Same. Almost every site praised the Nemesis system but I didn’t care about it at all. People were like, “Dynamic storytelling!” But I was like, “... But actually dynamic naming?”

This is a problem for me now that I'm at the end game and massively overleveled, because enemies no longer engage me on their own so I'm not fighting *anything* lol

The infrastructure isn’t an issue for *you*, but for the majority of people internet speeds/latency/etc aren’t there yet

Same on Android. 

Everyone deserves to play Before Your Eyes.

Quick correction: only the Ash of War version of Glintstone Pebble (the one you can attach to weapons) was nerfed. The standalone spell is untouched.

I usually refuse to grind, but I’m doing all of the quests for a certain “settlement” to get fastest run speed. By the time I finish it I’m pretty sure the game will be done and I won’t have any use for it, but I'm doing it on principle.

Gems! Craft gems whenever you can. If you haven't found the materials for a certain level of a gem for a long time, check the next level—you can skip levels, and you might have already collected enough for the next one!

Eh, I found most of the mechanics useful, but I also ran through things pretty fast so I was largely underleveled. (Until chapter 5, when I did all the side quests and became way too overleveled lol.)

This is life changing, I’m horrible at approximating distance!

The big problem is that the Split Pad doesn’t have a gyroscope or accelerometer,. so no Splatoon or anything else that uses motion controls 🫤

The big problem is that the Split Pad doesn’t have a gyroscope or accelerometer,. so no Splatoon or anything else…

I’m getting the one with the zaddy professor

I mean yeah, as a gay man I totally agree about how horrible online gaming can be, but I don’t see how friend codes solve that problem. Most of the horrible behavior is in open voice chat in games, not with people trying to contact each other via user names. The lack of messaging, parties, and easy voice chat are what…

But it’s not looking like you can customize the Pokemon or choose the hats. To my understanding, each Pokemon will have specific variants that you need to catch, so you can’t just stick a fountain on any Pokemon you want

Yeah Pokemon were big, but almost all of the Gigantamax Pokemon were really cool and well designed! And there were nearly as many Gigantamax Pokemon as mega Evolutions, so I don’t think you can put SwSh down on that count

Since they added missions and rewards, I drop into the Switch Online icon now and again to check if there are any special missions to get platinum points. (usually something like “play this SNES game,” and all you have to do is open the game for a second) And you can make some cute custom icons too!

Hopefully they have a scaling system in place, and hopefully it’s more than just higher level Pokemon

Still bummed that it looks like you have to battle wild Pokemon to catch them. It was so much more engaging and more interesting in Arceus. (yeah yeah I know Arceus was a spin off, no need to reiterate) Now I’m just praying that they make another Legends game. It seems obvious given the sales, but with Nintendo and…

I actually really like the news section! It’s a nice way to find out about sales, and some developers actually deliver worthwhile updates/blog posts. And Nintendo usually has a few cute articles a month about upcoming games.

Microsoft is in it for the talent and the IP, which are well worth the asking price. I don't see much reason for them to back out TBH.