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“We know Nintendo doesn’t like to credit OG creators… so we will put our names in the game AT ALL TIMES!”

@Novuscourvous incorrect

I already have it on Ps4 and I've never had the time to play it. I know its an amazing experience. Its just that open worlds and RPGs take a looooot of time.

I love the Gameboy Color aesthetic

Let’s just release this game as soon as possible so we can finally move away from this timeline, these characters, this art style and everything it conveys. 4 games were more than enough. It grew dull.

No…this was the last straw to give me a reason…. I hacked my Switch 1 and flipped a middle finger to Nintendo

@gamering yeah that's what I was thinking about it being in PS3 first. But to be honest, they are not asset heavy games to begin with. They are more based on a stylized artistic design than something that even the Switch 1 couldn't handle.

I don't know what they mean that they would have had to adapt the UI to the Switch 1... like, what? Because the screen is smaller or something? Really? It's not that big of a deal or a difference.

If Monolith pulled it off with Xenoblade Chronicles X UI... I don't know why they would have needed a year just for that.

Come on.. I don't think this game requires more than what P5 Royal needed back on release. And that game played great on Switch 1.

I’ve started to see close people in creative agencies getting fired because of AI. And that is not a good future for ANYONE in any industry.
Just wait until you’re all out of jobs.
AI is not being used as a tool but as replacement for people.

Sure, it hasn’t reached you YET. But it will.

It’s the boring and dull version of Skynet’s Judgement Day. And it’s a genius evil plan.

Tbh, this game pushed me to just hack my Switch.

@Spider-Kev
@AmplifyMJ
@BrokenCiv
@The_Nintendo_Pedant Happy Birthday man.

great... we are a bunch of 40ish year olds

The only answer should be BOTH.

Finish the game once in whichever you prefer … then finish it again with the other one.

Still waiting for OG RE2, 3 and Veronica in the GC app or as a collection

@AussieMcBucket types “Iwata” in google. Mhhh … ohhh I see.

Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Communications

Oooomphhh... this doesn't bode well. More ultra greedy Nintendo.

@Willo567 1) ok, corrected in the timeframe. Though Torna the Golden Country was so big it could be considered a standalone game. Not an island and a new mode.

2) Pirahna plant was free to make up to that cut content. If it costed $5 after a couple of months… then DK should have done the same.

3) BOTW DLC, corrected on the timeframe. It still released 5 months later.

4) A month and a half is still too short of a timeframe to release DLC, testing, development, etc. And really expensive versus the content btw .

5) It all depends on the type of DLC Game Freak is planning for Pokémon but judging by their previous efforts it will be expensive as hell and not enough content to justify the development timeframe and cost.

@Willo567 lol where did you even got this info from?

-Xenoblade 2 dlc was announced in June 2018 and the game released in December 2017.

-Smash just announced there were gonna be OBVIOUS Fighters Pass in the future. They just announced it was in the works after the game was finished, and that’s why they took too long to release. (Piranha Plant was a single bonus character that they ACTUALLY put in for release for… guess what? … FREE! because they didn’t feel like cutting that content for release)

-Smash Ultimate released in December 2018 and the first Fighters Pass in April 2019. That’s a whole 4-5 months of believable development time.

-BOTW released in March 2017 and the DLC was announced in May… releasing in late June.

Stop defending practices that shouldn’t be and that Nintendo said all those years ago that they wouldn’t be implementing like their rivals. That’s hypocrisy .

DK announcing and releasing DLC a month and a half after release is nuts. That’s cut content. (You don’t develop a new mode and a new area in under two months)
And Pokémon announcing DLC almost a month before release… there’s no excuse to defend corporate practices like that

@Suketoudara rushed? They had been working on this game for like 5-6 years and left it sitting for about 2!!

I would think it was overlooked… I don’t know how the map markers and the North indicator could have been even passed by the playtesters and Q&A

Great additions…
Now… could you add a freaking NORTH compass marker in the mini map Nintendo?
Jeeesh…. Why should fans teach you how to design your own game and your HUD?

The free roam markers should have been there from the start, it’s a basic feature in open worlds 🙄🙄

Good…. Tbh the Deku tree was hideous
Hopefully is the final battle set

One of the best “old” Zeldas… it’s just …. different. And the music is a banger.
And it’s not that hard. I remember beating this as a kid and having no problems as an adult either.
I hate to say it but Git Gud.

@YoshiAngemon is that confirmed?

Just hack your 3DS, put the VB emulator in it and play in stereoscopic 3D glory and don’t give a cent to Nintendo and their greedy practices.
Because they really should give you the option to play this without the 3D without having to pay $30-$100 for mid games.

@Novuscourvous ahh the corporate talk to sell more? Yes yes…who would’ve guessed. I also remember them saying Skyward Sword was going ”back to fundamentals” too. So, which is it according to “the devs”?

They can say peanuts, but the facts are the facts. Zelda 1 & 2 had a Zeldavania progression, although lighter than 3. You could still tackle the temples in a “kinda” order you want. Yet you still needed items you found in others to access other temples and to complete them.

The moment BotW and TotK ditched items and gave you everything from the start, they became something else entirely separate from what Zelda had been for 30 years. Might as well be a spin-off.

The devs can say whatever they want to defend their atrocity… but the proof is there in the NES games design structure and you can’t change it. You can ignore it, but that’s not our problem, is it?

@N00BiSH Im not sure … did Mario Galaxy 2 use exactly the same map as its predecessor with a few remixes here and there?

That could be a HUGE reason

@Novuscourvous see? This is an example of someone making excuses comparing BOTW to Zelda 1 without knowing videogame design.

But is one enhanced port worth $40 USD?
Naah…

@Banjo- I 100% agree… shoehorning open worlds ala Mario Kart, ends up affecting its design, in every single game (in that case by making such wide and straight roads just to connect them)
And that’s why BOTW and TOTK are the worst Zeldas for me too. BOTW was a good game because it had that fresh aspect about it…. But TOTK rehashing almost everything? Sigh 🙄
Also, I love that profile pic. HUGE BK fan since the 90s too.

@OrtadragoonX not true. You still needed the ladder and the raft to complete the game and reach new dungeons. And to get those you still needed to through other dungeons. It still had the Zeldavania gameplay and you weren’t given everything from the start, unlike BOTW and TOTK.
I dont know why it’s a rampant excuse for BOTW and TOTK to be compared to the original LOZ. Its structure was just because of the limitations of videogame design in that era. But you can see the the original purpose was to obtain items and progress to the next area.
In the Dark World you still needed items obtained in other dungeons to complete others, again, retaining its Zeldavania roots.

BotW and TOTk butchered this game design, completely destroying the Zelda DNA, from its most basic concept: obtaining new items to progress further.

Don’t take my word for it… take it from the Vania master IGA: https://youtu.be/VvUx43CrvaM?si=7pSofRtxJjW7t1Km

This open structure butchered the Zeldavania design in which you obtained new items to progress, it also butchered story progression, character development, character design (90% of people inhabiting the world are generic NPCs, unlike most Zeldas in which almost every single one was designed from scratch, giving us unique and quirky characters and NPCs)
It also butchered dungeon design, because why bother making a dungeon unique, thematic and centered on a new item/ability when you have EVERY single ability from the start?

This also affected the difficulty curve and puzzle complexity, because whenever you obtained new items and abilities, the puzzles mixed it up progressively… whereas in BOTW and TOTK once you played 20 shrines you felt like you had seen it all.

@NinjaWaddleDee that I can agree on. I think that everyone complaining about the decision is gonna buy it and play it either way. We have been waiting 8 years for it.
Doesn’t mean we aren’t worried.
Off topic but I don’t think it worked with Zelda. In a way yes, but in the process it destroyed vital parts of its DNA so much that it feels like a whole other IP with a Zelda paint coat.
And I’m worried it will happen with Metroid too tbh.

@NinjaWaddleDee yes! Can’t wait for all games to “evolve” into open worlds… like a blob devouring all creativity and all games being and feeling the same. Yay!

@Olliemar28 good, then, respect points to them. What a weird coincidence that it’s about the same thing, comparing the same games, and on the same day.

So… @Olliemar28 did Comicbook just plagiarized your article?

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/metroid-prime-4-reminds-me-of-another-sci-fi-shooter-which-isnt-a-good-thing/

@rushiosan am I missing something? Tanabe has been a producer since Metroid Prime 1, and he is a producer in this one too.

I agree with the bike aspects too though… they feel out of place.

Thank you… an open world is the ANTITHESIS of what everything Metroid is supposed to be.
And I’ve said it for years since the rumors came afloat.

Stop making everything open world!

@SpaceboyScreams a 3D layered Hollow Knight? Ok... I'll bite... I'm interested

It was a great game. Bayonetta will always be an amazing IP with great action sets.

Hell, even Bayonetta Origins was awesome.

I hope Platinum and Nintendo can keep this IP alive for years to come.

@TrueBlueYoshi Im glad. You don’t get bricked as long as you’re not online….for piracy I have Switch 1… For online and paid games I have the Switch 2.
Since I don’t support these practices from Nintendo … Mario Galaxy 2 will go to the S1 for free. Peace ✌️

@TrueBlueYoshi Gary Bowser was not the end user or “consumer” LMAO 🤣

He was the hacker who helped develop the tools for piracy for profit. Not the one who “downloaded the games”

The most they can do to you as a consumer is brick your console

@TrueBlueYoshi not in this side of the Earth.
Btw have you ever heard of someone getting caught of pirating?
Only sites that profit from it or the ones that make the hack… never a user or consumer.

@Suketoudara no, they forced me into that corner because I will not approve those practices. So, pirating it is. And I’m happy with doing it because I already have my SMG2 disc for Wii.

Awesome… now do the Lost Levels 😈

I can’t believe this series went on for 3 games by now. They are the most repetitive game I’ve ever played, but with “new” characters each time.

Yeah LMAO no….
I’m buying the cheaper AliExpress variants
Thank you very much Nintendo.
I’ll be spending less with you from now on

@StewdaMegaManNerd it’s not about the popularity duh… if so then Star Fox games would be free 🙄🙄

It’s about the budget and effort put into it. Metroid Prime Remastered had all its assets built from the ground up.
Mario Galaxy 2 is just a port.

Learn the difference

Now we just need a collection from all the random projects like Command Mission, the Battle Network GC game, the Gameboy games, the two PSP games, the Megaman x Street fighter… and … what am I missing besides the Legends duology and Tronbonne?

The X Dive Offline has been pretty fun on PC too.

This Direct was atrocious. Good reveals ... but Nintendo did showed their ugly greedy nose this time around ... quite a lot.
There were more things that I disliked than what I actually liked.
PROS:
-FF7 trilogy coming to Switch 2
-Fatal Frame 2 Remake
-RE9 coming to Switch 2

CONS:
-DK Bananza "day one" DLC? What is this? 2012? And $20 for ONE level and a mode?
-Fatal Frame 2 Remake incarcerated to Switch 2 when it can clearly be handled by the Switch 1
-Pokemon A-Z "day one" DLC? Da F?
-Open World Metroid Prime? Those words shouldn't be together at all
-$40 for a port of Mario Galaxy 2? HAHAHAHA ... Sure Nintendo... sure.

And that's on top of my head.
Atrocious practices and this new direction for Nintendo is worrisome.
I'm not liking this generation's Nintendo AT ALL.

Tip: People, don't give in to the Virtual boy stand. You can have the exact same 3D experience sans the headaches and dishing $100 just by installing the emulator on your 3DS. Not having the option to play those games without the stand is a kick in the

@StewdaMegaManNerd If you think Metroid Prime Remastered is even remotely close to this ... then you didn't even play Prime Remastered ....

Ha ... Nintendo getting ridiculously greedier and greedier ....

Nah... I'm glad I just turned my Switch 1 into a piracy paradise after getting my Switch 2

I will not support this