Company that refuses to add button config to way too many of their games in the year of our lord 2026 is joining the accessible games initiative.

@Looker11 There is a 100% chance Nintendo, yes your beloved Nintendo, is using AI in game development right now, and saying nothing about it.

One. Hundred. Percent.

Boo. I thought this was going to be about the upcoming indie title Threads of Time.

RIP to a real one. Picard. Xavier. Death (in Castlevania). That one guy in American Dad. The memories.

@Lightsiyd It isn't for me BUT it is creative and cool, and I wish for Palworld's success. Yes, even as someone who plays Pokemon Champions often.

The inept bleating of the "it's a ripoff" crowd never ceases.

I didn't watch it but I wanted more info on Threads of Time and I got it.

@TrueBlueYoshi Yes please.

Also something Expedition 33 related perhaps; I don't know if I'd buy it again but atm a Switch 2 is my most convenient game system on a TV due to a flood.

And for the love of all that is holy, SOMETHING about Threads of Time.

I need this game in my mouth.

Belmont's Curse deserves the love.

Eternia Remake does not until it finally gets the co-op the original game had.

I've dealt with people from BioWare IRL and if the company culture reflected them, it was rotten long, long before EA.

The Reggie/Iwata fight is the stuff of legends.

Meh. The demo was fine but it's much more Octopath than classic Final Fantasy. Only 4 of the numbered entries are truly turn-based anyway, and I'd want a throwback to be an ATB game myself.

@Tyranexx Nah, I'm fine running back. As I make my way back I collect my thoughts and prep to win the re-fight.

@canaryfarmer I doubt they care. And also Rose sounds fine. Not sure what the review is talking about.

Belmont's Curse is a good game.

@JackieCMarlow No it wasn't. The beginning of Ecclesia is the only part of it that even comes close to the difficulty of CotM, and it doesn't take long for Shanoa to get overpowered.

@Kraven Fanbases and fandoms are the death of art and best ignored.

I'm an atheist but things like this make me think we've strayed too far away from God.

@Wilforce this right here

I'd like a nothing burger with big whoop fries please.

Reminders: a) Nintendo is also ultra-rich and abuses that power all the time; and 2) Nintendo also doesn't "receive well" things that should've been standard in the 80s, like letting you remap your buttons in their games.

The better Mario Kart keeps improving.

@Brianst0rm Thank you.

@X68000 Thing vs. Thing, Japan mentality

It ain't the greatest CV music ever but it's still good. I hum the first area's tune when doing other things already, so that's a good sign.

Can you still do ACE tricks?

@BrokenCiv Misanthropy is the mindset of a child.

@BrokenCiv You can't be a misanthrope and also want to espouse the virtue of stories about good vs. evil.

Jokes on them I don't want to play either game.

@imopthefloors A lot of indies do it too. Which they should.

Prime 4 is a good game.

Nothing wrong with that. At all. AI fearmongering is dumb.

Rich, powerful interests spend a lot of money to get you to blame this problem on everything but them. Yes, that includes blaming AI, instead of blaming the rich sociopaths who will use anything and everything to line their pockets with your money.

They are fantastic games with some of the best music I've ever heard in a video game. Octopath Traveler 2's true final boss theme is the best final boss theme, like, ever.

BUT if you already have the Switch 1 versions, I don't see what the S2 editions have to offer.

@MarioGT "Get out of here with that nonsense" is being a bully now, apparently. XD

I can't even.

Suppose I should talk about the game itself:

Thoughts: it's 1 part traditional Igavania (exploration, the Castlevania bits obviously), 1 part Dead Cells (movement and combat), and 1 part Hollow Knight (potions and the Souls-like checkpoints).

Though I got bored of Hollow Knight and didn't care too much for Dead Cells, I'm liking what I've played of Belmont's Curse. Great voice acting, intriguing story, pretty visuals, and feels good to play. What more could you want?

If you NEED this to be more like an Igavania wait for the next Bloodstained. Otherwise, try the demo.

(Note I played on Switch 2. Apparently the S1 stutters, but the S2 had no such issues for me.)

@Noelemahc SotN was nothing like Rondo. At all.

What I said stands: if Belmont's Curse being unlike past games is a flaw, than SotN has the same flaw.

Nothing wrong with disliking BC or SotN or any game. But this trend to fetishize what came before and hate on any deviation is profoundly stupid, as is the notion that deviation makes something "not a true X."

Belmont's Curse is a Castlevania game.
Final Fantasy 16 is a Final Fantasy game.
Zelda 2 is a Zelda game.

You don't have to (dis)like any of them, but it doesn't change what they are. Arguing otherwise is just another attempt to objectify an opinion, and it's reason #8247 to avoid fanbases/fandoms.

Every time someone says "it's good but it's not X" my blood boils.

SotN was unlike any past Castlevania too.

The LoS games were unlike past Castlevanias.

It's such nonsense, lazy "criticism."

Champions gives me all the Pokemon content I actually want. The mainline and Legends games need to smack of effort actually worth their asking price before I buy one again. Especially when you have things like Digimon and Palworld blowing Pokemon out of the water in terms of polish, voice acting, features, etc.

@martynstuff Graci!

Is there any ACE in the Switch versions of these games?

@EVIL-C No.

Cool. Won't be getting money from me unless it has the multiplayer co-op the original had.

@Porco you have the right of it, and everyone trying to counter you are telling on themselves

@DiamondJim You haven't owned games since the PS1 era, possibly earlier. It's just that the object you owned acted as the key, so the distinction wasn't relevant. The underlying problem still remains.

A very good article on the topic: https://petercoffin.substack.com/p/ownership-and-grand-theft-auto-6

As for D4, it's fun. I recommend it.

The big 3 all doing evil things.

And yes, this is evil.

What did it offend Miyamoto or something?

Dread is a good game. Good on it.

@Olmectron Not to mention, most people don't care. At all.

"Most people hate AI" = "Everyone in my echo chamber hates it and I wrongfully assume the general populace shares their deranged views."

@Olmectron This family of websites does that often, especially over at Time Extension.