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All my 8itdos broke or got defective parts after a while. Unless they're seriously improving QC this time, I'll wait for reviews.

It would be nice to see the picture without having to open Twitter.

Hopefully he will complete the game's third act this time. Owlboy was criminally unfinished.

Glad the digital version released before LRG took the rights. Screw this company.

The main character design is awful. Hopefully it has some fine-tuned gameplay/performance, Sonic Mania was a great game.

I got their SNES remakes (Wild Guns, Ninja Saviors, Pocky & Rocky) and they're all perfection. Day one purchase here.

Don't start with Ages. Although it's regarded as the "best" out of the two, its main gimmick is underutilized and may leave you bored if you jump in expecting time travels like Chrono Trigger.

The 1940s art style could've made this game a must-buy.

Just imagine how much better this game would look with the 1940s art style...

@Kilroy It's a franchise well known for its inventive level design and puzzles, and now both of those highs have been reduced to a wide space filled with repetitive content (also applies to quests) and gimmicks that allow you to build and climb a structure. There are fewer unique enemies than ever, but the map is almost twice as big, filled with caves, shrines and lost koroks. What's the point of making everything so large then?

In regard of soulslike games, Elden Ring has lots of copy-pasted content as well if you deviate to explore, but the main path is rock solid. 80 hours rock solid. TotK is, for the most part, a worse, bloated version of BotW, sometimes too familiar for its own good.

@Kilroy I had some rough moments when playing BotW's Hard Mode, some places felt way above my current armor/health setup, but nothing compares to the displaced nature of TotK's combat, enemy placement, scaling etc etc, which frequently forces you through Ultrahand or Fuse abilities to progress. The problem? They're pretty bad gimmicks, involving poor camera control, constant inventory/resources management that lack proper refinement. Durability was a mistake from the start and now it requires extra steps to achieve the same results against (even worse) damage sponge enemies. Lots of important stuff (even shops!) are now locked behind fetch quests.

Sometimes I wish this game was about the actual game and not the glitches or weird stuff. In BotW some of these felt completely accidental and outstanding discoveries (considering the game's limitations), but TotK just feels... aimless? It's almost like the devs didn't want you to play through the campaign given how poorly balanced and displaced everything is.

@Vriess Same here, I grew up with those games. I still own a copy of Orta and its Panzer Dragoon (Saturn original) port, and I gotta say nothing beats a proper HD remaster. The remake has some neat bells 'n whistles but it's not very faithful, both gameplay-wise and visually, so again, for me it was a pointless effort since it took so damn long to have a playable, bug-free product that remains inferior to the original. This "release now, fix later" approach is unacceptable.

@Vriess It took them about a year to fix the game, and it's only worth it at a ~50% discount all things considered. What's the point?

Here comes another poorly optimized remake that should take months of patches to function properly. What a waste.

DS > SNES > Pixel Remaster

I miss Breath of the Wild, even though it had its share of flaws. This one just sucks in comparison to any other 3D Zelda.

Hopefully this one will help to wash the bad taste Tears of the Kingdom left. Please be good.

We're coming to a point where "pixelated visuals" and "pixel art" are becoming two entirely different things. This one is the former. There's a huge leap between serviceable visuals (as an excuse to not being able to draw/hire artists) and actual effort put into making good pixel art.

The ideal amount of sleep harshly varies by age. It's always between 6 to 8h, but the older you get, the less sleep you need.

Hopefully it's better than their previous games.

I thank emulator devs everyday for their priceless contributions to software preservation. Those companies simply don't care.

"I'd really prefer if you'd be quiet"

Hopefully they don't hire the same guy who made the GBC port a few years ago. The final product was poor, full of bugs on Switch version, lazy placement of LRG logo with a tiny font (where previously we had the Capcom logo), butchered title screen, bad UI etc.

Low effort DLC once again. No surprise.

Pretty boring game, like 99% of Sonic spin-offs. It had potential but sadly they couldn't find a good company to make the partnership. Atlus should've been the perfect match.

Patching the only thing that makes this padding fest of a game bearable. Good job.

Can't wait for this game, it's probably going to wash the bad taste Tears of the Kingom left.

You know what makes a bad sidequest? Locking shops, mandatory areas, stamina & wallet expansions or even fast travel behind it.

TotK has the best examples on how you should never place them.

Worst of yhe year, or at least the big disappointment, goes to Zelda TotK. Easily the worst 3D Zelda I've played and it makes Skyward Sword feels like a timeless masterpiece.

Best surprise is probably Metroid Prime Remastered. I bet my GOTY on Armored Core VI, it's shaping up to be the definitive mecha game, a much better alternative than the Daemon X Machina embarrassment a few years back.

Super Mario RPG might become an incredible remake and that's the most anticipated game of 2023 for me. Doesn't really sound like GOTY material though.

@farrgazer I prefer Silvergun to Ikaruga any day.

Can't stand most of Cave's lineup, they're simply exhausting to learn. Mushihimesama may be the only exception to this, and even so, it's a nightmare to 1CC.

@Rafie It's also no PC (Steam), but wouldn't really call it a console seller.

Says the company who had zero worthwile console exclusives in this gen.

I mean - seriously, if it weren't for their backwards program and a few good stuff from the XBox/X360 era (Ninja Gaiden Black, Crimson Skies, Panzer Dragoon Orta) there wouldn't be a reason to own their hardware. Game Pass is on PC as well.

@IceClimbersMain None of them chops actual human bones/limbs/organs in a very explicit, graphical way. North american culture deserves all the "videogames are violent" cliche it gets.

It doesn't sound like him.

@Chaotic_Neutral A basic lineup consisting of 10 games would take roughly 15GB of storage space. It's too demanding for a system with only 32GB + MicroSD cards.

I'd pay 25$ for any straight port from GameCube library any day, it doesn't matter how "barebones" it feels. Just give me the original game.

Unreal engine? Now that got me worried.

@Boston_J Weapon durability was a mistake. It makes sense for tree branches and early weapons, but having that up to the final boss is a joke. I'm avoiding every single encounter because of this bs.

FDS games will never be re-released for some obnoxious reason.

I'm struggling to keep my interest on it. It's shaping up to be the worst Zelda game I've ever played. I'm glad the rocket + shield trick exists, otherwise I wouldn't finish a single shrine.

@Cashews Money is the one and only you need to mention.

Hopefully they'll get a better writer in the next movie.

There is one single thing that would fix this game: not instantly taking damage when attacking enemies.

What a bunch of clowns.

US would be far superior without the IGN quote. Cringe material.

@SnakeForce Pretty sure 2010s kids will get all the 80s and 90s references in this movie, it was totally aimed at them.

@Jacoby Alongside Nier Automata and Bayonetta(s), this is one of the best action games the Switch has to offer.

Can't wait to buy their $70 shovelware.