General Game News

[The Lurker]

Surprise!
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[CJones]

Surprise!
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April 24!? Wow, that came out of nowhere. Sadly, after buying Control and DOOM:Eternal recently, I'm kinda stretched thin on gaming money/time.

[CJones]

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[Edward J Grug III]

The Cooking Mama saga rolls on:

Unfortunately, the quality of the game builds failed to meet the standards that our customers expect and deserve. Office Create rejected a wide range of deficiencies affecting the overall feel, quality and content of the game. Yet, despite being contractually obligated to correct the identified deficiencies and resubmit the corrected game for Office Create’s approval, Planet proceeded to release Cooking Mama: Cookstar without addressing all of the rejections and without Office Create’s approval.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/cooking_mamas_ip_holder_evaluating_legal_options_after_unauthorized_release_of_cookstar

[The Lurker]

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[Edward J Grug III]

Hey Pak:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/shigesato_itois_company_announces_the_mother_project_-_includes_book_and_other_news_before_the_end_of_2020

Shigesato Itoi's Company Announces The Mother Project - Includes Book And "Other News" Before The End Of 2020

[Pak-Man]

Oooh! New MST project, new Transformers animated movie, new Earthbound something. Been a good day for news that gets my hopes up.

[The Lurker]

Finally, the game that started out as an MLP fan game has finally launched its story mode and is out of Early Access.
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[The Lurker]

Also, one of the most infamously bad Famicom rpgs is getting both localization and a Switch release...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hoshi-wo-miru-hito-coming-to-switch-this-summer.195399/
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[CJones]

Also, one of the most infamously bad Famicom rpgs is getting both localization and a Switch release...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hoshi-wo-miru-hito-coming-to-switch-this-summer.195399/

This was run at AGDQ 2020. It's quite a trip. Presumably all the awful goodness will be kept intact, otherwise what's the point?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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[Iron Curtain]

Also, one of the most infamously bad Famicom rpgs is getting both localization and a Switch release...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hoshi-wo-miru-hito-coming-to-switch-this-summer.195399/
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/YtR5EI0u_4U" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/YtR5EI0u_4U</a>

"Hoshi wo miru hito" literally translates as "The person who saw the stars.".

[The Lurker]

That reveal...
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[The Lurker]

So Tony Hawk: Pro Skater is back-ish…
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[Edward J Grug III]

Not for the Switch though - $@)*&

[Iron Curtain]

A bit late with this news, but if you have finished Ron Gilbert's excellent Thimbleweed Park throwback LucasArts-esque Adventure Game, he has released a follow-up new engine demo (but not a sequel) using the same assets but confined to the limitations that the COVID-19 pandemic provided (e.g. no voice acting or extra art): https://www.grumpygamer.com/what_i_did_during_the_pandemic