Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition

You all know me, whenever a Direct happens and they show off like 20+ games (well, it feels like 20+) I’ll only be able to get two of them (I’m not rich, shocking to hear from a dork). That being said, I’ll be getting “Princess Peach Showtime” and “Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door”.

I’m pretty hyped for TTYD remake.

@DanielOrange
None of us are rich. But I’m buying the Mario RPG and Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door.

Let’s put it this way Nintendo wants my money from Mario games.

What’s been revealed so far? I only know of PMTTYD so far… And thank the Crystal Stars they’re not brand-friendly-ifying it…

@Wiimeiser
They’re giving it Color Splash/Origami King visuals though.

I’m gonna hop into F-Zero 99 later today.

@DanielOrange
Same.

And one prediction of mine on a list of predictions I made before September 2025 came true: more amiibo announced along with Sora.

Actually now I kinda wanna get that Trombone Champ, that looks hilarious!

@DanielOrange
With two of them being Xenoblade 3 characters.
Noah: The main Protag
Mio: The other Protag

@igotnopicks
Have a fun time you two.

@phoenixacezero
With what?

Eh, this Direct felt kinda underwhelming compared to the last one.

Mario vs Donkey Kong of all things getting a remake definitely caught me off guard though, and I’m delighted that we’re getting a Spy X Family game, but aside from those two (and Paper Mario, no shit sherlock), there wasn’t anything too mind-blowing.

@DanielOrange
F zero 99

A lot of cool stuff in the latest direct:

Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass looks sweet.
Nice to see the return of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong.
That Spy×Anya game paints a completely different picture then what the anime is actually like.
Oh my god, Princess Peach Showtime looks so adorable!
Can’t wait for the Lara Croft collection.
It’s hilarious seeing Trombone Champ added to Switch (since it already looked like a Nintendo exclusive game to begin with), ever since I watched Gura Gawr’s let’s play I’ve been so fascinated by it.
A Nintendo museum? Sounds intriguing.
Hooray, Sora is finally getting his Amiibo! And here I thought they were just gonna leave him out.
F-Zero 99, good lord.
Diddy Kong and Funky Kong finally for Mario Kart, not surprised by Pauline’s inclusion but was not expecting Peachette.
After all these years, we finally get to replay the Thousand-Year Door!

One reason for why pre-release video game demos have become rarer is that, if a demo includes “dummied out” data from the final game, data miners can uncover spoilers for the final game and release them in the internet. While removing said data is an option, it can greatly increase the work needed to create a demo since it requires the demo to go through additional testing to ensure the removal of supposedly non-required assets doesn’t have unintended consequences.

WE’RE GETTING SEPERATE WAYS FOR THE RE4 REMAKE! LET’S FUCKING GO!

Oh, and Tales of Arise is getting DLC as well. (Deep sigh)

I’m playing Batman: Arkham Asylum.

If video games want to be taken seriously as a medium, there needs to be more games like Arkham Asylum and NieR: Automata, and fewer games that are glorified interactive movies.

How is Persona 5 on a bigger sale than Persona 4?

@Dustcan
When are you just gonna bite the bullet and buy P4 when it’s on sale

I’ve already waited ^{Google’s release date} 15 years to play it, and by George even if it means waiting until I’m on my deathbed I’ll wait 40 more until I can get it half off.

Someone needs to correct the “Trombone Champ” page on TV Tropes. They said the game came out on Switch in 2022 but it’s actually today, 2023.

I got Ghost Master for free during a GoG event. I’m enjoying it, even if looks like the video game adaptation of the Casper the Friendly Ghost adaptation.

I played the absolute fuck out of that game when it first came out.

@Terton
Trying my best to get every ghost and am thinking of going to the Discord page for the people making the Complete Edition mod.