It looks like you were keeping up with the lore but not revealing it in the article. It sounds like you have secrets to hide too. *holds up magnifying glass but is temporarily blinded by a flashlight*

Plus, what the hell is Liliana Vess doing here?

Make it easy for fans to play your game years later and it will pay off in the long run.

I did not know that. Asking for money is definitely makes them a C&D target.

No kidding. Even if the mod team can claim they had their own assets, the fact that they used the Zelda title logo in their video puts a big bulls-eye on them.

I suspect Melee is not happening anymore. With Sony as an owner, they are probably going to respect IPs aggressively. If Nintendo says no to Melee or any other iteration of Smash, EVO is going to have to comply.

Companies don’t buy entire other companies expecting an immediate return within a year. They do this to expand their operations long-term. And long-term, pandemic is completely irrelevant.

I am not sure if the filmmakers asked Nintendo for permission for the short. The Nintendo Switch is not prominently featured most of the time, since the character is playing in the dark. The Switch’s arguably distinctive red and blue Joycons are shown in one scene while it’s on the bed. The number of screens from…

It sounds like the writers decided to make post-game similar to Dragon Quest XI. The post-game is a continuation of the story to get the true ending.

I agree. Nintendo is family-friendly, and this horror theme runs counter to Animal Crossing’s general “happy” aesthetic. (Although some may argue Isabella and Tom Nook are creepy in their own rights.)

The movie writers will need to find some alternate fake game that is similar to Animal Crossing (“Critter Crossroads”…

The only realistic way this is going to change is for companies or people like CtW to gain controlling interest of Activision. Legislation is unlikely to happen with so much lobbying around. And since many have dreams of working in the game industry, Activision has no shortage of people they can use and abuse.

Very few…

I agree with your sentiment. I finished each of the 8 characters individual stories, but I had no appetite for the end game. The writers didn’t do a good job of integrating the characters. A player can be on one character’s story, but there is almost no interaction whatsoever by the other characters in your party for…

In the game, Haru makes these statements while always smiling, which creeps Zenkichi out.

Eggs may not be lootboxes per se, but they generally are given to you at a regular interval of playing. If you are a whale or frequent player, you’re going to have a ton of eggs which start impacting your inventory. So, what does Ninantic offer for sale?

a) They sell a bigger backpack.
b) They sell incubators, which…

Nintendo has been known to patch software years later. They recently patched the Wii U software.  So, Nintendo might patch this.

There has to be some waste or grifting going on here.

Technically, they are producing content that is usable, so it would probably be difficult to accuse them of grift in court, but I’m amazed the game isn’t close to being finished after 8 years. For example, graphics technology keeps evolving, so won’t they have to…

Good luck with your purchase!

This isn’t really a game UX. This is a storefront UX (like Steam), which makes sense since Activision wants people to spend money. All the monetized links and buttons are probably where a player would initially try to select.

Right, I read in a few articles that on Tuesday that the NYSE reference price was $45.

According to a Nasdaq article:

Roblox started IPO at a price of $64.50, so there were enough people that bought in at that price. So, ending the first day of trading at $69.50 isn’t that much (unless you bought a lot of shares). That initial float will represent Roblox’s only injection of capital to fund whatever ventures they have in mind unless…