like Sony did with PS4/5 crossgen games

Nintendo was upset? No kidding!

Nintendo: we give you the detail so you can be ready for launch since we trust you. Mum's the word.
Every manufacturer: HEY EVERYONE! Here is the unannounced Switch 2 in our future accessories!

Even the title seems AI generated. If you only keep the A as a capital letter, the acronym reads "Als".

If I was Nintendo, I'd make a list of all the manufacturers who broke the silence early and make sure they never know about unannounced projects ever again.

I'd simply make a top 1 god tier game and place BOTW in it. With a got tier nostalgia including former perfectest games, like Super Mario world, ALTTP, mario 64, ocarina of time, chrono trigger and mass effect. And even Bahamut Lagoon to give the bird to the idiots who decided not to translate it.

They might be working on augmentes reality, making American soldiers appear as monsters. Where did I see that? Probably black mirror.

The bar was set so low with star fox zero, any game would be a masterpiece in comparison.

Going full Layton would be suggesting a puzzle about hot air balloon or something totally unrelated.

One reason to love the sonic movies whether you enjoyed them or not: they convinced Jim Carrey to keep acting.