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If you live in Canada and missed the online pre-orders, call around to the EB Games stores. I managed to get one from a store that doesn't get a whole lot of business while the busy ones around town were already sold out.

I've put well over 100 hours into this on Steam. Still a day one buy for me. I mean, multiplayer alone is enough to pick this back up but it's just one of those games that you'll love to revisit time and time again.

@Shane76 Hah! Did not expect to see a Dethklok reference on this site. Also, I have massive nostalgia for these two games and I still think this is the dumbest thing ever.

Excellent piece. I have to disagree though, this is far from the golden age of gaming. Like others have said: DLC, micro-transactions, unfinished (buggy) games being released, delays for almost every game, rising game prices, a focus on graphics over gameplay are all huge issues with the current generation. Not saying the generations before were perfect either but for every step the industry takes forward they seem to take two backwards. Although I believe the consumer is just as much to blame as the companies.

Now if you said this was the golden age of INDIE gaming, I would have to agree. So many killer IPs coming out these days.

Sun and Moon were such let-downs! XY were the best games in years and they removed almost every feature from them for SM. If any gen deserves a sequel it's XY, not these lazy, last-minute, unfinished games.

Who needs a game in the box when you've got "imaginaaaaation?"

Wow, I've never seen so many people so adamantly against achievements. Here's a tip: if you don't like them, just ignore them, it's really not that hard. No one is forcing you to complete them, it's just an extra little system to reward players for playing the game. If you don't want to kill 100 of a certain enemy, or whatever the case is, than it's simple - don't.

Holy smokes! That was incredible!
I'm sure animation of that quality isn't cheap to produce but they really should do an animated series in that style. It really reminds me of the old games and TV show. Can't wait to play this!

@GravyThief It's called Mario Party, my friend.
I never had the problem of the stick wearing away like people here have, but those mini-games in Mario Party that had you rotate the stick as fast as possible sure caused a lot of damage to mine. The sticks are all wobbly now and are impossible to use for any precise movement (not to mention the time I burned a hole in my palm from doing too many of those mini-games in a row.)

This would be great if they could get some more indie game characters on the roster! They could do a Kart game with all the same IPs too.

Hm, I'll still get it but probably not right away. I expect to still be playing Mario in November.

Heh. Choppy.
Anyway, it looks like a lot of fun. I'll probably pick it up whenever they manage to fix those framerate issues.

Twilight Zone, you say? Just happens to be one of my favourite shows ever, so I guess I'll be grabbing this sooner than I thought.

I understand that people are angry, but I doubt this lawsuit will go anywhere. Niantic are not at all responsible for people traveling to Chicago for the festival, all they did was host the festival, if you decide to travel miles and miles to get there that is all on you. You don't see any Chicago residents claiming that Niantic needs to reimburse them for gas money.
Anyone claiming this suit is justified is probably an American, those guys think they can sue over any little thing.

Never got this on the Wii U since I got mine late and had a decent list of games I had to buy already, so I'll most likely be picking it up. Loved the Black Betty level but haven't played much else aside from a few regular levels.

It would be pretty awesome but I wouldn't hold my breath.

I haven't been a fan of the Harvest Moon games since the change but it's good to see them acknowledging Stardew Valley as a competitor. Hopefully they'll take a few pointers.

Yeah, pretty sure I'll still be skipping these. I'll make up my mind when they share some actual details but I haven't played any of the Pokemon "sequel games" since Emerald for GBA and I doubt I'll start now.

@NEStalgia Anyone who thinks pixel art is "cheap and lazy" has clearly never tried their hand at it. I can assure you pixel art takes an extreme attention to detail and a crazy level of patience that most people don't seem to realize.

Sorry, I'm just sick of the stigma around pixel art games. It is an artistic choice in nearly every instance, rarely ever a developer being "lazy."

@rjejr Huh, I didn't realize it was that short. A four-episode OVA is very typical for a high-production anime series like this one though. Hopefully it does well enough to warrant a few more (longer) seasons.

Well, I'm impressed. I might just give it a download and see if I can get it working.

Hah! I definitely freaked out everyone in the break room at work when they dropped this bomb.

No interest in the movie.
This game, on the other hand...

Again, Animal Crossing Switch is all I need from E3 this year. I'm not expecting it to be announced but it's on almost everyone's wishlist this year so I'm hoping it's at least on Nintendo's radar.

Oh, also Seiken Densetsu Collection in the west would be nice. Every day I have to stop myself from buying the JP version since I can't read Japanese, but I want to play those games again so bad!

They need at least a few big reveals to "win" E3 and I'm kind of nervous that they won't deliver. All I want from them is Animal Crossing for the Switch but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

Ah yes! This has been on my Steam wishlist for a while, hopefully it releases on Switch before I just give in and buy it on Steam.

Hm, I'm skeptical but interested. While both series (HM and SoS) haven't impressed me much lately, Harvest Moon games have been the worse of the two since the split. If they really are going for more of a nostalgic Harvest Moon vibe it could actually be alright, but I'll wait until I at least see some screens or gameplay before I start getting my hopes up.

Yes! I've been holding off on this one since I don't have the money right now but I'll hold out longer if there's a physical version coming soon.

I hope this comes to the west but if not, at least it will give me a reason to work on learning Japanese again.

I was really looking forward to this game but charging more for it on one console seems really seedy. It definitely puts me off buying this game, so now my 'day one purchase' will be a 'wait until it's 5 bucks on steam.' Good job, guys.

Wow! I never even thought of this but what a great feature! (Albeit an accidental one.) I might just have to pick this up before the next family get-together. Still don't like the price though, so we'll see.

Impressive! This is definitely on my wish list, but this and Snipperclips will have to wait until I feel like dedicating my gaming time to anything besides Zelda.

Great read! I'm limiting myself to one 'piece' of Zelda media per day now until the release because my hype is literally out of control, so this was well worth my pick for the day! No spoilers but still lots of exciting details in there.

It'd be pretty cool if one of those big chunks of space was turned into an Animal Crossing village for the (hopefully) inevitable Animal Crossing Switch. I'm still bitter about the lack of AC on the Wii U, especially after the plaza and Festival were released. I mean, they clearly have all the assets to do an HD Animal Crossing so it has to be coming...right?

Not a big deal for me, personally. I have basically everything I want that they would release for it on my Wii U already. I just hope it means they're working on some sort of system to transfer your purchases to the Switch. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Would love to see Hyper Light Drifter as a surprise announcement! Also, a release date for Yooka-Laylee and Stardew Valley, and some other new IPs like Snipperclips.

@Cheech89 I assume that comment was directed at someone else, perhaps the user who commented below me? I, personally, have every hope that it will be awesome, yet I'm still being cautious and waiting for more info before I throw the money down on it.

Really looks like a new form of Volvagia, which makes it seem like maybe all the bosses don't share that one thing in common that the Game Informer playthrough seemed to suggest (leaving this vague for those avoiding spoilers.)

Yeah, I'm all for it. They definitely could've delayed the announcement as that obviously was going to set certain people off, but I guess that was bound to happen regardless of how they chose to do it.

Oh well, I'm just excited for even more Zelda down the line!

This is the greatest car commercial of all time, hands down. The bit with washing the car instead of destroying it is way too funny!

Whoa!! Harvest Moon 64?! What a surprise! I really hope this releases on the Switch (and much earlier in it's life-cycle too, hopefully.)

This is the first I'm hearing of this game, but a new fighter on the SNES? Backed.

Those starved for new Zelda footage... I found a few new clips in this strange Japanese Youtube show. A lot of the footage is stuff/areas we've seen but there are a couple new (to my knowledge) clips like Link getting struck by lightning, and checking out some of the wildlife and stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiEhEu0F70

I recommend muting it.

Relax guys, just because it's not all there at launch doesn't mean it's not coming. It WILL get these apps at some point, in this day and age it is literally inevitable. So just chill.

Awesome! I was pretty bummed that I missed the testfire for the first game, so I'm glad I'll be participating this time around!

Kind of off-topic - I guess I'll throw up a SPOILER WARNING here - but on the topic of Link's green tunic (that some people are mentioning here,) in Game Informer's interview with Miyamoto and Aonuma, they do say he CAN wear green. It's unclear if he's joking or not just due to the nature of the interview but I think he may have just confirmed the green tunic is in the game.

Yeah, I was really excited for this game when it was announced but I downloaded it on Steam when it came out and got bored pretty quickly. My roommate who loves more strategic, management-based games loves it though! So if you're into that sort of thing, it really is a great game. I think it could've been one of my favourite indies if the fighting mechanic was more involved.

People seem to think that Nintendo are just being lazy or stupid because the Switch doesn't match the PS4/Xbone's power. I don't think these people seem to realize that a portable device with that kind of power would: a) cost way more than anyone in their right mind would pay for a video game console; and b) would kill the battery even faster than it already does, forcing them to put in an even bigger/more expensive battery, effectively driving the price even higher. If you want powerful, current-gen portable gaming and don't mind shelling out a ridiculous amount of money: buy yourself a gaming laptop.

And I don't understand why this is news anyway, developers are clearly going to take a "wait-and-see" approach with the Switch because the Wii U did so poorly. We've already heard from developers that the Switch is much easier to make/port games for (in fact, I vaguely remember some saying it's the easiest out of the 3) so once everyone has a better idea of the install base and demographic of the Switch, I'm sure the 3rd party support will come. In what sort of capacity, well, we'll just have to wait and see.

@polivar4 Ooooh, don't push me... I'll do it!

Yeah, should've been a pack-in. I'll probably pick it up at some point when the price inevitably drops, though.