Ultimapunch

Never have kids folks. That's my takeaway from this.

My top 5
1. Mario Wonder
2. Mario Wonder
3. Mario Wonder
4. Mario Wonder
5. Metroid Prime Remastered

I’ve come around on this issue. Back in the AM2R days I was staunchly against Nintendo’s takedowns. I’m not anymore. Nintendo is one of the few remaining publishers of real video games who haven’t jumped full on to the live service model. If protecting their IP helps them continue to make good games, so be it.

E3 is dead. And possibly not too long behind it is the gaming industry. Nintendo is the last hope for the survival of real video games. Don't fail us big N.

If you're gonna keep the open world can you at least make big Twilight Princess style dungeons? And more than 4 of them? I feel like that would go a long way to placate the "old school" fans.

Skip the reveals and trailers and keep it focused on being an award show.

Skip all the embarrassing shill game reveals and keep the devs at the center of the awards show. Let them give their speeches. It isn't like the Oscars where celebrities rant about the benefits of raw milk or whatever. Once we get to that point we can cut them off. But until then let them speak. Especially someone like Aonuma.

So a board game won best video game? Reminds me of 2016 when a gambling scam won the same award. Game awards ain't great.

Sephiroth wasn't my favorite new character. But his reveal trailer absolutely blows the other ones away.

I hate the part in Mario 35 where it isn't playable anymore.

Xbox should probably learn how to make games before they try selling their game pass snake oil to people not interested.

Mania 2 would have sold better.

No. If anything add an UHD blu ray drive. Physical media for life.

@Shade_Koopa Move on to the wonderful world of The Wii U eshop. Where it literally becomes impossible to access games once storefronts close. And the world of Pac-Man 99, Mario 35, and Friday the 13th the Game. Where games literally just stop being playable. Are you really shocked a large chunk of people don't want to move on? The early data has not been reassuring about the all digital future.

@StarPoint I’ll never pay for subscriptions for games. If I can’t buy them physically or at least download them to preserve them after the servers shut off. I will actually stop gaming.

This is a true case where it really just was better back in the day. Martin Scorsese decries the death of cinema. He’s right. And gaming ain’t in any better of a position.

@Paulo Also the Wii U was still under the stewardship of the late great Iwata. Nintendo just seemed to genuinely care about their customers under his leadership. Can you imagine them doing something like the 3ds ambassador program today? I can't.

My Wii U is my most precious gaming possession. I am absolutely against paying subscription services for games I don't get to keep. So it's the only way I can play Nintendo's old games. It's an absolute treasure trove of classics. If I had to choose between keeping my Wii U or Switch. It'd be my Wii U in an instant.

The water temple is easily in my top 5 favorite dungeons in the series. I absolutely love it. It's amazing to me that they came up with such an intricately designed dungeon in their first crack at a 3d Zelda game.

I want another new 2d Zelda. This one slapped.

None. I want to buy them all on Virtual Console.

Zora's Domain all day.

@GoshJosh Not quite. Upscale it. Redraw the sprite work in higher detail. Sell it as a compilation with MM, WW HD, and TP HD. But make it available for purchase forever. Honestly I just want to be able to buy the original N64 Ocarina of Time individually without having to pay for a subscription service. I'd be happy with that.

All they should do is what they did with Mario 64 in 3d All Stars. Also I think people who say it has aged haven't actually played it. It really hasn't. The dungeons absolutely hold up. BotW and TotK basically still use its Z targeting. Also the world and characters are so vibrant and full of life. The only thing about it that is antiquated is that it is an absolutely complete package of a game that is still extremely fun to play. Something that is increasingly not true for most AAA games.

Now do a quiz like this about Super Metroid.

Still sounds like a halfway decent impression. But nothing more.

Needs to bring back real Virtual Console. I want to buy old games. Not pay a subscription.

Mario 3d All Stars all the way. You can't even get to the title screen anymore.

Ew. Disney already ruined the film industry. Can't they leave games alone?

I sure love how they've already normalized not waiting to the end of a system's life before shutting down online services for games. I sure love the all digital future. Remember when games were complete packages you used to have to buy physically and then own forever? How did we manage?

We'll get WW HD on Switch the same time they rerelease Mario 3D All Stars.

Microsoft has been the chief engineer of making gaming worse. Charging for online play, releasing untested and fatally flawed hardware, adding microtransactions and loot boxes to first party games, essentially eliminating Rare Ware from the industry as a developer. If Microsoft ever buys Nintendo, gaming will be dead.

I think Microsoft acquiring Nintendo would actually kill the industry. It would be catastrophically awful.

Pink Gold Peachette

As long a it's consistent at 30 then it's fine.

@AndroidiOS vote blue no matter who....

I'm gonna mod Charles Martinet's voice back in. So Charles Martinet Mario.

It still comes off as them firing him and giving him this nebulous "ambassador" role (which seems to just be him going to conventions like he was anyway) to keep the fans from being outraged.

@Not_Soos I think it's along those lines. And they don't care about him really. I think the "ambassador" title is to keep the fans from raging about his departure. I doubt they care much about his feelings.

@AG_Awesome But he only gets access to them until the service shuts down. Then they become bricked like Mario 35.

Total speculation on my part. I get the feeling Nintendo ditched Charles 100%. Don't know why. Maybe they feel he's too old or they want to pay someone else much less. I don't know. But the "ambassador" gig they gave him feels like it's nothing more than a PR move to save face and keep the fans from outrage.

@MetalMan It sure seems that way. An utter shame.

@AJWolfTill I said exactly what I meant. Ubisoft hasn't made a single game worth a purchase since Rayman Legends came out. The two Mario rabid games being the only exceptions. After Rayman Legends, Ubisoft seems to have decided making real video games just isn't worth the hassle. It's a real shame.

0 Kelvin take here. Rayman Legends is the last video game Ubisoft ever made that doesn't star Mario.

Sonic is bad until proven good. Mario is good until proven bad. Mario all the way.

Oh my Lordy. A Rayman Legends 2 announcement inbound!?!?!?!?

LA Noire still the best Rockstar game of all time.

Here's a hot take. Red Dead ain't never been worth $50

@John_Deacon Hopefully. That would set it up perfectly for Prime 3 HD being next Winter/Spring and then hopefully, though not likely, Prime 4 would be next holiday season. Maybe it'd be Nov 1 of '24. Make a good enjoyable weekend before the world ends the following Tuesday.

What about Metroid Prime 2 Remastered?