That explains why I knew none of those names: I don’t play any of their games. I know of Todd Howard and Gabe Newell because most of my friends are shitposters, and I knew of Toby Fox because of my history of consuming romhacks. Johnathan Blow I mostly know because of pretentiousness.

Out of all the Western names you dropped, I’ve literally only heard of Sid Meyers, which is largely because his name tends to be in the titles of his games. What did the rest do?

Call me when Kojima produces a game I actually like, and then maybe I’ll praise him.

The majority of people will only profess altruism when it doesn’t cost them anything personally.

Not really, since “loli” can refer to prepubescence or a particular body type in common use language.

I’m hoping for but not expecting them to have trainer customization in the remakes. Third gen remake precedent tells me it won’t happen, which dampens my enthusiasm for them greatly.

I’m hoping for but not expecting them to have trainer customization in the remakes. Third gen remake precedent tells…

You don’t understand, being 29 and not 24 is what ultimately holds that fanwork’s entire alternate universe time travel secret daughter of alternate dimensional Sephiroth and Cloud clone timeline together!

And my point is that it’s useless to do so, as the point to critiquing something is to improve it or discuss it, neither of which is likely to happen here. Therefore, my only conclusion is that you wither projected your point onto my comment, or misunderstood my point to begin with. Carry on.

Except that among friends, a continual and organic back and forth can be had, deepening one another's understanding of the subjects at hand as well as building upon each other's knowledge of the other's nuanced opinions. While this is technically possible in a comment section, it is also very unlikely due to the…

If you seriously consider the comment section your friends, I'm just glad my life isn't as sad as yours. I hope you find happiness, friend.

They may read Kotaku, but I doubt very much they go out of their way to read the comments sections of every site that happens to feature their comics.

Not as stupid as criticizing it in a place the creators will never look. Criticism that is never seen is just empty hot air.

And this is exactly why I stopped buying amiibos beyond a couple of specific favorites. I knew that once people stopped craving them, Nintendo would pull this kind of crap in the hopes of keeping that profit margin going, and I don’t buy their games that do more than minor or cosmetic bonuses on principle.

Swing and a miss.

Odd that you’re replying to me with most of what Ka Mai said, but I guess you’re that desperate to justify yourself. Don’t mind me, I’ll just be enjoying the schadenfreude as well as the ludicrous idea that you didn’t spend $500-600 on a device to play Stadia on (let’s be real here, you don’t get into gaming if you’re…

That can be said for most any hobby, though, a lot of which don’t involve the cost and emotional investment of sports. I feel like that makes the angle you’re going for to be kind of irrelevant in the sense that it’s not something that sports specifically brings to the table.

Glad to see you have such a childish view of things. Don’t lose that innocence.

Shhh. Let the child pretend that his purchases are justified.

Again, unless otherwise stated by Capcom to be the case (an after-the-fact interview stating intention at the time does not count), all of that is supposition on your part. The existence of contradiction in other series does not make it so in this one. In the absence of proof (i.e. a source from Capcom stating such on…

Unless otherwise stated or emphasized, numbered entries is the standard for mainline entries in most franchises. There are some, like the aforementioned Battlefield, that do not follow this sort of methodology. Some, like Final Fantasy, will make sequels or side games to specific numbered entries that will have the…