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Monster Hunter fans are eating. Rise looks interesting at the very least. Capcom's got a lot of stuff coming out soon.

In general this week had some solid announcements, even if not everything was my style.
 
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Really happy with what we got today. Monster Hunter Rise has been kicked around a lot in terms of rumors so it's nice to finally get confirmation on it and it looks great to boot. In particular I like the addition of the Palamute since it looks like a fun companion to have and like the Palicos it will be customizable, so it'll be great to see how they turn out once the game releases.

As for Stories 2, I'm ecstatic to see that they're continuing the subseries. While Capcom has pushed it, it also hasn't had the same success as its mainline counterpart and I was worried after hearing that the original didn't do well that they would sideline making more console games for it. I'm glad to see that they still want to keep that part of it going, and I look forward to seeing how it evolves with the upgrade from the Switch.
 
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It's nice that Nintendo is giving us our third Japanese SNES game for Switch Online but it's still in Japanese.

If Nintendo (and SEGA) isn't going to bother to mod the games into English, they still could have provided a mini manual.
 
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I dunno, I feel hacking your switch to maybe run some custom firmware isn’t really a big deal overall, as long as you’re not like... going online and just ruining everyone’s fun.
 
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Gotta say, the joycon gyros work really well in Galaxy. The pointer can sometimes drift away if you shift a bit but it's basically effortless to just hit R and centre it again.
 
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I legitimately forgot how much I love playing the Megaman Zero games, most of Monday has just been doing that, grinding for crystals so I can max out Zero's stats.

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For the past few weeks I've been listening to Gens 1 & 2 Pokémon anime songs

Dat some good ****. I even get chills occasionally.
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Pure cultured anime soundtracks
 
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I legitimately forgot how much I love playing the Megaman Zero games, most of Monday has just been doing that, grinding for crystals so I can max out Zero's stats.


Pure cultured anime soundtracks
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Anime soundtrack is good. Anime soundtrack is life
 
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Here's more speculative evolution on more cryptids if they were real animals.

Beast of Bray Road, Michigan Dogman, and other bipedal wolf-like cryptids: Large, carnivorous marsupials whose ancestors, like the distantly related opossum, crossed into North America from South America. In a case of parallel evolution with Australia's meat-eating kangaroos, it evolved bipedalism, developing an extremely fast gallop so as to better compete with its placental rivals.

Devil Monkey: A species of monkey that evolved from a species of new world monkey from Latin America that found its way into North America. Due to convergent evolution, it evolved to resemble that of baboons notably a dog-like snout.

Ennedi Tiger: A surviving member of the machairodontinae family aka saber-toothed cats. The Ennedi Tiger evolved from one of the species that eventually moved up into the mountainous ranges and areas to avoid competition with lions, leopards, and scavengers given its fangs likely would have made it a slow eater.

Flatwoods Monster: A member of the giant salamander species alongside hellbenders, Chinese, and Japanese giant salamanders. On that night the proposed Flatwoods Monster was sighted, what those people saw was one of those salamanders which was leaning against a tree, and given how dark it was made it seem much bigger hence its eyes looking like they were at in front along with its arms. It somewhat takes up the niche of crocodilians given the colder environment that would be unsuitable for them.

Loch Ness Monster: A gargantuan species of newt that evolved a body structure similar to that of a plesiosaur and probably the largest amphibian alive reaching a length of 20-25 feet on average. Because of being an amphibian, it doesn't have to surface very often and like giant salamanders and hellbenders can stay hidden at the bottom of Loch Ness for long periods of time.

Nandi Bear: A gorilla-sized baboon in, which evolved to take over the niches left by the great apes when they became extinct in much of East Africa. Unlike their relatives, they live in small family groups instead of large troops, their size and food requirements keeping them from joining up in large bands. They are mostly vegetarian but will eat meat on a semi-regular basis.

Trunko: A species of whale that evolved a prehensile trunk using it to make rudimentary tools with which to dig up crustaceans and other prey.

Underwater Panther: On the ocean-like expanse of the Great Lakes of North America, a species of lynx has evolved a semi-aquatic lifestyle similar to the fishing cat of Asia. Chasing down fish, muskrat, beavers and frogs, the underwater panther also became adept at snagging fish right off the line or from the net as humans began to fish in the area. This mischievous habit combined with their haunting, eerie vocalizations has contributed to many Algonquian peoples such as the Ojibwe giving this animal a legendary status.

Water Lion: Like the Ennedi Tiger. Another surviving member of the machairodontinae family. This saber-toothed cat eventually evolved an aquatic lifestyle in order to avoid competition with other big cats like lions and leopards, and to allow them to eat meat which has been putrefied in water. Their fangs being used to dig up shellfish and turtles from riverbeds, or even to gain a purchase on slippery riverbanks.
 
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Oh yeah, I saw that PS5 first party games are gonna cost $70.

It's...an interesting move from Sony, lol. Definitely being done to try and offset how much they're eating on the PS5 price itself: The thing's probably gonna sell at a decent sized loss for them, with hopes that subscriptions and software sales make up the difference.

I don't like it, but eh, I wasn't interested in the system anyways, lol.
 
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MooMew64 said:
The thing's probably gonna sell at a decent sized loss for them, with hopes that subscriptions and software sales make up the difference.
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That's basically how Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft work. You make money from software, not hardware.
 
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PLATINUM7 said:
That's basically how Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft work. You make money from software, not hardware.
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Oh yeah, for sure, but Sony and Microsoft have some pretty impressive tech in those consoles, the prices they're offering them at are gonna be huge losses for them on a hardware sales level. Honestly, I doubt Nintendo eats too much of the Switch's cost, especially compared to these new consoles; The Switch runs on older tech by current standards and older components get cheaper as time goes on. I'm curious to see if this new strategy of pricey exclusives will work out well for Sony: Other devs who have tried the $70 mark recently got some real bad blow back on it.
 
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MooMew64 said:
Oh yeah, for sure, but Sony and Microsoft have some pretty impressive tech in those consoles, the prices they're offering them at are gonna be huge losses for them on a hardware sales level. Honestly, I doubt Nintendo eats too much of the Switch's cost, especially compared to these new consoles; The Switch runs on older tech by current standards and older components get cheaper as time goes on. I'm curious to see if this new strategy of pricey exclusives will work out well for Sony: Other devs who have tried the $70 mark recently got some real bad blow back on it.
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It looks set to become the standard. Realistically, with development costs rising and inflation we were due for a price rise years ago.
 
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PLATINUM7 said:
It looks set to become the standard. Realistically, with development costs rising and inflation we were due for a price rise years ago.
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Agreed. Even if only accounting for inflation and not for development costs, NES games would be something like $145 in today's money

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Video games have become more expensive to produce and earn less "buying power" per unit than ever. I'm honestly surprised we went through the whole PS4/XBone/Wii U gen without games jumping up to $70 already.

$70 now is equivalent to $60 in 2011 in buying power, for comparison.
 
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PS5 games being 70 bucks is honestly what killed my interest in the system.

Granted my interest in the system was already kinda low to begin with because of potential censorship of Japanese games but the prices are what killed it for me. lol
 
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Hadokeyblade said:
PS5 games being 70 bucks is honestly what killed my interest in the system.

Granted my interest in the system was already kinda low to begin with because of potential censorship of Japanese games but the prices are what killed it for me. lol
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Even though Xbox Series X/S games are still gonna be $70, it at least has Game Pass. The PS4 games you earn with a Plus subscription just can't compete.
 
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