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So... Is that the end for Kamek then?

I hope not. He was a great character in the last movie.

I want to like this add-on, but if all I'm getting for single-player content is just some modified stages to fight Koopalings in, with everything else requiring multiplayer, then this will be as pointless to me as Bananza's DLC is.

You have to be VERY specific with your genie wishes, guys.

It's not the first time for Nintendo, and yet they remain.

Not a fan of hero shooters, but I enjoy the lore and some of the character designs. I'll wait for the inevitable non-shooter spinoff games sometime in the future.

He may be the fastest thing alive, but clearly not the most financially sound.

@roboshort "...average yet competent is preferable."

My point exactly. AI usage, at least at the moment, encourages being just average. As for the competent part, it usually just makes it to "barely" (this coming from my observations of my side hustle, which uses AI quite a lot).

In its current state, it's definitely useful, but is practically the Wild West when it comes to its guardrails against mediocrity.

The dawn of the death of creativity, simply put.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has sunk its knob-shaped claws into me, so that's going to be this weekend's game. My five-year-old is also showing interest in the game, so I might grab her a digital version on the kids' shared Switch so she can learn to manage her own island (while Daddy helps out of course).

Seems like the type of game for [redacted for the benefit of sensitive ears], and we already have Animal Crossing for that.

I'll stick with Animal Crossing.

As long as Cyberpunk 2077 remains in the eShop, Ad Hoc's excuse is pure bull.

I'm sorry, but that's a ridiculous price. If I could spend that much just on a controller, I'd rather just get another pair of Joy-Cons 2.

I'm a patient man. I'll wait for the trilogy to be all available on the Switch 2 before diving in.

The problem really isn't that a game's release is delayed. The problem is when it's released in an incomplete or unoptimized state and considered a proper release nonetheless.

@Jeronan Oh, I believe it. Warhammer 40,000 is my alternate interest if I'm not playing video games. And yes, I'm aware that they're both expensive pastimes. I'd bankrupt myself if I let FOMO take over.

@Smackosynthesis Indeed. It's practically a requirement when one is smothered in entitlement.

@fenlix Amen to that. DekuDeals is key.

@Mariotag Then we move on. We've had pastimes as kids that we've long since dropped. It should be easier to pull off now as adults (I'm assuming you are one, no offense meant if not). If this one is no longer serving its purpose, then its time to amuse ourselves elsewhere and leave the pastime to those who still want it in its new state.

@shining_nexus Very well said. Patience and self-control are keys to all pastimes. Shame that those very same virtues are what's lacking in most gamers these days, and then they whine when companies take advantage of these deficiencies.

@shining_nexus Indeed. I've been at this hobby since the NES days. It was expensive then, it still is now, and most likely will be in the future. Either steel your wallet for the onslaught or move along enjoy the other aspects of life.

@LazyDaisy Observations are not complaints. I'm perfectly content with and aware of the cost of my pastime, while also being aware that plenty jump right in without counting the cost.

@rvcolem1 Exactly. Yowling about it instead of bucking up and adapting just screams entitlement.

Give me Red Dead 2 and Space Marine 2 and you won't see me for months.

Video games are a pastime, not a need. Whining and shaking your fist in the air is a pointless waste of energy.

Too expensive for you? Find a more affordable pastime. It's possible and not as hard as you think. If it happens enough times, companies will realize and find a solution.

Perhaps one day people would understand that any business that has children as a major demographic needs to be strict with their censorship guidelines to avoid laws and governments from breathing down their necks.

Speaking of which, it's about time some neck-breathing has been done in Nintendo's direction for all the "hentai" slop it's been allowing in its eShop.

Or... hear me out, guys: We stop complaining and either enjoy the game, or don't buy it and voice our displeasure through our wallets.

No? Just me? Alrighty then.

@dugan Indeed. It's been both familiar and new. I can certainly see myself having a blast with this.

My physical copy's coming in the mail today. So excited.

We all know what Netflix is capable of.

I hope Nintendo watches over this movie's production like a hawk.

I predict that these will be sadly out of reach for most children, as adults snatch them up for the purpose of collecting.

I hope Nintendo anticipates this and makes it widely available for a prolonged period of time.

I'm expecting to get my physical copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition in the mail today, so I'm planning to enjoy that with my kids this weekend. I haven't played an Animal Crossing game since Wild World on the NDS, so I'll be jumping into this practically fresh.

Other than that, I'm also enjoying Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. As a person with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, microscopically tweaking a potion to be just right is my idea of cozy.

Aww, no Gamecube-inspired color scheme. Boo.

Let's all just assume that absolutely everything online is AI and call it a day. Problem solved. I'll be expecting a check in the mail.

Nice colors, but that price is nasty. Joy-Con 2 skins will have to suffice.

He's the Talking Flower of Metroid. Take from that what you will.

Left the franchise shortly after Gen 7, despite consistently completing the National Dex for every game I played. It's really gotten that bad, or at least that stale.

Here's hoping the next generation will go back to "Gotta catch 'em all!"

Let us STRIVE for a Switch 2 version.

My eShop wishlist is a mere fragment of my DekuDeals one, though since the eShop overhaul I've been meaning to sync both of them just to please the OC gods. Maybe this year's the year.

I've been telling them for ages to stop licking Cloud Strife's boots and do something with FFVI besides a half-hearted "remaster," but they're certainly not having any of that.

Still at the Nuevo Paraiso arc of Red Dead Redemption, so that one's for me, while my kids are still racking up hours to the hundreds playing couch co-op LEGO Worlds.

Other than those, I'm trying out Core Keeper. It seems okay, but hasn't quite pulled me away from RDR.

Developers would be better off just being completely quiet as to whether or not they significantly used AI during the development process. At this point in our culture, this is like a runner admitting he got on a bus to reach the finish line first.

I'm pretty sure that we'll eventually reach a point where AI's kinks have been ironed out and people accept it more readily, but that time certainly isn't now.

This is great and all, but I sometimes get the feeling that Haunted Chocolatier will be the next Witchbrook.

"Oh noes! Covered privates! My day is ruined now!" - people here, probably

As some have pointed out, you play Nintendo, you follow Nintendo's rules. Otherwise, go elsewhere.

Nintendo's not off the hook though, with their allowed pile of Hentai slop. Be more consistent, Big N.

Definitely NA. Very iconic.

I bought them both separately on the same day as my local Walmart (the only place in my boondocks I could get a Switch 2) didn't have the bundle. It was pretty much priced the same as the bundle, and I regret nothing to this day. Best console purchase I've made so far.

A "top-down Metroidvania?"

What next? A third-person FPS?

I was hoping they would end with a surprisingly great game like the time they finished the streak with Mana Spark. This year was a yucker.

Wouldn't the work patching Skyrim be called a Rimjo-

(gets dragged off-stage)

This game was great. Superhero movies lately? Nope. I'd rather we just go back to making westerns.

I know Diana is supposed to be a machine, but her face is just off, creepy even.

That may have been their intention though.