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Unless we're counting backwards compatibility and ports, that's very debatable, IMO. All the more considering that sevearal of Nintendo's games could be considered best-of's in more than a few genres. (ie: SMB3, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Galaxy 2, F-Zero GX, etc) Others like Starcraft and Chrono Trigger too, which can't be played on PS4/XB1.

The more I think about it, I'd be more interested in this as a straight up action game. I think the suits look incredibly fun to fly around in, but the implications of bullet spounge enemies and co-op loot grinding has little appeal to me. I don't know if I'd want Bioware making it, in either case.

Brawlhalla stats: Top 25, almost beat out HL2 in downloads. Icons will do gangbusters. Or maybe just steal from that audience. Either way, Brawlhalla is huge for what it is.

First game I played after the Steam Sale. Really enjoying it so far, although the first area doesn't seem to do much different than most Metroidvania's. Just finished that part last night.

Most of my best memories with the og Xbox centered around modding it. Being able to stream videos to your TV on it in a time before HDMI cables and Netflix streaming was magical. And it was the best possible emulation machine for many years too. I played a lot of Lucas Arts adventure games from the couch with it. My favorite games for the system proper were PD Orta and Ninja Gaiden Black. Got some fond memories of Halo splitscreen too.

No doubt. But as I said, she doesn't seem to know how to handle to criticism. She reached for the misogyny card because she couldn't handle the pressure of having her work scrutinized by a public commentator. I don't think she picked this battle consciously. She overreacted in the heat of the moment, for her. Just like she did when she spat on Total Biscut's grave.

Of course that was her too, lol. She just sounds like a person who doesn't know how to respond to criticism.

That's strange to hear actually. I forget that not everyone grew up hogging the landline with a 56k modem to play Starcraft and Diablo. But not even some flash game multiplayer stuff?

Most of the best NES JRPGs never made it here until later. Final Fantasy IIIj in particular was stellar for its time. I've never played DQ4 and 3, but I hear they were also great.

No, the NES began the greatness of JRPGs and SNES took it to the next level. Especially at the end of its lifecycle. PSX had many amazing JRPGs, of course. They're just a little less streamlined and more bloated on the whole than FF6, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Terranigma, Secret of Mana 2, etc.

I haven't finished yet, so I can't judge it completely. It's a lot more clever of a game than most of the 'hard' platformers out there. Both in mechanics and puzzles. I also might like it better than Shovel Knight, if that means anything. But overrated? Probably. It's mostly the 10/10 from IGN that propelled it to that status.

The Vita must have also been a slap to Sony's face. It flopped about as hard as the Wii U, in terms of hardware sales.

Huh, you're right. I must have been confusing it with the DSi's lack of GBA compatibility.

This is the correct answer. It's pretty much the Playstation 2 of handhelds. I never traded in my XL for the *New* models for that reason.

Yes, we do. Maybe you just made the right arbitrary choices when you played.

It's good that a "balance update" is being featured, because my time with the game pre-balance was miserable. In any case, the design doesn't really work IMO. Oregon Trail was fun because of how quickly you could start over a poor run. Spreading that design out over a campaign-sized game was a bad idea, and made worse by the choose-your-own-adventure style twists that resulted in dead party members and a starving caravan. The plot or combat couldn't carry it either. Bosses can be killed in one shot, with your one arrow, which you have to retrieve if you miss. That's the game. I'm glad someone tried it. Even if the combat appealed more to the masochist in me, the game does suffer from being a boss gauntlet. It would have been much better if it had some kind of padding, which would have helped familiarize you with the controls and mechanics. I love everything about the controls in Dustforce. It's got plenty of style as well. But once the fresh and cool factor wears off, it's a pretty hollow experience. Why not give me something to dodge? To bop on the head? To run from? The minimalist approach doesn't quite pay off. Playing Celeste recently reinforced to me how much Dustforce left on the table.

Pyre Firewatch Hollow Knight Hyper Light Drifter The Witness Higher average for each game than I'm used to. I actually spent ~$2 in real money. Glad you took my recommendation. Best $1 game this sale outside of Portal / HL2.

Don't you mean the HD transition? It's the 360/PS3 generation where they struggled with their identity / focused on portables.

I'll pick up God of War eventually. The only 2018 game I've bought so far is Celeste, which lives up to the hype.

It's more the statement that EA not embarrassing themselves this year I took issue with. C&C was as cringe as they come, and E3's worst moment this year.

Other than in Japan, no, not really. But it is the first review.

Another thing, did you all touch on the C&C mobile game from EA? That was definitely an egg-on-their face moment. That alone makes their conference worse than last years. I'd rather watch 20 minutes of Pele than see a dormant franchise get desecrated like that. Although those cuts to the CG trailer were admittedly hilarious.

While Nintendo dropped the ball this year, there was practically no discussion of the first half of their show: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Daemon x Machina, Super Mario Party, Xenoblade 2's standalone DLC, etc. None of that excuses the no shows, of course. Or the heavy emphasis on Smash if you aren't interested. Still, gotta get some better Nintendo representation on the podcast next time.

Famitsu: 9/9/9/9 https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-7-3-18-octopath-traveler/

Abzu is fun, and really short.