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hmm might be time to raid the loose parts section at my local minifig store.

This is gonna be a really solid year for gaming for me.

My absolute GOTY last year as it scratched an itch for old school gameplay and exploration (this this is coming from someone that loves openworld games but even I was starting to feel they were too much and this game’s smaller but still interesting to traverse spaces was a breath of fresh air.), had a story that hooked me from start to finish, set up some lovely world building that could allow for more entries and I loved the sound track and setting inspiration. That it was a daughter- mother story (and Hazel’s aunt, grandma and dad) and had roots in my culture (Black Southern American) had me grinning from ear to ear when I wasn’t sobbing, cussing (f you Two Toes) or ready to drop kick the antagonists (a few of them I hated worse than the big bad) out a window. It is a story of grief (soooooo much), cruelty , coming of age, responsibility, legacy and pain while still being full of hope, sass and humor. I recommend this game to everyone. Still hoping a sequel gets greenlit.

My original plan had been to wait, but honestly I am very glad I bought the switch 2 day one. I primarily use it for switch 2 exclusives and new games as I have way less storage than my switch, but that also really helped me focus on beating games instead of hopping around. The eshop is super responsive, I’m enjoying the exclusive games, the screen size is perfect and the joycons 2 feel like a final version of a controller I am quite fond of. The little changes like the kick stand (I mostly use my v2 switch which still has the little stand) and dual charging ports are lovely QOL changes that shows some engineers still care about function over form (PS5 still looks silly). All in all I wish I could have gotten my Zelda edition but I am glad I own a switch 2 now.

Virtua Fighter 5 and DQ 2.

Cool! I will double dip if this is true.

welp time to recalibrate my TV!

Glad I held off on buying this. Trying to consolidate on switch family so if a game doesn’t have parity I just won’t buy it. I have too many fighting games as is.

I’m playing on series x for now but will get this when they have a good sale. Ubisoft if you wanna port Odyssey, I’ll buy that again too.

Please don’t give me any new merch to buy. My home already looks like I switched to (Capcom) Shinto as a belief system.

Okamiden HD on switch family would be nice though.

Oh Nintendo, you know how to level my anxiety, with your maximum stability.

Spent my tree money on games and amiibo this month so I am done buying games for at least three months. Depends on how the heat beats up my garden.

Will get tomodachi life and he-man eventually.

Wish he hadn’t felt the need to work while in the hospital, but I am glad things worked out.

Finally took a day off so playing Virtua Fighter 5 in between prepping my garden.

@DwaynesGames Oh cool, someone else that played Henry Hatsworth. TEA TIME!

Gives off Henry Hatsworth vibes. (Granted that game had more of a puzzle aesthetic on top of the action platforming but it was super fun)

I’ll read the recap as I will be asleep otherwise. However hoping for decapolice.

I think they captured the sense of the Betrayer in this ‘Dorf that felt like both a callback to OOT/WW ‘Dorf but expounded upon it. I haven’t felt legitimately angry or chilled by him in years but I really wanted to defeat him. And I honestly got nervous when he became the demon king. I still have to play age of imprisonment though.

I do feel like the wild era games were a deliberate subversion. They present him/his hatred as this mindless creature just acting in its nature which after beating him several games over he had begun to feel like a check box (Zant deserved better even if he was a fool) and then they subverted that while still keeping him as the unseen evil that haunts Hyrule and making him methodical and patient. He almost feels like he has a plan beyond “more power!!!”. In the same token I felt they did the same with Zelda herself. Her agency is a call back to OoT but way more fleshed out while still pantomiming the DID trope for those that need it (and imo alluding to Hylia without directly saying anything). Very fun to explore.

I’m not gonna rain on it as the mobile game I wanted to play got released for console in the form of Octopath Traveler 0 (so mobile to console isn’t bad imo), however the artstyle and story hook mean wait on deep discount for me. Still I hope it does well. It is always nice when consoles get access to a game they wouldn’t otherwise (or offline for that matter.)

The math seems off for this one. People aren’t gonna buy a switch 2 for this game. But Switch owners may buy the game and eventually play on their Switch 2 as well. I’m very much all for go to the new system (and feel cross gen support for too long diminished the PS5/XSX) but for a ecosystem with as strong BC as the switch family it seems like sell a Switch version and catch both sets of users than focus solely on the smaller base.

Especially since cost of living is getting tighter in a lot of countries (I feel like I spend all my extra money working on my pantry and garden right now….) so while Switch 2 numbers are good, I suspect they would be way higher of economic issues were quelled right now. Adoption may be a little slower than expected.

I mean I’m still buying it as I have a Switch 2 but at the same time for many games that aren’t demanding, I am still buying the switch version so I have the option to play on any of my systems (especially while I wait on Switch 2 express cards to drop in price…meanwhile my Switch has over 3 TB of cards…). But good luck to them. They still have a sale from me.

Welcome back Ingrid! Gotta get the Year 3 pass soon.

Yeah too rich for my blood. AMC wants 80 bucks shipped. I got to spend that money on games.

Cool. I won’t be going to the theater so good to know preorders are up.

I hope I am that cheerful when I am his age. Just always seems to have the best day ever…daily.

I just want the yoshi popcorn bucket.

Edit: woo nevermind. 80 bucks online. I’m good. I will just go buy a video game or two.

Nooooo I just set up my game book shelves and they are full.

I hope those that wanted it were able to purchase. Despite owning this one I have not played as I prefer the realistic version that came out as well. But I’ll play it eventually.

I hope her injury heals up well and speedy recovery.

All this leak stuff will do is make Nintendo pull back more and try to find the internal leakers and stop the problem. I don’t give leakers the time of day as it isn’t for the consumer benefit. It’s so they have content to churn views or engagement and make money. Knowing about games early doesn’t speed up development or release. It just kicks sand in the faces of the folks that worked on the games.

Anticipation is really lost on people now. Especially when there are so many games out/on the way.

Well. I guess I am not creative at all. I was all excited I gave my mii a different hairstyle. Good (and often disturbing) job to all the creatives out there.

well I’ll support anything with Avatar Korra in it but I hope Asami gets added. I would love to see what weapons she would make to combat benders (aside from her glove.)

Just waiting on payday!

I’d like a port of the Ocarina/MM 3DS (fix the zora swimming though) games but would still like to see a remake of the first 3 games in the EOW engine. Actually I’d like to see a new Echoes of Wisdom game. Princess Zelda as protag is my new addiction.

A spin off to OOT playing as Zelda showing the events from her perspective would be cool.

That being said I am preferring the focus on newer franchises and courting 3rd parties. As the Switch family are my primary systems.

Aww. Didn’t realize Tiana was in this. That was my hold out. Gonna have to buy this now.

tosses onto wishlist

Well that is about what I expected the xbox helix or PS6 to be so makes sense. I see why both Nintendo and Sony made a Japan only sku to hedge against inflation. I’m just glad I bought my switch 2 at launch (as I was worried about pricing across the board). I’m buying less games and not as many at launch but I’m not priced out of the ecosystem and I have a massive backlog. Switch 2 has a steady release schedule for a multigenre gamer like myself so I am fine focusing on one platform again. I think for now though if Nintendo needs to raise prices they will look at games or accessories. (well unless they are forced to redesign the switch 2 or something).

Unfortunately this is inflation, global economic turmoil (in some countries it is worse than others), shareholder appeasement, and high budgets at work. Which would be fine if wages increased as well.

I am loving all the 3rd party support. Switch family and Switch 2 in particular is becoming my favorite Nintendo console. Feels like a return to gamecube days. Please port Dragon’s Dogma 2 and the rest of the Onimusha series.

That being said…I’m never gonna work down my wishlist…

Thank you for this interview!

Been playing VF 5 since version C (still my favorite version though I have several other versions) and it is still my go to fighting game. Just waiting on payday to pick up REVO for Switch 2 (and South of Midnight…getting no sleep next month)!

(I do wish SEGA would release a VF collection though…)

Disregarding that English is 3-4 languages in a trenchcoat with a hat for what nation it is being spoken in, and is covered in patches on the coat from borrowed/assimilated words…It is less that English itself is simple (as it is probably by its very chimeric nature one of the most prolifically descriptive languages in use) but that spoken/in use literate language is “simple”. Of course literacy itself is both generational and individual so that is also a moot point. Personally, I have always found Japanese to be evocatively compact or efficient. If I want to quickly convey emotion I feel Japanese works wonders, but if I want to accurately describe events or a situation I am always amazed by the versatility of English. I’m often saddened by how much English speakers have allowed varied, daily usage to atrophy. Then again I used to (and still do from time to time) read the dictionary for fun.

That being said the localization for the franchise has been awful since 8 so it is what it is.

Of course I’d prefer to read the original interview in Japanese to form my own opinion.

I’m not an RE fan but I have played a few of them. Always liked Jill, the master of unlocking, and I would like to see Sheva return.

Nice! Digital doesn’t get discounts as often as I like so this feels like it is being taken more seriously. Looks like Nintendo is becoming a little more digital forward. Now I just need the express cards to get some good sales.

Time to clean some space off the internal memory.

Welp here’s hoping Sony will allow Tokon eventually.

Welp if they do get their money back that can hopefully be put towards more games development or salary increases for their employees. I do wonder if the JPN region only model is here to stay or if they will go back to regular region locking to cut costs.

I hope that SEGA decides to port the first two. However I will still double dip. Perhaps 4 will get worked on so this story can finally close out. Or a second season of the anime. I’m not picky at this point.

I waited so long, holding out hope this would go to switch (did buy a physical copy years ago for xbox at 10 bucks just in case) but I am glad it is finally here! Double dipping!

@Nintendosbooger Not related. This game is written in the style of the show. As such, Captain Janeway would have written in personal and official logs about the loss of a crewmember. Tuvok especially as he has been her friend for many years before the time line the show is set in.

@dartmonkey Tuvok DIED in your run?! Restart. Restart right now.

As a diehard Voyager fan, I love this game. I wish this could have had either a bigger budget or had come out during Voyager’s heyday to make it longer or get more voice acting from the cast but the product as is, is what I always wanted in a star trek game. The ship management, diplomacy, exploration (without going too deep down a rabbit hole). There are some bugs, but this is a b-c list deved game, so nothing terrible and nothing a sector reroll hasn’t fixed so far for me.

I usually wait for games like this to go on sale but I bought it day one and am still doing runs. I’m too scared to try harder difficulties though. (seriously, I had a plague outbreak while getting ambushed like every five seconds due to the region I was in (and the factions I’d ticked off) and morale cratered in one run through) Already respected Janeway before, but now? She held that ship and crew together with duct tape and coffee.

Got both shirts and the zelda lego set.

I sorta still want the 35th anniversary pins since my 35th anniversary sweatshirt (edit: it was the 30th anniversary. F thieves.) was stolen. But I haven’t been to any conferences lately which was the main reason I bought lapel pins (to wear on my suits).

@mlt Yes it does. Hazel is the new Weaver but that is more cultural/title/mantle than “she now has a big bad to slay” and has the power to do it.

The game is set in the South (the region I am from though not the same state) and starts with a Hurricane (been through enough of them) so there is a ton of clean up that needs to be done and Hazel herself is a late teen so while there are some super hero generic things that can be tied up the game resolves its plot main plot/Hazel’s personal storyline. It is more, an evil/greed/pain never dies and now Hazel has a legacy to uphold (Weavers had disappeared and Hazel is the newest one in a few generations) and this is the beginning of her new chapter sort of thing. But the game is framed in a way that you can walk away satisfied. They don’t imo hook it in a way that makes you think they held back the story to make a sequel. Much of the issues resolved are personal narratives to the NPC she helps/facing your demons.

For me it almost felt like seeing a new comic book being created and as such I want to know more about Hazel’s story and world. Even more so for me personally as the game feels familiar and relatable culturally but exciting as it explores a folk history and mythology that is often overlooked. I very much enjoyed the world building. It is simply a world I want to revisit in a sequel even knowing it likely won’t get one and there are items from this game that they can expand upon in a sequel.