@Kalmaro I find creature catching and training tedious. That's why I hated the familiars, haven't ever enjoyed Pokemon, and couldn't get into Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance.
The graphics and music were excellent, I never felt bored while traversing that world and visiting the towns. The story kept my interest and the boss battles were excellent. But I HATED the familiars, to the point where I probably won't pick this release up.
@NIN10DOXD That's exactly what I am going to do. I won't support those practices, regardless of who censored the game or why it was censored. Self censorship isn't any better than being censored by an outside entity. Judging by your profile picture, I'm sure you know how Atlus themselves have been an excellent example of that.
Furthermore, if the line was so inconsequential, why go out of your way as a company to patch it out of a game that has already been out for over a month's worth of customers to have already read?
I was about to finally pull the trigger and buy this game, but this article saved me 60 dollars. Not supporting censorship, especially not on games that have already been released. That’s a new low.
A vile business in several aspects, but unfortunately the mostly rural areas of the US don't have many other options for physical games. I guess I'll be switching to digital.
@hakjie11 I really don't know what more you could want from AC without changing what the series fundamentally is. We have crafting, furniture outdoors, more tangible rewards for completing goals, better graphics, path creation, food consumption with what might be cooking, and more customization than ever before.
There's something really disturbing about seeing what basically looks like gourmet hot dog weenies on top of that curry. Put some shrimp, tofu, or chicken on it and we're in business.
SMT V trailer with a little bit of gameplay, no release date, but then announcing a Nocturne port due out next year to tide fans over. A first look at Three Houses DLC. Animal Crossing info dump with a limited edition Switch Lite announcement. Mario Odyssey Delfino DLC due out next year. SNES games coming to Switch Online, but is notably missing Earthbound, WHEN BAM the one more thing announcement is a Mother Trilogy collection due in December.
@commentlife For a new IP, that score certainly is amazing. But Famitsu will give a high score to anything that is relatively popular, hence why Kingdom Hearts 3 and the recent Final Fantasy games have been given near perfect scores when they didn’t really deserve them.
@Browny I agree. The people who obsessively manage every little detail of their town couldn’t possibly find AC to be a relaxing experience if they found themselves not being able to play every day.
I have heard some similarities between this soundtrack and NieR Automata, so I was wondering if Keiichi Okabe was scoring this game too. But it not being him makes the sound this composer has created even more impressive.
I really did not enjoy the Witcher 3 at all. It was marketed as a good entry point for newcomers to the series, even by CDPR themselves. But I found myself consistently lost by the lore brought up from previous games and not caring about most of the characters. This series in general is the last thing I want to see flood NintendoLife’s site 🤮🤮🤮
@Sabroni Systems, I can understand. But the price of games should be better than they currently are. Especially third party offerings that are still full price after a year of being on shelves.
@Xelha Unfortunately the MUA games have always had b***s*** DLC practices. The first game had platform exclusive characters, and 2 had pre order bonus characters that were never released later on cringes
@ArmoredGoomba That's what I couldn't help but think about. Unless you speed run through your first playthrough, this is basically going to be a Thanksgiving season game LOL
@60frames-please Are you supposed to be some kind of meme or something? I’m surprised you’re not on IMDB pushing for 60 frames on the latest blockbuster films.
For such a high level of pedigree and talent to have worked on Yookah Laylee, the end product was a pretty disappointing and unpolished experience. Hopefully this new shakeup of gameplay will make for a better product.
It’s really hard for me to picture a high action game like Platinum is known for to be playable on handheld with such a small screen and cheap joysticks like what the joy con has. I never played Bayonetta handheld, so maybe somebody could vouch for it being a good way to play. But docked with a pro controller is definitely the most viable way to play these types of games.
It’s hard to see how something as bargain bin as Jackbox can make a go on a system with so many party games on it already, but there surely is an audience for it somewhere.
Not really sure why 3 of the top 5 are ports, when 3DS original games like Luigi's Mansion 2 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are lower or didn't even make the list. Just because it has the name Zelda in it, it doesn't automatically trump every other game
Its still disappointing to see such a small number of third party studios making Switch exclusive games. Mario Rabbids should have shown these studios how lucrative a well made Switch exclusive can sell, but it’s been 2 years and there is still so little to play that isn’t a Nintendo game or an indie. AA mid budget games is the biggest hole in the Switch library. That’s why I really hope games like Astral Chain and Shin Megami Tensei 5 will have great sales.
Atlus reminds me of pre Switch Nintendo in a lot of ways. They publish games of the highest quality, but you gotta wade through a good bit of outdated business practices and terrible communication with fans to get to them 😂
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Re: Review: Ni no Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch - Level-5's RPG Classic Will Bewitch Your Switch
@Kalmaro I find creature catching and training tedious. That's why I hated the familiars, haven't ever enjoyed Pokemon, and couldn't get into Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance.
Re: Review: Ni no Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch - Level-5's RPG Classic Will Bewitch Your Switch
The graphics and music were excellent, I never felt bored while traversing that world and visiting the towns. The story kept my interest and the boss battles were excellent. But I HATED the familiars, to the point where I probably won't pick this release up.
Re: Feature: Best GameCube Games
@Anti-Matter Where’s all the M rated games?
Re: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Patch Revises Sensitive Dialogue
@NIN10DOXD Uhhhhh........
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-censorship
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/self-censorship
https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/05/24/catherine-full-body-western-release-to-feature-script-changes-regarding-transgender-character/
Self censorship is a clearly defined concept, even if you choose to ignore its existence.
Re: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Patch Revises Sensitive Dialogue
@NIN10DOXD That's exactly what I am going to do. I won't support those practices, regardless of who censored the game or why it was censored. Self censorship isn't any better than being censored by an outside entity. Judging by your profile picture, I'm sure you know how Atlus themselves have been an excellent example of that.
Furthermore, if the line was so inconsequential, why go out of your way as a company to patch it out of a game that has already been out for over a month's worth of customers to have already read?
Re: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Patch Revises Sensitive Dialogue
I was about to finally pull the trigger and buy this game, but this article saved me 60 dollars. Not supporting censorship, especially not on games that have already been released. That’s a new low.
Re: Nintendo Files Lawsuit Against ROM Website Offering Nearly 300,000 Switch Downloads
@Kalmaro lets go plundering Nintendo’s booty. Argh.
Re: Review: Sydney Hunter And The Curse Of The Mayan - Indiana Jones In All But Name
Imagine spending money, time, and effort into making a game that ends up looking like this.
Re: GameStop Set To Close 180 - 200 "Underperforming" Stores This Fiscal Year
A vile business in several aspects, but unfortunately the mostly rural areas of the US don't have many other options for physical games. I guess I'll be switching to digital.
Re: Nintendo Shares Colourful Graphic Of All The Recent Announcements For Switch
@hakjie11 I really don't know what more you could want from AC without changing what the series fundamentally is. We have crafting, furniture outdoors, more tangible rewards for completing goals, better graphics, path creation, food consumption with what might be cooking, and more customization than ever before.
Re: Camps, Curry And Customisations Come To Pokémon Sword And Shield
There's something really disturbing about seeing what basically looks like gourmet hot dog weenies on top of that curry. Put some shrimp, tofu, or chicken on it and we're in business.
Re: Enlist In Rogue Company, A 5v5 Online Team Shooter Coming From Hi-Rez
Why is Hidan from Naruto Shippuden on the front of the cover?
Re: Shulk Gets Another Encore In Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition For Switch
I couldn’t get into 2, will I like this one? I enjoyed the combat somewhat, but didn’t care for the characters or the performance on handheld.
Re: Talking Point: Should We Expect A Nintendo Direct In September?
SMT V trailer with a little bit of gameplay, no release date, but then announcing a Nocturne port due out next year to tide fans over. A first look at Three Houses DLC. Animal Crossing info dump with a limited edition Switch Lite announcement. Mario Odyssey Delfino DLC due out next year. SNES games coming to Switch Online, but is notably missing Earthbound, WHEN BAM the one more thing announcement is a Mother Trilogy collection due in December.
A man can dream.
Re: Japanese Charts: Super Mario Maker 2 Still Top As Nintendo Takes Nine Of Top Ten
@Bizzyb I remember last year when I was saying the reverse. These things happen in cycles.
Re: So, Zelda: Link's Awakening Won't Support Cloud Saves On Switch
B U T I T S J U S T 2 0 D O L L A R S A Y E A R
Re: Random: Cooking Mama: Cookstar Receives Award From PETA For Including Vegetarian Mode
@Luffymcduck You and Animal Crossing both. My villagers cheer me on as I’m killing a fellow animal kingdom member.
Re: Video: Check Out The Previously Unseen File 06 In Astral Chain
@commentlife For a new IP, that score certainly is amazing. But Famitsu will give a high score to anything that is relatively popular, hence why Kingdom Hearts 3 and the recent Final Fantasy games have been given near perfect scores when they didn’t really deserve them.
Re: Fan Petition Asks Nintendo To Allow Backup Game Saves In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
@Browny I agree. The people who obsessively manage every little detail of their town couldn’t possibly find AC to be a relaxing experience if they found themselves not being able to play every day.
Re: Astral Chain Lead Composer Shares Samples Of The Game's Electrifying Soundtrack
I have heard some similarities between this soundtrack and NieR Automata, so I was wondering if Keiichi Okabe was scoring this game too. But it not being him makes the sound this composer has created even more impressive.
Re: New Gameplay For Luigi's Mansion 3, Zelda: Link's Awakening And More To Be Shown At Gamescom
Gamescom is a good event, but I’m hyping myself up for Tokyo Game Show next month. I have a good feeling about Shin Megami Tensei 5 being shown 🤩🤩🤩
Re: New Super Lucky's Tale Burrows Onto Nintendo Switch This November
@TheLightSpirit We said the same about Cuphead. Never say never!
Re: The Early Switch Lite Leak That Actually Turned Out To Be Real
Why is this not available for pre order yet?
Re: Nintendo's Lead Localisation Producer Leaves The Treehouse After "10 Incredible Years"
Get your ass back to Nintendo until New Horizons has been localized.
Re: You'll Need A Bethesda Account To Play The Classic DOOM Games On Switch
Can’t support nonsense like this, so I won’t be buying these games I would have otherwise been interested in.
Re: Video: Ciri And Yen From The Witcher Netflix Series Read Fan Reactions To The Teaser Trailer
I really did not enjoy the Witcher 3 at all. It was marketed as a good entry point for newcomers to the series, even by CDPR themselves. But I found myself consistently lost by the lore brought up from previous games and not caring about most of the characters. This series in general is the last thing I want to see flood NintendoLife’s site 🤮🤮🤮
Re: Video: Watch As A Father Uses Super Mario Maker 2 To Reveal Baby's Gender
How newsworthy 🙄
Re: Zelda: Wind Waker-Inspired Summer In Mara Delayed Until February 2020
@PCkid I’m sure you and the 60 frames guy get along nicely.
Re: Zelda: Wind Waker-Inspired Summer In Mara Delayed Until February 2020
Well damn. Hopefully I can finish this before the ultimate island simulator comes out March 20th ✈️
Re: Preview: Astral Chain Mixes Bayonetta, Wonderful 101 And Metal Gear Rising, And You'll Love It
An excellent looking game.
Re: Nintendo Switch Was The Most Searched Product On Amazon Prime Day In The US, UK And Australia
@Sabroni Systems, I can understand. But the price of games should be better than they currently are. Especially third party offerings that are still full price after a year of being on shelves.
Re: Video: Daemon X Machina Has A New Japanese Trailer For You To Gawk At
An interesting concept that looks poorly executed. The definition of janky.
Re: Nintendo Download: 18th July (Europe)
@Xelha Unfortunately the MUA games have always had b***s*** DLC practices. The first game had platform exclusive characters, and 2 had pre order bonus characters that were never released later on cringes
Re: Nintendo Download: 18th July (Europe)
Hard pass on Marvel Ultimate Warriors 🥳
Re: Luigi's Mansion 3 Will Officially Haunt Your Switch This October
@ArmoredGoomba That's what I couldn't help but think about. Unless you speed run through your first playthrough, this is basically going to be a Thanksgiving season game LOL
Re: The Next Crash Team Racing Update For Switch Will Improve Load Times
@60frames-please Are you supposed to be some kind of meme or something? I’m surprised you’re not on IMDB pushing for 60 frames on the latest blockbuster films.
Re: Feature: Yooka-Laylee's Audio Identity Is More Than Just Famous Ex-Rare Composers And Soggy Socks
For such a high level of pedigree and talent to have worked on Yookah Laylee, the end product was a pretty disappointing and unpolished experience. Hopefully this new shakeup of gameplay will make for a better product.
Re: The DLC Packs For Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Won't Be Sold Individually
They should have ported 1 and 2 instead of this hot garbage.
Re: PlatinumGames' Astral Chain File Size And Other Details Revealed
It’s really hard for me to picture a high action game like Platinum is known for to be playable on handheld with such a small screen and cheap joysticks like what the joy con has. I never played Bayonetta handheld, so maybe somebody could vouch for it being a good way to play. But docked with a pro controller is definitely the most viable way to play these types of games.
Re: Video: We've Been Playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses And Now We're Excited For More
This will be an excellent game to play on the Switch Lite 🥰🥰
Re: The Jackbox Party Pack 6 Comes To Nintendo Switch This Fall
It’s hard to see how something as bargain bin as Jackbox can make a go on a system with so many party games on it already, but there surely is an audience for it somewhere.
Re: Video: The 25 Best Nintendo 3DS Games Of All Time
Not really sure why 3 of the top 5 are ports, when 3DS original games like Luigi's Mansion 2 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are lower or didn't even make the list. Just because it has the name Zelda in it, it doesn't automatically trump every other game
Re: Senran Kagura: Peach Ball's Full DLC Schedule Revealed
Sony leaves chat
Re: Get Ready To Gigantamax As New Pokémon Are Announced For Sword And Shield On Switch
I would rather go home.
Re: NPD Reveals The Top 10 Best-Selling Switch Games In The United States
Its still disappointing to see such a small number of third party studios making Switch exclusive games. Mario Rabbids should have shown these studios how lucrative a well made Switch exclusive can sell, but it’s been 2 years and there is still so little to play that isn’t a Nintendo game or an indie. AA mid budget games is the biggest hole in the Switch library. That’s why I really hope games like Astral Chain and Shin Megami Tensei 5 will have great sales.
Re: Daemon X Machina Trailer Shows Off "Major Improvements" From Demo Feedback
This game looks bargain bin at best.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
Atlus reminds me of pre Switch Nintendo in a lot of ways. They publish games of the highest quality, but you gotta wade through a good bit of outdated business practices and terrible communication with fans to get to them 😂
Re: Super Mario Maker 2 Currently Lets You Upload Just 32 Courses
@nessisonett What is your profile pic of? It looks so familiar but I can’t place it.
Re: Pokémon Masters Launches Summer 2019, Core Gameplay Explained
This is just gross.
Re: Feature: It's Time To Lay Down Your ARMS
A small blunder on an otherwise excellent 2017 for Nintendo.