judicious_echoes

Picked up Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection, and played a good deal of that.

@Donutman Sure, that thing that was only added in the past few months might. Or, I could have physical copies of games that are an easier solution, and something I can have on-hand in a decade without having to bother with a work-around in order to play.

Have several Switches in the home, and cheaper to pass around physical games without having to buy multiple digital copies of them.

Been having a blast on it, even more than on PC, and easily one of the better sports titles on the Switch, along with Windjammers and Neo Turf Masters.

A choose your own adventure book has more gameplay elements than this sort of "interactive media," tbh. No competition, no conflict (vs man, vs self, vs nature), and no failstate. Calling it a game plays fast-and-loose with the definition, tbh.

Don't really care for Pat the NES Punk, but his Ultimate Guide books are good. NES one already released, and the SNES one is out next year:

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Nintendo-Guide-Library-1985-1995/dp/0997328304

Not sure if something that neither has a failure state, or conflict, can be considered a game, tbh. Better to pick up a "choose your own adventure," book.

Big fan of Snatcher when I was younger, but between the disgusting actions of the founder, and the ones involving the ex-CEO that followed, wouldn't want to support them in any way. Besides, they'd said they wouldn't want me to purchase, anyway.

Elliot's Quest is a great alternative, tbh.

Have a launch-day one, and wife had one since last August or so. Both look practically brand-new, because we put protectors around them. Seem to be handling less-than-great care due to our house having young children, and the occasional drop (on carpeted floor, for the most part). Even handled a deployment well, and several flights.

@Yorumi Yeah, got that case and one of the piggy-back bags for it, and works really well as an all-purpose one as well.

@xaviorq8 Exactly.

@DTFaux Men and women have different outlooks and perspectives on life, and approach situations in different ways. They also have different abilities, and it's nice that the developers of these games come from a culture that not only understands, but embraces those differences.

It's not insincere to provide analogous examples.

Deep-lore, Goddess has that [dess] suffix, in her initial human form had a thing for a boy, and the hero reincarnating (whether the same, or different reincarnations), is likely just an extension of that as to why he's remained a male. Easy to write-off with preexisting, in-series lore without much effort at all.

Also, the whole gender-swap notion is subjective in how people would view it, to begin with.

Would Linkle own the Triforce of Courage? Have any inherited effects from it, or the perseverance to overcome all odds? If she did, and was able to thoroughly triumph over Ganon/evil/whatever, then why have the Hero at all? She'd just be a palette-swapped Link at that point, or else the game would be definitively stating that bearers of the Triforce are more or less worthless, and undo much in that particular "hero's journey" arch.

"...is more of a fear/concern at best and merely one group's disdain of a harmless option at worst." What one group? I know my wife wouldn't be interested in playing a female Link, especially given how effeminate this past one was. My boy might be half-interested, but my girls would definitely choose Link over a Linkle option, because they both have a crush on him, too. Effeminate elves are the bane for any girl, I guess.

@rjejr As long as a game doesn't have the over-the-top death animations and gore-porn that the new Lara Croft series had, I've no issue playing a decent game centered around a female protagonist. Guys are mostly disposable, so I don't care much about what happens to depictions of us on-screen (horrible sexist, I know), but gore-porn with women just seems too borderline fetishistic, or grotesquely inhuman.

Didn't pick up Horizon Zero Dawn, but mostly because those first/second party Sony games tend to have wonky animations, or brush up against the uncanny valley a bit too much.Playing through Celeste right now, though, and easily up there with the End is Nigh in terms of recent, quality, punishing 2d platforming.

@rjejr We got one in the early 90s, on the CD-i. Also a co-op game of sorts with her on the DS. If they make a game that fits her role, and isn't just a skin-swap for Link, I'd be interested, but considering her role is the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom, I'd expect for something both more magic-based, and with more puzzle elements. Day-one, tbh, so long as it's not just a gender-swapped skin.

@DTFaux I don't care for equality, and it shouldn't be a concern to factor in when creating a character, otherwise you're going to get a shoehorned, bland quota intended to check off a list, rather than a unique character in their own right.

I also don't care what some might find neat by erasing other characters to put their own head-cannon onto them. As a mod, sure this is cute and all, but it's silly to advocate for any sort of official version, when it makes more sense to do so for a spin-off/entirely different character (that has a different set of run animations, tbh), in their own role. It's the equivalent of black-face when that sort of stuff goes on, as ridiculous as it is to assert onto a fictional character. Archetypes exist for a reason, and are by their nature, not immutable or interchangeable.

@19Robb92 It'd be great tbh.

Also, the whole "but Linkle isn't a gender-swapped Link," ignores that you're gender-swapping Linkle onto Link in the mod. Make one with her own stories, reactions, whatever, and that's cool. It's cringe to replace existing characters with another race/gender/whatever else, just because, ignoring all the contributing factors that arise from their backgrounds that make them their own unique characters with unique interactions and personas.

Why not add an option to gender-swap every character, then? I'm sure everyone would love a gender-swapped Bayonetta, or Samus, tbh. I'm sure a boy-band would do just as well as the Squid Sisters, or Marina and Pearl.

Unless they can guarantee that the damned analog stick won't break, any sort of N64 classic is a no-deal for me. Always wore them out over the summer with multiplayer anythings. Was never much on the mid-late 90s era of 3d gaming, either way.

Would have thought a liberal Japanese musician would have been criticizing Abe or the refocus on nationalism in his own country before looking to others, but I guess Trump is more recognizable. Big fan of chiptunes, but the track was a sincere letdown; hopefully the rest of his album is substantially better.

The game captured the feeling of wonder and excitement I had, sitting in school, looking at the LoZ map/manual, while also somehow tapping into that aesthetic and colour palette as well. Broke all expectations of what a [new] Zelda game could be, from my point of view, given I didn't care much for the last few "big" entries. Link Between Worlds was a great return-to-form, though.

Headline could have used a set of commas, but high-five on the alliteration.

Completely agree, even if some [removed] whine about their marked up prices due to their own countries' ludicrous taxes. Last several years alone have seen the creation of entirely new genres, and even the indie-scene has the tools and interest available to create master-works. Better products at cheaper prices, with a more-informed consumer base and sources of information, as well as all the games that served as current ones' foundation still easily obtainable on a wide spectrum of devices? Sounds great to me.

_{@judicious_echoes No need for the passive-aggressive behaviour! - Octane}

@marandahir Opinions are fine, and they're more-than-allowed to have them; targeting and insulting a significant portion of their existing fan-base over differences in opinion is contemptible, though. If they wanted to attack a platform, or contrary figure, that's understandable, and common, but it runs counter to discourse when lashing out at supporters.

I'm Lebanese, and my wife is Korean, both college-educated and having served/serving in the military. That I feel I'm almost forced to say that in an age where identity-politics is front-and-center, so as to not be labeled as "just another white male" (as if that's somehow a pejorative), is frustrating enough. What's even more wonderful is our being considered Nazis by those that would consider themselves as political "opponents," most-everywhere on social media. By mostly, and I can only assume given their views, upset children who've never stepped foot outside Potemkin tourist traps, if not America at all, and whose understanding of the world runs more on good-feels than pragmatism and something of a natural order. I'd rather not see this ham-fisted politicizing manifest further in a hobby I've enjoyed since the eighties, and take a good deal of enjoyment from. Especially not so after-the-fact, and mealy-mouthed apologies reluctantly given because they're newly concerned over backlash in regards to sales due to assumptions made about the demographics of their audience, versus any actual principle you might want to attribute to them.

A dark time in American politics was the last decade-and-change of foreign policy heralded mostly by the previous administration, that left hundreds of thousands dead through inaction, subversion, regime-change by those hostile to the West, and support of dissident and fanatical fundamentalist groups. It's borne witness to the largest mass-migration of peoples in history, of which a mostly-divested foreign body is now suffering from population displacement, and rapid cultural shifts due to it, and most-likely a vast change in ethnic identity over through the fault of being both 1.) liberal-minded, and 2.) comparatively affluent. That's something worth condemning, not a leader or sense of nationalism that puts the interests of a nation first, regardless of colour or creed of its citizenry.

@Xilef Went on spiels about, if you voted for certain US political parties, or believed certain things, that you can nibelsnarf off/you were a Nazi/fascist/whatever else. Tanked their user-rating on Metacritic and a few other aggregate sites, but doubt it hurt their bottom-line much, aside from the a significant portion of their user-base apparently becoming Nazis/fascists/whatever else, overnight.

Fun game, reminiscent of SNATCHER, but the dev-team are asses. At least they half-apologized for being bootyholes; after their user reviews started tanking, of course.