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@The_Nintend_Pedant Hmmm... yeah... i gotta admit, you are right about the subheadlines. i like those better.

"work for the consumer, not your boss", i really love this quote too. would have been nice if this was incorporated in the subheadline.

@The_Nintend_Pedant At first glance, "and yes, that's a good thing", can seem "icky", sure...

but the dev quoting Miyamoto actually does believe that it is a good thing. he admires Miyamoto's perspective to his own development process. i think that this quote is being misconstrued by some commenters, as Miyamoto taking a stance on whether or not video games as a whole should be viewed as art.

@progx This ...and thank you for being "that guy", aka the voice of reason amongst the echo chamber.

i try to be as empathetic as i can about this one. Switch 1 was my first gen going all digital, but my God... i would never resort to campaigning online in any Comment Section, fully knowing that i'm accomplishing next to zero.

So immature and self-sabotaging. You waste the opportunity to voice a legitimate concern, in favor of throwing an internet tantrum.

Next, you probably head to your favorite Comment section, to sulk about how you're not being heard and how Nintendo doesn't listen to it's fans.

@Mokabe_brotha Nintendo fans overreacting is never News. Especially, on this site. I witness it everyday.

The Update itself is the News, at least I would assume. Besides, Nintendo could literally Update the game again next week, and "fix" this "game killing" experience. Honestly, do you think that would receive the same sensational Title/Headline?

@pawlslax Agreed... Title should be revised too. The Update itself is the actual News, unpopular or not. Instead, we get Nintendo KILLED Mario Kart World 🤣

@Automated_Unit_4937 This
@Bigmanfan ...and This

@PinderSchloss My friend... I've beaten the game twice and do not recall 50 hours of collecting any item whatsoever.

Anyways, I understand not being able to enjoy a game and I won't fault you for that but... lazy design? You simply cannot be serious? I'm just so shocked by that statement. The crafting and fusing mechanics alone, screams multiple hours of painstaking development.

Furthermore, I started my very first playthrough at the same time as two other family members. Within 2 hours, we had all gone in completely different directions. My point is, there are so many options to how you can play this game. I would argue that it's damn near impossible to play TOTK twice the exact same way.

@PinderSchloss It’s the laziness of TotK I will never accept. There was so much to do and I got bored.

I'm confused... So... TOTK is lazy, because there was too much to do... and you got bored?

Ironically lol, you do know the definition of the word Lazy, right?

It's amazing to me, how TOTK continues to live in the heads of certain commenters rent-free. I can understand disliking a game or a change that a longstanding series has taken, but my God... I cannot imagine devoting so much of my time criticizing a game that I did not enjoy.

@jake1421 My comment has nothing to do to with "defending their IP".

With all due respect to the developers, this looks like a Copy-Paste Job with minimal features added after the fact.

Unique Cars: Choose from a lineup of distinct, rad vehicles. Each car comes with its own set of strengths and weaknesses, adding a strategic layer to the race. Find your perfect match and dominate the competition!

In my opinion, there's nothing distinct about these "rad vehicles", they look almost identical to the cars in F-Zero. Even the colors are the same. Furthermore, it has the same Boost and Energy strips. Not to be mean, but as a consumer it comes across as distasteful and I have no interest in supporting it.

Rad Mix = 99% F-Zero + 1% Star Fox (b/c Star is in the title?).

This is just way too close to the source material for me to support.

Awesome

I don't play as frequently as I used to but the Love is still there. I've always been a sucker for 16bit sprites and I want to support F-Zero.

Nice Read, absolutely adoring all of the recent Ocarina attention. In fact, I am debating booting up OOT right now lol.

The Forest Temple is still my favorite dungeon of all time, but this is ranked at a very close 2nd.

As a Nintendo only gamer, my WiiU made me appreciate my 3DS so much more. With the exception of Smash, I decided to go handheld-only for the remainder of that Gen.

The Wind Waker's ReDeads are my hands-down favorite. I haven't played TWW in a while, but I will never forget that part in the dungeon when they emerge from their coffins screaming... so epic.

Nice Read.

Absolutely loving all of the Zelda articles, NintendoLife.

@LikelySatan Imo, Vapid by definition, fits the criticism perfectly... Within an hour, you'll see that TOTK is clearly GOTY worthy.

The same people that are bashing the game right now, were bashing it before it even released.

@Yoshif3 You deserve an Olympic Medal, for the amount of mental gymnastics it must take to turn these awards into a sudden "moment of truth" for the Zelda franchise.

This isn't even necessarily bad news for TOTK. Not only did it win an award, but it was also almost certainly under consideration for GOTY.

Dude... Praying for Divine Intervention. Please cancel this or make an animated film. I'm having original Super Mario Bros. movie vibes already 💯

F-Zero 99 has me riding the Retro Wave. I think I'll go with Chrono Trigger and Contra Anniversary Collection.

@AndroidiOS No problem, my friend... I'm also a fan of Shredder's Revenge (DLC was awesome).

Italics is an underscore at the beginning and end of your desired text.

...and that's all that I know lol. I never figured out how to post images and just gave up. If you learn any new tricks then please let me know.

Happy Gaming 💯

@AndroidiOS Bold is an asterisk at the beginning and end of your desired text.

@GameOtaku My point about "voting with your wallet/money where your mouth is" was that the F-Zero ship has already sailed. It's too late now. Gamers did not support this series enough on past consoles (including Virtual Console) to entice Nintendo to offer a more traditional offline release.

For the time being, this is the closest thing to a new F-Zero that we're going to get. Hopefully, if this game does well, F-Zero may get another shot and you'll get a chance to support the franchise in a way that doesn't involve a subscription.

@GameOtaku I can't even agree to disagree with you on this one...

F-Zero 99 is marketed to online subscribers. As a subscriber myself, my subscription is the exact same price now, as it was before the game was released. There is no perpetual fee, because there is no price increase. The game is simply a perk for subscribing to the service. Frankly, if you weren't interested in paying for online already then this game wasn't meant for you (Spoiler Alert: it's an online game).

Lastly, I love F-Zero but the series has not met sales expectations for quite some time. Infact, I remember reading that every entry has sold less than the previous one. This is just an unfortunate reality. Furthermore, I've been around this site long enough to know that at least half the people clamoring that this isn't the game that they wanted, are the same people who would: wait for a sale, nitpick about framerate, or whine about some other tedious non-issue. All the while, if there was ever an IP that needed gamers to "put their money where their mouth is", it was F-Zero.

@GameOtaku They also could've driven the Blue Falcon to my house and handed me the keys... gimme a break lol.

By your logic, I pay a perpetual fee for visiting this website, because I pay my Internet bill every month.

@GameOtaku No, it's Free... the game is just unplayable without a subscription.

Thus, complaining about this game without even having a NSO subscription is the equivalent of me complaining about the weather on the planet Mars.

Man... the sense of entitlement and utter negativity in the comments (including yesterday) is just unreal.

It's a FREE F-Zero game!!!

No Hate but...

As important as Reviews are, one only needs to spend a few minutes on YouTube, to truly see how monumental Tears of the Kingdom is. My mind has been blown, time and time again, on how TotK rewards a Player's creativity.

Absolutely no competition for GotY, sorry.

@theModestMouse To each their own, but a lot of sports fans enjoy playing with older squads. I haven't played 2K in awhile, but my go-to teams were generally some version of the 1990's Chicago Bulls.

Also, I see this a lot, making the cover of a sports game is not about being a role model. It's typically about being an elite player in that particular sports league. Think about it, have you ever seen Mother Teresa on the cover of a sports game?

@Magician You don't have to like him, but that doesn't give you an excuse to slander him. He was never convicted of any crime, thus he's not a sexual offender. Now, was he a faithful husband? No, he wasn't, and he's wrong for that.

Oh, also, take it from someone who's going through a divorce right now (and been accused of things that I clearly did not do), she would have taken him to the cleaners regardless lol.

@Deepdoop I know, right?

It's absolutely adorable when developers do their jobs and make games for the largest install base available.

I guess that I'm owning the unpopular opinion here. I actually really like this VA. She's grown on me.

Great work... your game has ruined my life lol.

For Launch, I got together with my brother and cousin... I think that I might have gotten about 3 hours of sleep last night 🥱🥱🥱

... Supervisor isn't in the office today 🤔

... Plotting my escape to go home and "work remotely" 😉

It's A Secret To Everybody 🤫

20 MORE MINUTES BABY!!! 🥳🥳🥳

The Legend of Nintendo Life's Comment Section: Tears of the Haters

...must be a Blood Moon somewhere

Nice Read

This review has me staring down the clock, as if I was replaying Majora's Mask. If only the Song of Double Time was real.

Nice Read

I still play the original every year, and would miss the "8bit Charm". However, QoL improvements are desperately need (i.e.: overworld map, diagonal movements, etc..).

Oh... might want to redesign the Level 3 Dungeon too. I'm tired of explaining to people what a Manji is.

Nice

FE Path of Radiance was my first Fire Emblem game, but it was the GBA games that caused me to fall in love with the series. I remember playing this and FE The Sacred Stones on emulator, back in the day, while waiting for FE Radiant Dawn to release.

Good times.

Timerra is my #1. Sad to see that she didn't crack the Top 25, in Japan 😢

I never heard the Satoru Iwata quote until today, but now I'll probably remember that for the rest of my life... WOW❤️

That was a fun read. I honestly have no idea, but it's fun to speculate. Mario is older than Luigi...right?

@Bass_X0 Well... you clearly detected my sarcasm.

I read your comment 3x, and I sincerely hope that you're being sarcastic as well.

Oh no... what have they done?

Don't they realize that a young girl somewhere might actually feel... empowered... by a children's movie?

And all at the risk of hurting an already fragile male ego on the internet. Truly, Nintendo is the real villain here!

Edit: I forgot to say the word Woke... Woke, there, I said it!

This is probably for the best. I wouldn't want to release any game on a Nintendo console in the same month as a new Zelda title.

@Bizzyb "Let's not kid ourselves, FE is about 40% gameplay, 60% story and characters."

I have no idea how you came up with that ratio... but I'm definitely not kidding myself. I have 655 hours on FE Three Houses, 271 hours on FE Awakening, and 120 hours on FE Engage. They are all fantastic games.

Instead of lecturing about what "most gamers want" and phantom percentages, you could mention why you personally dislike FE Engage (that is, assuming that you have even played it).

@Bizzyb The story may not have been on the same level, but the combat more than makes up for it. I absolutely love the new Break mechanic, and reintroduction of the Weapons Triangle. FE Engage also has better battle maps than both Three Houses and Awakening.

Lastly, Engage feels so polished while you're playing. The improved UI is gorgeous, streamlined, and perfectly compliments one of the best looking games on the Switch.

I'm surprised by most of the negative comments. You should never underestimate Zelda.

Sumia was Bae.

When I was a kid, we could not buy a new game, until we could prove that we had beaten the last game that our parents bought...

This taught me the importance of teamwork, saving progress, and finishing whatever I start. I'm now 40 years old, and have never really had a "backlog".