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@PinderSchloss : Most of these kinds of films tend to be 90% CGI anyway.

Hell, even modern Hollywood romcoms are mostly shot in green screen studios with the lighting/ambience perfected in post (which explains their otherwise bafflingly high budgets).

When I yearn for the "good old days", this is what I'm talking about.

@koekiemonster : The biggest crime here was not including the paid DLC on the cartridge (they pulled the same crap with BOTW too). What's even the point in issuing a brand new release on a more expensive cartridge only to include a $5 upgrade on it? I'd easily have double-dipped on this otherwise.

@1UP-HUSKY : If I had kids, I wouldn't go to the cinema either. 😅

Hell, going solo is expensive enough. I remember almost walking out one time because a single admission + snacks cost twice as much as I would pay for the movie on 4K disc!

Absolute insanity. We get overpriced junk like this, but no option to physically own the game... even at the obscenely inflated standard price of AU$130... 🤦🏻‍♂️

I look forward to playing this once LRG's physical copy is announced/shipped in a couple of years.

Goodnight, everybody!

As nice as the Kanto trio set is, I couldn't fathom spending the sticker price on that set, much less scalpers' prices.

"Full base game" sounds so insidiously cynical.

They're already jacking up the price, and if the content is already ready, why not include the "deluxe" content as well?

People didn't wait months for a physical release only to have a chunk of the game missing and paywalled behind a download.

Man, I am so loathing this generation and it hasn't even been a year yet.

The Kanto trio set is so ridiculously expensive (that translates to $1,000 in Aussie bucks), and it's a pity that the Pokémon Centre set is gate-kept behind a membership (and I shudder to think of how much Lego I'd even need to buy to be deemed eligible).

Way to put off potential customers who don't normally buy Lego, because that was the one set that I might have considered. 🤷🏻‍♂️

On the topic of increased prices, they would be understandable if we weren't being screwed over on the physical media we would receive in return.

For example, what possible justification is there for charging US$70 (AU$110) for Pokopia as a GKC?! A low-budget farm sim from the biggest media franchise in the world, and they're skimping on the cartridge while having the nerve to demand a premium. Seriously?!

They aren't skimping on pre-order bonuses though! But God forbid that the product that you're actually paying for is included in full anymore.

I was naïvely under the impression that GKCs would keep game prices lower. Much lower (with eShop prices to match). Instead, prices are skyrocketing and yet we're still getting absolutely nothing on the supplied media. Resident Evil Requiem's standard edition is retailing for AU$130 FFS!

Even on a cartridge that price is a tall order, but one that I would have supported because I want to see more Resident Evil games (new and old) get a physical release. But not like this. The RE boxset with three GKCs is perhaps the most insulting joke of all. The least they could have done is just make all of the games accessible from a single GKC instead. Still a crappy product proposition, but it would have been a lot less irritating than swapping blank cartridge for blank cartridge.

I never really liked the cover, and it may have been one of the reasons why I never bothered with the Wii port. I guess my favourite variant of them all is the Western Nintendo Selects version (and I normally hate all of that extra clutter).

I'm hoping that more games can do what Mario Kart World can and use the camera to show each player as an icon above their playable character. Seems a wasted opportunity that so few games are using the camera at all.

Kyurem Fusion Raid Day took place today in Pokémon Go, and we had a decent turnout in spite of the 42 degree heat (that's 108 degrees Fahrenfeit for our metrically-impaired friends 🤓). By far the hottest PoGo event that I have yet attended. People were baffled seeing me in shorts and without a beanie, as I have been told that I'm usually more conservatively dressed (guilty!), even in warmer conditions, but I had to make an extremely rare exception today. 😅

The light rail was out of service too, so we weren't able to board that to escape the heat while still being able to raid.

I got three shinies, two of which were absolute trash, so I'm eager to mirror-trade them once I go lucky with some of the locals. I've been a lot luckier than when Kyurem débuted last March, where I had only caught one shiny in the space of an entire weekend, so three shinies in three hours was a pretty decent haul.

All in all, a fun but exhausting day, made bearable by pleasant company. 😊

A most pleasantly welcome surprise. Would have been nice if Ultra Smash's amiibo training mode made a return, but as a starving amiibo enthusiast, I'll take whatever few cosmetic scraps Nintendo has to throw at us too.

Would have been nice if some non-Mario amiibo would have unlocked some balls themed around other characters too, but... again... gratitude for scraps.

Dammit. Now we'll never get a physical Radiance double pack...

The DS games were surprisingly good, but seeing as whatever slop Activision will dish out on Switch 2 has 0% chance of being on an actual cartridge, it's nada from me, dawg.

The Wii U games were also impressive with their asynchronous local multiplayer (and no installation requirement either).

Gorgeous!

I love 'em, I love 'em, I love 'em!

I suspect that a PSA 10 graded museum card will sell for half a mill in my lifetime.

We got Lego with in-built spyware before GTA VI.

I really hope this releases complete at launch, though I'm not optimistic.

I was so sick of every damned sports game on Switch launching incomplete. This is Mario, not an annual real-world sporting franchise. There's no excuse for these games launching incomplete.

There's virtually nothing to get excited about for physical players as they're almost all GKCs.

I would have easily double-dipped on Animal Crossing if the DLC was included, which makes me wonder why they ever bothered with this re-release at all.

@UltimateOtaku91 : It's okay as long as they're sexy and shirtless, probably.

The European cover is a work of art (which we also got in Australia), while the others leave little to the imagination.

Absolutely ridiculous that the Switch 2 versions cost even more. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The middle-aged social rejects will be absolutely giddy!

@Dee123 : Still available through the Australian My Nintendo Store.

@FlyingDunsparce : Had they issued a bunch of physical compilations, I'd have been more tempted. NEOGEO have done a bunch, and I intend to get them eventually, but I think they've gone completely overboard with the compilations considering the high cumulative cost, and the relatively low number of enticing games.

Also, <3 to my homeboy Dunsparce.

@Lizuka : If Space Invaders Forever is still available, then I would highly recommend that over the Invincible Collection if the price is cheaper. It's basically a budget-priced "abridged" version of the Invincible Collection, containing only the very best games.

The older games and oddities included in the Invincible Collection haven't aged well at all, and aren't worth the premium. Had it been a more comprehensive collection and included stuff like the home console releases from the late 80s and 90s (including Game Boy variants and such), then it would have been an easy recommendation, but considering how disappointingly barebones the Invincible Collection is, I say stick with Forever to scratch that Space Invaders itch.

@GoproGO : Nobody's forcing you to play the game that way.

Due to the GKC, I might grab the Switch 1 special edition after a heavy discount. Given how small the game is, I'm annoyed that they didn't just make a Switch 1 build that runs better when played on Switch 2 instead of having two separate builds.

They're both the same size too, for crying out loud, so I assume that they're both running the same damn code. Why even have two separate builds/releases where the Switch 2 "physical" release is vastly inferior?

@Indielink : Hence my comment.

Except it'll be a much harder pill to swallow on Switch 2 given the considerably higher storage costs.

GKC with 100GB+ download.

All aboard the hype train!

I'm only interested in physical copies anyway, though the bundle would have been tempting in case I decide to grab another Switch 2 later on (I don't even have the one yet) for wireless multiplayer on the fly.

I never liked the pixel art on the NA boxes (or the GBA releases in the mid 2000s).

Japan easily wins these.

*free downgrade

I organised our local Celestial Research Day meetup in Pokémon Go earlier today, with 1/10 shiny odds for Solrock or Lunatone encounters in Field Research for 3 hours. I got three shiny Solrock (which we already get in Australia), and only two Lunatone.

Virtually dead turnout as it was bloody hot. Only a few of us regulars showed up as well as a couple of new players who I had never met before. Another couple of recent players had also shown up, but I had missed their WhatsApp messages until after the fact.

No shiny costume encounters, sadly. I caught a shiny Charjabug yesterday, but I still need another one as I want one to stay unevolved. Two of our players managed to nab Christmas tree Sudowoodos after raiding together. Still none for me. Got a 15/15/14, which isn't any consolation either.

I was on the light rail for much of the day to get away from the heat. A bit of a lonely day in the end. I kept playing until 7pm. (mainly to do as many local Chrissy raids as I could get my hands on; I need that Christmas tree Sudowoodo!!!!!)

Crappy, cringey game that will undoubtedly be released as a GKC. Hardest of passes from me, dawg.

For those interested, A-Train has a complete Japanese physical release (with English support), compatible with both the Switch 2 and original Switch models.

@BlackenedHalo : Surely any game of this kind made for such underpowered hardware would have to be a programmed-from-the-ground-up "demake" as opposed to a port utilising the base version's code, assets etc.

What was released on the DS as "Resident Evil: Deadly Silence", however, was a straight port, with some changes and additions.

@Burning_Spear : Inexcusably crap port + GKC = Sycophants bleating "arE yOu GoNNa cOmPLaiN aBoUt EvErY GaME!? ErMAGawwSh! u GuYS aRe sUcH dRAmA QuEEns!"

God forbid gamers have standards anymore.

Considering that the physical releases were already delayed so that the digital version could be released sooner, this is inexcusably pathetic, made worse by the fact that they lied, but "tee hee", blamed "internal comms fumble" for their shameless deception instead of, oh, I don't know, delaying the physical release instead of knowingly sending unfinished s*** to the assembly line.

And all for the inclusion of a tiny decades old ROM. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Higher game prices would be excusable if not for constant BS like this.

Looks like they cared more about stuffing all of that useless tat in the physical box than the one thing that an actual game collector ought to give a damn about: the actual game on the supplied media.

Pokémon City Safari Sydney this weekend. Bought my tickets for both days. It's the first real event to be held in Australia since the app was released over 9 years ago, so there was quite a bit of buzz around it. All over the city you could spot randos playing the game. 😅

Our local group mostly stuck together, which was nice. The weather was okay. Not too hot. All of my shinies were duds, and I hadn't caught nearly enough shiny donkeys. About 1,500 catches in total.

And I still need a shiny Unown B.

I need to clear out some storage in preparation for tomorrow. C'mon more donkeys!

Beautiful. Though I wish they were 100% done before actually releasing it. I hope to grab a reprint with everything on the cart, which should be a safe bet by the time I end up grabbing a Switch 2.

That's a super cute amiibo, but whether I will also buy the game will boil down to whether this gets a proper physical release (which I strongly doubt will materialise).

Anything CGI heavy now looks like AI slop. Looks like they would have needed a much higher VFX budget to shake off the is-it-or-is-it-not-AI look.

How the freak is Metroid Prime Hunters almost at the bottom?!

That's the game that introduced me to the franchise, firstly through the pack-in demo on DS (those were the days!), which contained exclusive maps/content that wasn't featured in the full game at all, and over a year after the DS's Australian launch, the full version would follow, and I remember buying it on day one.

Such an impressive achievement on such humble hardware.

@Gamebits : There always has been.

@PKDuckman : The licence might have been unreasonably expensive, and the "collection" having too niche an appeal to recoup its licensing costs after the first year of release (as whatever little interest this release would have attracted would have significantly dwindled by then).

Sure, it sucks, but it sounds like a gripe that should be leveled to the rights holders rather than LRG.

I can't agree with it being the worst by any stretch of the imagination, but this really should have been built into the Switch 2's firmware or otherwise made a free download.

@Pat_trick : As much as I want to (eventually) play Legends ZA, the fact that they set the game in a single city and still neglected to hone in on those micro elements to really bring every facet of the city to life is frankly pathetic.

There goes my dream for a Wario All Stars collection...