HandsomeDead

This definitely makes me think of a bunch of Japanese games in the 360 era but that's probably tied to what Dwarf said and them having teething problems with Unreal 3 because proprietary engines were becoming less feasible. But there's also the problem of outlets and audiences wanting homogeneity in the reviews so anything outside of that can get screwed over. So Nier always comes to mind. I've not really followed the reviews of more recent games, nothing sticks out.

I like the rules in games, they make more sense to me than some IRL ones.

It's open source so China doesn't "have" it, no-one does, or everyone does. That's why the tech venture capitalists are so mad about it.

It looks like a similar amount to Sigma 2 which was disappointing when I played that. I mostly remember ultimate technique-ing my way up that staircase and nimpo when I got knocked out of it in the original.

Some new IP would be good. I think it was Arms that was the last thing they did and it isn't the sort of thing to have enough legs to keep going, but who knows maybe they could. For a launch I think launching with a mainline Mario again would be nice. I don't know if they will but it probably will be a Mario Kart instead. I kinda like the spirit of their previous launches like the N64 and GC. Something Mario, a technical showcase and something racing. So: New 3D Mario New F-zero New Animal Crossing (but if we're in total fantasy world Chibi-Robo) Metroid Prime 4 (But I'd prefer a technical showpiece built from the ground up on the Switch 2. Maybe "Dread 2") I do wonder what they'll do without the Wii U to mine from. With the Paper Mario TTYD is the GameCube gonna be the new place? If they're gonna do it part of me hopes so. Geist needs a second chance.

Yeah, the PS5 may even be more of a focus since more of the audience is there and because the systems are similar. No doubt a lot of their games will be on the Switch 2, because surely PC versions of their games will need to be optimised in a way that brings them inline with the power of the Switch 2. There may be a few that are too much but I think it'll manage most. But the idea they'll leave the Playstation out for revenge via Nintendo is laughable. They have all those millions to make back and they aren't leaving cash on the table to get revenge.

I suspect having a project like this is something safe to fall back on, it's potentially a retirement plan. I remember seeing him in interviews during Barbarian. Definitely a thoughtful guy who doesn't see himself above doing something like this. When it comes to RE I just hate the faithful comment. It was a fine and novel scenario for a 90s videogame. I want much more than that for a current film. I hope it's just in a more "sure, it'll be faithful 😉" kind of way. Great if it captures the specific vibe but please do a lot more with the characters and story.

They're trying again with Resident Evil Cregger did Barbarian (I really liked that) and he has the comedy to horror background. I don't think the last film was particularly unfaithful, it was just boring, so that alone isn't going to fill me with promise but let's see I guess.

As a NG fan (NG1 + 2 are up there as all time faves (in fact I love the momentum based combat, and it's where NG3 drops the ball imo)) the new character does look like someone from a PG project. Looks like there is parrying and maybe even witch time, but the brief footage of Hyabusa does look more like what I remember from the other games so I wonder how much you play as each character. I'm well up for it, anyway.

Well that's a pleasant surprise, I'm looking forward to that 🙂 Just a solid action game, that's more than fine, I'm not even asking for much.

I think that's no doubt. A lot of the first couple of years are gonna be riding on portable versions of last gen games (and because of the way things are, this gen tbh). Much like how the Switch filled out it's lineup with Wii U games. Even in the early days of the Wii U there were Ubisoft AAA as well as the occasional other. And Japanese developers will be all in on it (Final Fantasy and Persona/Metaphor and RPGs generally for sure).

It's hard to predict with Nintendo. I guess since I doubt it'll be emulating the Switch so I think it'll natively running the games so having access to the extra power should boost performance for any unlocked games and they're putting all this AI upscaling in there, I'm leaning to there being some improvements. Probably not what Xbox games get but something. Or they do something out of left field that's totally unnecessarily worse. Could go either way.

Energy isn't a card here, one is generated at the start of a turn. Draw cards are very good but matches are short so it can be ended before you can pull what you need, and having a hand full of good cards doesn't mean you'll have the energy for them. It's definitely balanced differently. If you're running a duel element deck (I'm having some success with a Vaporeon, Flareon with Greninja) it gets difficult because the energy generated is 50/50 each turn, and sometimes RNG does it's thing. I hope they have another look at that. Or maybe it'll sort itself out where more energy generating Pokémon are added. There's a couple at the moment.

So, they just started an event. It looks like they'll do this just before they add new expansions where you can earn a little medal if you win 5 matches in a row. Sounds easy enough but I've been hearing some struggle and even say they wish it lasted longer than a week. Card games are inherently RNG but the point of building a good deck is to try and mitigate it. I just logged in and just won my first 5 in a row. Last time they did this it took a few more attempts and maybe on the second day. So I'm feeling pretty smug and I found a place that hosts decks so I can generate an image: That's the deck that did it. I'm probably gonna tweak it (I did have 2 X Speeds but swapped one to a Potion last minute. Will probably swap it back) but that ruined a few folks morning. It does make me hope the add some sort of league because there's little stakes to the fights outside this little event they do. Just a little xp if you win and nothing if you lose. I think they want to keep it pretty casual but I just think having a ranked mode would really add something to those that like the battling.

I don't get teary at sad stuff, I just tend to shut down which will require some therapy sessions to find out why, but sentimental stuff can get it out of me and Persona 3 worked like a charm and maybe even Xenoblade. Weeb stuff does tend to more often go for that sentimental style of story.