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@acachewowow The review states quite clearly why it got the score it did and the learning curve didn't come into it. A broken map, counter-intuitive controls and a lack of any real signposting have nothing to do with learning curves.

@Damo I will go to my grave (which I recently rose from) defending Altered Beast

@Solomon_Rambling Obviously the main game mechanics are very similar, but most of the game modes are different. I personally prefer the ones in this (and there are more in total), but I love both games. Essentially, if you enjoyed Drill Spirits, you'll also enjoy this and can also rest assured that you aren't just getting exactly the same game.

@Agramonte I criticise Dr Mario World in this very review for being unfair and strongly encouraging players to buy power-ups to proceed. Your implication is that because this is a Nintendo game I'm going easier on it, when that isn't the case.

@KIRO They're NES games though: TATE mode world be pointless.

@ivory_soul Because when you're dealing with apps aimed at kids, it's understandable that parents may want to know what the app entails before they subject their children to it. This review points out that the harsh tracking could result in kids failing to catch Pokémon and eventual tears, so I don't think letting people know that in advance is a completely pointless service.

@MarkusM I played it on a standard Switch but as far as I can tell, you should be able to play them all on a Switch Lite.

@WoomyNNYes I used a Pro Controller for portions of the review. There are a couple of games that require either touch or motion (such as Bowling and Darts), but the rest allow Pro Controller use.

@NoNoseNosferatu To be fair to them, it's not one or the other. Just because they're taking part in this doesn't mean they aren't doing their bit elsewhere.

This whole argument is quite funny considering the game's ending actually involves the apostrophe (seriously).

@JimmySpades I wold respectfully disagree. Although 80's has become accepted by many as an acceptable placement of the apostrophe, it still isn't technically correct.

The apostrophe is there to denote missing characters: in this case the full term is the 1980s, therefore the correct abbreviation is the '80s. Moving the apostrophe so it instead reads 80's turns it into a possessive, which doesn't make sense: instead of saying "the 1980s", you're now saying "belonging to the 80". It's the equivalent of saying "I bought a bunch of apple's yesterday".

I appreciate that some people do write 80's but mob rule doesn't always make everything correct

I think one potential area of confusion is that American English sometimes allows the use of an apostrophe even when using the full number, as in the 1980's, but even then it's only an alternative way of spelling it, not the agreed standard. In British English it's a straight no-no, and the only generally accepted terms are the 1980s or the '80s.

Hope that massively nerdy reply explains things

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.

@Heavyarms55 I completely agree: many NHS workers are working crazy hours and don't have a minute to themselves. The good thing about giving them a game is that they can redeem it now and it'll be sitting there waiting for them when this all blows over.

I appreciate this brings up the question of why we didn't just wait until the pandemic ended before launching this campaign, but we figured that many workers also have kids who aren't seeing them as much because of the long hours they work, so they may want to pick a game for their kids instead to keep them entertained.

@Damo No lies found

@GamerDad66 The game lets you play in the Deluxe arcade cabinet, which sways from side to side as you play. This view takes place in an arcade and your screen moves as the plane does (you can see it in some of the screens in this review). If the 360 cabinet could be unlocked that would mean the arcade background spinning upside-down as you played.

@Ooyah I can't decide whether it's one of my best or one of my worst: I'm leaning towards the latter 😉

@nintendoknife So edgy! Ouch! There's no precedent for Nintendo ditching Animal Crossing games so, yes, I'd imagine that what you suggest is exactly what WILL happen: when Nintendo is ready to stop supporting the game the last round of events will probably continue to appear on a yearly basis.

@Silly_G Yes, I read it. I'm just saying that the claim it may have been "rushed" is a non-starter, because events are part and parcel of Animal Crossing and wouldn't be something left to the last minute. It's clear that regular updates have been part of the plan all along: see Splatoon 2 as perfect proof that this isn't a new thing for Nintendo.

As others have said, if all the events were on there and they were available by moving the clock forwards, they'd all be on YouTube by the end of launch day and there would be no surprises. When you also consider the fact that these days you have dataminers who rinse the entire code of a game looking for locked content, adding it through updates was 100% Nintendo's plan all along. It was already confirmed for 2019 then delayed to the end of March 2020: being rushed to completion isn't the issue.

@nessisonett It isn't two steps back, it's a big step forwards. It's ensuring that people don't just skip the clock forwards and spoil all the secrets for everyone, and instead making everyone discover the surprises at the same time (which will lead to greater discussion on social media etc when it happens).

It also potentially means that you won't get exactly the same stuff every year, meaning next year's Easter may be different from this year's, rather than just the same event triggering each time the calendar his a certain date.

Animal Crossing had always done its best to pretend to be a 'living' game that offers new stuff every day depending on the calendar. Now it can actually do it for real, and that can only be seen as a good thing, not a sign that it was "rushed" as @Silly_G suggests.

@Isaix It's also consistent with many third-party games. Like it or not, I don't think it's too wild to suggest that a Pokémon game will probably sell perfectly well at full price. They don't need to drop the price if that isn't a concern.

@Isaix Is it though? Making money doesn't seem to be one of Nintendo's problems at the moment. Regardless, this isn't really a Nintendo game as such: it's developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by The Pokemon Company, Nintendo is only distributing it.

@Ogbert Firstly, I didn't write the headline so your problem isn't with me. Secondly, it isn't "tripe", it's a valid point that many have already played it or own it.

@Ogbert @Kriven The issue isn't "it's been ported to every console already, who doesn't have it yet". The issue is that, as explained in the article, anyone who wanted to play it could already find a way to do so (even on the Switch).

The fact that it's already on the Switch, the 3DS, Xbox One, PS4, PC and mobile, and the fact that the Sega Ages series has previously released some generally underappreciated gems, means the issue isn't "who doesn't have this game yet", it's "where are the games that have been put aside so that M2 can work on yet another port of Sonic 2".

@sixrings Surely all that proves is that people like to moan about things more than they like to comment on positive reviews?

@IPrino The pros and cons never affect the score. They're just a summary of the review.

@Bliquid The game is rated PEGI 7. I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out that it may have content that's a little more mature than that rating may suggest, if it means some parents will avoid awkward moments as a result.

I'm sorry if you don't have kids and that information is irrelevant to you but, as has already been pointed out elsewhere in the comments, it's useful to some.

@Heavyarms55 Football Manager has real teams and players too, and PES has real player names at least. There are still ways to get at least some authentic content in there, the problem is it costs money. That's why the price of this game is particularly jarring.

@SolviteSekai Would you be willing to comment on the fact that the age of consent is not the same as the age at which people can legally be featured in adult content? Although a swimsuit isn't exactly full nudity, it's still a way of getting young girls to wear as little as possible while staying within the law: and that's just creepy to me.

As for the clip you posted: that was set at a poolside and lasted, what, 15 seconds?

@Onion With respect, I hardly think the Japanese Wii U charts were white hot in October 2019. Three people could have bought a copy and they would be enough to take it to the top of the charts: that isn't any evidence of any sort of mass protest, that's a couple of angry guys.

@Anri02 I have no strong feelings on chapter 2 as it stands. If I thought there was anything wrong with it I'd have said so in the review.

@ThanosReXXX I really wish you'd stop putting words in people's mouths. At no point have I said "you're a pervert". I find the cut content unsettling, it's as simple as that. Painting yourself as a victim of verbal abuse and bringing other people into the chat to argue on your behalf isn't the way to get someone to sympathise with your viewpoint.

@Seananigans I'm not going to continue to discuss anything with you. Other people are capable of having civil debates without going down the "you're either a horrible journalist or a liar, which is it" route. I'm not to blame if you (wilfully?) misinterpret the things I write. I won't be discussing the matter any further: the review speaks for itself.

@Anri02 And I answered you. Chapter 2 is part of the game, so when my answer is about the full game, take it as a given that I'm including chapter 2 in that.

@NEStalgia I would be more inclined to believe the "but it's supposed to be creepy" argument if the game didn't also have swimsuit DLC. It seems like a case of wanting to have its cake and eat it too, and if the alternative is it being starved of any of that sort of thing I don't mind that.

@Anri02 My review is based on the game I played on the Wii U and played again on the Switch. I can't comment on the Japanese Wii U version because I don't speak Japanese. The game is an 8, in my opinion, based on the western version, and my only opinion on the cut content is that the subject matter is disturbing.

@Seananigans I didn't attack or demonise anyone. I find the idea of young girls in swimsuits creepy, that's it. That's the sole point I made, I said nothing about the players. You can draw whatever you want from that, but that doesn't mean you can put words in my mouth.

@Itachi2099 I was responding specifically to the chap who conceded that it "didn't make much sense in a western context" and would need to be localised. If it had to be changed anyway, then changing it to a less creepy subject matter is fine by me.

@NEStalgia I think, respectfully, we're going to have to agree to disagree here. I said in the review that I didn't feel the changes affected the game and I stand by that (in terms of how it plays, I should specify). The second chapter may indeed have changed but as I stated, I find the content that was removed somewhat unsettling and as such don't feel its removal is problematic. As you say yourself, the original Japanese chapter 2 refers to a cultural phenomena that has no direct western equivalent in the west, so once again I don't feel its removal is particularly devastating. You may disagree, and you're absolutely entitled to, but my opinion is different and that's all a review is. Hope that's okay.

@cool_boy_mew How can you quote me and then ignore what I said? I'm not "advocating" anything, I'm just saying it's not the big deal people would inevitably suggest it is in the comments (which I've been proven right about).

@First_Amendment You lost me at "I've been an idiot before"

@Seananigans That's... a ridiculous comparison. Swimsuits are expected at the beach, because that's where people swim and get a tan. Unless I missed a certain side-quest, there are no swimming or tanning mini-games in this game, meaning there's only one other reason the swimsuits are in there. And that's creepy to me.

This game is set in Tokyo (hence the name). The nearest beach to Tokyo is in Zushi, which is 41 miles away.

@Seananigans It wasn't "Nintendo Life", it was me. I wrote it, they published it. I think having young girls in swimsuits is creepy: if you disagree then your issue is with me, not the site as a whole.

@Woomy_NNYes I'm out just now so I don't have the game to hand, but there's something like 15-16 tracks.

@nimnio Nintendo Life isn't some big hive-mind, it's made of separate writers. I wrote this review and my views on anime (which I like, incidentally) had nothing to do with the score here.

@sword_9mm Nintendo isn't a charity. If a company wants to release a Switch game on cartridge it should be paying its share of production costs, instead of asking Nintendo to take the financial risk on its behalf.

@StevenG So you want a company to take a game that was already largely forgotten the first time around, release it on an expensive cartridge, charge a high price and say "ah well, if people think it's too expensive they won't buy it"? At £17.99 it's worth a play. At £29.99 – considering it's £10.99 on Steam – it would sell nothing.

@StevenG I don't disagree with the theory that digital should be cheaper than physical, but that simply isn't the reality. If this game got a cartridge release, both it and the digital version would be more than £17.99.

@StevenG But it's only a £17.99 game, and cartridges aren't cheap to make. If it had been given a physical cartridge release, you'd be looking at it costing at least twice as much, and then the digital version would have likely had its price raised to match it. It's happened plenty of times already.

Slightly confused by the comments on this one: Gunslinger was never a physical game, it was digital-only on Xbox 360 and PS3 too. The Switch isn't getting a bum steer here: this was never a full-price, on-disc release. It's certainly odd if they've done a physical box with a code inside it, but it's not like that's less than you got on other systems.

@Bondi_Surfer I tweeted some gameplay footage https://twitter.com/scully1888/status/1204534248859983872

@TheDragonDAFan Quality takes time.

@TheRealKyleHyde Ah, cheers mate, I appreciate that. Over on my own site Tired Old Hack, I've got a regular feature called Kartography where I break down licensed karting games, so I've sort of carved a niche for myself as a karting expert. Think that's why Nintendo Life asked for my 'expertise' 😉

@AlphaElite He is when he's suggesting that Nintendo's somehow directly responsible for organising the stock for the London store.