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I really hope this can be played single player. Game looks great but I dont really have anyone to play with

Honestly Bayo3 was a gigantic disappointment for me as someone who was a big fan of the first two games. The Multiverse is one thing, but a lot of moments just felt like character assassination. Bayonetta in both 1 and 2 is nothing if not confident and competent. but in 3 she just kinda sits back with her mouth agape while her AU versions get killed. this made her look incompetent. same thing with Jeanne with how ridiculously easy it was for Tilda Swinton to one-shot kill her with that wheelchair lightsaber. That final scene where Viola, a character with a completely different personality who I didn't quite mind as a side character, claims the name "Bayonetta" felt like a slap in the face.

Bayo 3 did the worst thing a sequel can do: it made me not want to see what comes next. I didn't buy Bayonetta Origins, and I honestly didn't want a Bayonetta 4 if it meant that Viola was gonna go around using that name.

I hear a lot of good things about the Opua games. I gotta give them a try at some point.

@iLikeUrAttitude as someone in the YouTube comments put it:

They didnt cast Zangief. They found him.

I would but its a game key card. So I wont.

From what i understand, this is less of a proper game and more of a platform for competitive pokemon battle and absolutely nothing else.
Like the whole point is: play other pokemon games->transfer your pokemon to Home-> Use them to form a team in Champions.

Right?

Take your bets! How many hits on "that site" does Caraway already have?

@Zeeba yeah, for some reason it's hard to find the uncensored pictures on google.

Fortunately, all the CGs are compiled in the Hundred Line Wiki, here's the uncensored image in the PC version: https://the-hundred-line.fandom.com/wiki/Takumi_Sumino/Gallery?file=Event_859_00_00.jpg

@Zeeba oh same! Specially after Vehxness route made me like Addamaque, and then thr wheel game never did anything interesting with him ever again.

@Zeeba honestly that makes it even more baffling that things were censored.

Like the other guy said it IS minor, but in the cult of Takumi route, both "Eva Cake" CGs and the "Living Idol" CG with Eito (you know the one) got toned down only on switch, while remaining in their original form on PC. (The eva cake scenes got zoomed in with a huge "white fog" covering the bottom of the image. Like those lazy "sun ray" censorship that happened on some VNs on PS4 some years ago. Same thing with the Eito scene, but with shadow instead).

I get these are small moments and nowhere near as invasive as what happened to Dispatch, but it's by ignoring these smaller things that you give leeway for things to get worse. The point is, not a single CG should've have been changed considering it's an M rated game with very adult themes. Specially when it has the exact same rating on a different platform. Its not something that should be excused (SPECIALLY when the devs never disclosed this information. I would never have bought the switch version had i knew this happened and would've played it on pc instead), hence why I feel the need to bring it up every time.

@cedarhyped I don't care. That number should be zero.

It's wrong in principle to censor content in an M-Rated game. Whether it's major like in Dispatch or minor like in Hundred Line, people shouldn't give it a pass.

Really good quality og life changes. Its a shame the switch version remains censored.

Never played Virtua Fighter. Was introduced to some of its charscters in Dead or Alive 5. Might give this a go some time.

@Samalik well, I haven't played yazuka either, so I should be good xD

I guess I'll wait for reviews to see how it was improved upon the original release and make my decision then.

I never played this series. is it worth picking it up? I do wanna support the commitment to fully physical.

Awesome to hear that Jim Carrey is returning! I feel like he was the biggest question mark regarding the returning cast. nice to see confirmation that Shadow will be in it too!

Glad Titans of the Tide is getting a Switch 1 version. I skipped on the og release because of no true physical option.

@FancyJehuty I'm talking from the standpoint of the effect it has on the product. And in that sense, yes.

I can be against what the Saudi government does, and agree its terrible. But when a videogame company takes their investment, they mostly stay out of the way. When a company takes ESG money, it gets eroded from the inside out and the product they produce is fundamentally changed into something worse.

We can try to take a moral high ground, but I find that hypocritical. You liked owns SOMETHING that you don't need to survive that was made in China. And they got their own share of human rights issues.

So when it comes to stuff like games, I'm gonna be more concerned with how the investment will affect the product. And ESG funding will turn a product I'd want to buy into a Product I don't want. More often than not, the Saudi investors won't do that. (The worst they've done in recent memory was put Ronaldo in CotW).

@FancyJehuty I mean, -human rights violations aside- nothing wrong with a country trying to break into entertainment. I'm aware that the Ronaldo and Salvatore guest characters were likely added due to their popularity in Saudi Arabia, but if the Alternative is something like Blackrock, that imposes ESG scores that force developers ro hire people based on identity points rather than merit, and push certain ideological agendas, ultimately trying to transform the way the company operates from within until they become unrecognizable... ill take the Saudi investment over it any day.

@Pillowpants I get the concern but the Prince also has a large share in SNK (In fact doesn't he straight up owns it?) And as far as I'm aware, thr Saudi's haven't really done anything to steer SNK in any direction and mostly leave them to do their thing (I think there's an interview where he says that he wants japanese companies to stay japanese).

What I'm trying to say is... there's worst billionaire investors out there. I rather the Saudi prince owns a large share than something like Blackrock (that is VERY CLEAR about how they want to change the companies they invest in).

Y'all Can't do this to me man!

You can't put Senran Kagura in the title, damn near give me a heart attack thinking there's something going about my Favorite series that got uncerimoneously killed, then turns out its just that it keeps showing up in a menu ToT

This is yet another game that I would've bought day one had it been on a physical cartridge. As its not, into the "wait for a massive eshop sale" cart it goes.

I dont really mind though, I recently finished the first game and still gotta hop on to the second one.

@Vyacheslav333 damn, really? I didnt know

@Drake the OG Wii U release did.
The Switch version kinda brought some new stuff (like new swimsuit outfits and other costumes, while others didnt come back (including thr nintendo ones too) from the og so I kinda felt like they made up for it on the switch release.

I'll pass on censored remakes.

It's a shame too, cuz I really enjoyed Maiden of Black Water.

if anything, this just makes me worried for Dead or Alive 7.

@AussieMcBucket yeah. Not only that, Pokémon has a very cartoony anime style for even their human characters. And we reached a level of technical fidelity that those concept arts and 2d renders can be recreated extremely faithfully with a celshaded 3d style. (Heck, just looks at Pokémon Masters Ex, the Paldea character models are A LOT more pleasing to the eye there than in Scarlet and Violet. Vux their cartoony designs match the style and the models match the art. While in ScaVio, the more realistic texture and rendering does them a disservice).

looks alright, but I STILL defend that Pokemon moving away from the Cel-Shaded style they had in Sword and Shield was a massive Mistake.

The bird look stupid.

I love him, I will kill and die for him.

I like they're in, I hate that theres no voice.

@HammerKirby they did confirm on X that its NOT censorship,so thats good to know.

Consider me excited!

Its ubisoft so ill believe it when I see it.

@Jrmd I mean, that's one NIS not Nintendo.

But yeah. I wouldn't mind an Upgrade Pack, but there's no way I'm buying this version since there's no option for a physical cartridge.

Be real gang.

Whats the odds of a real physical release? (though to be fair, this is the rare game that I'd jump on even without the physical version).

@kmtrain83 that depends on the developers,and even then, a patch doesnt take anywhere near the same storage space as the full game.

@Toshiro_Baloney actually, they aren't the same.

Ps5 disks installed data on the console, but thst data is present in the disk itself. Meaning you don't need internet. Game key cards are completely worthless without internet

Switch 1 version it is.

Also, can we please stop mudding the waters by calling game key cards "physical versions"?

@topsekret nah, Marvelous is the bets third party on seoych 2 right now. Theyre the only ones consistently offering true physical cartridges

"Unfortunately, we never had the opportunity to show this work to Toriyama."

Thats rich considering they censored his art.

such a fascinating fumble.

Also goes to show it's DEFINETLY Nintendo's fault in someway if they're not even legally allowed to comment on the situation.

@Dm9982 well, let's wait and see.
My only hope is that this whole situation results in nintendo going back to how they were in 2019.

@Dm9982 so case closed. it IS Nintendo's fault.

"We also do not discuss specific content or the criteria used in making these determinations."

And therein lies the problem. This means that whatever metrics they use to determine if something is "innapropriate" is completely arbitrary, made up, and subject to the whims to whatever Karen happens to going through approvals that day.

It's frankly insulting. Doubly so whe you think back to Furukawa's statement in 2019 (even Nintendo Life reported it back then https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/06/nintendo_has_no_plans_to_censor_video_games_like_sony ) :

"Nintendo, as do 3rd-parties and their software, applies for an objective rating from 3rd-party organizations prior to release. If platform-holding companies choose arbitrarily, the diversity and fairness in game software would be significantly inhibited. We provide parental controls that can be used to apply limits."

Somebody NEEDS to figure out a way to let the folks in Japan know NoA is going behind their backs. This only harms nintendo's image.

Yeah.... I think ill pass on this one.

@Sam_ATLUS I cant really speak for the EU, but I CAN say that there's a lot more examples than just Neptunia and Hundred Line.

To name a few:
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs, Prison Princess: Trapped Allure, Magical Nut Ikuno, Night to Meet You! / Nice to Meet Chu!, Death end re;Quest: Code Z, Tokyo Clanpool, The Fox Awaits Me HANA, Amairo Chocolate, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, Corpse Party: Tetralogy Pack, and the Swimsuit DLC specifically for the switch version of Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos.

It's been happening for a while, but because its mostly niche japanese games, people just turn a blind eye. Maybe now that it's affecting a game that higher profile and western, people will start talking about it?

@Nep-Nep-Freak agreed. I want to believe that, because she's been at nintendo for so long, she'll be more in-tune with gamers like Reggie was (even if he wasnt perfect).

But that remains to be seen.

@Dr_Awkward I REALLY hope it's not her doing. considering she just assumed the position. I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt and say that this was probably implemented during the Doug Bowser years.

@Fizza it's not new actually, Nintendo (of America in particular) seems to have done a 180 around 2024. they started HEAVILY censoring and outright banning games. starting with the Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth Trilogy (which, mind you, are rated T for Teens).

Well, that settles it.

Nintendo of America needs to be cleaned out. this is horrible.

It wasn't enough to censor Japanese games, now not even western ones are safe.

The most infuriating thing about this whole thing is that Nintendo was doing SO well in the censorship matter around 2019 to maybe 2024. Furukawa made a whole statement denouncing censorship, tons of fanservicey games that were censorsed elsewhere were released in full on Switch... now out of nowhere this sh*t starts happening.

NoJ REALLY needs to fire a lot of people at NoA.

Last Story was amazing. Id love for it to get a remake. It was the first game I played that was part of operation rainfall.