Fuckin Bandai Namco and their shitty 2 second dragon ball trailers man lol
NPD March 2019
https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella
Mat has the postings for where Iām getting the other numbers from on his twitter
Switch is apparently the top selling console for March as well as for the quarter this far. KH III is apparently the best selling game out of the entire franchise in US thus far and is also the top selling game for the first quarter without having charted in the top 20 for March. Also DMC 5 has the second best launch sales month in the franchise history with the record holder being DMC 4. Hoping the DMC 5 at least keeps its selling legs for a bitā¦donāt want this series to go on another hiatus.
Top 20 for March: Division 2, Sekiro (Eyyyyyyy!), MLB 19, DMC 5 (eyyyy!!), Smash Ult, RDR II, NBA 2K19, GTA V, Yoshiās Crafted World, CoD: Blops 4, Anthem, MK8D, Jump Force (huhā¦was expecting this to be lower or not make it), NSMBUD, Far Cry New Dawn, Minecraft, Battlefield V, LoZ: BotW, Borderlands (well well well!), Ass Creed: Odyssey.
1st Q Top 10: KHIII, Division 2, Anthem, REmake 2, RDR II, Jump Force, Smash Ult, Sekiro, CoD Blops 4, NSMBUD
Top 10 for rolling 12 months: RDR II, CoD Blops 4, NBA 2K19, Smash Ult, Dat Madden 19, Spider-man, God of War 2018, Ass Creed: Odyssey, FIFA 19, MK8D
PS4 top 10: Division 2, MLB 19, Sekiro, DMC 5, RDR II, NBA 2K19, CoD Blops 4, Jump Force, Spider-man (hanging in there!), GTA V
Xbone top 10: Division 2, Sekiro (would have thought this would be lower), DMC 5 (ditto), Anthem (yeahā¦thatās about right), RDR II, CoD Blops III, GTA V, NBA 2K19, Battlefield V, Far Cry New Dawn
Switch top 10: Smash Ult, Yoshiās Crafted World, MK8D, NSMBUD, LoZ: BotW, Super Mario Party, Super Mario Odyssey, Pokemon Letās Go Pikachu, Pokemon Letās Go Eevee, Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (no real 3rd parties on this list save for this game hoping the 3rd parties arenāt getting suffocated by Nintendoās 1st party again)
3DS top 10: Kirby Extra Epic Yarn (really? wellā¦I guess there isnāt much new coming out soā¦), Pokemon US, Pokemon UM, LoZ MM3D, Super Mario Maker, Mario & Luigi BIS+BJJ, Smash 4, Mario Kart 7, SM3DL, Luigiās Mansion.
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Yeah that trailer showed barely anything.
I completed Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise PS4 campaign yesterday.
It was roughly 18.5 hours with a handful of substories.
I am a relatively newbie to FOTNS and Yakuza, but since I liked Yakuza 0/Kiwami1/2 , I was excited to try it. I have seen the 152 episode 1984 FOTNS anime series,but no other media/games.
Pros:
The graphics and character designs are faithful to the anime/manga designs from what I could tell. The original characters like Xsana/Jagre/Lyra/Targa/KyoOh fit in well.
The music is decent especially the Receive You song.
There is a lot of fun side content and mini games like Yakuza. I liked the baseball games, dr rhythm, and Bartending games. The substories are 50/50. (I think Yakuza does them better)
The final battle and the big twist in the last chapter
The Jagi/Devil rebirth/ boss battles
The Yakuza Jpn voice actors being used for certain characters was very fitting.
especially the following:
Kiryuuuu-chan as Kenshiro
Majima as Jagi
Ryuji Goda as Raoh
I only listened briefly to English actors during one or two gameplay youtube vids, but the Kenshiro actor was decent.
Cons:
About 1/3 of the story stuff feels unnecessary padding to get it to a Yakuza length campaign. I know there is the usual āget dog food, then give to this personā stuff.
But some of it was a bit much.
Ex: Rei and Ken are investigating Jagi
Rei: Lets talk to the bartender. (After) Go take a nap and then talk to Jagre. Ok Take another nap and then talk to Xsana. Is Rei hypothyroid? Fist of the North Slumber lol
The progression seems to be artificially held back compared to Yakuza. Usually in Yakuza, every few chapters, I can upgrade a few āareasā and I understand that not everything can be maxed out in 1 playthrough of the campaign especially with minimal progress in substories/minigames. However, FOTNS seems to be stingy with unlocking and requirements.
While this is an original story, I feel some characters have very little impact especially Shin, Toki, and Rei. Shin being the intro/tutorial boss seems a bit minimal considering he was the guy who gave Kenshiro the seven scars. Why not Daboog err Heart?
My biggest problem is the fighting . Its not bad, but the heat actions seem to get boring after seeing only 8-9 being done. The burst mode in this doesnt seem as āhelpfulā as Kiryu climax Heat or aura based heat moves. Like Kiwami 1, you seem to get knocked down frequently and it takes a while to get back up. The variety in heat movies is arguably my favorite part of Yakuza games. Doing them barehanded, doing them with weapons, doing them against various settings (against a car, a wall, with the help of a citizen etc) Kenshiro being all powerful means he doesnt really need a potted plant or bicycle to own guys, but it makes Yakuza funny and fun.
I also wish there were more crowd control moves available.
Overall: Itās just ok. 7/10.
I may do some substories here and there
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Astral Chain information and screenshots
Def looking forward to seeing more of this in June.
Also apparently the Detective Pikachu movie got a preview screening in japan aaaand just about everything I read is positiveā¦really positive.
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I still say giving a game that is just ok a 7/10 is silly. It should be more like 5/10. I see 7 and Iād think that would be a good game seeing as a 10/10 is best and like a 9/10 is fuckinā great game. Mehā¦
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I have a weird grading scale.
7 in my mind is the bare minimum of āgoodā .
5/6 is mediocre.
4 and under is pure shit.
Iām probably one of the most forgiving people in terms of giving marks to games/movies on here (well second to chadouken)
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Sounds a lot like the U.S grading scale.
And like most modern gaming sites that havenāt pussied out on giving a numerical value to their reviews.
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It should be like - 1-Trash, 2-Pretty Lame, 3-Meh, 4-Aight, 5-Its Ok, 6-Its Not Bad, 7-Good, 8-Real Good, 9-Fuckinā Great, 10-GOAT.
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A 5 is 50% on a 10 point scale.
You arenāt going to even get out of Kindergarten with marks like that.
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Just finished MK11 storylineā¦
I donāt know how NRS will go on from here. The time line has been reset for good!!
Thats why 5 is āIts OKā. Its not really bad but its not all that good. Falls right in the middle. With the way ya boy up there rates the games he should only be using a 5 point scale.
Or A, B, C, D, F.
Spoiler tag spoilers, bruh. FFS.
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Sigh
5 out of 10 is an Fā¦
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Iām hoping for a āDemo is available NOW!ā at E3.
I need to get back to FotNS, but at this rate, Iāll probably be playing Judgement before then. Iāve liked what Iāve played so far, even the driving sections.
LMAO. I read the first half of that statement and was thinking, wait a minuteā¦
Then I read whatās in the parentheses 
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Those were some long ass credits to have nothing at the end.
G, H, I, even unto The Last J, is an A, when you play, chad. 
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Apparently as of this week the Switch has surpassed the N64ās life time sales
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/437070/nintendo-switch-outsells-nintendo-64/
Neat. 
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