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Hope this leads to a collapse of EA and Amazon permanently leaving the gaming market.

@Kiwi_Unlimited Nintendo has no involvement in this DRM, it's made by a third party to sell to third parties.

Finally, I've missed treehouse

Unlike most Nintendo series I first was introduced to on GB/NES/SNES, Zelda is one of two series I missed out on until the N64 (the other being Star Fox). I didn't get to choose games back then, so I just played whatever my grandfather bought. It was only when my father bought an N64 with Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Wave Race, and Mario Kart 64 that I finally got some Zelda in my gaming diet. We never managed to clear it before he passed away, and it wouldn't be until the collector's edition released as a bonus disc for pre-ordering wind waker that I beat it.

Although, there's a small chance I'm misremembering and I played Link's Awakening DX first? My mom got that for her Gameboy at around the same time, but I am nearly certain I didn't ask to try it until I'd gotten a taste of Ocarina of Time. Either way, I was definitely introduced into 2D/3D Zelda nigh simultaneously.

Super Metroid is probably the first video game I beat by myself tbh. I had played a few NES games with my grandfather before that, but most of my playing back then was Super Metroid, Kirby Super Star, and Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures.

@Max_the_German Well woke is a meaningless term in the first place so I'd say there is no answer to that question.

@HamKnight Are they? I don't actually think I've seen anyone express much excitement for it outside of this thread (which is more people getting angry) in some time. And I say this as someone who played both 1&2 for years.

I do think the improvements to turf wars are going to be a huge improvement when you actually sit down and play them. But other than that... There's a couple new salmon run bosses and... Maybe another super short story mode? I think that's about it that's been shown off.

Like, I'll probably enjoy it, but I don't feel the marketing has made me excited yet. And that does seem to be the general consensus outside of the die-hard fandom.

Yeah, admittedly, EVO has basically nothing of interest anymore... I'm assuming FighterZ will be there at least, so that's one thing I'd like to watch. Maaaaybe I might watch KoF XV but that's it.

Man, I love that game. Definitely the best bargain bin purchase I've ever made.

@russell-marlow There's no gore in SMT?

@russell-marlow I feel like there's a huge difference between a game being edgy and it being a murderfest, but that might just be me shrugs

@russell-marlow As someone who plays both... Why is that odd? They both appeal to different moods I might be in. Heck, I'm fine with games in-between too. (Metroid, Monster Hunter, Zelda, Xenoblade, Ys, FF, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Fire Emblem, Dragon Ball, SMT/Persona, Street Fighter, Skyrim, Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy, Musou there are plenty of popular games/series that aren't murderfests or ultra cute)

Wait there's a Touch Detective 3??? I need this.

@Kiz3000 I don't see how that's any different than our current system. It will never be efficient to encode the actual game in an NFT, meaning there's no difference between it and a regular license key, as they both depend on a centralized service.

If they want to stop allowing downloads once the NFT is sold, they can. You're still totally at the whims of the centralized owner.

I came expecting the usual default unreal settings, but this had generally fantastic art direction. Not sure it's exactly Zelda, but it was gorgeous to behold.

@AlexanderDaniels Or... it's also entirely possible (and more likely, given nintendo is publishing) that the DLC has nothing to do with costumes and is for some sort of expansion pass with new story content.

@Sakisa @Greatluigi @Kirby_Girl In-Game purchases is a descriptor that will show if there's a link to the eShop to buy dlc, it's not necessarily microtransactions.

@Royalblues Holy shoot, that's crazy. I live a good 1-2 hours away from NYC, and around here it's frustrating how full all the parks are lately. It feels like most of the former mall traffic has moved there.

@RupeeClock To be fair, even XC:DE wasn't done by the A-team. It was the first project of a brand new Monolith studio. Like, the A-Team wasn't completely absent, but they were focused mainly on XC3 at the time.

The only one I can think of that was done by the main team was Wind Waker HD, and that's solely because it was a way to experiment with hardware.

Glad to see TPC actively combatting artificial scarcity.

The art style for this game is fantastic, hmph.

Why is there no option for "No, the next one will be in September as usual?". I don't think it's retired, but it ain't coming in July either.

@victordamazio I still enjoy playing both Adventures. They might have their issues, but they're still more joyously fun to play at times than a lot of games.

I'd put them in the same boat as MegaMan Legends. Stuffed to the brim with early 3D mistakes, but still fun at their core.

@AG_Awesome 1&2 sold less than CoD, therefore they sold poorly by Activision standards, and VV was banished to only working on CoD since it makes more money.

...In the general world of games they sold well though. They were outselling every other THPS release last I heard. We know it hit 1 mil in 10 days, and that was before the Switch / PS5 / XBS? releases. Once VV was revealed to be getting scuppered sooner after, they stopped releasing sales data though, so who knows where the total is.

@Wilforce Except you can't license Nintendo's music,
... Nor do you need to for basically any other company. Other companies on YouTube will just give the ad revenue to the license holder without the creators needing to make special requests.

@HotGoomba To be fair, that sums up the comments when literally any game showed up on stream. 99% of the comments were either 'Mobile graphics', 'Major L', 'Next', or 'When's X'

@JasmineDragon SP Releases are just the game pre-loaded with a save file that's already basically completed.

I wish they would update the SP releases to be removed. They're utterly useless most of the time, and a bog to find what I'm looking for the rest.

So can we agree that the direct thing was wrong now? All the remaining leaks showed up here.

I expect bayo and silksong news... But not in a direct

Man, the environments in that actually look... Good? Wth. Don't they know all Sonic adaptations aren't allowed to actually use his visual style ;p

As long as the co-op mode is online I'm totally in. Doesn't matter if the games 'good' or not as long as it's a fun playground to mess aroudn with my friends across the country in.

@Ventilator And that affects my point how? You can't own a game on Stadia, plain and simple.

@Ventilator Yeah, but being on Stadia is basically the same as not being available shrugs.

Wow, that was super fast. The game ended after only a year? Jeez...

@Coolmusic I checked the Kirby wiki, there's actually 3 separate cancelled Kirby GCN titles.

So wait, this is the second cancelled Kirby GCN? I think I've only seen footage from the other one before.

@Fizza Can't you just have a flying type in your lead to avoid the Arena Trap mess?

I actually really enjoyed the combat... starting uh... pretty much after Fourside. Which is like halfway through the game.

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I mean, even getting Paula in the party alone was enough to make it feel better, but the game really needs a full party.

I could and will totally replay the game though, so it can't have turned me off that bad. I hope someday this club can make it to discuss the insanity of the end game, but we'll see. It's not necessarily fair to ask, but my gosh I do feel like it might be worth it.

As for favorite town, does Magicant count? ...Otherwise, it's probably Fourside or Dalaam.

@IceEarthGuard Well, Ms. Pac-Man, for example, would never be mistaken as a non-Pac-Man related character by the name. It's the same reason that Nintendo can throw out claims on someone using the character of Mario, despite it being a common name.

@Lizuka They already officially announced more characters are coming post-launch, so it won't be like Mario Party at least.

@IceEarthGuard The point is that B-N lost the rights to use the original names and designs because AtGames released enough plug n play systems with Pac-Man in it.

@DreamOracle Uh, VC games will still be playable indefinitely as long as your hardware still functions? Even when the eShop closes.

@SwitchForce ...did you read it? They confirmed it for Switch, not for it's successor.

Sweet, it's coming to retailers. None of the usual LRG BS then, there'll be sufficient quantities.

All I want is couch play type experiences online. Which should be Nintendos thing. I want to be able to play local style with friends and fam across the country, or even world

@chefgon Sad part is, that might be good for the games industry.

I don't wanna see this for main series, but the inevitable NEXT gen 1 remake would be fantastic in this sort of style.

Ugh I hate this. Like, if you want diversity in the games industry, stop telling developers they can't let their characters be queer (Twisted Fate and Graves come to mind), or to lighten their skin tone to make them more presentable (Vanessa and Lisa). Don't try and force the matter with something like this.

@driftydrift Lol, name one game that's not a full price release in the top 10 seller of any system that's not Minecraft. Low price doesn't equate to top 10 levels of performance.