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IS THERE ANY PLEASING YOU!!??!

I really thought this was going to be the beginning of a new era for Nintendo but as soon as 1, 2, Switch was shown off, it's clear they're trying to recreate the Wii, again, even though that audience is long gone. Nintendo needs to double down on actual gamers. They can have a modestly successful game system like the GCN if they focus on their core audience. Also, everyone needs to see this: Nintendo, why do you do this to yourself?!

Atom, with all due respect, I don't know how you can look at that presentation and see it as anything other than a disaster. I'll break this down. The Switch reveal trailer in October was very well received and it did a great job explaining how the system works. So it started things off weirdly when they used the first 5-10 minutes of this presentation reiterating those features but not as well. The entire presentation was awkward. This is an era where Sony starts their press conferences with a goddamn fucking orchestra! This conference however, had a bit with a guy sitting on a couch. It had title screens that were entirely in Japanese on an international stream. The translator stopped talking for long periods with one presenter (was that Suda?). This was a press conference from 2005. From the people who invented the Direct, that's super disappointing. Let's talk about the price, this $300USD/$400CAD. That's more than the PS4, for a weaker console with less games to play. Yes the price could have been worse but it definitely could have been better. Nintendo's unwillingness to sell a console at a loss is going to kill them. A $70 pro controller ($90 CAD). $80 joy con controller replacements ($100 CAD!!)!! How is that anything other than terrible?? And to top it all off you have to pay for online? No one uses their Nintendo consoles online enough to pay for it. All signs point that you can't send messages or voice chat through the system, you have to use the app. Oh but you get a free NES/SNES game... FOR A MONTH. Let's look at the games: - 1, 2 Switch - NEW... but probably should be a pack in game like Nintendo Land - The Legend of Zelda: BotW - NEW, but also on Wii U - Just Dance 2017 - On PS4/Xbone - Has Been Heroes - NEW - Snipperclips - NEW... I think? - Super Bomberman R - NEW! - Disgaea 5 Complete - OLD! - Puyo Puyo Tetris - OLD! - Rayman Legends - HELLA OLD! - Steep - OLD! - Skylanders: Imaginators - OLD! - I Am Setsuna - OLD! The PlayStation 4 had a weakish launch but it at least had a new Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Madden, Fifa, plus some first party exclusives. Look at the other games coming soon after launch, Skyrim 6 years old and shittier than the PS4 port, Fifa months later than the PS4/XB1, a brilliant Mario game BUT it's in 6+ months. Outside of Mario and Zelda, where were the games that got us excited? They could have teased Metroid, or the Rare game, there was tons of rumours about Beyond Good and Evil 2, sure maybe they were bullshit but that's the kind of exclusive that would have got people excited like Bayonetta 2 did for the Wii U. The rumours of Mario at launch, BG&E2, Mother 3, etc were too good to believe, definitely, but there was nothing anywhere near as exciting as any of those. Splatoon 2 looks like more of they're recycling assets from the first, that's fine but not exciting. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the same game again with what should have been DLC. Playing Mario Kart on the go isn't very exciting at this point after how great Mario Kart 7 was. Where the hell was Pokemon Stars? We know it's coming, there's way too much smoke for there not to be a Stars on the Switch. The first console Pokemon game would have been huge! How does the system UI work and look? What's Virtual Console like? Nintendo's vast library of past systems is a huge appeal, and again, rumours talked about Game Cube games finally coming and games like, as I mentioned, Mother 3 finally coming to NA. And instead of that, we didn't even get a mention of VC at all. Do my Wii U games transfer over? Will there be just a handful of VC games at a launch? Will there even be a VC? Who fucking knows! Trophies/achievements? Nothing. Nintendo had all the momentum going into this. They needed to come back HARD after the Wii U. What did we get? A fucking Wii looking motion controlled game? Doesn't this feel like the launch of the Wii U again? Yay Fifa and Skyrim... just like how we got Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 on the Wii U at launch and never any games like those again. We haven't got SHIT on the Wii U since Mario Maker, reading between the lines this was to get the NX/Switch ready to come out swinging. Instead this whole thing just feels like the Wii U again. That Zelda trailer was god-tier. I just don't know why anyone who owns a Wii U would buy the next console to play it. I'm so disappointed. I was so ready for a killer Nintendo console.

Sounds like the online gives you a free NES/SNES... for that month. Like, after the month, it's gone and you can't play it.

Jeeze, what a fucking disaster. That press conference was straight out of 2005. Nintendo, you invented the Direct, why would you do that? Those Wii style mini games 1-2-Switch and Arms look bad. Where the hell was Stars? Beyond Good and Evil 2? Metroid? The fucking Virtual Console? Over priced in Canada. I'll be playing Breath of the Wild on the Wii U. I can't believe this I was so set on the Switch this morning.

I'm going to live tweet the entire event and tag @TheMightyEthan in all the tweets.

Another great PlayStation exclusive! #wherethegreatestplay

EDIT: NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS, MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG.

Tried re-watching Death Note (I watched it years ago) but had to give up part way through It started off with an interesting premise but then it kept going and going and going. Do all animes go on way too long? Seems to be a recurring theme with all that I'm familiar with. Also, I forgot that Death Note is very sexist. Seriously, watch it again but pay attention to all the female characters. They're all awful. Light's girlfriend is just embarrassing but even his mom and sister aren't great. Even the FBI agent lady (Ray Pender's wife) was just crappy. She was going to quit being a bad ass FBI agent so she could be a wife and mother?

Ok! Let's break this down on why it's horrible. 1) Why does Batman have sunglasses flipped up on top of his head? 2) Why does Wonder Woman look so bored? Like, they can't get a picture of her where she looks interested? Or have any sort of facial expression? 3) Cyborg looks awful. He sort of resembles a Michael Bay Transformer. 4) The Flash's suit. Oh god. Why does the CW have a perfect Flash suit yet the film suit looks terrible? What's with the netting? 5) Can't tell if Aquaman looks cool or because he's standing next to The Flash and Cyborg, he just looks good in comparison.

You guys better, because I'll be spamming this place with screenshots.

How else am I supposed to play it on a plane?!

You have to assume the English, French, and Spanish(?) languages will be ready to go in March since they're all used in North America. So once again, Germany is fucking shit up for the rest of Europe.

Sucks for Europeans but.... fuck 'em! Glad to have Zelda at a launch. I'm flying to Chicago in the Spring, you better believe I'll be playing Zelda the whole way there. EDIT: for 2-3 hours of the way there.

Welcome to debt!!!

The Clone Wars is literally the only other good Star Wars from the Lucas era besides A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and the non-Endor parts of Return of the Jedi.

Remember everyone, Rebels also had a great mid-season trailer last year, but it was all shit from one or two episodes. Remember the shot of Ezra with the green Kylo-style lightsabre? And that's all it was in the show, Ezra picking it up and putting it down.

The Magnificent Seven (2016) It might have been the most forgettable film I've ever seen. Just meh all around. Pratt and Denzel are great as cowboys, but all the characters are under-utilized and despite being an average movie length, the whole thing just feels rushed.

Game of the Year: Uncharted 4 - The epilogue made me cry. Disappointment of all time: Final Fantasy XV - I wasn't excited for it but the hype at launch got me. I just don't know what the fuck is going on and I don't care about any of this. I'm not watching a fucking movie and an anime to understand your game. Sort your shit out, Square. Surprise of the year: Pokemon Sun - I've put like 200 hours into this game. I'm surprised because I really didn't like it at first. Favourite moment in a game: Uncharted 4 epilogue. TEARS! Most Anticipated: THE FUCKING SWITCH