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I feel like one of these is controversial but here it is:

• Lost in Translation: a quiet film, perfectly cast and beautifully shot with the ability to say a lot of different things depending on the age I watch it
• End of Evangelion: some art follows us through our lives, regardless of objective quality, and this is one of those for me. it’s characters are irredeemable but through that you have a lot to think about. like the above, revisiting this at different ages is fun
• Happy People: A Year in the Taiga: this is a slow, layered, exquisitely shot documentary about the year of a trapper in the Taiga. more than that, it’s generous in its pathos and presenting the philosophy of its main subjects
• Matrix 4: among many other things, it’s a film about why film is dead, reflecting the evolution of culture since the 90’s with the evolution of the internet. its a high budget arthouse film, a miracle it exists
• Blade Runner 2049: the fact a case can be made that it surpasses the original says it all
• Scott Pilgrim vs the World: pure creativity on film. out of that period of indie coming of age films it tops them imo
• Porco Rosso: on pure animation alone it gets on here
• Iris: beautiful portrait of getting old told through an interesting subject who has lived a full, active and creative life
• The Fellowship of the Ring: perfection on film, one of the last blockbusters of its kind. when considering the logistics of the time it was shot it’s even more impressive
• Get Real: gay coming of age film perfectly capturing what it’s like going through high school in less accepting (though still relatable) and open times. the thing I love about this one is how much it keeps things positive, rare for a film of its type at the time

The Yuji Naka situation (aside from him probably doing a bunch of crimes) making all those rumours about him being not fun to work with seem true is up there for me.

That or Pokemon. Nintendo hasn’t released something that poor quality in literal decades. It’s quietly the "Big News" thing of the year for me.

The Bayonetta thing is nothing, literal twitter drama and someone having their bad moment on the internet. I honestly find it a little cruel people keep going on about it.

Probably someone no one pays attention to from Taito or something.

Out of those, definitely Miyamoto.

Thankfully this is the GB forum, squirrelled away in the smallest crack of the internet where I don’t have to feel that much secondhand embarrassment for everyone engaging in this thread.

All I can say is it’s wild Waypoint has more or less kept their independent voice within their behemoth parent company and haven’t been tossed around. If people aren’t already, I strongly recommend giving them a try for that old GB vibe, their in person shows are legendary.

On this one, I feel better than I did with Red Ventures but I wouldn’t be surprised if more people leave. Being tossed around like this can get exhausting and I feel bad for everyone (Rorie and Jason especially). At least they’ll be kept busy for a while. Must be difficult to make a career or move up in seniority in this kind of environment.

I love Vaan, he’s one of the best used protags of FF in the context of his own game. In a game where the story sucks ass, having a chill as protag is kind of nice. If he meant more to the story the game would 100% suffer for it because it’d lay bare how thin it all is.

Also I agree about the HD version. I think they AI upscaled a lot of the textures, there’s a real heavy "photoshop" sharpening effect to everything. It just looks wrong enough to be off putting imo and I had to stop playing it after like 10 hours when it came out because of this.

@curseofthewise: I have nothing to add but I agree with everything you’re saying. It helps to get off the internet and to understand that the rage and injustice you’re feeling is shared by the majority of your fellow citizens.

Dark times but try and find the light where you can, donate and help where you can.

This isn’t to diminish how useful his shows are, because they clearly are, but from the jump it’s been about increasing his and his friends profiles so they make a lot of money. There’s a reason the celebrity fucking this year got on everyone’s nerves and the reason it’s not going to get better; the shows aren’t for you or me. It’s to increase a bunch of rich peoples profiles and to advertise to a mass audience.

Simple.

Tekken plays like a 2D fighter as of 5 so nah.

Accessibility options have been in fighting games (2D and 3D) for decades now, so I feel your argument is based off a false pretence.

Also I really disagree with the claim 3D fighters haven’t been simplifying to pull in and keep audiences. The 100% reason I stopped playing Tekken, Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat etc was because they introduced too many comeback mechanics, too many a-b-c type combos and supers. Like if anything, 3D has been aping 2D in all the wrong ways lately, whereas 2D has been getting smarter about this stuff (Strive and FighterZ are good examples of this).