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Sure, kinda.

They still make finely polished* games that can be enjoyed by players of all ages.

But it’s not like they’ve got their finger on the pulse of gaming. They make plenty of dumb mistakes as well and can be quite tone deaf or even hostile towards their consumers as well.

But here’s the big difference: Nintendo makes games that they themselves would want to, and do play. You ask the CEO of EA, Microsoft, Former Activision CEO, Ubisoft, and other such publishers if they play video games and once you filter all the marketing fluff out, they’ll tell you no.

@Saints Vinyl records are making a comeback. There’s always a place for physical media, even if it’s not a huge place.

Oh god, this looks…

Actually it doesn’t look that bad.

Not my cup of tea, but I’m glad it exists.

The fans have spoken and determined that The Pokemon Company is wrong.

@N00BiSH when they release Morbius in theaters for a 3rd time.

Totally understand that limitation, but they should throw customers a bone and let them have that gameshare option instead.

I would really love for Bamco to remake the earliest Tales games in the new 3D styles, like Phantasia and Destiny in the Arise engine.

I don’t often look forward to NSO games, but this will be the exception.

I applaud the idea and cheer for differently abled representation, but the game itself doesn’t look finished from everything I’ve seen. It looks more like a tech demo than a fully featured game, which kills any kind of excitement for me.

Not sure I’d call it a ripoff from the screenshots alone. It has generic asset store survival elements and that weird ai looking art style, but aside from the name it doesn’t really bare any resemblance to either Pokemon or Palworld. It’s about as much a ripoff as Monster Hunter, Yokai Watch, or Digimon.

Nintendo has always been a company that wants you to enjoy their stuff in exactly the way they intend and absolutely no other ways are allowed. They probably have some draconian Japanese business reason why they don’t want to release certain music tracks at the height of their popularity. Probably something like it diminishes the experience of the game or some such nonsense. Who actually knows.

@IronMan30 They are informing potential customers of a divisive and potentially unwanted condition so that said potential customer can make an informed decision.

It’s also worth mentioning, since this is primarily a Nintendo-focused website, that this controller does not have Amiibo support.

Don’t give a lick about Fortnite, but this was an awesome trailer. Very well done.

Count me as one of those disappointed by the lack of the C and Z buttons on the front. Although I guess it doesn’t really matter since the appeal of adding those two buttons is extremely niche, and I don’t know that I would buy this even if they were included. Oh well. I’m glad more people have more options in any case. That’s always a plus. I’m actually really happy we’re in an era where there are so many dang good 3rd party controllers. While there are still the MadCatzes out there, there are so many GOOD choices too.

DK Bananza, much like Mario Odyssey before it, reminds me of what video games should be like when the player’s fun is put first and foremost and expertly polished to, if not perfection, near perfection. I don’t have to worry about missing out on a limited time event. I don’t have to worry about daily logins. I don’t have to worry about spending more money to unlock things. There are no super complicated combos or spreadsheets you have to remember, no novel-style story you’ll forget if you take a break, no hour long cutscenes that interrupt your fun. There’s no gacha, no loot boxes, no collectors editions, no battle passes, no psychologists carefully calculating how to milk every spare cent out of players. It’s just a video game that genuinely respects the player, which you can plug in, start up, and begin mindlessly bashing and collecting things immediately.
I had practically forgotten what that was like. We need more video games like this.