@Alex_Starfate
That's pretty cool. Isn't it the kind of stuff that should be taken to the European level though?

EDIT : my bad. I guess I'm too old school for the current state of the EU.

Our princess is on another adventure.

I appreciate them modernizing Peach I really like the two caps. Might go for them.

I've got too much of a backlog already to buy a giant rpg that I've already played to death and add it to the pile. That being said I've always rated Oblivion "good".

It's filled with good ideas but technically has quite a lot of issues and mechanically some elements are kind of broken. And, well, both in terms of world design and story Morrowind and Skyrim are better. It's always been the lesser game out of the three but of course it is comparing a good game to very good games. What I mean by that is that Oblivion is still very enjoyable.

I love that the only thing that changes is wario's nose color. Well apart from the main color of course. I love that the JP one has a traditional font for the title as it follows the game thematically with its weird absurd semi-serious announcer voice and aesthetic.

But still I think the most striking is the yellow one overall (EDIT : since the South Korean one isn't there to vote for). Voted for EU.

We all have our preferences of course but too me the 64 is really the console that completely cemented my nintendo fanboyism. The nes and snes made me really like the classics but growing up I definitely could have changed my habits and switch to sony. Especially since I was a teen at the time and at the right age to be susceptible to fall for the whole grown up "mature" gaming Sony was claiming it had on the psx. Which was a fad of course and we could have seen it coming since it was the exact same angle Sega had against ninty and it also was a fad.

But then what happened is I found the psx extremely lackluster. Imo pretty bad hardware with games that were just very approximative in their gameplay and looked honestly kind of terrible for no good reason either since apart from looking ugly, 3d brought nothing to the table since gameplay wise most games still played exactly like they could have played in 2d. A failed attempt at a new era of gaming, that's the psx for me. Plus it brought with it the first wave of casual for which the cliché was a bunch of new gamers whose priority was the amount of boobs and gore in their "new" games.

The n64 on the other hand, I played Mario and Ocarina on the same night when I brought it home. And it was magical. Precise gameplay, real immersive 3d, innovative controls. A real feeling of control in a real 3d environment that would really be impossible to achieve in 2d. All of that was helped by impeccable art direction and an attention to details that put most other pc or console teams to shame. I could instantly see "okay, I see what these guys are doing, I see what they want to achieve and I respect them for their work." And I became a fan for the rest of my life to this day. The N64 is monumental and it is a pivotal moment for the whole industry for a lot of genres. Its library of great games is not huge but it is still influential in even nowadays gaming. It holds a space in the the history of gaming that no other console does.

Looks like medieval kingdom hearts to me.

Like others have said I did all the classic ones, but I don't think I'll ever touch Bananza again.

@premko1
Can you just drive around in solo mode in the demo?

@Judal27
Haha I know, it should really be at least an option in every game. It is definitely linked to the way people apprehend a 3d space so yeah, to each their own and we should definitely have the choice. I'm just old enough to have learned gaming when inverted was the norm. I remember playing Dark Souls 3 with a friend passing the controller back and forth and every single time, we had to go to the settings and switch invert y on and off. Usually we'd forget of course and just move the camera in absurd ways facing this or that boss and getting miserably crushed. We'd stare at the game over screen and sigh "forgot to change the Y axis again".

@Judal27
Inverted Y axis is the way. Inverted forever!

The gamecube had a strange showing for Mario and Zelda with these games obviously not as polished and feeling unfinished. Anyway I'll always love Sunshine. Apart from Odyssey it is the game where Mario plays the best imo. So smooth and precise.

One of the very best Mario OST and that's saying something!

80 euros games should automatically be on the cartridge come on. Premium price for a premium product.

It looks quite good though at least.

They look very, VERY good. But it's hard to justify buying those. I already own a Pro2 and it's pretty expensive. I have tons of compatible controllers with my mobapad M6hd and my Pro1 and also the 8bitdo SN30. I mean come on my joycons 2 show no sign of drifting either and I just REALLY don't need another controller.

@AstroTheGamosian
And I agree with 100% of what you said. I replayed Other M a number of times and though it is certainly not perfect, the gameplay is tight the story is strangely executed but filled with good intentions. It is also rather bold to deal with a strong female lead and the theme of motherhood. That is quite uncommon and pretty bold in video gaming. If anything I think Other M mainly showed that the fandom has no idea what they want, and that it was a bet that was too risky if you consider the licence and the state it was in, they should have done something safer. Other M is definitely one of Nintendo's riskiest move and that's saying something. What people actually want from Metroid is something I think Dread really helped with, but to some extent the Prime series shows they are still struggling with this issue.

As you said I would love an Other M 2 that adresses some of the issues.

I'm sorry but seeing what they've done with FFVII, I'm not sure I want them to touch legacy content ever again. I respect that some people liked it but as far as I am concerned they don't seem to be willing to do what I would like them to do with their older games.

The pro controller looks awesome. I love that they went beyond the usual black and gold zelda design. The joycons also look brilliant.

@Maxz
Brilliant! Now I've also learned a word in my own language. Thanks for that!
The French page confirms the two words have exactly the same meaning which is a dark, nebulous atmosphere with some amount of fog or a misty quality to it. Caliginous sounds more fun for sure if only just for the raising eyebrows that might follow.

@DemonKow
DON'T LISTEN TO ONDORE'S LIES!

I've checked and it turns its pretty much everyone. Apparently their approach is to use every single character that's even slightly important to the og game's plot. The only one missing is Gabranth for some weird reason and Cid but other than that they are all here. Which is great they are really well remade in pixel art form they look awesome.

Like it or not, Other M is canonical, not a spin-off and part of the main series.

@Maxz
I've learned a word today. Pretty cool word I don't think we have an equivalent for it in french which might be why it's not referenced on wordreference since it's a translation dictionary.

@GrailUK
It is "just" a mobile game in its complete form but that doesn't mean it is a bad game as we've seen with Octopath 0. But yeah I'm not super interested in it myself.

I wonder who the FFXII rep is.

Congrats on those of you who got wait for it... SELECTED!

@Zeeba
Substantial free quality content for games (Doom 1 and 2 are regularly treated the same) that are pretty much perfect and are 5 dollars to begin with.

So not a GKC then?

Meanwhile I'm still trying to get a 1tb micro sd express card at a somewhat not completely insane price and prices are only going up, up, up.

You know what I think I like the NA a but better for the color palette. But it's really messy it's got too much going on with a background that just sort of destroys the clarity of the whole thing. What is this terrible looking blue thing anyway? A very blurry waterfall that comes out of nowhere?

I voted for EU it's a lot cleaner.

Seeing the little guy here on the picture reminds me how much I want Mischief Makers on NSO.

Still haven't gotten one. The fact that you have to hold the system in it sounds pretty bad tbh. And the other one is just way too expensive for what it is. We need something somewhere in the middle there.

Or just a 3ds VB emulator. They really missed an opportunity with not releasing these at this time. They had the perfect system for it.

GAAAAH still need to get started on this one it looks so good! I told myself I would finish Elliott and Indiana first though.

@rex_rex
I really enjoyed my time with Torna actually I consider it the best of the three dlcs even though XB2 is the "worse" of the three games for me, still a good game though. So if you liked 2, you are very, VERY likely to find Torna absolutely terrific

Yeah I'm not playing this if it's not on NS2 as others have said. I'm a dad, I've got tons of stuff to do, NS2 is just an ideal gaming platform for me and others like me. We don't have time to dedicate to pc gaming and fiddling around with settings to even get things running, we rarely play on a couch because kids and stuff. Yeah I really don't see why I would invest in any other gaming platform even though I've got the money. NS2 is just too convenient. The money's on the table Sandfall!

@MADLUDWIG11
You think that is being agressive? Don't get me started!

More seriously though I know the whole thing is off topic and probably should just let it fly but sometimes I just don't want to.

@FrylockJ

And what exactly makes RE a licence for alt right alpha male, pray tell?

The fact that it historically has many strong female leads or the fact that the whole plot revolves around the main characters fighting against capitalistic corporate greed and authoritarian governments? I wonder.

Next I guess it all depends on what Capcom considers a priority. 1 is practically a given. Is 0 even considered canonical though? Is Revelations one of the main titles? Are 5 and 6 worth revisiting since they are the black sheeps of the series that even newer entries move away from.

Revelations is one of my absolute favorite, I sure hope they give it a go.

Don't do that Capcom. Yearly licences are victim of a real loss of quality or a perceived one because of licence fatigue. Either way it's not a good idea.

You just have to find another way to do it that does not, you know, massacre the original in the process. A proper remake.

I don't know how the film will turn out and I don't know about his performance but I gotta say this young man looks absolutely perfect for the role.

@batmanbud2
I really don't like turn based combat because I find that often it offers supposedly "deep" strategy that isn't deep at all (looking at you most of the FF and DQ) when very often games that allow you to move freely actually do offer tactics in movement and placement for example.

But still that doesn't prevent me from liking some turn based systems. Skies of arcadia, for example, I absolutely adore it. Mario RPG, Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi of course. Tactical in general, like Fire Emblem of FFT or Advance Wars. They're brilliant. Chrono Trigger, very nice combat system. Bravely Default. Very satisfying. Valkyrie Profile, 1 and 2, man I could kill to have these on NS1 or 2. Baten Kaitos obviously. One of the best combat system ever.

There you go. This is a joke. Not a surprise either mind you. Call me back when you sort things out.

@Tyranexx
Metal Mario best character for anything ever.

The Mario 64 Metal Mario tune. I can still hear it clearly in my head. Haven't played the game in ages.

DUH DUH DUH! DUDUDUH DUH DUH DUH! DUDUDUH DUH DUH DUH!

@aperl19
Sorry to rain on everyone's parade but 2 is certainly a good game but 1 and 3 are better in almost every conceivable way. The only point that 2 does better is the map design which is more intricate and memorable.

The again you might have already played 1 and 3. In which case 2 sure is fun.

Huh. Locked amiibo content kinda suck I have to admit. Plus it would have been nice at least to have other splatoon bands inspired costumes but oh well. My super stylish Mary amiibo will allow me to unlock the ugliest overalls I've ever seen I guess.

Really now?
What is the deal with nowadays gamers?

"I have the know-how."

Brilliant line. This man is a legend.

Best acquisition nintendo ever made.

And it worked out for them employees and for us gamers too. Talk about win win managerial bullsh*t. Compare to the rest of the industry, then ask nintendo see how it's done.

@Markiemania95

Exactly. He confirms things are working the other way around compared to what people assumed they were. Same for the peach game influencing the character in the movie.

@BuddhaBabboo
Ah. Speeding up gameplay and deactivating random encounters, which is a god send in that game, is not in the console version. Okay then I take it back it could be a paid upgrade, like a couple euros I guess.

Also surprising, those two features are classics in Square Enix re-releases. FFXII TZA has the speed thing for example.

Are you kidding me?
And THIS is not an upgrade path? I mean it should be a free upgrade path.