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I'm going to go and say, while as a whole I have indeed been disappointed by Nintendo's smaller titles on Switch, which started with Snipperclips being a borefest despite reviewing above the much-more-fun (for me) 1-2-Switch...
I'm still glad they're doing them! A AAA company putting decent resources, an advertising budget and a reasonable $50 price tag on a niche series is pretty wonderful in the modern landscape!
Games have absolutely gotten more expensive to make, this game no exception, and for some studios and series that seems to have hurt a LOT, where the same money doesn't get you as much game, and you need to make that game last.
On the other hand we see interesting new takes on series, WarioWare on Switch hasn't really had a "traditional" entry, but since when does WW need that, and the two new ones are, in my opinion, really fresh!
Endless Ocean Luminous is an AMBITIOUS game for its budget and that's not necessarily a bad thing; from the reviews I've read the best bit of it is immersing youself in the ocean looking at fish for an hour or two, and is that not Endless Ocean? Procedural generation and group dives; if you just wanna chill in some weird under water ecosystems, it wants to let you do it again and again.
Also no more Bayonetta slander! It's a multi-million seller franchise with big budgets, big names and vast scale.
Meanwhile Bayonetta Origins is absolutely a smaller title, yes, and it's an awesome one.
I'm still glad they're doing them! A AAA company putting decent resources, an advertising budget and a reasonable $50 price tag on a niche series is pretty wonderful in the modern landscape!
Games have absolutely gotten more expensive to make, this game no exception, and for some studios and series that seems to have hurt a LOT, where the same money doesn't get you as much game, and you need to make that game last.
On the other hand we see interesting new takes on series, WarioWare on Switch hasn't really had a "traditional" entry, but since when does WW need that, and the two new ones are, in my opinion, really fresh!
Endless Ocean Luminous is an AMBITIOUS game for its budget and that's not necessarily a bad thing; from the reviews I've read the best bit of it is immersing youself in the ocean looking at fish for an hour or two, and is that not Endless Ocean? Procedural generation and group dives; if you just wanna chill in some weird under water ecosystems, it wants to let you do it again and again.
Also no more Bayonetta slander! It's a multi-million seller franchise with big budgets, big names and vast scale.
Meanwhile Bayonetta Origins is absolutely a smaller title, yes, and it's an awesome one.