Haith pls. Hydrocity has always been the one good water stage in the classic series. Mania's take is just as good. Though I guess some of the gimmicks are a little more tedious.

Nah, battle isn't that complicated in Dissidia NT. Pretty homogenized compared to 012 anyway. It's mostly just being spatially aware and remembering to look out for your team mates. The AI is kinda useless compared to real players though, yeah.

Also I bought it anyway because I couldn't help myself oh no.

Nah, the Memoria system is still there. You earn 1 Memoria for every time you raise your P-Level for something like a total of 35? I think the idea was you'd focus mostly on the competitive aspects of the game and then have the Memoria stockpiled for when you wanted to take a break from fighting other people. Honestly didn't take that long to gather the required Memoria, even with online practically being dead. Level gains were pretty generous it feels like.

I think the main issue is that all you have for single-player content is basically just Arcade mode and free battles. idk... could have benefited from at least adding some kind of survival mode where you can unlock bonus treasure tokens based on your performance or something. I personally enjoy the combat enough but there's just nobody to play the game with right now.

... and yet despite that I'm still considering picking up the season pass while it's 50% off. I wanna play as Vayne and Yuna, man.

For me it's kind of a case of "it's good, but different". I enjoy the way both games play when it comes to battle for their own reasons. But as a single player experience the originals definitely offered you a lot more to work with. Kinda don't mind the simplified move sets since you know what to expect in certain match ups now outside of which HP attack they're running. And man does it look great.

On the flipside: DLC pricing is bonkers and there's no Laguna or Gilgamesh. 0/10.

Honestly though it's a lot of fun and I'd probably play it a lot more if there were actually others around playing it.

Dissidia Duodecim Remake when?

Thank you!!

Yeaaaah the PR was... not handled well. Besides some long overdue QoL changes there isn't much that separates this game from your standard Pokemon adventure I believe. It'll be perfectly fine if that vacation to a Pokemon region is all you crave. But less so if you were hoping for something a bit more like BW2.

GBVS is a pretty good entry point for someone completely unfamiliar with FGs I reckon. A little less anime than most of what ArcSys offers (it's more Street Fighter in terms of movement I feel) but fairly straightforward in its fundamentals and neutral. I'm considering picking up a PS4 for Guilty Gear 2020 so I may also take a look at GBVS if I do. I dunno.

Yeah I wasn't sure about Luigi's Mansion 3 myself tbh. I loved the original but skipped 2. Wasn't super excited about this one leading up to launch... but I really enjoyed the experience. It's really short too so it didn't bog down my backlog much. Just a good time.

I was considering the same for Pokemon myself. But then Ultra turned out bad for SM so... who even knows. I have been looking at the leaks (mostly just Pokemon. Was looking for the starters and to see what's returning but kinda saw the bulk of the dex. Whoops.) Don't know much about the region or story though. But in terms of features and gameplay it sounds very much like your average Pokemon adventure. Which is a little disappointing... but serviceable? If Galar is at least as interesting as Alola was I could have fun with it. Gonna wait on impressions from friends before I buy a copy myself. Kinda want to play it... but kinda not that much.

King of Fighters is pretty straightforward but also kinda tricky with its combos I feel. But easy enough to jump into. The Fatal Fury series is on sale in the eShop right now I think if you were looking to learn a bit more about Terry specifically. And if you want something accessible: Yeah, BB Cross Tag Battle is a good place to start. Mainline BB is a bit more complex mechanics wise, but if nothing else offers a decent story mode to enjoy if you're not great at fighting. Been watching some interesting vids on the mentality of getting into fighting games lately so I can link a few on Discord if you need some motivators too.