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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by broodwars on November 20, 2025, 01:19:58 PM »

No one's going to vote for them, but I feel like these games should be on the Multiplatform list:

- Tormented Souls 2
- Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business
- Ninja Gaiden Ragebound
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Trails in the Sky: First Chapter

I've played all but that last one, but I've been hearing people singing praises for that remake so it would feel weird for it to not be there.

Edit: Oh yeah, add Dispatch, too, to Multiplatform. Haven't gotten to it because it's kind of expensive for what it is, but the people who have played it seem to love it

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by Evan_B on November 20, 2025, 10:52:51 AM »

Hoping I can crush Prime 4 before I submit my thoughts.

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Nintendo Gaming / 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on November 20, 2025, 09:39:35 AM »

It is time to collect the nominations for the fourth annual Nintendo World Report Forum Awards. As usual, these are just the short lists of nominees, please reply with any games you want added.

Nintendo Switch Game of the Year

• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Mario Kart World
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Drag X Drive
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
• Kirby Air Riders
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Multiplatform Game of the Year

• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Split Fiction
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• South of Midnight
• EA Sports FC 26
• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
• Tormented Souls 2
• Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business
• Ninja Gaiden Ragebound
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
• Trails in the Sky: First Chapter
• Dispatch

Please comment below any games you want included in the list of nominations.
I am hoping to start the voting December 1 so make sure to get in your nominees before then!

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 897: Jon Lindemann IS Florida Man

« Last post by Tholisa on November 19, 2025, 09:54:30 PM »

@Snow Rider 3D Wow, Jon sounds like he really brought the chaos! It's funny how some episodes can feel a bit light. Maybe to liven things up between now and Episode 900, the crew could try something totally out of left field.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by Evan_B on November 19, 2025, 07:38:45 PM »

I do agree with you that, at its core this certainly does look like more of the Metroid Prime we know. However, that is also a game that people praised for being incredibly ahead of its time. Maybe things have finally caught up with ol Metroid. Then again, I look at what a modern game release looks like these days, and I’d rather play something gamecube like.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James

« Last post by jarodea on November 19, 2025, 02:41:23 PM »

I think WinBack: Covert Operations would be a fine Retroactive game. 

On the plus side:  It is easily accessible.  It has an odd history being a Koei game, what where the masters of business simulation and historical strategy doing making third-person shooter?  More than that, making one that either laid the groundwork for later third-person shooters or simply got it right on the first go.  Dynasty Warriors continued, why did this die?  Where could it have been taken?  The main character is named Jean-Luc Cougar, does it get any cooler and hip than that?  The team the player is part of is called S.C.A.T. so the RFN audience would get what it loves, lots of Jon giggling.  I also haven’t played it but would like to, so I’ll file that here as well.

On the negative side:  Well, having not played it, I don’t know how interesting the gameplay is.  It looks to be pretty much a 7.5/10 game from reviews.  As you know, those can make for a bad Retroactive game were there’s nothing great, nothing bad, and nothing much to say. The main character is named Jean-Luc Cougar, does it get any lamer and cliche than that?

Overall, even if the negatives are true, I think the positives would still provide an interesting enough basis for conversation.

Also, glad to see that I’m not alone in my feeling towards Bananza. Not disparaging anyone’s enjoyment of the game, but I get that notion of this dev team’s work just not being it for me.

I haven't played it, but I have watched reviews and videos and got the feeling I would sound like Guillaume if I did.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by ThePerm on November 19, 2025, 02:32:20 PM »

I haven't really been paying much attention to it, but some games go through a fundamental modern upgrade and Metroid still looks like a GameCube era game. I'm not talking about graphics. Breath of the Wild, has so many amazing mechanics changes and is a giant world. I just checked out the trailer from 5 days ago, and it does have a bigger hub now. So, that's cool.

I know how I would fundamentally change Metroid to make it modernized. But knowing that, I might as well make my own game.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James

« Last post by Mythtendo on November 18, 2025, 03:24:13 PM »

Greg was mistaken; there were 2 Tiny Toon Adventures games on the GBA and both came out in North America:

Tiny Toon Advenures: Wacky Stackers which came out in North America in 2001 and Europe in 2002

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Bad Dream came out in Europe in 2002 but didn't get released in North America until 2005 as Tiny Toon Adventures: Scary Dreams.

Or maybe he meant Tiny Toon Adventures: Dizzy's Candy Quest, which was released on the GBC in 2001 only in the United Kingdom

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 952: My Name Used To Be on the Masthead, James

« Last post by Evan_B on November 18, 2025, 12:07:35 PM »

Sorry about that one, guys. I have banished myself to forum exile because of my unhinged rambling. I believe it has been a frequent critique that I write too much in my emails. It won’t happen again, particularly in that format.

I’m surprised to hear the discussion on physical media, especially regarding the transition to digital. I’m still squarely committed to physical media unless it means I’m getting a hardware bundle with an 80 dollar game costing 50. But, all your discussion of older physical collection did strike a chord with me. I think physical media appeals to me because when I keep a game in my collection, it’s a sign that I enjoyed it. I’ve bought too many digital games that have ended up disappointing me- maybe that’s a sign that I need to be more scrutinizing with my digital catalogue and purchases, however.

Also, glad to see that I’m not alone in my feeling towards Bananza. Not disparaging anyone’s enjoyment of the game, but I get that notion of this dev team’s work just not being it for me.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by Evan_B on November 17, 2025, 08:03:22 PM »

I also understand the value of player choice, and I’m not sure that Nintendo will ever make a game with overt consequence for cruel or careless behavior. I think back to the wagon sequence of Twilight Princess, or even the Phaaze sequence with the marines. In this case, I think they’ve invested too much into these characters to allow them anything other than a full narrative arc. I hope I’m wrong, but… the telegraphed nature of these cutscenes just feels a bit too on the nose.