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I snagged the last special edition at my Gamestop at the midnight release. Lucky me and an excellent game so far. I found a few shrines that couldn't be completed without the paraglider, much to my chagrin, and I found a really awesome bonus at the horse stable. More Breath of the Wild would have been great, but the new stuff so far is exceptional.

Just another one reaping what they sowed. You'd think people would look at this case, the Gamestop employee, and their recent court victory and realize that it's only a matter of time before Nintendo finds them. I will never have any sympathy for pirates, hackers, or leakers.

Serves him right. Excessive or not, don't leak classified information and your job is safe. It's not that hard to figure out.

What I said is far from vulgar or inappropriate to me, but rules are rules. I'm not going to argue with it. 🤷🏽‍♂️

My original draft said being sued into oblivion is the fate that leakers, hackers, and pirates deserve, which I'm hoping doesn't also rustle anyone's jimmies. Regardless, the rest of my comment still stands. I hope they can keep the game under wraps as long as possible leading up to release. I hate that people keep hacking, pirating, and leaking big games before they launch. They deserve lawsuits on top of lawsuits for that behavior.

@WaffleRaptor01 Obviously it's a joke. I wouldn't snap anyone out of existence, I'm not a big purple alien with dubious (stupid) ideals. Speaking of, I'm guessing Thanos would be banned from this comment section. 😳

I for sure thought thought the title of this article was "Can We Stop Pretending Switch Can't Ruin Call Of Duty?". I was getting my pitchfork and torch ready. 😅 The Switch can definitely run CoD. Capable developers can get anything to run on the Switch, within reason. That's why we saw Doom, Doom Eternal, Nier: Automata, etc. A lot of these companies are either incapable or unwilling to put the work in, but it can be done.

1 3DS
1 3DS XL
12DS
2 New 3DS
1 New 2DS
1 New 3DS XL

I'm a monster.

I wonder if Harvest Moon will ever surpass Story of Seasons. SoS was pretty lackluster for the last few releases, although I did quite enjoy PoOT (and not just because it spells poot). That said though, the last few Harvest Moon games were flat out bad, so I don't really have any hope for them. Both series need to take some notes from Stardew Valley.

Because of people like me. I bought two because I'm greedy. I would've gotten more if the bots didn't snipe Best Buy's orders. No regrets or regerts.

There is only one correct answer. Milk Chocolate will reign supreme!

Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Abso-f******g-lutely YES!!

They did the unthinkable and married their two divisions to massive success. I hope they keep the hybrid model going. At this point, I don't think it is at all controversial to say that the Switch is, without a doubt, the greatest console Nintendo has ever released. The DS and Wii generation was arguably their most successful but, for their games and fans, I think the Switch is Nintendo at it's best. Some franchises are still under represented, or missing entirely, but the Switch is still their GOAT. 🐐

I'm not saying I'm against the social sim/relationship stuff, but it being scaled back shouldn't really count as a negative, imo. Things got a little too waifu from FE:A to FE:TH, with FE:F's sibling love jumping the shark. They should have focused more on the gameplay and story, and I think they deserve props for doing just that.

I almost forgot about Triangle Strategy, M+R: Sparks of Hope, and MHR: Sunbreak. I only played MHR so far, though I did finally got a copy of Sparks of Hope.

The I thought we had an excellent year, even without Pokémon. Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3, and Splatoon 3 were excellent releases. Kirby and Three Hopes were pretty good too, though they didn't hold my attention enough to finish them. Even Switch Sports and Mario Strikers did pretty well this year, even though so many people want to discount those releases, too.

Regardless, excluding both Pokémon releases would be dumb. That like excluding God of War and Horizon (Sony's big releases of the year) then saying Sony didn't have a good year without them. Adding conditions like that negates that silly argument. Of course it is from Kotaku, so I'll take my bucket of salt to go.

All of my picks made it into the list. Both Pokémon releases (although, Arceus is the better game), Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. This was a special year for Nintendo Threequels.

Finally! Ash should never have stayed for so long. Hopefully we can get a new series that is more accurate to the mainline games, like the Pokémon Generations and Origins anime series'.

@SwitchForce Regardless, I didn't say anything about consoles or any company other than GF. All three of my comments in a row were specifically referencing Pokémon. However, Nintendo takes a more hands-off approach concerning Pokémon and Creatures in more of a support studio for mainline Pokémon games. Knowing the TPC, GF, Nintendo, and Creatures let ILCA handle BDSP tells me that it is GF's fault that they worked on both PLA and SV that released this year. They didn't have to overload themselves. They should have had another company handle one of the projects, spaced out their projects better, or expanded and trained their team to better handle both projects. We've all seen how great Switch games can look when the dev team puts in that extra effort, especially in those third-party exclusives like MHR and MHS2 which both also released on Switch in the same year.

@SwitchForce I meant specifically Game Freak with Pokémon games. GF needs to focus on polishing their games rather than rushing new generations and having multiple releases a year. My comments had nothing to do with hardware.

I haven't played with the cards in decades, but I do like the new designs and I like that they increased the value of the booster packs along with the price. I wish it and other card games guaranteed better cards in booster packs years ago.

@FirstEmperor I'm hoping Gen 10 comes on the new console in 2026 for the 30th anniversary. Hopefully GF can get their engine in order by that point. I'm pretty sure they are still running off the same engine as Sun and Moon.

@Mauzuri I agree that Platinum is the GOAT. My second would be PLA, then SV. Let's Go gets an honorable mention because it is what I wanted the remakes to look like going forward, not BDSP.

@Vivianeat I'm holding out hope for more Let's Go and Legends games. Rather that than trying to pump out new generations every 3 years.

I'm wondering when Nintendo is going to step in at Game Freak for some quality control. I know Pokémon if GF's baby, but they need to at least be on par with 5.5 year old games, like BOTW.

The lack of level scaling for the gyms is my biggest gripe, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NEMONA SCALES HER TEAM FOR YOU AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GYM BATTLES! Which means they CAN scale the gym battles, they just chose not to do so for some reason.

I would settle on a 7.5. It compounds on the issues Legends Arceus had with even more jank, but it's evident there is a good game in there. Game Freak needs reallyNintendo to polish their games for them. If this game looked and ran as well as BotW, we would be having a much more favorable discussion. Also, these games should have had voice acting by now, since SwSh. The emotional scenes are hollow because of the lack of it.

Next week is going to be exciting for the Switch's sales numbers. I wonder how big the launch for Pokémon is going to be. 🤩

I thought God of War would've made a bigger splash than that. It couldn't even pass Splatoon 3 across both its releases.

You guys scared the crap out of me! I thought you were about to say dead at 70. START THE TITLE WITH HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEXT TIME! 😭

No. I've always hated nicknames, especially when someone gives a stupid nickname to a Pokémon you traded for, and it's stuck with that stupid name!

I've been saying water for the past month (and the past 20 years). Water starters have always been the most useful, even if they aren't the best in their region.

Can we stop with Ash as the protagonist now? It only took him 26 years to do what most of us can do in a matter of days. 😕

I got it at launch and played it non-stop for weeks. I didn't have an experience like that again until Pokémon Legends Arceus and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I'm really hoping that Scarlet and Violet give me that feeling of freedom again.

It was probably people holding out the prevuous week to buy the Pokémon OLED model. I can't wait to see what those Switch sale look like from the Scarlet and Violet release.

@Old_Man_Nintendo Sifu is not my cup of tea. It Takes Two kinda is, but I'm a solo player.

I would also be interested in the Story of Season game, but the main kid just looks so goofy. 🤪 Same reason why I passed on the first Doraemon SoS.

Literally just Pokémon. I was expecting more from an exciting new games list. It Takes Two could be a pickup for me, but I'm not one for forced multi-player. Similar reason to why I passed on Temtem.

@N64-ROX I've played both and I prefer Bayonetta's controls and battle system. Astral Chain wasn't the worst to me, but some parts were much too cumbersome. I think it's definitely a try it for yourself situation, though.

@WiltonRoots That's fair. Arguing over subjective game review scores as if they are objective facts is the gamer's bread and butter.

Awww, I missed all the fighting and arguing. 😕 What were people even arguing about? I hope it wasn't about an ex-voice actor's lies.

At least she admits that she lied. Too bad she won't acknowledge that she admitted to lying.

@jsty3105 That's fair, but it still well exceeds standard wages. She shouldn't be trying to subsist off of 4-5 days of work every 8 years. Other voice actors have hundreds of roles in the time it took her to do 13.

I was like: Hmmm, I wonder what is number 1. 🤔 Oh yeah, it's the inky sensation that's sweeping the nation.

It's mighty quiet in here now. $1000 an hour is generous. I wish I could make that much money per hour. My voice would be everywhere for that amount of money.

@popey1980 Exactly.

The only way I would play any cloud game would be if it was free. They did little to no work beyond button mapping. It's not native to the console so it's basically an always online f2p game to me.

Imagine training seven years for your contract job, then only taking 13 roles in 18 years. I'd be poor too.

Not a chance, not sorry. I can't feel bad for someone in an industry where the standard is $250 an hour. She should have taken other jobs, like Hale did. 650+ vs 13 tells me she is either difficult to work with or really high up on her high horse. Either way, she kinda just torpedoed her chances of getting work with Nintendo or Platinum again.

This is the most comments I've ever seen on a NL article! 😯

That said, I'm conflicted on the whole controversy and boycott. My main gripe with Taylor is that she went after her replacement, which is tacky no matter which way it goes.

She may think she is worth more, but the low sales of Bayonetta games and her lack of other voice acting credits may be why she couldn't get what she wanted. She's only got 13 VA credits to her name, according to behind the voice actor. Her last 2 VA roles were both Bayonetta, from 4 years ago for SSBU and 4 for Bayonetta 2. That can't possible be her only job because, if so, she may well not be a voice actor at all. Meanwhile, Hale has over 650 credits to her name since the 80's. They are not the same.

Also, not to burst her bubble but I'm guessing that, as far as Platinum is concerned, neither Taylor nor Hale "is Bayonetta". Atsuko Tanaka, her original JAPANESE voice actor, "is Bayonetta". To them, she's probably just the English dub that they'd bring back if convenient.

Finally, if she can't afford to run a car that's on her, not Platinum or Nintendo. She knows that one voice acting gig every 4 years isn't sustainable. Her situation is noone's fault but hers.

@Wexter I too am excited for what Nintendo does next. Hopefully it receives support from the start, rather than Nintendo having to go it alone with a few key friends again.

It's almost like the narrative that these games were not capable of running on the Switch was a load of BS. It's almost like all that was needed was developers good at their jobs. It's almost like these ports were never impossible. 😳