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@thedudeabides05 I said it as a Bears fan; the team's stats (one of the screens at the top of the review) made me laugh.

@gb_nes_gamer For my money the first is the more enjoyable game, the second is good but I think got a bit confused with what it was trying to do. Revelations 1 nailed its style imo

@AmplifyMJ Yeah, and that's fair enough, the most important thing is that they're happy with it

@Pokester99 With respect, the fact is we've written two articles about the Saudi Arabian authorities' investments. This one, and one about the Mohammad bin Salman Charity Foundation purchasing shares in SNK back in November 2020. Your remark about 'constant negative coverage' is inaccurate by any metric.

As I've also said, criticism of a government or authorities is not a criticism of a country's people.

Perhaps nothing I say will be persuasive to you, but I needed to point out that inaccuracy from your comment.

With respect, that'll be my last contribution to this thread, I've made my position as clear as I can.

@Pokester99 Just as a small follow-up, I also don't agree with conflating a country's government / authorities with its people. A criticism of a government is not the same as a criticism of its citizens.

@Pokester99 From my perspective there are a few things at play, but I'll stick specifically obviously to the context of writing about gaming news on Nintendo Life.

The PIF investment is a sovereign state fund, so it's a financial instrument for the country's government to invest and purchase various assets. As a result the fund isn't separate from the country's authorities, which is why I mentioned those points at the end. In the case of Newcastle FC that takeover was held up for over a year due to debates around whether PIF passed the 'fit and proper' owner tests, due to those human rights issues.

The key is that it's a sovereign fund, not just a corporation based in a country. We do give context around issues when companies are involved too, for example when we write about Activision Blizzard we often highlight their ongoing issues. We endeavour to give that context when appropriate.

I'll leave it to moderators, but I do not appreciate the 'racist vibes' comment. If you think that about me by all means report me, but you are way, way off base on that.

@Magician This game is very update heavy too, so that'll be a frequent occurence.

@Anti-Matter Yeah but these have motion-sensing and multicolored lights!

@Tasuki Well, for the record I'm not keen on these acquisitions even in the unlikely event Nintendo starts doing it, the point of the piece is to highlight issues around these sorts of consolidation moves. I appreciate your message might be to everyone, but in case it was directed at me for the article...

I think there's a difference, also, from companies acquiring majority shareholding in partners they were already working with exclusively for a lengthy period (Sony and Nintendo both do this, in particular), and dropping billions on multi-platform companies. There's differences in intent and how those moves impact the wider industry. We're not at the point where it's breaking things yet, but we're closer than we were before.

@ModdedInkling Yeah, MLB was even technically the publisher of the game on Xbox, I suspect it'll be the same with Switch.

@Banjo-

Yeah Nintendo was just publisher of the Wii U one, I've corrected the article.

@Knuckles It's free to download, so I'd imagine it has microtransactions (the official Nintendo page doesn't specify them though)

@larryisaman In its favour is that it's 2D and the visuals are mainly chunky visuals rather than complex textures etc. It'll have compromises but the Switch has run a lot of games like this quite well.

Well, it looks lovely to me. Will definitely be my 'first' Pokemon game, no pressure Game Freak...

@Silly_G Yeah, I'm being positive in the tagline but I agree really, could be half that price

The standard edition is a good deal though, actually the same price as the eShop version.

@Kayvoo Haha, I'll fix that.

And yes, there are a few games more than 75% off, I'm assuming Nintendo has set that number due to some regional variations.

I thought the PR said Pingu at first.

@RupeeClock Thanks! Have added the details to the article.

@WillQuan There's cross-platform between Xbox / PC / Steam, but I can't see reference to console cross-platform beyond that.

@OldManHermit I remember there were pins, but I think you're right they might be the same ones.

I guess for people that bought Dread elsewhere (or countries where they weren't a freebie) it's still a neat option.

@Kayvoo Oh wow I forgot about the first-person view, that was pretty cool!

@AcridSkull Yeah, I thought about bringing up the Luka DLC, but kept the focus on the physical rewards instead.

I have a horrible feeling that DLC won't happen, but will be very happy to be proven wrong.

@RupeeClock Must be a heck of a keychain

@rockodoodle Tricky to say, because my gripes about the production values are unchanged. But now there is a lot of content with plenty of courses and modes. If I was allowed I'd say 7.5, but it's definitely in the ballpark for 8 whereas, at launch, it was a low 7.

Just my opinion, of course!

@RupeeClock What's amazing is that the eyes are technically a visual clue / cue. I mean, it's only obvious now someone has found it!

@Chocobo_Shepherd I don't recall any Metroid Dread spoilers, the video's focused much more on Metroid and Super Metroid (with a brief mention of Fusion), it doesn't go into Dread at all really.

I would certainly argue the video is factual research, the connections made are solid.

@xDeckardx Are you on Switch, and is it in good condition now in terms of bugs etc? I really want to play it / like it, but am interested to know how it's shaping up nowadays.

@nhSnork Haha, whoops...

@jump Then laugh merrily - HAHAHAHAHAHA *sobs

@westman98 Nooooooooooooooooooo

@MS7000 Please don't say that

I updated the post, my initial numbers were wrong for the first few minutes, all correct now.

@Blooper987 Bah! You're right. Oh well, my apologies, that is a genuine clanger on my part.

@NintendoKnight I get your point, but not really. This is an interesting tangible bit of information that shows Nintendo is working on its own versions of this technology. Whether you believe the latest rumours about 4K dev kits is up to you but isn't really linked imo.

No sugarcoating this if it's right, that sucks.

But yeah, it is quite easy to access other region's versions of Switch Online, so that's a positive.

@CharlieGirl My guess is October, because I doubt they'd have done this rather odd press release if it was in the Direct. I may be wrong though!

@GrailUK I believe so, yes.

@WoomyNNYes I don't unfortunately. I suspect that's the kind of thing we'll look at (especially in the video team) when we get our hands on them.

@CharlieGirl Very true, the ACA ones are definitely better value right now.

@gcunit I know, take all the time you need. A cool flannel on the head, make sure it's low light in the room.

@Tourtus Yeah, my guess at this point is that the endplate was listing the wrong platforms so they're fixing and planning to re-upload, will email and clarify with them.

@KayFiOS Yes, but today they released actual footage

@IceClimbersMain Oof, maybe best not to check. I have a horrible image of a grown up dog appearing that's had to fend for itself and survive for a decade.

@Zyph The eShop listing doesn't clarify in terms of what content is included, but once we know I'll update the article.

@nessisonett It won't let me upvote this comment more than once.

@Friendly Oh wow, time does fly

@Itachi2099 There were a few similar sort-of zombie games in that era, and I've been awake since 5am, so...

@Itachi2099 Ah, I am confused, ok. Will update.

@Friendly The events don't go anywhere, I think you just talk to the mail cat and they're available to download!

@rjejr Give me a chance!