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Re: Series Producer Suggests Metroid Prime 4 'Won't Ignore Casual Players'

arekdougy

Who knows what any of this implies. As far as Tanabe goes, I don't understand the hate - look at all the game credits under his belt. He has not 'ruined' many games or series, save for the directions that Paper Mario has taken since the 3DS...although Origami King seems to right some of peoples grievances, it still ignores peoples main ones (battle system firstmost).

If the Metroid Prime series is 'more accessible', I hope it's only in the ways that MP3 was 'more accessible'. While I found the gameplay quite a bit easier than MP1 and especially MP2, it was still an amazing game, while being a bit more accessible to the average player. Still, I found MP1 had the best balance (I'm a gamer that enjoys hard games, but can't beat extreme games).

Re: Story Of Seasons: Friends Of Mineral Town Launches In North America On 14th July

arekdougy

@jwfurness SV was literally made because the creator was unsatisfied with the direction of Harvest Moon games...ha. I loved playing Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life when I was 12, but I quickly ran out of things to do once I had bought everything, and my child was only a toddler. There was literally nothing left to do. I kept playing Animal Crossing at the time, and never ran out of anything to do in that game.

Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite Nintendo Switch Online NES Games

arekdougy

I do still truly love SMB3, SMB1, Kirby's Adventure (love that it's a Kirby game with easy bits and harder stuff), Zelda, Zelda II (nice to be able to play with rewind, ha) and Punchout!!!...I'm sure I could add five or so more to my list if I actually tried them. I tried that VICE game when it was put on, and it was actually impressive. I wish I didn't struggle with games like Metroid and Kid Icarus, but I do. Probably same with Ninja Gaiden.

I should also try Adventures of Lolo, Solomon's Key and StarTropics...I sympathize with those bored with the NES catalogue, but think they could get into a few games if they tried. That being said, I want some more SNES games (come on, get more DKC on there, Earthbound...people will pay for online just for those!!!), it's one of my favourite consoles. N64 and Gamecube as well (or Gamecube remasters). I'd pay.

Re: DOOM Eternal Producer Shares id's Side Of The Story After Composer Severs All Ties

arekdougy

@Highlar Yes, I did read that. For me, the key word here is "Mick was concerned" - not upset or on some warpath, like the keyboard jockeys out there. I think people are extrapolating a lot from Mick's tweets, and the one thing I would fault him for is not clarifying things, but perhaps he does not do well with public relations while under stress. Probably should delete Twitter!

Re: Shigesato Itoi's Company Announces The Mother Project - Includes Book And "Other News" Before The End Of 2020

arekdougy

Hell, I'd be happy with an art book? Won't be buying a Japanese script though...well, maybe in the distant future as I brush up on my Japanese, ha. I'm playing a fan translated GBA cart of Mother 3 right now, it's absolutely great. Playing on a SP AGS101 as well, hooray! A trilogy release would be great. I don't know why they don't have more interest in the whole Mother series really, it's very unique and engaging while still playing like a classic RPG. Earthbound was great (beat it 6ish months ago), and I'm sure I'll be amazed by the time I beat Mother 3 (it's already amazing). Mother 1 is more like the first Final Fantasy for me - I really like the whole design, aesthetic and gameplay, but it's too oldschool, tough and cryptic lol. Could probably play through it ez though with all the newschool savestates/rewind business. I'm not above using that to play/experience classic games I don't want to spend months mastering.