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@Snow-Dust That's no theory at all. That's the truth. Illumination are masters of marketing. Think back to any of their films and you'll likely remember seeing ads for those films all over the dang place. They design everything in such a way to achieve maximum appeal to their target audience (kids), make their films on the literal definition of shoestring budgets, and market them ad nauseam to keep the movie in the public's perception for as long as it's relevant. And the worst part is that since they're brand-safe, most adults will take their children to these movies and think that they're harmless at best, pushing more money into their pockets and allowing them to continue their massive cycle of mediocrity.

Illumination is business first, business second, and maybe some time for art if they spare a second to even think about it. I don't know what Nintendo was thinking with handing them the reigns to Mario, but all I know is that it's probably going to be exactly like their other films: bland and quickly forgotten as soon as it's pushed to stores.

/rant

I wish them luck, but the scope of this project seems too big.

No surprise, honestly. Now to see if they actually follow up on it.

Uh, is this even a question? Persons 5 should've been announced for Switch while the Smash Bros. iron was hot. So yes, I say. Bring ALL the games to Switch.

That or give an update on SMT V.

I dunno. I hope they're successful, but this looks like a case of an indie team biting off more than they can chew.

People say it won't. I say it will. Breath of the Wild 2 is Nintendo's Holiday 2020 title!

Glad it's finally coming, and it's good to see Ori still being part of the roster on Switch.

This game takes my personal pick as Game of the Decade. I wasn't around for the fan campaign or any of the buzz around the game, so it flew under my radar. I saw one of my friends playing it and thought it looked boring as sin initially. Then 2015 rolled around. With Shulk appearing in Smash 4 and him being one of my favorites in the game, I decided to check out the New 3DS version when that system came stateside. I couldn't put the game down. I kept wanting to complete every sidequest I saw, but I was super invested in the story and characters. I was legitimately shocked how much I enjoyed the game and since then, I've been hooked on Xenoblade as a series. Xenoblade X made immensely satisfying gameplay at the cost of a decent story, and Xenoblade 2 brought the story back with a bit less interesting gameplay, but overall, the entire series has been one of my favorites. I'll be buying and eagerly playing the remaster when it comes out this year and can't wait to see where the series goes from here.

There's being frustrated, but this is just freaking embarrassing. I hope that person feels rightfully ashamed.

Seriously, this game needs a Switch port. Yoshi's Crafted World has nothing on this one. Oh, and all these tracks are really good!

Wow. All this says to me is "We don't want to take the time to learn about and strategize with this new mechanic, so we'll just ban it." The unpredictable nature of Dynamaxing goes both ways, so neither side is disadvantaged. You just have to plan for it as best you can, much like Mega Evolution and Z-Moves.

Good guide, except that it omits something that's being contested right now. Dataminers have pointed out there seems to be only a chance to get the increased odds for a shiny Pokémon in the wild. The chart on Serebii reflects this chance as well. The odd bit is that the article on shiny hunting from The Pokémon Company seems to contradict these findings, implying that the shiny odds are guaranteed to be increased. A common theory is that this "chance of increased shiny odds" is due to a programming quirk and was not intended.

Breeding, however, is unaffected by this and the odds are as stated in this guide. Hopefully whatever is causing this inconsistency can be cleared up, but for now, breeding should be the best method for shiny hunting.

This is the one thing I wish they could globalize about the Pokémon franchise. Having such a large disparity between the English and Japanese makes stuff like this super annoying.

@mrmememan For sure. It's up there with my favorite soundtracks from this series. But still, Masuda has made some great music and it will be a bit odd not having some from him.

That's a shame. No matter what opinions there are on his directorial roles, he knows how to compose some killer music.

In other words, someone is using a smear campaign to try and stunt Pokémon Sword and Shield. I guess we should also point out that this game burned my crops, poisoned my water supply, and brought a famine upon my household.

Being upset and boycotting the game is fine, but this is freaking embarrassing.

Whatever the truth behind this whole mess is, a few things are clear to me.

1. Game Freak needs some transparency. Even if it's a bad reason, getting everything on the table should be priority number one.
2. A good portion of Pokémon fans seem to have completely forgotten how to be decent human beings. It's actually embarrassing for me to call myself a Pokémon fan when I see others acting so childish.
3. It's. A. Video. Game. They are inconsequential. They are temporary. There are much bigger issues that plague society and the world. Losing so much sleep and energy over one isn't healthy.
4. Comments are a mistake.

I'm not surprised at all the Gen 1 love. However, Treecko, Froakie, and Cyndaquil will always be my favorites. It was kind of hilarious that the pattern was Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto as the preferred order and yet Chikorita wasn't there. No love for that one.

You've forgotten about Garbodor. I hear way too many people pronounce his name as Gar-buh-door. It's a combination of garbage and odor. It should be pronounced gar-Boe-dur.

Treecko, 110%. It's my favorite starter line and I legit like each stage of the evolution.

No sympathy here. Idiot uploaded proof of his cheating and got caught. He got what he deserved. And besides, it's a freaking video game. Life goes on.

On one hand, it kinda serves him right for knowingly breaking an NDA. On the other hand, it wasn't a big secret, so Epic might be pushing it a bit too far.

Business-wise, Nintendo doesn't have a lot in common with Disney. To me, Nintendo's more like Disney in terms of the content they create (largely family friendly, universally appealing, high standards of quality, iconic characters, and the list goes on and on). And honestly, that's the content I love to see from both companies, so I'm all for that. Let's just hope Nintendo doesn't have a "live-action remake" phase like Disney is currently having...

Later on in that episode, they asked which of the four Pac-Man ghost names doesn't rhyme. While the answer was Clyde, they incorrectly stated Pinky's name as Dinky.

Every game developer (especially free to play developers) wants to take measures to make sure their game is replayable. Essentially, the suit boils down to "We're bad parents, but we're not gonna admit that because that'd be responsible, so we'll conjure up this lawsuit to act like it's their fault and try to make some money while we're at it." I have no respect for parents who don't take the time to monitor what their kids are doing and just leave them with an iPad so they can have some peace and quiet.

Of course it's Walmart. Someone at Nintendo needs to smack them upside the head. And just wait: someone somewhere is gonna break street date for Sword and Shield and leak EVERYTHING...

The title of this article is both infuriating and incorrect. Ash's dream is to be a Pokémon Master, and winning a league isn't the end all be all requirement of that dream. Whatever a Pokémon Master in his eyes is is honestly pretty vague. And calling him a loser is just there to be a catchy eye grab.

Am I overanalyzing an anime for children? Probably, but it wouldn't hurt to do it a bit more justice and research.

With all due respect (heh heh)...

Who, in this modern age, would ever want to watch YouTube on a 3DS? (And yes, I know they're there, but it still doesn't make sense to me)

@Joe-b My comment was meant more in the style of "I don't get why Nintendo is doing this".

To answer your question, saving to the cloud means that the save data is stored on a different computer than your own (the company servers). Saving to the cloud is often used as a backup save method in case your primary save location (your own computer) fails. In the case of Switch games, imagine you've put 50 hours into Breath of the Wild, and then your Switch breaks. You buy a new Switch and can link your account to the new one, but since all your save data is tied to the original console, you can never get it back, right? Normally, that would mean you'd have lost all 50 of those hours of playtime. However, with the cloud save, you can redownload the save data that was lost and pick up where you left off.

Umm..................I don't get it.

I'd love to see this game officially remade. The original feels super stiff and clunky to me, so a remake would be very welcome.

It's nice and all. I just wish Atlus would port the main series Persona games to other platforms. If it's some sort of deal with Sony, I can understand, but a Persona 5 port would do amazingly well on the Switch given Joker's inclusion in Smash. Heck, I bought and played Persona 5 because of Smash, so imagine how many copies it would sell on Smash's console.

So we're supposed to be rooting for a daughter who's finding ways to circumvent her parent's discipline. Not really the best message to endorse, Nintendolife.

That or this is all fake, not very believable, and, overall, not even that funny a joke.

Naturally, Nintendo has the full right to do this, but I'd hope that it's because they're preparing for music streaming. Time will tell, but still...

@joey302 It's a type of microtransaction. Lootboxes typically house character skins, items, decals, and in extreme cases, better options for winning (looking squarely at Battlefront II). The big controversy around them is that you are paying real money for the chance to get an item you want, which you may not even get, and when all is said and done, you will likely be left with a lot of stuff that you may not have even wanted to begin with. The idea of lootboxes is to get you to keep buying them until you get what you want. It's basically gambling, except with intangible, digital goods.

Seems fair. Loot Boxes are still a terrible monetization scheme (great for business, bad for consumer), but at least people will understand what they're getting into by buying them. And if I'm correct, all of Nintendo's mobile gacha games state what the odds are of receiving any given character or item.

In other words, nothing we didn't already expect.

They need to bring back the bookmark functionality from SMM 1. Being able to bookmark levels when I'm not near my Switch would be amazing.

SNES Online kinda got rumored/leaked a long time ago, so it seems inevitable.

Charizard is number one...Unoriginal

At least my personal favorite (Ampharos) is getting the attention it deserves.

If it happens, cool. If not, I don't care. I just want to look at as few new Pokémon as I can because the new Pokémon are the best part of a new gen.

That is so Paper Mario that I can already see Goombella tattling the enemy. Looks great!

@PBandSmelly They'll never know what hit them. It's foolproof.

Dear Nintendo:

😡

This doesn't surprise me really. They've shown that they want people to be able to transfer Pokémon from GO into the main games, so I expected GO Park (or something similar) to come back.

So, you know how game developers like to make money? If so, then it's a safe bet that this console exclusivity won't last long.

To hype
Or not to hype
That is the question.

I'm glad early impressions are good, but I will try to keep expectations low until I'm seeing it myself.

Not gonna lie: I disliked this game quite a bit. The time slowdown mechanic felt necessary to get past just about any room where the enemies have guns, which brought the already slow pacing to a grinding halt, the constant trial and error turned to frustration, the rewinds weren't really as satisfying to watch as they were advertised to be, the controls felt just a little too loose to do things accurately, and the story was poorly written, in my opinion.

This game is such a huge bummer to me because I wanted to like it. I will admit that the presentation is spot on, but everything else just fell flat.

Banning the game isn't the answer. Parents needing to step up and take responsibility for their kids' development and free time is the answer.

@Zorox88 This is more in the vein of ROM patching. Piracy implies illegally obtaining a copy of the game. This run code on top of the existing game to change some assets. You need to hack your system to allow it to patch the translation over the game, but that doesn't necessarily mean the game needs to be pirated.