Of course I will never tell you what to like or to be excited about, but I have to say, maybe for other people reading. I do think the original is likely to be much more friendly to people who feel like they are adults with limited time to commit to a game. It’s a long game, for sure. but it’s also a turn-based game…

There are many games called basketball. There’s the one played professionally, and the one played at parks, and the one played by small children with lowered hoops, and that weird one with the trampolines that is actually called something different. They all use the same creative work of the original inventor of…

I agree and would take it a step further: “independent” and “indie” mean the same thing in this context. “Indie” does not mean “small”, even if we often conflate those words’ meanings. They are a large “independent” studio that is relying on significant investment from Sony for their first big game.

But... why? Micro-transactions to purchase cosmetic items aren’t some objectively moral evil that needs to be rooted out of the industry. Virtual currencies that slide in value, games with loops that encourage possibly-infinite spending, gambling and loot box mechanics, pay-to-win purchases, deceptive marketing about…

I’m always surprised people feel this way. I grew up on Nintendo D-Pads so I’m certainly used to them, and I still think that the four-button layout of the Switch is superior. I accidentally input the wrong direction quite frequently with a true D-Pad, pushing on the “right” direction but tilting it “up” on accident.…

Most people mentioning that are hardcore Smash Bros fans, one of the few places where the analog input on the shoulder buttons could actually matter.

Most people mentioning that are hardcore Smash Bros fans, one of the few places where the analog input on the…

Yeah but you’re not dying from cigarettes in the game. Hard to compare the two things. Maybe if smoking was being presented as a dangerous, damaging habit in the game that impeded your progress, but that wouldn’t fit well in almost any game.

I’m not sure how widely held this opinion is, to be honest. I thought Phantom Hourglass wasn’t perfect, but I actually enjoyed it a lot. Then again I played at a time in my life when I had a 1 hr bus commute every day, and having a game to go in-depth on with headphones on was a welcome experience. Today I’d be much…

Those blind-bag toys are popular because the parents who buy them for their kids don’t care what they end up getting. The ones that are highly sought after collectibles, like the LEGO Minifigures, people will actually sit there and feel the bag to figure out which one is which (not something you can do with a digital…

Amazon almost certainly did do exactly that. Not necessarily because they’re concerned about the ethics of what they’re doing - they have no reason to be - but because they’re concerned about how it makes their studio seem unsuccessful. The article and the headline do not imply that Amazon was being unethical, they…

It’s different here because Amazon is an enormous company. However the reality is that applying for those other jobs within Amazon is not necessarily much different than applying for other jobs elsewhere (or getting laid off from another job and applying to work at Amazon instead). Your boss and your boss’s boss and…

I’m not ignorant, thanks, I have worked in this kind of space before. I understand how to a different company with a different set of core competencies, this data could be very useful.

It really wouldn’t bother me if they collected and monetized anonymized sleep data. It would bother me if they discretely sold that for targeted advertising. So far, I have no reason to think that either the Pokemon Company or Nintendo is likely to do that. It’s not a “trust” thing, it’s a doubt that that aligns with…

I think you’re overestimating their ambitions here. A) This is from the Pokemon Company, not exactly Nintendo. B) There are plenty of sleep apps for phones that do exactly this, but have nothing to gain from collecting the data (apart from getting better at measuring sleep). It’s not like it would be impossible to try…

That’s the thing. This movie is most likely not worth trying to save. (Though I would love to be proven wrong!)

Not only did he not miss it, he discusses it in the specific sentence you quoted.

Yes, you are right, ARMS and Splatoon 2 are better comparisons. They are probably even more extreme of a case, honestly.

I’m not guessing what’s likely, just having fun. You are right.

Yo. I’m sure I could play this game for the first time and not know what I was missing out on and still love it. But knowing how great that theme is - I can’t imagine letting it slide that it never gets going.

Agreed, but this is consistent with the other non-Free-To-Play games on Nintendo Switch. For example Nintendo Switch Online is required to upload shared content in Smash Bros. Ultimate.