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I suppose. It certainly would've been nice if Nintendo had said something about why there wasn't a left-handed option, and that the reason given wasn't just a pathetic excuse like the answer they gave for why Link was right-handed in Breath of the Wild when there were no motion controls. "Link's right-handed because... ugh... the attack button is on the right side of the controller" the attack button has been on the right side of the controller since the SNES, and Link was still left-handed in every game since A Link to the Past, and I don't recall a single right-handed person complaining about it! Don't lie to your fanbase, Nintendo; lying that blatantly is Bethesda's job, not yours! With that out of my system, I suppose it would also be nice for the sky to have more content. As it is now, the only content in the sky outside of thunderhead is either Skyloft or something that could've easily just been part of Skyloft.

My main hope would be that there's an option for left-handed control scheme with Link being left-handed to reflect it. Skyward Sword is so motion-control dependent that the game unfairly favours the right-handed. Even if motion-controls somehow get removed (which would be very hard to do since the game was so dependent on them) I also hope that there's an option for more experienced players that removes some of the hand-holding, such as removing the tablet that says to find a way to get the statue back up.

I'm not the person you asked, but some particularly great support conversations in Path of Radiance are the following: Ike and Elincia Ike and Soren Rolf and Tauroneo Rolf and Mist Jill and Mist Mia and Rhys Largo and Muarim (mainly because it's hilarious) Though, honestly, almost all of them are really good.

This isn't the full list, but basically: 1. I finally completed Valkyria Chronicles 4 after almost two years after I purchased it (University and other games got in the way). 2. I bought and completed Link's Awakening Remake for the Switch. That was a fantastic experience and it's easy to see why the original is such a classic. 3. Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I bought it recently, and I'm not even close to finishing it yet, but this is my first time playing a Final Fantasy game and it's a great experience so far. The combat is the best tactical/action hybrid I've ever played (though Valkyria comes close), and the game manages to be very challenging, in that the player needs to fully learn and understand all of the different mechanics, without being too difficult. I would easily point to this game when illustrating the difference between what I consider challenge and what I consider difficulty. 4. I watched a whole bunch of shows for the first time, including: Record of Grancrest War, Naruto, My Hero Academia, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Black Clover. I enjoyed watching all of these shows for the first time.

I think four is enough; when it comes to developing romance between characters, the writing quality of the interactions matters far more than quantity. There needs to be sufficient development and chemistry in their interactions and conversations, as well as enough indication that there is more development happening off-screen that we as the player just don't see.

That would probably be because a lot of "supernatural masquerades" aren't written very well in terms of worldbuilding, so that worldbuilding falls apart when you think about it for more than a few seconds. Just look at the Harry Potter books for example: you're telling me that the hidden wizarding world survived two world wars without the masquerade coming down? I agree and disagree when it comes to Shigaraki. He certainly starts out as a villain who just wants to watch the hero-based society burn, but a huge part of his villainous character development comes from him wondering why everyone cares more about people like Hero-Killer Stain than himself, and hearing from Deku, "I neither agree with you nor understand you. I may not agree with Stain, but at least I understood where he was coming from" makes Shigaraki rationalize his hatred for the hero-based society and put that towards a clear goal. Also, him attacking the police transport ambulance wasn't just to kick Overhaul when he's down; it was to get vengeance for Overhaul killing Magne (as another part of Shigaraki's development was him learning to actually value his minions) and, more significantly, also to steal the Quirk-Erasing bullets that were being transported with Overhaul. So, it actually was in his best interests to intercept the police ambulance. He certainly remains a villain without sympathetic qualities or motivations, but he's become far more pragmatic about it and has a lot more conviction than a typical "wanting to watch the world burn" villain.

I really dislike love triangles; they're annoying to watch and they're everywhere in every piece of media that has even so much as one teenage/young-adult character. I just can't stand it. I'm also sick and tired of seeing will-they won't-they and on-again off-again nonsense. There are more ways to write a romance subplot than just those, and they make it obvious that the writers have no idea what to do with the characters if they do put them together; that or they're not interested in actually developing the subplot and character dynamics and just want to bait shippers. I also dislike the clueless chick magnet trope: this occurs when a character (pretty much always male) has multiple characters (pretty much always female) pining for him, and he has no idea. Not only does it make it pretty much guaranteed that the character will never actually pick one until the end of the story, in which case thanks for wasting time on it, but it's always done for characters that are supposed to be relatable or underdogs, yet it's neither relatable nor an underdog trait in the slightest. Same, I can't stand yandere characters. As for "replacement villains", I think there are some examples that are done fairly well (Zagred in Black Clover comes to mind), but I agree that, most of the time, it is a waste. I much would've preferred for Ganondorf and Zant to be clearly working together as a Big Bad Duumvirate (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBadDuumvirate), and I really disliked when Madara and Kaguya appeared in Naruto Shippuden as I much preferred Nagato and Tobi as antagonists.

This is basically how I think of the show too; funny enough. You're definitely right about the feelz; few pieces of media have ever made me cry, and this show managed to make me cry during every episode from episode 3 onward. The special episode is good. It's basically a normal episode that's the length of two episodes. I can't figure out where it would actually fit with the other episodes, but perhaps that's just another reason why it's listed on its own as a special episode.

Okay. I haven't seen either Sacred Blacksmith or Seven Deadly Sins, so I can't really say anything about them. By the way, Grancrest is only 24 episodes long, so you don't need to invest too much time. As for clichés, funny enough, Grancrest actually defies a few typical anime clichés (the protagonist and the female lead actually get together fairly early in the story, for just one example).

I liked it and I think it's a show worth recommending, so I'm recommending it. It's certainly not flawless, but it's far from, "FE mixed with the worst part of Game of Thrones". Grancrest had one weak moment at the end of episode 9; that was it. GoT was bad for more than half of its run on TV.

You've seen Violet Evergarden?! Cool. That was one of the first few anime I've ever seen, yet not even people I know who watch a lot of anime have seen it. What did you think of it? Have you ever seen the anime Record of Grancrest War? It is a lot like Fire Emblem: medieval fantasy, the story's all about warfare (hence the name). If you haven't seen it, you might enjoy it.

My first anime experience was a show called Spider Riders that I saw as a kid. I'm not sure if it's an anime in the strictest sense, since it was made jointly by a Japanese animation studio and a Canadian animation studio, but every article about it refers to it as an anime, so I'm going to count it. It was one of my favourite shows: it had a very interesting and creative premise, good characters, and a very interesting twist near the end. After that show ended, I didn't see any anime until last year, when a YouTube channel I watch that reviews media recommended One-Punch Man, despite it not being an anime channel. I was intrigued by its premise, so I decided to watch it, and I absolutely loved it. Since then, most shows that I've tried for the first time have been anime, and I've seen the following anime in order: 1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: I absolutely loved this one as well; easily one of my favourite shows. 2. Violet Evergarden: This show made me cry (in a good way); it's one of the saddest stories I've ever seen, and yet, at the same time, one of the most heartwarming. 3. Code Geass: This show had a lot of neat concepts, but the side characters were underutilized and the story was a massive trainwreck. I had to stop watching after an infamous scene in season 1 that I shall refer to as "The Euphemia Incident", as that moment killed my interest in the show. 4. Fairy Tail: Netflix only had season 1, but I would not watch season 2 even if it did become available. I liked the idea of a world of magic, and there were some things that I thought had potential (like Lucy being the viewpoint character instead of the more standard shonen protagonist Natsu), but the writing really wasn't very strong and the worldbuilding was rather surface-level. 5. Record of Grancrest War: Another show that I loved. It's honestly really underrated and I'm surprised that not many have seen it. 6. Naruto: This one took a month to binge-watch, and I even skipped a lot of the filler. While certainly flawed, particularly in later arcs, it was very enjoyable overall. I even watched The Last: Naruto the Movie and the post-shippuden episodes. 7. My Hero Academia: I watched this before going into Naruto's war arc to give myself a break. Another show that I really liked. I'm currently watching Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Black Clover. I'm enjoying both; Black Clover more so than Boruto, but I think both are worth watching.

The last non-IS game I played on my own was the remake of Link's Awakening, so the developers are the team at Grezzo that make remakes for Nintendo. The next FE game would be a remake; almost certainly a remake of Geneology of the Holy War. Unlike Echoes, however, it knows what to preserve and what to update for the most part. It would thus more than likely be the best-received of all the FE remakes.

Interesting. Well, that theory's a bust. Still, it is hard to believe that, "less than 1% of players who did the survey liked the game for the story" claim when all I keep hearing from people who played Super Paper Mario is that the story of the game was the best part.

@Jave I recently came across a theory that might explain the survey and the discrepancy. As you said, you were awarded those Club Nintendo coins for filling in the survey. I wonder how many people who filled in the survey just wanted the coins and just rushed through the survey and just spammed whatever was the first answer.

For Honor. I got the PS4 version without knowing about PlayStation Plus or the fact that the entire game required being online; even the single-player story mode for some stupid reason. I was thankfully able to play the story mode, but every other part of the game required PlayStation Plus. So, I was able to play the game to its full extent for only three days (the length of PlayStation Plus's free trial) and then had to put it away. Fire Emblem Fates. It was the first time I was able to be hyped for a Fire Emblem game, as it was the first time I heard about a new Fire Emblem game before it released. The trailers made me think there was going to be fantastic gameplay and an exciting deep story. I got the special edition of the game so I didn't have to buy the three versions separately... and I was so disappointed.

The Wind Waker has the worst music I've ever heard in my life! It brings shame to video game soundtracks!

Will this ever end? 🤦‍♂️ Yes; I didn't know about the Worms series. All anime is amazing and the best form of media there is! Literature pales in comparison to anime!

I thought Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was one of the "popular anime"; at the very least, I've seen people who discuss media on YouTube reference it all the time. Watch Brotherhood. The original FMA caught up to the manga too soon and had to write its own 2nd half. Brotherhood is a much more 1:1 adaptation of the manga, and it is far better than the original FMA. I say this as someone who doesn't even watch a lot of anime; FMA Brotherhood is absolutely fantastic. For some more really good anime, there's also season 1 of One-Punch Man, and Violet Evergarden.

That's another good answer, though I still think it would be interesting if its up special would be it being carried through the air by a Starly.

Jumping would be similar to Ivysaur. Recovery would be by having a Starly that lives in the tree on its back lift Torterra by the tree, since the Pokedex data for Torterra says that bird Pokemon like to build nests on Torterra's back. But, in any case, I wasn't being serious when I said Torterra would be a better choice than Decidueye or Sceptile.

I've been wanting either Decidueye or Sceptile in Smash Bros. for quite some time. When Incineroar was announced, I was really disappointed. Honestly, I'd be happy if either one ended up as a fighter, but I honestly doubt it's going to happen at this point. Besides, Torterra would be a far better choice than either of them (just kidding; as cool as I think it would be, I doubt Torterra as a Smash Bros. fighter would actually happen).

I can't really say, since I didn't get a Switch until months after Three Houses released, so my opinion of the game hasn't really had enough time to change since I'm still playing through it.

I agree completely with all of this: every medium has its own strengths and weaknesses that make it better for certain forms of storytelling than others. For instance, I could say that Ico is a video game with a great story. However, if one were to try to write an Ico novel (and someone actually did), it just wouldn't work as well, because the kind of story being told in Ico is one that plays to the strengths of a video game for storytelling, but not those of a novel. Even within mediums, different genres, art styles, etc., have different strengths and weaknesses. 2D animation has completely different strengths and weaknesses from 3D animation, and some of the best animated works of fiction combine the two in ways that have all the strengths and few-to-none of the weaknesses. This is true for western animation and for anime, but in different ways because of the very different art styles. The different strengths and weaknesses of the different mediums and how well they're utilized could be a great topic for discussion all on its own; trying to argue that one is inherently better than the other is just not true. Literature arguably has been more impactful than anime, sure, but that's because literature has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years, while anime is only 103 years old. The "classics" of literature like The Lord of the Rings and such have simply had more time to be more impactful than, say, Dragon Ball, and even there, different anime like Dragon Ball and Miyazaki's works have been able to be huge worldwide phenomenons with lasting impact even outside of other anime.

Wow; that is some good art, which reminds me of one actual shortcoming of anime that I think most would agree on: the difficulty in keeping up with the manga it's adapting without overtaking it. Naruto was stuffed full of filler to the point where over 40% of the show is non-canon just to keep from overtaking the manga, the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime did overtake the manga and ended up having to write its own second half (and I heard the same thing happened to some other anime called Akime ga Kill or something like that; I haven't seen it and I've barely heard of it). Of course, not all anime are adaptations of manga; Code Geass was completely original... though it's perhaps not the best example since it was a writing trainwreck, but that's beside the point. Oh, yeah; Kyoto Animation is really good at that. I haven't seen the show you used as an example, but I have seen Violet Evergarden, which was made by Kyoto Animation, and you're absolutely right. The amount of expression on the characters is amazing and it was used extremely well in Violet Evergarden since so much of the show's emotion depends on the characters, and it manages to make the show easily one of the saddest things I've ever seen (if a show can make you cry, this one definitely will). Here's the "full" opening of the show just to give an idea: