Persona 6 is real!!!!

I AM LOSING MY MIND, TWICE IN TWO WEEKS NOW I'VE BEEN ONE NUMBER OFF. #FinalFantasyXIV

GoW Laufey being in superhell for gods could really do some crazy story beats if she has to meet the gods Kratos killed.

I have never been in more pain #FinalFantasyXIV

Another 10 years of Xenoblade 2 discourse. Anyways my cold take is I don't want a XC2 Switch 2 Edition. I want a proper Definitive Edition with major QOL fixes like overhauling the gacha and field skill mechanics, fixing the awful UI, and better conveyance of proper blade combos and chain attacks.

In spite of my gut reaction in the moment. The CGs for the characters look way better and the actual gameplay looks incredible. I think if they just led with that James McCloud cinematic before splashing the cold water, it might have landed way better initially. Katt still looks horrendous though.

Oh cool new shadow dropped Star Fox direct *monkey paw curls *It's the fourth remake of Star Fox 64 with "Nintendo hire this man" art style, identical level layouts, and AAA Mario dialogue that's somehow worse than the original game from 30 years ago Oh the leaked OoT remake is going to be BAD.

FFXIV said another 30 years of Rei and Asuka shipping wars

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I made a cowardly dog in Tomodachi Life

Time for Tomodachi Life

I remember a post going around awhile ago about the success of Iron Lung, studios taking the wrong lesson from it, and the consequences it would have. And I feel like "Jacksepticeye making a Bloodborne movie for Sony" is the exact scenario they were warning about.

It's great that The Amazing Digital Circus is going out with a bang and a theatrical release. That said, showings are selling out fast and making everyone else who supported it wait two weeks knowing full well it's going to be spoiled online immediately is so ass lol

The Mario Galaxy movie was just ok. All it needed to be a great movie was to adapt Rosalina's story, the one bit of good storytelling there's been in mainline Mario, but Illumination couldn't even do that. I think a cold open of the storybook from Galaxy could have rivaled UP's if executed well.

Sony: closes Bluepoint, closed Japanese studios, no games because all their studios were making cancelled live service slop. Microsoft: Phil Spencer retiring, president of Xbox quitting, Microsoft Head of AI taking over Microsoft Gaming. There is literally no reason to own these consoles anymore.

Name dropping Dead or Alive in the State of Play, just to immediately show a re-release of 6, which nearly killed the franchise, only to fake us out by announcing DOA7 with just Kasumi's boobs was the funniest shit. Never experienced such a rollercoaster in a couple minutes.

Welp my desire to finish 1st Chapter or to ever engage with any further Trails games is gone. I was already mad enough at Falcom for pulling Ys X Nordics less than a year from Ys X. Game devs are really trying to save me a lot of money in the future lol.

I, for one, would like to thank Swan Vincke for saving me $70 in the future.

Unfortunately met Myles in Metroid Prime 4.

Xbox imploding on itself and making a soulless Halo remake. Sony wasting time and resources on TWO live service Horizon games and a mobile Ratchet&Clank game absolutely no one asked for. I'm getting Steam Machine and abandoning console lol.

Genuinely would've been better news if they just announced that the Dissidia series was dead and never coming back.

Silent Hill f was a great game, but one of the most unintentionally hilarious moments in late game is during an important cutscene when it plays the fucking vine boom. I can only assume the devs used a generic sound library or something and didn't know, but it instantly whiplashed me lmao.

If the trademark is true and we get a Super Mario Galaxy movie, they absolutely need to cold open with an adaptation of Rosalina's storybook. Genuinely could rival UP for one of the most beautiful and tragic animated film openings. Total pipe dream, that is asking a lot from Illumination.

After finishing 100% completion in Donkey Kong Bananza, I immediately went back and did a minimalist "0%" run. Zero bananas, no skill tree, no fossils/outfits. I also managed to skip an entire layer and two Bananza forms (which gave funny unique dialogue). One of Nintendo's best games of all time.

Finished "103%" completion in Donkey Kong Bananza. I'm afraid it's peak.

The freedom in Donkey Kong Bananza is pretty incredible. I'm currently challenging myself to get through the Ostrich layer without actually getting Ostrich Bananza. So far it seems entirely possible just by making my own bridges and using the vine seeds in clever ways.

As much as I don't care about the actual video game awards themselves, just the thought that we might get a big band concert where Une vie à t'aimer transitions into Gangplank Galleon is enough to make me ascend.

Front Mission 3 "remake" using AI upscaling that hallucinates absolute slop. New Everybody's Golf using AI textures. Fuck everything.

Can't wait for the final boss of Donkey Kong Bananza to be reaching the center of the planet and fighting Kore K. Rool.

Aw hell Rosalina got the Lil Dumpy

I knew from day one that Nintendo having to post something "new" each day would mean a lot of filler. Close enough. Welcome back Smash Bros Dojo post of the day.

Successfully sold my soul to Nintendo tonight

Nintendo will be playable in Mario Kart World

The Nintendo Direct stream is live and it's set to 4K 👀

20 hours in Xenoblade X with basically no real story progress because I made the mistake of accepting Lin's affinity quest right away - not realizing it was going to lock me out of story missions until I waited for 30-minute interval mining RNG drops of a rare material that I needed five of. 10/10.

Please save Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey, and Blue Dragon from 360 prison.

Metal Gear Solid Delta bringing back Ape Escape content made it an instant day one for me. Ape Escape 3 my beloved, someday you will be saved from PS2 prison.

Potential unpopular opinion, but Mario&Luigi Brothership might actually be the best game in the series. The first half definitely has pacing issues and takes too long to introduce mechanical depth. But the later half gets surprisingly difficult and the story ramps up to a ludicrous degree.

I just want a mainline Final Fantasy with ATB again. I am tired of half-baked unresponsive character action and stagger bars. "Turn based doesn't sell" isn't an excuse anymore. Persona, Metaphor, DQ11, etc. all exist. FF has declining sales NOW with the current formula (or lack thereof).

I'm excited for GTA6 but dread the repercussions it will have for the industry. Rockstar could get away with anything. They could price it $120USD and it will still be the fastest selling piece of entertainment ever. And whatever GTA6 gets away with, others in AAA will copy to their own detriment.

Spent the first day of the new year finally completing my first playthrough of Half-Life Alyx... and that ending... fffFFFFUUUU!!!

Rewatching 5cm Per Second. It's such a time capsule, because it is a story that only distinctly works before the advent of social media and smartphones. Shinkai films always had themes of 'impossible social distance' & you really start to see how his modern films have to contrive ways to convey it.

Started playing Until Then

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Went back to the Haruhi Suzumiya anime for the first time in a decade just to learn there's now a THIRD watch order, at least on Crunchyroll, because now both seasons are just treated as one season with the episodes going back and forth between S1 and S2 making the artstyle shift way more jarring.

Great tool

Each year I have my own "top 10" games that year and 2024 is the first nearly all my top 10 might be indie. Animal Well, Crow Country, Mouthwashing, Penny's Big Breakaway, Another Crabs Treasure, & Nine Sols to name some. Currently enjoying Atlyss in early access and want to try Fields of Mistria.

Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog! This fuckin' sucks!

Not that I was posting on X anymore anyways, but with the news that they're effectively getting rid of the block feature, I finally disabled my accounts there for good. Literally will be unusable lol.