Came here to share this. I tweeted at Kyle Bosman the moment Shenmue III was announced, “better start prepping those stand-up jokes.” If anyone reading this doesn’t understand, watch The Final Bets, you won’t be disappointed.

Excellent point. The guess the solution is to just make the main game awesome and forget the pre-order bonuses. I always say that a good game will sell itself by word of mouth.

Thank you for answering my question. Some jimmies are too easily rustled.
It’s a shame that so little effort was put into this DLC, but sadly that seems to be the norm.

When will the nightmare end?

Damn, I knew I forgot something this morning when I left the house. Turns out, it was to check my privilege.

Maybe because they’re more sure on the direction of the Zelda game - they had something to show. They didn’t say a word about Star Fox until there was something to show (albeit briefly) at last year’s E3. Metroid has probably seen tons of prototypes/conceptualizations, but none of them are advanced enough to show off.
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agency *yawn*
sexism *lame but I can get over it*
Is the boss fight with Nightwing fun at least or is it not even playable?

You’re right. Everyone, resume your paranoia.

Rustle My Jimmies (aka I’m upset)

I believe that picture in particular means that your jimmies remain unrustled (aka, you are tranquil)

Never say never.

Great point. “...but it wouldn’t have seemed at first glance like this was a replacement.” I think this is where the knee-jerk reactions are coming from - somehow Nintendo fans actually think this game’s name is some kind of ammunition used by Nintendo execs for when they get asked in the coming months/years “it’s…

LOL! Excellent meme usage.

Even though I argued that Nintendo isn’t being mean on purpose and everyone needs to cool their hot tits, I still feel disappointed especially since Retro Studios made that E3 tweet. I just pray they (or someone that can do the series justice) is working on a new Metroid.

Good point but I figure if someone from Nintendo made a statement like that, it would be saying to their fans, “you can go ahead and ignore this one. Just wait for the real one coming whenever.”

Look, I get it, at this point it seems like a lame decision to attach the Metroid name to this game, but I’ve always had the believe that a franchise doesn’t mean much - it’s a name. There are plenty of sequels that play nothing like their predecessors and plenty of new IPs that are spiritual successors that are…

If you actually read what he says it sounds quite obvious: they are working on a “real” metroid featuring Samus, but Nintendo doesn’t show off stuff until it’s ready to show and/or is closer to release.

I used Dell for a while for videogames due to all the $25 gift cards but, no joke, every other case would arrive in a damaged state and Splatoon was so beat up that my WiiU couldn’t read the disc. Their shipping methods are pathetic. No other online retailer sends me broken products like Dell.

I used Dell for a while for videogames due to all the $25 gift cards but, no joke, every other case would arrive in…

I am currently obsessed with Splatoon. Ranked mode is both love and life.

Sounds like you played a lot of VR in one day. I’ve heard that the more recent hardware really helps mitigate motion sickness during and after play sessions but, were you able to cope with all the various VR experiences sans any form of nausea?

Don’t let the gameplay shown here dissuade you. The stuff they showed at last E3 looked pretty spectacular, with crazy mechanics like wall-jumping off player-made portals, freezing enemies mid-air so they fall and crash, and environmental hazards like the kid pouring soda onto the page.

Oh, cool! I guess I should’ve clarified though. I meant the jumping mechanics themselves. In SMB, you couldn’t control your direction very well in mid-air. The controls got looser in SMB 3 but in SMW you could turn on a dime. From what I could tell, when they switched to SMB, Mario could still move like they were…