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I've removed my payment info from my account. If 2FA was an SMS message then I would have enabled it, but I don't want to install another app to my phone.

I do really enjoy Hatsune Miku games, but not sure that this is worth me paying full price for as I've already played most of the songs on Future Tone. Going to give the demo a try though and see what it's like.

Ditto with high stats are very useful for breeding. I'll have a go at catching some of them.

I voted for the best girl, Ribbon Girl

That date though. If they're announcing the surprise now, then surely whatever it is must be genuine, ...right?

Typical, the one Christmas where I don't get socks, and this happens.

Very unlikely to happen, but I'd love for them to announce a new Pokemon Colosseum or Pokemon Ranger game.

My guess is that the Sword/Shield details will just be unveiling the gigantamax forms that are currently unavailable.

I do love a good rhythm game, but £50 + paid DLC is a bit much for me. Maybe in a sale.

Yay, an internet distribution this time. That saves the hassle of going to GAME for a code.

Ports are fine, the more choice of games the better. However, I'm unlikely to buy them. If it's a game that I'm interested in but haven't played, then chances are it's cheaper elsewhere.

Meh, better than nothing

Too often free-to-start means that the game starts off fun, but will quickly turn into a frustrating grindfest unless you pay to speed it up. If Mario Kart Tour uses the same payment model as Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, then I'll just skip that game.

His voice sounds very different to what I remember from QI.

I'll stay cautiously pessimistic about this game until we know if it's any good. If it's free to play like with Pocket Camp, then it could quickly become a tedious grindfest.

Wario Land 4 was such a fantastic 2D platformer. It had a lot of unique levels, and cleverly laid out puzzles and secrets. Plus Wario's transformations really helped to mix the gameplay up.

I might grab Chrono Trigger and Pokemon Snap before the shop shuts down. Never really played those two before, but heard they were great.

Nice to see it doing so well. I wonder whether they can keep up the momentum, they don't have any games that'll be as popular as Zelda or Mario Odyssey arriving in the near future.

Cool, but I stopped playing weeks ago. The grind just became too tedious for me, especially when trying to get items in the limited time events. That duck looks nice.

I've been really enjoying it so far. Glad they focused on making the game as great as possible on the more powerful hardware.

If it weren't for the great reviews it's getting, I would have easily overlooked this game.

Nothing for me this week, especially since Monster Hunter World is about to consume my life. I never got round to playing Pokemon Yellow VC, so I'll pass with Crystal VC.

Edit: Celeste is getting great reviews. I'll have to look into that game.

It was fun at first, but I eventually got bored of it and deleted it.

I'll pass. It would have been tempting if there wasn't an additional fee on top of the Prime subscription fee. Also, missing episodes are a pain.

Bayonetta 3 and Hyrule Warriors are the main ones here that I'd like to get. Also, there's a little thing called Pokemon.

It was a better announcement than I was expecting. It looks cool, but it's not really something I'm interested in buying.

Could be something that is truly fascinating, or it could be something minor and insignificant. I think the latter is more likely, so I'll keep my expectations low and see what's announced later.

@rjejr lol, just a coincidence. I changed the avatar just before the Chibi Robo tweet.

This game is a maybe for me, I'll have to read the reviews first. I'd enjoy this, but it's not a high priority for me.

I'm curious about what the amiibo does. I don't plan on getting the amiibo, so it could discourage me from getting the game if too much is locked away by it.

I'm not getting myself hyped up again until there's confirmation, especially since the lacklustre mini Direct didn't meet expectations.

Underwhelming. Most of the games were either ports of games I've already bought or games that I don't care about. Not enough new games to get me excited.

@ThanosReXXX Nintendo helped to fuel the fires of the internet hype. Usually I set my expectations low so that I'm not disappointed, but I figured that I'd be optimistic for a change since Nintendo was hyping it up.

This seemed quite underwhelming. The excessive hype and Nintendo Twitter trolling set my expectations way too high, and I didn't care for the shorter "mini" format.

With all this hype, people are going to have ridiculously high expectations. The Direct needs to be fantastic to meet these expectations, otherwise there'll be plenty of complaining.

The big problem for me in recent games is that the story and character interactions get in the way of the gameplay. The Rotom Dex is really bad at this, as it always seems to be talking or asking questions just as I want to look at the map. Too often in Ultra Sun I found myself mashing the buttons trying to hurry up the dialogue so that I can go back to exploring and catching pokemon. The story drags on too long in Ultra Sun, especially early on.

Also, I'd like lots more exploration. Ultra Sun constantly seems to be railroading you to your next objective. Legendaries should be a lovely reward for exploring, it was always satisfying to find one at the end of a big cave in previous games. Most legendaries in Ultra Sun were found using the Ultra Wormhole, and so didn't need any exploration to find them.

More optional extra activities would be great. I'd really like a return of contests, battle frontiers and safari zones. Once the post game story is over in Ultra Sun, there wasn't much I really wanted to do in the game other than capture some legendaries and other pokemon, and a little bit of the Battle Agency.

Lost Vikings was good, but rather hard. Didn't know there was a spiritual successor. Certain recent games have made me wary of spiritual successors, but I'll have a glance at this one on Steam later and see whether it's any good.

A text list would be great. Video only is annoying.

Off the top of my head, some of my 3DS favourites are Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Zero Time Dilemma, Etrian Odyssey IV, Pokemon Ultra Moon, Kid Icarus Uprising, and Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX.

He has been a great editor. Best of luck with your future endeavours.

They are all so adorable

Slightly disappointing that it's an exclusive, I sure would have liked to play this on my PS4.

I'm cautiously excited.

Nothing for me this week. I've got Xenoblade 1 unplayed somewhere, I'd like to play that before considering getting the new one.

That would be an ecumenical matter!

(father Ted is still one of my favourite comedies)

I enjoyed it on PS4. It was alright, but not particularly great or anything. There wasn't anything majorly bad with it, but everything about it could have been better. The combat wasn't very exciting, none of the characters were that good, and some of the puzzles were frustrating.

Not a lot for me this month. I've still got the first Xenoblade unplayed somewhere, so I'd like to play that before considering getting XC2.

It's an excellent first year for the Switch, but I'm wondering what 2018 has in store. There's not too much confirmed just yet. I think it's about time for another Nintendo Direct.

Did they actually say there's no plan to release it anywhere? No news to share at the moment is different from no plan to release it.

I'll give it a try once it releases, but I'll treat it cautiously. It's a free to play smartphone game with microtransactions, so I'm concerned that there might be too much grinding or waiting.

Gonna get Pokemon Ultra Moon tomorrow, so I'll play lots of that. I'm also going to play lots of Horizon Zero Dawn Frozen Wilds. If there's time, then probably a bit of Etrian Odyssey V or the old Tomb Raider 3 as well.

I'll keep an eye out for any spectacular Switch deals. I doubt there'll be anything particularly amazing this time, so I'll probably wait until next year at the earliest before getting one.