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Cute, but certainly not very cheap.

@liljmoore This was my initial reaction. Then a friend pointed out to me that this way they avoid people hueing and crying about 'why no smash info in direct'. I'm still hopeful for a next week direct... or the week after that... or after that.... For now this is the next best thing.

this looks good, he does a great job

@tendonerd self publishing just means that they are not making the game for anyone else. That means they can choose where to bring out the game themselves instead of their investor deciding that.

@TheFox That's a real shame. I thought the main gripe was the gamepad. I'm still hoping for a new star fox game. My favourite one that I've played so far is 64. What a good game (despite the piss poor performance at times)

This looks interesting but might be tricky on a patent level? I dont know inhowfar nintendo has exclusive rights on the switch concept. And as always these tablets are made or broken by their price tag. if you can buy a full PC for the same price it kind of turns the whole thing into a much more niche appeal product.

I think a port of star fox zero cutting out all the troublesome mess with the gamepad would make it a rather good game!

Shame, missed the boat on this. Can't be bothered to purchase though :shrug:

all i can read is 'perfection'

This looks actually kind of cool. I've been looking for some way to properly exercise at home and this actually looks the part.

To me, the story, while still decent at least at face value, is the weakest part of the game. Lots of things just kind of happen without much explanation. Still a fantastic game that I cannot wait to play again.

I've been really enjoying playing final fantasy 9 for the very first time on my PS1. The graphics, while dated, have a certain charm, with all the pre-rendered backgrounds and whatnot. In the remasters of the PS1 games, the characters juts kinda stick out like a sore thumb against the super blurry upscaled backgrounds. I'll get my hands on the original FFVIII some time instead.

FF12 on the switch looks fantastic though. They did a good job on that one,,

I'm kind of hoping for a demo or a free weekend of sorts so we can give it a spin before buying, just to get a feel for how well it'll play.

Time to start playing MK with more girls I guess :^]

i saw this on the e-shop and I actually said out loud 'hah, that's cool'. might pick it up some time to fill an evening.

From what I gather, this review mainly detracts points because the game is difficult and complex. However, i think that is unfair to the game. It is supposed to be complex - it's the whole draw. I certainly am not asking for a 9, but a 7.5 seems more than justified, going off the lack of other strong detractors described in the review. I will be checking this game out!

I saw this drop in my mailbox and I'm really excited, this game looks awesome!

I tried out this game some time ago and sadly I found it not at all engaging. Hope others have a better time with it than I did.

I love how this looks. I'm really curious about those games, I've never played any. I will be playing Cyber Sleuth as well

This game looks really good, excited to try it out.

A bit early to announce this. However, that seems like an interesting game. I'll keep half an eye on it.

knocks on wood I haven't had issues so far, and I've used my joycon a fair amount since I bought them in May last year.

@Heavyarms55 Yeah, I would love that. I'd buy it!

@Heavyarms55 A Game Boy 'Mini' (Not actually mini, please... just an emu box in the spirit of their other throwback consoles) from Nintendo would probably sell like hotcakes.

@Alucard83 Well, speedrunning is obviously not about the story of the game. I would rather categorise it as playing with the game, instead of like.. playing the game, if you catch my drift.

Besides, most speedrunners usually start running games long after they play it casually. If you watch events like Games Done Quick you will notice that often, they really adore the games and are very knowledgeable about the lore. (Often, they are also not, though, which is always amusing...) Speedrunning, to them, is just... their way of enjoying the game over and over.

Honestly, to me these seem to cost more than they are worth. I could see rabid Contra fans liking them; especially the mini arcade would be fun. The handheld just seems to miss the point though, especially with the recent Switch collection.

@HalBailman This, I can get into! I love all the console F-Zero games, although I prefer the 3D games. F Zero GX of course looks best, but you might be right saying that X had better gameplay.

When you posted the announcement for this game some time ago, I was already afraid that it would be mediocre. It's time for the metroidvania indie hype to die down a little IMO.

My initial reaction was that the price was way too high but then I saw the size and yeah that looks fair tbh

Super awesome figure.

@sanderev Yeah, I'll have to see about that. Feels a little high. I might still pick one up if they improve interoperability between systems though, but I don't have very high hopes.

I live in mainland Europe. 200 euros seems like a good price, considering the Lite falls into the 3ds / Vita category. Anything more though and it's much less of an attractive price.

@sanderev How ridiculous to imply that the fact that something is stored in a digital format is what defines something as digital or physical. No, it is not the storage format. That would mean the NES, SNES, N64, PS1, and every video game console except some very early hardware-only games are digital only.

The distinction digital vs. physical does obviously refer to the distribution of those games. And the Switch very much still supports physical game distribution.

Please don't make a fool out of yourself.

@AlexOlney Figma models are this, but indeed, nendoroid are quite plentiful compared to them.

I for one don't exactly mind...

I know this is about film, but i would love to see some more mature themes explored in the games. I cancelled my Shield pre-order yesterday because after thinking about it, I think I'm kind of tired of the story in mainline pokémon games. Give me a cool story that I can dive into with a team of pokémon and I'm all for it :3

They've done it before with Gale of Darkness and Colosseum, so they can definitely do it again... right?

They could put out different music packs like they did with Crypt of the Necrodancer.

@konbinilife I agree, although imo the price for SMR was a little high if you consider that for example a game like Rollercoaster Tycoon for mobile (not RCT4, the port of the original 1999 game) cost 7 euros. They should probably have targeted that price point.

@konbinilife And it won't. Somehow, and I don't exactly know why, the mobile market prefers microtransactions over upfront costs. Look at what happened with Mario Run, which was 10 bucks. That flopped pretty hard.

This trailer was so confusing to me, I'm actually glad to see that other people have issues understanding it too; I'm not that much of an idiot, apparently :')

I'm not so much upset, as that I am puzzled. Considering AC is a single player game, why not let the choice to the player? Cheaters will find a way anyway. Same with Splatoon, although cheating there has impact on other players, too.

You know what? That actually looks pretty good.

I really hope they switch up the world enough if they are going to go for and exploration-based game again. Most of the current world seems to be designed around the stuff you can find: shrines, korok seeds, to name a few. Personally I am hoping for a more engaging story (the story is, in my opinion, the weakest part in BotW) and more classic-style dungeons. I am LOVING the dark and creepy vibe the trailer is giving me, but I don't think I need another BotW.

I'll buy it either way...

Whether this is true or not, speculating about it is definitely fun. It would be kinda weird for nintendo to not drop a new model at e3, though, if they have one in production right now. Though nintendo can be weird 🤔