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Yea, I'm about five hours in and have had two hard crashes and one time when I couldn't move after teleporting. Was a downer, for sure, but I figured it's a pretty big game and they were probably working on a fix already. I put it aside for 3D Collection until the patch comes out.

I have them both digitally. I try to buy physical, but I just want to play games, and waiting for months just to get the physical doesn't make sense to me if I'm not an avid collector.

Loving Will of the Wisps even more than the original, though I have had 2 game crashes and a time when I warped and then couldn't move the character without exiting to the main menu. About 5 hours played. I didn't have any crashes with the original on Switch.

Wow - that'll be a huge exclusive when the next Elder Scrolls game comes out, even though that will be years from now.

I say "exclusive," but all their stuff comes to PC as well, so really it's just exclusive against Sony.

Another day another outrage. It's outrageous.

@Eel
Yep, and I just realized my original post I said Story of Seasons when I meant Friend of Mineral Town specifically lol my bad gotta fix that

Article comments are generally where people go to hate, and if it's video games I'd wager it's a majority of people who haven't even played the game (or in this case the closest current playable game by the same company). People are gonna be people. Live and let live, is what I say, but dang it does get annoying.

I can't help but wonder if these people ever stop and realize how nonsensical they are.

Friends of Mineral Town on Switch was pretty good, I'll admit. I was grouchy about it and held out for a bit, but I took the plunge and bought it a couple weeks ago. I'm over a year in and it's been a fun time. Graphics were much better in motion. Sounds like a cop-out, and I was totally a skeptic, but it turned out to be true.

People still saying it looks like a cell phone game or whatever most likely haven't played it, and that's just the cold truth, say what you want. All of these farming sims have the over stylized graphics these days, some are just more hand-drawn and some are more computerized and rounded. People don't drag Stardew Valley through the mud for looking like a SNES game, so I don't get the hate. FoMT in motion reminded me a lot of HM 64's graphics, and for me that was pretty nice.

So I'll support them on this.

Yea, I heard awesome things about this on NVC. Gonna get it later today.

I did have my eye on this one and will definitely be getting it. The main mechanic reminds me of the boost mechanic in Ori.

Anybody with a PowerA "pro" controller - do they feel as sturdy as the 1st-party controller? Do the buttons have that cheap "click" to them? How is the joystick? Does the rubber feel brittle or high quality?

I'd be so psyched. Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess are the only Zeldas I haven't fully played, mostly because I didn't have GC and Wii but also because I'm not a fan of motion controls. Hopefully this would have some way of not using motion.

I loved the battle system in Origami King. I didn't feel it was "disconnected" or anything like that - so much of the game revolves around shapes and shape folding and manipulation. As you get stronger you can skip some of the lower-level baddies if you want, but the battles remain important throughout the whole game, which was nice. And the boss battles are pretty awesome nearly across the board.

I really do wonder how many people who trash this game have actually played it, and this website is mild by comparison. There should be some sort of verification system kinda like Steam has where if people are gonna post stuff about a game, good or bad, there's some way to see if they've actually played the game and for how much time. It shouldn't bar anyone from posting (imagine the outrage, dear goodness), but simply put an icon next to their name with hours played. Maybe have people link to their Switch accounts and it could automatically check.

It'll still be the place to just play awesome games the way you want. There will be the usual need for a PC or other console if you wanna play absolutely everything, but otherwise I think Switch will be there in much the same capacity as it is now. I think we'll see the next Switch in about three years, and I hope it's the same form just updated guts.

One of the best games I've played on the Switch. Probably in my top 3 along with BotW and Fire Emblem.

Origami King s SO awesome - I'm loving it and having so much fun with it. One of those games where I tell myself I'm gonna play for an hour and then suddenly four hours have gone by. Top 3 favorite 1st-party game on Switch, for sure.

The environments and characters, the dialogue and story - it's all so endearing and fun to experience. I don't get the hate on the battle system; seems like something a couple reviewers didn't like and then everyone just joined the pecking order. I think it's cool, and there have been plenty of battles where I've had to really stop and think to find the solution (and some where I couldn't find the solution no matter how hard I tried, I will admit).

Just such an awesome, polished, finely crafted (ha) experience.

That's awesome! Now here's hoping of a remake for the SNES original or HM64.

That looks pretty cool.

<insert usual aghast comment about the price>

The graphics aren't as terrible as I thought from earlier previews. And as others have said, as an old-school Harvest Moon fan from the very first game, the simplicity is EXACTLY what I love about the game.

This is available on cartridge, right?

AWESOME! Now I just need to finally get one of those official SNES controllers.

They really don't get it anymore.

I think you definitely have to go Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy, no questions asked. Those three will pretty much cover each 3D evolution of Mario.

I would be REALLY interested to see what they'd do with a Super Mario World (SNES) remaster. It's arguably the most-played Mario game ever and spawned a whole generation of kaizo platforming and fan-made games using the engine.

@1UP_MARIO
That's actually a perfect way to put it, cheap but not good value.

Eh, whatever. If you game online on consoles nowadays you gotta pony up for their online service, so here we are. I do think they'll keep adding games, maybe some incentives here and there. I'd love to see member-exclusive eShop deals or maybe multiplied gold point rebates on purchases.

@Grandiajet
No, that's the new game with the actual Harvest Moon branding. I forget the full title for that one.

Please no smart phone graphics. (I realize smart phone games can have excellent graphics; you know what I mean.)

Honestly, at this point Stardew Valley's eaten Harvest Moon's lunch, and they could do worse than simply release a game that gets back to the basics.

I don't need terraforming and a full-on dungeon crawler in my farming simulation. The Harvest Sprite stuff with light cave exploration is fine, but just focus on what made Harvest Moon so awesome on the SNES: farm, crops, animals, village, relationships. That's it. Make that basic stuff awesome again for at least one entry.

@Heavyarms55
Yea, I agree. Mario Maker 2 really deserves to be on that list. It sure is a list of excellent games, though, so inevitably something isn't gonna make it.

@quinnyboy58
Awesome, thanks! Here's my code: LT8-RVH-H0H

I don't have it up yet, but check back in a few days. I have a couple other courses that people generally seemed to enjoy. I'm not a big creator, mostly a player, but I try lol.

(Also someone downvoted your post asking for my ID. Man, people be bitter these days)

Wow. I have a feeling there are a lot of bad Mario players in here lol.

Why are people saying lives don't matter? You can literally set the number of lives the player gets for your world. I'm making a world where you only start with 3 lives, but the levels are mostly easy and filled with secrets to get more lives for the tougher later stages.

Awesome beyond words, honestly.

But isn't there still a blank style space in the creator?

The transfer is awesome.

@TJWorks
I gotcha.

@JayJ
I don't understand this, the whole "elite gamer" label thing you and others like to throw around. What's wrong with being able to beat a game? I don't go around crowing about it, but it's a fun accomplishment, and if an article comes around that deals with it specifically, then sure, I may mention that I beat it. I don't consider myself "elite," but I would say I'm pretty good at platformers, and the Lair was a decent challenge that took me back to older-school games.

Why has it become bad for people to be good at something?

I'm definitely gonna get around to it soon. I have a beast PC I could run it on, but honestly the portability is crucial for my life right now. It's on sale a lot, and I can definitely see some big Memorial Day discounts coming up.

@TJWorks
I disagree entirely. Each of the three sections of the Lair have definite themes, and once you figure out the mechanics of everything, it's not too bad, and certainly nothing is "cheap."

I thought the Lair was really tough my first few tries, but just like video games of old, it takes practice and elbow grease to get it down. I got to the point where I wouldn't even lose a bee in the first section or last sections at all. The second always gave me issues for some reason - I hate ice lol

I'm sure there are platforming gods out there who can do it without the bees, but I'll take doing it with only losing a couple dozen haha

Yea, I gotta wait and see if I get any eShop cards. Fingers crossed haha

@isellpixels
Yes - just beat it last night. The biggest differences in the campaign happen near the end, though I don't want to say anything too particular to avoid spoilers.

Up until about Hyrule Castle it was essentially the same game just without the ability to pick up different weapons (Octavo is restricted to his lute attack; he does get unique trigger abilities just like the other characters, too). There are some different dialogue lines from some characters responding to the fact that you're playing as the "bad" guy, but yea, until the end you're not gonna see much different (though the differences at the end are pretty cool).

Almost finished with Octavo. Just such an awesome "little" game with many, many ways to replay.

I will admit I'm feeling a bit of fatigue now, though. I beat it once starting with Link, once with Zelda, a sprinkling of shorter no-death stints, etc.

Once I beat with Octavo I'll probably be good on this game for quite some time lol

@BrettAwesome
Nope.

Holiday 2020 is gonna be Metroid. This will be 2021. Even if they're well into development on this, 2020 would be forced.

I think we'll see Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, Windwaker re releases in 2020.

It's always scary to go to something new. It's moreso with cloud gaming because of the disappearance of physical media that many of us have been used to. I'm not a fan of losing my discs and cartridges, but I do believe it's the future, and I do believe it'll be forced on all of us eventually.

Yea, I don't usually pile on for stuff like this, but as someone who beat Hollow Knight after dozens and dozens of hours... that's a Hollow Knight clone lol

@Lalivero
Makes sense, makes sense.

I don't have the energy to keep up with the social media stuff lol I pretty much saw whatever NL ran with big headlines.

I have a nephew who has always really been into Pokémon, so I get info from him. But even he is a little turned off by the new ones, so I'm really questioning if I wanna buy it. I played the first games a lot, but then hardly touched Pokémon until X/Y. So I'm not diehard, but I do like the premise and a good rpg every now and then. Stuff that turns other people off like the shared exp is actually a plus for me. I don't see an issue with the graphics, either, but that's just me.

I wish they would put a demo out for it like they did for Let's Go.

@Lalivero
Yea, the "drama" was what I assumed meant social media because, er...that's where the drama is lol

Anyway, if you're not using social media to "confirm" your "personal gripes," as you say, what are you using?

(I realize that pretty much any post on the internet will be judging from afar, so eh... got me? lol)

@Lalivero
Honestly curious, but do you always let social media influence you so much? Will you really not even try the game yourself? Just trying to get into the mindset of one who judges from afar.

I think that all of this is so ridiculous and reinforces my notion that the world just wasn't ready for social media (and perhaps the internet in general). Yes, I realize that includes this very forum and this very post. On that note, I would GLADLY give all this up to return to a simpler time.

There are positives, but the negatives have demonstrated themselves to FAR outweigh things in the last decade-ish. Social media gives a megaphone to these bored/angry individuals who have nothing better to do than be offended by any and everything, and further it allows said individuals to directly attack anyone they wish with the most vile, repugnant, and shameful words (and sometimes actions through DOSing, etc.).

I'm not an avid Pokémon fan, but I usually buy the games, and even I can say that the Pokedex has become incredibly large. I don't blame them for not having the whole thing, especially for their first "console" game that likely needed a bit more development than another game/ds title. My suggestion to those who are so hurt by the exclusion: Vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game. It's that simple. Your Twitter words and actions are yet another embarrassment to this hobby, and you are genuinely and needlessly hurting people with the things you say. Vote with your wallet. If sales are down enough, Game Freak will get the message.

I play OW on PC, so there's no way in heck I'm buying it for Switch, but that being said, lots of people play online shooters like this on lower settings even if they have beefy PCs (to get ridiculous framerates in the 100s). It's just too bad the fps seems to suffer a bit on Switch even with the lower graphics.

I don't know, I'm kind of encouraged. IGN has a relatively favorable review. Seems charming and a nice change of pace. Seems sort of like a cult sleeper hit kind of game, actually.

Again, like pretty much all of us in this thread, I haven't actually played it, but I'm willing to give it a spin and report back in the forums.

Yea, I mean...I've loved Blizzard since the og Warcraft when I was like 8 years old, but this Hearthstone thing...

I'm glad they walked back the penalties a bit, but it is so sad seeing a company bow so hard to the Chinese government. We all know it's because of the oodles of cash Blizz's games get in China.

Kind of sickening when you see how companies really operate. And that includes our beloved Nintendo.

I'm sorry, but that is so ridiculous.

People need to take a stand on this stuff.

I haven't downloaded any of Nintendo's phone games (or any other company's, for that matter), and I never will.

I think I'll be getting this this week. It was this or Dragon Quest XI, but I'm more of an action gamer at heart no matter how much I try for those long-burn RPGs.

@SwitchForce
"choices in their game playing" - you mean like what the Switch already provides, home or handheld? lol

Look, Switch Lite will probably do fine. It's whatever. Could be an nice thing for younger kids. I still think it's pretty dumb, and for not doing literally half what a real Switch can do (or the name sake for cryin out loud), it should be $150 and not a cent more.

No thanks. Definitely a no from me.

Better watch yourselves, Nintendo. I feel like we're getting closer to some other companies...

Yea, honestly, I toyed with the idea of a Switch Lite as my mobile option and just leaving my og switch docked 100% of the time, but this is enough to dissuade me lol

It is pretty clear Nintendo hates money and doesn't really envision people having more than one Switch, and I know that sounds snarky, but it's fine with me. It's really an unnecessary 200 bucks for most people.