Ciaphas posted:

april fools day is a tiresome and annoying loving tradition

Lurdiak posted:

For what it's worth, it's not like Nintendo didn't notice the incredibly poor reception of Other M, and there are multiple sources that confirm that Sakamoto is no longer in charge of the franchise and is in the same shithole they put Gunpei Yokoi in after the Virtual Boy was a complete flop. Team Ninja screaming from the rooftops that the shittiness wasn't their fault probably didn't help his case.

FirstAidKite posted:

what is it

8-Bit Scholar posted:

I'd murder Hitler.

Megafunk posted:

The parallel worlds thing is really cool. I can't believe people figured this out.

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

Dang, last I heard about it was in August or something and then nothing.

I was reminded of it and wondered if it had been that underwhelming.

Jay Rust posted:

I blame Nintendo lore bloat for everything bad that's ever happened

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Sakamoto strikes me, as most Japanese auteurs, to be a man with his head deeply inserted into his rear end,

8-Bit Scholar posted:

It's been awhile since I read the article, so you're probably right. People certainly thought he was being dismissive of it, which amounts to the same effect. And Prime is a "side-story" only in the case that there's a "main story" which basically means Metroid 1 and Super Metroid. I don't think those two games, great as they are, are so deeply instrumental to the "plot" of Metroid that they render all other games in the series as "side" titles. Basically, this asserts that Prime is less "important" to Samus's story than the Sakamoto-helmed games, which is certainly an assinine thing to say. I'd argue that all of the Prime games do great things in exploring Samus' origin, the universe she lives in, and we even get some chances to have other characters to banter at her in the third game. All of the Prime games tell good stories that keep with the feel of Metroid without undermining Samus or the universe she lives in (both of which are done in Other M.)

Lurdiak posted:

Something interesting about Fusion, not saying it's good or bad, is that you tend to take a lot more damage from enemies compared to other Metroid titles and get thrown much further back when you get hit. This obviously ties into the theming of Samus going from Hunter to Hunted, which is an interesting case of mechanics echoing story. Of course, you could also argue that's a sign of things to come since it disempowers Samus and makes her more of a victim and less of a stone cold badass.

Jay Rust posted:

My fave moment is the part where I can't play it because console exclusivity is still a thing in 2016 AD

axleblaze posted:

Hack n slash and Beat me up also work, predate character action game, are more descriptive and don't bs more like a game genre.

Lurdiak posted:

I can't wait until the Souls fad ends.

Cardboard Box A posted:

Harvest Moon games added combat like a decade ago. It's weird, I know.

I said come in! posted:

The internet is going to explode when a bunch of people who dont even own a Wii U see that Zelda is being pushed back for the NX.

I said come in! posted:

Wii U owners are going to get royally screwed over. We all invested in a console that Nintendo promised would have amazing support from game devs, instead it became yet another Nintendo only system

raditts posted:

What's the word on what Bravely Second is like, based on the Japanese version? I've heard that they don't do the "you have to do the same tired poo poo four times in a row" thing which is a plus, but I've heard pretty much nothing else about whether it improves on the original.