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  1. 5 points
    Umm, guys? I was doing the rounds on my island yesterday evening and before saving and quitting, I thought I'd talk to Isabelle because it had been a while. In recent weeks (since the Christmas break) I'd chopped down a bunch of native pear trees and moved non-natives to make more space for snowballs to spawn because, as you'll know, my island is covered with trees, out of control flowers and weeds. I did a bit of weeding in the newly cleared space, too. So, last night I remembered the island evals bemoaned the tree count (islanders getting lost in the woods, lol) so I thought why not check if there's a different message now. There was! Clutter. Quick and easy to rectify as I had heaps of items dropped all over the place for future decorating or crafting. Also sold off the remaining recipes, then back to Isabelle to see if she'd reverted to complaining about trees or something new... and... FIVE STAR ISLAND!! It's kind of embarrassing. My island is such an undeveloped work-in-progress; the worst five-star island I've seen! Found the lily-of-the-valley this morning so that's it confirmed.
  2. 4 points
    Glowing Pokémon. That'll give Niantic a couple more billion dollars.
  3. 4 points
    Thanks again for all the replies. It's been fun reading what everyone wants from Nintendo and the Switch. I suppose I better say what I would like but before that I just want to give a shout out to @Aneres11. I swear you and I are the only ones in the world who want a sequel to Super Princess Peach. The original is one of my favourite DS games and Mario spinoffs. I love that after all these years you keep randomly bringing it up. To be honest, i'm not really sure what I want from Nintendo anymore. Last year seen me pretty much fall out of love with the company and their hybrid. I've been playing their games ever since the NES days and this is the first time I've become so jaded by the company. I think the Switch just doesn't really resonate with me as a product. I've got games such as Xenoblade, Mystery Dungeon, Astral Chain and a few others just waiting to be played but I have trouble getting enthusiastic about playing any of them. I suppose new and exciting software would help the situation. Everything just seemed a little stale last year and although I adored Paper Mario, at the end of the day it was still a game from a franchise that we've come to expect from the company. Nintendo have so many dormant franchises but they seem to keep going back to the same pool over and over again. It's a bit like how Sega keeps constantly re-releasing Mega Drive games when people are fed up of them and instead want them to move on to the other consoles that they released. I guess it's really on me to get more out of the Switch. As I said, I've got games I can play on it and I just need to make more of an effort in 2021 to sit down and play them. By the time I'm done with those, hopefully we will have a clearer picture of what's going to be on offer this year. I know we've had a lot of Wii U ports but at this point they may as well finish off the library. I would love a version of Star Fox 0 that doesn't require you to have 2 heads and four arms to play!
  4. 3 points
    Finished The Last Campfire just now. While I did like the game initially, I think many of the puzzles were too easy and obvious. The joy of a good puzzle game is the satisfaction of solving a tricky puzzle, and I know it's a hard balance to get byt sadly, many of the puzzles in this are just trivial, the solution obvious and the way to get there was set in stone with only a few possible ways to start them. Moving a box around to make a path, light a candle with a box with fire, make the water sink. Yeah, sure, there were good puzzles but only a handful. It's not bad but if you are a pro puzzler, then there are better puzzle games out there. The story is good, it's telling a tale of death and acceptance in a good and light manner, I liked that.
  5. 3 points
    There are few things I enjoy more than seeing previously unreleased games eventually getting their turn in the PAL region. Final Fantasy on GBA and DS, Dragon Quest on DS, Chrono Trigger on DS, Mario RPG through the Hanabi Festivals on Wii VC, to name a few of those mythical games that officially came to our shores at a later date, sometimes in their original form, other times upgraded or remade entirely. Amazingly, the well has yet to show any signs of running dry--a month ago, the Final Fantasy Legend trilogy came out on the Switch eShop. For further listening, check out the Retronauts episode. I pre-ordered, preloaded and made plans to play one or all three FF Legends over Christmas. But as with most best-laid Switch plans, an eShop sale came along and lead me astray. This time it was in the form of Tales of Vesperia for a tenner. I still made sure to have a go at FF Legend (1) before forgetting about it until the other day when the Nintendo survey came through. Collection of SaGa has some added bells and whistles (such as Super Gameboy-style backgrounds, two zoom settings and the ability to play vertically using a virtual button layout on the Switch touchscreen) but nothing that changes the games themselves beyond a speed-up option. I sent the same feedback via the Nintendo survey as I did for games like moon and Fire Emblem--offered my thanks for releasing the collection in PAL and asked that they consider bringing more previously unreleased games over here, but this time I added the suggestion that they could put in some more borders and perhaps Super Gameboy-style colour palette options. Even with Vesperia (which I was "console-locked" out of rather than region-locked) making eyes at me, I thought I was still going to complete FF Legend 1 in the week following its release. How wrong I was. Not only are these Gameboy RPGs, FF Legend is the first handheld RPG ever so old and archaic is very much the order of the day. Upon starting, you are unceremoniously dumped into the game and charged with creating your guild from humans, mutants and/or monsters. I opted for two humans (a male and female), a mutant and a monster then set about battling for cash to buy some gear. Levelling is an offshoot of Final Fantasy II whereby your stats themselves will increase in place of general level-ups. Except for monsters. At the end of battles a piece of meat might drop which you can choose to let your monster eat. I have allowed it every time, and the monster morphs into a new creature with a new skillset and potentially less HP. I haven't worked out if its random or not. The humans improve differently too--you have to buy stat increases for them! So perhaps it is just the mutants, then, that get their stat-ups from battle. Also, your party members have lives, meaning they can only be revived a couple of times before they're dead forever and you will have to recruit and train up replacements. My humans died a few times in the early going and I just reset because I don't know how valuable those lives will be later. Well anyway, about the game length. From the starting town, you learn that the central statue needs its armour, sword and shield. After increasing stats and getting some gear (attacks, weapons and spells have limited uses, by the way) I got cracking with world exploration. It's a tiny world--fine for the Gameboys first RPG--so I was able to get the items back to the statue fairly quickly, which I figured was going to open the way to the final two- or three-floored dungeon and boss. Clearly I never paid much attention to the above video and Retronauts podcast because I was totally oblivious to the games scope! Kitting out the statue is only the beginning because that two- or three-floored dungeon is actually a tower to climb that contains its own towns to stop off at. It's really surreal to open a door that opens onto a new world. Makes me wonder if the starting area is really the base of the tower or just another rung on the way up. Good job I reset before instead of now being lumbered with trying to limp through the game with my lives depleted, eh? I haven't noticed anyone on my friends list playing this. Buy it and join me on these legendary quests!
  6. 3 points
    Pokémon Snappier. Pokémon Snap 2 It. Pokémon Snap Snap.
  7. 3 points
    No platinum? I'm out. Why should I when you hate me?
  8. 3 points
    April 30! Edit: I thought it looked a bit meh, but the trailer on YouTube looks a lot better than the Twitter version:
  9. 3 points
    I doubt Microsoft teaming up with Nintendo or Sega would have made any difference to the PS2 sales. That thing was an absolute beast throughout the whole generation. The DVD player, along with killer 3rd party exclusives, meant that the other two really didn't stand a chance. I mean, what did the Xbox and Cube do combined? About 40 million? The PS2 sits on around 150 million. It just seem to hit all the right notes at the right time, pretty much like the PS4 has done, and I doubt the competition could have done anything to stop it. The Japanaese numbers for the Switch are to be expected at this point. Nintendo pretty much own Japan now, mainly due to home console gaming fast becoming a thing of past over there. If you aren't a handheld device then you aren't really going to succeed. The PS4 numbers dropped like a brick over there and I can't see the PS5 doing anything substantial either, at least when compared to what they used to sell. I think it's why Sony are essentially pulling away from that market because they know they can't compete with just a home console. It's a big reason why Colin from Sacred Symbols keeps saying that Sony should make another handheld device. If you want to play in the Japanese market then that's exactly what's needed. Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy are still to this day the best wrestling games ever made. The career mode on No Mercy was fantastic. There were so many routes to take and storylines to see. It's sad what has become of wrestling games now and the brand in general. It's not all bad though. AEW seems to be going from strength to strength and their game that's in development is being created with idea of copying what No Mercy brought to the table in terms of both content and gameplay. Certainly one to keep an eye on. i watched a trailer for Wrestling Empire a while back now and it looked horrendous. I think the thing to remember about NiGHTS is that it's really a high score chasing game. It's all about doing combos, finding the best path through a stage and racking up the points before the time runs out. It's a game I didn't really appreciate fully when I played it back in the day. I loved the music and colourful graphics but I played it as if I was just trying to go from start to finish and I didn't get a lot out of it at the time. I'm pretty sure the latter stages locked unless you achieve a certain grade on the stages before them but that maybe me just misremembering the game.
  10. 2 points
    Silly jokes aside (mine, as @BowserBasher's is great) I think this is my most anticipated game this year. That's in part because I barely play anything nowadays but it's the original was such a good wholesome game (even if the term didn't exist then) and I need that. Might even be this year's AC. Not as big of course, but the same kind of vibes.
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  13. 2 points
    So I've finally found some time to play this game again while my wife watches Bridgerton and my son watches the back of his own eyelids. After finding the secret to killing Guardians, I went to the outskirts of the castle area and farmed a few of them. I still can't get the hang of the shield parry thing - I can maybe time it right 1 time out of 3, so I just resort to freezing them and hacking their legs off. I also did a few of the test of strength shrines, so I'm riding high with cool blue weapons, machine parts and other loot. I decided that i wanted to upgrade some of my armour to max level before I attempted the castle proper, so i decided that I needed to kill some Lynels. I have previously only killed one, but I found online a good strategy to taking down the buggers (freeze, shoot in face, climb on back and wail around with a good weapon). I've managed to kill three more, and collected enough Lynel guts to upgrade two of the soldiers armour set. The rest of the time i've spent wandering around looking for a few more shrines. I'm at 70-75 I think? I don't think i'll get too much more before I storm the castle, but I there still seems like plenty to see and do.
  14. 2 points
    I don't hate you, and I highly recommend it as well. You know, @drahkon you can vote for MotN yourself.
  15. 2 points
    Credits are rolling. That is all... Edit: And now I've watched the post credit scenes. What a powerful conclusion...chapter 15 was sooooo good. As was the entire story. Very well written with characters that left me emotionally invested in them like only a few games have in the past.
  16. 2 points
    Excellent! It's using the same scoring system as the original game! Fantastic! So far, so good. Looks pretty faithful to the original N64 game! I just hope that the course design is up to scratch now and that we get a bevy of interesting scenarios and multiple paths to open up! (which is, of course, the easiest thing for Namco to mess up here). Don't let me down!
  17. 2 points
    Some more info on the official site. (as well as some really nice art and some more screenshots) Key points: Yeah, just based on how this looks, I find stupidly excited. And it's pretty soon!
  18. 2 points
    I'd be okay with nothing, Monster Hunter Rise will keep my Switch busy. I've still got so many PS4 games to play as well and intend on getting a PS5 at some point this year. There are games that Nintendo could release that'd drag me away from that though (all new, no ports/remasters) - Advance Wars. Golden Sun. F-Zero, 1080, Wave Race, Excitebike/truck/bots, Diddy Kong Racing, Beetle Adventure Racing, Snowboard Kids etc. Anything that isn't Mario Kart! There's a common theme with all of these, Nintendo's reliance on a single franchise per genre/developer at the expense of the variety they once had. Mario Kart and Fire Emblem might sell ridiculous numbers, but how many people aren't going to bother buying Nintendo consoles anymore if that's all they can get on them?
  19. 2 points
    I gave some predictions in the N-E Café thread a couple of weeks back, but it might be good to expand: I think Nintendo will milk the Zelda anniversary this year. Maybe a Zelda collection, or a rerelease... BOTW2 will likely come out this year, too. But my bet is on a new, smaller 2D Zelda game, and while I don't want to say they'll release it this year (Covid has a way to delay things), they'll announce it, at least. Metroid Prime 4 isn't coming... but something Metroid is coming. I have a feeling in my bones. Might just be a release of the Prime Trilogy on Switch, but I think they'll do something with that franchise. Three Kirby games. Just think the pink puff hasn't had too strong a presence on Switch yet, so it'll be time to poyo the heck out of it. IS ought to tease the next Fire Emblem project. An obscure and/or dead Nintendo franchise will return in 2021 That's what I realistically expect. What I actually want is way more specific and outlandish than that: F-Zero GX on Switch. 30-player online multiplayer. I needs it! Return of Advance Wars! Should resemble Days of Ruin in tone. Do it, baby! N64 for the subscription service, including Pokémon Snap, Tetrisphere, and Goemon. Hubba Wubba! The next Fire Emblem is actually a 20-year-or-so prequel to Three Houses, starring Claude's parents. Inject that into my veins.
  20. 2 points
    In order to balance out @RedShell's ungrindiness (yes, that's a word) I put in a session tonight. Ichiban is now at level 98 (20k exp away from 99), the rest either 86 or 87. 2x exp gain for Ichiban helped quite a bit it seems Anyway, gonna give the final dungeon another go sometime soon and hope the game won't crash again
  21. 2 points
    I'm going to give this thread a proper response because H-o-T made it and I want to contribute to his discussion starters. I think Jan-Mar are looking good, with 3 big games dropping. I, ashamedly, want them all. That trailer we saw yesterday was fantastic. As SM3DW is the BEST Mario game since Sunshine, I will be double dipping. The extra content looks like a fantastic amalgamation of 3D Land, World and Odyssey. I am very hyped, maybe too hyped. I'll pick up that and Bravely Default 2 with a voucher most likely. Monster Hunter is gonna be day one because it's better with friends and I'm sure most will be getting it on or close to launch. As for a new Switch model. I'm sticking to my guns and saying it's coming at the end of March. I remember reading somewhere that Nintendo were aiming for an 8 year life cycle for the Switch. There are plenty of convincing cases above for that meaning a new model in 2023 with 2 years of lag during the transition, but I'm sticking to my original prediction. Before the end of the FY. The model itself will not be a massive upgrade. Slightly faster clocks, a new CPU and maybe GPU, slightly more ram. DLSS enabled. 4K home menu, some games in 4K, the vast, vast majority slightly more stable FR and resolution. Model will still be 720p with thicc bezels. I still remember this "family of systems" - OG and lite does not a family make. We need some offspring. In terms of content, I think we'll see Monolith's new game revealed at E3, launching 2022. A remaster of Xenoblade X (I was serious about that one) with a proper ending coming in Summer 2021. No More Heroes will drop in Autumn (September) and Bayonetta 3 will come in early Winter (November). Both will be a big part of E3 2021. Nintendo will go blowout + playable demo of BOTW2 at E3 also, it's launching in early December. We know Pokemon Snap is coming (FYQ1) and Nintendo will release a YouTube trailer for Camelot's next game (probably Golf), which will launch in May/June. The anticipated Zelda collection will drop in October but will be disappointing for those who want a lot done with the remasters. We'll see a first (very early) CGI trailer for Prime 4, just to remind us all it still exists. Holiday 2022. Nintendo will have one more game which is currently unknown dropping in July/August a la Paper Mario. I have no idea what it is, but it's an old franchise and was developed by Next Level Games. There will be an expansion to NSO. Another console, maybe, not sure. There might be a "platinum" tier added which is required to access that new console. I do think they'll increase their offering, but only for a higher price. A split is coming with Gold and Platinum tiers as the names. Platinum will be £29.99 a year. NSO games will be made available to purchase and we'll see some removed from the service before the end of the year. Of course it's a ploy to get more money and not a licensing issue. The Platinum tier will allow you to retain access.
  22. 1 point
    Playing so much FFXIV at the moment. I started a new character after the last time I posted as I just don't think I understood how to play the game well the first time around so wanted to start from scratch, learn all the abilities properly and follow the story. Went with a Black Mage again and am doing much better this time around. So nice to get really sucked into a game again....it's been a while. Here's my Black Mage. Happ N'stance again as I like that name
  23. 1 point
    Nah, I played with the Japanese voices. I think RedShell mentioned that the animations were spot on for the English VA as well.
  24. 1 point
    Tempted but lack of voice chat is a big factor. I'm not using the PS4 party chat to communicate on another console's game in 2021.
  25. 1 point
    Yeah, of all of the things mentioned, it was reading that Steve would schedule lunch breaks to get a video up which really pushed me over on this. As if I needed to be pushed over on it anymore. It's despicable. And, well, it was bad before, but this article certainly sums everything up in a well articulated and cohesive way which firmly puts the spotlight on André. It's going to be really interesting to see how their contacts in the industry now react to this and treat GameXplain. Crunch, fair pay, and demanding bosses are always a hotbed for discussion (and rightly so); does Nintendo, or anyone else for that matter, really want to be associated with this further? Would you really want to give them early access for previews, reviews, etc.?
  26. 1 point
    N-E Café Episode 60 now available! Now up on the main page. - - - - - It was great to hear some more impressions on Monster Hunter Rise, and being that it's the game and topic of the moment, I thought it would be fitting if the banner reflected this, though I realised that we have already had a banner showing some art from the game, so instead, I've taken the monster icon art (from Monster Hunter World, as it happens) which shows two monsters which I'm pretty certain are in the game, and either way, I think it looks nice as banner art. The competition should being in a few more viewers potentially, plus it's good to have a giveaway when we can, I also had a message back from our contact who gave us the codes, they were very grateful for the review, the fact that the code was being used as a giveaway, and that they've been kept informed of this, so good news all round. I put the YouTube link in straight away this time, I even listened on there instead of on Soundcloud this week, and I'm looking forward to next weeks episode.
  27. 1 point
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvx555/former-workers-allege-youtube-gamexplain-was-exploitative-workplace Patrick Klepek has done a story on it
  28. 1 point
    Ahh, to correct myself, Kawazu was the battle system Director/Lead Designer for Final Fantasy 1&2. After FF2, he went on to direct Saga/The Final Fantasy Legend, and then stuck with directing the Saga series from there on out (though he also was Producer on FF Crystal Chronicles and Legend of Mana amongst other titles).
  29. 1 point
    Somebody confuse anything to do with Pokémon as being a Nintendo project? So, in other words, another average Thursday! I'll keep mentioning it until everyone gets the gist!
  30. 1 point
    What is it with Nintendo slapping the word 'New' on the front of a name and going home?
  31. 1 point
    Maybe I'll unhate you after you've played it (unhate seems to actually be a real word...)
  32. 1 point
    I'll vote for Inside. It's the only one I'm interested in that I haven't actually played, with Gris and Mark of the Ninja being the other two.
  33. 1 point
    Is anyone up for some smash tonight as normal? We can call the room the No @Glen-i’s 😂
  34. 1 point
    Bought this at midnight for the Switch. I can't believe it's been 10 years! I forgot how unforgiving it can be sometimes too! I played as Knives as I didn't have the DLC before. She's alright.
  35. 1 point
    Well done, dude! That's awesome! I have 1* and I wanted to kick Isabelle in her stupid face! [emoji23] She's like "plant some flowers and do stuff"...bitch, think of hayfever sufferers! [emoji23]
  36. 1 point
    I'll change my vote to What Remains of Edith Finch. With that one, I can still write something for the episode.
  37. 1 point
    8 minutes of developer gameplay went up the other day, seems to have gone under the radar a bit: Hope we get a State of Play for this next month!
  38. 1 point
    I think what's not helping is the background of those photos, particularly the bottom two, just making it all too much and too garish. And this coming from someone that owns multiple orange jumpers.
  39. 1 point
    For me, in 2021, I need Nintendo to give me a reason to buy the Switch. At the moment there's only 2 games I want to play on it. Super Mario Odyssey & Luigi's Mansion 3 Unfortunately they aren't enough for me to justify buying one. Now if one of those titles was Mario Kart 9, that'd be different but that's clearly being saved for the successor to the Switch. I think Nintendo have become incredibly lazy due to the success of the Switch and relied way too much on Wii U Ports to fill up the release schedule. I get that not many people played those games but still, what about your hardcore fan base who stuck with you during the Wii U years It's been weird sitting out on the Switch so far, as going back to the NES and Gameboy, I've always bought Nintendo's consoles and handhelds at launch or just after.
  40. 1 point
    Yesssss! Give me the Princess Peach goodness!
  41. 1 point
    Final dungeon? Absolutely. One of the post-game dungeons? Not at all.
  42. 1 point
    Yeah, it is a bit rough. Apparently the apology is doing the rounds on various Nintendo YouTuber channels/social media sites and not in a good way. Seems like he's digging a bit of a hole for himself and I doubt they'll be able to get guests on their shows after this as everyone seems to want to distance themselves from the site/channel. It's a weird one because if he doesn't apologize then he'll be raked over the coals but if he did and admitted that he exploited the staff and pocketed the money, then that's not going to sit well with people either. Sounds like he's screwed either way.
  43. 1 point
    At those levels you're gonna massacre the final dungeon and boss. Just what I like to see.
  44. 1 point
    See, maybe I've just played too much Rhythm Heaven, but I kinda breezed through VS Mode to Platinum 1. There was an absolutely hilarious moment where that trick that makes enemies slam against the screen activated during a note heavy section and there was a constant barrage of enemies flying toward the screen. It was hard not to burst out laughing! I'd share it here, but can't get a reliable connection. But even I have to admit that full chaining 50 proud songs is going to be absolute hell! Those songs can get absolutely ridiculous. (One of the feats requires a full chain on every proud song, that might be my limit)
  45. 1 point
    Lack of ethics? If you read between he lines, he's clearly got other reasons for wanting a refund. During a pandemic that is causing people a lot of struggles, I'd say it's understandable. I'd question your ethics to be honest, seeing as you continued pursuing it after a post that clearly had a bit of a serious tone to it. Anyway, Cyberpunk. Is it playable yet?
  46. 1 point
    I don't see the issue. This would be hilarious/awesome in first person
  47. 1 point
    They also talked about a third pillar to the GameCube/GBA years back that never happened. It may be true at the time but it doesn't mean it's true in perpetuity.
  48. 1 point
    Thanks for the replies everyone. Good to get bit of conversation going on here for a change. I did start thanking all the posts but I ran out.
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  50. 1 point
    Why would it be? If it were developed by GameFreak, that'd be a red flag, but Namco's competent, as evidenced by Machamp's best 3D portrayal yet. Anyway, this might be the first Pokémon game I'll get in a long time. This be good-looking stuff.
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