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@huyi That's exactly why I'm bothered that I want it haha

Oh geez. I'm starting to want this thing...

This is awesome!

"It was more of a not definitely ‘something will come out this year’, but if there is a year, then something should happen, right?"

I don't seem to speak the language this sentence was written in. Can anyone translate?

@edgedino games don't get scrapped when they are close to completion. Whatever that other Metroid Prime 4 was, it was also likely in a very early stage of development at the time that reveal announcement happened

@rosemo this game is more like the all star sports team that's forecasted at the beginning of the season to take the championship, but then suffers a series of debilitating injuries and craps out at the first round of the playoffs 😅

@BreathingMiit but is the score consistent and generous with the game itself? That's something only someone that has played the game can say.

I have played the game and it's selling the game extremely short. It's not perfect by any means. But it's also not a broken unplayable mess

While I can't necessarily disagree with too many points in the review, I think a 4 is way way too low. Taking bugs, and lack of polish into account, this is still a much better game than most of what is available on the eShop. Take away the polish and bugs and we're looking at an all time great indie here.

Regarding the difficulty, I think it needs to be said that - while the reviewer is correct in many ways - the game is not unbeatable as it stands. For instance, those moderately high cliffs that will kill you? Well, that same height of cliff always kills you. Fool me once... Right? Those combat encounters that seem impossible at first? Well, there's ways to beat them too (bum rush lizards with attacks to knock them on their back, dodging tentacle attacks according to sound effect, not according to animation), it's just that you need to figure those methods out on your own. It's a positive and it's a negative, it just depends on your point of view.

Same for the puzzles, I for one really appreciated playing a dungeon where I was not instantly aware of what the developer wanted me to do. It's not impossible to figure out, though, you just need to spend the time to learn this game's particular "puzzle language.". That's an aspect of gaming that's harder and harder to come by in this ninth (right? Tenth?) generation of gaming. It was prevalent in the early NES days and, personally, I kind of miss it. I want to fight for my victories, not have them hand delivered to me.

Just my two cents!

Baldo for me. I haven't hit a single glitch yet, so there's been nothing standing between me and its sublime top down adventure gaming

This article is a nice change of pace to the occasional cut and paste eShop listing that you will sometimes see on video game / Switch websites. It expanded my knowledge of the game, what to expect from it, and provided a little history as well.

Maybe all that was on the eShop already tho, I'm not sure haha. If not, I appreciated the extra effort!

There's a weird trend going on with these comments.

People that have not played the game comment how they saw online that it's a mess. Other people respond and say what a shame that sounds horrible.

Meanwhile people that have actually played the game say they like it and are having a good time with it. Nobody seems to notice those comments though or reply and thank the user for letting them know their actual experience with playing the game.

Weird right?

I've been playing on Switch for about two hours and I haven't experienced a single "bug" so far. The game is gorgeous and the scope seems like it will be very grand. I'm having a great time with it. The first dungeon was a great challenge and none of it was really due to design issues. It's just a good dungeon!

There are issues though. The game is crazy hard and there is a bit of jank with combat and your dodge controls. If you are easily frustrated you will want to steer far FAR clear of this!

But if you are a long time gamer who sometimes feels like Zelda is a bit too much of a pushover, I think you'll find lots to love here. The positives far outweigh the negative for me so far

Also Sega doesn't take down fan projects because they have no idea how to make a good Sonic game on their own. They're probably hoping to find some good ideas

Don't want your game taken down? Don't steal someone else's IP. It's not hard.

The gameplay isn't copyrighted, just the names and characters. If this game was any good at all, it would have been just as good without Metroid's name on it and the gameplay wouldn't have been adversely impacted in any way without them

@Realness I know, super annoying, right? I wake up and aimlessly scrolled through the new headlines on Nintendolife, only to have a big spoiler for my most anticipated game of the year smack me right in the face. Nice way to start the day. (ps. awesome profile pic!)

@danondorf handled the same feeling with a bit more tact than me, bravo.

Thanks for spoiling that Kraid is in this game 😒

What is it that makes Poke fans so obsessed about lifelike graphics? I never see Kirby fans, for example, in comment sections saying "This is what the next Kirby game should be!!!"

"Switch isn't mentioned specifically, and the graphics on display look like they could be out of reach for Nintendo's hybrid system "

LOL u think?

Those are some of the most impressive graphics I've ever seen before.

Just Dance 2022? 🧐

Why does such a visually unimpressive game need to get downgraded on Switch? I had worried about the Switch trailers prior to launch, but figured it was an issue with the video capture, not the game itself. As is, this will be leaving my wishlist

Red flag! Best to wait for reviews of the Switch version now before purchasing at launch

I was worried about the "Portable Edition" subtitle as well. Makes it sound like it's a new, smaller version of the game. Like a "Pocket edition".

I guess they just couldn't say no to a good pun...

@Preposterous whenever that Zelda game is a full priced ten year old port, I tend to agree!

@westman98 you sure? I thought "shipped" refers to the number of physical copies sent to retailers..?

Sorry to doubt, it's just when I clicked on the article about MH Rise's sales just now that's the explanation they provided

So this doesn't include digital sales, yeah? I'm guessing it's 1 million for pc and Switch combined

They forgot a category
Joycon DRIFT:
Standard - Present
Lite - Present
OLED - Present

How about the EMMI from Dread? Nintendo sometimes does cross promotion things like that, iirc

What a cool idea for a game. I would have overlooked this, but I'll give it a chance now. Thanks!

So this game probably hadn't even started development when they announced it.

@Stubborn_Monkey @citizenerased rad. This is in good hands then. Thanks!

Any word on who is developing this?

Oh awesome thanks for the heads up. I had this wishlisted before and was bummed when it suddenly disappeared

I love the idea of this showcase. A lot of the games on the list look like something I would enjoy, as well! Kudos to all involved in the development of these games, the creation of this direct, and the writing of this article. Glad to see earnest passion projects like these getting their own 15 minutes in the spotlight

Goodness. What an awesome announcement. I knew it was coming and yet watching the trailers still made me smile ear to ear.

I wish more Nintendo announcements still made me do that...

Here's the page Switch owners should actually be going to. Nintendo official support directions for that error code:

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55529

Short version: Keep trying and it eventually works

Looks really slow. Also I don't remember playing any isometric platformers like this on the N64

Still waiting on a decent sale for this one. Its regular price was a bit too high imo

Ports don't make themselves! I hope they have enough employees to cover the workload now

Isn't this the same week as E3? Seems a bit redundant this year...

"There are reports that..." These guys don't have any inside knowledge. They're just commenting on the same rumors everyone else has seen. They're talking up the overall OLED scene, not their own personal involvement in any component they're manufacturing. Fake news!

Hm not sure more movies is exactly what I want from my favorite video game developer

I picked this up the other day. I've seen nothing but high praise for it and I wanted to support the devs. I'm afraid an indie like this with no hype and a weird title could easily slip into obscurity

@Bomberman64 yeah, thought so. It's kind of odd then to see all the comments here wishing that Namco will get other Nintendo series handed to them

Celeste was an instant classic, so this is automatically with paying attention to.

Lena's soundtrack was one of the best I've heard before as well, so glad to hear that she's back

Wasn't it rumored that Bandai Namco were the ones originally working on Metroid Prime 4?

@Toshiro_Baloney there's a good number of games that were added to the sale in the US eshop today. Spiritfarer is among them (it's a decent reduction too)

I mean, who props their Switch upright on a shelf without its dock anywhere in sight? It's definitely a little conspicuous sitting there in such an unusual fashion

Looks okay-ish. Reminds me a bit of Elli, another isometric platformer available on the eshop which I enjoyed (and is also okay-ish!).

The entire game being written in poem form is not a particularly appealing feature for me, however. Sometimes it works, often it does not

Looks good to me! If they can get the world design correct (the thing most Metroidvanias struggle with), then I'll pick it up

...but is it really a Metroidvania?