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I can't wait to play this. I love me a quick pick up and play roguelite. As a dad, it's almost the only form of gaming I can do.

@KingMike Had some trouble closing the deal, huh?

As a wise man once said, "OK, so to beat the game, you had to master the game? Sounds fair."

All Ganon's laughter did was scare me when I was little. Maybe that was the vibe they wanted?

All that's missing from Ivalice is a remaster of Vagrant Story.

@KingMike @Flashlink99 Sounds like you had a tough time lol I first played it at about 4 years of age, in 1988. Couldn't beat it solo, my older brother did, but only because of the Nintendo Power magazine walkthrough. I've played it on and off for the past nearly 40 years, and I never felt the game was unfair. To beat the Thunderbird you essentially had to max out your magic so you could get the thunder spell, which required leaving no stone unturned to find magic flasks. OK, so to beat the game, you had to master the game? Sounds fair.

@Knightmare2232 @Aneira Exactly Thank you I felt like I've been taking crazy pills

No couch co-op?

This isn't a divisive game... it was and continues to be one of the best in the series, and certainly the hardest. Best combat out of all the 2d Zeldas. Incredible world-building with limited assets. No Kaepora Gaebora to spoon-feed you your next location or objective. No map. No master sword.

Those who don't like it probably just need to keep in mind...

Git gud.

Classic case of Nintendo not really being interested in continuity, and fans being desperate for it. My rec is that we all stop trying to shoehorn timelines into everything. Just play the games and chuckle at the nods to other installments, folks.

Once again, why I won't buy a Switch 2. Ever. I'll be hard pressed to buy any first-party games remaining on Switch 1. They have burnt my bridge.

@mazzel See above comment. This guy must be an average American because he, also, is not a criminal.

@Dr_Lugae It was a lawsuit, not criminal court. The guy hasn't been found "guilty" of a crime, he's just been found liable for damages. If Nintendo filed charges instead of a lawsuit, then we could call him a criminal.

This is clever game design... take a familiar mechanic, one you trust, and turn it on its head. Now your trust is gone, and the game has a new aura about it. Killer, absolutely fantastic.

BTW A game is only difficult until you let it break you, let it remake you.

Git gud, scrubs. Git gud.

@Ristar24 It runs very well on PS5.

@mazzel I would argue that 2 million falls under "cruel and unusual." There is no way he'll ever pay that amount. The average person lives paycheck to paycheck in the U.S.

Finally some good news. Hope it comes out on PS5.

Irreparable harm, my buttocks. Nintendo has the right to go after people, but this one guy didn't make $2 million off of selling hacked hardware. I understand it's supposed to be a "deterrent" for other aspiring hackers rather than a realistic sum, but I really don't feel BAD for Nintendo. You couldn't pay me to feel bad for Nintendo. The game key card nonsense and ridiculous upcharge for enhanced Switch games (BotW, for example) tells me they're in a position to charge whatever they want for whatever they feel like selling. Irreparable harm? The only people that can do that to Nintendo is Nintendo themselves, now. They've lost me as a customer the same way Xbox did... telling the customers that their "ownership" of the game is only as long as the brand is willing to allow (the Xbox One second-hand-sales fiasco?).

Irreparable harm. Might as well have sued for emotional damages.

Rant over.

Yeah, they don't WANT you to replace the battery. Why would they? We've been living in a disposable economy for decades now, ever since the big companies realized it makes more money than servicing existing customers' devices...

He's smoking a carrot like a cigar....... How would that even work?

@Lanmanna Sony has been pretty good with frequent price reductions on digital first-party games, and even buying discs used is often less expensive than used Switch cartridges.

The OG Switch never dropped in price, what makes you think they'll feel the pressure to drop the price of the next one? It was $299 at launch, and it still is on Amazon. Nintendo is currently in a place, I'm sure, where they feel they can do no wrong and can charge what they like. Sure they can, but I'm not buying.

The Switch oled is my last nintendo system. They've been incredibly greedy this past generation (no greatest hits?), and this kind of thing... seriously.

There will be no Switch 2 in my household. I'll get a PS6 when my PS5 is no longer supported.

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen is the absolute steal in that list. I mean it's old, and probably anyone thinking of trying it has already since it goes on sale frequently enough, BUT.... if you're reading this and you haven't played it, go get your sith together and dive in.

The Dark Arisen DLC content expands the replayability of the game, frankly changes the game in a similar way that Shadow of the Erdtree changed Elden Ring.

So... no more gold point discounts on digital media AND no greatest hits collection games for this generation?

fudge the (often loyal) fans, amiright?

We won't be getting a Switch 2 in my household, that's for sure. I'm tired of Nindy's incredible greed this generation.

This is immediately an improvement over the original. I despised the rextro arcade games, they were painful to play.

I've got it on PS5, but honestly the switch is my Ys system so I'll likely double dip.

YES. I'd wishlist it on Dekudeals if it were available to do so. This is absolutely my jam.

I opened it like "Ooooh I new metroidvania I uhhhhhhhhh....

what was I doing?"

I might just get all the games at this point, if they're on sale.

Not only is it trying to gull people into buying it on the name/cover image, but MAN it looks like crap!

@timp29 SAME I wanted to know the same thing. Classic line. That's like cutting out "Not just the men, but the women and children too!" from Anakin Skywalker's little murder confession.

I don't really see much of a difference, it's still identifiably DK. Looks fine. Non issue.

Yeah, why sell something once when you can sell it over and over, on a monthly basis?

I feel like I'm writing a comment like this at least once a week now.

Wasn't this the one with Gary Busey and Steven Segal? I feel like 100% sure this was a movie in like '91.

It will definitely come to Switch, with the pre-order bonus DLC "Performance issues."

@Serpenterror OMG that's only pennies a day, I take it all back.

Of course they're delisting it.

Why offer it for sale ONCE when you can get someone to pay monthly?

And then when the online is no longer supported on one platform, get them to pay monthly on a new platform.

Everything about this feels wrong, but only because I watched Clerks II and everything I know I learned from the TV

@fpcreator2000 Agreed. I shall not complain. If it runs well on Switch, that's where I'll pick it up. If not, then PS5 it is.

I'm used to sub-par Zeldas. There's like a hundred of them, they ain't all gonna be winners.

I loved this on Dreamcast, much better than the PS1 version. This will be a real treat!

Worst part of the game is the end. Scouring of the shire. Real change in tone.

It's depressing to see "co-op multiplayer only offline" in the list of negatives. There are so many games I want to play with my son and CAN'T because they require another system and a monthly online subscription.

Couch co-op is, and always will be, superior.

I read it as Vagrant Story, got excited, saw the article again, got disappointed, read the article, got excited again.

It's been a roller coaster of emotions.

@BTB20 ::Adjusts monocle:: Well, I read Nintendolife from time to time

@BTB20 BTW my first post was tongue-in-cheek hyperbole.

@BTB20 I don't know the number but it sure feels like a 1:1 attachment ratio. For like every switch sold there must be 2 copies of MK8DX. I know I bought it twice - one physical, then digital.

@Doom-Max My Splatoon 3 Switch is one of my favorite gadgets to just look at.

Also, who hasn't bought MK8dx yet? How does it CONTINUE to be a top seller? Doesn't everyone already have it?

@nhSnork EVERY. TIME.

No but seriously I love Castlevania in general, and the Classic/Advance/Dominus collections are wonderful, but...

I still keep going back to play Symphony of the Night on my PS5, time and time again. It really is the best one, and Konami is sleeping on a fortune by not porting it to Switch.

Astro's Playroom is a remarkable intro to the PS5 hardware, and super fun to play. I don't see the problem that others do regarding similar gameplay mechanics. Did Nintendo get upset when Fromsoft played BotW and thought "We could do that!" and made Elden Ring? Did Fromsoft get upset when Nintendo played Elden Ring and thought "We could do that!" and made Tears of the Kingdom?

No.

ALSO - The Switch couldn't run this game well. It wouldn't look the same. It looks deceptively low-tech, but there is a lot going on - even in Astro's Playroom which is considerably smaller.

@geshem Agreed

This game is suffering from some pretty robotic animation, though. Square-Enix has managed some lifelike character movements in their games... I feel like recycling some of those company-owned assets would be useful for their lower-budget outings.

I miss the cinematic shmups of the early 00's. Silpheed 2: The Lost Planet, Ikaruga, Panzer Dragoon Orta, R-Type Final... I know there's R-Type Final 2 (and 3), but they've dropped the spectacle that the original did so well.

If anybody knows of another that fits that bill, please let me know.

@HeadPirate When I say "uncomfortable," I don't mean that I'M uncomfortable, I mean the model would be physically uncomfortable in that pose.

@MeloMan Don't point it out, they might stop doing it.

But seriously, I don't mind a suggestive pose. However, this is in the "uncomfortable pose" realm, as it is tough to have both the posterior and the bust facing the same general direction. Not impossible, just... yeah.