Perfect Christmas gift.

(Merry Christmas btw hope it's going well 🙂)

It's ironic, you mentioned in your 3D Sonic vid how Prime 4's existence alongside Dread was an example of Nintendo learning their lessons from the mishandling of the Metroid IP.

I uhh... I don't know if that entirely holds true anymore lol

And I'm with you! Stuff like the first human NPC's dialogue is worth getting concerned about, I wouldn't want that to be the whole game either. But all fanbases are this unfairly reactionary and can't STAND seeing their favorite series critiqued. Unfortunately the best thing to do is ignore them.

As for wanting 3D Metroid to play more like 2D, the harsh truth is that Nintendo has already drawn that line in the sand, each leaning more and more into their respective directions. The one time a 2D-like 3D Metroid game was made was Other M, but that flopped so they ain't doing it again.

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With how reactionary fanbases as a whole are, I think this led to Prime diehards considering ANY concerns as "invalid".

Believe it or not this is not a Sonic-exclusive problem, it's a problem with almost any gaming fanbase ever.

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If I were to counterargue in any ways:

I think it's worth noting that this isn't a one-sided issue. There was a lot of toxic negativity surrounding the mere concepts of Samus riding a motorcycle in a big open area, touting them as "cringe" and "open world slop" respectively.

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OG Mario Kart 8 wasn't even nominated for soundtrack of the year at TGA 2014, so don't be surprised.

It sometimes feels like game critics only care for game scores to be imitations of blockbuster movie scores, purely serving a status quo rather than being something legitimately memorable.

Frankly I also just straight up can't stand the item balancing, you leave yourself defenseless for one second and it's over.

Ultimately it's Mario Kart, it's still an inherently great multiplayer and party game, but I def feel a bit let down by it.

Idk why I said blogging rambling is prolly more accurate

These are the kinds of posts you can expect from me

I think a big big part of why Sonic Crossworlds won so many people over, beyond having a blue rat the fanbase is insistent on always defending, is that it's basically trying to replicate MK8's appeal.

(Also playing the beta, I think the game feel is REALLY nice and snappy but shh don't tell anyone)

As someone who's owned MKWorld for a couple months now, I think the issue is it's at its best when it's just being a replica of MK8 with a cool new parkour system, and at its worst with damn near everything else new it attempts.

Dammit.

WAIT CAN YOU USE THAT TO GET UP THAT CORNER GROUND??????

Yup. However, we can compare the Switch 2 Edition prices for already released Switch 1 games to their Switch 1 counterparts.

Kirby and Mario Party are both $80, $20 more expensive than their Switch 1 variants.

BotW is $70 and TotK is $80, $10 more expensive.

So the upgrades are prolly $10-$20.

Nintendo themselves confirmed in the Direct that if you own a Switch 1 game with a Switch 2 upgrade, you can buy an Upgrade Pack. I'm assuming for Prime 4, it'll be $10, MAYBE $20 if Nintendo's feeling extra scummy.

Now replay Unleashed 360

/hj, I know you weren't a fan in your video on it, but maybe with the experience you've built up for it and Recompiled actually running competently, it'd be worth another shot?

Wait this is based af

Just wondering, but has your opinion on the game eased since your vid on it, and do you think this port improves upon any of your issues with it?

Yup, now we just gotta hope that they keep doing good in the future and don't drop some shit like Silver Lost World anytime soon