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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion |ST2 Nov. 2021| Are You Gonna Play Shin Megami Tensei V the Dub Way, or…

Which TGA nomination snub upset you the most?

  • Animal Crossing New Horizons for Best Ongoing Game

    Votes: 41 17.1%

  • ADAM (Metroid Dread) for Best Performance

    Votes: 20 8.3%

  • Bravely Default 2 for Best Role Playing Game

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • Metroid Dread for Best Family Game

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • FamiBoards User Derachi for Content Creator of the Year (for his "Sub Megami TensWay V" image in OP)

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • Emily's "Stinker Horseman Game" for Most Anticipated Game

    Votes: 46 19.2%

  • Cruis'n Blast for Literally Every Category

    Votes: 64 26.7%
  • Total voters
    240
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Speaking of weekend video games:
I literally just now found out I can have Hendrick dual-wield goddamn axes and now I'm gonna fuck shit up
 
what if Pikmin 4 was co-op focused

what if we could finally play as D

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Timppis said:
Wasn't 2021 supposed to be crazy? And 2020?
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To be fair 2020 and the 2021 were really good years on very many ways for video gaming and for Nintendo.

I thought that my stance on this would have been obvious but I have lost all shitposting credibility as we moved :cry:
 
This "Kirby HAS to be May" thing is reminding me a lot of the "Pokemon Legends CAN'T POSSIBLY release in Early 2022" routine some of y'all did on Era earlier this year.

Remember folks; Star Allies was dated for 'Spring 2018' in 2017 and got its final March release date in January 2018. You may notice that Triangle Strategy and Advance Wars are launching very early in their respective months; absolutely nothing stopping Kirby from slotting in later in March or April (I say the latter; April 27th is Kirby's 30th anniversary after all).
 
Raccoon said:
aw man this sucks

I've been talking to a friend about how the value of a good Metroidvania plummeted due to indies. Dread was never going to do all that well over 20 bucks
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? Dread has done super well. It was never going to outsell Pokemon though.
 
Raccoon said:
aw man this sucks

I've been talking to a friend about how the value of a good Metroidvania plummeted due to indies. Dread was never going to do all that well over 20 bucks
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I think it's less "indies dropped the value of Metroidvanias and Dread sold bad" and more "it's fucking Pokemon and people love DP, of course it's a sales smash." Dread was successful for what it was and probably met Nintendo's expectations.

EDIT: For context, Hollow Knight, probably the biggest modern Metroidvania success story and the game that would probably "devalue" Metroid the most, sold over 3 million units. Pokemon BDSP will crush that without even trying.
 
Raccoon said:
aw man this sucks

I've been talking to a friend about how the value of a good Metroidvania plummeted due to indies. Dread was never going to do all that well over 20 bucks
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dread has done very well for itself in all the charts we've seen, and shown quite good legs. the fact that pokemon, the biggest entertainment brand in the world, did better doesn't really mean anything.
 
Raccoon said:
aw man this sucks

I've been talking to a friend about how the value of a good Metroidvania plummeted due to indies. Dread was never going to do all that well over 20 bucks
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I wouldn't take this as a sign Dread has done poorly. It has outperformed the rest of the Metroid series in the UK - this is more a testament to the strength of Pokemon, which has also outsold almost every other major release in the UK across all formats. Only FIFA had a bigger launch and FIFA is huge in the UK.
 
Raccoon said:
aw man this sucks

I've been talking to a friend about how the value of a good Metroidvania plummeted due to indies. Dread was never going to do all that well over 20 bucks
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To be fair "sold less than a Pokemon game" is one hell of a ceiling
 
I was about to say that the most important thing for relatively unpopular series is growth, which Dread has. I took that tweet as gloating about Dread's weak sales without noticing how obscenely well pokemon is doing
 
Should also be noted the other major Pokemon releases on Switch have, predictably, done very well. Aren't Sword and Shield the second best selling titles now, after gen 1?
 
Raccoon said:
I was about to say that the most important thing for relatively unpopular series is growth, which Dread has. I took that tweet as gloating about Dread's weak sales without noticing how obscenely well pokemon is doing
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yeah i think dring just wants to put in perspective how good pokemon has done, not how weak dread's performance was.
 
MisterSpo said:
Should also be noted the other major Pokemon releases on Switch have, predictably, done very well. Aren't Sword and Shield the second best selling titles now, after gen 1?
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Almost there; haven't quite passed Gold and Silver.
 
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MisterSpo said:
Should also be noted the other major Pokemon releases on Switch have, predictably, done very well. Aren't Sword and Shield the second best selling titles now, after gen 1?
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they were super close as of the end of september, they will be the 2nd best selling gen when we get the next report in a few months.
 
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Does the "blue" version of Pokemon traditionally sell better than the "red" version?

Derachi said:
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That was clearly less about pointing out the scale of Pokemon and more about damning with faint praise how much Metroid actually contributes to Nintendo's bottom line to fans' dismay :ROFLMAO:

MondoMega said:
(I say the latter; April 27th is Kirby's 30th anniversary after all).
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Ooo didn't know that, excellent point! But they'll probably just do something special at the Kirby Cafe and call it done.
 
shoptroll said:
Does the "blue" version of Pokemon traditionally sell better than the "red" version?
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Traditionally, the "red" version (Red/Gold/Ruby/Diamond/Black/X/Sun/Sword) sells better than the "blue" version (Blue/Silver/Sapphire/Pearl/White/Y/Moon/Shield). The exception to this is the second generation games and their remakes, where Silver and SoulSilver outsold Gold and HeartGold, mainly thanks to Lugia's appearance in Pokémon 2000 and the anime.
 
So I'm a little over 6 hours into Phantasy Star IV and
ALYS NOOOO
In addition to loving the battle scenes, I love the little character vignettes they use to construct major story scenes. Excellent stuff for its time.

Also, with the Black Friday sale on, I've got The Last Campfire and Toem downloaded. Felt I was due some short, heartwarming games, especially with Shin Megami Tensei V sitting on my shelf.
 
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Platinum previously edited their website leaving only Nintendo in the copyright of Astral Chain, and as they confirmed in later interviews, it was because Nintendo became the sole owner of the series.

But on the Nintendo website and in the eshop, the copyright remained outdated (understandable, considering that the amount of data handled by Nintendo in its store is much larger than the platinum listing on its website). Well, it seems that they have already fixed that outdated data, and currently in the eshop and on the nintendo website it appears as the sole owner of Astral Chain

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/astral-chain-switch/


It was really known that Nintendo was the only owner for a long time, but I wanted to share this curiosity that they have also updated it on their website and eshop.
 
January: Pokémon Legends
February: nothing (maybe a NSO game? Like Tetris 99)
March: Kirby ATFL, Triangle Strategy (west only)
April: Advance Wars 1+2
May: Casual game
June: Splatoon 3
July: Fire Emblem
August: M+R2
September: Bayonetta 3
October: another casual game, Zelda BOTW2
November: Metroid Prime Remaster
December: Xenoblade 3

I predict this as lineup.
 
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Platinum previously edited their website leaving only Nintendo in the copyright of Astral Chain, and as they confirmed in later interviews, it was because Nintendo became the sole owner of the series.

But on the Nintendo website and in the eshop, the copyright remained outdated (understandable, considering that the amount of data handled by Nintendo in its store is much larger than the platinum listing on its website). Well, it seems that they have already fixed that outdated data, and currently in the eshop and on the nintendo website it appears as the sole owner of Astral Chain

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/astral-chain-switch/


It was really known that Nintendo was the only owner for a long time, but I wanted to share this curiosity that they have also updated it on their website and eshop.
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interesting, i had noticed that the copyright notice on the eshop hadn't changed when the page on PG's site did.
i'm still curious what lead to this exchange of ownership. if it really was so that PG could publish w101 on other platforms, it's truly one the worst deals ever in gaming. to exchange the rights for a million selling new IP with a game that mega-flopped twice on 4 platforms is just not a smart move.
 
E.Gadd said:
I made the mistake of playing video games this weekend.

Don't be like me.

Hope ya'll are all doing well and taking care of yourselves
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The only thing I've been doing since I got my hands on my Switch is playing it. I mean I'm kinda addicted to Super Mario Odyssey. I played almost until dawn today lol. Tomorrow my classes are back so I'll have to step on the breaks so I don't go to sleep late.
 
LoneRanger said:
January: Pokémon Legends
February: nothing (maybe a NSO game? Like Tetris 99)
March: Kirby ATFL, Triangle Strategy (west only)
April: Advance Wars 1+2
May: Casual game
June: Splatoon 3
July: Fire Emblem
August: M+R2
September: Bayonetta 3
October: another casual game, Zelda BOTW2
November: Metroid Prime Remaster
December: Xenoblade 3

I predict this as lineup.
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Here is my new list

January: Pokémon Legends
February: Mario + Rabbids 2
March: Triangle Strategy
April: Advance Wars 1+2
May: Kirby
June: Stinky Horse Game
July: Splatoon 3
August: Fire Emblem
September: Zelda Wind Waker + Twilight princess HD Switch
October: Bayonetta 3
November: Metroid Prime HD
December: Xenoblade 3
 
Mr_No_U said:
What if BotW2 is co-op focused
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Aonuma talked about during the development of BotW it was thought about having Zelda playable.
I think it would be an awesome ideia both to have a co-op mode(online and/or split screen). But with the trailers it seems like Link and Zelda split.
I think another great possibility is having a Link and a Zelda campaign (like you have a Leon and Claire campaign in RE 2, or how you can play as either Kung Lao or Liu Kang in MK Shaolin Monks and its co-op is great!).
 
LoneRanger said:
January: Pokémon Legends
February: nothing (maybe a NSO game? Like Tetris 99)
March: Kirby ATFL, Triangle Strategy (west only)
April: Advance Wars 1+2
May: Casual game
June: Splatoon 3
July: Fire Emblem
August: M+R2
September: Bayonetta 3
October: another casual game, Zelda BOTW2
November: Metroid Prime Remaster
December: Xenoblade 3

I predict this as lineup.
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Swap Zelda and Metroid and that'd be what I expect.
 
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Marce-chan said:
Aonuma talked about during the development of BotW it was thought about having Zelda playable.
I think it would be an awesome ideia both to have a co-op mode(online and/or split screen). But with the trailers it seems like Link and Zelda split.
I think another great possibility is having a Link and a Zelda campaign (like you have a Leon and Claire campaign in RE 2, or how you can play as either Kung Lao or Liu Kang in MK Shaolin Monks and its co-op is great!).
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giving Link magic arm does leave room for Zelda to use the tablet. hmm... 🤔
 
MondoMega said:
This "Kirby HAS to be May" thing is reminding me a lot of the "Pokemon Legends CAN'T POSSIBLY release in Early 2022" routine some of y'all did on Era earlier this year.

Remember folks; Star Allies was dated for 'Spring 2018' in 2017 and got its final March release date in January 2018. You may notice that Triangle Strategy and Advance Wars are launching very early in their respective months; absolutely nothing stopping Kirby from slotting in later in March or April (I say the latter; April 27th is Kirby's 30th anniversary after all).
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Exactly. I think the only thing that's more irritating is the "BotW2 will of course be delayed" or "no way it comes in 2022".

I would think May would be Splatoon 3 spot but Emily talked about it being in the summer so I think July is when it comes. I think May's game might be something that wasn't announced yet and is announced early 2022(like DKCTK and HWDE in 2018 or Miitopia and Famicom Detective Club this year).
 
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MondoMega said:
This "Kirby HAS to be May" thing is reminding me a lot of the "Pokemon Legends CAN'T POSSIBLY release in Early 2022" routine some of y'all did on Era earlier this year.

Remember folks; Star Allies was dated for 'Spring 2018' in 2017 and got its final March release date in January 2018. You may notice that Triangle Strategy and Advance Wars are launching very early in their respective months; absolutely nothing stopping Kirby from slotting in later in March or April (I say the latter; April 27th is Kirby's 30th anniversary after all).
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I mean, let's be honest. Triangle Strategy isn't big enough to carry the entire month of March. It's no Monster Hunter.
 
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