Or even hire more people/contractors/invest in better tools and practices - none of those things are static. And, to make assumptions about development yet to happen is to assume they change *nothing* about their process.

Looks fine. Hope it gets more people into the new gen/this community.

Wasn’t sure when it was hitting NSO, and still wanted to “own” it, so grabbed Pokemon TCG for my 2DS just before the eShop closed. No regrets. Feels better on 2DS (yes, the door stop model).

The music is my favorite part/the reason I felt compelled to buy it for my 2DS just before the eShop shut down. So dang catchy, repetitive, but with some soul thrown in there.

Once upon a time, this kind of thing was a “cheat code”, and was celebrated by everyone, and even advertised by the developer themselves.

Still doesn’t feel right.

... On a Wednesday, During a Blizzard, Wearing Gold Plated Crocs, Upside-down, While Drinking Soup, On a Plane, In Space, Submerged in a Tank of Ferrofluid, While Saying the Alphabet Backwards

Well, I’m excited for that. I only played a demo of Patapon back in the day, and have been eyeing it on PSNetwork (when it’s on sale). I’ll need to grab those classic games.

And back this new endeavor. The world needs more rthythm games.

F*** ’em both. I hope they both sue each other into oblivion.

FFX-2 casting is amazing.

No part of a shadow is 2D. Neither the surface, nor the photons involved. We have to engage in mental gymnastics/ignore truths of our universe to even conceptualize “2D”.

I... might second that, in that, when the rest of the family is on the Xbox or TV, the PS5 is inaccessible to me, so I end up disappearing into the computer room. This would get me playing more often, potentially.

Does it? I’d say I’m a fan of Pikmin, but I don’t love it. Like, I respect it, and will praise its game design, style, etc., and I’m excited when I see new games announced.

But I’ve never owned a Pikmin game. There are just other games I’d rather spend money on. Not that it’s a bad game, it’s just not as good as the…

I think, as time goes on, I become more open to things like this, actually. I’ve realized that I don’t need every game to be available to me, or cater to my wants and needs. From a marketing perspective, it’s not good for the developer, of course, but the different kinds of experiences and unique interactions that…

Every response to why we should preserve games, that I’ve ever come across, has been “because we don’t have access to them anymore, and want to play them”. And I don’t think that’s a good answer. That’s a good response to what is happening now, and what will [your particular, ideal form] preservation accomplish, but…

It’s really the only reason why video games from the 80s & 90s are still available to play.

Nothing is wiped over or forgotten - it evolves, or is built on top of. Just because you can’t see the foundation under a mile of earth doesn’t mean it’s not there.

A monopoly is control over a sector/market - not a singular product. Wizards of the Coast own Magic the Gathering. That’s not a monopoly on Magic the Gathering, that’s just owning Magic the Gathering. They don’t own trading card games, they own that particular one.

Anybody remember the official Nintendo forums?

All the empty houses are for parties - you buy the stuff you need for the party, and the rest of the space is for standing around/walking, for a lot of people. You can’t have stuff and people in the same spaces. Not those kinds of people.

All of the houses full of stuff/galleries, etc. are the houses that are actually…