Evil Lucario

The new Fatal Frame 2 remake on Switch 2 is really cool. In handheld mode, the gyro works as if the Switch is a real camera, and this is not available on PC. And if the PS5 version is truly also just 30fps (it's not up yet), I'd just go with this version if you play on console.

It's already up in JP/AUS/NZ and I played it. Dunno why Wario64 didn't report on it yet, but it's largely okay with a bit of rough frame pacing.

Crusader of Centy on Genesis is pretty good. 2D Zelda-esque game with more straightforward progression but cool combat encounters.

They sure did. Nixxes did do that Horizon Zero Dawn remaster for PS5/PC though, so theoretically, they could pivot to more of that stuff just for console... although Bluepoint dying doesn't really inspire optimism.

Gonna be that guy who will actually analyze Mario Tennis games and complain about Power Shots in Power Tennis/Power Tour and Chance Shots in Open/Ultra Smash/Sports Superstars lmao

I don't know what they truly want to do, and if they actually do want to make another RPG, I'd be down because Golden Sun is really good. But as a fan of both, it is annoying that people have to keep putting down Mario sports games without any actual analysis or understanding of the games lol

This is just yet more disrespect for genres that aren't "gamer approved" like JRPGs and third-person action games lol

And I'm a Golden Sun fan! But Camelot is also an excellent sports game developer and they have made many great games over the years.

This interview was literally just after Mario 3, and World/64 not-so-coincidentally literally telegraphs all their secrets lmao

Feels like a modern miracle that we can have a game like Dynasty Warriors in modern fidelity but still has the same type of musical style as it always does. I don't want it any other way.

There's a type of enthusiast gamer that simultaneously wonders why "premium" gaming isn't appealing to more people and also mentally disregards everything that's not a third-person melee combat game.

Remembering the flak Xenoblade 3 caught for its ruling class villains doing nothing but starting wars and exploiting kids for their own amusement in a slowly crumbling world intentionally kept in an endless stasis where everything sucks

Yup, it's a good sign that releases are actually slowing down and given more time to cook. Feels good to finally get a modern Pokemon game where people aren't mad about budget or graphical fidelity or whatever lmao.

I’m very upset, but I’ve got nothing of substance to contribute to the conversation on this platform. When you see me posting through it about random stuff, don’t confuse it for apathy.

Z-A was February 2024, came out October 2025. To beat that, Wind/Waves would also need to come out holiday 2027.

Pokemon Wind/Waves looks pretty exciting with the underwater focus. 2027 date is also good, just further emphasizes that they can't have bad launches like Scarlet/Violet did.

Very excited for the future, it's gonna be great.

SMT4 is going great

With this salvo, Kansas has escalated what will be a federal effort to establish a Jim Crow system of lawfully enforced second-class citizenship aimed at trans American

It was already the case but now it's inarguable; anyone who doesn't fully support trans people is an enemy of all civil rights.

Why the hell did RGG/Sega add kernel-level anti-cheat to VF5... I was wavering if I should get it on PC but nah. No thanks, I'll just get it on Switch 2 when that comes out.

We have a cultural problem in the USA that video games and their communities contribute to.

Prosecute and abolish ICE.

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I wonder when this stops applying. Like, 40 years old? 50? It's fascinating to think about, but speaking in my late-20s I absolutely do learn way better now than I did as a teenager.

I'm too chicken to read this lol

Was squirming the entire time I was watching A Silent Voice and that sucked (complimentary).

It's cold again for some reason again lmao

Congratulations!!!!

Nobody does it like Camelot!

I hate Golden Dash rackets man

Think a highly underrated thing about Switch-era Mario Tennis games is how fast you can boot into the game and just play.

Effects of a video game intervention on symptoms, training motivation, and visuo-spatial memory in depression By Moritz Bergmann, Ines Wollbrandt, Lisa Gittel, Eva Halbe, Sarah Mackert, Alexandra Philipsen, Silke Lux Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2023 doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173652 Methods: a total of 46 clinically depressed individuals were treatment including psychotherapy and/or randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental "3D video gaming" group (n = 14) which played Super Mario Odyssey, an active control group (n = 16) which trained with a computer program "CogPack," and a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group (n = 16) which received a standard clinical pharmacotherapy. Results: regarding depressive symptoms, a significant decrease in the proportion of participants who showed clinical levels of depressive symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory was only found in the 3D video gaming group (which played Super Mario Odyssey). Conclusion: besides a standalone cognitive training, the current findings suggest that cognitive trainings using a video game have potential to increase subjective well-being, show higher levels of training motivation, and lead to improvements in visuo-spatial memory functions in MDD. The proportion of participants that showed depressive symptoms (BDI-II ≥ 13) at pre- (T1) and post-assessment (T2). For Super Mario Odyssey, 100 at T1 and 57 at T2. Note: information heavily abridged. For the full paper, see link above.

A 2023 German psychiatric study found that playing Super Mario Odyssey significantly improved depressive symptoms in clinically depressed individuals compared to regular psychotherapeutic treatment, reducing depression by 43%.

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YouTube video by ClementJ64 Remembering the Xbox 360

Hey remember when Xbox was on top of the world? I do! That's why I made this video about the Xbox 360! I love shameless plugs!
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