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@MegaVel91 That’s correct, though think of it on the other end of those that did get credited. Say this person was part of enemy ai coding but only worked 8 months. Should their name be listed with those that spent the entire duration of development? I would say no. So perhaps the end credits can highlight the most significant people and offer another found elsewhere in the game can credit everyone involved, regardless of their level of contribution.

@GrailUK I think job title, and months or hours logged could be helpful, but probably a hard thing to keep track of. As I think about it, two credit lists seems to provide the best of both worlds. Minor contributions are still contributions, but shouldn’t be listed with those that contributed a lot more.

@GrailUK If a list of credits is incredibly long, it has less impact than a list of credits of only a few names. Indie games have this luxury for example, where everyone can be credited since it was a team of 10 people.
Once the list starts getting into the thousands, the names do become a bit meaningless.

Possibly the solution is two lists of credits. The one at the end of a game should be curated to some extent and showcase the most “important” people whereas in the options, we should be able to see a list of everyone involved and to what capacity they worked on the game. I do take some issue with the idea that this is a abhorrent practice, as it is a bit more complicated than that.

@Fulkaffe I understand your take on this information, but how should that idea be credited? That’s a very minor contribution and shouldn’t be listed among those that came up with the concept art for the boss battles, for example.

I think I am for crediting everyone, but we need to be careful about not giving someone too much credit. That will indeed diminish the work of someone that coded in that idea, or who worked on the game for a much longer period of time.

@hyakulegger Can you articulate what I am rallying against? I am able to do so with regards to yourself. Your identity on this site is thus far based on demeaning those you deem to be your political or cultural opponent. I don’t know you though, so perhaps you are more thoughtful than your posts lead me to believe. I’m on break from work so I’ve got some time to waste. I will admit that what I am doing at this time is doing no one any good.

@hyakulegger Whether you delete it or not, your post will disappear. That might give you something else to rally against.

@hyakulegger No need to listen to me, but I suggest you delete this post as using a sexual orientation as a slur is not only wrong, but it’s lazy and uninspired.

@Mahatma Thank you as well. I appreciate your comments as well, whether we are in full agreement or not. I prefer talking things out with someone who doesn’t see things my way all the time, it helps me either change my mind or reinforce my prior ideas. Cheers, I wish you well.

@hyakulegger You have no comprehension with regards to my posts. These phrases you grasp on to don’t exist in my sphere. Have fun fighting people similar to yourself who need a stance to prove their existence.

@hyakulegger There you go again. Status and stature only get you so far, especially when you are talking to strangers on the internet.

@hyakulegger Literally, you used a profession that is under appreciated to make fun of someone who is not appreciating another persons profession. I would recommend setting your sights higher, if your goal is to be better than other people.

@Mahatma You may not be a fan of my reply to you. I’m not on anyone’s side here. As we speak, I continue to internalize this information as I decide how to feel about this topic. It’s an interesting thought experiment, at the very least. I just caution you into thinking that everyone who takes a stance and decides to state is doing so for malicious reasons.

@kobashi100 It’s a comments board. The post invites feedback, like all posts. Also, it’s implicit that if the company is immoral, then those that purchase this game are also immoral. People have a right to state why Charlie’s girls stance doesn’t align with their own beliefs.

@Mahatma As I already stated, everyone here (I’m sorry for the generalization as that flies in the face of my point) wants to make this a zero sum game. It’s stupid! No it’s not! Virtue! Justice! I’m sick of it! I’m not! It’s all crazy to me. I don’t agree with you as you are doing the same. You are against SJWs, good for you! That just makes you part of the long game, something vs something. Everything is something vs something.

@Broski To some, perhaps listing too many people in the credits diminishes the contribution of others credited. Possibly a good middle ground is to list everyone and list the amount of time they spent on the project.
To play devil’s advocate, executive producers generally spent very little time on projects but their credit is generally front and center. To be clear, I don’t have strong feelings on this topic but I would disagree with almost every take I’ve seen on this topic.

@smithpa01 It couldn’t hurt to credit everyone, I suppose. At the same time, some people worked longer or on more important aspects of the final product. Possibly a minor contributors section would work but then, I assume many would have different opinions on what is considered minor and major contributors.

Well, like anything, the devil is in the details. We know for a fact no one spent 8 months with no sleep continuously working on Metroid Dread until they succumbed to sleep deprivation. Within those 8 months, they worked a certain amount of hours on this game. How many? Was this full time work? Could be. Could not be. I caution anyone to make drastic decisions based on crumbs of information. I hate how we need to be so for or against any piece of information we hear. It would be nice if people took time to digest before screaming about something one way or the other.

@KateGray It really was an excellent article. Thank you for your hard work. I use the fairy fountain song as a lullaby for my little one. It’s a song that can really put me in a trance.

I don’t just come here for news. It’s great little pieces like this that make me smile.
I have to listen through them all, but I would have to disagree with the placing of skyward swords take. It’s so darn beautiful, and slowly builds. It uses the orchestra and choir to its fullest. Such a magical melody.

Edit: Oops I see the 25th anniversary at number 2. I’ll take it.

@HIGHscores85 They are hard to understand at first, but they are far from worthless. It saddens me that some are stuck with only 2 or so control schemes. Learn a little, it’s fun.

@Desrever Somehow, this game might have my favorite storyline in any game. Not too serious, but bam, it hits you hard here and there. A perfect distillation of action and comedy. Plus, the way the story gets told while you are playing? Still unmatched in my mind. I don’t think any other game used all the features of a 3ds so well.

To me, easily the best 3ds game. The only question is if it’s my favorite game ever made.
To those who hate the controls, I get you. They are hard to grasp at first. They also make the game for me. The game could work with regular controls, especially surface battles but even then, something would be missing. If this game was made with the new 3ds in mind, I think the extra shoulder buttons would really help perfect the controls. To this day, the only part I hate on the controls is using your power ups on that stupid small scroll bar at the bottom. Just awful. Everything else though? Pure gold Jerry!

@BloodNinja Who cares, these old guys replaced a king, and we can replace them. It’s called progress. We shouldn’t stick with old idols, but I can agree that idols as a whole is a bad idea. Put my face on the 20.

@BloodNinja Hi Pot! I’m kettle. Nice to meet you.

@joey302 Yes, Americans now somehow care about Afghanistan. Convenient timing, no less. We had 20 years to give a hoot but now that we are following Trumps withdrawal timeline (actually Biden was able to get us a couple more months as May 1st was certainly not doable), the sky is falling. Get your vaccine, Trump did and you seem to love the guy.

@alpha5099 monotype run sounds like fun. Bug seems like a silly one to give a try, I just might do that.

@LUIGITORNADO Such a great art style that is so far left unused, outside of links awakening of course. If we don’t get a new top down Zelda using this great style, yeah that will be a huge waste.

@nessisonett Yeah especially on a dragon type. Fire coverage is always appreciated. Stab is only a 50% boost. Fire is my favorite type but I would never run all fire stab.

@Indielink I don’t like how he hounds everyone here so I felt it worthy to point that out every now and then. It gets tiring seeing that half a comments section is this ninja guy that doesn’t seem to like anything anyone has to say around here.

@BloodNinja The switch is far more powerful, but feel free to contest to usage of the term smokes. Manages to match ps3? That’s just flat out incorrect. Of course the switch is weaker than ps4, but far more powerful than a ps3.
Enjoy spamming the comments!

To those asking about how under 1.99, possibly it’s due to how the sale is linked to a prior purchase.

I bought the mouse one for my 2 year old. It’s really adorable but my god, making the B button go back to the main menu? Worst design decision ever made especially for a game designed for young ones.

He seems like a decent man. He went through a messy divorce and the world as a whole was pretty awful to him for a while. I’m glad he is getting work again and seems to be at peace with himself.

@Pokester99 The best one was inside story, but dream team was also great. Metroid… I assume you mean Super Metroid and even then, many people can’t stand that game compared to the newer entries. Animal Crossing, maybe you are right. I could never get into those games, and I’ve tried them all since the DS days. I personally like new leaf more only because I really like the 3D on the 3ds. All in all, you seem to think the best days are behind you, and that makes me sad.

@Sciqueen Yes, that is the joke.

I own Atari as well. Nintendo too. The direct is tomorrow, I’m bringing back Rusty’s Real Deal. 60 dollars of course.

@Pokester99 Yes, Mario Odyssey is worse than SMB2. BOTW is worse than Zelda 2.

Maybe Pokemon? I wish I enjoyed the new games, but point taken there. I can’t think of a single other franchise that would fit the build. They still make great games for the most part.

Sounds good! I never played Quake. With that said and even though the price is great, I will await the inevitable 50% sale.

No one is going to talk about how wurmple has two buttcheeks for a mouth? The evidence is clear. Wurmple is Arcues!

@TowaHerschel7 Why do you care that this comment was “censored?”

I’m still trying to find Pikablu. I checked under the truck, nothing. Tried breeding a pikachu with a blueberry. Nothing. The quest continues…

@johnvboy No one is stopping you from saying anything. If someone doesn’t like what you are saying, that’s okay too. There does seem to be a focus on Serena and her anger issues regardless of the subject at hand.

One thing is for certain, those that say they hate these articles sure like to spend the entire day in the articles they hate. If these people cannot be honest about the most simple of ideas, I really can’t take anything they say seriously. My black belt in not giving an F prepared me for this situation.

@Snatcher I’ll give you a break because I know you have stated that you are relatively young. Knowing this, I do have to contest the idea that in your experience, people bring up being gay in the middle of a completely separate conversation.

Your points make no sense ninja. Your made up gay friend who believes in spiritualism is more grounded in reality than a flamboyant gay person, who in your mind, is flamboyant as some type of permanent performative art.

You most certainly are. Anyone who laments agendas tends to be. Fine, you walk and talk like a duck, but you really are a swan.

The same people always complain on these articles. Special shout out to the ninja who uses regurgitated conservative taking points like “pushing agendas” and talking out both sides of their mouth. You somehow complain about representation being a fools errand while also lamenting that as representation grows, opportunities for white makes decrease.
You complain about clickbait but you leave the most comments on said click bait. I really hope most of the boring and borderline hateful comments are either from people 12 and under or people over the age of 70. If your aren’t, I just can’t imagine that you are living in the real world anymore. These are games, like Iwata said, they should be fun for everyone. There are so many games I don’t like but that’s okay. I move on. I find Kotaku to be a site filled with people full of themselves. Holier than thou and that sort of thing. With that said, the conservative version of hate I see here happens to annoy me more. This is probably because I am liberal but I know how to call out hate no matter where I find it.

My girlfriend really loves the first one on the 3ds (technically the 2nd game). I hope this comes to the United States around the same time, but with no announcement, it might release after the holidays.

There are many complaints here which are pretty weird. Give us more games!!!! I feel the same way sometimes but if you think about it, Nintendo's games are so good that you keep coming back to it like an addictive drug. Patience at least for a week or 2, then I'll harp on them too.