Because Super Mario Maker magically came out in 2014 and everyone forgot about it until 2015?

Two quotes on VR. One that says ‘we should placate the hardcore’ even though they’re the only ones willing to spend such a stupid amount of money on such a niche novelty. The other lifts the veil on how even developers of ‘the next logical evolution in all of gaming - NAY - all of existence’ isn’t feeling it.

Danggit, like all this waiting wasn’t bad enough - now I know it’s a functioning thing out in the world, not just prop kits with games superimposed into trailers.

I played Luigi’s Mansion pretty obsessively. Wanting to find all the things and the path to doing it being so fun, multiple playthroughs were a given.

And I’ll be by your side til the end.

I buy a lot of games on release, at least the ones I already know I’d want, and this? I dunno how to feel. Maybe I go back to the old way of buying games (wait for the inevitable GotY version).

Japan sales overall have been around this for the past few years though. As the article says, Pokemon only snagged 200k and it’s not even a month old. The thing is, mobile gaming is the major hotness there, now.

Also, Japan’s a much different gaming space than it was when any one of these other games came out. In context of what sells now, and by how much, half a million is about as good as you could expect.

If he wants to spend a couple of minutes sniffing a tower, who am I to deny him?

I was all thrilled about getting this as a Valentine’s Day gift (um...from me to me...)

Man, you’re back?

That’s way more understandable, to be sure. However I wonder if all this underdog rooting and massive prehype will go the same way as No Mans Sky. That this strong desire to see him ‘win’ or whatever will create an inability to be critical or, barring that, a really scary backlash if he ‘fails’ them.

Honestly, I bought a PS3 immediately after the Persona 5 announcement...but before they confirmed it on PS4. Whoops!

I am perfectly willing to be critical of Kojima, and if you spent half as much effort writing your exhaustive criticism of other people’s distaste for Konami as you do apparently paying any attention, you’d know damn well that most folks do. Kojima has always been criticized for his arguably incoherent storytelling,…

No, but the wave of the nerd zeitgeist is that somehow Kojima being ‘free’ means he can finally do The Best Game ever. As if the only fault he’s ever exhibited was being employed at Konami.

But it has to exist for every Gamer to #fuckkonami in every article related to it.

No, it doesn’t. But this #fuckkonami nonsense feels like impotent rage at a publisher that couldn’t care less about you. Keeping that torch burning through this game’s development won’t make it a better game. It won’t punish Konami. So I have to ask: who do Gamers blame if this is bad?

See, I think that’s a good way of looking at it. Funny enough, I really Kojima’s games. But I also try to understand the faults, habits, or excesses of creators I admire.

No, but I am saying you don’t show how bad one group is by shoring up the other as infallible in all things, either.

No, but I am saying you don’t show how bad one group is by shoring up the other as infallible in all things, either.