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to me, it's a Dream realized by a Monkey's Paw.

The main reason I personally favor physical games is because I value being able to save as much storage space as I can given that I have a large library of Switch games. Even something like "part of the game is on the cartridge but you need to download some extra data to play it" would've been preferable to so many of these releases being fully digital.

since it's not in a physical cartridge, into the "wait for a eshop sale" box it goes.

too bad we don't have gold points anymore.

Whats a shock to me is that last week, I went on a family trip and played Samurai Jack through time. A game that is actually pretty reminiscent of Ninja Gaiden, and to my surprise, as the credits were rolling when i finished it 2 days ago, I found out that Itagaki worked on it.
I then loaded up the Ninja Gaiden trilogy as I was planning on playing it next.

The next day, i learn he passed away.

Iizuka often says things I find absolutely stupid, but in this instance, I definetly respect the attitude. Specially considering theyre putting the game on a proper cartridge.

Somehow, DBF returned.

All i can say is:
"Ew. Gross."

@GoldenSunRM I mean, Daima is the last Dragon Ball product that will ever have any involvement from Toriyama. That alone makes it kind of a big deal.q

Imma be real, I don't like the design. The mech Zangie-F in SF5 was infinitely better. It had much simpler shapes, and more vibrant colors (most of the body was a blue-ish silver, which a red pelvis area like his trunks, and big brown plates: on V shaped in the chest representing his chest hair, one covering his jaw making it look like his beard, and one like his mohawk).

It was a fun mech design that really did look like Zangief as a Robot. This just looks absolutely generic. I can see the "zangiefish" elements but they're either vastly toned down or the area around thek is so busy that they get lost. The face in particular is pretty busy.

SF6 has been pretty consistently good with designs but this one is a miss for me.

of course Hundred Line doesn't even get mentioned.

these awards are a joke.

I would've rather waited a year for an optmized switch 2 release that's physical.

I'm just gonna wait for the physical Switch 2 version. since that's confirmed to not be a game key card

I would be willing to concede some points to him if it wasn't for the fact that damn near every third party is using Key Cards. Square Enix itself has several games that aren't AAA or require the type of load speed he's talking about, but they're going Game Key-Card anyway.

you see, the Sales Strategy here is making sure as few people buy the game as possible.

Call me old man Rogers cuz...

"No, I don't think I will."

To be the two biggest blights in Bayo 3 were playing as Viola (I DONT like witch time parry, even after I got the hang of it), and the story.

The story in particular made me never want to touch it again.

Yeah..... no.
Key cards are awful.

@Sambuc a new Op game sure, but they shouldn't make a new Pirate Warriors. There's only been one arc finished since 4.

Im really looking forward to this. Specially now.
The news of yesterday hit me really hard (if you know, you know, this ain't the place to elaborate), and I couls really use some levity, positivity, and having something to look forward to right now.

I enjoyed the first one and wa impressed by the demo. Was considering picking the his up later but the fact that its a true physical release (none of that key-card crap) made me wanna get it a launch.

really interesting aesthetic. I might check it out

All I can say is that I hope Totanic Scion doesn't get ignored like the first Daemon X Machina did

@poyo_pie
"Daring today, are we? Would you like a side of overpowered cranky female character who is always right and makes the main character look like a buffoon?"

@poyo_pie im sure Adi thought he was being really subversive and original.

Gross... terrible adaptation.

The first game was super underrated! really fun, but damn near nobody gave it any attention. I'm really excited to try this out!

@Mgalens that is annoying but I guess it could be worse? (I can sorta understand if it's an age-rating issue, like how Sakurai had to close Palutena's skirt due to Cero's restrictions in Smash bros).

my concern is that they're gonna try to done down some of the more raunchy humor like the "Bazongas" skits. or other stuff that isn't a matter of age rating, but ideology.

the "Some expressions have been tweaked." has me worried.

The Bandai Namco site says "Some expressions were changed from the original work in consideration of ethics", which to me sounds like they censored some dialog.

Xillia is my favorite Tales of game. I still have my PS3 Copy and I'd buy the remaster in a heartbeat, but censorship is a deal breaker for me.

@Vyacheslav333 doesnt really make a whole lot of sense. Not when its been only 2 arcs.

@IronMan30 it means the "physical" version is actually a digital version. The cartridge has no game data, all it has is a "key" that allows you to download the digital game and play it when the "key" is inserted. Basically, its a digital game pretending to be a physical one.

So, who else is getting the Switch 1 version to play on switch 2 cuz screw game-key cards?

@Suketoudara on Zangief, of course!

LAWD HAVE MERCY WITH THIS OUTFITS!

As a Manon main, I'm eating good.

and props to AKI for finally having a not ridiculous hairstyle!

I still despise this game but She looks really good. the animations look great.

My questions are:
1) is Kiwami 2 true physical?
2) is there an upgrade path for Kiwami 1?

All I want is Stellar Blade on Switch 2.

I hope this isn't the "playstation" division of Sony, cuz if it is, itd be very concerning.

This comment might be a deal breaker for me altogether. Nothing I hate more than a company treating me like im an idiot and trying to gaslight me.

If i do get this, itll be the Switch 1 version. Just like with Raidou and No Sleep for Kaname Date.

Fellas, Nintendo life can post wherever they want.

Anyway, ive yet to try the DK artist mode. I gotta take the time to play around with it.

What the hell have they done to Jade?

@GoldenSunRM All good, in retrospect, I prolly should've explained everything in the first post.

I will now buy your game.

see how easy that was?

@axelhander they dulled the colors, toned down the most over the top design elements of every character, dumbed down the combat, etc.

EVERYTHING about strive feels more sanitized compared to previous entries (put it next to Xrd and its night and day). And thats not even taking the Bridget drama into account. Everything about the esthetics of Strive is toned down to look more generic.

After the piece of sh*t that is Strive, there's no love lost from me.

Strive to me is the textbook example of "Japanese franchise that strips itself of its identity in order to appeal to westerners".

@VoidofLight they could always dye the hair for the movie.

Good picks. Glad "that" discussion is now over.

Managed to finally get the 1TB card last week.

Nice interview! I hope it's good. I really loved the first game and found the second game to be overall a step down (Ryuki and Mizuki are just not as interesting as Date as protagonists. I kinda liked Ryuki's dynamic with Tama as it felt like a reverse Date/Aiba, but Mizuki just wasn't that interesting as an MC. also the Twist in the latter half wasn't nearly as good as the first game's).

anyway, looking forward to this.

Are we gonna get an upgrade path? Vuz I own all these games and I just haven't started them yet. It'd be nice to get the best version of them.

I mean... anyone who wants to make things that will sell need to be aware of what they're making. Sure, games are art. but they're also projects that require a lot of manpower and hours, and if people won't buy it, fat chance you're making another, no matter how "artistic" you think you art.

So yeah, he's not wrong. Games are both really.

@Samalik not necessarily a false equivalent, as other people pointed out, speedtree has been a standard tool in the gaming industry for years, and what it does is procedurely generated foliage. The Ai use in this instance is no different from that.

Also the concept that Ai is entirely based on theft is a bit misguided: yes, Ai generates its content based on the references you input into, but I remember seeing something a while ago about a studio talking about creating a "closed" Ai model, where the database of samples would be created and owned by that them. In an instance like that, the theft argument goes away. Heck, I can see roguelike games (in which the whole purpose is having procedurely generated layouts)benefiting from this tech in the future if implemented with that kind of philosophy. And itd be perfectly ethical if it was done with a proprietary model that generates out of assets created by the team.