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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Sept 13, 2022 10:09:41 GMT -5
That honestly is probably one of my favorite Directs of all time. Was it a bit heavy on the farming games? Sure, but new Fire Emblem, new Pikmin, Zelda has title and release, they are remastering the Wii Fatal Frame game, a crap load of JRPGs. I am happy.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 13, 2022 10:17:08 GMT -5
There's fine print in the Pokemon Stadium section saying you can only use rental Pokemon so, uh, enjoy playing the minigames and never even considering touching the main game I guess.
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Post by chrom on Sept 13, 2022 10:19:18 GMT -5
There's fine print in the Pokemon Stadium section saying you can only use rental Pokemon so, uh, enjoy playing the minigames and never even considering touching the main game I guess. Makes you wonder why they are releasing it then. Should've gone with DK64
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2022 10:29:43 GMT -5
To be honest I never had a problem with using the rental pokemon in Stadium. Even through I had blue and yellow as a kid, most of the time I used the rental pokemon instead of my own.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 13, 2022 10:53:24 GMT -5
Do kind of feel like Harvest Moon DS would be a better one to remake than A Wonderful Life, since they use a lot of the same basis anyway but DS is a lot more traditional and aligns more with the Friends of Mineral Town remake in terms of gameplay (plus it's glitchy as f*** and would benefit from another go), but AWL does make sense as the companion piece to FoMT and is the more popular game so I get it. Apparently are going to be fleshing out the festivals (IE presumably will have them beyond, like, a couple of hidden cutscenes) so that should help, hopefully it also skews closer to the PS2 version in terms of the amount of time it takes to get to the ending.
Supplemental info mentions gay marriage and a nonbinary protagonist as options so those are pretty neat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2022 11:23:59 GMT -5
There's fine print in the Pokemon Stadium section saying you can only use rental Pokemon so, uh, enjoy playing the minigames and never even considering touching the main game I guess. Ideally, they could put the Pokemon games on the NSO service if and when they have Game Boy and combine it with Stadium, but that would require a lot of effort. There are people who genuinely try to beat the game with rentals as a challenge, but the rental Pokemon usually suck due to bad movepools and miserable stats.
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Post by Facetious on Sept 13, 2022 12:10:06 GMT -5
I'm just now watching this with minimal spoilers.
FIRE EMBLEM LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Sept 13, 2022 12:11:45 GMT -5
Goldeneye is also coming to xbox gamepass as well. Also, the XBox version is a full blown remaster in 4K, but will lack online multiplayer. That seems to be the trade off between Nintendo and Microsoft to make this happen
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 13, 2022 12:11:50 GMT -5
I’d assumed the “tears” in the Zelda title were tears as in crying but I suppose it could also be tears as in rips. Both could theoretically work, especially if you factor in the Age of Calamity story.
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Sept 13, 2022 12:44:44 GMT -5
A remaster of a Wonderful life!? Hell yeah sign me up! Also can't wait to reromance Nami aka the best girl in AWL
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Post by Facetious on Sept 13, 2022 12:49:07 GMT -5
A Wonderful Life and Tales of Symphonia? I've been waiting for this. This was a solid Direct for ya boy. A bunch of stuff that will collect dust, but exciting stuff nonetheless
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 13, 2022 14:33:00 GMT -5
Goldeneye is also coming to xbox gamepass as well. From my understanding though Online Multiplayer is Switch only.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 13, 2022 14:35:02 GMT -5
I guess it's time once again for me to try and get interested in Fire Emblem <_< >_> 37th times the charm <_< I’d assumed the “tears” in the Zelda title were tears as in crying but I suppose it could also be tears as in rips. Both could theoretically work, especially if you factor in the Age of Calamity story. I actually asked that to my friends... I could see it either way or intentionally both ways. Still haven't seen a lot of what the game is about but... I mean it's Zelda so... they don't need to sell me on it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 13, 2022 14:37:07 GMT -5
There's fine print in the Pokemon Stadium section saying you can only use rental Pokemon so, uh, enjoy playing the minigames and never even considering touching the main game I guess. Ideally, they could put the Pokemon games on the NSO service if and when they have Game Boy and combine it with Stadium, but that would require a lot of effort. There are people who genuinely try to beat the game with rentals as a challenge, but the rental Pokemon usually suck due to bad movepools and miserable stats. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if they eventually try to make it home compatible, but the coding might be too complex for them to work out on the older game.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 13, 2022 16:39:38 GMT -5
They have Pikmin 3 discounted in honor of Pikmin 4's announcement. It's marked down a whole...
30%!
... I paid less for it buying it from Gamefly.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 13, 2022 16:40:20 GMT -5
That JRPG/Farming Simulator Direct was really something. Truth be told, a lot of didn't really interest me, and after six months since the last general direct, it did feel a bit underwhelming. Tunic looks good though, and Goldeneye's inclusion may actually get me to try out the Expansion Pass for at least one year.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Sept 13, 2022 17:25:57 GMT -5
Goldeneye is also coming to xbox gamepass as well. From my understanding though Online Multiplayer is Switch only. Yup. Though given it's running through Switch's N64 Online service, that's pretty much how.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Sept 13, 2022 17:51:45 GMT -5
Direct was heavy in weeb shit, but the N64 MP games, 007 surprise, and the out of nowhere Pikmin 4 sneak peak was worth it. After so many years of hearing about it, and then getting the 3DS game, Wii U port of 3, and the mobile game, to finally get a proper sequel announcement was genuinely a great moment. It'll be a decade after 3 when this comes out next year; that's crazy to me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2022 19:04:13 GMT -5
I know A Wonderful Life is a beloved entry in the series, but I'm not a fan of sim games where there's a definite end point.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 13, 2022 19:17:15 GMT -5
I know A Wonderful Life is a beloved entry in the series, but I'm not a fan of sim games where there's a definite end point. I imagine this will have a playable epilogue, the PS2 version did.
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