@Dm9982 "Also see other countries ratings on it…. None of the rest have done this."
The other countries doesn't have that kind of policies to protect children from gambling, so they don't have problems with games aiming at kids having Poker.
@RavenDuroi Well, that would be cool actually. Gamefreak should start to be more transparent and sell their games as what they are, unpolished early access games.
Some people may be mad at them, but it's pretty understandable that they haven't released a new Banjo game, they just don't have an appropiate studio to make a new entry.
Modern Rare isn't suitable for the task, Double Fine said they aren't interested in the ip, and Playtonic hasn't proved they are able to make a good 3D platformer. Toy for Bobs is the last hope for the ip, but I don't know if they would be interested, after all, they are the Crash/Spyro studio right now.
Let's hope Baldur's gate 3 win the goty in the game awards, I think the studio deserves it more. It's like when Messi won best player over Mbappe, Messi deserved it more for stopping being a "pecho frio" and finally winning the World Cup.
@WhiteUmbrella I've sunk thousands of hours in Free to play games without spending money on them, in some of them you can even pay the battle pass once and then pay the next one with the rewards of the season.
Free to play games are healthier experiences than a lot of full-priced games.
I think even Sonic fans are going to eventually hate this one, this sounds like a less polished Sonic colors, which a big chunk of the community started to hate eventually.
Anyways, the writing was on the wall when the studio making this game was revealed.
@Axecon The AAA model of bigger and more expensive games is what is causing stagnation of creativity, not companies buying other companies. Also, Microsoft netflix-like model can actually bring a little bit more creativity to the industry.
@Woderwick 10 years is more than enough for the other companies to prepare a response to the things that Microsoft own, their competition also accepted Microsoft offer because they are also being benefited in the long run.
Also, Microsoft never said the Bethesda games would remain multiplatform, they always used the word "case-by-case".
@gaga64 Ubisoft having the CoD cloud gaming rights in the UK means that everybody wanting to have CoD in their cloud gaming services in the UK have to ask Ubisoft for it instead of Microsoft.
Well, so far two hispanic pages that I follow gave the game low scores, while other 2 pages gave it 8 and 8.5. Overall, seem like Sonic Superstars doesn't feel like a classic Sonic game, it's a slower experience, so that may be divisive.
@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot The thing is, Kamiya was currently directing a new IP, which was also supposed to be the first self-published platinum games project and was also presented as "the climax of Kamiya's Super hero trilogy".
It's really fishy that Kamiya left Platinum games under those circumstances, so something must have happened in Platinum games to have him leaving the studio.
What a weird change, the original one seemed to fit the tone of the game better based on the trailers, the new one seem to try to make her look like illumination Peach.
Is famitsu still relevant in 2023? I remember their scores were a big deal back in 2010. I ended up buying 428: Shibuya Scramble years later because they gave it 10/10.
@calbeau Seemingly Nintendo policies forces devs to use the newest version of Unity available at the year of the release, unity new policies will now only apply to newest versions of the engine, so as along as they keep the project in the version that they have been using, they won't be affected by the changes.
I guess someone must be announcing the adquisition of platinum games in 2-3 weeks. Microsoft just bought Activision, so maybe Tencent is the one that will buy the studio.
Or maybe Platinum games is just really that interested in Games as a Service.
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Re: Balatro Back On Switch eShop In Europe With New Age Rating
@Dm9982 "Also see other countries ratings on it…. None of the rest have done this."
The other countries doesn't have that kind of policies to protect children from gambling, so they don't have problems with games aiming at kids having Poker.
Re: Balatro Removed From European Nintendo eShops Due To Ratings Switch
Sometimes I forget that future Dragon quest games will be Pegi +18.
But I don't get it, aren't +18 games alowed on the eShop anyways?
Re: Talking Point: Which Xbox Games Would You Like To See Come To Switch?
"That does leave the massively underrated Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts behind, though, so I still want it. And Grabbed by the Ghoulies."
C'mon! No love for Viva Piñata!?
Re: Random: Some Rare Fans Are Upset About The Latest Switch Online Announcement
@HeadPirate I thought Rare replay was impossible to port because most of those games are running through backward compatibility.
Re: Random: Some Rare Fans Are Upset About The Latest Switch Online Announcement
Bruh, did you guys just use a tweet of King Goomba for your article? XDDDDDDD
Re: Five More Classic Rareware Games Come To Nintendo Switch Online Today
Awww, man. When I saw Rare logo I thought Microsoft was going to announce Rare replay for Switch.
Re: Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Is Rolling Exclusively Onto Switch Later This Year
I can't believe Nintendo was able to paid for the temporal exclusivity of the game but didn't pay for the exclusivity of SMT V.
I'm also surprised Sega agreed, they haven't signed exclusivity deals in years. Maybe they expect it to underperform.
Re: Random: Japanese Celebs Reportedly Told "Not To Mention" Palworld To Avoid Damaging Pokémon Relations
@RavenDuroi Well, that would be cool actually. Gamefreak should start to be more transparent and sell their games as what they are, unpolished early access games.
Re: Round Up: The Previews Are In For Penny's Big Breakaway
It looks like Sonic Superstars just got destroyed.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Puzzle Games
It's nice to see Pizza Tower killer in the top.
Re: Indie Hit Celeste Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Free N64-Style 3D Platformer
Why not on steam?
Re: Princess Peach: Showtime! Trailer Reveals Ninja Peach And Cowgirl Peach
This game is going to boost Peach rule 34 content, I can't wait for it.
Re: Square Enix To Be "Aggressive In Applying" AI Going Forwards
The old president was kinda good, you can't change my mind.
Re: Suda51 Says Grasshopper Manufacture Is Hard At Work On Its "New Title"
I'm still disappointed at what his collaboration with Swery ended up being...
Re: Feature: The Best Hidden Gems And Underrated Switch Games Of 2023
C'mon, no Paranormasight?
Re: Zelda Producer Explains Why A Mario Maker Style Game Probably Won't Work
Didn't a indie studio release a Zelda maker no long ago?
Re: Hideki Kamiya Reveals Why He Left PlatinumGames
@Specters He was also directing Project G.G before leaving.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Makes The Final 5 Of "Players' Voice" At The Game Awards
Let's Baldurs Gate 3! It's time to win both main and fan-voted goty
Re: Xbox Acknowledges Fan Requests For New Banjo-Kazooie Game
Some people may be mad at them, but it's pretty understandable that they haven't released a new Banjo game, they just don't have an appropiate studio to make a new entry.
Modern Rare isn't suitable for the task, Double Fine said they aren't interested in the ip, and Playtonic hasn't proved they are able to make a good 3D platformer. Toy for Bobs is the last hope for the ip, but I don't know if they would be interested, after all, they are the Crash/Spyro studio right now.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Like To See A Professor Layton Collection On Switch?
It would be a great opportunity to port the games to every modern platform.
Re: Zelda: TOTK And Mario Wonder Land GOTY Nominations At The Game Awards 2023
So...did people completely forget about Armored core? I've barely seen anyone talking about that game not being nominated XD
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins Nintendo GOTY At Golden Joystick Awards 2023
@graviton But Zelda Totk is more of an evolution of Zelda BOTW .-.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins Nintendo GOTY At Golden Joystick Awards 2023
Let's hope Baldur's gate 3 win the goty in the game awards, I think the studio deserves it more. It's like when Messi won best player over Mbappe, Messi deserved it more for stopping being a "pecho frio" and finally winning the World Cup.
Re: Mini Review: Alien Hominid Invasion - An Explosive, Superior Sequel
Why did this one only get a mini-review?
Re: F2P eShop Title 'Omega Strikers' Ends Development Just Months After Launch
@WhiteUmbrella I've sunk thousands of hours in Free to play games without spending money on them, in some of them you can even pay the battle pass once and then pay the next one with the rewards of the season.
Free to play games are healthier experiences than a lot of full-priced games.
Re: Japanese Charts: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Absolutely Smashes Its Debut
Damn, that's an awful debut for Sonic Superstars. It truly was a awful idea to release the game so close to Mario. The difference is pornographic!
Re: Review: Sonic Superstars - A Fine, Authentic-Feeling Return That Runs Great On Switch
@Bratwurst35 I also took the story into consideration, I think those games are a good 3D Sonic experience overall.
Also, Sonic Colors is not really that 3D.
Re: Review: Sonic Superstars - A Fine, Authentic-Feeling Return That Runs Great On Switch
Well, It looks like Mario won again, to no one surprise...
But shout-out to Arzest, this is their first game that is actually fine.
Re: Review: Sonic Superstars - A Fine, Authentic-Feeling Return That Runs Great On Switch
@msvt Sonic Mania for 2D, Sonic adventure 2 or Unleashed for 3D
Re: Random: One "New" Wii U Was Apparently Sold In The US Last Month
Well, someone got tired of waiting for a port of Xenoblade chronicles X.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Professor Layton And The Unwound Future
Honestly, none of those covers is particularly great.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Sonic Superstars
I think even Sonic fans are going to eventually hate this one, this sounds like a less polished Sonic colors, which a big chunk of the community started to hate eventually.
Anyways, the writing was on the wall when the studio making this game was revealed.
Re: It's Over, Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard
Let's hope this is a victory for Banjo kazooie fans. C'mon Xbox! Have Toys for Bob making a new entry!
Re: It's Over, Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard
@Axecon The AAA model of bigger and more expensive games is what is causing stagnation of creativity, not companies buying other companies. Also, Microsoft netflix-like model can actually bring a little bit more creativity to the industry.
Re: It's Over, Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard
@Woderwick 10 years is more than enough for the other companies to prepare a response to the things that Microsoft own, their competition also accepted Microsoft offer because they are also being benefited in the long run.
Also, Microsoft never said the Bethesda games would remain multiplatform, they always used the word "case-by-case".
Re: It's Over, Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard
Cool, Bobby Kotick is also confirmed to leave the company by the end of this year.
A victory for gaming overall.
Re: It's Over, Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard
@gaga64 Ubisoft having the CoD cloud gaming rights in the UK means that everybody wanting to have CoD in their cloud gaming services in the UK have to ask Ubisoft for it instead of Microsoft.
Re: Site News: So, Where's Our Sonic Superstars Review?
Well, so far two hispanic pages that I follow gave the game low scores, while other 2 pages gave it 8 and 8.5. Overall, seem like Sonic Superstars doesn't feel like a classic Sonic game, it's a slower experience, so that may be divisive.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Launches YouTube Channel And Reveals His Upcoming Plans
@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot The thing is, Kamiya was currently directing a new IP, which was also supposed to be the first self-published platinum games project and was also presented as "the climax of Kamiya's Super hero trilogy".
It's really fishy that Kamiya left Platinum games under those circumstances, so something must have happened in Platinum games to have him leaving the studio.
Re: Random: Nintendo Gives Princess Peach Some Facial Tweaks In 'Showtime!' Key Art
What a weird change, the original one seemed to fit the tone of the game better based on the trailers, the new one seem to try to make her look like illumination Peach.
Re: Undertale-Inspired RPG 'In Stars And Time' Lands On Switch Next Month
Oh boi, another quirky indie rpg about depression inspired by Undertale/mother.
Re: The First Review For Sonic Superstars Is Now In
Is famitsu still relevant in 2023? I remember their scores were a big deal back in 2010. I ended up buying 428: Shibuya Scramble years later because they gave it 10/10.
Re: Telltale Games Confirms Layoffs, With 'Most Of' The Studio Reportedly Gone
It would be kinda funny to see Telltale dying again, I could use the joke:
"If I had a nickel for every time Telltale went bankrupt, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right?"
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Switch Rating Surfaces Online
It'll be a cloud version most likely
Re: Wipeout-Style Racer 'BallisticNG' Cancelled For Switch Following Unity's Policy Changes
@calbeau Seemingly Nintendo policies forces devs to use the newest version of Unity available at the year of the release, unity new policies will now only apply to newest versions of the engine, so as along as they keep the project in the version that they have been using, they won't be affected by the changes.
Re: Wipeout-Style Racer 'BallisticNG' Cancelled For Switch Following Unity's Policy Changes
“Nintendo has a rolling Unity version requirement for game releases and we’re already behind the threshold by two years,”
Honestly, f@ck Nintendo! Pretty bold of them to ask for newest version of Unity when their consoles are far from being state-of-the-art.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Is Leaving PlatinumGames
I guess someone must be announcing the adquisition of platinum games in 2-3 weeks. Microsoft just bought Activision, so maybe Tencent is the one that will buy the studio.
Or maybe Platinum games is just really that interested in Games as a Service.
Re: Trombone Champ Makes Noise On Switch With Gyro Controls Today
Honestly, I don't see the point of playing this game without mod support.
Re: Princess Peach: Showtime! Opens On Switch In March 2024
Awwww...this looks kinda too "for girls" to my taste, thou I'm dumb for expecting Peach hacking and slashing hordes of enemies or something.
It looks slower than a kirby/yoshi game thou.
Re: Another Code: Recollection Remakes Two Cult Classics On Switch in January 2024
Wasn't the studio that made those games...dead?
it's nice to see Nintendo looting those corpses, Chibi-robo next, please.