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They said something like they want to leave the reins to third parties this year, haven't they? So it makes sense that they would go mainly for ports for now. And I trust that even if they see things like that they would have at least one big project up their sleeves. I hope they worked out good deals with third parties though.

Survival Kids Party and Enchanted theme parks. While everyone else is busy with Resident Evils, Final Fantasies and Duskbloods. Konami is really good at reading the switch audience it seems.

Happy new year guys

I also have had About an elf for years in my wishlist. I promise I'll actually buy it at some point.

If you want to know the same guys released some other stuff.

Good luck with your new projects Felix! That was great having you here <3

Poor Alex is on his own now! My good lad you really are the absolute pillar of that yt part of NL I which I'm convinced is very important to the site. I hope you stay and you get to fool around with new buddies soon.

There is an inherent problem with the Metroid franchise. It's called Metroid, and the arc that it tells has to be about Metroids as in one of the most dangerous species in the galaxy and how it affects the powers that be.

Therefore there can't be too many games situated in that arc, otherwise the scenario becomes repetitive and stale. Each game has to tell a significant new chapter in that story. And this is exactly what the main line games do.
Metroid 1 : Samus fights the space pirate who try to get a hold on the thing
Metroid 2 : Samus becomes a Metroid hunter, beginning of the baby arc
Metroid 3 : the last Metroid dies
Metroid 3.5 : Metroids are being cloned, Samus acknowledges the GF double standards
Metroid 4 : Metroids are the only way of getting rid of another threat
Metroid 5 : Samus is the Metroid

It works well and so far it makes a pretty cool story but if you add the Prime series it just adds too much Metroid this or that to this arc. It's just way better that it stays out of the Metroid canon.

Would anyone recommend this to somebody who really enjoyed Forgotton Anne?

1st party : 3d Mario is coming. Splatoon Raiders is way more than you thought it was. Monolith is revealing and maybe releasing X2. Not much more, they said they would leave space for 3rd parties. MKW is getting free content to justify its price, tons of options for custom cups and knockout tours. Also a 4 player mode local and online treasure hunt or hide and seek on the open world along with online events à la Fortnite. MKW99 anyone?

3rd party : Monster Hunter mainline entry. Clair Obscure is a given. Other than that there's already plenty with Indiana Jones and 007, possibly Tomb Raider and COD, RE9 and Pragmata. Oh and Baldurs Gate 3 of course. Bethesda is also releasing something. DQxii is coming.

NSO : Billy Hatcher for NSO! Conker! Mischief Maker and Goemon 64!
Baten Kaitos not very likely because of the remastered collection being a thing.

Wild cards? I'll never stop going for my champs, Baten Kaitos 3! Star Fox! Castlevania Legendary Collection is the first time we see Symphony of the Night on Nintendo, along with Rondo of Blood and the Adventure Rebirth. FFVIIRemake series gets a FFVII Retold version that just tells the events of the original with the new presentation and gameplay.
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I told you they were wild cards.

I'm getting serious Persona fatigue. I think they should be concerned about not killing their brand with too many iterations of the same games. I mean Persona games are already VERY samey so yeah.

More SMT would be wonderful! You want to go for a remake? SMTIV is the best game in the series and the perfect candidate! SMTVI would be very much welcome. Also I'd love to see Metaphor on the NS2.

Just make Persona shut up for a while. For its own good.

I loved pikmin 4 and consider it the best in the series but 3 certainly has its cult following. I still think it would be surprising for them to release 3 before 4. Unless they are going for a full on remake and not an NS2 upgrade. In which case anything is possible. Of course pikmin 3 already had its remake on the NS1 so that would be a bit weird.

I mean Sony did kill pretty much all their exclusivity efforts and their work to build brand recognition via exclusive games a while ago by selling or closing all their studios that were working on interesting stuff, haven't they?

That was extremely sad to see the gravity rush guys go and the Ico and the Flowers and whatnot. It's just not that era of Sony anymore and the only thing that even remotely came close since was God of War and Astrobot. So it's a little strange to see this comment but we'll see what happens. Maybe they intend to go back to this kind of brand defining exclusives.

@LikelySatan
Yeah well. To each his own of course and I'm glad you get to enjoy it but I have to say I really struggle with this one. It's so easy to at least do it the Tales way where you get little enemy silhouettes on the map that at least gives you a chance at avoiding battle if you don't want to engage. You know it at least gives you a feeling of agency like you are actually playing the game and it's not there automatically playing itself. We hate automated. Automated is the enemy.

If ever they make an official d-pad left joycon 2, I would like it to swap the dpad and the stick and have the d-pad being on the main position.

It would be perfect having a d-pad joycon for 2d games and a c buttons one for 3d games. If they release a d-pad joycon without swapping the d-pad and the stick, as far as I'm concerned the d-pad would still be pretty much unusable as a main imput peripheral because it's positioned too low.

EDIT : the d-pad on the pro con 2 is absolutely fine compared to the first one, I can't believe some of the stuff I'm reading here unless they were talking about pro con 1 maybe?

I think we'll get FFXVI eventually.
DQXII is a given.

I've got to say it really depends on a couple factors :

• do you have access just to nintendo consoles

In that case the Wii U and the Switch 2 have really great line ups.

• do you think a single huge title can be enough for a launch line up

In that case Wii and Switch seem to be the best ones.

If you take everything into consideration though I'm sorry but overall the strongest line up is the NES.

@Serpenterror and others

For those who don't know the timeline, the N64 version is the original. The DC version is certainly better looking and has more upbeat music. To each his own, there is a good number of people who actually prefer the midi N64 ost. The ps1 version came out after as a cashgrab and is an overall pretty average version of the game. The 64 version is absolutely not a port of the ps1 version.

Oh come on it's a terrific game. It's way better than 90% of what the industry produces.

This looks wonderful, however.... noooooo random encounters I hate those, they absolutely make a game unplayable for me. I don't understand how this mechanic is still a thing, it presents absolutely zero advantage compared to any of the alternatives. It's something that existed once because of hardware limitations and that should not exist anymore. It is a relic of the past and not the good kind, rather the kind that should stay there.

I've said it already and I'll say it some more, Wonder needs difficulty options. In the broad sense of the term. It needs its easy modes sorted out AND most importantly (to me) it needs a hard mode. If only it had these it would be on par with the classic Mario games. They are this close it is infuriating.

First, great read got a good chuckle out of it so thanks.
Second, is E.HONDA seriously Eddie Honda? If so this absolutely made my day and more.
Last, merry Christmas y'all and also as ever thank you Ninty Life for the great content <3 <3

@Lady_rosalina
Tbh Bayo does not exactly require an enormous range of emotions. I love the character and I don't see that as a bad thing but for real she's mainly :

• badass
• also badass
• kinky-badass
• JEAAAAAANE
• more badass
• sarcastic-badass
• gets randomly emotional at the end of the game
• badass-kinky
• badasser.

Bananza is not a #1, sorry people. It was good but not Hades 2 kind of good. Not even Mario Kart World or Metroid Prime 4 kind of good as far as I'm concerned. I think so far the highest I would rate amongst the switch 2 releases would still be Cyberpunk.

@PhillyG411
Consumer rights are in such a sh*tty state that I'm pretty sure they can.

Anyway good on them for not claiming it back and at this price it's a steal! It is such a fantastic game.

I've played none of these but several are in my wishlist. I'm going for Ruffy and Blippo+ for the end of the year as they are on sale.

@Skunkfish
I've got only 7. And that's counting the dude's shorts. I count the lady in the foreground's swimsuit as only 1 difference though so that might be why.

@Anachronism
That's why I tend to think the team did it themselves.

@Skunkfish
Bit on the easy side though once you figure out the pattern.

@sportymariosonicmixx

He wouldn't be the first to say about a game that he was playing as a kid that he used to be really good at it and now he's not even remotely as competent. The momentum is quite extreme by nowadays standard and I've seen several younger players when trying it for the first time being surprised by it and struggling to adapt. Maybe that's why he has issues getting back to it.

Now I'm sure if he was giving it a proper try he wouldn't have nearly as much difficulty as he thinks he would. That's how I interpreted what he said anyway. SMB is a 100% playable nowadays and just as great as it always was. People are just not trying hard enough.

About Kojima I've always found it surprising this fascination that he has with nintendo. His own games are as un-Nintendo as you can get.

I think a 7 was a bit harsh to be honest. Well not actually harsh. 7 is not harsh but to some people 7 instantly sounds like I'm gonna pass on this and it's a pity really. I'm playing this right now and it's really good. Not every game needs to reinvent the wheel and this is just an all around well executed game.

Also I hope the next update comes with a bit of optimization for switch 2. It's good as is but it's always nice to see devs actually caring and making their game just that extra bit better.

@sportymariosonicmixx
What I understood when reading the article was I can't play it as in "I suck at it now though".

@Pillowpants
My dude what a day it must have been!
These memories are golden. I myself got Zelda 3 before the console, bought used from a friend, but couldn't play it. Then I got a used snes for my birthday. I remember it had the SF2 turbo box but SF2 itself wasn't in it because my parents wouldn't let me play a fighting game so they just bought the console but not the game. I got Yoshi's Island instead. It was a glorious night.

Curiously that "tradition" to get Zelda games before the hardware itself because an opportunity presented itself repeated itself with Ocarina and Wind Waker. Long were the days spent staring at these boxarts and reading those instruction booklets without being able to actually play the games.

That's the everything is automated and platforming is scripted trilogy so no thanks.

Gotta love these old school US boxarts of the original lineup.

Why even bother making patch notes if it is what they're going to say?

@Jonturk
Just started Cronos and I agree it is an excellent game and a competent port.

8.2 million? What is it to you Nintendo? Here, let me take care of it.

That's awesome but be prepared for all third parties to pretend they don't exist.

@MathByThePixel
Gotta try that with my son thanks!

Thank you so much for acknowledging the genius of this game which I absolutely love. I'm replaying it right now on NSO and sure enough, it's still a gem <3

Did my part to support my boy Rayman there.

Perhaps its biggest merit is that it is not a collectathon. People seem to forget collectathons are just a subgenre of 3d platforming and not the norm.

Rayman 2 is just an honest efficient point a to b 2 buttons (okay 3) platformer with impeccable controls, great level design and atmosphere, that leaves you with the simple joy of jumping from one platform to the next.

No collecting three different types of currency and no double jump either. It doesn't need it since its gameplay is not centered around exploration but around actual platforming and it demands that your moves and jumps are quite deliberate and precise. So nope you won't be double jumping your way out of a dodgy move you did not quite thought through.

It's just well made simple linear goodness. It's just great.

It's the full on this game does not feature the OG story trailer. Good at least they're not lying anymore about what's in the actual game.

Looking at this we can all see it coming Sephiroth will team up with Cloud in the last game for whatever reason they are going to desperately come up with.

This is all just such a waste.

Metroid Prime 4 is fantastic!
I like that it is trying new things with the world design using the OoT structure with smaller areas being more Metroid like. I don't know yet if the secrets rooms and passages are going to be enough compared to older entries. The linearity being a staple of the series is not a problem. Even though it might clash with the expectations of some when they saw the open areas, it's up to them to realize it's not an open world after all, no more than old school zeldas were, again referring to the OoT world structure.

The gameplay is wonderful as always with the most refined gameplay in the series with so many options! The bike is well integrated and fun to drive around.

And above all the presentation is terrific with the best music and overall atmosphere in the series in my opinion and artistic direction ABSOLUTELY OFF THE CHARTS.

Of course I'll reserve my judgement for when I actually complete the game but so far it's been really great, already better than 3 and on its way to beat 2.

Gotta hurry before BG3 gets in there!

@AG_Awesome @darkswabber
No motion control at all? This is crazy, I mean the nintendo crowd has had access to the Wii version for ages which still has the best motion aiming of any RE4 re-release. And they decide to just skip it?

Apparently 7/8/9 are supposed to get the feature but let's hope it will be well implemented because looking at R1/R2/5/6 it does not bode well.

Come on Capcom! Even Nintendo who is famous for never giving options for freaking anything, even them have an incredible set of options for MP4! I've fiddled around with it last time and it's just awesome the amount of personalization you have access to.

You can't beat OG rockman art but nice effort NA. Still voted for JP though let's be real.

@darkswabber
How are the motion controls in RE4? Have they been fixed compared to Revelations? In Revelations if you are using inverted Y for the camera it automatically inverts the motion controlled reticle. You can't dissociate the two, which is kind of insane. I think it's the same in Revelations 2. How is it in RE4? I haven't found an answer online. This issue has actually prevented me from buying these three games even when on sales because I know the motion controls just aren't usable for me even though they are games that I would have typically rebought.

I'm just praying that they will fix that for RE7/8/9. In that day and age it's crazy.

Street of Rage 4 finally the goat beat'em up is now playable on NS2 <3
Nobody apparently uses gamechat in my usual gaming pals and that's a pity really but I imagine SoR4 would be very NS2 friendly thanks to that feature.

I really hope they don't miss the opportunity to make Wonder one of the absolute best games in the series by giving us A HARD MODE. God it's not that hard to understand. Or even a new harder campaign even though I'm more in favor of difficulty levels now. I think the Mario series really needs them.

What they've announced so far for Wonder NS2 edition is completely missing the point for me. I don't want to turn it into Wonder Party, I want it to acknowledge years and years of Mario gaming. There's clearly a split between the younger audience that is definitely part of the Mario demographic and they're obviously targeting it and that's absolutely fine, and the older more experienced Mario fans who love the little guy and would need more of a challenge to appreciate his adventures the way they used to.

All things considered it's pretty packed already.

South of Midnight is not mentioned here though.

@Lizuka
What is a dad game, kid?

I mean this will be released in a thousand years if at all given the state of the AAA industry. Same for the tomb raider games. What we got were movie trailers for games that may or may not even release.

Let's talk about South of Midnight, Pragmata, Orbitals and Megaman. I'm more interested in these.