I loved Battle Revolution! Spent so much time on it. That waterfall arena is one of the prettiest places to battle, even to this day. Pokepark was fun too!
I usually stop playing when bigger releases come around. Am I glad the my villagers won't hate me no matter how long I'm out, lol. But ever since around the Festivale event I've played daily because one of my best friends got the game, so I'm hanging out with her a lot on her island
I thought this was cute, dunno why people are hating on it so much. Jeez, it's a 10min music video. Are you gonna complain about that as well? Get a grip
It looks okay, if not a bit generic. Definitely could be better. But it's hard to be mad at this when we know Legends is a thing. It's a win win in my book. Now gimme that Battle Frontier back, will you?
Whilst I don't mind the occasional grind, I see your point. Grinding, like any activity on a game, is supposed to be rewarding and feel good. No game should purposefully frustrate the player, f2p or not. I'm the type of player who overlevels a bit on RPGs, it's fun for me.
But specifically for Pokémon, which is my favorite series, their efforts to remove grinding entirely are greatly appreciated. As a veteran player, even if I'm underleveled, the game is a breeze, since I know all the moves, type matchups etc.. I think I clocked about 30 hours until credits on Sword and Shield, and none of them were spent grinding. If a noob pick any of the older games, like RSE or DPPt, they might finish the game in about the same time, but a good chunk of it could potentially be spent grinding, and not the good satisfying type.
@TheMaverickk don't get me wrong. I play dbd daily and appreciate the constant updates. The devs are very active and talk to the community often. The game, much like every other games, has had issues and they work to fix'em, and talk to us. As you've said, harassment online is not okay, but his answer was very mean as well. I'm not colorblind myself, but I can only imagine how it must feel to be unable to play MOST games because devs often don't care about accessibility. But I'm glad the industry is changing for the better and more and more people have this in mind.
In retrospect it's easy to praise the Wii U's library, but the main problem of its time was the big drought of releases that happened specially in 2015 and 2016. Without third party support, with only a few indie hits and with the 3DS (an actual successful platform) to develop for, Nintendo just wasn't able to keep up. Thankfully there is a happy ending. Without the Wii U's failure, the Switch wouldn't be where it is today.
@Eel @KateGray it's a shame that articles like this are immediately controversial. It's ridiculous, really. It shouldn't be. And although this particular story is actually a half-step, know that covering LGBTQ+ representation in games is just as necessary as the thing itself. Maybe consider disabling comments? I remember Push Square doing it on a recently sensible topic. Far from ideal, but better than not reporting at all.
Yes! This was always bound to happen someday. Luigi's Mansion 3 and Mario Strikers Charged are two of my favorite games ever, may they keep making great games.
@Dualmask @MattAllsopp Hades isn't your typical hack'n'slash rogue like. It's completely deserving of all the praise. Apart from the amazing combat, level design and progression system, it also has one of the best stories of 2020 and a beautiful art style and soundtrack. Really the complete package, can't recommend enough.
@Kamalen yeah, I was about to say this. Most likely a hack check. I do wonder why they actually put on the effort and still update the 3DS from time to time. The system has been compromised for ages now, and it barely sells anymore. Let it go, Nintendo.
Finally brazilian portuguese! Also, NL (understandably) didn't report on it, but Nintendo confirmed that the eshop is coming to the Switch in Brazil! No need for external websites anymore. I don't know about other south american countries that have the same lame site as well, worth checking it out!
@Heavyarms55 like some people pointed out, it's really easy to farm shinies in GO. I, for one, only really ever put money on the game to change teams and have a bunch of shinies, some of them legendary. It'd take a good while to transfer them all, even if it was just one of each species. It is an issue. Look, I'm not one to overly criticize this kind of thing. And as we know very well, the Pokémon community has a tendency to go overboard. But this is really not good, check Joe Merrick's recent tweets, he makes a better case.
@Heavyarms55 have you seen the reports os people saying it'd take them YEARS to transfer all of their shinies? This system is not good at all. A single shiny legendary consumes all of your points.
@Fearful-Octopus word on the streets is that they probably won't launch more paid DLC to this game. The fact that this physical version exists is a good indicator. All points to Sword/Shield being done, they'll probably announce and release a new game next year.
You'd think at this point I'd stop being surprised by Animal Crossing sales, yet here we are. Also, Pokémon SwSh is on track to overtake Gen 2's sales. Inb4 the haters come and say how Masuda ruined their lives
It's gotta be Pokémon for me. Online battling is often thrilling, but also due to the turn based nature of the game, laid back enough for me. I'll always come back to it, no matter how long or how troubled the new titles might be. Also, on a completely different turn, Rocket League. I'm very very casual with it and I have no intention of getting better, it's really just a very chill game to play listening to music for me.
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Re: Site News: After Our Best Year Yet, Things Are Changing Here At Nintendo Life
Hey, welcome back, Tom! Keep up the good work, everyone!
Re: This Pikmin-Inspired Cultist Game Could Be Coming To Switch In 2022
This looks awesome and oddly adorable
Re: Feature: 10 Pokémon Spin-Offs You May Have Forgotten About
I loved Battle Revolution! Spent so much time on it. That waterfall arena is one of the prettiest places to battle, even to this day.
Pokepark was fun too!
Re: Poll: Are You Still Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons A Year Later?
I usually stop playing when bigger releases come around. Am I glad the my villagers won't hate me no matter how long I'm out, lol. But ever since around the Festivale event I've played daily because one of my best friends got the game, so I'm hanging out with her a lot on her island
Re: Soapbox: One Year On, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is History
This is brilliantly written
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.9.0 Patch Notes - First Anniversary, Bunny Day And More
@SpaceboyScreams 1300hrs?! Now I want to see your island. Can you share your dream address?
Re: Nintendo's Offering 10% Gold Coin Rewards for Switch Online Subscriptions
Do all the members os the family get the gold coins?
Re: Memory Pak: Taking My First Starter Pokémon All The Way To The Elite Four
You took your brother's Lugia?! LOOOOOL
Re: Pokémon Unite Beta Players Break Rules By Sharing Footage Online
I've seen a bunch of gameplay, it looks cool. I'm not that into mobas, but I think I'll end up spending a lot of time on this
Re: Video: Check Out This Side-By-Side Comparison Of Pokémon Diamond And Pearl On Switch And DS
It's not as bad as people are making it out to be. But yeah, I see the criticism. It can definitely be better
Re: Video: Watch Post Malone's Virtual Concert Celebrating 25 Years Of Pokémon
I thought this was cute, dunno why people are hating on it so much. Jeez, it's a 10min music video. Are you gonna complain about that as well? Get a grip
Re: Pokémon Platinum Content Spotted In Diamond And Pearl Remake Trailer
All I want is the Battle Frontier and I'll excuse the chibi art style. Pleaaaaase don't pull an ORAS on me again
Re: Poll: Do You Like The Chibi Art Style In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl?
It looks okay, if not a bit generic. Definitely could be better. But it's hard to be mad at this when we know Legends is a thing. It's a win win in my book. Now gimme that Battle Frontier back, will you?
Re: Overwatch 2 Team Needs More Development Time To Ensure It's A "Worthy Successor"
I really liked what they showed today. You can tell this is the full fledged and feature complete sequel we've asked
Re: Get Ready To Fight For The Users, It Seems Tron Is Coming To Fortnite
@Shiryu I love this game so much! Tons of fun!
Also, good job, Noah!! Great article
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Islands - Get Inspired By The Best Islands We've Seen So Far
I'm not even mad, that's amazing! I can't imagine how hard it must have been to make such elaborate and beautiful islands
Re: A 2019 Rumour About Gen IV Pokémon Remakes Might Be Coming True
Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen at all.
Re: Soapbox: Grinding Is Poor Gameplay Design That Doesn’t Respect Your Time
Whilst I don't mind the occasional grind, I see your point. Grinding, like any activity on a game, is supposed to be rewarding and feel good. No game should purposefully frustrate the player, f2p or not. I'm the type of player who overlevels a bit on RPGs, it's fun for me.
But specifically for Pokémon, which is my favorite series, their efforts to remove grinding entirely are greatly appreciated. As a veteran player, even if I'm underleveled, the game is a breeze, since I know all the moves, type matchups etc.. I think I clocked about 30 hours until credits on Sword and Shield, and none of them were spent grinding. If a noob pick any of the older games, like RSE or DPPt, they might finish the game in about the same time, but a good chunk of it could potentially be spent grinding, and not the good satisfying type.
Re: Soapbox: I Never Completed Breath Of The Wild, And I Never Will
You are a weird person
Re: Dead By Daylight Is Getting A Colourblind Mode Following Provocative Comments By One Of Its Designers
@TheMaverickk don't get me wrong. I play dbd daily and appreciate the constant updates. The devs are very active and talk to the community often. The game, much like every other games, has had issues and they work to fix'em, and talk to us. As you've said, harassment online is not okay, but his answer was very mean as well. I'm not colorblind myself, but I can only imagine how it must feel to be unable to play MOST games because devs often don't care about accessibility. But I'm glad the industry is changing for the better and more and more people have this in mind.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Was "A Shoulder To Lean On" During Astral Chain's Development, Says Director
@wishmylove I was thinking of getting it, why do you think it's unfinished?
Re: Dead By Daylight Is Getting A Colourblind Mode Following Provocative Comments By One Of Its Designers
@CEObrainz it's worth pointing out that the game is over 4 years old and people have been requesting this feature for a long time.
Re: Feature: Best Wii U Games
In retrospect it's easy to praise the Wii U's library, but the main problem of its time was the big drought of releases that happened specially in 2015 and 2016. Without third party support, with only a few indie hits and with the 3DS (an actual successful platform) to develop for, Nintendo just wasn't able to keep up. Thankfully there is a happy ending. Without the Wii U's failure, the Switch wouldn't be where it is today.
Re: Random: Brie Larson Doesn't Want To Be The Clown Villager From Animal Crossing
I love Pietro, he's adorable.
Re: Same-Gender Marriage Will Apparently Be Available In Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town
@Eel @KateGray it's a shame that articles like this are immediately controversial. It's ridiculous, really. It shouldn't be. And although this particular story is actually a half-step, know that covering LGBTQ+ representation in games is just as necessary as the thing itself. Maybe consider disabling comments? I remember Push Square doing it on a recently sensible topic. Far from ideal, but better than not reporting at all.
Re: Same-Gender Marriage Will Apparently Be Available In Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town
@JammyD well said! Idk if some people here are that tone deaf or just mean spirited.
Re: Feature: What’s The Sexiest Nintendo Console Ever?
The Pokéball New Nintendo 2DS XL is my dream nintendo hardware
Re: Pokémon Teams Up With Katy Perry To Kick Off 25th Anniversary Celebrations
Cool, her last album as pretty good!
Re: Nintendo Is Buying Luigi's Mansion Studio Next Level Games
Yes! This was always bound to happen someday. Luigi's Mansion 3 and Mario Strikers Charged are two of my favorite games ever, may they keep making great games.
Re: These Were The Best-Selling Switch Indie Games Of 2020
@Dualmask @MattAllsopp Hades isn't your typical hack'n'slash rogue like. It's completely deserving of all the praise. Apart from the amazing combat, level design and progression system, it also has one of the best stories of 2020 and a beautiful art style and soundtrack. Really the complete package, can't recommend enough.
Re: Dataminers Uncover Donkey Kong Stickers In Super Nintendo World Mobile App
They datamined a THEME PARK. Next step must be flying cars
Re: Random: Think You've Got What It Takes To Become A Pokémon Consultant? Then Tencent Might Choose You!
My time has finally come lol. Just fyi, Daniel Ahmad added to the story on twitter:
"I just noticed Tencent quietly took the job listing down for this specific role, but the rest are still up.
Maybe too many Pokémon masters applying lol"
Re: Geno, Barret, Tifa And Aerith Join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate As Mii Fighter Costumes
The hard truth is that not many people even care about Geno to begin with.
Re: Nintendo Releases 'Swapnote Remastered' Update, Despite Killing The App Seven Years Ago
@Kamalen yeah, I was about to say this. Most likely a hack check. I do wonder why they actually put on the effort and still update the 3DS from time to time. The system has been compromised for ages now, and it barely sells anymore. Let it go, Nintendo.
Re: Feature: What Can We Expect From Pokémon’s 25th Anniversary?
Hey Joe, nice seeing you over here again. I'm really rooting for DP remake this time, hopefully it will be as good as ORAS!
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 11.0.0 Is Now Live
Finally brazilian portuguese! Also, NL (understandably) didn't report on it, but Nintendo confirmed that the eshop is coming to the Switch in Brazil! No need for external websites anymore. I don't know about other south american countries that have the same lame site as well, worth checking it out!
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Is Already The Best-Selling Warriors Game Of All Time
I played the original HW and didn't like it that much. There was something off about it. Now this, this I love
Re: Pokémon HOME - Pokémon GO Connectivity Is Now Live, It's Just Not Available To Everyone Yet
It's available to everyone now
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th November (North America)
Just Dance is my FIFA and I'm here for it
Re: Pokémon HOME - Pokémon GO Connectivity Is Now Live, It's Just Not Available To Everyone Yet
@Heavyarms55 like some people pointed out, it's really easy to farm shinies in GO. I, for one, only really ever put money on the game to change teams and have a bunch of shinies, some of them legendary. It'd take a good while to transfer them all, even if it was just one of each species. It is an issue. Look, I'm not one to overly criticize this kind of thing. And as we know very well, the Pokémon community has a tendency to go overboard. But this is really not good, check Joe Merrick's recent tweets, he makes a better case.
Re: Pokémon HOME - Pokémon GO Connectivity Is Now Live, It's Just Not Available To Everyone Yet
@Heavyarms55 have you seen the reports os people saying it'd take them YEARS to transfer all of their shinies? This system is not good at all. A single shiny legendary consumes all of your points.
Re: Kingdom Hearts: Melody Of Memory Complete List Of Songs Revealed
That's a solid list of songs. I didn't like the demo a lot, and the price is very steep, but I'll keep it on the radar, maybe on a sale.
Re: Reminder: Pokémon Sword And Shield's Physical DLC Bundles Are Available Starting Today
@Fearful-Octopus word on the streets is that they probably won't launch more paid DLC to this game. The fact that this physical version exists is a good indicator. All points to Sword/Shield being done, they'll probably announce and release a new game next year.
Re: Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Switch Games, With Plenty Being 'TBA'
Poor Bayonetta, I miss her
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2020
You'd think at this point I'd stop being surprised by Animal Crossing sales, yet here we are. Also, Pokémon SwSh is on track to overtake Gen 2's sales. Inb4 the haters come and say how Masuda ruined their lives
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Comfort Food Game?
It's gotta be Pokémon for me. Online battling is often thrilling, but also due to the turn based nature of the game, laid back enough for me. I'll always come back to it, no matter how long or how troubled the new titles might be. Also, on a completely different turn, Rocket League. I'm very very casual with it and I have no intention of getting better, it's really just a very chill game to play listening to music for me.
Re: With The DLC All Wrapped Up, Here Are The 234 Pokémon Still Unavailable In Sword And Shield
RIP, Never forget
Re: Multiplayer Horror Dead By Daylight Gets Graphics Update, Halloween Event And More
Don't have it on Switch, but love the game!
Re: Poll: What Was The Best Switch Launch Game (That Wasn't Zelda: Breath Of The Wild)?
I'm so glad Shovel Knight is winning by a large margin. It truly is a joy from start to finish.
Re: Review: FIFA 21 - EA Insults Switch Owners Yet Again With This Half-Baked Effort
What a savage review, love it!