To be fair to Nintendo, though, given the Switch’s handheld nature and the fact its architecture is pretty different from that of the Wii U, it was never really going to be able to take Wii U discs (or even digital games) and play them without a hell of a lot of work. Considering about three people bought a Wii U they…

No, you’d have to be a “special type of fool” to cast judgement on something before you even see it. The upcoming Saints Row reboot shows that nothing is tonally guaranteed in gaming, and while the new Far Cry’s mechanics may be similar – which is what the previews actually address, if you’d read them – the narrative…

Yes, I’m serious. Believe it or not, you can’t just copy and paste the same preview onto every game they make. It doesn’t matter how it’s sold or marketed, every game has to be judged on its own merits, and if the preview version shown doesn’t give the full narrative then that’s one part of the game that can’t be…

Pretty bold to call out other publications and try to tell them how to do their job. It takes you 350 words to get to what I suspect is the reason for this – that during preview phases the press is sometimes only shown part of the game so it’s hard for them to tell at this stage how the narrative will go. Can’t help…

To be fair, as someone who has an Honours degree in journalism, that isn’t the first thing you’re taught. In fact, I was never taught that at all. I don’t necessarily agree with John in this case but that’s purely down to having a different opinion. Let’s not pretend it’s a failure to do his job properly.

You’re trying your best to make us feel sorry for the guy but it’s not happening. ROM sites are expensive, are they? Then maybe he shouldn’t have started one. It's illegal to make money off the damn things, and "but I need to be able to afford keeping the site active so I can give away even more stuff I don't own the…

Obligatory “Aladdin isn’t an RPG” comment.

“There will be no Stranger Things on Nintendo consoles.”

There are sites like archive.org where people upload collections of ROMs because they want to preserve and share them there. So that blows this whole "but he needed to be able to afford to run the website" argument I keep seeing out of the water.

Exactly what part of Nintendo selling old Nintendo games constitutes "other people's work"?

If it’s some sort of legal thing, then why don’t I get them when I download free games and apps on Xbox, Switch or Steam?

Nah, fuck that. That’s just the excuse they like to fall back on any time they’re called out on their sloppy work. Whether they like to admit it or not, this is a news site - people come here primarily to find out what’s going on, and the opinion then comes as part of that package. When you can’t even be bothered to…

I don’t really think the Lego Mario thing is anywhere near as cynical as this Pokemon news. That’s just a bit of fun, and it’s promoting another product in the same line: anyone who encounters it has already bought into the Lego Mario idea. It’s no worse than Transformers cartoons.

They’re owned by the media company that owns IGN. It’s not like they were in danger of going bankrupt.

“$70 is not that much” - maybe not to you.

“Everyone piling on”? You haven’t even had 10 people replying to you. Seems a bit hyperbolic if you ask me ;)

Oh thank fuck, I was desperate to know what you thought

Yeah, it definitely isn’t concerning when you bring that up completely unprompted.

Never forget Saliva’s theme for the reboot of Spy Hunter, the most 2001 song ever.

Why? The Game Awards is an industry event that focus mainly on trailers (not awards) and relies on the support of publishers for its content, so Nintendo is within its rights to threaten to pull that support if the show is promoting unofficial games using its IP. Why the hell would it agree to be on the same show,…