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@LastFootnote DKC2 is anything but cheap, and neither are the newer entries. Barely ever do I come across a game in which every death feels completely traceable to its source; DKC2 is one of them.

Cool, I'll be buying a lot of these for my Steam Deck!

@JimmyFleck Yeah, we should be glad Nintendo took matters closer to their own hands with Other M.

@World It's a perspective that results in something unique. You cannot entirely avoid tropes, so taking such a thing up as a challenge just leads to a creative spurt. If he didn't know he was at least following some tropes, he'd not be making this.

@Clammy Maybe it simply looks good?

@Dragonslacker1 I mean, many easter eggs in many games are that way.

@-wc- I feel almost the same way. Many "Metroidvanias" have gone into a direction I don't particularly enjoy. Though I like platformers, I never played these games for the platforming. I liked the mystery, the survival aspects, and the unguided exploration. Ori 2 removes any strategic tension because the start of every room is a checkpoint. Blasphemous 1 and 2 remove the element of surprise because of its Zelda-like "go to the temples to get the things" structure.

The only modern MVs that I really enjoyed have been Bloodstained, Metroid Dread and Hollow Knight.

@Dee123 Rip-off games formed entire genres of games. It's just the course of nature. Nintendo can't do anything.

@Athropos Yeah, Pokémon basically copied from DQ mechanics, so that wouldn't really hold, right?

Very excited to see what will happen with this! Rayman 2, as well as Origins and Legends, were amazing games.

@Kazman2007 Skies of Arcadia still exists. How can you miss out on it?

@BlublacMH For some people, they're the reason they're even playing these games.

The menuing in TotK was one of the many issues that made me appreciate it way less than BotW. How can you fall so low, going from games that were so much fun because they at least had some solid menus.

@DripDropCop146 I'd say it doesn't warrant such a term, because most Metroidvanias are pretty close to Zeldalikes anyway, especially nowadays.

@B3RTAY Because more Metroid is a big win. My favorite Metroid game is a ROM hack, and I've played every single official entry save for Other M and that Metroid 2 remake.

@larryisaman What's your low effort whining going to contribute here?

@NintendoWife I didn't.
I think it's just a huge shame how Nintendo apparently has a big distaste for pixel graphics, almost as if they think it's horrid or something. And since I personally dislike the new style (a lot less universally appealing), it just makes me feel all the more annoyed by it.

@Not_Soos Luckily, people don't blink every second...

It's funny, because it's Nintendo games that made me so appreciative of 60fps.

I will never understand why Nintendo so vehemently chooses to ignore pixel art, in favor of an ugly, plastic-y artstyle they cannot even make to run properly on their own console...

@Lofoten it's probably more than 1/4th of the people. Reviews don't represent a general populace.

Besides, there's also more of these "mixed" reviews than NL is showing.

@HammerKirby I mean, you don't want to feel empowered as a player who is clearly meant to be empowered by all the choices they're given?

@OctolingKing13 They basically said the opposite. Some of the stuff from the last two entries is holding this game back.

I find both games pretty good, though their structure (find the mcguffins inside the dungeons) makes them a lot more predictable than most Metroidvanias. There's a lot more Zelda here.

@JohnnyMind Although I agree with your first part, I won't really benefit from the amount of different experiences different players will end up having. I am, after all, only one player, and I personally will lean towards only one or a few methods, because I will deem them most effective or satisfying (most people work this way, but I might be more extreme with it). This will take away from the variety I could have otherwise.

The second part, yeah. We haven't experienced the game and honestly, while I don't like the mindset Nintendo is having on it, a nice execution could really make this a lot better than the mindset suggests on its own.

That said, I thought the same about Tears of the Kingdom, and it's probably the biggest game disappointment I've ever had.
On the other hand, I thought the same about Breath of the Wild and I loved it, haha.

@ozwally It's possible, but Nintendo would never bother.

@JohnnyMind It has pro's and cons. For me it's more of a con (though I get the appeal). I think this approach homogenizes puzzles a lot. Maybe this game can change my mind, but BotW and especially TotK sure didn't.

@SuperRetroArt I think it's more that some people are used to some higher standards in games. I'm used to playing 2D pixel-art games, and they've soured me on these awful and choppy ugly plastic-looking games.

@SuperRetroArt Yeah, and framerate drops happen while reading novels! Stupid people!

@MSaturn Yeah, they frankly mess around with artistic flavor and game balancing. They're good enough if you have no other options, but they are not the games they were meant to be, nor are they upgrades.

@Pillowpants It's worse, because you already paid 60 for a game you now need to buy again if you want the extra content. It's what people have been complaining about with Pokémon for ages, but now it's SMT barely anyone seems worried. Nintendo fans are a joke.

Such a shame what they ended up doing with this series. After Luminous iX 1 it's clear they stopped really caring about this series. Now they ended up with this trash.

Ah well, luckily there's still Gravity Circuit I have to play.

@LadyCharlie That's the spirit.

@120frames-please If you really want it, you could always emulate. I don't like emulating current gen, but I emulate around everything before that generation of consoles and some people have no problem doing the same with consoles like the Switch.

@Fiskern I love you

@SleepyAnimal Third here! Loved it.

@Kyloctopus That's Mother 3.

@Key19 Your joke is complete nonsense. That doesn't help

@johnedwin Still better than to wait 6 years for a bloated version of Breath of the Wild.

@LinktotheFuture That game already exists, and you still play as Link in it.

@Key19 That's literally what this article is all about, dimwit. Stop asking dumb questions.

@Mrkittyhead Yeah, there's no lack of puzzles at all in this game. It has more of them than ALTTP, so I don't get where NL is coming from. It's just that Ages has the most puzzles in any Zelda game, so compared to that one, I guess it's lacking in puzzles...?

@daveMcFlave PSP has the regular difficulty curve (unlike Pixel), but its ATB system is bugged. I always play the Japanese SNES version, retranslated with QoL hacks.

@Expa0 yep! Namingway Edition is just peak.

@Rosona Just a game teaching you the wrong things. Horrid game design.

8.5 hours of sleep is ideal for children. This app is meant for children.

NES because SNES has way worse controls. Usually I prefer SNES versions but they dropped the ball with this.

That is, if you use the SRAM saving hack.

@personauser93 Why would you still be using an N64 controller when that thing doesn't even exist anymore? You're not even trying to open up yourself to new (old) experiences. Emulators exist. Use whatever controller you like, play in whatever resolution you like.