TheBigK

I play Donkey Kong Country 3 with the Christmas cheat code on every December. 103% playthrough since the code affects the bonus stages.

I came away rather impressed after playing the demo entirely in handheld mode. I think it looks and feels great!

It was stupid that they did it in December at all. It's part of the year so they need the whole month to get the proper usage stats.

What's funny is that Netflix sent out an email welcoming Warner Bros. to their service already, as if it was a done deal.

I'd prefer it if they offered a wall calendar instead

Some shiny hunting in Pokémon Legends Z-A, that's about it.

Oh wow, I didn't really play a lot of games this year. I dunno, it's a toss up between Xenoblade Chronicles X and Pokémon Legends Z-A for me.

Ah but if you recall, Cranky Kong was revealed for Tropical Freeze at the VGX Awards. Which is basically The Game Awards, right?

I thought they were getting out of games. Evidently not 🤷‍♂️

I'll get it eventually I'm sure. Not really in the mood to play much of anything at the moment

Nintendo fuming right now while ignoring that the S in MSRP stands for Suggested.

Hmm nah 2 can stay where it is unless they really streamline the whole Blade system. Too confusing for me. Now if they wanna do a Switch 2 edition of XC3, then by all means!

Hot diggity daffodil, casual mode here I come! Casual mode was a major contributor to my enjoyment of Prime Remastered as I'm not great at the combat or really shooters in general.

Nice I can finally remap A to B and B to Y

It's Christmas shopping season so I'm not buying any games for myself until the budget allows. Hope to get it soon, though!

I didn't get into the series until New Leaf, so I never played this one back when it came out. I have played the Wii U Virtual Console release but it's really more of a curiosity to me than anything. Kinda rough to go back to when you started with the newer ones.

Nice, it's Pokémon so it's to be expected. I'm having a great time with it, personally

Gonna have to clean the fridge soon

Woooo I assume they'll be distributing Zeraora, too. Which is great because it's one of only two Pokémon I don't have in my Home Pokédex, the other being Zarude. Because it's a fateful encounter Mythical, you can't trade for it.

They already won me over with Mega Baxcalibur so anything more is just delicious toppings

I feel like Donkey Kong is on there just to throw Nintendo a bone. My guess is that Expedition 33 will take the crown.

Pokémon Legends Z-A mostly. I completed all the research tasks and got the shiny charm so I've started shiny hunting, but honestly it's not a great game to hunt in. I love how they brought back the sound effect, persistent sparkles, and icon next to name but you can't increase the odds past the charm and the spawn numbers are tiny, so SV are the better games to shiny hunt in.

I know it's their job, but I still think they're a bunch of snobs. All I know is I think the game looks fine and it's not detracting from my experience with it.

@TrueBlueYoshi I was actually wondering if these docks have the seal of quality on their packaging. I'm too paranoid to use anything but Nintendo's official accessories; I accidentally bricked my launch day Switch 1 by using a phone charger with it.

Nice, it's a good game. Just got the shiny charm and have begun hunting!

I'm sure they have access to some pretty sophisticated tech, but the AI I've used can't even get the Pokémon type chart right. After given specific links and resources to use.

Mega Bax let's go!

I like the ones in Animal Crossing because the sky lights up with various unsavoury imagery

I'd say they should buy Rare back from Microsoft but there's gotta be like no one left from the original team

No idea what you're talking about. I should hit up some retro game stores to see if I can get a copy of the game

Musou games aren't really my thing. I really disliked both Fire Emblem Warriors games and I'm a hardcore FE fan. Ehhh maybe I'll watch some gameplay videos

This is pretty dope, New Leaf has the best hourly music in the series. I'll be listening to this during my commute in the morning.

As much as I love Donkey Kong, it's not gonna win. It's not a serious game for serious gamers, you see. Which I'm sure is what they're thinking.

I played through Luigi's Mansion yesterday and today. Only five hours long if you go for all the Boos, probably less if you're not rusty like me. The big time sink this weekend, though, is Tales of Xillia Remastered. I'm still pretty early but my impression is, yep it's another Tales game all right. Which isn't a bad thing, I love the series for a reason. I also love that these remasters come with the grade shop unlocked at the start with enough grade to get everything. Makes for such a breezy, chill experience where I can just coast and enjoy the story.

They are totally flexing on this dude. $17K is less than nothing to a massive corporation but to some random streamer punk, it may as well be a million. Hell, it would put most average working people in the hole, myself included. It's his own fault for putting a target on his back.

@HammerGalladeBro This sums up my thoughts pretty well. They're definitely working on the next one, but with the gap between New Leaf and New Horizons being 8 years, it probably won't be out for a couple of years. I'm pretty happy that we're getting this update to help bridge the gap, kinda like New Leaf's Welcome Amiibo update.

Still my favourite out of the trilogy. Definitely the creepiest out of the three because the mansion itself is less cartoony. And I love how compact it is. LM2 especially was super drawn out and those missions got very long; I didn't even finish the Switch rerelease because of how fed up I got with it.

Oh man, this is hard because there are so many great additions coming. The only features I'm not so hot on are expanded friend limit because I don't play multiplayer and the Resort Hotel because I feel it's just HHP 2: Electric Boogaloo. All the other additions are super cool.

This was a great surprise, I am very excited for this as I still play the game regularly. It's like my gaming homebase of sorts lol

I imagine this is like a stopgap while they work on the next game, sort of like the Welcome Amiibo update for New Leaf. It's only been 5 years since the game first launched so I'm not expecting a new game for a good while, given that the gap between New Leaf and New Horizons was 8 years.

Yeah as soon as I started moving around, I thought to myself, "wait does the GameCube app let you remap controls?" Then I opened the menu and lo and behold, there it was lol

Man they should have waited a bit before starting these events. I just finished the story a couple days ago and am working on getting the research progress up. I most certainly do not have a team ready for PvP

I'd say the ball got rolling starting with X and Y but really ramped up with Sword and Shield onward. Basically, they moved onto hardware far more powerful and complex than the Game Boy and DS, which came with a whole slew of new difficulties in being able to properly develop for. And as the franchise continued to grow, so did the need to release games yearly across main series and spin-offs while maintaining cadence with things like the anime, movies, TCG, IRL events, and so on. But developing a Switch game is a hell of lot more complicated than a Game Boy game so it's like they're so pressed for time, and money apparently, that they need to cut corners to meet deadlines.

For me, the GBA is the perfect incarnation of Pokémon. Super polished and refined, sharp and attractive pixel visuals, very brisk and snappy gameplay performance, mechanically sound, and modernization of the classic formula. Those games feel great to play and look at it.

Wait was there reason to doubt that he would?

Hard pass, I don't like the gameplay of the Warriors games

Digital sales account for a larger share of total sales every year, right? Maybe that's what's happening here.

I am the person who logs in solely to open the couple booster packs, do the wonder picks, and collect the bonuses. Gives me something to do on the way to work

I'd be down. I'm not much of a shooter person but did I have a great time playing the first three Halo games on friends' Xboxes back then. I'm surprised a Switch 2 version of the game wasn't announced as well, but maybe it's too much work to get it running or something?

Better get to work, then. I found my first random shiny yesterday and was delighted to hear that they brought back the sound effect from Arceus

Yes I saw that. The problem is that I won't have time to play it for quite a while. I anticipate putting at least 100 hours into Pokémon, and then Tales of Xillia comes out next week, then Kirby Air Riders next month, then Metroid in early December. I dunno maybe I'll buy it now at the discounted price and just start it whenever there's a lull in releases.

It's a name I've heard a lot but never played. Honestly I didn't know it was an RPG; I pictured like a space shooter for whatever reason.