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Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Announced, Coming To Switch In 2025

eaglebob345

I'm glad to see it. PLA was a breath of fresh air in-between two not so great mainline entries. I hope they are planning Legends games for each region. Johto, Hoenn, and Unova need some love. I also hope this dispels the incorrect belief that the Legends games are not mainline games.

Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct Predictions - What Do You Hope To See?

eaglebob345

Are they crossing third party and indie now because, if so, I'm pulling for Coral Island and Little Kitty, Big City. If not, Persona 3 Reload, the new Tomb Raider games (I can hope), Mass Effect Trilogy (hope, hope, hope), 10 years of backlogged CoD games from Microsoft (why not?), HiFi Rush, FFXIII Trilogy (🤷🏽‍♂️), Dragon's Dogma 2, and that new MH game. Ooo, and a new MH Stories. Actual port os the KH games? Xenogears, Xenosaga, Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Trigger 2: Electric Boogaloo? What about that leaked SMT5 game?

Honestly, I don't know what to expect.

Re: Soapbox: Cassette Beasts Is The Monster-Catching RPG For A Disillusioned Pokémon Fan

eaglebob345

Unfortunately, I've tried enough Pokémon-like games to know that nothing can quite scratch that itch. All of them have something that makes them lesser. I thought Temtem could've been the one, but it being a paid mmo does too much damage to it. Also, too many of those games keep going for the gen 5 graphics, cassette beasts included. I know some people love the graphics of that era, but I never cared for them.

Re: Best Pokémon-Likes On Nintendo Switch - Games To Play After You've Finished Pokémon

eaglebob345

I own or have at least played the majority of this list, and none of the games scratch that Pokémon itch effectively. The closest I would say is I felt that connection was Monster Hunter Stories, but that's because of my love of Monster Hunter. I played SMT since the 3DS entries, but you miss out on forming a bond with your monsters because you are expected to fuse them so much. I also enjoyed Ooblets and Ni No Kuni, but I hesitate to compare them to Pokémon past a certain point, the same with Slime Rancher. I haven't played Digimon yet, but I don't see why Survive is included. I also haven't played DQ Treasures or Monsters yet, but I am hopeful that the two are good.
Also, @imadeanaccount is correct that a lot of these games stray closer to ripoff/knockoff. Coromon, Nexomon, Temtem, and Monster Crown being the standouts.

Re: Soapbox: TOTK's Ganondorf Is Great, But Zelda Needs To Do More With Its Villain

eaglebob345

I liked what they did with Ganondorf's character, just not how it was done storywise. The memories were the bulk of the story, again, but he didn't really do anything in the present day. I was secretly hoping for a twist villain in Rauru, but that didn't come to fruition, unfortunately.

Honestly, the game we should have gotten was the adventure that Zelda got to go on without us.

Re: Soapbox: 'Switch 2' Doesn't Really Need Backwards Compatibility

eaglebob345

For a smooth transition it does. The Wii U was a floppity flop, so there wasn't much ire about ditching discs. It won't go so well if they change format and ditch backwards compatibility again. The handhelds, aside from the 3DS to Switch, have always had some form of BC, and they shouldn't ditch it now.

EDIT: I don't even have to read the article to know a bad take when I see one. This take is about as bad as anything that Pachter guy used to say. Also, can we just call it the Super Switch for now? Switch 2 sound stupid, especially considering Nintendo never slaps a number on the end and keeps it rolling. Even the Wii U wasn't called Wii 2...

Re: Denuvo's 'Switch Emulator Protection' Is Now Available Via Nintendo's Official Dev Portal

eaglebob345

Omg, I can't keep stealing all the games I want!? Downvote.

You've got to be a special kind of foolish to be mad at developers for trying to protect their games from thieves. Most of the complainers weren't going to buy the games anyway, so the devs don't really need to care.

I too am worried about performance, DRM, always online games, all digital future, etc., but the thieves and the reason so many companies make these decisions. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Re: Japanese Charts: Pikmin 4 Retains Its Crown For The Third Week In A Row

eaglebob345

@YoshiF2 I know the feeling. Pikmin 3 was a perfected Pikmin 1, while Pikmin 4 is just a better Pikmin 2. Pikmin 1 and 3 are what the series should be. The dungeons (and night "explorations") extend the length of the game, but they don't really add to the fun, only the frustration. I would gladly trade them all for 3-5 more opens areas to explore. That would be awesome. If they add DLC, I hope it's not more dungeons.

Re: Call Of Duty On Switch Is Back On After Microsoft Wins FTC Court Case

eaglebob345

I'm glad Microsoft won mainly because the FTC lost. They should've stopped the bank mergers, cable providers mergers, and cell phone company mergers but they sat those out. Fighting over CoD was just childish.

Edit: Also, Sony's whining was not validated, which I also appreciate. I'm a Nintendo first Sony sometimes type of person, and even I know Sony was serving up some lukewarm BS.