SmileMan64

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Re: Talking Point: Has Nintendo Done Enough To Justify Splatoon 3's Existence?

SmileMan64

> New story mode with new stages and bosses. I assume also new enemies and new Sunken Scrolls for more dark Splatoon lore.
> New weapons and Supers.
> New gear purchasable at stores.
> Customization options for player cards and lockers.
> New mechanic for unlocking weapon sets for purchase. Before it was dependent on level, now it seems you can unlock your chosen set at any level with the Sheldon tickets.
> New enemies in Salmon Run, including King Salmonids in Emergency Waves, plus the Big Run that will apparently take place every few months. New stages too I assume, SR in S2 also had new free maps such as the crashed bear habitat.
> New idols.
> Splatfests now divided in three options.
> Two years of free DLC content, such as stages, weapons, win poses I think and more, plus Splatfests, all of which should feature at least one unique temporary stage if they follow the S2 model.
> The card game, which apparently will let you challenge NPCs such as Sheldon. Here's hoping more characters can be challenged, such as new and old shopkeepers, Captain Cuttlefish, the Judds, DJ Octavio, previous Agents, Deep Cut, Squid Sisters and Off The Hook when the latter's DLC is released.

Plus I wonder if there's more stuff they haven't revealed yet. They said they'd share more about Big Run and the Card Game later. Awesome.

Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Digimon Survive

SmileMan64

Bought it and started it yesterday. Have just made it to Part 3 a while ago. First and foremost it's an interactive Digimon Adventure anime, where you play as the current Goggles Kid in the Adventure sections. The rest of the human and Digimon main cast are obviously based on the classic Adventure 01 characters, though they have their own features so they don't feel like clones.

The story has been good so far, each of the characters has been well developed. Beginning is a little slow/long, though it helps to develop the setting and just how dangerous even Rookie Digimon are. I liked how the kids also wondered if they had traveled through time or if someone had triggered a superweapon when trying to guess what had happened to the school and surrounding areas.

Good so far. It's true that battles are often too easy, though I've just played on Normal, wonder if Hard will make much of a difference. Hopefully later battles will be more challenging. Gameplay mixes aspects from FF Tactics and Fire Emblem, such as backstab and attacks from the sides being more damaging, and some allied units aiding each other.

So far I'd give it a 8/10.

Re: Japanese Charts: Demon Slayer Retains Top Spot As Pokémon Re-Enters Top Ten

SmileMan64

@YoshiF2 Uh, where did you get that 147% figure from? It fell around 70% compared to last week when it debuted, that's the usual second week drop for most new games.

Actually, Battle League apparently beat Charged's opening week. They sold a similar amount of physical units from what I've heard... but there were no digital sales back then for Charged. In my case I got the game digital because it's very small, just around 2 GB.

Demon Slayer is one of the most popular IPs of recent times, so it's not unthinkable to assume it stole the spotlight away from BL. Another factor is that Switch Sports debuted recently, it must also have eaten away at BL's sales figures.