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I'd definitely be up for loading bar at some point. Me, Zell, Rummy, Paul and Marcamillian have all been and had top bants while gaming.

Yeah I noticed the lack of delete post before. That would be super useful for someone like me.

I got the US version new for £27.85 from base.com (still shipped from the UK so arrived quickly). Been playing the shit out of this once again, been nice to play the new DLC. Still my favourite indie game, so beautifully constructed. I recommend getting this version to people who want it rather than wait several months to buy it for what will probably be £40. [emoji14]

Legit, as the online on this machine has gone backwards again.

And also if you don't like change, just carry on using Tapatalk. [emoji14]

Bwahaha. Saying that running app updates by the iOS and Android app review process will be quicker than if they did their own application is one thing. But arguing that phones are ubiquitous as a way to justify routing voice chat through them? I'll tell you what else is pretty damn ubiquitous for people trying to connect their Nintendo Switches online - the Nintendo Switch!! I can say with certainty that 100% of people in this situation have one! Why not try routing voice chat through that?

You've brought this same example up a few times before and I'm sure you recall that a few of us who've also played the game over emulator said we never had this problem. It could be a dodgy install on your system. Really, you'd think Nintendo would be able to develop a semi-decent emulator for SNES and NES games given that this has been achieved so long ago by people without intimate knowledge of the hardware. Even N64 emulation has been achieved to an extremely high standard, years ago.

I'd put money the other way. No chance of them doing it any time soon on any big scale. I don't think Sony see any advantage in doing it right now as they're currently winning the generation by a large margin. They've also gone with exclusive content on a bunch of big titles for the sole purpose of getting people locked onto their ecosystem.

Why aren't you commenting on Undertale. Oh right, doesn't fit the agenda.

Now you just look silly for reaching the wrong conclusion. I've no sympathy for a cross format because as has often been the case, these games tend to be gimped to the lowest hardware format supported. In terms of the other version, I don't see MH being as big a deal in the west so I can fully understand why they would want to focus on one version over here. I also think it would be fairly wicked for people to all get behind one game and unite the communities on here! The omissions or changes being complained about also sound fairly trivial. I can think of games with instant healing (Zelda BotW, Phantasy Star Online) that limit the amount of healing items you can carry and still allow you to be one shot fairly easily so that healing doesn't break the game.

I have absolutely no sympathy for the loss of a Switch version in the west. It looks like MH is returning home and much for the better. This game could really be something!

Couldn't it also be ice climbers?

Well they did it with 2 games (Pokémon and MP4), whereas if I think you're making the comparison to one specific show, Sony did it with 3 (Last Guardian, Shenmue 3, FFVII remake). Only 1 less, and even then Last Guardian was released reasonably soon after so I wouldn't really even count it. I think the reason those 3 announcements defined the show was because they're games people have always wanted but never expected to actually happen. With Nintendo's show we'll never really know how their announcements went down but Pokémon and MP4 are generally much more expected to happen. Either way as I've said before it makes sense to let people know as soon as possible that these games are in development, even if people have to wait a while to get them. Companies want to be convincing potential customers that the games are coming to give them confidence to buy the system.

This does look very good. A day 1 purchase for me most likely, looks packed full of charm. I was far more excited about this than the Metroid Prime 4 announcement.

I swear they make one of these every year. They never look like they change either.

I can think of why Sony don't want cross network play. They have got Microsoft by the balls this generation and so long as the systems can't play together, people will probably​ only be picking up one core system on account of the cost of the hardware and subscriptions. If you're looking to buy a console and all your mates have a PS4 (and multiplayer with them is important to you), you've got to get the PS4. If the games you mostly want have cross network play, you could get an Xbox if you wanted and still play the games with your mates. Obviously very anti-consumer either way but then so is securing exclusive content and timed exclusivity, which they're also all doing.

Announce it on 3DS, sell some, a while later announce the enhanced version for Switch. Why make them pay once when you can make them pay twice...

Totally agree. What a cunt that monkey was, lol.

Agree word for word. Have two series - one for the powerful and developed online consoles and one for the portable.

Is this like Triple Triad/Tetra Master?

Can someone explain to me why this isn't like Monster Hunter? Having only really played MH3U, this looks like a massive improvement. I've always felt like MH series took baby steps with each iteration what with being fixed to the decrepit 3DS and always having those interconnected loading zones. The combat in that video looks fairly similar to what I remember in the game too, aside from having a machine gun.

There was nothing this year that was particularly exciting - Beyond Good and Evil 2 had potential but it being a prequel (and that monkey being really annoying) somewhat dampened the excitement for me. The best news to come out of this is Undertale coming to Vita and PS4 (been waiting so long for this), the Ni No Kuni November release, and the home console MH game. The fact it'll be on systems with good online, nice graphics and no borders between map segments makes the latter quite cool.

If your current job doesn't pan out I reckon you'd be a great addition to Ubisoft's PR team, the next time they launch a game and outline their microtransaction plans.

I agree with this. They're really focusing on the wrong thing - it should be software over specs at this point. There are a lot of decent exclusives already out on the PS4 and in the pipeline and nothing of that calibre out or said to be coming for the One. I'm just way more interest in FFVII, Shenmue, Ni No Kuni, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Dragon Quest XI (the latter of which at the very least isn't coming to the One). I fail to see how they're going to deliver on games enough to make lots of people want to buy this.

The Zelda tie-in is so out of place. None of that looks remotely like it belongs in the Elder Scrolls universe.