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So this is that Wumpa League game?

@Ogbert I literally had one complaint involving the narrative and themes, that's just about it.

@Grumblevolcano Hell, no. Never in a million years would it be a good idea to encourage Nintendo to re-release an outdated version of this game when there's the remastered version on the horizon. Brilliant thinking there

@Ogbert Yeah, that's what I mean.

Japanese game developers trying to emulate western-style RPGs with Berserk influenced themes. I don't have anything against the gameplay of the Souls games or Dragon's Dogma, it's just the plot of those games is always so dreary.

Fun fact: before the popularity of the Berserk manga, Japanese developers always took creative inspiration from Dragon Quest when it came to the western aesthetic of games taking place in a European fantasy-type setting because there weren't any other types of games before it that looked how it did.

Since the Tolkien fantasy novels never really made their way to Japan, they never really had much of an influence on their media compared to how we had it.

I really love this game's mechanics but this game always felt like a "proof of concept" more than being a super fully complete game, don't get me wrong it is a complete game. But the story, or lack of, does leave a lot to be desired, and the whole existential question of why the game's world is the way that it is, does feel weird. It just all being an endless cycle with a dragon that always has too be slain and the slayer has too either choose to be the dragon or take the place of this game's equivalent to God, only to then choose to sacrifice yourself so that your pawn is free from you and... they finally have their own personality, finally?

I know I might be over-simplifying the overall story of the game, oh yeah Spoilers , but I don't particularly like the story much because it doesn't feel like there much there at all, only subtext.

Honestly, seeing how this game takes heavy inspiration from Berserk, I'm getting sick of Japanese-style western RPG games like the Souls-series try to tackle the theme of existentialism. It's so needlessly complicated and weird that I rather have a character focused traditional story than a story that tries to ask the question, "Why do we humans exist, just to suffer?

At least the only thing that aged well about this game is the gameplay and combat mechanics. Otherwise, the rumored Dragon's Dogma 2 has potential to improve upon everything and be a fully expanded game maybe even rivaling Elden Ring in terms of innovative gameplay.

But we'll have to see...

@Sonos Yeah, but Shinji Mikami, the guy who directed all the Resident Evil games up until Resident Evil 4, was the one who was in charge of making that game. Unlike how most people mistake Hideki Kamiya for making that game, the guy who created Devil May Cry 1 and Bayonetta.

So if there ever was a spiritual successor to God Hand, it would have too be with Shinji Mikami's direction and he's currently working for Bethesda.

@Dualmask Not sure if modern day Capcom could still pull that off. Does Elden Ring have any lewdly dressed characters that are men or women?

I imagine Fromsoftware wouldn't want to deal with controversy by having articles from western gaming journo websites mentioning them as misogynistic for having any fan service for players.

@Sonos Still have my boxed copy with manual I bought on Ebay. Got it for a solid $60.00 and was worth the price seeing how it's a hidden gem that most don't know about. Now I'm thinking about putting the game in a steel case to preserve it.

For a game released in 2006, it has one of the most expansive and customizable combat systems in any single-player action game ever released, even now there's nothing on the market like it. It's so unique that it almost feels like a fighting game with it's varied moves. It's definitely a game that needs to be preserved and studied because of it's in-depth fighting system.

I just might use it as a template for designing my own future game when I become a game developer.

Ah, yes. Epic Games must've had another boardroom meeting when someone asked the question, "How can we get more boomers to play Fortnite?"

@RareAir23 I already bought a new version of the game, unopened and half the price on ebay a while back, so why would they not care?

13 GB for an expansion is a lot of storage space for something that isn't a download-only game.

@Sonos Yes, I'm waiting for someone at Nintendo Life to finally make an article with the title "Why God Hand needs a remaster".

If this expansion is 13GB, then Capcom better release a physical complete copy of both the base game and the expansion.

@JustMonika You can't be serious about wanting Duke Forever.

If they can't give us the remakes of the first two Remedy developed Max Payne games, couldn't they at least port the originals to Switch?

Max Payne 1 is already on Mobile phones and I would really it if Max Payne 3 came to Switch.

@BulbasaurusRex Only thing I can say about that game as a major flaw is how "incomplete" the game feels. Other than that, it feels like baby's first action-adventure game.

@Fizza Do you have any idea when the US spring sale will start?

@HotGoomba Last I checked, he was a board member for Gamestop, what it is he doing now that he's not retiring?

I can't wait for Reggie to read from a teleprompter and give us a college lecture on how gamers are a privileged and marginalized class in society.

Oh, and something about misogyny as well while they have Twitch girls on set in revealing clothing.

And people say a third-person shooter Metroid wouldn't work, well here's the concept on how well it would play. Shouldn't this be evidence enough to convince people that Metroid should evolve from the FPS perspective of the Prime series?

@GrailUK Okay?

@GrailUK Well I can't take you or your comments seriously if you're being so passive aggressive about it. I'm arguing from a point of objectivity while being critical because I'm upset this series has pretty much dug it's own grave.

Meanwhile, I don't think your even trying to have a legit discussion. You genuinely don't seem very passionate about the subject.

@GrailUK You think that a series mainly known for remaking the first game, the SNES one, over and over with the same plot isn't stagnant?

Don't forget the SNES games, 64/3DS, and Zero were for the most part internally developed at Nintendo.

Adventures and Assault were both developed by two separate developers, one of which, didn't intend for the game too be a Star Fox game in the first place but was chosen at the last moment because it caught Miyamoto's attention and it was settled that it would be changed into a Star Fox game in order for it to be a launch game for the then upcoming Gamecube.

Assault was originally planned as an arcade game but then focused on being a multiplayer-focused Star Fox game that also happened to expand upon the gameplay of 64 and it's multiplayer components. And surprisingly, it also had a fresh new narrative that continued after Adventures while building upon established lore it set up in that game. For a Star Fox game at that time, that was a unique change of pace compared to what Star Fox games usually do. So it did sort of break new ground. Yet a shame since Zero went back to that same all-too-familiar structure that has plagued the series up until this point already, tell me how that isn't in essence stagnation?

@Beaucine Is there any reward for discovering some of those endings?

@GrailUK I'm just annoyed about the general opinion of some of the Star Fox games. Thankfully, opinions have started to sort of shift in recent years. Though, there's no telling what Nintendo thinks of those other entries compared to the popular ones, the ones that saw the most profit, mainly just 64 released twice and the other 64 game that failed (Zero).

All I can say is, when it comes to taking in fan feedback, Nintendo is very tone-deaf when it comes to taking in criticism and they more than likely just look at sales and popularity to determine what game series gets a new game. It's how Star Fox Zero was made, and it's how the Star Fox series went on permanent hiatus. Because Nintendo doesn't know how to actually "innovate" outside of controller gimmicks.

I swear, if Nintendo were any other company, then they would build upon from prior entries and provide more meaningful gameplay content. Hence, building upward as opposed to remaining stagnant.

@GrailUK "Assault's foot slogging sections were awful!"

What, no evidence to support if they were truly as awful as you said, just another unoriginal bad take in a sea of opinions of confirmation bias on the game that are about as dated as Star Fox Zero's controls.

I sometimes wonder how anybody can legitimately say the ground sections are awful if they have vehicles along with diverse weapons and a more customizable control scheme? Yet everyone thinks the shallow arwing gameplay is what the entire game should've been?

If anything, the on-foot sections are almost like all range mode but with more terrain to traverse. And maybe, I don't know, you having too put more effort into doing anything besides being on-rails half of the game.

I, and I imagine everyone else, would rather prefer Assault's ground/landmaster combat compared too Zero's awkward walker gameplay. Because we can at least fine tune the controls for modern 3rd person gameplay.

@Cr4shMyCar Is the game about game development or what exactly is the premise here?

@GrailUK It's sentiments like these that Nintendo only listen too while they keep trying to remake 64 over a dozen times because people won't shut up about 64 all these years later and it creates this positive feedback loop where no one criticizes that game nor mentions the other Star Fox games that could have better potential for the basis of a new Star Fox game like Assault that could've built on the ground work that it already set up. But no, nostalgia is the loud majority in this case.

So yeah, thanks for that.

And if you want to play a better game than Star Fox 64, go play Kid Icarus Uprising. There's no crappy submarine section in it.

Always wanted too play this game because I've heard nothing but praise from critics but don't exactly know what too expect just jumping into it blindly, is this a game with mostly meta-humor?

Absolute rubbish list.

half the games on here are soft remakes of 64 while others like Star Link aren't even Star Fox games and also Star Fox Guard is on here for some reason.

Why put Adventures over Assault, where is even any content in that game?

There's no multiplayer or actually anything of interest that game that you could find better in a Zelda game.

Oh, of course. Criticisms are not welcome here only positivity.

@Shiryu I legit can't do it. I tried posting gifs and jpegs on here where I want it too be shown, and no luck.

@Shiryu By the way, how did upload a youtube video here without it just showing up as the url link?

@Shiryu [youtube:watch?vvideocodehttps://youtu.be/b31Zt14gNnI]

@dartmonkey Okay, but I don't like popularity contests compared too objectively good game rankings based on the merit of the game itself more-so than how many people have nostalgia for a game, which at times outweighs any criticisms.

For 64, sure it holds up even to this day. But I'm concerned how the other games get ranked. Adventures gets highly regarded even though the game is average at best and is an unfinished game when you look at it as whole. Is it even a Star Fox game or a spin-off?

So does this mean anything in the long term?

I feel like after Origins, Sega will just keep re-releasing classic emulated versions of Sonic 1 and 2 on future platforms for years to come because they've been doing that since like the Sega Saturn, and they always sell no matter the quality. I'm doubtful this will be the last definitive edition of Classic Sonic compilations.

@GinMiguel Absolutely, I wonder why a passionate series creative director has never been put into question by anyone that asked by Star Fox to Nintendo?

The closest we had before, one the people who helped develop Star Fox on the SNES, was Dylan Cuthbert. The man who designed the game.

I'm not sure if he'll be willing to return since I hear his relationship with Nintendo/Miyamto might be a bit strained, last I checked. So I don't exactly know if he might offer anything new to the table for a Star Fox game.

@Shiryu Not really a Star Fox game, but more of a shallow looter shooter mobile game where all you do is strafe n' shoot enemies for most of the game. If you're a very casual gamer, then I can see why it appeals to your most basic sensibilities.

So your giving us a poll without actually letting us immediately vote but instead want us to inflate the review scores on your site?

Well in that case... since most of your staff aren't very fond of Assault, I guess I'll place my vote for Assault and 64/3DS because one is a classic and the other holds potential for a future Star Fox game that we never truly got.

@GinMiguel I guess, though I am personally annoyed that nobody at Nintendo is willing to push for a new creatively more risky game for Star Fox that revives the series like how Fire Emblem Awakening did to the series when the franchise was on a slow decline into obscurity.

I seriously hate how Star Fox has become the experimental lab rat for Nintendo to test new hardware gimmicks on instead of making a decent new game that expands on the lore and gameplay.

@samuelvictor I mean, if you say so. You said you work in marketing, allegedly. I heard Peter Laird was the guy who heavily pushed for the 2003 show too be more close to the comics and it turned out well, later on think both him and Kevin Eastman had a falling out because they had creative differences and I think Kevin was the one who wanted to bring back the 80s Turtles because he, unlike Laird, liked them and they were still popular among gen X who were the first to experience the golden age of Turtles popularity when they became pop culture icons of that era. I think that's why there's so much 80s Turtles merchandise compared to other incarnations of them even 25 years later.

The 2003 Turtles do have a strong fan following, however I don't think it's as strong as the 80s ones and I think the creators have more control over deciding which gets more representation.

I'm entirely uncertain if there will be nostalgia pandering to the 2003 show since I barely hear most people my age talk about the 2003 show to begin with. Right around the 2000s era, the thing that became culturally well known from around that time was most likely early anime premiering in America like Dragon Ball Z or Pokemon.

@samuelvictor Thanks, but I'm not sure about that. Transformers is mostly known as an iconic pop culture changing 80s franchise and doubt they are going to stop catering towards G1 fans that are Gen X or Y.

@GinMiguel Uhh... Because those games had a director that was still passionate about the series??

Even Yoshio Sakamoto, the guy that directed every 2D Metroid game including Other M, still has a passion for the series even if he had one major failing.

Star Fox has only Shigeru Miyamoto, and I think he's surrounded by too many "Yes People" too be criticized properly in order to understand why Star Fox Zero failed.

@Tourtus Yeah, I agree. I look at Pokemon and Animal Crossing and think that maybe these are gateways for future furries just because of the easy accessibility and popularity, as well as how the weirder Pokemon/Animal Crossing communities kind of spill into the mainstream community because of modern internet culture where it's probably more more normal to sexualize stuff than before in years prior. That's my observation, at least. Just based on some Youtube videos I've been watching and trends. Seems almost unavoidable.

But yeah, going back to your last point, I also think furries will be niche because I don't think they can no longer save face and be like "Well, not all furries are into the diddling side of the fandom."

With how sexual our society has become, I don't think anybody's going to believe that excuse. There's no escaping how the internet highlights the cringe and sexual side of the fandom. I can only hope for some furries out there that grow older that they grow out of it because it does seem very juvenile.

Wonder if Retro Studios will be involved in this little Nintendo controversy?

Gee, I wonder if anybody at Nintendo is going to come up with a game that will resurrect a series like F-Zero or Star Fox?

@samuelvictor Sure, I grew up with the 2003 versions and they have yet to have any nostalgia representation aknowledged.

@GinMiguel Can we be sure if it's a remake of Star Fox Assault or Kid Icarus Uprising?

What would prompt Nintendo to remake those games from the ground up, or is it just another unrelated genre like another JRPG or something else from a more successful series?

@Tourtus Oh yeah, I don't think the anime community gets as much as a bad rap because I guess the content Japan makes does sort of counteract some of the perverse stuff that also comes from there.

I mean, I'm a massive fan of Dragon Ball and Jojo's Bizzare Adventure but I will never call myself a "weeb" or "otaku" because I have no reason too. It's somewhat more normal than being a furry. It also helps that mainstream anime content is usually accepted because I guess the creators understand their audiences sensibilities.

@Tourtus True, though it makes me question how much it has "awakened" certain feelings in kids that accidently find this stuff on the internet, safe search or not be damned. Especially, with Pokemon. There is no way you can't convince me that Pokemon is a gateway into all types of furry and real life animal weirdness (shivers in disgust).

@AstroTheGamosian You're not exactly wrong about our ancestors making lewd drawings in ancient art and sculptures. But some of them had some class, some I must say. Ancient Greece showed a bit too much animal diddling, though that was tied too satyrs and not humans. But some ancient Indian sculptures depicting karma sutra don't look half bad.

However, I don't think our ancestors could've ever imagined the type of weird stuff some people would post on r34 and so on. Some of it looks like it came straight out of a fever dream or more likely some nightmare fuel conceived out of consuming copious amounts of drugs.

I personally wouldn't have an issue with furries if they weren't mostly known for posting cringe and weren't known for making up new kinks, but my stance hasn't changed. I sometimes feel embarrassed if I ever talk about something like Star Fox without "furry" being brought up into the discussion, like do I really have to identify with something I don't want to associate with but just think some anthro-looking characters are cool like the Ninja Turtles. I don't want to be part of some community that is famous for posting questionable art on the internet or going around in expensive fur suits making themselves look like fools and then they think that they are a marginalized community because they put on costumes.

I just want everyone to not be weirded out by anthro animal characters that have existed before in stuff like 1930s cartoons before they had too be assigned a label to identify them by a certain community. Furries didn't exist back then and nobody had an issue with just calling anthro characters cartoon characters. Now most normal unaware people are cautious about having animal human characters in media because it attracts a "certain group" of people that ruin things for everyone that isn't desensitized to the internet like what happened with Tony the Tiger's Twitter account.

Is it really tough too see why some peopel try to avoid furries.

@Tourtus Yeah, I know that thing about anime. Most of the anime that caters towards lonely otaku nerds is the reason why Hayao Miyazaki feels embarrassment when looking at the anime industry as a whole and it's cultural impact.