I’ll second what Fox said. It’s a lot of fun, reminds me of 2.5D Bayonetta with the fighting as there’s a juggle and different fighting styles by switching between ‘Toads like switching loadouts/weapons. I would hard disagree with the impression of the “Look at these wacky toads.” The game is very much aware of what…

Some of the jokes land flat, just because well, comedy is hard, but the game itself is fine. I’m enjoying the actual game parts of it, and I feel like the mix of stage-types fits in with the later games like Battletoads and Double Dragon, which had a stage where you just flew a spaceship around. They’re also…

The arcade version was the last one made and the least popular. I think it’s a weird take to claim that is what the series is all about when... it literally never was about that, except for that one weird time where it bombed.

Just because it’s been on Game Pass doesn’t mean it can’t be on Games with Gold.  Not everyone got the new Ultimate Game Pass sub, and some have avoided Game Pass all together.

At what point exactly was Hopper made aware that Mike lied to El? Hmm? And are we forgetting here that Mike only lied because Hopper MADE him? So how was he supposed to react? He handled the situation poorly. Because he never got experience on how to handle a teenage girl. Because his own daughter died. Which makes it…

The thing that bugs me the most about this critique is that it ignores the fact that *all* of the action of this season occurs in the span of about a week, with second half of the season occurring in the span of a day. OF COURSE Hopper's going to be flipping out for a lot of it; the wounds are still *very* fresh.

It’s also worth noting that the whole season 3 takes place over like 5 days. So Hopper is not a monster - he’s just having a bad week and has clearly reached his breaking point. As the father of a teenage daughter myself, I’ve had plenty of times where I’ve been angry enough to shoot up an army of random Russian…

I think a lot of people who disliked Hopper this season are forgetting that the entire season takes place over a period of like 3 days. They expect him to move on from being stood up by someone he cares about instantly. They expect him to move on from Mike disrespecting him instantly. They expect him basically turn…

I have absolutely zero issue with the Hopper and El/Mike element this season. Lots of people likely saw themselves in Hopper. Being the parent to a teen is hard. Being thrust into being the parent to a teen has to be terrible. Mike was absolutely being a jerk.

The guy went through a hard divorce after losing his daughter. Being stood up like that would be a huge emotional blow for him. Especially after how excited he was about it. Look at that new shirt! That’s not a shirt you get for just any ole dinner. That’s an 80's “Hey, babe. How you doin’?” shirt.

People seems to just gloss over that they were laughing in his face while he was putting himself out there emotionally with that letter that seemed to make everyone cry later.

I am now. I feel way better. I’m ready to face my day with a smile on my face and a rainbow in my heart.

Yeah I respectfully disagree with this completely. I found Hopper’s behavior to be a new father who would have struggled with a teenage daughter (as many do IRL) in even the best of circumstances, and their circumstances are hardly ideal.

Counterpoint.

This sizzling hot take brought to you by someone who’s never had a smug little teenage shit disrespect him in his own home. I’ve banned one of my son’s friends from my house for a year for lying to my face about washing his hands after he used the bathroom (I can hear the bathroom sink from the kitchen you little…

To play with my friends without having to deal with other players. That’s also my problem with GTA Online. They have private lobbies, but won’t let you do anything of value unless you’re in a public lobby. The fact that so many people are working out ways to join a public lobby without having anyone else in there…

It will be!

I really have been missing destructibility in games. When I played Red Faction Guerilla I thought surely this is the future of games where I can literally drive a truck through a building. But so far I haven’t played a game with that same level of destructibility.

My one month later Smash experience: Play it nearly every day.

The Final We was trademarked by Nintendo in a flurry of grabbing eventually rejected names for the Switch.