Animal Crossing is one of the most important franchises in my life.
It is the game series I play with my mum.
It is the series that kept me connected to people during lockdown.
Happy Birthday Animal Crossing! (Image source: Nintendo)
Please add me in #PokemonTCGPocket 3028982385032108
@brentalfloss.bsky.social with all these console prices going up I think you need a re-do of the "never buy a console at launch" song....
In this house we respect Pokopia
PSA Uniqlo Aus have the Pokopia shirts at UT Me stations
Hot take - but if you see someone say "Pokopia is like Minecraft + Animal Crossing" and your instinct is to "ummm actually it's like Dragon Quest Builders.." you aren't as smart or helpful as you think.
It is a fairly useless comparison when so few people have played DQB compared to the other games
This is how I learnt that the areas were interchangeable.... I went to the canyon area first and now am in the Port City...
@vook64.bsky.social @chocobalt.bsky.social @vooks.net Pokemon Music thing available on MyNintendo store.nintendo.com.au/au/pokemon-r...
Blessed by Charizard on this Pokemon day
Hello Mario!
Happy Year of the Horse!
On our latest episode we were joined by @jon32.bsky.social from the @hypefactor.bsky.social to talk all about critic taxes and rebates. Do indie games receive a 'tax' against their aggregate review score? Do AAA games automatically receive a rebate? Tune in to hear our thoughts!
#fantasycritic
Thanks @idrewby.bsky.social for having me on to chat about #Dispatch
youtu.be/1YT3c9BLjGk?...
What this doesn't show is the dozens of games with 1 hour playtime or less....
I wonder what happened in June...
None of this shocks me
I like puppets even when they don't use their puppet! @arlostuff.bsky.social
@hypefactor.bsky.social Hey guys - big fan of the show.
Question for next episode - what is your preferred way of sorting out draft order? Random? Inverse of rankings last year? Some other method?
What a finish
Kirby Air Ride was my first Kirby game
I remember buying it despite seeing scathing reviews in magazines
I admit when I tried Air Ride mode, I also wasn't a big fan
But City Trial captured me and my friends for dozens maybe even hundreds of hours
To see it back in such a grand way is incredible
Ahhh the Japanese RPG has always been celebrated for its excellence. There is a French RPG by Sandfall inspired by that same Japanese excellence...
My wife walks in on me playing Kirby Air Riders - she isn't that knowledgeable about games. Her comments.
"Wow it is like Mario Kart but... Unhinged"
"Reminds me a lot of Smash Bros"
Needless to say I was impressed by how keen her eye is.
Calling it now, Mario and Luigi go here to find a spaceship because of the whole pyramids made by aliens thing
The other alternative of course, is they increase their development teams significantly - but that poses a material risk of losing control of the quality of the output or (as weird as this may sound) putting out too many games.
And quite frankly - I am ok with this. The reality is games are taking longer to make, and I don't want teams stuck cycling between the big IP and limit the resource available for new ideas or revisiting smaller IP.
To be clear, I am not suggesting we won't get a new AC or Pikmin 5 in the Switch generation - but I do think they know they can't pump them out as quickly as they want (and need) to keep the brands active - so they are achieving that in part with these updates. Basically the MK8DX model
The ACNH & Pikmin 4 updates I feel really spell out the Nintendo approach going forward I feel. By giving out these updates, it will help keep these franchises relevant, while allowing development resources to go to other projects.
