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Post by Digitalnametag on Jun 15, 2024 8:52:05 GMT -5
I guess that depends on what you mean by 'mid-range'. Both Octopath and the Bravely series have seen a good degree of success with both selling a few million copies. I really liked Trials of Mana so am looking forward to Visions as well. Reviews of SMT Vengeance are starting to come out, and it seems like it really is "V with a story this time" instead of "V with some tacked on new bits". Looking forward to grabbing it in a few days. Still haven't touch much of TTYD as my love of Picross really is that much stronger. Yeah the reviews convinced me to pick it up on PS5. I'm not typically a graphics person but I thought SMTV suffered on the Switch. The higher PS5 resolution/frame-rates and new story content enticed me enough to give the game another shot.
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Post by lurker on Jun 18, 2024 9:45:55 GMT -5
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Post by dsparil on Jun 18, 2024 9:59:05 GMT -5
That was a good old fashioned "take all my money" Direct! It feels very cruel to have a new Zelda, Romancing SaGa 2 remake and a new Mario and Luigi out so close to each other. On a M&L side note, I read somewhere that Nintendo absorbed AlphaDream's staff or was rumored to have. I wouldn't be surprised if this is just what they've worked on since.
MP4 appearing seemed like a given at this point. On a certain level, is it even possible for it to live up to the development period?
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Post by excelsior on Jun 18, 2024 10:16:28 GMT -5
Eh, that was fine for me. More Nintendo announcements than I was expecting, but definitely the type they are happy to dig up late in life. Onto specifics:
The break for Mario & Luigi probably did it a world of good. This actually looks fresh, which is more than we could say for a while. I actually heard MonolithSoft had taken on some staff from AlphaDream. I am curious who the actual credited developer ends up being. This being part of the Mario brand, I would be surprised if we heard anything before seeing the actual credits roll. I think I'll pick the game up anyway.
Happy to see DKC Returns. That was a nice game that needed a definitive edition, I'll pick that up.
The new Zelda looked pretty lame to me. Her abilities made for some pretty slow interactions and I'm not going to be excited by the ability to jump on the bed or whatever babbins you conjure. I might get it just because, but I'm feeling pretty done with this series.
I liked the art direction for Prime 4. Glad to see the game of course. I don't think this is the kind of game that trailers well, so I'm not too concerned with the actual action. I've already seen complaints that it looks like more of the same, but delivering a quality game that's fundamentally Metroid is exactly what a long absent series like this needs to do. The 2025 date suggests it may be cross-gen which was pretty likely at this point anyway.
I called Mario Party being the big game like a year ago so hooray for me for being right I guess.
I think that's it for first party. On thirds ones that caught my interest.
DQIII finally shows up. I think it looks lovely. Definitely picking it up.
Romancing Saga looks nice, but I don't see myself playing through it, so I'll likely skip.
Another chance to own yet another version of Marvel vs Capcom 2 is tough to pass up, but I would want a physical version and this is Capcom, so we'll see I guess.
Lego Horizon looked atrocious on Switch. I really don't see why they bothered.
I thought that MIO: Something or other looked interesting.
Farmagia is the worst name in the history of names.
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Post by lurker on Jun 18, 2024 10:18:50 GMT -5
I’m somewhat glad that she doesn’t play exactly like Link.
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Post by shelverton on Jun 18, 2024 11:52:17 GMT -5
I was 100% expecting Wind Waker HD and/or Twilight Princess HD on Switch but I guess we won’t see them, despite what ”leakers” have been saying for a few years now. Unless Nintendo is saving them for next year when they’re probably out of anything to offer on Switch anymore (apart from Prime 4, which could be a cross-gen kind of situation?) Happy to see a new 2D Zelda even though this one looks VERY gimmicky? I hope there is rhyme and reason and structure to this cloning mechanic, cause the video made it look pretty random. Other than that I am mostly looking forward to DQIII and DQI&II.
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Post by spanky on Jun 18, 2024 12:19:20 GMT -5
That Metal Slug game looked like some sort of F2P mobile game. I'm actually kind of surprised they're charging money for it.
Lots of sequels, ports and remakes and nothing original really grabbed me. I'm not interested in the Zelda game so much - mainly because I don't like the overly cute LA remake visual style but I could see myself picking it up on a sale as long as it's not too simple.
I'm over remakes but the DQ III one does look pretty nice.
Honestly I'm probably the most excited about playing Zero Mission. I'm surprised Turok is on the NSO, isnt there a remake currently for sale?
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Post by dsparil on Jun 18, 2024 12:32:36 GMT -5
I'm surprised Turok is on the NSO, isnt there a remake currently for sale? That was a weird one since the one in the eShop is a straight port. I guess it's technically a port of the PC version not the N64 one though.
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Post by lurker on Jun 18, 2024 13:34:50 GMT -5
Some thoughts:
-I'm glad Fantasian finally broke free of Apple Arcade exclusivity.
-I wonder what versions of MvC 1 & 2 the collection is going with. I've only played the PS1 version of the first and the PS2 version of the second.
-Some of the other stuff (like Phantom Brave 2) will probably be a wait and see
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 18, 2024 16:01:05 GMT -5
Denpa men are back!
It's free to play....
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Post by lurker on Jun 19, 2024 10:48:29 GMT -5
Some thoughts:
-I'm glad Fantasian finally broke free of Apple Arcade exclusivity.
-I wonder what versions of MvC 1 & 2 the collection is going with. I've only played the PS1 version of the first and the PS2 version of the second.
-Some of the other stuff (like Phantom Brave 2) will probably be a wait and see Ahh, there's the answer to #2. Looks like you can also play as some of the hidden characters that would normally require hacking to get to.
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Post by shelverton on Jun 19, 2024 16:55:20 GMT -5
Maybe I’ve been living under a rock but when I played a little bit of Street Fighter 6 today (for the first time since last summer I think) I noticed that in Arcade mode, I can actually fight the DLC characters as opponents even though I haven’t purchased any of them. Perhaps this is nothing new in fighting games but I have never seen this before, I think? You usually have to buy characters for them to appear in any capacity in any game, or so I thought. Anyway, it was a nice surprise. Is this common in other modern fighters too?
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 19, 2024 18:21:29 GMT -5
Yeah it's common that you you can fight opponents with DLC and fighters you haven't paid for. If they didn't it would split the community.
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Post by Snake on Jun 25, 2024 12:28:37 GMT -5
Some thoughts:
-I'm glad Fantasian finally broke free of Apple Arcade exclusivity.
-I wonder what versions of MvC 1 & 2 the collection is going with. I've only played the PS1 version of the first and the PS2 version of the second.
-Some of the other stuff (like Phantom Brave 2) will probably be a wait and see Ahh, there's the answer to #2. Looks like you can also play as some of the hidden characters that would normally require hacking to get to.
I wanna take you for a ride! Norimaro combo finish! Definitely looking to pick up Fantasian. Seems like Nobuo Uematsu is retiring from the video game music scene.
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Post by vnisanian2001 on Jun 25, 2024 12:54:50 GMT -5
I think Uematsu has had health issues for almost a decade, hasn’t he? It is a sad day for the gaming scene. His SNES scores are geniuses. I hope the SNES restorers do his music one day, after having restored many SNES tunes from Nintendo composers.
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