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@Nf157 your power is incredible, Joker!

I'm (only) 60 hours into Royal but I know enough to proudly declare that Ryuji was robbed here. In the field of annoying male best friend characters in Japanese games/VNs he's like a saint.

Still no Turtles in Time “comic colours” skin option? Dotemu and Tribute you’re killing me here

Damn I was really hoping they'd add in the four different shades of green for each turtle. It's such a visceral part of my Turtles in Time memories that I've been waiting for it to come to the new game before playing

I really loved this VN… but fast forwarding through scenes multiple times to see the routes and the true end kind of ruined its impact for me. It sounds dumb, but just casually zipping through a scene which initially shocked me retrospectively took away the magic. “Oh here’s the hallway scene… yet AGAIN”. Just not a fan of this route system.

Anyway in the end I’d say it was very good but not close to Steins;Gate as a whole package

BTW this was the vita version. The translation was OK, barring a map section that was untranslated and required a guide. Wonder if they fixed that.

This is one of those games which has been the last entry on the Australian eshop “coming soon” for like 9 months. There’s some sort of trick where they set the release as TBD and allow preorders and it can get free publicity. There’s another one called Thief’s Shelter that’s been there for like a year.

Just last night I had to repeat a very boring Dusk Diver 1 level with terrible platforming sections five times because I kept on making stupid mistakes at the end boss. It was infuriating.

That being said... the world/design/charm is enough that I'm definitely going to finish the game and pick this sequel up. There's something so endearing about it.

Steins;gate yo

@tyranny_life Definitely check out Unsighted! It may fall foul of the 'everything is called a metroidvania' mistake but it has cool combat, exploration and isometric platforming! Plus really great art and atmosphere.

@tyranny_life it’s a metroidvania to the extent you revisit previously inaccessible areas with new power ups. It’s isometric.

Anyway really cool game. 8/10 for me, sunk 20 hours into it.

Probably the fasted I've ever bought vinyl in my life. Would be nice if it had GAA but oh well. I've loved these soundtracks for years.

‘Scuse Me! Do you have something to say about announcing a sequel, Capcom?

Seviper is in the trailer, so maybe all the Zangoose fans out there can rejoice?

There are other Zangoose fans out there, right?

I love the bonkers Uchikoshi responses to the straight-laced questions. He’s such a refreshing personality.

Really looking forward to this. Loved the first game, as well as 999/VLR (as with most post people here, ZTD was a big letdown).

I also hope he and Kodaka can eventually make a game which lives up to the potential of their dream collaboration. Could it be that each of them is too much to cram into one singular product?

That's really awesome to hear. And it will put an end to all those comments about the two of them secretly hating each other.

tbh I'm excited to watch them do a new project together where they aren't bound by Nintendo's guidelines.

Lots of people crapping on Nintendo Minute here, but I enjoyed their banter and it was kind of nice seeing the videos turn up every so often (though, like many it seems, I only watched irregularly). Kit and Krysta were good hosts, and had a really realistic dynamic (which is why so many comments on YouTube were like “they hate each other!”… that’s just how people who are close can be).

One thing though… “and remember, a Nintendo minute is never a minute” never stopped sounding super awkward. The line is undeliverable.

Good review on the one hand, on the other hand... UDG is "insipid"??

On the Australian eShop this has been at the very end of the 'coming soon' section for about 9 months with a TBD listing. Right there next to Pokemon Arceus and the next Mario+Rabbids. It really feels like they manipulated the system somehow - perhaps just by offering a pre-order with a TBD date is enough to get prime real estate on the eshop.

I'd say Dual Destinies and Justice For All are easily the worst two in the series. Justice For All had the worst cases of the trilogy, and Dual Destinies did very weird things to both Phoenix and Apollo's characters.

Top 3 for me are Apollo Justice, Trials and Tribulations and GAA, which is just awesome. Investigations 2 is great but I didn't finish it because of emulation difficulties.

@Deviant-Dork you should see what people in the UK pay for mac computers.

There’s a really good Australian one called ‘Game Show’ every Friday on our ABC Classic FM. The host Meena Shamaly goes really deep in his picks.

My mother listens to it, and she only listens to classical stuff.

I haven’t played NMH3 yet, but I will say that I vastly preferred the NMH1 janky sterile open world sections to the streamlined NMH2 structure.

Turns out you need the bad bread to make that delicious filling stand out.

@NinChocolate ha let's just say I was surprised. But yeah, would be cool if there was a game which didn't have to come with guilty pleasure qualifiers

@NinChocolate I just bought Sonic Forces on a whim and beat it in a few days. Pretty fun game actually.

@Phostachio agreed - I've put about 350 hours into the Switch version (much much more than PS4/5) and it's a very capable and enjoyable experience. You only notice the difference when you go back to a more powerful console, but I've never felt like anything was lacking (for my causal play).

You've got to hope that OW2 will be bolstered by a Switch Pro if and when that ever comes out though. It's not like Blizzard can just say in answer to the question above: "yeah it will be tough to get running on a base Switch but easier on the Pro"

This is really cool for queue times, but it sucks that there’s no cross-progression. Especially when games like Fortnite do it seamlessly across systems.

Just FYI I don’t think this includes free to play games like Fortnite

"comprised of the original trilogy"

Again? How many times are they going to neglect 4 - 6 in the Ace Attorney series?

@duffmmann exactly. The way they work is totally different... a lot of people in the comments seem to be ignoring that simple fact and getting diverted by a general argument about fan made games using assets

Picked up one of the shoeboxes (way better design) at the Nintendo Store in Tokyo this year. They're awesome. As for this stuff here... it's ok. Needs more octoling.

@carlos82 From memory, the opposite is true. Sunshine wasn't really appreciated when it came out (I mean, it was the first 3D Mario since 64). Now the tides have turned and people seem to have a lot of respect for it in retrospect.

This is real and they'll definitely announce it on the Nindies Direct today!

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I've always disliked the sepia-ish background on the EU one. Not sure why.

For a laugh, go to the estore page for this game and scroll through the photos. The last photo transitioning into the title photo is perfection.

Awesome! I'm actually just finishing up Luminous Avenger iX now, this is perfect timing. Love inti creates.

@Kalmaro also reading the interview on Eurogamer he did say he was inspired by kids playing ninja with sticks so I guess that's a pass. But still, the Episode 0 designs were cool.

If they wanted less Splatoon comparisons maybe they should have kept the cool designs from the 'Episode 0' short and not turned them into kids for whatever reason.

@Silly_G Ha OK, sorry I was letting out all my stress of searching all day in vain by trying to let everyone else know.

So happy to finally be able to order one. Took an uneducated guess that JB would list them at midnight.

@Silly_G hurry up! https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/nintendo-switch-animal-crossing-new-horizons-special-edition-console

Yo yo yo it just went up for pre-order on JB Hi Fi https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/nintendo-switch-animal-crossing-new-horizons-special-edition-console

@Silly_G I missed the EB one by 20 minutes, then didn't know Gamesmen existed.

JB will be getting stock though, apparently. Nothing on their site yet.

I love Splatoon but really didn't vibe with the previous/currently localised manga series. This probably won't cut it with me either, but glad to see anything furthering the brand's appeal

Hopefully @hizake does something - their Splatoon art is insane.

This is great but Isabelle would have been the perfect choice for Leslie Knope.

I think the US one was used in Australia right? At least that's what I seem to remember. It's my favourite here.

The initial reaction is to be upset, but just realise that backers are getting the game at a cheaper price and the DLC. It’s a good deal. And the extra money is mostly being used on the bonus content? Great.

@Wesbert exactly, this guy is Ota. Even down to his feelings about Date.

Also [SPOILERS] I thought it was quite clever that the alternate universe and Naix plots were underplayed. Those would make it so similar to previous Uchikoshi games like Zero Escape - instead it played with your expectations of one of his games.

I’ve been using two switches for a while and it’s actually not hard. The cloud saving works pretty painlessly.

The only thing that really annoys me is that the playtime tracking doesn’t work properly, even though it appears to update your profile it doesn’t properly track. I played wolfenstein Youngblood for 15 hours across the two consoles using the same account/save and my profile has only logged “5 hours or more”. Hate it

Oh man I was really hoping they'd add cloud saves in the final update, as a way for us to secure our data now that the main game has finished winding down. I know I shouldn't be disappointed.

I actually prefer the older styles. These ones are too zoomed in... and the text looks wrong... and apparently they don't animate as much...

Yes OK I'm a huge AA fan. And am still disgruntled about how little love AA4 gets. It was the best entry IMO.