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@mariomaster96 A lot of people don't understand what a typo is.

Good. I'm sick of the whining about this.

@blindsquarel Whoop-dee-doo.

@Zach777 Sadly, he is getting the attention he wanted.

I love this! If I'm ever back in Japan, I would love to go.

It has always kind of bothered me how more developers didn't take advantage of the Gamecube's graphical prowess the way that Factor 5 did with Rogue Leader.

What's with the release dates on this article? The Super Star Wars games definitely did not come out in 2009.

I didn't play it because I hate prequels.

Good for Capcom, but I do find it disappointing that this seems to be outselling Octopath Traveler 2, which I think is superior to any game in the Battle Network series.

I generally don't bother with cooking in games like this, unless I'm forced to. I just don't find it that fun or useful.

@Serialsid But just selling an incredible amount of copies doesn't make something a monopoly. The existence of Call of Duty isn't preventing competitors from trying make their own games in any way.

I don't really care whether Microsoft buys Activision or not, but the whole basis for blocking the sale just seems flimsy to me. They are acting like Call of Duty is like, the ultimate video game that nothing else can compare to. The series sells a lot of copies, but it's not like it's the only first-person shooter out there. Activision doesn't have a monopoly on first-person shooters. It seems like if Sony is worried about Microsoft making the series Xbox-exclusive, it would behoove them to COMPETE with their own first-person shooter.

Looks like you didn't miss anything too interesting if these are the best games you missed.

This is probably still my favorite Fire Emblem game. It didn't inundate you with busy-work between stages like later games in the series, and I think the games look better in 2D than 3D. The story had some cool parts that set it apart, too, like Jaffar defecting to the good guys and protecting Nino.

They were all pretty boring, honestly. I thought I would like Fire Emblem Engage's emphasis on combat over story, but the story was too lacking even for me. The U. S. debut Fire Emblem game for the GBA is probably still my favorite in the series.

@5th313ment There's so many things they could do that are consumer-friendly and help their brand.

@KBuckley27 I pre-ordered through Best Buy, and now UPS says I won't get it until Monday 😡

Nintendo is cheap for having a time limit to redeem the gold points in the first place. As long as it's a new copy of the game, and points haven't been doled out for it already, you should be able to get the points.

I pre-ordered this one. I have the first game of the series, but never finished it, although I enjoyed it. Looking forward to jumping back in.

I'll sort of be experiencing these games for the first time. I didn't get started with the series until Advance Wars: Dual Strike for the DS.

I only ever played Breath of Fire 2 for SNES. There are some good things about it, but it had a laughably archaic design for a JRPG released in the U. S. in 1995. I mean, this game was released in the U. S. after Chrono Trigger and FFVI, yet it almost feels like something that should have been a launch title.

Hopefully this means they are going to improve Nintendo's online services.

I was more sad that Nintendo stopped doing Space World.

This is what most gamers that I've encountered need most!

@CMS_Glalie It's fashionable for hipsters to pick apart any type of media that achieves near-universal praise (and conversely, it's fashionable for them to praise mediocre things). It happens with every great movie, album, and video game, and it's boring as hell.

@Krull I'm more like, I know it will be a great game; I just don't know if it will be an all-time classic.

Is this the same game or series as the U. S. game Metal Warriors?

@rjejr If it's a digital only system, then I would hope that every game you buy will run on every Nintendo system going forward.

The next games I want to buy for the Switch are Advance Wars and the Megaman Battle Network collection.

A better question would be, what was the Switch's best year outside of 2017? I think I would say 2020.

Well, at least Advance Wars is coming next month.

I wasn't disappointed, but I had low expectations. Most of the stuff I am excited to play, we already knew about (Zelda, Advance Wars, Octopath, Pikmin, etc.). Baten Kaitos was a nice surprise, and Deca Police looks promising, but I wasn't interested in many of the other newly revealed games. I love Metroid Prime, but I'm not going to pay $40 for each game.

Mother 3, please.

I would prefer they just make new games, myself.

@JamminOnThe1 Yes, particularly the speederbike level. It's bad design, too, because it comes so early in the game and I'm reasonably confident most players gave up on that level.

My top five in order:

Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Triangle Strategy
Retro Bowl

@Jeronan I respectfully disagree with you an Arceus. To me, that game is the standard that all Pokemon games should improve upon going forward. The different areas may not have been huge, but I certainly spent a long time searching every crevice of the maps. Access to novel forms of travel encouraged you to return to areas later to discover more of the map. The ability to catch Pokemon with just a poke ball makes a lot more sense than having to battle every Pokemon.

Arceus, frankly, had much more content at launch than Sword/Shield did, the game you seem to love, and it was definitely less linear. I didn't really find Sword and Shield to be a good Pokemon game until the DLC's came out.

@Jeronan They did a great job on Arceus. With this game, it seems like they just weren't given enough time to flesh out and polish the game.

This sounds like a step backwards from Arceus. Disappointing. I was hoping the series would improve upon the Arceus formula going forward.

@BenAV It's simple for me, just polish the formula from the first Sonic Adventure game.

If you like this game, I would recommend playing Islanders on PC. It's similar, but it my opinion, is a better game.

@Tainaru It will never be too much for me. You can inject this art style straight into my veins!

@Fazermint Did those games have an RPG mode that I wasn't aware of?

I'd rather they make all new HD-2D games than mess with classic titles.

I bet Nintendo is holding BotW 2 back so they can do a dual release on the Switch and whatever the next Nintendo system will be, similar to what they did with Twilight Princess and the first BotW.

It might be good, but I don't like how they seem to have just ripped off Golf Story's idea.

Hmm, where's Ms. Pac-Man, though?

I would have been interested in this if it had come out several years ago. Now I already own two pro controllers and two pairs of Joy-cons. Probably won't drop $70 on a controller for a system that is probably on its way out that I already have several controllers for.

I put early 2024, but they should release it whenever they are confident the supply issues are resolved.

Booooooooooo!