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Good thing WarGroove is still being made.

As someone who never needed their games to be open world, I got the worst of both worlds. I was missing basically everything you mentioned (not complaining about the music though) and got nothing I liked in return. I didn't play past the first beast and I wish I hadn't bought it at all.

EDIT: I do want to add that those who say "this is a return to the original spirit of Zelda" are 100% right. I didn't like the original Zelda all that much either

I remember the difficulty on this being quite high. Beating it once is probably enough for me

Wow, so glad I decided to order the parts to build a new gaming pc instead of a switch!

Saw a ... Jimpressions of this I think. Looks a little too generic.

Wow, the timing of this announcement is so crazy. I have been telling my wife for months that if they confirm a Monster Hunter for the Switch I will buy a switch. Then LITERALLY two days ago I was like "Meh, I have the money to build a new gaming PC, let's order the parts" Now I won't be affording a switch until winter (I work in tourism and there is very little work here in Summer)

"was Nintendo being too exploitative or just catching up with the times"

Hah! Almost correct. It's doing both. It's catching up with the times by being too exploitative, something its competitors have been doing for a long time.

This is a great move from Nintendo, as it saves me a lot of money. First, they start charging for online functionality on the switch so they save me from having to buy that. I was going to get this for Wii U but now they've saved me from having to buy that, too! Thanks, Nintendo!

Since I had always been a pc gamer before I became a console gamer one of the main reasons I chose a Nintendo console was the free online services. Now that all of the major consoles charge for online services, I guess I'll be getting a proper gaming pc again. the 300€ that the switch would cost will be a good start, and I probably only have to spend another 100 - 200 to get a proper system, especially since I already have a great projector, so I don't need to buy a screen or anything, and my wii U pro controller work fine as controllers for the PC as well.

Oh, that's cool, now I won't have to waste any money on the Switch

Wow. No.

Mario Kart 8 is what I had seen being demoed in stores and it's what I bought the system with. That said, if I had known how small its library of good games was, I'd not have gotten the Wii U.

If a proper discount comes to Europe I'll be getting it. Considering I'm still playing 3u and 4u, I see no reason to buy it at full price.

Wow.

How am I to keep up? I'm still doing the MH3U late game stuff and only just started High Rank in MH4U -_-

As Jim Sterling calls them: "Asset flips"

Allowed? Yes.
Spitting in the face of the art that is video game design? Certainly

Really glad I quit playing this. I was way too obsessed with it.

Bought the last one, and finished it without any enjoyment... I think I am done with nonograms...

I would have space for it but I only finished the low rank quests on MH3, and haven't even touched MH4 (which I bought around launch =_=) Sooooo I won't be getting this for a long time, if ever.

I bought it around launch but only finished it last week. I don't think I'll be playing any of the other campaigns. I didn't even finish the intro stage with plague knight.

The graphics are about what I expected, not amazing, but I'll deal, as I am very much a fan of this story. I wonder if it'll have that weird thing again where the 3d models are just flat on the 3d screen but still in front of everything else... that was weird.

Also, it's hard to tell but it looks like we're doing the grey thing again... I liked the way 999 had this stark contrast between the dark things going on with the rather festive surroundings, that I missed in VLR

considering miitomo isn't on any platform I have, I have no idea.

I'll say what I said last time: The PC version was so buggy it would break all the time for no reason so I never made it further than 20 minutes in. If the Wii U port is playable (which it would presumably have to be to pass certification) I will definitely be picking it up.

Yes please, Yes please, Yes please

Aside from the fact that all of this is dumb, there is also no legal basis for it. That is not to say the take-downs are illegal, because YouTube can decide to take down whatever they want and they don't need a reason, but it's important to note that there is no reason these videos would be Nintendo's copyright, meaning YouTube is just arbitrarily (or more likely monetarily) siding with Nintendo on these.

Undertale is the first game I've enjoyed this much since Papers Please. It is amazing and despite having played it already I would buy the crap out of it again on Wii U.

Looks a bit TOO Japanese for me. I'll be set for RPGs on 3DS with Bravely Second.

"Meh." is what I thought when it was a rumor and "meh." is what I think now.

It's not like I identify much with Link anyway (which is also why I wouldn't mind a female link). Let him yap it up or keep him quiet, I don't give dual poops either way.

Graphics look only just north of "terrible" (with the animation not even clearing that hurdle), gameplay looks mediocre and unoriginal. No thanks.

Also, I was going to complain about the spelling of "levelling" but then I found out this is actually a valid spelling. (in the UK and Canada at least)

I'm kind of conflicted about this... seeing cute versions of the monsters I've been brutally slaying is ... kind of uncool. Also, I love me some turn-based (J)RPGs with good battle systems, but I'll be busy playing Bravely Second for quite some time, I imagine.

@TruenoGT That was my line already, which is also what @trevorade was reacting to

"They look so god same like the same person, I would say to them: "You want ice cream cone?" both of them say yes. How in the hell?"

If Fire Emblem didn't mean choosing between getting only part of the story or paying ... what is it 70€? I'd be excited for that, but as it, I'll skip it.

What I'm really excited for is Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, whenever that comes out...

I resent the tagline "We might as well get used to it."
What we might do is vote with our [UNIT OF CURRENCY]s, whether you like this pricing model or not.

All that said, the fact that the Wii U selection is so small, and that more and more microtransactions and paid DLC are making it into my 3DS games means I probably won't be buying any more consoles after this (not just from nintendo, but at all)

All the games I've enjoyed more than anything these past couple of years (Stanley Parable, Papers Please, Undertale, Keep talking and nobody explodes, Lovers in a dangerous spacetime, her story) have come out on PC only, or PC first. My next investment will be in a proper-ish rig, some good wireless controllers and a projector.

When I heard about this game I was looking forward to something that would require me to think and not do much else. I was very interested, but I am so very done with 2D platforming, and if I DID want to play some 2D platforming, there's a boatload of megaman games I haven't played, and I haven't gotten very far in Shovelknight either, so I don't see why I'd get this game now, if I have to slog through the platforming to get to the interesting puzzles...

You know, i never really thought i'd want to try these super serious farming sims... but I have to say... that is a good-looking trailer... I'd consider it if I didn't have a huge backlog of games.

@Ralizah @Yorumi

And even if Ruto had been gay it would really not have impacted the story.

What, we can accept that a human and a fish person (sorry, Zora) can get together but if they're the same gender that wouldn't fly?

I wouldn't mind being able to choose, but I also wouldn't have minded if Link had just turned out female once...actually, I think I would very much like it.

In games like Zelda "Identifying as the hero" has never been that important to me, and even if it were, If this character suddenly had boobs and/or female genitalia it wouldn't create anymore of a dissonance than the fact that he usually has pointy ears, which I also don't have.

I know us Wii U owners are kind of starved for content but... no.

I honestly regret buying the Wii U... And that's coming from someone who has only ever owned Nintendo systems.

I love Picross and I like Pokémon, but I don't know if I need these 2 to combine.

I like that when I do a Picross it could turn out to be anything... if I'm just drawing different Pokémon that takes a large part of the fun away for me...

@Mk_II I see.

On another note, I have a feeling they ARE allowed to decide what gets sold on their own storefront...

Where's your nintendo seal of quality now?

Hmm... seems like I have no reason to pay 30€ for this. Length isn't everything in a game but when it's 9 - 10 hours AFTER they've tacked on a bunch of pointless battles, that is too short...

Then there's the fact that it's targeted at a younger audience, but the problem is that my little brother-in-law, who would otherwise be the perfect target audience for this doesn't really speak English.

As a European I would like to voice my outrage at being denied my share of doge memes in a Zelda game!

What? Tri force heroes? Oh, never mind, I don't give a crap one way or the other.

You know what looks even better than this? Most N64 emulators! And then you can use whatever controller you like, instead of the N64's monstrosity!

cue shouts of "Blasphemy!" in 3, 2, 1....

If there's anything to be taken from the majority of comments here (and around) it is that it seems like Nintendo is being culturally sensitive here.

While I wouldn't care about ANY of the outfits (original skimpy OR new nintendo-themed) I think Nintendo is making the right call if only because a majority of its western audience thinks this is a better fit.

As for the rating.... er... I'unno

Wow, I would not have thought there would be people nostalgic for this one, but I guess there are (based on the comments here). I enjoyed it, but I probably enjoyed it the least of any zelda I've played...

I guess I also played it quite a bit later than most people (like, maybe 3 years ago)

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