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Post by chrom on Feb 14, 2024 12:32:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 14, 2024 13:35:21 GMT -5
I feel like they're doing a really bad job of advertising what Princess Peach Showtime actually IS. It seems like a hybrid 2D / 3D platformer with puzzle, adventure, and minigame collection elements but I'm kind of just having to assume that because they've barely shown off any actual gameplay.
Like, I want to be interested in maybe getting this game but it still just feels so utterly nothing in terms of what they've shown of it.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 14, 2024 13:46:37 GMT -5
Peach moonlighting as both a detective and a phantom thief feels like an ethical conflict.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 14, 2024 13:49:19 GMT -5
I feel like they're doing a really bad job of advertising what Princess Peach Showtime actually IS. It seems like a hybrid 2D / 3D platformer with puzzle, adventure, and minigame collection elements but I'm kind of just having to assume that because they've barely shown off any actual gameplay. Like, I want to be interested in maybe getting this game but it still just feels so utterly nothing in terms of what they've shown of it. I've been assuming it'd be similar to Puppeteer, but honestly, who knows?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 14, 2024 14:30:32 GMT -5
Peach moonlighting as both a detective and a phantom thief feels like an ethical conflict. Can't wait for the part where she shoots Meowscarada in the head.
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 14, 2024 14:45:20 GMT -5
Peach moonlighting as both a detective and a phantom thief feels like an ethical conflict. She has no one else to recreate her favorite Lupin III episodes so... she just does it herself!
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 15, 2024 3:52:29 GMT -5
Peach moonlighting as both a detective and a phantom thief feels like an ethical conflict. Well, Zenkichi from Strikers was both.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Feb 15, 2024 4:34:09 GMT -5
Peach moonlighting as both a detective and a phantom thief feels like an ethical conflict. Well, Zenkichi from Strikers was both. Ditto the seventh ranger from the Super Sentai series Lupinranger Vs Patranger.
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Post by Giul T. on Feb 16, 2024 11:49:56 GMT -5
So I picked up Arzette, the spiritual successor to the CD-I Zelda games. It is fun. Nothing groundbreaking and it is easy and from what I saw in previews, short. But if you have a fondness for those games and want to see it done correctly, this game provides. They show a lot of love to the source but make it playable and you feel in control of Arzette at all times. There is some backtracking involved too if you hate that kind of thing. But it is a good ol time.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 16, 2024 20:01:43 GMT -5
Well, Mario vs Donkey Kong is exactly as advertised. A delightful modernization of the OG game that totally doesn’t feel worth $65 (CDN, no idea the MSRP for USD). If this were $30-40 I’d say everyone with a Switch should grab it
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 16, 2024 20:36:25 GMT -5
At every step Mario vs. Donkey Kong has struck me as a, "Get this if I catch it for $30, no shot at all I'm paying $50 for it," kind of release.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 16, 2024 20:47:10 GMT -5
At every step Mario vs. Donkey Kong has struck me as a, "Get this if I catch it for $30, no shot at all I'm paying $50 for it," kind of release. Yeah, with Link’s Awakening and Mario RPG it was enough of an upgrade to justify being full price (even tho both of those really should’ve been at a lower price point) but there is not enough here to justify $65
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 16, 2024 20:56:19 GMT -5
So rumors are now saying the Switch 2 isn't coming until next year. Predictably a lot of people are devastated by this despite not knowing anything about it to get hyped over in the first place, but personally so long as they actually have things to release for the remainder of the year (which granted at the moment it's not really looking like) I'm not in any real rush. At every step Mario vs. Donkey Kong has struck me as a, "Get this if I catch it for $30, no shot at all I'm paying $50 for it," kind of release. Yeah, with Link’s Awakening and Mario RPG it was enough of an upgrade to justify being full price (even tho both of those really should’ve been at a lower price point) but there is not enough here to justify $65 Also they're both just better and more beloved games than Mario vs. Donkey Kong in the first place. It's always been a very distinctly, "Yeah, this is a decent little time killer," kind of game. It's like if they tried to push a $60 HD remaster of Cubivore.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 16, 2024 20:59:58 GMT -5
I’m just getting around to buying a Series X whenever it goes on sale next so I’m pretty okay with Switch 2 getting pushed to next year if that’s accurate. I’d likely be waiting until after Christmas to buy one anyways
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Post by Giul T. on Feb 16, 2024 21:04:43 GMT -5
It's weird to see Nintendo try to see a remaster of one game for 50 USD, when not that far down the recent release page is 3 Tomb Raider games for 30 USD. I have the original on GBA so I'm fine waiting for a sale or someone to gift me a gift card before picking it up
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 17, 2024 7:54:55 GMT -5
So rumors are now saying the Switch 2 isn't coming until next year. Predictably a lot of people are devastated by this despite not knowing anything about it to get hyped over in the first place, but personally so long as they actually have things to release for the remainder of the year (which granted at the moment it's not really looking like) I'm not in any real rush. The Switch is the 3rd best selling console ever, and Nintendo's got games like Peach Showtime, and Mario vs Donkey Kong coming out soon. Of course they're gonna wait to release a new console, and want to sell those games instead of having people wait a few months. Shit, given the hype I've seen for it, Peach Showtime should be a big seller.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 17, 2024 9:20:11 GMT -5
So rumors are now saying the Switch 2 isn't coming until next year. Predictably a lot of people are devastated by this despite not knowing anything about it to get hyped over in the first place, but personally so long as they actually have things to release for the remainder of the year (which granted at the moment it's not really looking like) I'm not in any real rush. The Switch is the 3rd best selling console ever, and Nintendo's got games like Peach Showtime, and Mario vs Donkey Kong coming out soon. Of course they're gonna wait to release a new console, and want to sell those games instead of having people wait a few months. Shit, given the hype I've seen for it, Peach Showtime should be a big seller. Nintendo has 3 games to be released this year, and none of them are what I'd call system movers. Peach in March, and TBD for Thousand Year Door and Luigi's Mansion. We're talking games that would probably be considered home runs for selling 2-3 million copies. As long as the system is backwards compatible, and they would be f***ing insane to not make it BC, the new system could drop at any time this year and not really interfere with game sales. If it's been pushed back to 2025 I'd say it's much more likely to be a supply chain or production issue, as Nintendo has openly stated they want to make sure the market is flooded with consoles in the first 6 months
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 17, 2024 11:54:39 GMT -5
The Switch is the 3rd best selling console ever, and Nintendo's got games like Peach Showtime, and Mario vs Donkey Kong coming out soon. Of course they're gonna wait to release a new console, and want to sell those games instead of having people wait a few months. Shit, given the hype I've seen for it, Peach Showtime should be a big seller. Nintendo has 3 games to be released this year, and none of them are what I'd call system movers. Peach in March, and TBD for Thousand Year Door and Luigi's Mansion. We're talking games that would probably be considered home runs for selling 2-3 million copies. As long as the system is backwards compatible, and they would be f***ing insane to not make it BC, the new system could drop at any time this year and not really interfere with game sales. If it's been pushed back to 2025 I'd say it's much more likely to be a supply chain or production issue, as Nintendo has openly stated they want to make sure the market is flooded with consoles in the first 6 months The rumor is that it's been pushed back to make for a stronger launch library (which I get since, like, every Nintendo console has a terrible launch library) but also that it is backwards compatible so who knows.
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 17, 2024 16:42:16 GMT -5
Thief Peach looks like a gender swapped Hamburgler
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Post by Mike Strike on Feb 17, 2024 17:16:38 GMT -5
So rumors are now saying the Switch 2 isn't coming until next year. Predictably a lot of people are devastated by this despite not knowing anything about it to get hyped over in the first place, but personally so long as they actually have things to release for the remainder of the year (which granted at the moment it's not really looking like) I'm not in any real rush. 2024 look like a bit of a light year so far. MvDK is a fairly small game (& one I wonder why it wasn't simply an NSO release), PMTTYD is a bigger deal but still not a new game, ditto for LM2, Peach is basically the biggest game we know of And it's not exactly "BIG" big. Pokemon this year is rumored to be Let's Go Johto, which yet again falls into the "Ok, but hardly major" category. Switch right now feels like late stage 3DS, where the releases were still there but noticeably smaller in scale. People were hoping for Switch 2 to be the shot in the arm.
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