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Re: E3 Has Been Cancelled, Permanently

gaga64

Say what you will about the other events that have supplanted and undermined it, but none hold a candle to E3 in its’ prime.

That prime is long gone, but I personally don’t get half as excited for the Game Awards or Summer Game Fest or any given Nintendo Direct as I used to about E3. It felt like a week long celebration of all things gaming, with all the major players trying to trump each other.

Re: Sakurai Is Sceptical That Future Smash Bros. Titles Can Match Ultimate's Scope

gaga64

To everyone who says “Smash Ultimate Deluxe” on Switch 2: no.

It worked with Mario Kart 8, because the Wii U sold so poorly. To the vast majority of Switch owners, it was a new game. To the ones who did buy a Wii U, the Switch version offered portability, and a proper Battle Mode.

The Switch and Smash Ultimate both sold bucketloads. The Switch 2 would need to bring something amazing to the table to make it worth double-dipping.

A full reboot is more likely. But again, it needs to really distinguish itself from Ultimate to avoid feeling like a step backwards.

Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Timeline Placement Of Sonic Superstars

gaga64

@samuelvictor @Vexx234 thanks both, that’s interesting background.

My understanding was that both Sonic 4 and Mania explicitly reference the “Death Egg Trilogy” and Sonic CD in their plots, so both are canonically sequels to S3&K, they just both happen to remix a lot of earlier stages/bosses etc.

And yeah, Mania is vastly superior.

I seem to recall around the release of Mania they made some confusing statements about split timelines (due to Generations?) with Mania being the de facto Sonic 4 in the “classic” timeline, and S4 Episodes 1&2 being in the original/“modern” timeline. But now they’re saying it’s all one timeline after all, just not clarifying how any of it actually makes sense?

I mean yeah, it’s a blue hedgehog harassing a fat man with a moustache, plot is entirely irrelevant for the purposes of enjoying the games, it doesn’t need to make sense so long as it’s fun, I don’t need to overthink it. It just feels like if they’re going to the effort of hiring a Lore Keeper, they recognise that it matters to some people.

Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Timeline Placement Of Sonic Superstars

gaga64

@samuelvictor yeah, I played it a couple of years back and liked it well enough.

I’d not heard that the Sonic 4s are a reimagining though. Yeah, there’s plenty of old bits rehashed, but the same’s true of Mania, which they’re now saying is part of the One True Timeline. Is that reimagining line the official stance?

Re: Nintendo Website Shares First Look At Hogwarts Legacy On Switch

gaga64

@samuelvictor @Not_Soos I’d just like to say that I have enjoyed reading your discussion, so eloquently, politely and tolerantly debating the way that so much of internet debate is not so eloquent, polite and tolerant. Both of your comments have been thought-provoking and interesting, and I appreciate the attitudes shown even if I do not necessarily agree with all of your political stances (though by and large and I suspect a fair bit of mutual ground may be found).

I have nothing of real merit to add to the subject, but if you have indeed “written the book on this”, I for one would be interested in reading that book.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 23rd)

gaga64

@Grail_Quest yeah, it’s a fascinating little thing. I was playing it as part of the DS Namco Museum, where it seemed weirdly out place compared with the other endless score-chaser arcade games, and the bottom screen shows the instructions for all the treasure chests - most of which seem excessively obtuse for an arcade game. I know it’s not really in the spirit of it, but without those instructions I doubt I would have found more than 2 or 3 of them naturally, or cleared the final stage.

Re: Poll: Hasn't Nintendo Always Been An 'Entertainment' Company?

gaga64

@SepticLemon true. Also, to be fair to them: before the Wii and DS, Nintendo’s wares were showing diminishing returns - in terms of sales, each new console sold less than the one before. At this point they switched focus to blue ocean non-gamers, and their next Gen consoles started adding more non-gaming features as standard - admittedly to less success than the Wii and DS, so the Switch went “back to basics” as a pure gaming device, with their non-gaming investment being elsewhere.

But there was a solid couple of decades, from the NES to the Wii, where they were 100% focused on gaming.

Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Sea Of Stars

gaga64

Hmmm…. The Sea or the Stars (moon)…?

The Japanese one looks more adventurous and inviting, but also looks like an Advance Wars cover from a printer running low on ink…

If Japan used slightly bolder colours, it’d be a win for sure, but the busyness of it looks cluttered without clearer delineation

Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct Showcase?

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I was more excited before.

The initial reveal in the last Direct left me psyched for lots of bizarre and unpredictable new ideas. This one almost literally starts with “here’s the whole intro sequence, now look: map screen! Ice world! Fire world! 2 types of Toad! AND Toadette!”

It was 80% “just another New SMB then, yeah?”, 10% “that’s an unnecessary distraction, disable that day 1”, 10% “ok, that looks fun”.

Disappointed by Yoshi’s new role. Yay for Daisy though! And Wonder flowers

Re: Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Has Been Rated For Switch

gaga64

Oh for the love of…. I literally just finished this on Cube for the first time this month. I enjoyed it, but have zero desire to replay it any time soon. Wonder what (if any) bells and whistles they add.

@AG_Awesome there is a camera invert option. But I did find the controls a little clunky overall, which did hamper the combat. The number of times I did a forward roll when trying to quit the camera mode…

Re: Talking Point: The Games We Got Rid Of - What Were We Thinking?

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I miss my original SNES. It’s since been replaced, but I know it’s not My SNES, the one I begged my parents to get for my 11th birthday, with one controller forever imprinted with teeth marks following an especially rage-filled round of Mario Kart, and the first run edition of Mario World with the star on the save file (later EU copies, and the Wii VC version, just turned the 96 blue).

I’m lucky enough to have reacquired in some way every game or console I ever sold on, but knowing that my current SNES isn’t My SNES sucks a little bit.