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@somnambulance This is drop 1 of 3. There’s still room for songs to return. The only ones confirmed to not be back are the three Muskabeatz songs from 4.

Also people are insane for whining about rap songs being on the soundtrack considering 3 and 4 were 50/50 when it came to punk and hip hop. They’ve got Jeff Rosenstock and WAVVES added and they’ve added Kendrick and RTJ so it’s still as 50/50 as it’s always been.

@Chlocean Add Disco Elysium to the pile, another one ruined by corporate greed. Jury’s out on Celeste, something might materialise at some point. ConcernedApe will be making Stardew Valley until he’s dead and Silksong is vapourware. Part of the issue is that making something new isn’t guaranteed success, many indie devs rapidly expand after unexpected success and the only way out after that is economic constriction, downsizing then death or acquisition. Building from success to success is borderline impossible, no matter how many suits toot the ‘constant growth’ horn.

Indie devs and abusive behaviour, name a more iconic duo!

It’s almost like cults of personality and company abuses are much more common if there’s less of an internal structure and more of a ‘I am the auteur and you are my plebs’ setup going on. Personal grievances are amplified massively in devs like these too because you end up with founders claiming they’re the real genius and the other is just a money-grubbing charlatan.

The recasts are such a shame. I grew pretty attached to the JP voice cast of the Liberl crew cause I played the Evo versions first.

@you4rhea I dunno where that started, I’ve seen loads of people mistakenly saying that 4 PS1 had the 2 minute formula and it just isn’t true. Mad how they can create a whole campaign with free roam goals on the PS1 in 2003 but it’s just too much for a modern dev to tackle.

@ParadoxFawkes Underground 2 is probably the most played game in the series because THUG PRO is built on it. It’s a decent game anyway but the Jackass stuff has aged horribly. Also Skate came out in 2007, the same year as Tony Hawk’s Proving Grounds which was the last real game until 5 anyway, the series didn’t really overlap.

Both can be true. Tony Hawk 4 is being objectively butchered, it’s not the same game at all. Tony Hawk 3 I think will be a fantastic remake and exactly what I, and lots of the community, wanted.

DK ‘94 is a classic for a reason. Such a good game.

At this point you should just be thankful they’re porting PS5 games to an 8 year old handheld console.

A bunch of good changes here. The game’s great but issues are more noticeable the more games you play.

@MegaMari0 I wouldn’t say it’s barebones at all, there’s honestly a lot of stuff there in the game. My main issue is the games feel a bit repetitive given what the AI prioritises and you can feel railroaded into a Culture Victory. The changes will turn it into a game on par with IV and V.

@squidduforeal ….Microsoft and Sony provide a month in advance when they remove games from their services. This was removed with no warning. You’re talking hypotheticals when there’s demonstrable evidence that Nintendo have provided less warning or lead-up than other companies.

To be perfectly honest, I think I’ll stick to Showdown!

Bring back Pokepark!

God I’m so ready for these, even if 3 and 4’s campaigns will be completely different! Hope the music’s back, 4 had a great mix of heavier tracks and the hip hop, Eyedea and Abilities’ Big Shots and Hot Water Music’s Freightliner on blast 😂

@ibookboyuk The pro videos you unlock in 4 for beating each pro challenge were my first introduction to a lot of the legends. Bob Burnquist even had his Mega Ramp!

5 absolute legends in one photo. Wonder who else will make it into this one? Basically all of the OGs apart from Daewon Song, Tony Alva, Mike V and a couple others who made it into the later games were missing from 1+2 but there’s a wealth of newer talent to encourage. I’d love to have Sky Brown just cause we need more Brits, and probably Andy Anderson even though freestyle skating doesn’t really suit the gameplay of THPS. Other picks would be Jaws (insane guy) and either Mark Appleyard (he was in Session tbf) or Ali Boulala (unlikely considering his retirement despite being in Skate 1) just to have another Flip guy from Sorry.

If the tips return from THPS4 then there’s one that talks about ‘almost’ only counting with horseshoes and Jamie Thomas or something to that effect, referring to him essentially landing the Leap of Faith but the board shattering in two. Well worth a watch!

https://youtu.be/dqqPCqyAfl4

@PessitheMystic I struggle to think of a game that’s not a perfect fit for Switch. I’d say something like Half-Life Alyx but I’d love to see them attempt to port that to Labo.

I totally forgot about this one. Could be fun.

Every time I have grievances with my government (often) I remember at least I’m not American. Tariffs are just another entry in the schlong swinging compendium and Nintendo are one of many, many companies affected.

Both have their merits. Could do with a definitive version.

I don’t understand at all why they chucked the wider Sega crossover content from the series. Team Sonic Racing is rizzless, a corporate slop branding exercise without any of the charm of the earlier games. Stick Kiryu, Billy Hatcher, Beat and Vyse in there and then we’ll talk.

Just want it to be the same tone as the first game, which is genuinely creepy. The slapstick should complement the scares not undermine them.

We did get some bangers in the late DS and Wii eras but the same cannot really be said for 3DS and Wii U (minus BotW). With this being a straight upgrade from Switch 1, I see support being dropped fairly quickly.

@SwitchVogel Fairly mad that they’ve bothered to make the new engine run that well on Switch, I was beginning to think the old beast had finally met its match with modern JRPGs. Optimisation must have been a big focus for Falcom.

I can’t believe these ones run smoothly, I’m playing Reverie and it chugs like f**king Thomas the Tank Engine everytime you face Crossbell, an issue that remains from Cold Steel 3 and 4.

@Medic_alert FC25 is DREADFUL. I actually quite liked last year’s game as well. This one… the defensive AI is an active hinderance, the player switching is messed up, passes are wildly inaccurate and your wingers aren’t fast enough even with 99 pace. It’s truly a bad game. They had a patch last month that made the game feel incredible to play and then it was instantly rolled back because the pros were finishing every match about 12-11 and that was ‘unrealistic’.

@Anti-Matter Might be possible with Switch 2’s mouse controls! I’ve been enjoying Sims 2 again even minus the H&M content but Sims 1 is seriously difficult and far more limiting than I remember.

Given the size of them, it’ll be fairly easy to use your armrest as a surface, I used to do that with my laptop.

Wii/DSi/3DS/Wii U era ambience is completely unmatched. It still feels futuristic. Bring back those vibes!

There should be a market for queer media that isn’t insanely cringe.

Tale of Two Towns is so insanely clear of these two, now that could do with a Switch port. These two were not great but to be fair, large amounts of that was due to them running like molasses on 3DS.

Celeste is amazing and the pressure to top it just can be crushing at the indie level. I dunno how anyone delivers a follow-up project to something like that especially these days when expectations are so high.

Well that guy needs locked up. I have actually heard of SMAP too, mostly cause of KimuTaku.

It was basically essential. And to be honest, that’s why I loved Nintendo growing up as our GameCube library was playable on Wii, which was then playable on Wii U. And of course DS games were playable on 3DS (had a DSi so no GBA games for me)

It sounds stupid but this series has been legitimately worse since the jump to Switch. Rune Factory 4 is the pinnacle of farming games and the more 3D gameplay just irritates and makes all facets of gameplay infinitely more annoying. It’s OK for games to remain top down, we don’t need to make every single series a third person behind the shoulder game. Stick to your strengths!!!

One of the best things about the community is the love they pour into projects like Pretendo. The PS2 servers are brilliant too. It’s surely the greatest compliment that people still want to play your games.

The Third Age and Return of the King on the Cube are bangers. Never really could get into the Lego game though, as much as I love Lego games.

Yep it’s real. Nintendo wouldn’t even respond if it wasn’t.

I would have liked actual triggers on the Joy-Cons personally.

I have both a Wii and PS3 Les Paul as well as a Wii World Tour guitar. The PS3 one is infinitely easier to connect to PC but the Wii discs are where I played the games first so I have a lot of nostalgia for these controllers with the big Wiimote window.

I played this for the first time a couple months back and enjoyed it for the most part. Bit crazy difficult in places and not as good as the first two but still a solid game. Soundtrack’s decent too.

Kelvingrove! Always nice to see local artists get a shout out, we have a rich history after all.

This looks brilliant. Also excited for Mario in the Multiverse. There’s a whole world of mods out there and some are genuinely brilliant.

@Daniel36 I lost my last shred of patience when the cat that had been in 3 whole games suddenly became a catgirl with feelings for the protagonist. Baffling.

This is where it would be very nice to have a female writer on staff, but we just get male opinions written into articles like this instead. I’m astounded that it’s not been addressed.

Wow they’ve completely stripped the soul from it. I get they want to homogenise the series but Sky’s a time capsule for a certain era of anime visuals which has aged really well. If they ‘update’ the script with the modern Trails writers it’ll end up an embarassing goonfest too, Cold Steel is such a colossal drop in quality.

@Jprhino84 Apparently it’s worthy of being removed by mods anyway. So any genuine discussion is over.