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@Tempestryke Valentines Day Cards? I’m not familiar, I’m sure they got lost in the mail or something.

@Not_Soos It’s a slow recovering process. We aren’t there yet, but soon we may be able to once again say The Game That Shall Not Be Named.

@Rodan2000 Not much after Yoshi? What? Okay, let’s go through this. First and second party gives us Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Daemon X Machina, Pokémon Gen 8, and then post 2019 we have Bayonetta 3, Shin Megami Tensei V (not sure if that counts as second or third party but it’s definitely an exclusive) and Metroid Prime 4. Also, Retro have almost definitely been working on a game since 2014, and now they’re moving to MP4 an announcement should be on the horizon. Then, if King Zell is right, we also have ports of Pikmin 3 and Boxboy and a new 2D Zelda. Of course, those last few are unconfirmed but I’m pretty certain of them. Nintendo is bombarding us with exclusives this year, while Microsoft won’t be able to match it (obviously), I think Somy might simply because of Last of Us 2, Death Stranding and Ghosts of Tsushima all might release this year. Even then, I’d still give it to Nintendo.

@Aozz101x At the end of the day, they’re all video game characters, so it’s weird anyway. It’s just Isabelle has a certain innocence to her character that is frequently tarnished by the Internet.

Anyone who chose Isabelle needs to be banished.

Gotta retire Smash for me, once I dipped into the online it was all downhill. I struggle to keep my anger in check in online games, so it’s time for me to take a break. I’ll probably continue my current play through in BOTW this weekend, but that’s probably it.

@KingBowser You mean the Boss? The best way to beat her spirit is to gimp her off the edge, otherwise hope for the best. Either use the Poison Immune spirit and a special move boosting spirit, or just use the healing Poison spirit. Just, be very defensive.

@Hero8-Bit Never thought I’d see the day where I’d be whooshed, also never thought I’d see someone whoosh someone else in 2019 like come on.

@Anti-Matter The last thing we need from a Pokémon game is something as intense and detailed as that. Permadeath should be an option, not a set rule. Also, this amount of intricacy would require far too much effort of GameFreak’s side, to create a game like RDR2 (impressive, but at times overbearing) with the wrong demographic in mind.

@Nagi_Nagisa That’s fair, I guess I was too judgemental. Let’s just hope that the 2019 games are the resurgence many desperately want, because a lot of those who haven’t already jumped ship will be scavenging for lifeboats.

@Nagi_Nagisa While I disagree with a few of your criticisms, I feel your judgement on the anime is pure ignorance. The first set of episodes were rough, certainly, but as the series progressed it’s become home to some of the best episodes of the show ever, alongside some tense story arcs and surprisingly deep characters. It’s no Indigo League or XYZ, but it’s up there. If nothing else, give the Stoutland episode a watch.

@Devlind You make some very good points. A while ago I envisioned a path which could perfectly represent my thought process. The idea was to have three cars going down the tag in various states of disrepair, with a thug standing behind them. In a turn based format, they would stand by the cars and wait for you to walk past them, and the battle would begin like normal. In this case, the first battle wouldn’t begin until you pulled out your first Pokémon (you would be able to shuffle through Pokémon with the right stick). This would cause the first thug to attack you, with let’s say a Koffing for this example. You pull out your Charmeleon (hypothetically), and you can have it use one of its four moves (R, ZR, L, ZL) on the enemy. You could also use X to jump over one of the cars, and can move the Pokémon side to side. Type effectiveness still matters, and damage is still inputted in the same way, but of course you only miss when you don’t hit the opponent. Moves could be dodged, but it’s relatively slow, making it easy enough to land a hit. The other thugs can join in if you have a significant level advantage over the opponent, boosting the challenge slightly and saving the player time.

Or they could just scrap all of this and nick the turn based Earthbound style because honestly that’s just perfection.

@Devlind I always felt that Gen 8 needed to take some design ideas from BOTW, but on a smaller, more dense scale. I never was awfully fond of the climb to champion that is forever apparent in mainline games, so perhaps they could forego that and have the protagonist fulfil some sort of duty. Have a vast story with multiple characters, a few calls to older games and a fulfilling reward system, and I’d be happy. The one other thing I’d ask for is a toggle between Turn Based battling and Dynamic battling when against a trainer. An open world would allow for this to be feasible, and the modern hardware makes it idealistic. Of course, they’d have to keep it simpler with wild battles, but I’m okay with that. Don’t change what isn’t broke, right? However, I’d like the ability to see wild Pokémon to carry on from Let’s Go, which I’m sure it will. Can’t think of anything else on the top of my head, apart from perhaps a more detailed customisation system at the beginning of the game.

@Devlind I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the games, and you make a lot of good points. USUM were notably unnecessary, and a Sinnoh remake would have been much preferred (of course, now we won’t get one until it’s inevitable Let’s Go treatment). I didn’t mind being Lillie’s helper of sorts, it’s not always necessary to be the main character. Lillie, Lusamine and Guzma had some pretty interesting character development, with only Gen 5 standing close on that front.

As someone who got into Pokémon, and subsequently Nintendo with Sun/Moon, I shall look fondly on these years. Also if anyone says that B/W had a better story then the first S/M games they will be rectified.

@CurryPowderKeg79 ‘Unrelated’, we’ll take your word for it...

Thief.

@Jayenkai Thanks to you I just brought that bundle because two amiibo for £9 is a steal and I don’t care what anyone says. Does that make Amiibo Festival my only Wii U game? I don’t want to answer that.

@Xiarno That just isn’t true, Palutena referred to Viridi as ‘she’, but that has been frequently misconstrued around the internet.

Even though what I’m saying may come off as rhetoric and generally useless information, I feel I must spread the word. Take this opportunity to buy Earthbound, please.

@PrincessBowsette Firstly, I was very clearly joking. There is no need to get all defensive. Secondly, as this article proves, no character is busted. You may have personally had a bad experience with a Cloud, but that doesn’t mean he’s overpowered.

@PrincessBowsette Leave Cloud alone, please.

Alright, here’s my two cents.
Both games are separate. I believe at least one of them is the game Retro has been working on between DK and MP4. I’m predicting the online game to be Star Fox Grand Prix, but it’s equally possible that that was just a highly abusable rumour mill. The other game, the one for fans, would be Pikmin 4. I know it’s technically already been announced, but I wouldn’t put that past Miyamoto refusing to sign an NDA and no one arguing with him cause he’s Miyamoto. If this is Retro’s project, they’d probably stick a new subtitle on it (giving a relatively obscure series a resurgence and using a number seems really illogical). Regardless, I have no idea what I’m talking about and I have nothing better to do with my life then theorise on games tat may or may not exist. Thank you for reading my Ted Talk.

If you’ve read this before, that’s cause I put it in the thread. Think it’s better off here though.

@OorWullie I’m betting on it being Retro’s game, which I’m betting on being Pikmin 4.

@mazzel That’s a good call. Maybe development teams are working on 3DS-esque games for the Switch (think 2D Zelda), which will be priced closer to a 3DS game.

@Arshiya Well, I’m sure there are some dead NES franchises that could get the horror spin. I’m sure MP4 will be fine for me, but Nintendo is a wild beast.

@nhSnork Just part of the joke, but one can dream.

@nhSnork Can’t wait for Shin Persona QR 2.8 HD for the Nokia N-Gage

A spin off of a spin off. Thanks Atlus, you’re nearly as confusing as Square.

@ThanosReXXX Okay, you’re on. Just got birthday money, gotta waste it somewhere.

Steve has great character potential, has a massive gaming legacy, has millions of fans, and would be a milestone for Smash. He’d be a Microsoft owned character from what was originally an indie game. Steve over Banjo for me, but that’s only because I haven’t really got a connection to any of the Ultimate newcomers, nor Banjo. Steve is an icon in recent gaming history, and an icon for my childhood.

Nearly got all the spirits now, 80-ish left.

Can we get an F in chat please?

Someone should send one to Charles Martinet, then the real life Luigi can finally be free.

Don’t know how many f these I’ll need, but I’m happy for the event. For those wanting new ones, you’ll probably be waiting until YCW get’s released

@Matthew010 No sarcasm here, Pilotwings is criminally underrated. Switch release is unlikely, but the SNES game may be coming to Switch soon enough. The fact that it was cut from the SNES Classic is criminal.

@Lalivero @Heavyarms55 @MJInnocent Thanks for all the kind words. I managed to pick up Starlink and some amiibo, which is pretty nice. I also got 1966 Batman on DVD, which while unrelated to video games is still really neat.

@Matthew010 Glad someone is standing up for this generations best game. Plus Smash is neat too.

I’m gonna spend my Birthday money this weekend, so hopefully I’ll pick up some new games to distract me from my Smash addiction.

PS-Don’t worry Dom, Gotham is cool.

@Janus1986 Yep, Nintendo had a killer 2017. No doubt about it.

@Heavyarms55 No, you’re right. Sony is skipping E3. Regardless, it won’t be until then that the drought truly begins.

@Janus1986 In fairness, Sony has a pretty solid 2019. Ghosts of Tsushima, Death Stranding (maybe) and The Last Of Us 2. Then again, so does Nintendo

@Heavyarms55 Honestly i wont be able to say that until post-E3

@Heavyarms55 Yes, the PS4 is a dead horse, that’s why God of War won Game of the Year and Spider-Man has almost sold 10 million copies. Just because Nintendo is best in Japan, doesn’t mean Sony doesn’t dominate elsewhere.

@Spectra Now I refuse to buy anything from Sega until this is added.

@link3710 Of course, you’re right.

I love how they just acted all innocent after Suoerstar Saga eviscerated Geno. Good thing he’s got a really cool spirit in Smash.

@nukatha Affordable and Fire Emblem are direct opposites.

@Anti-Matter Since EA is kind of giving up on The Sims, that doesn’t seem likely. However, your dedication to this cause should warrant an immediate port and a copy sent straight to your door.

@jswhitfield8 You can blame Brexit, but at this point no one wants to hear about it.

@RainbowGazelle Shame, thanks for the advice anyway.