Jinzo Prime
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Rran
Member
Yikes oof cringe
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Its key art from AssCreed 3 I believe.
bender
What time is it?
Last time I picked a side I was sporting a furry fuck me avatar for months....so please....kindly.....fuck off
Closest thing you had to a sex life in a couple of decades.
MacReady13
Member
Nintendo just keeps showing everyone else how to make the best games with the best gameplay in the business! My work day today cannot end soon enough so I can pick up my copy and play this fucking bad boy!
Critical Hit
Member
I think I just don't see much difference with Odyssey, which was unique (and has much better art style). Here is the DK Odyssey with some new mechanics. Yeah, cool, but 10/10? Not anymore, imho.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Crunch........you never hear about hirings, firings, and crunch. Work conditions are never discussed or you will be blacklisted.
Guaranteed there's lots of hours and crunch constantly.
LordOcidax
Member
Why EA, Ubisoft and Activision games are not the best then? I so hard for some of you to accept that Nintendo have some of the most talented devs in the business.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Yeah.....all the big games are out (and COD and Borderlands 4 won't get GOTY consideration).
Expedition 33
Blue Prince (maybe)
Kingdome Come Deliverance 2
Death Stranding 2
Split Fiction
These are all likely the nominations, with the runner-ups being:
Ass Creed Shadows
Donkey Kong Bananza
Doom: The Dark Ages
Ghost of Yotei (maybe?)
Avowed (my pick...behind E33)
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Because Japan is notorious for hiding work conditions
Hudo
Member
That's fine. Not everything is for everyone. Again, a lot of people think of RDR2 and Witcher 3 as 10/10 games, whereas I could not be bothered to complete either of them.
LordOcidax
Member
What are you talking about? Nintendo has a zero crunch philosophy for long time… Also.
"In addition, Nintendo is known for having an unusually low employee turnover rate, which is close to zero (averages are around 30%)"
"Of course, Nintendo's comprehensive benefits play a role in this. They have a high rate of paid vacation utilization, offer strong support for parenting, and have a unique point system for employees that can be used for games, books, travel, and more"
Nintendo ranks third among most sought-after employers in Japan - AUTOMATON WEST
Nintendo is the third most popular company among job-seeking Japanese graduates this year, according to a recent survey.
automaton-media.com
Windom Earle
Member
Literally seething for pointing out the game applies ancient outdated technology (FSR 1.0) the developers had no reason to use. Nintendo fans are not sending their best in early review threads huh.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Lol @ people saying this is low, or lower than expected.
I was there when Tropical Freeze released on the WiiU and it was reviewed… less than enthusiastically, we may say. "Nintendo tax" my ass.
And whoever tries to insinuate that this was a locked 95+ long before release is a really poor console warrior.
Sleep sound, haters. Donkey Kong is not going to steal GOTY from your pretty good French RPG.
But Kojima totally is.
I was there when Tropical Freeze released on the WiiU and it was reviewed… less than enthusiastically, we may say. "Nintendo tax" my ass.
And whoever tries to insinuate that this was a locked 95+ long before release is a really poor console warrior.
Sleep sound, haters. Donkey Kong is not going to steal GOTY from your pretty good French RPG.
But Kojima totally is.
SamuraiEdge
Member
I am really happy with the review scores. 90 is fantastic, I don't know why people can be mad at this.
touchfuzzy
Member
E33 reviews were pumped up by PS/Xbox reviewers actually getting a passionately well-made and complete game for once and being so flabbergasted it was automatically a 10. The regular players too. It's a good game but some of the reactions online you'd think it was holiday 1998 talking about Ocarina of Time over here.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
There is no way they couldn't do that. This was their strategy. It is weird because while MK is cool, it is not my or my sons' thing so the switch 2 was just waiting for this to drop. If this was a launch title, I wouldn't have gotten the MK bundle and would have gotten this game instead.
Signalis
Member
IGN should fuck off. Mario64 is the greatest 3D platformer ever madeFrom IGN: "Bananza is a constant crescendo across its 20-hour campaign that hits its pinnacle with an unforgettable finale that cements this as one of the best 3D platformers I've ever played."
SamuraiEdge
Member
GET THIS KREMLING OUT OF HERE, HE BANANA ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
SamuraiEdge
Member
Didn't have Kong K Rool so it didn't deserve a 9
BusierDonkey
Member
I can't wait to jump in on this one. I just finished 100% runs through all the 3D Mario games from 64 to Odyssey, I just started Bowser's Fury but it's pretty short I hear so I should be able to move to Bananza pretty quick, it looks like a lot of fun!
Hero_Select
Member
Preloaded and ready to go!
These are fantastic reviews, Nintendo has done it again
These are fantastic reviews, Nintendo has done it again
Nicktendo86
Member
Digital Foundry says this feels like a joint Nintendo/n64 era Rare game <insert stop I can only get so erect meme>
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
Member
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
This is why game reviews (especially aggregated ones) shouldn't be taken as gospel, but instead as a way to loosely inform.
Especially nowadays, where gaming outlets try so hard to stand out with ragebait. The fact that Bananza has zero negative or even mixed reviews is insane to me. Especially since the Switch 2 launch has been presented as super controversial by most gaming outlets.
This game is gonna fuck. The next six hours can't happen quick enough!
Zacfoldor
Member
Incorrect, DK Bananza will be nominated for GotY at the game awards this year.
Think I'm wrong? Anybody?
The Game Awards (TGA) 2025 will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. DK Bananza will be a nominee for goty unless Nintendo releases a better game before then. I will eat crow like a bitch in this thread if I'm wrong. I don't know shit, just my personal opinion. Keep in mind that if another Nintendo game that releases after DK is nominated for GotY then DK will not be nominated and no crow eaten. However, if no Nintendo game at all is nominated this year at TGA for GotY I will eat crow in this thread in a way that you will enjoy and that will humiliate me. Book it. I'll change my avatar to an Xbox(for 6 months only and I got this edit in right away and I just checked we should know mid November).
/remindme 4 months
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digoutyoursoul
Member
Microsoft should sell the Conker and Banjo IPs to Nintendo
TIGERCOOL
Member
it actually boggled my mind after playing it on release.. like how were reviewers not losing their shit over that game. It was exceptional. I remember gamespot had some lame criticism about not being able to mindlessly speedrun the levels because of traps and whatnot. That pretty much made me tune them out.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Welp, I put in for a half day at work tomorrow. I didn't hide why, I told them I'm gonna BE MONKE.
Bout to run to the grocery store for a couple beers and a banana bunch.
Bout to run to the grocery store for a couple beers and a banana bunch.
LordOcidax
Member
This is fun
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Switch 1 had a really good first year spacing out BotW, Mario Odyssey, and Xenoblade 2. Maybe they can get the same effect this year with Metroid Prime 4 as the 3rd game.
Onironauta
Member
Probably Switch 1 couldn't handle the physics and distruction of the final game
Anyway, it's likely that Switch 2 won't be emulated as quickly as Switch 1
Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
oohoohoo 91 media hate nintendos now i thoughted 75 80 soooo thirs game must bee 100 game over
Steve Holt
Member
From IGN: "Bananza is a constant crescendo across its 20-hour campaign that hits its pinnacle with an unforgettable finale that cements this as one of the best 3D platformers I've ever played."
Brilliant to hear. There has been a mini-platforming resurgence recently. If they bring us Mario next year too...
Jacobson
Member
idk where you are that taxes actually increase the numberLol reading the reviews indicate an 8/10 at max..but somehow the Nintendo tax gets it over 9/10..
Its insane that what reviewers lower scores for other platforms for these kind of things but not for Nintendo
Still playing it though.
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Sooner
Member
Clearly, an 8.9 game. Not sure where reviewers get off giving it a 9.0.
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I collect VHS tapes
Gold Member
wait this goes live 9pm west coast time?
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
bender
What time is it?
It will be interesting to see a Platinum release in 2025.
The real GOTY has yet to release though.
