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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. 😳

Is it any fun, at least?

Gear is the obvious choice... but I picked grub to play with my friends. I voted for gear, though.

I'm hoping this game is on discount in time for the holidays. My sister loves tactics games, so this may be up her alley.

@Deminox Nope, it's definitely Live A Live. You're probably one of those people that says route instead of route. 🤔

@SwitchForce I don't know if we are allowed to post links here. However:

If you are in the UK, replace .co.uk with .co.jp

If you are in the US, replace .com with .co.jp

Then search for Fire Emblem. It didn't come up when I search it as Fire Emblem Engage, for some reason.

@calbeau It'll never end. There's still so many people that say Live A Live or Live A Live, when it is so obviously Live A Live.

I don't know why people want to fight about everything. Tears of the Kingdom sounds WAY better than Tears of the Kingdom.

I pre-ordered it from Amazon Japan. I'll cancel it if I can get one stateside, but I don't think I will be able to get one.

But it's too soon for a sequel! 🤣 That's why Nintendo shouldn't be listening to the naysayers. They don't have a clue.

I'm going to hold off on this one for now. I don't like the always online requirement, the mmo grind, or the Pokémon circa 2013 aesthetic nor am I fond of the $45 price tag for an mmo. I'm surprised this game reviewed so much higher than Nexomon, but hopefully that means a lot of the QoL issues I had with Nexomon are not present here.

The haters were wrong!?!? Go figure. I can't wait for their hottakes on the next Nintendo exclusive game.

I'm holding off on getting 3 until I can finish the story mode in the first two games (and the Octo expansion).

@Sequel Pikmin 3 is an excellent game. I haven't yet played it on the Switch but I did play the original on the Wii U. It's the only Pikmin game I've played, so I'm hoping that 1 and 2 come to the Switch in some way as well.

@Sequel All of the clones are trailing in their shadow. Nintendo will be fine. These companies are copying SSB, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, and Pokémon. All 20+ year-old game series. They are still the leader in those types of games and it took this many companies 20 years to even hope to compete. I can't wait for the Splatoon clones to come out in 2035.

Even the current whipping boy Pokémon is still ahead of the pack. Those clones out now are emulating Pokémon games from 10+ years ago, and they aren't even better than the games from 10+ years ago.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the Zelda clones popping up, most specifically the BotW clones.

Didn't Nintendo already make a platformer with a Pikmin spin?

EDIT: My mistake: a platforming spin on Pikmin.

Very much so. I never finished them on the Wii U because I don't like being tethered to the TV. The last game I ever finished with a traditional console to tv setup was Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii... nearly a decade ago.

Is the Mario Kart/SSB clone war over yet?

They'll keep selling if we keep buying. Which we will, because we're Nintendo fans.

My first Mario Kart was DS through download play with friends at school. I eventually bought my own, then we all moved on to MK7 together on the 3DS. Highschool was a simpler time.