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Re: Poll: Are You Still Playing Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?

abe_hikura

There wasn't a "I'm near the end of the main story and now I'm panicking it's nearly over and purposely trying to avoid finishing the mainline by giving myself random tasks to do but don't want to chase down every shrine or every damn seed"

So i selected

"I'm no where near completing it yet"

Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?

abe_hikura

Preordered a physical copy thanks to the discount currys offered.

My format choice was entirely driven by pricing.

However for funsies my Switch broke and needed to be sent off for repair, so for me the race is between my Switch and my copy arriving.

My money is on the game, "direct" collection was supposed to be faster but it sat at the courier depo for 4 days before getting to the repair shop yesterday,.

Re: It's Official, Nintendo Will Attend Gamescom 2023

abe_hikura

@StarPoint depends on the company. Xbox treats gamescon like E3 with announcements and demos, Nintendo usually uses it to push games they annouced at E3 but since it's not happening this year (after everyone pulled out) we don't know what Nintendo will do

Re: Feature: The Best References And Easter Eggs In The Super Mario Bros. Movie

abe_hikura

I do think the sheer amount Easter eggs that show that a Mario less Nintendo exists in their world disputes the idea Nintendo is building one shared cinematic universe.

Which to be honest I'd prefer they didn't. I'd rather they have a bunch of different universes so we get a bunch of films that exist within that Mario/DK (and seemingly punch out) universe, one for Zelda, and one for Metroid/starfox/f-zero.

Don't get me wrong I'd love a Smash movie but it doesn't need all the characters coexisting in the same universe at the same time.

Re: Yes, Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Costs $70, Collector's Edition Announced

abe_hikura

This is harder to swallow than other prise raises.
This isn't the tail end of a transition between generations resulting in higher costs, the switch is well established.

Sure the current cost of living I hitting everything and everyone with pricing to reflect that, and the switch tax has been a thing for some time but this isn't an all new project. Sure its a much larger project than their "major's mask" (or ac Brotherhood FC new dawn) style sequel.

Re: It's Official, Total Switch Sales Have Now Surpassed The Game Boy And PS4

abe_hikura

I would wager the odds of Switch beating PS2 sales lies on if the next machine is backward compatible or not.

We saw the 3DS limp on for years thanks to it's massive library of good games, I can see the Switch doing the same if the next machine doesn't play Switch games natively. Limping over the PS2 sales before it stops being made.

If it's a "Switch 2" with full BC (or even a different machine that also plays Switch games) then I imagine sales would dry up much quicker.

Re: Bayonetta's OG Voice Actor Asks Fans To "Boycott" Third Game After PlatinumGames Wage Fallout

abe_hikura

Yeah, I'm gonna need more details if I'm being asked to boycott.

How much was she paid for B1 and B2?
How much work is B3 compared to B1 and 2?
How much is Hale being paid for B3?

We've seen weird actions by Japanese developers on English voice casting before (Kojima getting Hayter to audition for MGS3 despite the JP VA not having to), it's usually because they want rid of the current VA and than "saving money". Hale is one of the biggest and most prolific female gaming VAs I doubt they are playing her below standard rates or she would accept such a job.

Note: it seems Hale is liking Taylor's tweets, suggesting to me there is something going on like what 762 mentioned.