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I 100%-ed Tiny Troopers, to scratch my Cannon Fodder itch. It was very cheap and many hours of fun, just how I like my games.

@chefgon and then give themselves bonuses for saving the company, actually bankrupting the company, to get whatever they can get for that, and proceed to start a new company to get whatever they can get from that, or get a new job as executives in another company torun that into the ground as well. With a heavy heart of course. Stone is usually quite heavy.

Of course, I don't KNOW what happened here, so I won't assume it is the truth in this case. That is after all more how BIG companies seemto be mismanaged, hopefully the smaller ones still mean it when they say they tried but met with difficult times (due to the company "government" being intentionally mismanaged and sending their bills to the people).

I would love to see more of the very (over-) ambitious third party games I grew up with in Nintendo handhelds. I was pleasantly surprised by Alonein the Dark being there, and instantly played it again. I still have the original CIB, mint condition. But I would love for more people to experience Rogue Spear, Max Payne, Kill.Switch, Payback,... Games my mind was blown by as a child with no TV let alone home consoles. Or at a younger age, on the GBC, Cannon Fodder, Perfect Dark, or Alone in the Dark which is already there.

6. There, I said it, I'll be famous for a few days now.

No, despite it being released on my birthday, I actually think its timing is off, from an individual perspective, as I'm currently more into smaller games. If it truly is all I fully believe it is, it's a 10, but again, no actual experience with it so far so this 10 means nothing. Here and now, it seems like what gaming has been building up to all this time, and we have a long time of disappointments coming up if we expect anything to surpass it in what it does well, anytime soon. But I'll be playing smaller games for the time being.

Did Link just say "haha"?

The difference is small, but I think that, had I not always seen the EU one, I would have prefered the US one.

In both cases she's looking over her shoulder, camera ready. US has a better background, more obviously a totalitarian tyranny (what Jade is looking AT), EU has better colours (what she was pointed at and saw just moments before). So both represent the game quite well.

I would especially like to finally see a sequel on the Switch or its successor (presuming it will also be a handheld). And not see it become a fully open world game, but a true sequel, so open-ISH but intentional and structured. Or see the HD version on Switch at least. Such a good game.

Currently very much into the smaller games, played some Pathway, the free Carrion christmas dlc, Minit, Minit Fun Racer, Gato Roboto...

I must be wrong.

Minit Fun Racer.

What?

I love Minit.

Reminds me of Superhot, with some turn based "tactics", and that is never a bad thing.

Edit: kind of what I wanted the John Wick game to be.

@Friendly I'm not easily "hyped" by big budget releases, but I actually looked up what time that is (unironically being in Central Europe, Summer Time... but we use 24 hour clock here, or 12 but not "AM" or "PM" which I keep getting mixed up, and I didn't know why there was an S in there).

It's a sad world, you're not a free man and probably never will be, you're a slave but we just don't call it that anymore, but you CAN pretend to be free in / escape to Hyrule on your own time, what little is left of it.

I won't be playing it day one, because I'm planning my next escape. Escaping to a forest cabin here in Belgium wasn't enough to get the slavers off my back, my next escape is to a caravan in the mountains in Spain, but the slavers are aware and not willing to let me be free. I maintained my sense of adventure at least, so it will be an... interesting experience.

And one day soon I hope to play TotK in the mountains.

That IS a lot of games, I don't even have that many games in my backlog.

I only played the handheld ones, starting with GBA, and then DS and 3DS. I liked most of what I played a lot, and Mirror of Fate may have been a bit simplified, it was an amazingly beautiful 3DS game, one of the better looking games in 3d as I remember it. Up there with RE Revelations, Luigi's Mansion 2, and a few others that really make me wish Switch's successor will bring back the 3d instead of chasing that 4k in handheld or whatever. Resolution is fine, but 3d does a lot more to make it look "real". Still playing a lot of 2d pixel games anyway, so neither is a requirement for a good game. Diorama is just cuter than pixel density the eyes hardly pick up on when a game is good enough.

Selling a LEGO game brick per brick, bag per bag, AND as a box. An empty box by the way. BECAUSE WE CAN.

For the discounted credit - voucher - whatever creative combinations people found to cut the cost to 45-ish, I'd STILL expect a physical copy with nice inner box art and a full colour manual at least, even IF we're talking about the best game ever. It's one thing for creators and publishers not to de-value their work, it's another to raise prices for consumers and cut all the production costs where they already made tons of profit in the past, and pretend they "have to" and insult us as being stupid.

And yes, I've been a Zelda and Nintendo "fan" since my first game ever, Link's Awakening on the the original GB (Grey Brick). I'm just not stupid enough to believe a profit-based market is durable in any way, let alone if profits need to grow as well, and the growth needs to grow, and that growth also... Or they start speaking of "losses" while crying gold coins.

Sounds like it could be fun, not in a horror- but in a just have some fun way. So is it a narrative adventure with multiple inputs? Like a "dumb" horror movie where five people watch and each roots for their own character (or not)? Serious enough to pass as horror, but silly enough to laugh about with some friends on a movie night?

@aaronsullivan Etrian Odyssey (and the Persona crossover spin-offs) is an amazing series. But I'm really sad that it really does require a (3)DS to work, so I'm not sure whether its remakes on Switch will be enough to say it lives on beyond the 3DS... I hope it will convince me (and drop in price soon enough, because I played them before, 2 out of 3 of the remade games in 3 versions as they have already been remade and included 2 versions in the remake...)

Into the Dead 2 on Switch. I knew what I was getting when I bought it for cheap, and greatly enjoyed it as such, but I didn't like how the box makes it seem like it is some open world survival horror fps, while it's an autorunner in first person of sorts. Again, I wasn't disappointed, it was a well planned purchase on my end, and got it at a good price, but the normal price is WAY too high and it is NOT what they make it seem like on the box, published by Gearbox. I can imagine many being disappointed... As far as I can imagine many buying it in the first place

@Bobb I'll just read it as I read the button symbols in a playstation game tutorial or manual, an explicit inner voice "press (loud silence) to (whatever)", and never speak of it to anyone.

@thom1414 If I understand it right, it's an FPTBDCRPG (first person turn based dungeon crawling role playing game) by EXPERIENCE, the people behind Labyrinth of Yomi and the Spirit Hunter series?

I like the different style, but Tomb Raider Anniversary or the entire collection up until Underworld seems like such an effortless no-brainer to put on Switch... They were on Wii (and Anniversary was fantastic on Wii) and could now be enhanced for the Nintendo and handheld and modern audience.

And to the "don't you guys have Steamdecks?" people, yes I know, some people have Steamdecks. I don't and won't get one, same as with a smartphone.

Japan, no question there. Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman could have potentially beaten it, if they wanted to go for something out of the movie, but I think I would have still given the win to a drawing in the style of the comics, especially for a videogame that, well, didn't look much like the movie. A drawing that also has Catwoman AND the Penguin in it.

Looks like something I'll buy in the future on a deep sale, seems cool enough, I'm just a "cheapskate". I loved Mighty Switch Force 2 because of the fire fighting 2d action (and kicking babies to recue them).

... In the same universe where the DS and Wii got a COD 4 game and many others, because they were popular platforms, and they were very much playable (and the PS Vita got a badly optimised COD).

There's supposed to be a day one patch, so any early review is already outdated I guess. Waiting for a cheaper price and some updated reviews and some patches, it still has my attention.

So I held off for a physical release only to find out that it's Limited Run who eventually makes one, and I'd have to pay an arm and a leg to get a copy in Europe... Well, sub-10 (preferably sub-5, I have bought it before on ps3) euro digital it is then, let the waiting game...

Continue...

@khululy to the untrained eye they might look really indistinguishable, but I didn't spend ten years in seclusion mastering the art of looking through any disguise to let myself be fooled by this trickery. I know a pikachu when I see one.

If you look really closely at the picture, you can spot that one of the pikachu's isn't a pikachu but a human.

So how about a round 3 for picross 3D?

@Krysus I admit I'm waiting for a price drop, but I'd still argue that, had they remade (these are remade, not just remastered) both separately and charged 30 for each, no one would complain. These are both classic examples of excellent game design.

But yeah, 60 feels a lot for "one game". Just like 90 for three Etrian Odyssey remakes feels way overpriced even for a fan of that series as well, while it is essentially 30 per game. I'll be waiting for a huge price drop there as well.

Metroid Prime 1 remastered was 40, but had they done the trilogy all at once for 120, everyone would have lost their minds over how Nintendo lost their minds. Me included. Yet most people argue that 40 for one remaster is fine, and I remember getting the trilogy on Wii for that price (standard price was 50 I think, still insane value).

Well, game prices are all over the shop. I got many great games for less than 5, free to play games that never cost me anything but entertained me for a hundred hours or so, and some true disappointments over the years, some of which had the "decency" of only lasting a few hours of utter blandness or boredom or frustration, for 60 back when I bought games at full price. It's an asking price, if I don't agree I move on or put it on a wishlist waiting for them to lower it until I do agree, as is the case here. I know the content is great, both BUT and BECAUSE I've played it all before. For newcomers who think 60 is a fair price for a single new game with decent content, 60 is a fair price here as well.

Ivoted Wii remote. While, as a standard controller, it is not the best, it does offer features that make it the greatest for certain kinds of games, giving us House of the Dead Overkill, the BEST RE4, Red Steel 2,... Games I love(d) and would not have existed without the controller.

For the same reason, WiiU Gamepad is second. It gave us far less unique games that used its features well enough to stand out, but it did give us Zombi U, Wind Waker and Splatoon with gyro aim, some asymmetric local multiplayer games,... And living-room-bound-handheld versions of most games available on the system.

@Zuljaras I've been playing Remnant for quite a while now, I'm thinking about going for 100% because of how long I've enjoyed it for so long. It has tons of secrets and some very cool character build possibilities.

@Owl1 Well, they actually kind of sort of did it. A local game store has a LEGO car as a pre-order bonus (which I assume is not exclusive to that store), and the option to get a bundle with a bigger LEGO car, choice between two options, at a discount (which I assume IS exclusive?)

Hotwheels had an actual physical release, with a DLC pack and a "real" Hotwheels car in it, as limited edition, not a pre-order bonus, and not a bundle made by the store itself. But hey, it is what it is, and isn't what it isn't. I'm not buying it, but just saying

I love the originals, and want this remake, but while not arguing the value for newcomers, for me it's way too pricey. And "Nintendo" and "decent sale" don't fit in one sentence... Wait... That sentence contradicts itself.

Cult of the Lamb free expansion just the day after I bought the deluxe physical at the price of the standard, Shadows over Loathing, Oxenfree 2, and Animal Well really had my attention. Some others seem interesting too.

And I just bought the deluxe physical edition for the price of the standard edition. Still watching the actual broadcast right now, but they just announced Shadows over Loathing, and I know I need to get my spittoon hands on it.

Twilight Princess E3 reveal.

@Owl1 it would probably be very expensive indeed, but still more inviting to buy than an empty box with an ugly banner saying it's an empty box. Lego City had something interesting on Wii U, where you could buy a LEGO set of a cop car and a robber, and if I remember correctly, the license plates of the cars were a code to unlock the cars in game. Sure, this could easily be shared so it couldn't "lock" much content away. But it was a nice way to make a collector of either or both the games and the sets buy both.

@Zimon That would make it too physical.

@Owl1 Or DON'T save plastic, and make it a code in an actual LEGO set to build a car. Either would have made more sense than an empty box.

Tough one, EU has a nice consistency throughout the series, but for a first game, the story and style is what made it interesting and is better represented onthe other ones. I'm not voting, both are good, neither is more nor less than good. Between US and Japan, US. A red block doesn't fit the drawing, an out of focus page from an old book or a pirate treasure map or whatever fits much better.

Now I kind of want to replay the games... But I kind of also don't and I'm playing other games right now, so I won't.

Half of them, half of that half (somewhat educated) guesses.

Wasn't sure about the last one, I read all four options carefully to see if there was a trick in misspelling.

This isn't even a contest. Sure, the new one looks bad ass, some zen quadruple black belt martial arts monk, but nothing compared to this guy as an antagonist.

@theModestMouse Unless they can turn them into 170mb $50 limited physical games that way. They've done it before, they'll do it again.

@nhSnork I have Gato Robotto downloaded and ready since it was pretty cheap on a recent sale, but I still need to get to it, it LOOKS amazing though.

@Cikajovazmaj .. THOUSAND.

@Fizza Have you seen the E3 presentation of Twilight Princess? Gives me "goosebumps" every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwMdcESljqg

@Anti-Matter I understand the urge for physical, I have the same and always love a game with a manual more than mostly empty boxes, and lose interest in digital downloads much quicker. And the N-Gage was kind of a disaster but it was indeed cool it did have boxed games still. To me, every concept of trade is a possible scam.

And I can respect that you stick with your vision, I recognise myself in that as well.

@Anti-Matter I don't think the option of actually playing a game yourself, and then paying whatever you think it's worth and getting some extra stuff for it, is bad in any way. Watching gameplay does not mean it won't still disappoint.

And the trap is paying, not playing. I play for free, and that is a good thing when I enjoy it, no loss at all if I don't. For example, Asphalt 9 was fun, Warface gave me many hours of online fps gameplay for zero money in any currency, and Dauntless and Warframe and several others seem like they could be a lot of fun, I just didn't get into them. And there's many more, where as long as you don't pay, you're not losing anything on them, and there's no point in hating them.

I played sixty euro games in the past that were over after three disappointing hours that LOOKED interesting on youtube, and zero euro games I enjoyed for a hundred hours.

@Anti-Matter I don't, there are genuinely nice games among them, that kind of serve as a massive free demo you can pay for if so desired and show off what you paid for. I don't do that, but I still like a massive demo of a good game, technically completely there. I could do without the constant flashing of paid options and stupid timers, but I don't think it's, as a rule, worse than paying up front full price for a product that could be utterly disappointing.

@Bunkerneath you didn't pay for eshop skins and such, you bought games there you still e-"own" and still have access to. That's different. Your 3ds and/or Wii U weren't shut down. Although, admittedly, turning on a Wii U is depressing without Miiverse and all that, the console is still running games.