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Sorry buddy, they had already decided on "Marth"... Going by the original credits sequence in the original Famicom version of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light... And yes, this IS the original Japanese version, not the localised version on Switch, as shown here:

To be honest? I'm getting pretty annoyed that the Xbox BC team is currently focusing on enhancing games that are already up and running well on Series X/S and are not bothering with getting more games actually up and running in the first place! I'd much rather see them focus on getting more than the paultry 42 original Xbox games up and running before they start doing 120FPS enhancements of well worn games that we already have running on the damn thing!

It would literally just be Thunderbirds. I mean, Nintendo couldn't be THAT on the nose... could they? I'd watch the crap out of it!

Having played this game again? I felt it thematically appropriate to revive this thread by copy-pasting from the Gaming Diary Thread... for the sake of comedy you know. Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa This game is the canonical sequel to Space Jam (The movie, not the game), chronicling the tale of the resulting cyberpocalyptic fallout of the playoff between the Looney Tunes & the Monstars; and the destruction of the world after Charles Barkley performed the forbidden dark magickal Chaos Dunk. Neo New York is a dark and dangerous place, in a world where B-ball is outlawed, everyone has diabetes and Vidcons are the sole form of escapism that survived the Great Purge. Now, Charles Barkley, forced to re-live the agony of losing his wife & the sport that gave his life purpose, is being hunted down by Michael Jordan and B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S, who seek to kill his only son Hoopz; The One with the ability to restore the power of B-Ball to the world. This game's premise is absolutely amazing, but you're probably thinking that this is all just some stupid joke; leading up to a tongue-in-cheek punchline... but you would be dead wrong! No. This game plays its premise completely straight from start to finish and it is S.P.E.C.T.A.C.U.L.A.R! Each character is surprisingly fleshed out and three dimensional; with as many indentations and grooves as a well crafted B-ball. The townsfolk are colourful, deranged and exasperatingly memorable; as they fight for survival beneath the dread skies of the cyberpocalypse and its accompanying absurdist scenarios, ranging from a Mafia-like Doctor who surgically alters people into the form of various anime characters & animals, to the harsh treading boot of Square-Enix Goya dooming the unwashed masses to a life of destitution in the face of unchecked corporate greed & malice. Well it beats mining for bitcoins I suppose B-ball is a dirty word, spoken only by the few renegade survivors of The Purge with a neo-sheckle or two left in their pocket to spare, but it is here in the power of B-ball that salvation may be sought from Clispaeth. From the B-ball catacombs, housing the wandering souls of once great Ballers, arises the hope of Balthios; the Octaroon mentor who unites Charles & Hoopz with the Cyberdwarf (now rended into a malformed B-ball); with the help of Vincebot (The once legendary real-life Baller Vince Carter; now reborn in cyborg form). Together the merry band scour the remains of Neo New York, seeking refuge and answers to the threat of B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S; now in posession of The Ultimate B-Ball; and the deranged denizens of Neo New York, Diabetes Island and everything inbetween here and The B-Ball Dimension. Oh yeah, and the Save Point guy (who is represented as an animate petrol pump), is also a massive weeaboo dweeb. Be prepared for a lengthy lecture each time you save! The dialogue is incredibly well written and the plot beats are well paced, genuinely drawing you into this insane world and making you empathise with its plight and those that dwell within it. Suffice to say, the narrative is genuinely compelling and (without spoiling anything), I am genuinely really sad that the planned sequel appears to be all but dead within the bowels of development hell I really wanted to see where the story would end up leading to... I can't do this anymore! This is just too ridiculous! This game is one of the most fucking hilarious things I have ever seen in my life! It's that rare combination of amazing ridonkulousness being played absolutely perfectly deadpan straight and I LOVE it! This game wouldn't be even remotely as funny as it is if the game pitched itself as being in on the joke, but no; it plays everything out 100% serious all the way through, and it makes the whole thing into an absolutely beautiful piece of comedy! Everything Charles... absolutely everything This also extends to the presentation itself, as this game comes equipped with a surprisingly well realised world (well, as far as Game Maker will allow the developers anyway) and a surprisingly really good soundtrack! Neo New York really does feel like a high quality indie take on the Midgar-esc setting, complete with oddly compelling music. No corners are cut... not even when it comes to the absurd amount of asset theft, with sprites, backgrounds and important music moments straight up five-finger-discounted from countless other games. Real talk, this game makes far better use of Eternity than Blue Dragon ever did... jesus christ the guy from deep purple sang this The greatest punchline that this game has to offer though? This shitpost of a game is actually, genuinely, no-lie, honestly, truly, actually a really fucking good JRPG in its own right! It is actually one of the best RPGs I've ever played, I'm dead fucking serious! The game's battle system is actually really fucking good! Clearly inspired by Super Mario RPGs and its many sequels, the game makes use of various action commands to engage your foes with a variety of special moves. All of these feel satisfying to pull off, both in spite of, and because of, the jank that comes with Game Maker. The world is also shockingly alive, filled with a myriad of genuinely interesting and well designed sidequests, minigames, QTEs (yes, really), puzzles, and a huge number of branching paths & events that have a genuine impact on the world and the characters within it! There is a huge amount of unique & hilarious dialogue and tons of secrets to find, making exploration actually worth your while (again, unlike most modern RPGs). There are even hidden optional dungeons and even a dating simulator in this thing! It's like Undertale before Undertale! This game has NO RIGHT to be anywhere near as good as it is! It's not a long game either, clocking in at about 5 hours or so on average. It is paced incredibly well, with absolutely no guff wasting your time (unlike most modern RPGs since the PS1 era and onward); and the difficulty curve is just right. Even if it had all of the absurdist comedy and fantastic writing stripped out of it? I would still wholeheartedly recommend it to any RPG fan. It is a genuinely solid RPG, even with its comedy wrapping ripped out of it. ... the tough get slammed! Married with some genuinely incredibly well written dialogue, a compelling cast of characters and copious amounts of copyright infringement; you have a genuinely engaging & compelling narrative, and one of the funniest video games ever made. But even more than that? It's a fantastic RPG that is bursting with unique & well designed mechanics, a truly interactive & enchanting world of insanity, great puzzles, level design and pacing. It is a complete package, wrapped up in the most utterly ridiculous and hilarious premise humanly imaginable. Words for us all to live by No, seriously. If you haven't played this game before? You absolutely MUST! It's brilliant!

I'm on a roll! Here's another AAA Ballin' addition to this year's tally... Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa This game is the canonical sequel to Space Jam (The movie, not the game), chronicling the tale of the resulting cyberpocalyptic fallout of the playoff between the Looney Tunes & the Monstars; and the destruction of the world after Charles Barkley performed the forbidden dark magickal Chaos Dunk. Neo New York is a dark and dangerous place, in a world where B-ball is outlawed, everyone has diabetes and Vidcons are the sole form of escapism that survived the Great Purge. Now, Charles Barkley, forced to re-live the agony of losing his wife & the sport that gave his life purpose, is being hunted down by Michael Jordan and B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S, who seek to kill his only son Hoopz; The One with the ability to restore the power of B-Ball to the world. This game's premise is absolutely amazing, but you're probably thinking that this is all just some stupid joke; leading up to a tongue-in-cheek punchline... but you would be dead wrong! No. This game plays its premise completely straight from start to finish and it is S.P.E.C.T.A.C.U.L.A.R! Each character is surprisingly fleshed out and three dimensional; with as many indentations and grooves as a well crafted B-ball. The townsfolk are colourful, deranged and exasperatingly memorable; as they fight for survival beneath the dread skies of the cyberpocalypse and its accompanying absurdist scenarios, ranging from a Mafia-like Doctor who surgically alters people into the form of various anime characters & animals, to the harsh treading boot of Square-Enix Goya dooming the unwashed masses to a life of destitution in the face of unchecked corporate greed & malice. Well it beats mining for bitcoins I suppose B-ball is a dirty word, spoken only by the few renegade survivors of The Purge with a neo-sheckle or two left in their pocket to spare, but it is here in the power of B-ball that salvation may be sought from Clispaeth. From the B-ball catacombs, housing the wandering souls of once great Ballers, arises the hope of Balthios; the Octaroon mentor who unites Charles & Hoopz with the Cyberdwarf (now rended into a malformed B-ball); with the help of Vincebot (The once legendary real-life Baller Vince Carter; now reborn in cyborg form). Together the merry band scour the remains of Neo New York, seeking refuge and answers to the threat of B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S; now in posession of The Ultimate B-Ball; and the deranged denizens of Neo New York, Diabetes Island and everything inbetween here and The B-Ball Dimension. Oh yeah, and the Save Point guy (who is represented as an animate petrol pump), is also a massive weeaboo dweeb. Be prepared for a lengthy lecture each time you save! The dialogue is incredibly well written and the plot beats are well paced, genuinely drawing you into this insane world and making you empathise with its plight and those that dwell within it. Suffice to say, the narrative is genuinely compelling and (without spoiling anything), I am genuinely really sad that the planned sequel appears to be all but dead within the bowels of development hell I really wanted to see where the story would end up leading to... I can't do this anymore! This is just too ridiculous! This game is one of the most fucking hilarious things I have ever seen in my life! It's that rare combination of amazing ridonkulousness being played absolutely perfectly deadpan straight and I LOVE it! This game wouldn't be even remotely as funny as it is if the game pitched itself as being in on the joke, but no; it plays everything out 100% serious all the way through, and it makes the whole thing into an absolutely beautiful piece of comedy! Everything Charles... absolutely everything This also extends to the presentation itself, as this game comes equipped with a surprisingly well realised world (well, as far as Game Maker will allow the developers anyway) and a surprisingly really good soundtrack! Neo New York really does feel like a high quality indie take on the Midgar-esc setting, complete with oddly compelling music. No corners are cut... not even when it comes to the absurd amount of asset theft, with sprites, backgrounds and important music moments straight up five-finger-discounted from countless other games. Real talk, this game makes far better use of Eternity than Blue Dragon ever did... jesus christ the guy from deep purple sang this The greatest punchline that this game has to offer though? This shitpost of a game is actually, genuinely, no-lie, honestly, truly, actually a really fucking good JRPG in its own right! It is actually one of the best RPGs I've ever played, I'm dead fucking serious! The game's battle system is actually really fucking good! Clearly inspired by Super Mario RPGs and its many sequels, the game makes use of various action commands to engage your foes with a variety of special moves. All of these feel satisfying to pull off, both in spite of, and because of, the jank that comes with Game Maker. The world is also shockingly alive, filled with a myriad of genuinely interesting and well designed sidequests, minigames, QTEs (yes, really), puzzles, and a huge number of branching paths & events that have a genuine impact on the world and the characters within it! There is a huge amount of unique & hilarious dialogue and tons of secrets to find, making exploration actually worth your while (unlike most modern RPGs since the PS1 era and onward). There are even hidden optional dungeons and even a dating simulator in this thing! It's like Undertale before Undertale! This game has NO RIGHT to be anywhere near as good as it is! It's not a long game either, clocking in at about 5 hours or so on average. It is paced incredibly well, with absolutely no guff wasting your time (again, unlike most modern RPGs); and the difficulty curve is just right. Even if it had all of the absurdist comedy and fantastic writing stripped out of it? I would still wholeheartedly recommend it to any RPG fan. It is a genuinely solid RPG, even with its comedy wrapping ripped out of it. ... the tough get slammed! Married with some genuinely incredibly well written dialogue, a compelling cast of characters and copious amounts of copyright infringement; you have a genuinely engaging & compelling narrative, and one of the funniest video games ever made. But even more than that? It's a fantastic RPG that is bursting with unique & well designed mechanics, a truly interactive & enchanting world of insanity, great puzzles, level design and pacing. It is a complete package, wrapped up in the most utterly ridiculous and hilarious premise humanly imaginable. Words for us all to live by And with that?

The full Sony Cross Platform Play Developer Contract has leaked! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/268797572787732480/839038051752869888/DX-3582.pdf

The full Sony Cross Platform Play Developer Contract has leaked! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/268797572787732480/839038051752869888/DX-3582.pdf

Found the Nintendo document!! (It's the Nintendo Switch Content License and Distribution Agreement document) Turns out that you can just pop the case number into the search engine at https://www.courtlistener.com/ and all the submitted documents show up! Handy! (BTW, the case number is 4:20-cv-05640-YGR for those interested in doing some digging ) Nothing too crazy in there, as you saw before, all the really good stuff has been redacted (actually, there's a really funny seperate note on there that basically talks about how Nintendo were pissed off about being dragged into this and that they were pissed off at Apple for trying to drag their confidential documentation out in the open without going through Nintendo first ). There are a couple of interesting things we can gleam from the redacted document though... First... Nintendo uses the monthly average exchange rate on OANDA.com to determine currency conversion rates for their developers (and presumably all other pricing related currency conversions too). So now you know how they do their regional pricing! Secondly... There's a specific portion in the Developer Agreement that only applies to Japanese developers. Basically, Nintendo will not do business with you if you have direct ties with the Yakuza... which is a thing within the Japanese video game industry.

A few randomly selected documents that have been newly uploaded into the repository that I found interesting... Yes, they want to pull the same stunt on consoles eventually Nintendo actually has lower platform fees for Fortnite download cards than their competitors (perhaps because they've been bullied by Epic more than the others; given their position of weakness coming off of the Wii U) A list of all the various companies that have done outsourcing work on Fortnite. Surprised to see Iron Galaxy there! Various sales targets being missed and why; also proof that Epic see Apex Legends as a direct competitor (not surprising, but still interesting to see) Letter between Tim Sweeney and Yves Guillemot (Ubisoft CEO) about a data breech/70% fraud rate on their games on EGS! Scuttlebutt about their fear of rocking their relationships with the console platform holders Scuttlebutt about Epic trying to force the console platform holders to allow per-game subscriptions All open platforms are equal, but some are more equal than others I've also seen rumblings of a Nintendo document related to Epic floating around, but I can't find the actual document itself... Still, the available pictures online of said document are pretty funny... The Nintendo Ninjas don't piss about!

Details on revenue generated through EGS... Not exactly impressive numbers outside of the artificial sales spikes...

Oh yeah! Haven't posted this gem here yet either... Proposal No7!? WOW! Talk about getting too big for your britches! Makes you wonder about how much they're bullying the likes of Nintendo behind the scenes regarding UE4...

Details on how much Epic have been paying developers for EGS exclusivity/free givaways... And Borderlands 3... $115 MILLION DOLLARS Edit: Looks like Epic were also indeed working on a Samus cameo for Fortnite that appears to have been scrapped @Glen-i (Nintendo seemingly put the kibosh on the idea after Epic presented it to them). https://fortniteinsider.com/fortnite-nba-lebron-james-the-rock-ariana-grande-naruto-lady-gaga-hunger-games-collabs-could-be-coming-soon/ Talk about dodging a bullet!

Worth noting that a big crux of Apple's argument is the potentially industry destroying ramifications on the console market if Epic should win this case... Never thought we'd see Apple batting for Microsoft and Nintendo, but here we are! Also this... https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/5/3/22417447/fortnite-revenue-9-billion-epic-games-apple-antitrust-case?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true $9 Billion in just two years? From a single game!? Absolutely unreal! No wonder they're throwing money around like it's going out of style! They could afford to buy Square-Enix or Capcom with that kind of cash!

Figured that it was high time we had ourselves a dedicated thread to this ongoing malarkey! The trial officially started today; so let's get a thread going! Here's a link to the live hearing taking place right now... Discuss all the juicy deets, the leaks, the debate over the current 30/70 split and the potential ramifications for the future of the console gaming industry here! Edit: Here's another livestream being hosted by Geoff Keighley Edit 2: Court Records documents being uploaded here

BTW, unrelated, but it looks like Discord have shacked up with Playstation after talks with Microsoft (regarding an aquisition) broke down... https://www.sie.com/en/blog/announcing-playstations-new-partnership-with-discord/ Talk about a Shyamalan Twist! Edit: Ahh! Bugger it All @Julius! How the hell did I not see your earlier post!?

Yeah, I've been listening to it on Youtube myself. Apparantly some kid hacked the voice call and started playing stupid music through it at some point? (I missed that part though!)

Yeah, this is juicy stuff! This behind the scenes strongarming on Epic's part also soft confirms my old theory about Epic forcing Nintendo to adopt UE4 for a first party title (Yoshi's Crafted World) in exchange for UE4 support on Switch. I've ALWAYS suspected this (why else would Good Feel throw away their perfectly good internally developed HD engine that they used with Yoshi's Wooly World in favour of a worse performing UE4!?), and these emails show that this is EXACTLY the kind of bullying tactic that Epic employ with each platform holder. Let's all pray and hope that they fall flat on their faces with this Apple-Epic lawsuit; we do NOT want these clowns dictating terms amongst the platform holders! They're way too powerful now and they need to brought down a peg or two.

This just came out of the (now live!) Epic-Apple lawsuit... This is pretty fucked up. An 85% share of revenue required to avoid paying additional royalties because of enabling crossplay? Nah, that's really scummy! No wonder we are still seeing developers refuse to enable Crossplay on Playstation platforms! Edit: More crossplay goodies being dragged out of the muck! Edit 2: This clause is exclusive to Sony; no other console platform holder has any sort of equivilent fee that they charge...

Yeah, that's probably the single best example of how a Master System to Game Gear port can REALLY suffer from the cropped display!

I quite like Sonic The Hedgehog (8-bit). It's a very different game compared to the MD original (it's more of a Mario esc platformer than like the MD Sonics), but I dig it. Great music too! (Fun fact, this was the first game that Ancient ever developed; the company that Yuzo Koshiro founded after finishing up Actraiser's soundtrack).

.. for now... I reckon there's a very decent chance they will go ahead with it next year; as per the leaked plan document (and as they have just done so on their PC store). Would be a real deathblow to Sony & Nintendo's third party support that Microsoft could easily absorb the damage from (thanks to Gamepass revenue changing the console industry game).

I have them all... (Except Suikoden 5 & Tactics)

Well if Epona can be considered an honourary Monster Hunter monster, why not Ridley?

Are you saying that he should play Shadow The Hedgehog then?

I just want a Joycon THAT FUCKING WORKS!!!!!! That and I want my proper DS stylus and Wii Remote IR pointer back!