Ashley

Last month was 10 years since Nintendo proclaimed 2013 as "the year of Luigi" and obviously gaming was never the same ever since. Okay maybe it was, but it was a fun silly little marketing thing so why not remember it eh?

Hmm I'm on a pixel 7 pro and have no problems. If you're still having issues next week give me a prod as I do have my 6 but it's stored (along with my bag) in a hotel in Buenos Aires at the moment. Having no problems with those threads and my phone is up to date.

Yeah likewise I've never had that problem. @Ike what device are you using? Maybe it's specific to that and others can chime in.

With E3 officially biting the dust I thought it would be a good chance to share some of your memories. I recall buying gaming magazines as a child and never quite understanding why sometimes there was lots of new games. Then of course as an adult covering it for this place. Those were some hectic but fun nights. For some reason the one that sticks out most is whichever year the Wii U was revealed (2011?) because I was covering it at a study space at uni until they kicked out at midnight.

I know the one the other week was marketed as the final trailer but so is this one from the other day and I'm sure there's a few new bits:

Yeah MM was made under an intense - and bad - schedule. They achieved it, but hopefully they learnt something. And hopefully Tears taking longer than some might expect is a sign they've learnt something.

For the 90s kids

so you can taste the tears?

I would assume a lot of people look at it as "the devs work hard and deserve more money, I also work hard and things are getting more expensive so I don't feel like I can/should pay more, these large companies earn millions so they should just take the cut". There's obviously flaws to that argument (it can only go so far for one) but I imagine a lot of people think something along those lines.

Oh yeah I don't doubt there's a lot, it was more the way it's phrased could be interpreted as a diss on other switch games. Just an odd choice of words but 🤷‍♂️

$60 apparently. Which would be $110 today so not too far off. If they want to charge $70 fine but saying it's because it provides an "immersive experience" is an odd choice because it suggests other games aren't. Just say it's a big ass game that took a long time and a lot of people (maybe not those exact words).

Thanks, I'm now in Mexico! But I did enjoy Japan. Wasn't the Brand/Ross thing also a bit more personal; as in, weren't they commenting on the bosses daughter or something? Anyway, Lineker is returning to talk about kicking a ball while the organisation "reviews their policies".

Other than there's a slight difference threatening a staff member with violence and pointing out that the government's policy is cruel. Not that I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but if they did it would show further proof that the BBC has a bias under current management.

Yeah I imagine they'll say they've come to an agreement but it'll be nothing really. From what I've seen the impartiality thing is really for news staff and he's freelance so not bound by the same rules as strongly.

How long is it normally? Feels like 2 hours.

I'm in Japan at the moment and making a conscious effort to not bother with news but this broke through social media and while I'm not a soccer fan I am fascinated with how this has clashed with politics. There's obviously the angle that the BBC isn't applying it's policy in the same way (look at Alan Sugar's Twitter feed), the double standard of the Director of the BBC helping get Johnson a loan but apparently that's not bias and the utter fallout going against them as seemingly all football coverage is essentially non-existent today because everyone has stood in solidarity with Lineker. I know we have fans on this forum who can speak to that angle and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about the situation and the impact (will you miss MOTD?) and obviously any wider thoughts on the whole mess. Yes I did that on purpose to an noy people

Ah sod that, too much trouble for a game I could just buy back home anyway. Just wanted the cute card.

I know the switch is region free but if I were to buy an Eshop voucher in Japan could I use it on my PAL switch? They've got one for Kirby's Dream Buffet for about £10 and it could be practical and a nice little keepsake but if it's not going to work I won't bother. I've checked already and apparently it has an English language option in the Japanese version

Who says you need to wear one watch per wrist. Some trailblazers have shown otherwise.

Yeah I just started playing it and it came up as 7 minutes so guessing it's something that's fixed after the stream ends. Watched the direct and counted and Mario says 13 words (and some noises)

Watched the trailer (the direct is 40 minutes?! Unless that includes the countdown) I wonder if they've only shown a little bit of Pratt's dialogue across all of them following comments on the first, of its just reflective of the fact Mario doesn't actually talk that much in the film. Petty sure both Bowser and Peach got more dialogue than him in this trailer.