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For me, some games I just enjoy the experience and do not care about the ending so much. Like a Mario game I know he will save the princess. Other games, if I 100% love the gameplay, if someone spoils the ending I will still enjoy it because I like the game, but for others if I know the ending I stop playing. Like for "The Observer", I was REALLY looking forward to this game. I got it when it went on sale. I played it for a few hours and was like, "I think I know the ending already". I looked it up and I was right. That game didn't have enough to the story to make me care since I had already figured it out. Where as if the gameplay was better, and the writing had been better, I would have wanted to see how we got to the ending.

I think the only time I'd 100% not want to see the ending is if it spoils the story. Like if it had 2 players to chose from. And you play as one, but the other is with you the whole game. Then you find out at the end, it was the player you didn't chose who is the bad guy the entire time.

I still buy carts for all of the BIG games I want to play like Zelda, Mario, Splatoon, etc. I mostly download indie games and games that are on deep discount on the eshop that I would have never bought physical anyway. I think if it is done sporadically, it's a great idea. Splatoon carts should be in color. So should pokemon. But I do not need all games coming in colors.

@SpeedRunRocks Agreed, the only mental health game I've enjoyed is Eternal Darkness. I'm to the point now that I would pay $100 for a remake done right for that game. Top 3 games of all time.

@Solomon_Rambling Splatfest Idea INCOMING

I really like Mincemeat now. It is one of my favorite maps, but I only play it on Rainmaker, so maybe it is trash in other modes. In Rainmaker there are three ways to get it up to the top, which I think is more than enough.

Still looking forward to seeing the change though.

@Poodlestargenerica I liked N64 better than PS, but I always enjoyed Peak Performance on PS. And I liked the first Midnight Club on PS2. Then Sega had Sega Rally on Dreamcast and I also liked the 24 hours of Daytona (or whatever it was called) where you could actually race a 24 hour race. So I agree, a lot of the best racing games came out many years ago. But I see what people are saying, I do not need bleeding edge graphics, but would like something that looks better than what I can play on my phone, unless it is going for the pixelart style of Outrun.

@GameDude1 Like it but I would say Now you're SWITCHing with POWER... NINTENDO POWER! to play off the old ads.

How about the Switch UP! It would be able to play on the switch screen and the TV at the same time a la Wii U. But also the name UP comes from the screen flips UP to reveal a LARGER screen (like the Galaxy Fold, or Huawei Mate X, or Mi Fold, you get the point)

I've been wanting Super Nintendo Switch since they first started talking about it. But Nintendo Connect sounds cool GrailUK, but doesn't Xbox already own that?

I expected this to be 90% Japan. It absolutely demolishes the American one imho. It's so happy, and just makes me want to see what it is about.

@Pete_Stooge I actually think it is way more popular than the comments section here will show. It is easy to virtue signal anonymously on a website. It make the person who wrote it feel good, and like they are making a positive change in the world. However, most people with a dissenting opinion will not write, because they do not want to get bombarded with hate and being told they are wrong and being a jerk. It's easier for those people to just abstain from writing. It took me several hours to decide if I would post my post or not because I didn't want anyone at-ing me with negativity. But at the end of the day, I thought it was important for people to see dissent expressed in a non-attacking way.

I'm a big fan of the 80 - 20 Rule, aka Pareto Principle: The 80-20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, is a familiar saying that asserts that 80% of outcomes (or outputs) result from 20% of all causes (or inputs) for any given event. In business, a goal of the 80-20 rule is to identify inputs that are potentially the most productive and make them the priority.

So with Nintendo, this still fits the bill. 20% of their clients will spend the most money buying games. Before anyone comments, this is not an immutable fact, but it's just a business principle that a lot of companies go by. So Nintendo spends the majority of their efforts making games for the majority. Every layer of accessibility costs them money to implement, and will it bring any added benefit to them as a corporation? Because at the end of the day they are in the business of making money.

In an ideal world, it would be GREAT if every game had button mapping. It would be great if every single human could play every single game they wanted to play, but it is not an ideal world. It is a world where Nintendo has brought us a lot of the best games ever created. And what sets those games apart, is usually the controls.

If I as an artist want to paint my picture a certain way, I should be able to. I shouldn't have to change the colors because some people are color blind and won't appreciate it as much as the majority who have no problem. Consumer products are made for the majority.

In conclusion, it would be great if Nintendo could make every game accessible to every person, but if they do not, that's ok, there are still hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of games that do. So once can pick one of the other games and play that. I bought Tears of the Kingdom the day it came out. I still haven't opened it yet. My life is still pretty good. I want to play it, but if I never get the opportunity, I'll live.

We as a society can never truly make everything all inclusive to everyone, but we should always respect those that want to be included, but that doesn't mean we have to do what they want.

@Ryu_Niiyama EXACTLY what I was going to comment. I still see no problem with working hard and trying to make as much money as possible, but at the same time being responsible with your money. Not to go on a rant about the education system, but I feel that it doesn't teach financial literacy, or how to cook, or sew, or build anything with our hands. When I was in High School, we learned all of those things. I remember learning how to balance a checkbook in 5th grade, and learned how to play the stock market in 10th grade.

This article has actually made me want to find this game and play it.

So not comments yet so I can say FIRST!!! haha actually I'll give a review of this game.

First off, this is the first time I have ever played a game like this so I have nothing to compare it to. It is an interesting genre for me. I feel the dialogue is sometimes TOO much, and goes on for too long, but it was interesting to see how the game changes based on decisions I made. There are multiple endings. The bad ones are where you are rejected, the good ones you end up in a relationship, and there is a spicy bonus ending if you play your cards right. For nudity, it shows breasts but nothing below the belt. There are not a lot of photos in the game. I think it wouldn't have been too hard to add a few more to fit the situations better. Like different positions when out to eat, or when in the store. It would just match the dialogue better. At the end of the day, I would say I give this a 5 out of 10. If you have never played a game like this, and you want to try one out, I'm not mad that I bought this (it was on sale, well worth $1.49 or whatever I paid).

Agree with everyone that says there is nothing pervy about this. I went NA because the action looks intense. It shows Sylvia as an action person that is doing damage, and not just eye candy. I have no problem with her being eye candy. I do not see where we have gotten to a point in society that violence is fine, but finding someone attractive is bad. haha

@PharoneTheGnome Agreed! If they Released a "Super" Nintendo 3DS today, I would buy it day one. Much easier to carry around than my switch and I actually REALLY enjoy 3D gaming.

Let's not overlook that Splatoon 3 is STILL in the Top 10 in Japan! Stay fresh!

@Daniel36 WAIT!!!!! THREE IS ALREADY OUT!!?!?! How did I miss this??? I can finally complete the trilogy! I hope they added online co-op!

@Ogbert Quick Question: At what point do the puzzles start being broken? I've completed the 5x5s and almost done with the 8x8s. I am not sure if they fixed the issues, or if I just haven't gotten far enough into the game yet.

So I usually do these every year, and most of the games aren't great. But some of the games are fun little time wasters. Can I think of any of their names? Nope. But like there is a puzzle game that is great when you want to spend 20 minutes and not think, and just zone out and have something to do. For me it is usually on a flight when it's in that time period of meal time so that I do not have to worry about being too engaged with what I'm doing.

UPDATE: Downloaded todays game: Nonograms prophecy and it is simple to play and a fun time waster. This is something like a sudoku style game to me. Something I can look at for a few minutes if I have time, but no obligation to complete at once. I think it needs a better tutorial, but once I figured out what it is asking, well worth the price I paid... free.

@SmaMan The link says video no longer available.

The NA one is great. The only thing from making it a 10 out of 10 is the guy is frowning/determined. But the happy doggie makes up for it.

I hope that you can turn the commentary off. They sound like bad voice actors.

As of 11:31am EST it is tied! This is my first tie I've ever witnessed. I went NA just because it showed the villains.

@LadyCharlie Can't argue with you when you're right. haha

@Dpullam Mine as well, just hated re-saving the bears every time I entered a level. I hope that is "fixed" this time around. I highly recommend this to everyone. Now if I only still had my Prima Strategy Guide for it! haha

Jet Force Gemini was my first choice. Then I saw you say that it is coming! Wow! I DO hope they fix one play mechanic. I didn't like that if you left an area, and then revisited it, you had to save all the bears again before you left. Once all are saved, that area should be "Clear". My next choice is Conker. I LOVED that game. Sad but true story, my parents cancelled and didn't come to my University graduation, so I didn't go either and just stayed in my apartment and played Conker all day. It was still a good day.

@Fizza Your love of Ghost Trick has my curious. I already have it saved on my wishlist. I'm downloading the demo and will try it this week. What do you love about it so much?

This one was VERY tough. They are both awesome covers, and both make me curious about what the game is about. I had to go with the Japan/US one in the end. I'm glad to see the poll so close which means I wasn't the only one trying to make a decision. I like the logo on the European one better. It's just the other cover really got my attention the second I saw it. I wanted to know what this was about.

@MooseTinsel I like the "Black Friday" thing. That's what I was doing to see if Target or any place did the buy 2 get 1 free. That's the only reason I hadn't bought it. But then yesterday my friend surprised me with it for my birthday so what a time to be alive!

Of course she would. Do you know how much bank she would make from that? This is a non-article. It's like saying, "Brian won the lottery today, but would SURELY love to win again sometime". There is no possible way this woman would say, "Oh, do the movie voice? Nahhhhh, I don't want to be in a movie and make a lot of money. I'd much rather stick to the scale for videogames".

The "Play with your background of choice!" made me laugh. The exclamation point like this would be one of the 3 most exciting things about the game is awesome.

Catan is one of my all time favorite board games. I like the ability to connect my phone so only I can see my cards. I play a lot of game on Board Game Arena. I think if i'm playing local, I'll just play the physical game instead of the video game, but still a cool feature.

Berzerk was one of my favorite games back on the 5200. I'm looking forward to knowing more about this.

@Moffo SAME!!!! I'd started watching with my ex. SHE LOVES IT. And then one day she randomly tells me that after I'm already like 100 episodes in. I was like, WHY WHOULD YOU TELL ME THAT?

@LXP8 I have! The first splatoon was the reason I bought the Wii U. I played it so much my wife said, "You love Splatoon more than me". We are now divorced... but I still have Splatoon... and Splatfests... so maybe she was right! haha (all jokes aside, me and her get along well and she will even joke on me sometimes to see if I'm happy having more time for Spatooon).

I COMPLETELY forgot about this! It's the first Splatfest I have ever missed. I don't know why I thought it was this UPCOMING weekend. I missed all the fun.

@Chaotic_Neutral for me it is that I have limited memory on my switch. I have a massive memory card in it, but I also have a lot of games that I have downloaded onto that card that are beefy, because I bought them digitally. I travel a lot. For example, I bought the new Zelda in Bali for my 16 hour flight back home. Imagine how sucky it would be if I popped the cartridge in, and then found out I couldn't play the game because I needed to download. For me, the whole point of buying cartridges is to A> not have to download onto the card, and B> I can share with friends. My neighbor bought Mario Odyssey after borrowing mine for a week. But some games we don't want to buy, we just want to play once or twice, Like maybe Mario Party. So if I buy a cart, let me friend borrow it, and nothing can be played, it's limiting the use. Hope this helps explain why I'm not interested.

I really dislike games that are boxes with a code inside. Also not a fan of games that I buy that I still have to download anything to play. I have a TON of digital downloads on my switch. But games I really enjoy playing I buy physical, Like: Mario Party, Splatoon, Super Mario, LA Noir, etc. The reason being, that at some point the digital storefronts will be gone. If I have the cartridge, I can still play the game for as long as the system works. Which looking at my SNES, is over 30 years.

@MegaMari0 That deserved way more likes. haha JK simmons is what I thought too.

This is one of the hardest ones for me so far. I think they are all great. In the end I went with North America, but there is no wrong vote. That European box is gorgeous as well. I actually like the colors of the Japanese box better than the US, but the US Title graphic is amazing. It sealed the deal

@JayJ I don't agree that it has fully passed. There are a lot of great games on it, and I enjoyed the dual screen concept. Tokyo Mirage is great, and the NES remix games, and Splatoon (until the servers die)

@Vortexeo Same, I'll probably end up with Skeletons since Orange is my favorite color. But Ghosts looks cool.

For me, I already have the Regular Switch, the Splatoon 2 one, the OLED, and the Splatoon 3 (Haven't opened that one yet). The red one doesn't do much for me, just like the Zelda and Pokemon ones didn't. I know they all do the same thing, but I just buy what I like. I may end up selling the Splatoon ones later, or I may keep them for my collection. I definitely think that Nintendo could sell more units in this last year of life if they did something like they did with the N64 where they came out in 5 colors (or ever how many). I'd really like an orange switch since it's my favorite color.

I'm still looking for my first win. I came in 2nd during my very first race. Since then I've been top 25 twice, maybe thrice, but usually I'm one of the last ones not to crash out. I think timing the SuperBoost is something I need to work on, but not sure where the best place is to use them. What seems like the best place to me isn't doing much.

@dew12333 That still sounds like a REALLY awesome trip! I think you'll still have a blast!

So I have a TON of digital games, but I still like physical. I have a few friends with Switch and we share games. That can't be done with digital. Also, digital storefronts disappear. I LOVE Eternal Darkness, had that been a digital only release, I would no longer be able to play the game I loved if I needed to re-download it.

I actually liked the switch graphics better for the first minute of the video. I know the PS5 is "Better", but the switch just had a cool style.

But at the driving stuff around 4 and a half minutes, the ps5 is so much better (as it should be)

I had NO clue this actually released. I remember seeing it on a direct a long time ago but I forgot about it soon after. The box cover brawl this week had a link to this review. I guess I'm adding this to my queue. haha

@larryisaman That's BRILLIANT! DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS? (from StepBrothers)