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Going for NA purely because it's classic 'American Kirby is Hardcore' and that's always wonderfully daft.

Can't wait to play this again. Probably my favourite ever (?) Fire Emblem game. If and when I ever knuckle down and finish Three Houses that might be subject to change, but I doubt it.

I love that there is this weird cult of adoration around Katamari. I can't say I fully get it, since I find the controls honestly janky as all heck, but I love the presentation of the series and it's one of gaming's best, oddest, curios.

Plenty of Breath of the Wild (just purchased the Expansion pass after clearing all the Divine Beasts) and the smallest sprinkling of OG Mass Effect. Sometimes you just have a hankering for yesterday.

@burgerkingsauce People like gen 1 specifically because their designs are so uncomplicated compared to the LSD crayola scribble the series is perceived to have descended into by some quarters of the fandom. Everyone has their personal preference for these things, and if it seems like gen 1 gets a disproportionate amount of coverage that's probably because it generated a disproportionate amount of fans in the series. Pokemon literally went from zero to millions off the back of those designs alone, and that's why they'll likely always be held up as exemplars in the franchise.

Any chance to spend more time in the Ghost Trick universe could only be a good thing. A criminally under-loved game that will hopefully get it's time in the sun on Switch

Poor Toy Story is just a sponge desperately being wrung for the last tiny trickle of profit at this point.

These are adorable. Too bad if they ever did manage to make it to Western shores there isn't a hope in hell they'd retail at such a bargain price.

Played about 60-70% (?) of the first one before setting it aside in favour of other games. I think I'd have really loved it as a kid because the choice-based gameplay made it feel at times like a Choose Your Own Adventure story but it just lacked the polish to make it essential entertainment these days for me. Here's hoping the sequel spruces things up a bit as it certainly had potential.

It's fascinating to see the differences in opinion between users and critics in these lists. The highest rated game critically is one that most probably don't even consider a proper HM game, and likewise there's an entry in the people's top ten that got whacked with 5/10 on review.

@Ironcore I have pretty much exactly the same feeling about the NA cover. Pretty surprised it's walking this one when the iconic lineup cover is right there on Japan's entry.

Sad to see Schala's theme didn't make it in, but Frog's is possibly the greatest character theme in video game history so I can probably get over it.

Only yesterday morning I was watching the trailer for the rerelease of this series and wondering idly if they ever actually got around to producing the DLC. What an absurd situation to have so many people working for so long just to give the damn game a reasonable ending. Almost makes me sympathise with Bioware's decision to just shut the door on Mass Effect 3 and move on. Almost.

This is what happens when you pull your A, B and C teams in to get Tears of the Kingdom out the door.

Pikmin fever is here again.

They both look class. Wholly unnecessary, but class.

Seeing Lord of The Rings: Gollum land so high is depressing as all out. I feel sorry for the fandom.

@RadioHedgeFund One thing I have to take issue with is the idea that Nintendo don't lose money on people downloading ROMs of their games. Part of the reason Nintendo is so prohibitive with its back catalogue is so they can potentially re-monetize them in the future via remake/remaster or simply dumping them on an iteration of their own Virtual Consoles. On top of that it prevents earlier entries from long-running franchises like Pokémon from cannibalising the sales of future games. Perhaps that wouldn't ultimately amount to much in the way of lost revenue but it's really not as straightforward as 'X game is unavailable on current gen systems so there's no financial loss for the company by freely distributing it.'

Sad as this is and honourable as the apology might be, Daedalic are not a bunch of amateurs cooking some pie in the sky fan project up from their basement. They've been in this industry long enough to know the score, and their product was always going to be unacceptable to launch in the state it's in. I wish them every success in fixing the game, but this is wholly a mess of their own making.

Awesome. Always liked some DQM.

This is like a fever dream. A wonderful, wonderful, fever dream.

Nintendo are traditionalist in all the best and worst senses of the term, unfortunately. They won't change unless there's a significant financial or reputational motive to do so, and even in today's world there probably isn't enough noise made about accessibility to reach their ivory battlements.

@DaniPooo I've just started Breath of the Wild and if there's one niggle I have with the game it's Zelda's voice. No shade on the VA but, yeah, I don't think it works for me either :/

Well this sucks amidst all the Zelda positivity going on right now. Hopefully it's not indicative of the company's future and best wishes to everyone affected by this crappy situation.

I guess dumping these out to be ignored while everyone else is playing Zelda is one way for Nintendo to meet their obligation for extra content. They'll be fun to waste ten minutes on just to see the cosmetic changes at least.

Bayonetta I can almost forgive, since it's pretty much perfect at being what it is. But GTA V and Skyward Sword are both bloated and unenjoyable in numerous places. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

All the hype made me go mad and splurge on the Nintendo Vouchers offer so I could pick up both Tears of The Kingdom and Smash Ultimate (FINALLY). All of which means I'll mostly be playing Smash....for Wii U, this weekend. Still got loads to do there even though I did play a cheeky match of Ultimate before rolling back the clock. It looks suitably wonderful <3<3<3

Square is getting worryingly close to being the new Konami, these days. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if we hear an announcement saying they've scrapped finishing the FFVII remake off at this rate.

Surely no Zelda can truly lay claim to greatness without Tingle though :/

@Ristar24 One of the biggest surprises of revisiting Super Mario Land 2 is how much I found I didn't especially care for it all these years late given just how easy the game is. The original Mario Land on the other hand is arguably closer in spirit to the original NES Marios and something I'd love to play again on the big screen.

@TruthisRare This argument in particular always bugs me. Everyone has a right to not give their property to people if they don't wish to. You don't have the right to take it just because you think it should be available to you, no matter your views on Nintendo's policies.

Japan is miles away the prettier, but is it the most commercially viable of the two options?

Spent six hours or so of Saturday ignoring the coronation in favour of playing Paper Mario:The Thousand Year Door for the first time. Truly happy and glorious.

Nobody's voted for the Deku King as of yet. Really shouldn't have wasted my vote on Daisy in hindsight ._.

I played way more of Man of Medan than was healthy for a single person on the PS4 and 5. The Dark Pictures Anthology is definitely a marmite series, but if you buy into its hokey Choose-Your-Own-Adventure charms they're quality slices of entertainment.

@Ainze I remember having some really fun times with the game, and the problems it had are in fairness pretty much the same as most online TCGs. It also had a super generous reward track system that meant building a good collection was pretty easy from what I recall. A shame the replacement seems to be a big step backward by all accounts.

Enjoyed this for a fair while, but eventually it just descended into whoever got to play the most overpowered EX cards first. Don't know if that's just indicative of the state of the card game in general but it always felt wildly imbalanced.

Mystic Quest Remake part one when?

Spec Ops: The Line says hi.

@TheBigK Exactly this. Freeloaders gonna freeload, regardless of their reasons for doing it. It's not going to impact the box office or subsequent home release sales one bit I'd wager. If anything it's just more social media traction for the film.

It's a Mario Party every week with the film's success, it seems.

Replaying the original Paper Mario ahead of finally, FINALLY, getting around to playing TTYD. Really looking forward to it, though it's got a lot to live up to since this has just reminded me how special the original game in the series is.

So grateful I already bought this on offer. Being tempted this way with a Free Trial would have only inspired me to spend crazy money on it xD

Tears of the Kingdom is going to kill this and that's a freaking shame. Why on earth didn't they hold off on the release?

Jurassic Park on the Gameboy was one of the first video games I ever owned, but even with that heady hit of nostalgia there's not a lot here to get excited about. They were all, frankly, a bit rubbish-except that one on the Genesis where you could jump on people as a Raptor and go KYEEEEEEEEEEEEEARRRRGGGGGGGHHH. That one were alright.

Fun game, if a little bit creaky these days. Stellar atmosphere and voice work elevates it above some of the other forgettable FPSes of the era, and definitely worth checking out the trial if you've the space for it.

IV, being a child of the SNES era. And despite rating VI as the best entry of the series I'm one of those awful people who can't stand VII but adores XIII. Sorry (not sorry.)

Although technically it was Final Fantasy Adventure on the GB. Which still slaps to this day.

This is like peering back down an alternative timeline for your childhood and seeing what you could have been spending your Saturday mornings playing, and I'm all here for it.

What is it with Nintendo and the name Bowser? This is starting to smack of deep-seated childhood trauma.

I'm not sure Illumination have ever managed a follow up film that didn't massively underwhelm. One and done seems best for them. Though a silent Pikmin movie a la the first half of Wall-E would be sweet.