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@steizgr8 Focus Home Interactive have always been funding interesting games. Their games were lacking the budget for the ambition they had for years, but lately they have increased the quality a lot and are getting more towards AAA. Definitely a company to watch.

@Bunkerneath Why? Nintendo announces stuff outside of Directs all the time. Don't make up rules that don't exist.

@chipia What are you talking about?

We just had a Direct the other day with multiple new exclusives announced coming out in the next 6 months. The only remake is Advance Wars, and it's from the ground up, not a remaster.

In the first 3 months of the year we are already getting 2 monumental new games, Pokémon Legends and the most hype Kirby ever. What exactly are you expecting, a new AAA exclusive every month?

Maybe you should look at PS5 or Xbox that are feeding off of scraps from last gen to pad their lack of new releases. Switch has by far the most new exclusives launching in the foreseeable future. So why complain?

@NintendoKnight If Nintendo were like Sega, they would be a 3rd party developer, and incapable of making a good Mario game.

Resident Evil or Ace Attorney news please.

@RupeeClock Yup, that's exactly the first thing that crossed my mind, looks like it is our main character's room, so it was likely intended for the intro but the idea was scrapped. It looks very much in line with the room of the mc in any other Pokemon game.

45% Is really good, this game looks like it's going to have some serious legs. I am still enjoying it almost 60 hours in; it's a fantastic foundation for the future. Now imagine if they take this formula and make it fully seamless with more towns, more ways to catch Pokemon, and of course VOICE ACTING...

4PM? Surely not a coincidence.

I really liked the designs in Legends, they are far superior to all Pokémon designs we've had after Ruby and Sapphire, when Pokémon started being more "by the numbers". In general there has been an attempt by GameFreak to tone designs down a bit lately, even if that means we get fewer new Pokémon, and I'm all for that.

It's an unbelievable game for NES standards. I can't go back to play FF1 to be honest, it's just too basic. But this one, with its combination of RPG and adventure elements, even to this day would be a fantastic indie title.

@SwitchForce I'm a troll decimator, not a troll, as should be obvious from my user name. Your credentials on game development please.

@Arawn93 Look, I am not defending these, I am not going to buy a single cloud version of anything. I am just saying, compared to the time and effort required for a regular port, this is possibly more profitable pound for pound. It's just a cynical release and nobody should support it.

@SwitchForce No it doesn't, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about lmao. The Cloud version can probably be setup by a couple of people, no need to have an actual development team.

@PBandSmelly The game is really good, the problem is the lack of a proper single player campaign. It has all the fonts for some very interesting single player gameplay but making it so focused on multiplayer means that if it doesn't catch on, it's pretty much an irrelevant game.

@nessisonett The entire list is kinda suspect, tbh, I feel a lot of people rate the games without giving them a proper go.

I've owned it for years but never played it..I don't think I ever will, either, just too deep in my backlog unfortunately.

@Arawn93 Not really, the Cloud version still only required a tiny fraction of the budget a real version would need. It's possible that from a business perspective it was still the more profitable decision. Except we are players, not executives, and I wouldn't play the Cloud version even if it was free.

@Silly_G Sad but true.

@WaveBoy I think this game is so sacred at this point that remaking it would take a lot of effort and at the moment they don't have the capacity to do so. They wouldn't give it to Forever or something.

I'm sure it will happen one day, but localizing this game is very tricky, especially with the west being woke af these days, so it's a can of worms.

@mikegamer I love the voice acting in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Is it objectively great? Maybe not, but dammit it's just fun.

They best be behind 25 proxies.

They are much better than American accents.

Another absolute masterpiece added to the Switch's library. I've lost count at this point.

Another phenomenal Switch exclusive. Wake me up when competitor consoles start picking up any pace, their current rate of 2 games per year is not too enticing, I see myself playing my 10 year old tablet hardware on Switch for another 5 years by the time they have a library worth looking at.

Looks more Ugglia than Egglia if you ask me.

@BulbasaurusRex You can see it either way if you go the "technical" route. Literally speaking, this version did come out 5 years ago, which is still a long time in context. Technically it's an 8 year old game that still sells several million copies per year... Absolutely mental.

@Ulysses Frankly they would look very outdated even if they did, just look at how much more modern the new avatars look, all the new shader effects on hair etc. The Miis look plastic like Playmobil.

For me, this makes it more likely that there will be a more powerful revision by end of 2023 that is fully backwards compatible, but definitely not a full "hard" generation cutoff with entirely new everything. But who knows really, maybe Nintendo really is planning to move on to a completely new Switch 2 in 2024.

Hopefully this sends a message to other up and coming criminals of the same ilk.

It obviously isn't a Cloud version, if you look closely the game resolution texture resolution and such is quite low, and there would be no reason for this if it was a cloud version, and it also wouldn't take 2 years to get it up and running.

This was a very tonedeaf and insufferable announcement by them concerning NFTs, so it certainly shows a lack of competence in their leadership. We are talking about a company whose standout title is Worms, WORMS! It was popular in 1999, nobody cares about this IP in 2022, and they think they've got the ecosystem to support NFTs. No, it was just a cash grab, and everyone knows it.

Looks great and I'm sure it will also run way better than the terrible port of Bloodstained too.

@Kyranosaurus Just to inflate you a little more again about Fire Emblem, this is pretty much the longest we've waited for a new mainline entry, this can only mean good things about its scope, budget, production values. We haven't heard anything from the Fire Emblem team, so it's guaranteed they are working on a new one. This hypes me beyond belief for the next Fire Emblem.

@Joriss I appreciate the envy

@johnvboy It's just the cookie (yes) cutter response in UK. Everyone loves a Jaffa.

@Ooyah Likewise, I almost feel bad for people that had no idea what this game was and couldn't feel the hype. But to me even if I didn't know what the game is, it looks just awesome in this new style. I wouldn't even expect this in my wildest dreams, what a deep cut it was. And fully remade no less, not just a port or ROM.

@Joriss Xenoblade has been shaping up to be a premier Nintendo franchise in the last few years. Inclusion of Pyra/Mythra in Smash pretty much solidified this. Shulk could be a one-off but having two entirely different characters means Nintendo really wants this series to get big.

@Mattock1987 You should, they have some of the best story in gaming in my opinion. Xenoblade 2 in particular starts quite slow, but they do ramp up and get very exciting, they are quite in-depth gameplay wise too, especially 2. And ideally you do want to play 1&2 before this one, even though I'm sure it won't be strictly necessary.

I wouldn't call it S tier because it was focused on the first half of the year and the heavy hitters usually come in the second half, but it is absolutely an A tier. However, I do believe this will be an S tier year when we also find out the rest of this year's lineup. As I said in another article:

They had something for everyone here, and this was 95% games coming out by summer, meaning they got a lot more in store for us for the second half of the year.

Casual players? More than double the Mario Kart tracks, included in NSO+, reasonable price otherwise. Baby Mode for Metroid Dread. SWITCH SPORTS with great looking avatars for 2022 (let's be real, Miis look very outdated). NEW Mario Strikers with a huge focus on online play.

Hardcore players? Xenoblade Chronicles 3, evidently the highest budget JRPG Nintendo has ever developed. Looks just unreal. A new Fire Emblem Warriors game that looks miles better than the previous one. 3 absolutely fantastic deep cuts from Square Enix's back catalog, each of them with dozens of hours of content. Two of them remade from the ground up - I have no words!

They even showed the base NSO service some love with Earthbound and Mother. And even more value to NSO expansion pack of course with MK8D course pack.

And this is not even counting most of the 3rd party games they announced. I could see No Man's Sky and Portal being very successful on Switch, NMS in particular honestly looks great for a native Switch game, I thought it was a cloud version at first. Oh, and Klonoa 1&2 remakes? Just lovely stuff.

@MostHandsieBoy I wouldn't call myself a fan of his music, but he's a great dude. Very talented and humble. I've met him personally. Always a pleasure to hear more about him.

@johnvboy McVities Jaffa Cakes probably.

@Anti-Matter If you have niche taste how is it possible not to be excited for Front Mission and Live A Live? Those games are going to sell 13 copies each.

@johnvboy Rick Astley fans I'd wager.

I'd like to see a Modern Warfare remastered package on Switch.

Looks great but that is really way too much money, I could only justify it if Conker was my favourite character of all time, and he is not even close to being that.

It was an unbelievable Direct, and I do think barring a new big Mario or Zelda (which they are saving for the traditional E3 Direct, of course, always holiday titles) they had something for everyone here, and this was 95% games coming out by summer, meaning they got a lot more in store for us for the second half of the year.

Casual players? More than double the Mario Kart tracks, included in NSO+, reasonable price otherwise. Baby Mode for Metroid Dread. SWITCH SPORTS with great looking avatars for 2022 (let's be real, Miis look very outdated). NEW Mario Strikers with a huge focus on online play.

Hardcore players? Xenoblade Chronicles 3, evidently the highest budget JRPG Nintendo has ever developed. Looks just unreal. A new Fire Emblem Warriors game that looks miles better than the previous one. 3 absolutely fantastic deep cuts from Square Enix's back catalog, each of them with dozens of hours of content. Two of them remade from the ground up - I have no words!

They even showed the base NSO service some love with Earthbound and Mother. And even more value to NSO expansion pack of course with MK8D course pack.

And this is not even counting most of the 3rd party games they announced. I could see No Man's Sky and Portal being very successful on Switch, NMS in particular honestly looks great for a native Switch game, I thought it was a cloud version at first. Oh, and Klonoa 1&2 remakes? Just lovely stuff.

@Maxz In case you haven't played it, I would recommend Pokemon Red; it's a great, if obscure retro game.

@Lemmy_the_Koopa Last I checked, interviewers are not business experts. The point is, expecting something that Nintendo has shown little to no interest in is an exercise in frustration. I'm sure F-Zero will come back one day, but having an expectation for it every Direct is ridiculous.

@Damo Live A Live is absolutely a full remake, they are just not completely reimagining it. It's from the ground up, not somehow procedurally generated from the 2D content, which to me would put it more towards remaster territory. The choice of art style doesn't make it less of a remake. Obviously Chrono Cross is just a remaster, or enhanced port.