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I heartily recommend this game. I've poured in almost 50 hours into it, alternating between building my house (3 floors with a basement now!) Farming, and adventuring, sometimes with friends. It's loads of fun and provides a nice creative outlet. Pretty cool to invite friends into your home.

@Agramonte I gotta agree with you. While massive games are great, the high concept smaller games are the most fun for me. We're getting crazy mileage from Bomberman. Five player chaos is an intense experience. (We have controllers for 8 players, but not enough people haha.)

Monster Hunter Double Cross Mobile (Japan exclusive) confirmed!!!

I still hope that Monster Hunter Double-Generations will come, but Capcom has been so allergic to Nintendo recently.

@Steadmatt1551 is that the split screen co-op or local play? I'm hoping it isn't the latter as I've been playing a lot of local co-op. Fortunately no island resets so far, and my three story house is intact.

Portal Knights!

"We are pleased to announce that we have no announcements to make regarding Megaman on Switch as of this moment. In the meantime please enjoy Megaman World only on Playstation 4. ...XBOX1 and PC later in 2018."

Went with Zelda most of the time.
My favorite Mario is Super Mario Galaxy 1. Such a gamechanger in my eyes.
And so far the best Zelda to me has been Breath of the Wild. Nice relaxing game (but also exciting at times!)

Eagerly waiting for the rebooted game, Tamagotchi Begins.

I got a Sandisk 256GB and it's great. Got one for my younger brother's Switch, as well.

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Niiiice. Looking forward to trying this series for the first time.

Spelunker Party!
Really fun game, especially with co-workers and friends.

@GC-161 haha classic movie. XD They all wanted to play BotW.

The Switch truly is a magnificent achievement in concept and execution. In one of my college classes I was teaching Metaphor in advertising and I discussed the Switch's take on both a tablet (easy to understand) a portable (like the Gameboy and 3DS) and the dock and controllers as console. Then I pulled my Switch out of the bag and the oohs and aaahs erupted. The students knew what it was and the ways to use it because it evokes gaming concepts so well. The Switch's ability to inspire imagination is truly commendable.

@AlexSora89 it's not "breaking the character" of Pikachu, that's different from Pikachu "breaking character" or "acting out of character" (even if the message is in character)
If someone doesn't talk for 10 or so odd years (much less in one movie) as they usually act by miming...and then suddenly speaks, that is the very definition of breaking character. It isn't something that Pikachu has been defined to do, nor was it Pikachu's usual method of doing things.

This looks good! Always on the lookout for 4-player RPGs. Will helpscratch our Fantasy Life / MonHun itch.

Does this have multiplayer? (Or will it have multiplayer on Switch?) It looks pretty! Reminds me a bit of Fantasy Life. Thanks for the trailer link, @crackafreeze!

@AlexSora89 I sure hope so!

Pikachu talking in just that one scene could have been done another way without resorting to him talking, though.

Maybe Pikachu could have mimed by looking at a Pokeball and touching Ash instead, then Ash has an epiphany, recalls similar moments where Pikachu touches Ash over the Pokeball, cuddling in a sleeping bag together, resting on his shoulder, etc. And Ash himself could have said those lines, and Pikachu could have confirmed the statement by nuzzling him or something. That maybe could have been equally cute and touching...without breaking character.

@AlexSora89 alternate reality or not, it doesn't mean people can't be upset. Of course this didn't ruin my day, though. After the initial "WTF???" and screams of "NOOO" and "WHYYYY???" at the office, we all calmed down and went back to work.

But if Gamefreak makes this a permanent thing, that's another matter.

Day one purchase for me!! We have 3 Switches at the office now, so we can have 6 players (pass the console mode option aside) and a 4th Switch might arrive shortly.

Personally I believe it is a failure in writing, like they couldn't figure out a way for Pikachu to properly mime the message and feeling, so they had to resort to speech as a crutch.

Maybe we were overreacting, but everyone at work was pretty upset when we found out about Pikachu talking. I guess we think this sets a bad precedence.

Love the aesthetics. Adding co-op (or better yet, 4-player co-op) would sell me on this game.

I hope this is true! It will make my niece very, very happy. Might even dip into this series for the first time, as well!

@Shiryu the Vah Medoh one looks great!

So the champion amiibo just drop one piece of unique equipment? Unless they activate more stuff in the second DLC, they're a bit of a bummer.

Still, the models look fantastic. Just might pick some up after the holidays (assuming they're still in stores by then XD )

@JaxonH Capcom succeeded in making us forget about Monsuta Hanta Doburu Kurosu. 😣
Maybe in April 2018 they'll have nothing to announce again.

The art and animation look very similar to early 2000's Flash-animation. If the cooking aspect was very robust, I'd consider this. Based on the trailer, both the cooking and side-scroller aspects look half-baked (no pun intended.)

Unless reviews are very strong, I'm good with the excellent Overcooked. Really fun to play at the office. XD

"Another win for the Switch!"

Those numbers make me feel light headed. Very lofty and ambitious. While I'd prefer to be more conservative, I hope these forecasts come true!

Honestly it probably wasn't a hard decision.

@Pikachupwnage yeah I can't understand the logic behind this at all. They already have the game. There's been enough time to localize it by now... Christmas season is upon us... then so far nothing.

I know it's just a game, but between this and MHW I feel so betrayed by Capcom.

The rest of the interview on another site mentions Capcom saying that this game has helped the PS4:

Also worth noting, Capcom noted that Switch helped revitalize the home video games market in Japan:

“During the six months ended September 30, 2017, our industry saw broad signs of recovery, including greater penetration of the PlayStation 4 home video game console and the strong performance of the new Nintendo Switch game console. This revitalized the home video games market, which had appeared stagnant relative to the growth of mobile games primarily for smartphones.”

...So Capcom essentially is saying "Thanks for supporting us on the 3DS and Switch! Now we can focus on the PS4. NO CURRENT PLANS TO RELEASE MHGG ON SWITCH. KTHNXBYE."

This is the main game I wanted to play on the Switch and CAPCOM pulled the rug from underneath it. Whyyyyyyyyy.

I actually owned this game on my original SNES and it was actually my favorite shooter! Quite unfair for them to repeatedly call it mediocre. Maybe not the best, but it had a great ship design and smooth gameplay.

If this was coming to Switch I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Alas, my 3DS days are well and truly behind me.

Hey, man. I'm Korg. We're gonna get outta here. Wanna come?

It's weird that the spritework is gorgeous, but the character portraits were done with colored felt tip pens and possibly mixed with water color. (You can see the pen strokes on the solid colors) I guess some people like that, but to me the portraits could have been polished further.

Golf Story! ^_^ Great game, despite the bugs.

It is now in my headcannon that this article was researched by Googling the phrase "Has Mario ever shown his c&*#%" and wading through the thousands of Rule 34 fan art.

@-Green- somehow I'm not surprised Polygon gave it a lower grade than other websites. I don't know why I had that hunch, exactly. :/

Fantastic game, but incredibly buggy. Still fantastic, nonetheless.

@OneArmedGiant Haha that's Hard Mode. Your avatar resembles him, too! XD

@crackafreeze what's the point of a One Punch Man game? You win each match just by pressing the light punch button. XD

@AlexSora89 it's already sold more than 2M in the US:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-sales-top-2-million-in-us-outsells/1100-6454194/

And 1.5M in Japan. Then there are other territories, so 4M is a good estimate.

...and we haven't even gotten around to the holiday season, yet! ^_^

(Having said that, I will settle for that naysayer's tears instead of hitting him hehe.)

Switch came in second? doomed

@AlexSora89 3 Million, which is too low, even for naysayer standards. XD

@AlexSora89 "The Switch won't even sell 3M life time." is still my favorite naysayer quote. XD

@Saego thanks for the words of encouragement. ^_^ MHW looks amazing, but I can't play local co-op with friends the same way we could with the 3DS and (I hoped) the Switch. There's only one PS4 in our household, too, and that was my gift to my kid brother, who will likely also play MHW.

Honestly I'll be fine with Monster Hunter Generations (Ultimate?) Unfortunately Capcom has decided not to give us either game (at least not for the foreseeable future.)

I still remember the sense of wonder when I saw the Switch reveal, and I see that same feeling whenever I show my college students the console. The whole concept just clicks and the whole message is obvious with just one look at the Switch.

The big difference between then and now is my frustration at Capcom's decision to shortchange Switch users by withholding western Monster Hunter Generations (Ultimate?) from us. Back in March I was full of hope and excitement for HD local multiplayer MonHun with my friends. Now I'm sad and bitter. and MHW won't cure that.

The art looks a bit rough. I'm sure there are people who will like the pentel pen art style, but sadly it's not for me.

Also I agree with @Alikan 's sentiment. I wish we had more non-randomized game maps and events. Multiple storylines may be more time consuming to program, but it certainly feels more coherent than random events that might form some semblance of a plot depending on your luck.

I hope the Switch continues selling well and becomes a massive success.

...then maybe Capcom will want our money and give us Western Monster Hunter XX.