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As they should be. Activision-Blizzard is a toxic company and needs reform, which is something that I believe Microsoft can offer. Is Microsoft perfect? No company is perfect, but Microsoft has generally displayed a hands off approach to game development allowing dev teams to continue operating as is. Many cross platform titles have been released by their various studios, and fears that CoD will leave any platform are unfounded. Even if it does, there are other equally great cross platform franchises.

Really not understanding the hate in the comments. It’s easier to love than to hate. If you don’t like it then just move on.

@PateloDim Fifteen years in the future Luffy mysteriously falls overboard from a military vessel and his children set out on an adventure of their own believing he’s still alive. Luffy is revealed to be alive at the end of season one, and he’s wielding Zoro’s swords while wearing Sogeking’s attire. Luffy bids a warning to his children: “My treasure? It's yours if you want it. Find it! I left all the world has there!” Sogeluffy points toward the grand line.

I just realized that this show is ending without introducing us to Ash’s father. This is a plot hole that I do not appreciate being left unresolved.

Overwatch 2 is my first choice. There are multiple snow themed areas and they almost always have seasonal events and costumes.

Seems like a more child friendly Megami Tensei. Less doom and gloom, and more cheerful.

Seems more like a participation prize, but something is better than nothing.

This is one series I’d like to see a return of.

@Browny To get to that point a player has effectively neglected every other Pokémon on their team to power up one.

I’m not sold that this is foreshadowing since it seems too obvious… It looks like one of the mounds in the desert region. The desert region sits on the west coast and would align with a sunset image like this.

@The-Chosen-one Lots of updates. They’ve also better optimized the open world areas… while not as pretty as a current Gen console they’re not a blurry mess like they were at launch.

@Would_you_kindly Nintendo more likely paid for temporary exclusivity. It’s also possible that Nintendo paid nothing and it was designed with the Switch in mind to appeal to the traditional Vita/PSP crowd. During the development and post-launch of MH World, Capcom acknowledged interest in continuing the mainline entries with World being a separate entity. It’s interesting that they’re launch it on other consoles without incorporating crossplay… I’ve never been a fan of market fragmentation in gaming,

@CammyUnofficial The game is their’s, which they released to the wild. As an owner of the product, I should be able to use it as I want so long as I’m not breaking the law. Imagine the outrage if FIFA found a way to ban all non-FIFA soccer leagues all together… though PGA is pretty well on track to do just that for golf.

An interesting read on the subject may be found called “Pausing the Game” - its an academic journal entry that elaborates on the issues with various legal claims against organizers that should not apply while at the same time proposing the legalization of esports licensing, similar to how music licensing is standardized.

Not that I have any stake in the matter, but I think it’s absurd that Nintendo can perform blanket bans on private competitions. I would understand if the hosts are using a modded game or illegal copies, but I don’t think that’s the case.

Wow… this came a long way since the previous trailer. Lot of refinements and optimization.

@Westlondonmist The first sentence literally calls it garbage while relating it to a game that justifiably is a dumpster fire in its own right. The series has committed actors who understand the source material and actively engage with one another in character, well choreographed fight scenes, and meaningful progression from season-to-season (which is more than I can say about some other dramas on various streaming services and prime time).

Wow… that first paragraph is rather inflammatory. I don’t think someone who hates the series that much is the best person to review a game adaptation. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an awful game, but that is not excuse to arbitrarily the series, which has been generally pretty good.

Plot twist… everyone forgets who Ash is next season like his victory was some fever dream.

@Frailbay30 I didn’t say anything about spoilers. I care about the game becoming playable illegally. Incidents like this gives developers a reason to be antagonistic toward content creators and reviewers as they try to plug future leaks.

While not surprising, it is disappointing. Just once I would like to not have things spoiled.

One of the things I appreciated when I first started reading Nintendo Life was that your scoring policy was made public and established very specific criteria to receive specific scores. The NL review of Sonic is highly biased and fails to meet the standards that your team has set forth for reviewing games. Based on your public scoring philosophy, Sonic should be at least a 6?

Oh yeah! This is exciting. Cannot wait… been looking for a MH clone for on the go, now I just need to be patient for the real deal.

So where does Sonic’s Underground band fall in all the timeline?

@OFFICIALMichi At this point I believe media are doing Nintendo’s legwork. Sooner the news leaks, faster the C&D hits.

Wow… Mega Man is taking a prominent position in that teaser image.

The gameplay kind of reminds me of Sonic Adventure 2.

@marktornits I was under the impression that they didn’t know if they could and were looking into it. If I remember correctly, the Remaster is basically a rebuild of late development builds, and they had a hard time finding a near final build of the multiplayer component.

I would take Xenoverse 2 over FighterZ. FighterZ is the first traditional fighting game I played in years, but Xenoverse was a lot more fun in my opinion.

Gotta admit that I’ve now bought Ghostbusters on three different consoles, and haven’t played it… Xbox 360 (original), PC, and Switch. I really want to find time to play it though because the team put so much love into the development.

@SlowPokemon Sorry, I thought I read underground theme.

@SlowPokemon It’s the main theme. If you look at the top it’s extra flourishes for a flute and oboe, but the under that the notes follow the standard theme. Though there is a shift in tone on the bottom half of the page.

It starts out high D-D-D-A-E, then shifts to E#-E#-E#-D-A. The underground theme is 3 neighboring notes like E-E-C#-C#-D-D in quick succession.

To come to this conclusion, I’m assuming the song is in the key of C with a temporary deviation to D on the bottom half of the page. However, even some minor keys would still work to give it a sinister twist on the main theme. I’m pretty confident this isn’t the underground theme unless it transitions later in the song.

So Taylor lied about her rate. $3000 per 4 hour session is a little over twice SAG rates, while she was leading people to believe she was getting paid that as one lump sum. It’s rough enough for voice actors who are legitimately pushing for a living wage… this is an insult to everyone in the industry whether it’s union or non-union work. I’ll take some solid advise… going back to bed till a real voice actor needs support.

@GameOtaku I haven’t seen that interview, but I did see where he said he was paid $2000-3000 for BotW, which doesn’t give us a precise per hour number. I’ll stick to SAG rates because they give us some factual established numbers instead of speculative averages.

@GameOtaku Union dues are $201 annually, they take roughly 1.27% cut per gig for the first $500k annually. At minimum SAG rates, that’s $4.15 per hour, which that’s still more than your made up number of $250.

Yes, actors take under the table, non-union roles using alternate stage names. However, the do so at a serious risk of being blacklisted. Only non-serious and unknown actors can really get away with that.

@Wexter I’m quoting an approximate on the SAG-AFTRA Union minimum rates. That’s the screen actors guild minimum for union work. I double checked and union rate is $327 so I’m not sure where you’re getting $250 from because accepting below union rates will get you booted out of the union and blacklisted.

I’m not saying others wouldn’t take $4000 either. There are a lot of hungry actors who would take that in a heartbeat. She has a value to her voice and is standing by it. Good on her and others, but that’s why actors like Frank Welker are getting replaced by imitators for Optimus Prime.

@GameOtaku It’s not just a job where you sit “reading” lines. It’s a job where you captivate audiences with enticing dialogue and convincing emotions. You drive to 100 auditions a month just hoping to score one role for a single payment at union wages and maybe residuals if you’re lucky. Depending on the audition notice, some of those jobs can receive over 100 auditions. The talent pool is large and opportunities are small.

It’s not like working for McDonalds where you’re guaranteed a paycheck every month. She has to hustle for her money, and clearly she has a higher value for her talents than P* was willing to offer - THAT I’m open to debate because criticism for her wanting more money may be fair, but even on that end of the debate there are a lot of unknowns. We don’t know what her time commitment would’ve been had she taken the role. If she was getting paid $4000 at SAG rates that’s about $350 an hour. $4000 sounds nice, but that’s one job, which in her profession may be her only job for the next 3 months.

The voice over industry is a revolving door of talent as a lot of talent washout in the first couple years because they can’t make a living wage because of the lack of job security. So while we sit here enjoying our stable jobs, thousands of voice actors are out there hustling to make as much as your or I do.

@YoshiF2 I gather a lot of people don’t actually understand how the voice over industry works.

@Spider-Kev She has an agent who finds her auditions, which isn’t the same as finding work. She auditions like every other actor and isn’t guaranteed work. Even with an agent, performers are still freelancers and need to do their own hustling. You don’t need an agent to hustle, but you do need to hustle to get an agent.

@Spider-Kev You could drop your day job and become a freelancer too. It’s pretty easy. The pay is great when you find work. Most of your time is spent busting that same ass you’d sit on trying to find work. It’s called hustling, and not everyone is cut out for it.

@Wexter I don’t think they should pay $60,000 that’s insane. However, I question $4000 as reasonable for the gig. Based on union rates that’s about 12 hours recording time, which maybe they can knock out all the lines in 2 days, but I’d be skeptical since it’s a fairly long game.

@Kryhme You’re taking union rates out of context. Yes, the rates are high, but most actors aren’t making union rates on a regular basis. Most of their time will be spent auditioning for the next gig. Scoring one gig just means you keep the lights on for a month, but once that gig is done you’re back to the audition grind. If you score a major role in a show like My Hero Academia, which doesn’t pay union rates, then you’re underpaid, but… there’s job security in those roles since it’s a popular, long-running series. However, most people aren’t that lucky and need to stick to the daily grind.

I think she should disclose her pay. Union rates are about $350 per hour of recording time that last time I checked, and any self-respecting actor should keep track of their hours in the recording booth.

@PapaGarv Thanks for filling in the gaps for me. I never noticed the difference that you pointed out and loved both the originals and BD2. Both of those make complete sense though since in retrospect they do change the original combat dramatically. Having an extended time between the original games and sequel likely made me a bit more forgiving on the changes to combat. I personally focus a lot on the overall atmosphere, and that’s one of the things that captivates me.

@Serpenterror As a former manager, I will tell you that unions are 100% there for the line level. I’ve seen careers saved by the unions that would’ve been unsalvageable in any other company. As someone who has seen both sides from within union and outside I would say union is so much better, and management cannot join unions.

@Jiggies Unions only make things worse for the uninformed. Unions create many opportunities and help protect worker rights that may otherwise be lost. The only way to understand the protection they provide though is to experience it yourself.

@PapaGarv How was the combat ruined? It felt the same to me.

@StarPoint Seriously… it’s been 15 mainline updates and only like three have made core functionality changes.

Came for the stability and was not disappointed.

It’s a costume… you can unlock her for free. Why’s this an issue when Warframe has done the same thing for years?

@Keveseunie When I played League of Legends I remember substantial gating when just starting out. They seem to have done just fine.

@Ogbert I felt the same way. I was disappointed that they felt the need to remake 1+2 and bundle them together instead of producing a new game. That’s why I waited for a sale to get the remaster. I greatly appreciate that it has crossplay multiplayer so I can play with everyone.