Splash_Woman

"And now...a special announcement! We have changed the name to Hollow Knight: Woolsong! More details to follow in 2027!"

Why would I stop calling it Ray-kwah-zuh? Are you kway-zee?

Having escaped the world of retail a few years ago, after spending FAR more time in it than my life plans initially accounted for, I have a weird love/hate relationship with my memories of that period. It's mostly recurring nightmares where my current workplace is turned inexplicably into a retail store, but there's also a sense of longing nostalgia buried in there. I mean, I spent thousands of hours of my life in that store, and they weren't ALL bad. Maybe this game will satisfy the itch for the good times without feeding the trauma of the bad times!

Couldn't have released these a few years ago? The 35th anniversary, perhaps? Sometime before my daughter could finish Donkey Kong Bananza all on her own without her mom's help? No? Fine, then, guess I'm just getting a backpack, a wood block set, and a sense of existential dread.

Japan's over here being the Ducktales to NA/EU's Gargoyles, I see. I'm voting Japan, regardless of its whole 90's Saturday Morning cartoon "every cereal box comes with a One Ring in one of 5 different colors" vibe. At least it's better than the alternative's "found mom's eyeliner and decided to experiment with being edgy" vibe.

Yeah, Mario and Peach are good friends...like, REALLY good friends...

"Hi! I'm here to take a look at some b--ches and get a wanko!"
"...um...this is an animal shelter..."
"Exactly! Oh. And I'd appreciate it of you could point me in the direction of the p--sies while you're at it!"

Just checked their imdbs, the only thing I've seen from either of them is Bly Manor. Otherwise these are complete unknowns to me.

...I'm fine with this.

I'm also glad we didn't get overloaded out of the gate by flashy news toys to play on our flashy new toy. MKW didn't really hold my attention, but in looking for something new to play I attempted to crack the seal on the Yakuza series a third time by buying 0 Director's Cut (I had previously bounced off Kiwami and Like a Dragon). It took this time, and after thoroughly polishing off 0 I've moved onto Kiwami and am LOVING it! That likely wouldn't have happened with something like Bananza screaming "PLAY ME!!" from the corner of the room!

Yes, this is kinda cute, and yes, this is an objectively good thing GameStop is doing. But...I mean, they HAD to fire the person that did the actual stapling, right? All that property damage, all that bad press, there's no way that employee wasn't terminated. Can you imagine having a company turn your mistake into a huge, generous publicity stunt while you stand in the unemployment line? I would be absolutely seething.

I'd love to be wrong, though! I really do hope they still have their job!

The Mega Man series is one of our most important IPs! We're always looking for new adventures for players to take Leon, Jill, and Chris on, and with the upcoming...sorry, did you say, you said Resident Evil, right? Yeah...yeah, guy wearing blue, shoots a gun, that's...that's Leon, right, he...no? It's not a gun? It's his arm? Did you say, here let me write this down, it was, uh, repeat it for me? Mega...Man...okay, got it, let me read that back...okay, yep, it's down here now! Expect a new Monster Hunter coming your way soon!

(Already owns Mega Man 3 in too many forms to count.)
(Immediately rushes to download Street Fighter 6 just to play Mega Man 3.)
...I think I have a problem...

@martynstuff I hear the reason this wasn't released originally is because the developers never finished singing the dictionary, as per their contract

I was lucky to have enough money to afford the Mario Kart bundle. It's going to be a minute before my finances recover enough to even THINK about buying any more games, and my next will almost assuredly be Bananza. I imagine I'm not alone on that, either. As much as I'd love to play Cyberpunk and Yakuza, it's just not in the cards right now.

I've never seen the 10/10 option look this beefy in a "what did you think of [blank]" poll before. Currently 47% is that a new record?

I can already feel it, the dark chill in the air, as the seedier corners of the internet froth with excitement at the announcement of Poppy Kong and begin to churn out their abominations.

I mean, sure, she got her name in the title of DKC3, but let's not pretend I wasn't playing as her rather than Diddy as often as possible. Dixie was the star of DKC2 as well!

You may ask "Who wants this?" or "Why is this in a DK game?" Meanwhile, I'm asking "Once my kid gets ahold of DK Artist will it be my turn to play the Switch 2 ever again?"

I don't think I've ever had a single game direct turn my opinion around so quickly! They took this from "DK's Smashy Time Tech Demo" to an actual game in 15 minutes flat. I'm SO excited!

It happened to me on Wind Waker in Dragon Roost Cavern. I hadn't heard about the issue at all and quickly paused the game in alarm, thinking I had done something dreadfully wrong. After a few seconds of clicking around the menus while trying not to panic, I unpaused it and went back to what I was doing. The rumble was working perfectly fine, and the issue has yet to pop up ever again.

My kid really wants a Switch 2 camera, but considering neither of us will be going online any time soon and I have yet to even set up GameChat...yeah, no, there's no way I'm spending $55 on a piece of plastic we'll use to complete that one mini game on Welcome Tour before throwing it in a box, never to be seen again.

After reading this review I thought, "Huh. Off-brand, low quality, yet still super cute camera? My kid won't really care, let's see what the price is! If it's around $40 then..."

......this thing is $60. $60! To paraphrase the old adage: that's as many as six tens, and that truly is terrible.

1. Yeah, it's probably nothing.

2. Come on, though! It may be a historical symbol, and were it to pop up in some other form of media like a movie maybe I'd buy it, but in the realm of gaming three triangles in that configuration really only means one thing, and it has nothing to do with 13th century ninjas.

Would I have liked this to be a pack in? Obviously, yes, and it feels even weirder that it isn't one when you get to the camera portion, which feels so much like a sales pitch that I got twitchy to find the "skip ad" button.

But on the other hand I still remember 1-2 Switch from 8 years ago, with its shallow offering and $60 price tag. And I look at the clock and notice I've been playing Welcome Tour for three hours without noticing. AND I'm only halfway done with everything.

Hot take: I'm satisfied with my purchase.

I assume Miyamoto has more than enough clout that if he really wanted his name on there he could have just walked into the studio and said, "Hi, I'm Shigeru Miyamoto. You're going to put my name on the credits. Any questions?" If he's fine being left out, I don't see how it's any of our business stressing over it.

...it is a bit weird, though.

I have to wait outside this store for another hour before getting mine...I'm now extremely paranoid...

Setting aside any ethical qualms about AI in general for a moment, I have just one question:

Like...this AI might be hot, sure...but is it as hot as Brock?

Switch 1, at its own funeral three days before it's death:

"Um, guys...whatcha talking about?"

I was starting to type a response...but no, it's just not worth the effort. Many of you have at the very least put a damper on my night, if not ruined it, and I hope you all find something better to do with your time. Have a great one.

It was almost at this precise moment that I realized how disconnected from the current online culture I am. I shall now take a "eh, not bad, maybe 7 out of 10, give or take" girl walk to think about my place in the universe.

Thanks Pikmin!

I wasn't going to get it at launch. I thought "I can wait! I don't have a preorder, I have a big trip planned and should save my money, and there's nothing I'm THAT excited about at launch!"

...I took the day off work and my kid and I will be waiting in line...

It might just be me hallucinating it, but it appears to be entering/exiting the different menus quicker than the Switch 1. Not a huge deal, but cool to see!

Galaxy 2 is one of the weirdest games for me. Facts:
1. I bought it the day it came out.
2. I reached 100% completion.
3. I really enjoyed it.
And yet...I don't remember it at all. Not a single thing. The same thing happened to me with Twilight Princess.

It's practically been a given that a Zelda area will pop up eventually ever since the name of the park was announced. You don't call it "Super Nintendo World" if it's just going to be Mario and friends.

Surprise Smash trailer:

"Marilyn Monroe likes it hot!"

...wow, everyone really IS here!

"Dude, here comes Becky, you...dude, what are you doing?"
"Shhh!"
"Why do you have that huge book over your lap, dude!?"
"Because my Masamune just adjusted based on the title’s specifications, okay!?"

Hmm...guess I'm not a real fan, then!

I love how removing the hat reveals the entirety of Vivi's eyes, causing him to look startled. "No! What are you doing!? Stop, you maniac! Please don't drink my bruberupgubblerg...."

I never played Hotel Dusk (though it does seem right up my alley and I would love to), but I'm all for Nintendo mining for old DS gems! If they dig deep enough they might finally hit Elite Beat Agents!

@TheSaneInsanity It's possible, I obviously can't speak for him (though an AI chat bot can).

James Earl Jones did indeed sign the rights to his voice over to Disney. I imagine when he did so it was with the notion that they would modulate an actor's voice to sound like his, a human actor reading lines written by a human.

I can't imagine he could have even fathomed this was a possibility, let alone be okay with it.

Nintendo's just trying to prevent future heartbreaks. After all, the more you smash with someone the more % builds up, and it's inevitable that some day a final smash will come along to end it...

Now that their entire install base has come to expect a hybrid TV/portable console from them I think it's going to be nearly impossible for them to stray from that design going forward. My hope is that they take the creativity that arguably may have been left on the cutting room floor with the design of the Switch 2 and use it to make some imaginative gaming experiences. I have little doubt they will!

@dskatter That was immediately where I went too. Having the blow-up doll be Gex himself and not her is...somehow even more off-putting...

Sure, I've intentionally played worse games just for the "so-bad-it's-good" heck of it. And I've been more disappointed in other titles. But I don't know if I've ever genuinely, of my own ignorant volition, played a game worse then Bubsy 3D.

I want to say it would be a no brainer for Rebirth to come out on Switch 2, but considering the technical hiccups it had at launch on PS5 I'd say it's a toss up whether we see it or not. Mind you the issues didn't bother me at all, and I played it close to launch on my vanilla PS5, but I can already hear the complaints when the textures are blurry and the frame rate stutters on a device that's only as powerful as a PS4.

If it does show up, regardless of performance, I'll be lining up for a second helping on Switch 2!

@amongtheworms One of their Pokémon got too powerful and now TPC's gotta get the word out somehow: beware Bewear's bee war!

Seems fitting that putting the vowels back in "BWR" spells "Beware".

First Oblivion and now this...whoever's got the monkey's paw that's giving us an increasingly destabilized world in exchange for top tier remakes better get a Final Fantasy VI remake off the ground before it's too late!

I super hope it comes to Switch 2, but I have my doubts. At the very least I wouldn't be surprised to see the evergreen juggernaut that is GTA V finally plant its flag in the eshop, though I can't see myself buying it a third time.

If it's a game my kid wants I might buy one as a birthday/Christmas present, but for myself? ...nah