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Ditto. Game key cards, lack of proper physical, and digital price were all referred to in my survey response. Won't make any difference, but at least it will clog their AI for 0.000023 seconds.

Figuring Nintendo isnt sufficiently motivated to elevate the Switch 1 experience now that Switch 2 is up and running.

Not dealing with Switch 1 slop saves resources that they can spend on elevating the Switch 2 experience.

It's funny to me how for some a lesser framerate automatically renders a game lesser than with a higher framerate, regardless of ... you know ... gameplay improvements. Anywho ...

I'll defo be getting this. I've quite the Tales backlog but this is a very welcome addition to it, by the sounds of it.

@Nintendolife I really appreciated the editor's note and the provision of clear instructions about avoiding the next two paragraphs. Thank you 👍🏼

@DollyrotsFan1 There's a reason the prices are cheaper on Xbox - Microsoft is desperate to win over the market, so they've been accepting a loss for years while they try (terribly) to gain control.

Do you think the prices would stay lower if Xbox gained the majority of the market share?

Codename 'Project: Why even bother?' came a close second in the boardroom vote, apparently.

@progx Just as it should be on the high seas

Oh no, myFOMO, myFOMO.

Oh no, wait ... I can just not buy and play something else.

Phew. That was close.

I told you, publishers, I told you. You can take away the physical choice, and you and I can just go our separate ways.

I would like to see 'Peggy tells Phil to get out of her pub - The fallout'

That My Little Puppy section should have had a trigger warning.

Oh man, this is where the ol' backlog starts getting grumpy with me.

I've owned Moonlighter digitally and physically for more time than you'd care to spend reading my slop, let me tell you, but have I played it? HIF.

@CobaltFan Ha! Thanks for letting me know. Arlo's such a joker, 'tending me and him aren't tight by butchering my username. He knows.

He's always rummaging around my Comments history for inspiration to fill another rambling video of his with 😆

What kind of Nintendo fan would he be if he didn't interpret 'gcunit' as G(ame)C(ube) Unit?

@mlt "Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go and do not collect M200"?

15 minutes!?! What in the actual ...

Take 5 minutes out for Tia and Esteban to introduce us to their game about sharpening pencils, inspired by the sound of the winds over the Peruvian plains, and what have we got time left for? The intro and the outro and that's about it.

Rather sceptical that this depends on a kickstarter. I'll check out the deal, but I'm a bit reluctant to kickstart unless I'm going to get a physical copy out of it.

Urrgghh! The dilemma. Hate it. Really wanna support this game, but really object to the lack of physical. An unpleasant feeling of trying to be forced along a road I don't like the look of. Probably gonna wait for eshop sales or hope I find a lost GKC on the bus someday.

I'm a bit of a newcomer and must have no more than about 100 hours clocked in the Pokémon universe so far (majority split across Legends Arceus, Violet and Art Academy, with another 10-20 in Yellow and Y) so a lot of these were completely new to me, but try me again on the 35th Anniversary and I'll hope to at least double my paltry score of 9.

Thank you for the quiz. I do love Pokémon and mourn the lost years I could have had loving the series. I wanna be ...

Very interested to know how much time goes into playing/watching/reading Pokémon to be able score 25 in a minute. And does it mostly come from just playing, or do people just study the dex for the sake of it? I like browsing my dex, but I haven't taken much of it in yet.

Game Freak used Graphics. It was super effective!

If and when it hits the price point a 10 year old bug-riddled game deserves (£5), I'm all over it.

Why do so many people want to see the evolutions before playing the game? Surely the surprise element of how a new Pokémon evolves is a significant hook for players - it is for me.

I voted for Browt, just seemed to edge out the other two for my attention.

Sorry. I like Violet.

Sorry.

Is Winds & Waves now my most hyped game?

I think it might be.

And how can anyone have issues with those starters?

I think I might be playing Pokemon all weekend 🥰

And I think I might be getting Pokopia Day 1 afterall ... did you see that Pikachu themed room!?!

Dood ... h-wat?

Interesting reveal video. Interesting in that it lacked much of the personality you expect to see with Disgaea. But I'm happy to wait and see before judging.

New 3DS (regular size), white. Dem buttons 🤤😍🤤 - I have 3 or 4 of them, 3 blacks (one of which is my og and main unit, peep the Majora's Mask cover plates 😎). Also got 2 x Pikachu N2DS.

If N3DS had Switch's sleep mode power saving and battery life ...

@Tigerhoodman 'Find in page' > "experience"

Put the game on a card and I'd hype-buy it today.

Put it on a GKC and I'll play the long, cheap game.

JFC, what is it with licensing and video games? Why isn't the deal just: "If you agree to create content for this video game we'll own the rights to, we have the right to use that content indefinitely"?

Replacing the music in a classic video game is tantamount to replacing Debbie in her Dallas film. You just mustn't.

Totally taints this release. Not sure I'm going to be able to accept that.

@Fighting_Game_Loser "the casual audience buying Switch is probably just waiting to buy it when they feel like the price is right"

Ftfy 😎

"We thought it would be fun to give away something for free that we could charge decent money for"

... said pretty much no-one in the 2020s.

@KingChiliPepper
1. Stick a big nail in the physical games coffin
2. Profit

Hooo Baby, come to mumma! 🤩

I paused my Switch playthrough around Chapter 6-7, waiting for this (and because I was playing too much Animal Crossing and FC26 and MKWorld and DKB and MP4, obvs).

THIS IS WHY WE FIGHT!

LET'S DO THIS!

Came here for horse game recommendations; leaving with Ranch of Rivershine on my wishlist, thank you.

But came back with a twinge of butthurt when I realised Ranch of Rivershine hasn't even released on Switch yet and I missed the explanatory note 😆

Quite the mix of moods on those luma faces. Wonder how prominent they'll be in the movie.

The baby designs have never been that appealing to me, so even though Yoshi is lookin' f-ine, it's not enough to win my vote from Rosalina & the lumas.

That Bowser picture should have spoiler tags. I happen to know what happens when he finds himself on a bridge over lava.

@Rob3008 I rummaged around in my artpad for a while to see what I could find but it turns out IDGAF 🤷🏼‍♂️

Not even offering a paid upgrade path relegated this release to "... And?" for me in today's economy.

SEGA ... doing what Nintendon't.

I'm cautiously optimistic that those who wrote this off can go chew a shoe.

I was just recently wondering about any recent games that involve nurturing nature to create flourishing ecological habitats and, while this may not be exactly what I was thinking of, it's close enough to now be doubly interesting to me. Just a big shame about the game keycard situation - that's going to interfere with my other to get in early on this one.

Interesting though that this preview doesn't mention technical performance. Are we being setup for a rug-pull when the review reveals 'performance woes' for the Pokébashers to revel in?

@Luffymcduck Wow, that's an epic personal Zelda challenge. I'm in awe.

Not gonna watch. These things should be the bonus reward for getting the game and savoured as such.

Going big on the marketing. Will they match it in software?

Lamine Yamal not exactly going gaga over the whole thing, but I don't really speak Espanol so perhaps in his culture that's unbridled excitement. Wonder how much cash he gets for that.

Just skimmed the review cos it looked a lil spoilery. Scan lines available?

@Friendly We don't get enough days like these anymore, where we all get to go crazy for a few hours. Your approach to documenting and tracking a pretty tasty list is appreciated 👍🏼

I told you already. I'll take the Mass Effect trilogy please. FizzyKcal.

Mass Effect trilogy, if you don't mind.

@Kiz3000 Given how most Directs are followed by gamers claiming "I had zero expectations and I'm still disappointed", better not get your hopes up 😉

@Luffymcduck You beat BotW in VR? Wowsers, that's good going. I loved playing it in LABO VR, but would have struggled to continuously hold the unit up for that long. Plus, after a while, the way the camera view changed abruptly when Link approached a cliff face started to make me nauseous.

Did you stay the goggles to your head, or did you just hold them up the whole time?

@Sylamp I wonder if they've even checked in the shed yet.

Enough with the baiting about the non-numeric total of PS2s that were made. If they can't provide a specific sales figure, it's laughably irrelevant.

Can't get myself off ***damn Animal Crossing at the moment.

Must.

Collect.

Fruit.

Peace, love, pixels and oranges to all 😘

What do you mean 'Surprise ... we weren't expecting this'?

Health bars were mentioned in the release notes that I saw a day or two ago.

I'll wait until I've seen it in action before judgement, but I'm inclined to think I'll miss the clean appearance of the pre-health bar days. Generally I go for as little clutter as possible in an action game.