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@Tayrailbridge I mean, back then the game was getting a lot of hate from the community cos they didn't like how slow Notch was to update it, and positively hated the changes he made when he did. You could've probably offered him a flat coke and a limp sandwich and he would've taken it.

@Zaruboggan I decided screw it, it's getting lots of love on the PC, even if it's a bit janky on launch it should be good and bought it. I did that at 8am my time. It's now 10:30PM and I'm still waiting. Rest assured I'll give you an update when Ibplay the damn thing...

@NatalieRath and @Highlar75, the full review answers all your questions. Whether you agree with their opinions or not is another matter, either way, the review answers what you're asking.

@Sonicka what you've quoted and what you said earlier aren't the same thing. What yovue quoted doesn't have to happen after finding the room, it can happen during that search. It also doesn't suggest that the main quest is merely a tutorial.

@Sonicka which is in direct contrast to the review saying it didn't want to say much more than the task was to find the 46th room. And whilst it may be typical of roguelikes, I'd like to find that out for myself, especially when the game is getting the praise it is and people are deliberately not being forthcoming with information for a reason. Much like how I don't start a murder mystery novel at the last chapter.

@TheSaneInsanity we share a miniscule amount of DNA with bananas, and the genes we do "share" are analogues rather than copies. Even then, it's only about 50% that we "share". Doubt anyone's coming here to learn science, but your comment made my eyelid twitch...

@Sonicka thanks for giving out spoilers the review took pains to keep secret, much appreciated.

Visuals for the first one didn't do it for me, this one has me hook, line, and sinker.

@Chlocean can't speak for anyone else, but me personally, what you said and what the article said are two very, very, VERY different things. I won't repeat what I said aloud when I read your comment, because it would light up the profanity filter for this site like it's new years eve.

@Hwatt cheers, got your reply, checked, it's up. Woop woop!

So what exactly does "later today" mean in this context? Cos I'm living in the future and it's the 4th where I am.

I may just grey import a Japanese version. I wanted this oh so much when it dropped back in the day, and translation aides are a hell of a lot more advanced now.

@HammerGalladeBro bit hard for TPC to overule Nintendo since they own the controlling stake in it. Sure, it's split between the 3 of em (that 3% that goes to the anime team is being discounted here as it's immaterial), but given Nintendo owns over 50% of game freak and what is understood to be a controlling stake in Creatures Inc (the actual percentage hasn't been released), they are very much in charge. They give game freak and Creatures Inc their autonomy cos why wouldn't they, the franchise has printed em more money than Mario has and I know I wouldn't even attempt to "fix" that problem, so I don't blame em for doing the same. They also own the trademark globally, so game freak and Creatures Inc is a bit hamstrung that way too if they decide to branch off on their own. They're also in charge of distribution which feels more appropriate for thenthe GKC. But for all my nattering on here, you could likely ask a bunch of lawyers who are qualified and respected in this aspect of law if Pokemon games were first or third party and get a variety of responses from both sides of the argument as there's a good amount of nuance due to Nintendo being so hands off on the creative side etc. It's an interesting way to spend an afternoon if you find yourself with some time to spare and wanna learn more too.

@shoeses I very much want this game, but I shouldn't buy this game as I simply can't make it fit time wise at the moment. It'll probably get purchased quite soon though, I suspect I'll have a drink or two too many whilst away this weekend and will chuckle when I get home and see it loaded on the S2.

@Dev-N it was a surprisingly popular party game when I did catch ups over the Xmas break. Seemed to be a lot easier for people new to the game to get a handle of than the other modes too.

@Chlocean I wasn't even expecting further balancing, so no fear there! I suspect you may be on the right track though given the balancing update we got too. It is promising though, means that it shouldn't be stuck too long if there's an update to the S2 os that breaks something etc. I doubt that'll happen, but never say never etc.

@TheRazor if that's all that you found, that's your failing rather than mine given I've told you where to find some of it.

Buy two copies, any less is just a waste of time.

@TheRazor I've already provided examples in this comments section. I've already told you to cast your own net wider. At some point you actually have to put in some effort yourself. You also still don't understand communism or socialism either if you think there isn't a difference between the two.

@AussieMcBucket combine the two vitamins I mentioned. Same sort of joke as the joke in never been kissed where Drew Barrymore eats a brownie with vitamins t, h, and c in it.

@TheRazor the controversy surrounding him has nothing to do with what he's not, and the things he's said in the past have nothing to do with socialism or communism regardless. You've also lumped socialism and communism together despite them being very different. Learning more about this controversy and politics in general will help you solve these issues with your argument. I understand this is a gaming site, so I'm not expecting highbrow political debate, but I do expect it to be above the level of blatant antagonistic misinformation.

@NeonPizza none of this changes the fact that you yearn for your technology to be limited, when the creators back then yearned for the technology they were using to be as capable as it is now. You are trying to force your opinion into becoming a fact. And plenty of those movies hold up just fine and are crisp etc, movies from the 70s hold up fine too. I also suspect your cinema recollection is woeful, you can't swing a cat these days without hitting someone analysing why modern movies look worse in comparison. To say they wee just a step above VHS is asinine in the extreme, especially when you back it up with your DVD comparison, which in the early days were just upscaled VHS. Nothing you've said here tracks, you simply want the game to look exactly how it did back then. Which is fine, but your argument to support it needs to reflect that which it doesn't when you start adding stuff that simply isn't true.

@TheRazor then learn more, both about him and politics in general.

@Hwatt I gave it a chance for a week. Couldn't log in to play the game and got it refunded for being defective.

@gcunit I feel you as I kinda erred getting a horse mad 4yo whose getting into gaming to sit with me as we went through this list. "No, that's a game with a horse in it and not a horse game, same, same, oh god what have I done here..."

@AgentGuapo there's having an opinion, then there's thinking people are less inclined to take up programming due to their biology, COVID trutherism, etc. And with all the art on offer to us these days, why bother spending time seperating the art from the artist?

@Hwatt you need to search more then. Lord only knows why you'd think he stopped with publicly supporting Trump, it's not like he'd be the first of that guys followers to branch out with their bigotry.

@KatiaManagan hit western eshops over 24hrs ago, I've been attaching limbs to myself like mad.

@BleakStuff given how sore he is about the sales for the anniversary edition, a lost sale for the upgrade pack likely does hurt him.

@TrogdorTheBurninator "steered away from toys in the past"...? I haven't stopped buying them since the 90s, and I was having them bought for me in the 80s. Likely would've been getting bought their toys in the 70s if I were alive then too. I'd also argue that Spin Master rather than Nintendo are making this, so if anything, they've moved away from being so involved with toy construction. And it's not like they can't afford to spend some time with this stuff, they have literally 0 debt.

@NeonPizza that's your opinion as opposed to what the devs intended back then. And having an opinion on what you think looks better is perfectly fine, unless you're using it to try and change the facts of the past like you are here. It's especially relevant here as Ancel is so protective of the Rayman series (he famously has control of the series and Ubi doesn't). He may have been unaware of the bugs as he's stepped away from dev work now, but there's 0 chance he didn't okay what we got visual wise (I think he even mentioned it looking good in the lead up to release). The way you've worded it, they took advantage of the tech of the time to make the game they wanted, which doesn't hold up when the truth is that they used the tech of the time to make the best game they could. The cartoons you initially mentioned fall in to this category too, I can only assume you have forgotten how sharp they were on a cinema screen or the cels they were drawn on compared to when we saw them on a crt.

@NeonPizza ... The games were intended to look the best they could. The technology we had back then meant we got what we got. Pong would've looked like Fever if they had the tech and know-how, cos they sure weren't limited by their imaginations...

I WAS really looking forward to this. Then I bought the rogue prince of Persia and had to get a refund as I couldn't play the game at all, wouldn't let me log in over a 4 day period.

@whitemage I'm in the same boat as you. I'm going to wait for more information closer to the date. Reviews will likely be the source for that. But yeah, I ain't convinced yet, but I am a hell of a lot more intrigued than I was before the demo.

@rvcolem1 they do it every week in Queensland. For a domestic midstrength beer, it ain't half bad all told.

Also, @Liam_Doolan, I know JB HiFi down here is also including the plant DLC with preorders, wouldn't be surprised if others are too. And given EB is, well, EB, I don't doubt there's a few readers who actively avoid that particular retailer and may appreciate a more accurate guide here.

@Anti-Matter you have the right to give your opinion about GKC, we have the right to give ours, and we also have the right to say what we think about yours as we do so. And just personally, your inability to take criticism on the issue renders your opinion pretty moo (iykyk). It's not expected that you'll change your mind, but if your response is to shout about your "rights" whilst dismissing every one else, well, that isn't a long bow to draw, is it?

Wasn't Caves of Qud meant to be dropping around now?

@Olmectron that's a lot of words to agree that there's 2 different versions.

@DennisReynolds cyberpunk is only available in Japan as the heavily censored version. In all seriousness, read the link @tabris95 posted, it covers this in far greater detail than we'll be able to do here over many comments.

@KociolekDoSyta I didn't count expats either. All 3 of those launguages have people who have that language as their mother tongue (like you and Polish) in a number larger than their country. Logically, they have to have people outside of their country that speak it, which especially makes sense for French as their empire is still so large that the sun hasn't set on it, much like it hasn't set on the British one. I'm not trying to diminish the achievement and how excited you are for it, but you definitely need a better comparison as you compared apples and watermelons before.

And as for nothing standing in the way of localising all games for everyone, I'd argue that the ideal it's aiming for should be the norm, but very much disagree with there being nothing standing in the way of that happening. It takes more than just waving a wand and saying "localise".

@KociolekDoSyta all three of these languages have more people who have it as their first language than they have people within their borders. Poland has more people within its borders than there people on the planet who speak Polish as their first language. So, no, all 3 do have countries that use the language outside of their respective countries. Fun side note: the sun still hasn't set on the French Empire.

@SuntannedDuck2 my friend, you need to brush up on our businesses down here. Target and Kmart are owned by the same company, target is getting downgraded so as to stop stealing sales from Kmart (people spend more, and more frequently, at Kmart). Bi lo never went away, the stores just became Coles, much like how Safeway become Woolworths in parts of the country around the same time. And Myer is still rattling along just fine. They'd be doing better if the C suite would stop making bone headed decisions, but they're not suffering terribly like some other retailers such as David Jones are.

@Runex2121 that's more on you given this site is being written for a broad range of ages in 2025. You using chatgpt to solve this problem is an odd choice too, bit like using a piledriver to hammer a nail.

@PikminMarioKirby it was announced last year, the article is reporting on Nintendo reminding us of that a few hours ago.

Has this update ended up being free...? I ask as there's nothing in the store, the file size on my device is bigger, and I think it looks better, but I can't be certain on the latter as I only played it until after the first foot clan encounter in the tute as it was horrible then and I don't think that means I'm qualified enough to speak on it now. Especially cos the main characters are still somewhat blurry.

@AussieMcBucket gaffa tape and vitamins v and b supplementation is the accepted protocol for injuries of that nature down here.