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More companies should do this. It ain't 'constructive criticism', it's just reinforcing the stereotype that gamers are a bunch of whiny man children.

I also think companies should be able give out ironic punishments to people as result. Think StarFox Zero was a slap in the face to fans of StarFox on every social media platform post? Miyamoto should be able to literally slap you in the face. Won't shut up about F-Zero being dormant? Get run down by a car.

You don't want to know what happens when you complain about WarioWare 💩

Ok, semi hot take here but I just want give me own little opinion here- I really hope Nintendo don't release this thing in April like some are speculating because

• I won't be in a great financial situation at that time (long story!) so if it did, I'd be very upset and would get FOMO
• If it did release then, it's not leaving much time for Nintendo to do marketing for the thing. Even the gap between the Switch's reveal (October 2016) and the systems release (March 2017) was a good few months and I think it's fair to say it worked well for Nintendo. I'd prefer Nintendo to slowly build up to it. To me, that seems like a smarter business choice.

Thats nothing. I got all the NL staff drunk and they told me everyone who's commented so far is a 'funkin' whiny buncha coats who talk a load of ship' or something along those lines*

Ok, but seriously if they made a new one with a new cast, you can bet there'd be a backlash from some that 'it doesn't include all the favourites so its no longer Punch-Out!!' or any other route i could imagine. During the Pokémon gigaleak, I noticed Nintendo and TPCi have been making an effort to make sure representation is handled well. I guess Nintendo would be damned if they do, damned if they don't. Personally, the NES, SNES and Wii versions still exist and the series is represented in a manner of ways in Smash so its legacy exists no matter what.

*obviously this is a joke but really i wouldn't blame them if they thought it sometimes 😛

4th! (At the time of writing)

Summoning @HeadPirate to give us the legal knowhow...

Its a fine level and the challenges are enjoyable but I did get frustrated with the cutscene within the level (the one where Shadow tackles the helicopter). It kind of interrupts the flow of the action. I wish they incorporated a QTE in it to keep it to keep the players attention.
I also wish the music was a little quieter too. If you have Keanu Reeves voicing a character, I'd quite like to hear his voice though.

Still a fun level nonetheless

So that would make Microsoft Nu-metal and Sony would be Alt-rock? I mean judging from the times they got on the scene.

Judging from that name, it sounds like it's a Sonic racing game but you'll be racing in other Sega worlds which could mean..

• its probably more in line with the All Stars Racing games (yay)
• it's probably going to have a story (groan. I didn't care for TSRs story)
• If it does have a story, it could be a multiverse one (groan. I think that's been done to death by this point)

All that aside, I'm cautiously optimistic

@Snatcher iirc, the Garfield movie did it earlier this year but let's face it, it wasn't til I mentioned that people remember it existed.

@Not_Soos Boy, do I have some good news for you in regards to Nintendo buying Retro Studios. Take a seat because it's gonna blow your mind

I mean so long as the founders and creatives still remain at the company then I don't see this as a bad thing. Although I do wonder why the founders sold their 4% share

Anyway, I'm sure this wont affect the company's operations much. I think its fair to say MonoSoft have truly come into their own since that initial 80% buyout in what could be said to be one of the better acquisitions in gaming

Ive said it before but publishers don't need the TGAs but the TGAs need publishers. If Nintendo does reveal something, it'll be something minor or just noteworthy. Might see games for Switch revealed from indies though.
Will I watch it? Nah, it happens so late UK time and I doubt Geoff Keighley will respect my time or patience during it

Semi-hot take here but I don't think this category should be viable for games with 3 or more nominations. It just feels redundant if a game wins a number of awards alongside this one. It just feels no different from GOTY if the usual nominees are there. People are always complaining about how certain games don't get nominated enough. Let those games have a chance.

I guess this means we're destined for more mediocre, lazy and poorly thought out dross that becomes samey and tedious after a while

But enough about the NL comments...

Nintendo did say, however, to feel free to crap on the PS5 Pro

Looks to camera

...Figuratively. Because of the price tag. Honestly, you lot need to get your minds out the gutter.

@AnonyQ No, when Microsoft bought out Rare back in the day, Nintendo retained the rights to any Donkey Kong characters, music etc that Rare created

Been a while since I listened to GCs Chill albums so I need to check this out

But the randos in the NL comments said they have to announce it yesterday...

Who should i believe?

Personally no. I think I've come to the conclusion that open world games are a little overwhelming for me. That said, I've loved seeing all the excited reactions to the news

I really want to get in on this but the app isn't compatible on my devices 😭
That's right, everyone. You think Nintendo is behind the times with tech? I'm worse.

But seriously, I do want in on this but I'm not going out of my way to get a new device just for this app. Anyone know what the minimum os is for this app?

Update: Android 9. I'm 0.9 off.

You know I saw someone online say that NRS must have been kicking themselves about not getting Art the Clown included after seeing how successful Terrifier 3 has been. Granted there wouldn't be much character interaction but still....

I'll be playing the Playtest so it's no one's gosh darn business what I'll be doing there. 😛

There's actually quite a lot in this sale that I want. Hellblade is finally on sale, Castlevania Dominus, PoP DLC is also half price etc.

I'm onto a winner here!

@cosmograph Yes there is

Someone call the vets because I've got a bad case of Worms!

What I'm picking up from this review is the game is pretty difficult and I should play on Easy for a more enjoyable experience. Fair enough.

In before someone says something like 'Oh, are they going claim the trademark for a smash burger? Well, it already exists! Gee, Nintendo!'
Ok, but seriously let's have some fun with the menu items

• Splatoona Melt
• A Link to the Pasta (an Italian restaurant that serves Gnocchi-rina of Time, Majoras Mascarpone, Linguinis Awakening, Minish Campanelle, Triforce-illini and Ravio-li)
• Metroid Prime Ribs

Also, a fast food place based on Gourmet Race. You pay a fee to run through an obstacle course and grab as much food as you can. If you don't beat your opponent or get less food than them, you don't get fed. Sorry

I was going to say if this was a Nintendo game, I think Nintendo would have been happy with the sales but then I saw how it shipped/sold and well....it sold a tenth of what Metroid Dread sold (3 million!)* and that was available on one platform.

*And you know Nintendo looked at those sales and thought 'put MercurySteam on speed dial just in case'

@FishyS tbf, Europe has had Minecraft Dungeons before too. I remember not being impressed by it as the characters didn't stand out much from environments

cough there's footage of the Switch version on YouTube so make your own judgement there. Apparently its fairly decent if you want think of it more as a port of original cough

Subliminal messaging is my passion. You may not notice it but it's there.

A game made with unreal engine and (possibly) developed by ILCA? That's really going to ruin some people's narrative if its praised for it's Brilliant Design and Shining Presentation in reviews
winks at the camera

EDIT- Turns out it might not be developed by ILCA. Oops.

@SillyG To be honest, I struggled to think of something that was shiny locked in BDSP so I just opted for the two time limited Pokémon.

Before anyone gets ahead of themselves, being 'angry in the NintendoLife comment section about how Nintendo shouldn't do this or that' isn't a valid qualification for the job. Sorry everyone 😛

I like that they're doing this for all Switch games. I just wished I'd completed all the Sword and Shield dexes properly in Home. I already evolved the Type: Null and Kubfu in that game without registering them in Home. Anyway, here's my prediction for future events
Legends Arceus- Shiny Enamorus
BDSP- Shiny Darkrai or Shaymin
SwSh- Shiny Zarude
LGPE- Shiny Mew?

@solarwolf07 You don't need the DLC to complete the dex in Home. You just need to obtain the Pokémon in those dexes in the game. You could do that by-

• transferring a Pokemon from Home into SV and breeding it so the new hatched Pokémon is classified as being from SV
• Finding a trade buddy to help you trade evolve certain Pokémon after doing the former
• Find a buddy will to trade you some of the DLC exclusives (the paradox legendaries, Pecharunt etc) even if it's a temporary basis while you register them in Home before returning them. Also ask to have them holding a syrupy apple and metal alloy item to help obtaining those too. (Granted this involves playing nice with a friend)
• Check out the Pokémon Portal menu and look out for online Tera Raid battles. Some people might be fighting a Pokémon you've yet to get that isn't in the base game (including some trade evos like Kingdra, Rhyperior etc)

First things first in terms of the lore. I've seen the timeline of the origin of the Pokémon world. It's a decently thought out piece (I'm not spoiling it here because I'm not Centro).

• In terms of the more adult stuff, I understand these stories are based on not only the bizarre Greek mythology but also on folklore tales of yokai but with the monsters being replaced with similar Pokémon counterparts. The keywords here being 'mythology' and 'folklore'. This would imply that these stories would fictional in the Pokémon world. None of the events actually happened but were told to forewarn the dangers of Pokemon (lest we forget PLA does expand on the theme of a time when humans and Pokemon didn't live together well). Anyway, my point is these events are non canon. They're dark and some lore can be dark but those stories were never going to canon for the sake of keeping the series. I have other thoughts but I'm not going to risk breaking site rules, cause arguments or go off topic.
• As someone who likes learning about the 'What ifs' on games and series (long after launch obviously) I have liked finding out about stuff that could have been.
• Not a fan of someone having access to details of future titles. Doesn't matter if they say they won't share details. Someone will leak that info somehow.
• Not a huge fan of any potential doxxing that could happen. Big company, small company it doesn't matter.
• I think this'll likely make TPC very wary of the fanbase. I doubt the hacking was done 'out of sheer passion for the series'

Said it on another sites comments but I hope the person or people stub their toe hard, fall down the stairs and involuntarily crap their pants on the way down.

Can't say im a fan of LRG. It just strikes me as 'consumer friendo'-ism in it's purest sense where its push is to produce physical copies of previously digital games (nothing wrong with that) but it's such a limited run (pun intended) and something you have to wait significantly longer for to release with no specified release date. All that and taking in the import fees for places for Europe, it doesn't seem worth it in the end. That and I'm not a huge fan of their over bloated special editions.

On the flip side, I can understand why some companies like Sega or Konami would be reluctant about going physical on certain titles but I don't know. That and LRG are a smaller company than those big ones.

In the interest of balance, I'll likely get it digitally and I'm looking forward to the digital release of Ninja 5-0 from LRG so I'm a hypocrite ha

@Yomerodes To be fair, if outlets did that I'd feel confident that Nintendo would blacklist for a good while and I don't think the likes of NL want to alienate the one company that they have to keep in good graces with if they rely on review copies and being invited to events. Moreso, I don't think they'd want to dismiss any colleague who would break that rule

So basically I and II will have save data bonuses. So long as it isn't something daft like you get an NPC say 'you know what happens when you add I and II together? You don't get III, you get XII' Dragon Quest XII logo appears

So it's like a cheaper PS5 Pro. Both display the time and neither has any games for it.

(It's a joke. Go to Push Square. I'm sure someone will make a joke about the Alarmo on there. A-lame-o or something. That seems like seems like the kind of 'sick burn' PlayStation fans would find hilarious)

@HydroTendonMan @RojoDelMal @ottoecamn @HeadPirate @LavenderShroud @JohnnyMind
Thank you. That's very nice of you all to say! 😊

@ZebZed Is that so? I didn't know that bit. I'll take note of that in the future

Just a heads up before anyone jumps to conclusions-

• Nintendo's president has stated they have plans to tackle any hostile takeovers
• Nintendo is a public company and anyone can buy shares so they can't prevent people from doing so
• They can however object should any shareholders from outside of Japan owning more than 10% of a company by taking it to the government (or was it courts?) to put a stop to it.

In SNKs case, I would hazard a guess that they either accepted the buyout or no longer exist and render all employees as redundant. Again, I'm not Billy Business but that's my understanding

I looked up this on the eShop. Its £59.99. That's put me off a bit but here's the kicker- the digital deluxe version (which does include the rollercoaster, the Sackboy and Ratchet and Clank custom items so fair play, they didn't have to do that) is £69.99 so after 7+ years of hearing 'i'm not paying $60 for that Switch game', i can safely say I don't want to pay PS5 game prices for a Switch game

I'll wait for a digital discount or look for a reasonable physical price.

Played the demo of it on Switch. It glitched out as Chris went through the floor. I decided not to try the full game...

@UNCLDNS Not strictly true. The main reason Nintendo broke off the deal with Sony was because there was a part of the contract where, had Nintendo had not read it through, that would have given Sony the rights/license to make games based on Nintendo IP without their agreement. Nintendo, not being keen on that, ended the deal there and then and paired up with Philips (who admittedly weren't great with the IP either)

Long story short and in a poor analogy, Nintendo did call off the wedding at the last minute to Sonys surprise but it turns out Nintendo learned Sony had said some stuff about Nintendo's daughter at the stag do. Neither side comes out well but it's for the best the partnership never happened

There's your next title, cloutragers and clickbait content creators-
Nintendo Refuses to Credit Miyamoto! Another Scummy Move! alongside a picture of Miyamoto with a photoshopped sad face and the YouTuber doing a compo face

If theres one thing I've learned from his videos, it's that I and many others in gaming community underestimate the effort, details and production of how video games are made. My favourite videos were the Grab Bag ones where we got to see his game collection and an entire video about his cat.

I also enjoyed the one about award events and how ones which are voted by the gamers are different to ones voted by those industry. It goes on to explain how determinating what the best game is can be tricky because there's no definite answer. He goes on to conclude that 'your favourite game is the best game ever' or words to that effect. I also like another where he explains that patches take a while to do because they need to find a solution to the problem with breaking another part of the game by playtesting it before release. At least, ive learned why these things take a while.

NL commenter: But what about Pokémon scarlet and viol...

He also said that people shouldn't use his videos to take jabs at other developers or companies in the industry

I just 100% this game last night. All characters, all medals. Well done, me.

Terrible news for those believing or pushing the narrative that F-Zero is a series that Nintendo forgets/ignores. This alongside the 99 update. At least they'll still have the 'Kore o hon'yaku shitande suka? Motto dete ike!' series