But is going to fix the fra..slams doors Yes, you've said that on every single article. Congratulations you've swallowed Digital Foundry and vomited it up as your own take.
One thing I will say about about the SV is they really went all in with the story for the DLC. I was expecting similar fare as IoA and CT but instead we got a nice narrative to accompany it. I look forward to seeing how this epilogue pans out.
Haven't read all the comments but let's try address as many issues as I can
23% of the franchises income comes from the games. I think people really need to keep that mind. It would be like saying Marvel should stop making movies and focus on comics. It may be main source but it's not the thing making the most money
No, it would take resources from Monolith Soft and the next thing people complain about how GF 'held back' the next Xenoblade
Genius Soronity has 22 employees. Giving it to them would be silly. Also, Colleseum and XD reuse the models from Stadium.
People have REALLY got to expect a new game every year. A lot of people say they want GF to take their time but maybe if content creators and fans can pack it in with BW3/BW Remakes/Legends 2/Let's Go Johto speculation every. dang. Pokemon Presents.
People often encourage developers to have a healthy work environment but I don't think haranguing them constantly helps. Don't thinly veil it as 'constructive criticism'. It's not. it makes you look like a Karen. A TerraKaren as it were. No wonder Junichi Masuda and James Turner left the company because I'll tell you what, they got a lot of crap in the lead up to Sword/Shield.
Just a warning guys, PokePark Hisui is actually just a few fields, you get attacked regularly and in order to get to different parts of it, you have to leave and re-enter the Jubilife ticket office.
People will tell you it's the best one but I don't think it is.
Imagine pestering a developer to wrap up on something because you want to move on to the next thing. I think people should have more patience with creatives instead of expecting things to happen in a short space of time. Yes, we all anticipate a Switch 2 or Mario Kart 9 announcement but I think expecting Ninte...oh wait, sorry wrong topic! I mean Boooooo! Boo Keighley.
That SEGA trailer sounds promising but I can't help but think that one or two of those games might turn out underwhelming due to how highly regarded each of those IP are to fans. We'll see, hopefully I'll be proved wrong. As a fan of JSRF, i hope it turns out ok.
There's bound to be someone in the comments who was interested in Thank Goodness You're Here but is now scared of the Northern accents and won't buy it til theres subtitles confirmed 😏
Cool. Been waiting for this. I look forward to playing the inevitable demo, buy the game and then hold off continuing it until a rainy day like the previous two games
@majinx07 Yes, although each game is 8GB, 14GB and 14GB respectfully and I can't imagine any publisher opting to go for a 64GB cart without wanting jack up the games price
A fairly recent game too. Fun fact: NoE pushed this game so much on social media that I sometimes mistake it as a Nintendo game despite not being developed or published by them
Honestly, #6 isnt too bad. I don't know where previous Mario RPGs have debuted in the charts previously but I can't imagine they've hit the #6 spot in thier first week. After a little research, the original SMRPG sold 2.1 million copies (whether that includes digital sales via VC, I don't know). Considering it looks like it's had good reviews and great word-of-mouth in the lead up, surely it'll beat that.
For a spin off series (yes, I'll clump SMRPG, M&L and PM together), #6 isnt too bad of a start. Granted, it was never going to do Mario Kart numbers but it looks promising
Well, their partnership has been pretty strong since Nintendo bought Monolith Soft. Sounds a bit daft saying the connection is stronger after one company bought the others subsidiary. Considering Nintendo had no issue allowing MonoSoft to work on PxZ and both companies having thier Xeno characters appear in each other projects (PxZ2 and Xenoblade 2), I think its fair to say it's a very amicable relationship.
This is the fourth kart racing game that Bamtang have developed for GameMill in a six year period. I honestly wasn't expecting this to be the groundbreaking experience that would 🎶break the mooo-oold🎶
I think they should hire unknown actors so people who want that can complain they haven't heard of them and demand they hire someone who they have heard of.
I'm going to defend this reviews opinion on Funky Kong. He always sounds like he's having manic phase with his screaming and yelling. Like, lay off the Red Bull and let's not encourage this erratic behaviour.
@TheMegaMarshtomp Considering we got 3 Nick racers now and a DreamWorks racer coming up all made by the same developer in a matter of six years alongside the news about GameMill treating the developers of that King Kong game questionably, I'm guessing GM are very keen on striking while the irons hot and pushing out a sequel
@Jireland92 To be fair, Rocksteady was considered for the original NASB but was replaced by Shredder. Likelihood he was a holdover concept. That said, if he was you'd think he'd be in the base roster...
IIRC, didn't Konami get Hayter back to do lines for Snakes appearence in Bomberman R? Or at least used his voice clips for it. I think he also took a pay cut for recording the Twin Snakes so that Konami/Nintendo/SK could bring back as many of the original voice cast too. Taking that and the fact he has tried to pitch a MGS movie (he wrote/co-wrote the first two Xmen movies and Watchmen) and was annoyed over the EVO prank, it seems like he still has a lot of affection for the series and Kojima was the main force behind recasting Snake rather than Konami
Record company: 'Asiane is actually a huge Mario fan' Fans: 'She is?! Typical Nintendo! Stifling fan creations. They clearly hate thier fans. Urgh...you know what. I'm going to buy 15 copies just to stick to them'
Naturally, I jest but you know someone will take that angle 😐
@Dm9982 You forgot Ghost Babel on GBC. Now that's a curio I'd like to try. (Also, if Konami would be kind enough to to allow it on GBC NSO, that would be neat. Ninja Cop too)
This has been my issue with Gamemill. They seem to push out these licensed games much too frequently. Like in a span of 5 years , they've released three Nickelodeon kart racers. We have a Nickelodeon All Star Brawl game which is already getting sequel so soon after the original. Add King Kong and that DreamWorks racer and I have to wonder if, as a publisher, they rush these things out. Although I do wonder if Nickelodeon play a role in it too.
@tektite_captain To be fair, Warner Bros own the rights to King Kong these days.
On a serious note, the best Pokémon game is your favourite Pokémon game. Telling people that thier favourite Pokémon game is bad doesn't make your favourite Pokémon game better.
Sigh...another money grubbing scheme from capitalism charging you extortionate funds to build simple structures and put the poor consumer into debt. Of course, some will pay for it and blindly ignore the obvious flaws
But enough about Tom Nook. The Lego set looks cute
I have a question for anyone reading this. Should I watch a playthrough of the original game just so I'm all caught up with the story so far? I'd like to have some familiarity with the characters beforehand
If i had to choose a guest fighter (legal issues not withstanding) for Mortal Kombat, I'd pick Scratchy (and Itchy. Obviously, Scratchy would be on the receiving end. A character using cartoony violence would be pretty novel
@all3forever To be fair, if they did that it would take resources from Monolith Soft who likely working on a new Xeno/large scale RPG (1st development team), assisting with previously mentioned game or pre-planning the next Zelda (2nd development team) or assisting on certain minor aspects on EPD titles (Kyoto).
That's not to say GF shouldn't ask for advice or assistance if needed but ultimately I would think that taking some of the workload off GF would be useful. I think there's a matter of things that would benefit all parties
If people want GameFreak to take time, gamers need to give them time. There's no point playing gen 10 and then asking 'Wheres BW remakes/Legends 2?'. If people don't want GF to push a new game every year, we need to stop speculating a new game every Pokémon Presents
One of the best ideas GF have done is given DLC development to a B-team and outsource BDSP to another developer. I know the latter wasn't received well but I'm sure it took a bit of the workload off GFs shoulders. If BW were to get remade, I think a non-GF studio could do it even if it was a remaster. It would work well as a filler to tide people over til the next new adventure.
I don't think Pokémon lends itself to an open world too well. Your Zeldas and Skyrims are great but Paldea seems a little...barren. I think a more traditional approach with more expansive routes akin to the wild areas would be a nicer approach something familiar but still encourages exploration between towns.
Anyway, I've gone WAY off topic. Tl,dr I don't believe using Monolith Softs resources is the key solution as all sectors of that company seems busy enough as is and I definitely don't think the IP should be removed from the creatives and 'given to a better studio' because I can't imagine that would keep GFs morale up.
(And to the person I tagged, this is not solely aimed at you. I got a little carried away. Sorry)
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Re: Soapbox: Kieran’s Hatred Of You In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's DLC Almost Makes It Good
Pfft... people complaining about spoilers for a DLC they had no intention of playing. Gamers amirite?
Re: Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick Will Step Down Later This Month
ABKs loss is also West Ham Uniteds loss if the rumours are true
(With sincere apologies to any Hammers fans out there)
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC To Get A Free Epilogue Next Month
@LeJuiceCup you'd be surprised
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC To Get A Free Epilogue Next Month
But is going to fix the fra..slams doors Yes, you've said that on every single article. Congratulations you've swallowed Digital Foundry and vomited it up as your own take.
One thing I will say about about the SV is they really went all in with the story for the DLC. I was expecting similar fare as IoA and CT but instead we got a nice narrative to accompany it. I look forward to seeing how this epilogue pans out.
Re: WTF: What Exactly Is This Switch eShop Garbage, Nintendo?
Remember when the Nintendo Seal of Quali...door slams
That's not what it meant. The seal was there to assure the consumer the product was a legit copy and not a unauthorised game.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 3.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Haven't read all the comments but let's try address as many issues as I can
Re: A New Pokémon Theme Park Is Launching In Japan
Just a warning guys, PokePark Hisui is actually just a few fields, you get attacked regularly and in order to get to different parts of it, you have to leave and re-enter the Jubilife ticket office.
People will tell you it's the best one but I don't think it is.
Re: Random: The Game Awards Urged Eiji Aonuma To 'Wrap Up' Zelda Acceptance Speech
Imagine pestering a developer to wrap up on something because you want to move on to the next thing. I think people should have more patience with creatives instead of expecting things to happen in a short space of time. Yes, we all anticipate a Switch 2 or Mario Kart 9 announcement but I think expecting Ninte...oh wait, sorry wrong topic! I mean Boooooo! Boo Keighley.
Re: Round Up: Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2023 - All Switch Game Reveals & Trailers
That SEGA trailer sounds promising but I can't help but think that one or two of those games might turn out underwhelming due to how highly regarded each of those IP are to fans. We'll see, hopefully I'll be proved wrong. As a fan of JSRF, i hope it turns out ok.
Re: Round Up: Every Switch Announcement At Day Of The Devs - The Game Awards 2023 Edition
There's bound to be someone in the comments who was interested in Thank Goodness You're Here but is now scared of the Northern accents and won't buy it til theres subtitles confirmed 😏
Re: Random: Waluigi Designer Shares Scrapped Character Art Of "Walpeach"
Guys, if you want an evil counterpart for Peach, don't forget Grape is the antagonist in Princess Peach Showtime!
Re: Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered Now Arriving On Switch In Spring 2024
Cool. Been waiting for this. I look forward to playing the inevitable demo, buy the game and then hold off continuing it until a rainy day like the previous two games
Re: Review: Football Manager 2024 Touch (Switch) - An Impressive Sim With Some Real Pep
Other alternative sub headings
Re: Switch To Get Timed Exclusive Access To Robert Pattinson In Batman: Arkham Trilogy
@majinx07 Yes, although each game is 8GB, 14GB and 14GB respectfully and I can't imagine any publisher opting to go for a 64GB cart without wanting jack up the games price
Re: Switch To Get Timed Exclusive Access To Robert Pattinson In Batman: Arkham Trilogy
Take that, Laurence Fox! 😏 😛
Re: A New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Distribution Event Has Been Announced
Greasy, grumpy and makes obnoxious noises.
But enough about the fanbase, it's a free Revavroom
Re: Nintendo Switch Online's Next Free Game Trial Lays Down Roots Tomorrow (Europe)
A fairly recent game too.
Fun fact: NoE pushed this game so much on social media that I sometimes mistake it as a Nintendo game despite not being developed or published by them
Re: UK Charts: Super Mario RPG Can't Jump To The Top Five In Its Debut Week On Switch
Honestly, #6 isnt too bad. I don't know where previous Mario RPGs have debuted in the charts previously but I can't imagine they've hit the #6 spot in thier first week. After a little research, the original SMRPG sold 2.1 million copies (whether that includes digital sales via VC, I don't know). Considering it looks like it's had good reviews and great word-of-mouth in the lead up, surely it'll beat that.
For a spin off series (yes, I'll clump SMRPG, M&L and PM together), #6 isnt too bad of a start. Granted, it was never going to do Mario Kart numbers but it looks promising
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 18th)
I'm playing a certain Mario RPG that I've heard is super....
I'm playing Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Re: Random: Nintendo Is A "Wonderful" Place To Work If You're A Genius, According To Former Employee
@HotGoomba Be careful, I hear they turn nasty the more strikes you make
Re: Poll: What's The Best RPG Starring Mario?
@rjejr Well, strategy RPG. The RPG elements being skill tree, equipping stronger weaponry, being turn based etc
Re: Bandai Namco Announces New Dev Studio For Commissioned Projects
Well, their partnership has been pretty strong since Nintendo bought Monolith Soft. Sounds a bit daft saying the connection is stronger after one company bought the others subsidiary.
Considering Nintendo had no issue allowing MonoSoft to work on PxZ and both companies having thier Xeno characters appear in each other projects (PxZ2 and Xenoblade 2), I think its fair to say it's a very amicable relationship.
Re: Review: DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing - Ain't The Sharpest Tool In The Shed
This is the fourth kart racing game that Bamtang have developed for GameMill in a six year period. I honestly wasn't expecting this to be the groundbreaking experience that would 🎶break the mooo-oold🎶
Re: Poll: What’s Your Favourite New Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Track In Wave 6?
Never heard of Toad Madrid Drive. Is it like Madrid Drive but with more Toads?
Re: Talking Point: So, Who Could Play Link, Zelda, Ganondorf In The Upcoming Zelda Movie?
I think they should hire unknown actors so people who want that can complain they haven't heard of them and demand they hire someone who they have heard of.
Re: Talking Point: So, Who Could Play Link, Zelda, Ganondorf In The Upcoming Zelda Movie?
Matt Berry as Error (and Bagu)
Matt Berry as Tingle
Matt Berry as Tarin
Matt Berry as Malon
Re: Review: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 - Takes The Chequered Flag With A Safe Final Lap
I'm going to defend this reviews opinion on Funky Kong. He always sounds like he's having manic phase with his screaming and yelling. Like, lay off the Red Bull and let's not encourage this erratic behaviour.
Re: Nintendo Reveals "Positive Impact" The Mario Movie Had On Mario's Game Sales
That thumbnail has been the greatest gift to games journalism
Re: A New Roguelike Story Campaign Is Joining The Fight In Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
@TheMegaMarshtomp Considering we got 3 Nick racers now and a DreamWorks racer coming up all made by the same developer in a matter of six years alongside the news about GameMill treating the developers of that King Kong game questionably, I'm guessing GM are very keen on striking while the irons hot and pushing out a sequel
Re: A New Roguelike Story Campaign Is Joining The Fight In Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
@Jireland92 To be fair, Rocksteady was considered for the original NASB but was replaced by Shredder. Likelihood he was a holdover concept. That said, if he was you'd think he'd be in the base roster...
Re: Konami Calls On Snake's OG Voice Actor To Promote New Metal Gear Solid Legacy Video Series
IIRC, didn't Konami get Hayter back to do lines for Snakes appearence in Bomberman R? Or at least used his voice clips for it. I think he also took a pay cut for recording the Twin Snakes so that Konami/Nintendo/SK could bring back as many of the original voice cast too.
Taking that and the fact he has tried to pitch a MGS movie (he wrote/co-wrote the first two Xmen movies and Watchmen) and was annoyed over the EVO prank, it seems like he still has a lot of affection for the series and Kojima was the main force behind recasting Snake rather than Konami
Re: Soapbox: No, Mario Wonder's Most-Annoying Character Isn't The Talking Flower
🎶 Pop a poplin in your mouth when you go to Fishy Joe's
What they're made of is a mystery
Where they come from, no one knows🎶
Re: Random: Place Your Bets On How Long This Super Mario-Sampling Rap Track Stays Live
Record company: 'Asiane is actually a huge Mario fan'
Fans: 'She is?! Typical Nintendo! Stifling fan creations. They clearly hate thier fans. Urgh...you know what. I'm going to buy 15 copies just to stick to them'
Naturally, I jest but you know someone will take that angle 😐
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1
@Dm9982 You forgot Ghost Babel on GBC. Now that's a curio I'd like to try. (Also, if Konami would be kind enough to to allow it on GBC NSO, that would be neat. Ninja Cop too)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 21st)
I would be playing Wonder if the delivery wasn't delayed til Monday. Not a great start...
Re: Random: Players Share Bananas Gameplay Of New King Kong Game, And It's Not Looking Good
This has been my issue with Gamemill. They seem to push out these licensed games much too frequently. Like in a span of 5 years , they've released three Nickelodeon kart racers. We have a Nickelodeon All Star Brawl game which is already getting sequel so soon after the original. Add King Kong and that DreamWorks racer and I have to wonder if, as a publisher, they rush these things out. Although I do wonder if Nickelodeon play a role in it too.
@tektite_captain To be fair, Warner Bros own the rights to King Kong these days.
Re: Mario & Luigi's New Voice Actor Has Been Revealed
@Burning_Spear
Wait a minute. This person is...
tears off mask
Gasp! Lucius6 from GoNintendo 😯
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
On a serious note, the best Pokémon game is your favourite Pokémon game. Telling people that thier favourite Pokémon game is bad doesn't make your favourite Pokémon game better.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
I'm making a general, harmless comment about X&Y which some will like and some will dislike
Re: Pac-Man Returns In... Another Battle Royale Game?
That title just rolls off the tongue
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Tops Another 'Greatest Games' List
Suprised no one on here went for the 'but EDGE gave Skyward Sword a ten...' argument. Well done, guys.
Re: Surprise! LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Are Actually Happening
Sigh...another money grubbing scheme from capitalism charging you extortionate funds to build simple structures and put the poor consumer into debt. Of course, some will pay for it and blindly ignore the obvious flaws
But enough about Tom Nook. The Lego set looks cute
Re: Mario Producer: Sonic's Same Week Release Is "An Interesting Coincidence"
@Alckemy You mean like Wario Land?
Anyway, I hope Superstars reviews decently so Arzest no longer have to be known as the 'Balan WonderWorld people'
Re: Review: Detective Pikachu Returns - Drab-Looking But Fun Forensics For The Fam
I have a question for anyone reading this. Should I watch a playthrough of the original game just so I'm all caught up with the story so far? I'd like to have some familiarity with the characters beforehand
Re: 3DS And Wii U Online Play Ends In "Early April" 2024
I see some people are upset by this but I don't see anyone caring that Badge Arcade Bunny will lose his job. He's got 18 kids and a mortgage to pay.
Starting to think Nintendo fans don't care about the welfare of the employees...
Re: Ed Boon Might Already Be Teasing Another Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Character
Ghosty McGhostface
If i had to choose a guest fighter (legal issues not withstanding) for Mortal Kombat, I'd pick Scratchy (and Itchy. Obviously, Scratchy would be on the receiving end. A character using cartoony violence would be pretty novel
Re: Review: EA Sports FC 24 - The Best Football Game On Any Nintendo System, Finally
Can't believe NL censored Chris' review by only allowing ONE Celtic screenshot this year 😏
Re: Pokémon Collaboration With Van Gogh Museum Announced, New Merch Incoming
People are going to be shocked when they find out museums have...gift shops of all things in order to turn over a profit
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - The Teal Mask
@all3forever To be fair, if they did that it would take resources from Monolith Soft who likely working on a new Xeno/large scale RPG (1st development team), assisting with previously mentioned game or pre-planning the next Zelda (2nd development team) or assisting on certain minor aspects on EPD titles (Kyoto).
That's not to say GF shouldn't ask for advice or assistance if needed but ultimately I would think that taking some of the workload off GF would be useful. I think there's a matter of things that would benefit all parties
Anyway, I've gone WAY off topic. Tl,dr I don't believe using Monolith Softs resources is the key solution as all sectors of that company seems busy enough as is and I definitely don't think the IP should be removed from the creatives and 'given to a better studio' because I can't imagine that would keep GFs morale up.
(And to the person I tagged, this is not solely aimed at you. I got a little carried away. Sorry)
Re: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Calls You To The Stand In January
You see, i prefer to refer this trilogy as the 'Dark Age of Law trilogy'