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@Donutman Maybe that's been your experience, but it's certainly not typical. In my case, I have one pro controller I use about 75% of the time, and three sets of JoyCons I use the other 25%. So pretty light use for my JoyCons. The pro controller is fine yet all three sets of JoyCons have drift. The only other system I've ever had this issue was the game pad for my Wii U. But that didn't develop drift until more than four years of heavy use, using the game pad almost exclusively as my controller.

Gaming YouTube has been abuzz over this game. Aparently, the PC version isn't much better.

Hmm... I really enjoy minigames, but I'm not sure I'd get much out of this if there's no 'meta-game." I loved the original Rayman's Raving Rabbids, which had a simple campaign to give a sense of progress and add some challenge. But that was removed in Raving Rabbids 2. That game was just, "play some minigames, and..." Nothing. Winning or losing didn't have any bearing beyond the minigame and I got bored almost instantly. But what's shown in the screenshots here does look pretty cool.

Did Microsoft steal Limited Game's puppy? Why are all the games PS4/Switch, but no XB?

The only thing I found shocking on these lists was Mario games on Wii. New Super Mario Brothers outsold Galaxy by more than two to one?! I thought Galaxy would have far outsold a 2D retro Mario.

Alright! Let's start speculating what features they need to add to the "Pro" model of this unnamed game system.

And I see people are already arguing over backwards compatibility. If it follows the form factor of the Switch and uses the same family of chips (like 3DS following the DS), it's a no brainer. But if the hardware drastically changes, probably not. I thought it was funny that people pitched a fit and acted like Sony was pure evil when the PS3 had it's backwards compatibility removed. But the thing was, the PS3 Cell Processor was never backward compatible, but the original model console had a complete PS2 hidden inside it which was partly why it was so expensive. Don't take this as me saying I don't want backwards compatibility, but if you look at the history of successful vs unsuccessful consoles, backwards compatibility doesn't seem to be a major factor in success.

Our physical rewards are probably stuck on a cargo ship in the Long Beach port with no one to unload it.

What was that?! I'm so confused... and a little intrigued.

@Kreko Yeah, I thought the same thing. Granted, this sort of this is par for the course for No More Heroes, but I wouldn't have specifically guess a Smash style fight. They definitely should not have put it in a headline.

I checked this game out on Nintendo's official website. It didn't bother me that they were recycling boards and minigames from the N64 games as I didn't have a N64. However, I do have The Top 100 on the 3DS and it looks like this new Mario Party and Top 100 have A LOT of minigames in common. With all the games to choose from, they couldn't de-conflict? Knowing that many of the minigames are going to be the same ones I played just a few years ago is a major buzz kill.

I had this on the 3DS. I never thought I could be so revolted by 16-bit style graphics and anime.

@DomGC And if you just want to see the story play out, dropping them down to easy mode will let you cruise through them. It took me a while to beat Bayonetta 2 (which I played first) because I played through the entire game at normal difficulty. Then I played the first game, but my patience was wearing thin. So I switched to easy and quickly finished it.

I have no idea how the contracts between Nintendo and Platinum work, but Wonderful 101 crossed over so I don't know that it's impossible. But rumor on the street is Sony is really losing Japan. I know Bayonetta has found a fan base in the west but if the sale projections in Japan aren't there, I'm not sure there's a lot of incentive to get Bayonetta back on Playstation.

I'm going to disagree with two games on here, even though I know people will yell and screen that I'm wrong. Octopath Traveler - I just really don't like the pixel art trend. Astral Chain - it's not a bad looking game, but it's really nothing special either. A lot of bland or dark, dismal locations in the real world and the Astral Plain is kind of ugly. But a lot of the enemies look really cool. But overall for looks, I'd say it's near the middle of the pack, not one of the best.

Oh boy, I think I'm going to get beat up over this... Everyone is gushing praise for how amazing this Bayonetta 3 trailer was, but for me, it was a huge turn off. The first two games were gorgeous. Every level was a beautiful and fantastic location where I would just stop and look around at the surroundings. And the enemies all looked like works of art. This trailer was set in a dull, unremarkable city and the enemy was an ugly, goofy looking monster. The style I loved from the first two games was totally absent in this preview. I really hope this was fake footage made intentionally to confuse people by looking more like Astral Chain and DOESN'T actually represent the game.

Oh please, DON'T. That game was HORRIBLE! And honestly, the controls weren't even my biggest complaint. I'll even go so far as to say I liked them in certain levels, such as the free roaming Arwing levels. But they were nothing but a hindrance in the on-rails and chicken walker areas. My main problem with SFZ is also my main complaint against Sonic Forces: It's like they took five different unpolished games and sloppily mashed them together into one VERY short game. (But SFZ is worse) So even if you liked one of the modes, you were probably getting less than an hours worth of that content. So please Nintendo, just come out and say Star Fox Zero won't be ported unless hell freezes over AND a new F-Zero appears. And we know one of those things will NEVER happen.

@jowe_gw Sorry, I blame Nintendo for giving the Wii U such a confusing name.

@jowe_gw The Wii had Twilight Princess at launch so there's not need for Skyward Sword to also be a launch title. But it would have been much better had SS come our around the two year mark when the Wii was still going strong. By the time it came out, the system was in terminal decline and many people had stuffed their Wii's in a closet.

This game is UGLY!

@Varathius OK. I was really disappointed with how little was done with that. I've got one but I never ended up buying any of the handful of games made for it. But at least Monster Hunter 4 and Generations are much easier to play with the right stick. And FE: Shadow of Valentia, while it didn't require the New 3DS, it did use the Amiibo reader and had probably the best Amiibo functionality of any 3DS game.

@Varathius I'll agree with you that the Switch isn't the ideal handheld, but it's not fair to say the 3DS was ignored. Nintendo, along with a few 3rd parties, release new games for the 3DS for two years after the Switch launch. I wish it had gone even longer, but to be fair, two years isn't bad. I do remember a lot of YouTubers pitching a fit, mad a Nintendo for not immediately killing the 3DS after the Switch's launch. But those people are idiots.

As much as I love the Wii U, I can't say I'll miss it's e-shop all that much (Although I did just download that new Sturmfront game). But the 3DS e-shop, I've bought several games from there this year, and there's just so much more to explore.

The actors in this were probably praying it would never resurface. Now they are forced to relive their shame all over again.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi I've learned long ago not to use myself as a measurement for "normal," but I have several collector's editions with vinyl soundtracks. Vinyl is my format of choice, but I also listen to CDs and occasionally download only. But one thing I do think is odd is I don't see any mention of the soundtrack having any other formats. The last two I ordered both came with a thumb drive that, along with other things, had a digital copy of the soundtrack and one of them also came with CDs.

I'm interested... But I would have preferred a real mouse. I'm talking Mortal Kombat levels of gore! But in mouse form.

@Scrubicius Yes, but with no form factor changes or really anything obvious, that's a stretch to call that a refresh. Although they did feel the need to announce it at least. Basically, all consoles get minor tweaks to the internals along the way, but most are so minor, no one really talks about them.

But for my vote, I went with the DS Lite. The original was a visual abomination and I was so happy when they made one I didn't feel embarrassed to pull out in public.

@Darlinfan Hard Driving was the kind of game that was cool if your friend had it. It certainly was a novelty. But that said, play it a few times, and I've pretty much gotten all the Hard Diving I need. It would be hard to justify actually paying for it.

It's in my profile pic... Devil's Third! It was probably my second favorite Wii U game after Splatoon. Yeah, the graphics were an absolute mess, but it was so much fun! I know it will never happen, but it's the only Wii U game I'd actually want ported to the Switch, just so they could fix the problems. Also, even the critics that trashed the game admitted that the multiplayer was actually pretty good. Since the Switch isn't getting any Call of Duty games, this would actually fill the niche of online shooters that aren't Fortnite.

Wait... Over $500?!?! What are they made of, 100% genuine magic hedgehog?

I thought improvements like this would be slipped in over time without much fanfare or a price hike. Kind of like Apple drip feeds improvements into their laptops so they can justify keeping the prices constant while the features slowly improve.

These JRPG's take me an eternity to finish. But I'm so stoked for this game that I haven't bought any since Ys VIII. I just finished that a few weeks ago, and on the 3DS, I've given up on Alliance Alive, and while I'm still slowly plodding through Etrian Odyssey Nexus. So I feel ready for something new.

@Ahlvin23 I think another worrying trend is the "quality of life" they've been adding to the games. Sure, old school SMT games can be frustrating, but SMT IV Apocalypse had zero penalty for dying. It totally removed any sense of challenge or the relieve/joy of limping back (most of your demons dead and having used all your health items) to a terminal to save your progress.

"Nintendo are very wary about using old IP because it's such a huge thing for them to do. It's much easier to go with a new idea, a new IP, than to reuse an old one."
Uh... What? Is he talking about some bizarro version of Nintendo in an alternate universe? They crank out the same franchises over and over while new IP is fairly rare.

I'm glad he's saying that he wants to do something new rather than "fix" Star Fox Zero. I've always felt the only way of fixing that game was to start over. That said, I thought the best parts of that game were the free roaming sections. I liked free roaming in confined battle spaces rather than the open world design of Starlink, which for me lead to a lot of aimless wandering around. But I do think they need to pick a style and focus on that. Zero's biggest problem (even more than its controls) was it tried to shove a ton of different gameplay styles into a single, short game.

When this game was first announced, despite not being a big Zelda fan, I was thinking I might get it because, "It's got motion controls and I love motion controls!" But then looking into what the original Wii game was, the more I learn, the less interested I am. It sounded repetitive and just bad design. I won't make up my mind until the reviews are out and I hear what changed, but it's not looking good.

If they can't get the rights to use the name "Sherlock Holmes," I wish they'd make a different character. I've seen the cheap knockoff Herlock Sholmes in other games and I think it's lame and annoying.

You can use your Mii's?! I'm in! I miss having all sorts of Mii games that graced the Wii U and 3DS. Of course this will mean I have to rebuild my army of Mii's based on my friends can coworkers. I'm glad this game sounds like it's still mostly a golf game. I'm not sure what Mario Tennis Aces was, but it certainly wasn't Tennis. While Ultra Smash on Wii U was shockingly low on content, I still enjoyed the basic tennis gameplay. But Aces decided to mix things up by turning itself into some ungodly abortion that didn't feel like a tennis game. I like golf games, so it's reassuring that this still sounds like golf and not "Charge up your power bar, launch cannon attack and shatter your opponent's golf club!"

I haven't played enough of these to argue the positions of the ones I did play. But one that's fairly low on the list that I actually did enjoy was Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice. I don't know if it's ranking suffered from just having "Boom" in the title, but I thought it was fun. I suppose there's always the possibility that I just have bad taste.

I think the ruling is fair, except I think the bigger victim is probably the book's publisher. The Pokemon Company has good reason to be upset that a company the trusted leaked images from the game. But the publisher is the one who's reputation was really trashed by these two rouge employees.

The Nintendo executives were probably about to green light a new F-Zero. But then they saw this and thought, "Sweet, someone already has it covered! Cancel the new F-Zero!"

So little bits of DLC for Smash and Minecraft? Slow done there Sega! Don't get too wild and crazy with Sonic's anniversary.

It doesn't bother me that this exists. And while I appreciate the palicos and general Japanese silliness in Monster Hunter games, I have a limit to how much cuteness I'm willing to accept. All things in moderation. And Pokemon has never resonated with me.

I only have two 64 MB cards, but I buy all games in physical form if available. My memory card for "normal games" still has a lot of open space. The second card is specifically for FMV games. That one is full, but some of them I've played through several times and I think I can finally put to rest.

I hope there is no "Switch Pro." I'd rather ride it out with the current hardware for another two or three years and then get a clean sheet design. Also, there's a snarky part of me that just wants all the people who were certain there would be a Switch Pro from the day the console launched to be wrong.

@TSR3 Considered yourself blessed. Star Fox Zero was garbage. I'll admit, there were a few small parts that were fun, but overall, it was a mess of a game. It's only real saving grace was that Star Fox Guard came bundled in for free, and I loved that game! Unfortunately, Guard is one of the few games where it's really hard to see how you'd play it without the game pad.

@DeusX Careful, you might be setting yourself up for heartbreak. I stopped caring about Bayonetta 3 a long time ago. Now, my caring may come back strong when they actually release it, but until then, Bayonetta is out of my thoughts (Except when NL forces me to think about it).

@Ventilator I thought this game had one of the best uses of the game pad. I won't go so far as to say "I can't imagine playing it single screen" I do think the Switch version will be far less fun.

@MetalGear_Yoshi Yeah, I try to keep an open mind to other people's interests (after all, some people think I'm into weird/frivolous stuff). But there's something very off putting about furry art. I'm not sure if it's something inherent to the artwork itself, or if I just can't separate it from all the disturbing things I've heard come out of that community.

A humming bird wearing a cute little hat while riding a skate board? Count me in!

I'm intrigued, but with SMT V coming out before this game, it might be a little too close to SMT. I don't want to be playing two SMT's at once, they take long enough as is!