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This is one of my favorite franchises and I didn't expect to see it on here, thanks for the nice surprise.

@Browny It's a bad price, but I'll pay it just to show my support for the IP.

Of course the cover is ugly. Oh well, pre-ordering anyway.

@RareFan It is quite brilliant, there's weapons everywhere that change how your attack timing works based on what they are. They're usually objects or something silly. Game Grumps played this and they forgot to explore, so they missed half the weapons. Do try to experience the world if you hop in.

@Sisilly_G The original has aged pretty well all things considered.

My life is complete.

@Lizuka I believe the high rating stems from its large amount of content. There are three credit screens. Finishing the main story, getting married, and completing a gigantic task list. I suppose it's meant to match the three towns there are. One town is Polynesian, interestingly enough. I liked it a fair bit, and my favorites are FoMT and Magical Melody.
I did not complete it however. I had like 6 barns by the time I got the second credits screen, and it took me about 10 minutes to do my farm chores every in game day. That adds up a lot.

@Anti-Matter I love quirky games too, but 1, 2, Switch just wasn't very fun.

@Jhena That's a little sad, there's so few on other hardware, feels a shame not to include them. Besides, the title said favorite Harvest Moon game, not favorite on Nintendo hardware. Not that there's really any particularly great entry elsewhere.

I see zero Save the Homeland nor its PSP remake.

@Debbiee Nice list. A 3D Shantae is an interesting concept though. Too bad the 3D platformer is rare now.

@Debbiee Is there anything you don't think would be improved by open world? I mean personally I'm preferential to Roguelikes, but I definitely don't need my favorite series converting over to it. Not forever at least.

Eventually every series will become open world, and I'll have converted entirely over to indie games.

It's hard for me to understand how BOTW does anything more innovative than the hundred other open world games that preceded it. Sure it's Zelda, I like the Zelda part, but when people say it's more immersive, I don't really see it.

@Eggolor Eh, some parts of it slipped from me because someone was talking quite loudly right next to me, and I spent most of that scene wondering why the kongs are even using go-karts for transportation. It didn't seem explained all that well. In the games they use mine carts when they're not just walking. I thought the implementation was weird. My other points still stand though. The narrative itself really wasn't very strong. Perhaps with the better pacing you suggest, they could've patched up the issues I have (Though I have not listed all of them.) and satisfied you as well. We will never know though, and the movie was successful enough to have a number of people overlook any faults with it.

@PinderSchloss Really, the Mario movie had an awful plot. Just abysmal. I get that the general public mostly cares it's Mario and has a ton of references, but Mario's Dad got what, one line at the end of the movie to close the entire family issues story arc? Mario got outclassed by the rest of the cast the entire film as well. Plus I'm still not sure why the Kongs were fighting each other on rainbow road, which appeared to be their modus of transport? That scene took forever and didn't seem to be relevant at all.

@Olmectron This entire reply you've written sort of looks like you justifying to yourself why what you've said was not a fallacy. To me it is, and that is where my position lies. However, if it's important to you that you did not write one, then I am glad you have found yourself innocent of said charge. On the note of the work, you have ignored the fact that the remaster is essentially just a port with some asset changes. The exact original work of many of the creators is still there. In the case of something like the original Metroid, yes those people did design the characters, but they did not work on this specific game in question. They did not work on the story, the models, the code, the sound, any of that stuff. With this remaster, a lot of what was directly created by the Metroid Prime team is literally in this remaster still. There's a lot they didn't change. If the game were a remake instead, most people myself included, would have not taken issue here. Now you can feel free to disagree with my taking issue, and I can feel free to express that I am not a fan of you or your sentiment. But misinterpreting what I have written to fit into your specific narrative is not civil, and I'm particularly uncertain why the debate between us had to happen in the first place, as I had never intended to argue in favor of my position, simply state how I feel about it.

@Olmectron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

@johnvboy And I respect your stance on respect, as odd as that sentence sounds. Usually, I am of the same mind. However, I have been involved in multiple artistic fields, and I personally hold that game creation as a medium is a form of art, as many such other forms of media are. This will help you understand why the issue is personal for me specifically. Nobody who put that much time into something, and works in a field where credits are important to stay competitive would want to be left out of the credits from a mere remaster. It's their work being used as the base as others have stated. If someone say, took a story that myself and multiple other writers of fiction collaborated on, then changed it and did not give credit, I would not be too happy. Yes, this situation is based on seperate circumstances where the workers were surely under contract, and surely Nintendo has the right to do it, or they would have done otherwise. But by all means, it is still a really mean spirited thing to do as far as I'm concerned.

To elaborate, what I am saying here is not an argument to say any one such person who believes differently is objectively wrong, it is simply an explanation as to why I don't believe anyone holding that stance would be a very nice person. Not to say every single person with that stance is a bad person explicity, but enough of them are in my view, that a generalized statement is enough to display my stance on the issue.

@johnvboy Oh no, you've got me all wrong. I'm not trying to get my point across, and I don't hold much respect for those who believe the original devs don't deserve credit for this work.

On the note of not suggesting anyone was neutral, you did say nobody here is suggesting the devs don't deserve credit here. To me, you are neutral if you feel they deserve credit but don't think it's a big deal, as you stated. However, with the amount of arguing you've done in favor of them not receiving credit, it has seemed to, me that your stance is not of a neutral stance as defined above.

As for the actual question about how much time you've spent on here, I was actually curious of it was a slow work week or something. That's why I specified it wasn't rhetorical, though you're free not to answer. We've both already set our stances on this issue, and I'm sure neither of us is of the opinion that we'll become friends anytime soon.

@johnvboy Have you read the messages from Browny in this thread? Literally said that these devs are expecting a participation trophy they didn't earn. That's not exactly a neutral stance. Also, it is now I genuinely feel, so it's not important whether or not it's more convincing

Also damn dude, for someone who doesn't feel the original devs don't deserve credit, you've been absolutely living in this comment section for an entire day. Slow work week? This is the internet, so I should probably specify, that's not rhetorical.

I legitimately think anyone who is actively against these people being credited is a bad person. And it's very clear that almost none of them have any experience in the gaming industry. If they did, they would understand the importance of this issue.

@Kid_Sickarus Yes, most matters of disagreement on the internet tend to end in regret. An issue such as this is moreso debate practice than anything though. It matters little whether the Mario movie is good or not, as it has already achieved what it set out to do. Anyway, you seem more genuine than I gave you credit for, and I apologize on that matter. Many people could've bowed out in a rage of fury, but this seems to have ended civily.

@Kid_Sickarus So in your life, every discussion you've had where opinion was involved had a precursor word specifying that such statement was an opinion? That's certainly not a guarantor in any social circles I've been in. Secondarily, an opinion on something that is subjective cannot be wrong, adding a maybe to a claim on those grounds does not change that. I can concede ground on the ambiguity of my intent with the first statement, on account of the fact that this is the internet, and intent in written word are best stated plainly. However, the second piece you typed seems more like an attempt at a gotcha, and I can't imagine it being looked at any other way by a third party observer. The insinuation that somebody you disagree with on a subject of grammar is not a native English speaker is also a tired insult, and whilst I appreciate your faux attempt to be polite to those of other nationalities, your particular intention itself also comes off as malicious in your statement.

Edit: Let me go deeper into this since you questioned my language skills. Read this learning sheet provided by a College.

https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/slc/Documents/fact%20or%20opinion%20hints.pdf

Note that the word bad is a signal for an opinion.

@Switch_Pro Well, considering the topic of my opinion is subjective, and subjective things don't have a right or wrong answer, then in this case you are incorrect for calling me wrong. Thusly, it is an impossibility. But congratulations on pointing out my unpopular opinion. It just means more people see it anyway.

The movie is pretty bad, seems people who defend it only do so because it's Mario. And that's enough for audiences too I guess.

I hated VII on 3DS with a burning passion. I was able to stand II, but couldn't get past hour 40 in VII. It was so easy, it dragged so much, there were few characters to work with, and-worst of all-enemies were shoved into the tight corridors of the original maps, so avoiding fights was at times inconceivable.

@MSaturn I share your exact sentiments. I totally won't know basically anything Sony or Xbox is making anymore, except the series I already followed. I don't really watch their throughout the year showcases.

Just means they get less money from me, no biggie.

They finally figured out how to make the game not ugly. Hopefully they can make it fun this time too.

@Diowine Yeah, the lack of E3 has actually moved me towards PC gaming in the last couple years. It's honestly a refreshing environment. Still, E3 always let me know what's coming out, now I just comb through Steam. Not really exciting.

@RubyCarbuncle I don't trust reviewers when it comes to measuring difficulty. Is this game actually that bad on normal mode? I've played both the original World and Re:Digitize, if that helps you assess.

@nkarafo Those games are amazing. Did you know there's a Discord server that has translations for both the latest Naruto and Naruto Shippuden Clash games? They hold competitions too. It's wonderful.

Proof that recency bias is stronger than nostalgia bias.

My heart, I can't take it. I've been waiting for this for years.

At least the fans will patch anything good into English, given enough time.

@dew12333 I frequently disagree with Nintendolife, moreso as the years go by. Sometimes their opinions feel like near parody.
However, I've always enjoyed the structure and UI of this site, plus the reviews keep me informed on what's come out, and the news segments aren't much different from other sites. So I stick around in spite of my quams with them.

Including Mario Strikers and Switch Sports in the, "stuffed to the brim with quality," bracket feels disingenuous.

@BodkinDQ Now Dachsbun should be in the #1 spot, for real.

@gloom Honestly, I'm not a big fan of any of the Pokémon in the top here. I feel pretty left out.

I love Fire Emblem, but day one DLC ain't worth my time. This is why people emulate.

@dreadkong My friend had a Golduck fall through the world and two people who were walking melted into each other. I myself saw a Venonat stuck inside a rock, and nearly got soft locked into place whilst walking, only to be saved by a random Pokémon forcing a fight on me, to get my character to move. Just because you haven't seen the glitches doesn't mean they aren't there.

@Zequio Yeah, personally, I'm an anyone but Illumination kind of person. They butchered the Grinch. A slight I will never recover from.

@Kiyata I am someone who is not a fan of recent Pokémon games, but has still played them all. I also enjoy Pokémon Emerald Rogue, which is a great hack for the sake of team building and difficulty. I can say, this game is very broken. I witnessed people melting into each other, and a Golduck falling through the world. It was hilarious frankly. The battles are also insanely slow. Some of the slowest I have ever seen, with not so great effects either.

On the other hand. This game has objective markers everywhere, you can just place down a flag and ram yourself over to the next objective. There are three tasks you must do in the game. If you want linearity, you should either set down flags to the three objectives closest to you at all times, to ensure levels scale naturally. Or you could just do the entirety of one task first, like the gyms, simply by setting the marker on each gym until they're all gone. (But it's better to do the ingredient line first.)
However, if you run through the game in the wrong order on purpose, like I did, then it's actually one of the more difficult Pokémon games. I was often fighting trainers that were ten levels above me. It was rather fun.

The game isn't worth the money, especially compared to some of the amazing rom hacks out there, but it's still not so bad for people who don't do well with open worlds. (Like me.) It helps that the open world is very small compared to others.

The Illumination eye styling really kills it for me.

Some of these things are definitely stretching, maybe the list is a bit big.

Anyway, I enjoyed that all the ride features were confined to one Pokémon, as it was really tedious switching between them in Arceus.

@turntSNACO Don't forget that EmuDeck comes with Steam Rom Manager, which will let you launch games directly from the Steam games menu.

@Vortexeo It's one of the worst ones, you should totally try out New Leaf or the original.

Whoever is paying $20 for one skin. Please, please, go outside.

@Thaliard This is your opinion on every "free" game isn't it?