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Huh Inazuma Eleven news. A surprise to be sure.

@yazzika that would be very hilarious.

7 feels the most fair. It’s no Dynasty Warriors but I really love the world and setting so it gets brownie points for that. Plus some of my favorite character designs.
Edit: for some reason I didn’t notice the subheadline when typing the comment, now got caught offgaurd and bursted out in laughter.

Mualani looks more like Gawr Gura.

Since Team Asobi is the successor to Japan Studio, I look forward to any Ape Escape references. (I also expect Parappa and Gravity Rush. I also love those. Won’t be surprised if any of the three got referenced already).

Headline immediately caught my attention. Colour me very intrigued.

Me? Gongaga. I haven’t finished Crisis Core but seriously need to go back to it.

One Man Sky; the hotly anticipated sequel

I couldn’t help myself but chuckle at the subheadline again. Now I feel obligated to at least give this a try.

Really gorgeous art. Gonna add it to the wishlist.

@shonenjump86 I do like it a bit.

Honestly the most unexpected news on this fine evening. Caught me offgaurd.

Hate to get off topic, but would a longtime fan consider this a decent jumping point into the series?

I’ve been catching up with one of my favorite gaming franchises and my favorite ps2 platforming franchise and that’s Ape Escape, with the third one being what I’m playing.
Now I always been a big AE bloke but truth be told, this entry outclasses the previous two so much that there’s no competition at all.

Now if you’ve never played this or you only know about the series for its monkey business shenanigans, you might be in for a surprise learning that one of its core defining features is the added Morph Gear, a mechanic utilizing various transformations with all sorts of themes like Mahou Shoujou, Arabian Nights, Cowboys and Ninjas just to name. There’s insane variety in your toolkit. I’m actually a big enthusiast of Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Madoka Magica and all the stuff so it was quite nice finding an actual video game that scratched that itch.

Now if you’re someone who’s just unfamiliar with Ape Escape as a WHOLE, then it’s basically Mario 64 with a ton of Zelda and I do mean a TON. That alone should sell you in my opinion.

If you’re interested as well, there’s a British English dub across the entire trilogy. American English as well but I don’t like the name changes. The female protagonist (oh yeah, there’s one now) is named Sayaka in EU/JP but Yumi in US… which is also a Japanese name…

The game is a jolly ol’ time, and yeah, now I should elaborate that there’s a new bloke in the block… a new female protagonist! I hugely welcome this, always a plus in any circumstance. (Though truth be told, it was a small headache watching every cutscene THRICE just to hear all voices, but it’s a lot of fun).

Happy gaming and g’day. ✌️

Whoops, my mistake!

What the heck, I didn’t expect to this reported here since I thought it would remain PC exclusive. And it’s gonna be physical too?!? I’m so happy! : D

Headline got me to chuckle.
Always cool to see new character designs in this trio of games.
If I can I’ll probably dip into GI too inevitability.

Good stuff, Sammy.
Truth be told I’ve struggled to get into their games due to their large file sizes amongst other piling minor issues but I’ve ultimately come around after seeing art for this game and deciding it’s right up my alley. I’m not far so I have little to add but I’ve been having a jolly ol’ time.

If this is a positive sign for the future of Live Service then I should try this at least once.

A fun idea for a turn based sonic game would be to have FFX’s CTB system and have Sonic’s speed be tied to the number of turns he has.

JR: Stone Cold!! Stone Cold!!
Real talk, I dig the aesthetic. PSP rpgs are something I’ve been meaning to dive into.

PS2 launch rpg? Colour me intrigued…

Oh my god. They revealed it so quickly. I can’t wait. I can’t get enough of 3D beat ‘em ups. Such a cool genre that’s neat to see explored.

Hooooooly, incredible hype! DD adding another D!

Of all the things to wake up, “Party-based Soulslike” is one of the coolest by far.
Also, could be my overactive imagination but they kinda look like King Arthur and his knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail when looked at from behind.

I adore GTA V but it’s so weird seeing this.

If I had a penny for every WayForward GBA game that was revived, I’d have two, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

@PuppetMaster I trust Nagoshi-san will make something interesting, if nothing else. He was very protective of Kiryu, unlike Yokoyama-san who has no qualms and seems a little too comfortable putting Kiryu in scenarios where he feels out of place. D:

(As in example, notice how not long after his departure, Kiryu was suddenly popping up in so many promotions where he previously rarely appeared in any Sega crossovers)

Heck yeah!! Genuinely happy news. I really liked those tracks.
Dead Rising allowed me to discover celldweller, genuinely one of my happiest musical discoveries of my life. This game will rock.

I’m genuinely interested in this actually. I would’ve assumed a remake, an entirely new entry is even better.

@PuppetMaster goddamn this is one of the truest thing ever spoken about Yakuza. Miss Nagoshi.

I laughted at that face more than I should’ve.

Aloy! Badass robot dinasaur killer and occasional homecook!

Has to read that headline three times.

@Lup Yes, Master Zhuge Liang.

Was not expecting this. A surprise to be sure.

@tameshiyaku as unlikely as it is, Binary Domain deserves a sequel. I wanna see that story continue.

@PuppetMaster judge 3 has so much potential. LJ still plays like a dream.

@Carck frankly, I have no qualms over what “genre” Yakuza falls into. I’ll likely play every game I come across. I’m in it for the atmosphere, minigames, side stuff and characters/world.

Very intrigued and very scared what they mean by “Surprise”. A “surprise” from Yokoyama-San is gonna be a fifty-fifty whether it’d be something amazing or something less than stellar, to put it mildly and I’m a diehard RGG fan (been a fan since the first ps2 game).

What’s next? Gundam on Tetris? XD
If that were to happen I’d be really hyped.

Super hyped for this. These guys making a touhou game is a match made in heaven.

I liked the original bioshock a lot but I’m not sure how it would benefit from a remake.

Technically you can’t pronounce it wrong if you never even knew the word existed due to not playing the DLC yet.

@straw-hat-crew dude heat the soul were so goated to play as a kid on my psp. An omega force bleach game would also be hype. I’m a massive musou nut.

@Keyblade-Dan couldn’t agree more. She’s one of my favs too xD. She totally belongs in this game. Can’t wait to play Chad too. This story mode will be awesome.

@GymratAmarillo I do think so yes.

• Storywise I’ve played the series since Smackdown vs Raw 2009 and was always particularly a fan of the licensed rock music and the storylines. The former stopped being a thing around 2011 and the latter begun slowly fading away with ‘12 being the last to feature it. The “history” mode that replaced it was kind of a hit n miss and heavily depended on the presentation in particular which is something both 2k23 and 2k24 excel at compared to how “above average at best” it used to be. Sometimes you couldn’t call it abode average as some of the late-2010s games were a borderline snoozefest. So it’s really cool that they’re pouring in a lot of love however it’s still sorta essentially giant baby steps, hence why 2k25 in particular needs to REALLY knock it out of the park to fully nail down this direction. The fact Vince is out of the picture should hopefully ensure better quality control. I hope the next game heavily features YEET and maybe CM Punk.
• Gameplay wise, the games are incredibly smooth and not as dull as what came before. It’s a more refined version of what you’d see in Def Jam Fight for NY and Def Jam Vendetta as it still uses the No Mercy control layout so nothing will feel unfamiliar. There’s a tooooon of match variety and stuff you can do. It’s super fun and there’s tons of little secrets including a trophy that references Cody’s infamous “where’s that referee?!” Rant. Insane love is in this game.

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@Keyblade-Dan I know right?!? I was totally shook when I saw it live on stream. Me and the guys couldn’t believe it loool. It’s absolutely bliss we’re getting bleach content. I was beyond ready to pass out after the stream cuz it was 4:28 am in Kuwait lmao.

Freaky coincidence. I just installed Rebirth last night off of my bestie’s account.

Sorry if the SP discourse is getting a little off topic from the main article but I’d like to chime in with my two cents and say I find the “SP games” term a little redundant due to the sheer abundance of games already having SP and their respectably high ratio. I think it makes sense in a hypothetical context where MP games start to outweigh them but it never felt like we were ever dry on SP stuff IMHO.

Onto the article itself, I’ve dodged both genshin and honkai, but this time I’ll dip my toes into ZZZ. It’s getting harder to game at home, and I did genuinely wanna give these games a shot eventually.

The hiphop underground aesthetic does appeal to me more compared to high fantasy stuff.