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Yes, yes, yes; Shadows of Valentia is next on my list, don’t worry @Glen-i. Haven’t been in the mood to play FE for some time, but FESD&TBoL has definitely broken that duck for me! Plus, you know, it IS the direct follow up after all (Yes I know that Mystery of the Emblem is the story sequel, you don’t need to correct me you nerd!)

Yeah, this remake is never coming out. It's gonna be quietly shitcanned forever and then Ubisoft will pretend it never existed. Probably for the best. They're not capable of doing the series and this game justice anymore anyway.

And it's done! Not exactly speedrun material here Absolutely loved it! Though I have to admit, I was very grateful for the 2x speed up option. Honestly don't think I could've managed to get through the game without it, as this game is SLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW. Also, I am not ashamed to admit that I did end up using Turn Rewind throughout my playthrough, as this game really is just far too slow for me to play it in the old school RESET ON DEATH!!! manner. I'd grow into an old man before I'd finish it! Still, what a joy it was to finally play through this game in my native tongue! A literal dream come true! Unironically amongst the best experiences I've had with my Switch throughout the whole generation. It's remarkable how much of the series' identity was already here and established in the first game. Despite the ridiculously slow speed, lack of battle forecast and the many QoL additions made in later games (such as visible movement and attack ranges or being able to trade items between characters instead of just giving), it unmistakebly feels and plays like Fire Emblem. Features like the Suspend Game feature were literally a decade ahead of their time! I was stunned to see it here and accounted for on IS' first attempt! It's easy to scoff at this game for what it doesn't have in comparison to its many sequels, or for its strange balancing (the Fixed EXP system basically forces you to focus on just a dozen or so units at the expense of everything else as the other units inevitably fall behind), or for its reletively simplistic story (that ends up feeling much more grandiouse than you would expect!), but it's hard to not be impressed by what they managed to achieve back on the humble NES with this game. Quite frankly, it's unbelievable just how much they managed to pack into a mere 3 megabit cartridge here! (That's just 384KB!!!) And though it doesn't have the support conversations or marriage systems of future titles, it plays a mean game of Fire Emblem. The map design is brilliant, the strategy remarkably refined on the first go, and the game handles unit reinforcements much, MUCH better & much more fairly than some future games in the series (I'm looking at YOU Fire Emblem Awakening!) I'm really impressed at the variety of unit types here as well! There's a whopping 52 characters (!) and 22 different unit types, and all of them (except for the Curate; because screw you) are genuinely all useful. There's some real scope to craft your own team and grow attached to specific favourites, despite the limited dialogue and character building. Speaking of which, hats off to the staff responsible for the localisation here; they did a tremendous job! It's absolutely A-grade material all the way through and it's so surreal to be playing a NES game with a modern era quality localisation; we certainly would never have gotten anything even remotely close to this level of quality had it been released over here back in the day! Even though there's not much dialogue here, it's all very well written and does a great job of building empathy with the game's cast of characters. It was really nice to play a proper old school Fire Emblem game again; no WAIFUs, no otaku pandering, no Persona Dating bullshit, just proper old school strategy gameplay! Fantastic! Let's just hope that this isn't a one off and that we don't need to wait another 30 years to see the rest of the JPN only Fire Emblem games get localised in their original forms now... Hopefully not before long!

Aww... you can only have a maximum of 12 movement for each character. Bums.

Neat!

So it seems that the western sales increase is offsetting the Japanese sales decrease more or less perfectly so far. Will be interesting to see if that holds true later on in its life.

Reminds me of the hilarity that is the Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon (DS) speedrun... Let's just say that the Warp staff is a bit broken...

At least in the other FE games you can only buy one of each Secret Shop item! Here though? You can buy as many as your wallet will allow (and this game absolutely showers you with a ludicrous amount of money!)

You can buy infinite Power Rings from Chapter 21’s Secret Shop... I repeat! YOU CAN BUY INFINITE POWER RINGS!!!

SEGA must be desperate for cash if they’re accepting a moneyhat from Stadia of all things!

GUYS GUYS GUYS!!! OH MY GOD!! AN UNRELEASED RARE REPLAY BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO FOR GOLDENEYE HAS LEAKED!! A prophet and a scholar!

HOLY SHIT!!! AN UNRELEASED RARE REPLAY BEHIND THE SCENES INTERVIEW EMERGES!!! A prophet and a scholar!

What else is there to say really? It’s absolutely bananas! Stupidly insane sales!

I've just been watching this whole insanity from the sidelines and wow! It's just absolutely bananas! It's fantastic to see the hedge funds getting their commupance, but I can't help but feel that there's gonna be a LOT of people who will be left with tens of thousands of dollars in debt with hundreds of worthless stocks & options when GME inevitably tumbles back down... It's one thing throwing in £50-£200 at this thing for a single stock as a laugh and leaving it at that (knowing that you're definitely gonna lose that money eventually); but it's another thing entierly when you see people throwing in tens of thousands praying for the roulette wheel to land on 69 Black and getting rich quick...

Would Sony dare sabotage the Series X version to make the PS5 version look better in comparison I wonder... I do hope they do a comparison; it'd make for an interesting read/watch I'm sure!

Wow, there it is! https://www.resetera.com/threads/mlb-the-show-21-cover-leaked.370416/ Cats & Dogs Living Together Playstation Studios presents... an Xbox game! How surreal is that!? Will be fun to see Xbox reciprocate when they release Deathloop and Psychonauts 2 on PS5!

Now, normally I can't stand Did You Know Gaming; what with how 99% of their content is just jacked straight from places like The Cutting Room Floor, Iwata Asks and Shmuplations, but this time? This time they've actually done some original research!! (I KNOW!!!) and it's... genuinely insightful!?!? Holy crap!! I have a new found respect for them here! I actually learnt something new! And it actually IS a pretty wild story! (If you still lurk around here @Serebii, take a look at this shiz!) Well done DYKG! You've earnt some proper respect from me here! I genuinely recommend a watch to anyone with a passing interest in Pokemon!

Rare & Microsoft never secured the rights to re-release this game before going ahead and having the port made at all (which, of course, was incredibly stupid). They probably never even approached him to even risk having to deal with the legal trappings of having his likeness appear in the game. The game is already a legal spagettii mess as it is! Microsoft might even theoretically get into legal trouble if this game gets leaked across the internet; because they didn't have the necessary copyright to even have this port made in the first place.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sega-games-coming-to-gamepass-might-be-similar-to-ea-deal.370239/ More fuel added onto the fire about MS buying SEGA... (or at least striking a deal for Gamepass)

Surprised that it took this long for it to leak! Looks very far along, with only minor bugs in place; so probably a pretty late beta. Damn shame that it never got released in its time; but at least it’s actually gonna come out in some form now!

That only confirms that it was an unintentional leak. They’re trying to cover up the evidence

Someone was having a right laugh when they presented this one to Nintendo I'm sure

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/interview-platinum-on-ps5-star-wars-and-forgetting-about-bayonetta/ Sounds like we're not gonna be seeing Bayonetta 3 any time soon... I still reckon that it (along with Metroid Prime 4 and BOTW2) will end up being launch window titles for Switch 2 in 2023.

Wait? Castor can’t use Orion’s Bolt to promote!?!? THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!