@Planeforger: The Nvidia leak showed a Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War remake in the pipeline. That shouldn't be too hard to have ready by this year.

Realistic: Mario Kart, 3D Mario game, Smash Bros Ultimate: Ultimate Edition, some tech demo that uses the mouse function and costs $70.

Maybe: ARMS 2, F-Zero. Nintendo doesn't talk much about ARMS, but it sold fairly well and Min Min made it to Smash. They could see it as good launch window filler. Almost put F-Zero in the next category, but 99 has me thinking they might bring this back.

Not happening: Mach Rider (I know I'm the only one asking for this), Waverace, 1080, Excite Truck/Bots, a new Star Fox with Platinum given free reign to do it however they want.

@ghostofgolden: " But what's REALLY corny is a killer cybernetic organism saying catch phrases in spanish, asking why people cry like my 5 year old would, (why? why? why?) or giving the thumbs up while being lowered into molten steel. T2 going for blockbuster status really ruined the tone of the move for me. It's an S-tier action movie for sure, but it completely changed the tone of the series."

That's all fair criticism. I actually saw T2 before the first, and might have felt the same way if I'd watched the movies in proper order. Still, the one-liners and such come about organically in my view, because the robot is protecting and interacting with a kid. He starts talking like that because John tells him to. It's all stuff a dumb kid would think is cool. And I was a dumb kid as well back when the movie came out.

@mattbbpl: I'm especially impressed with the Jurassic Park gate, but that whole room is amazing.

Kratos in the older God of War games. He's just an asshole. I get why he wants revenge, and the gods certainly deserve what's coming, but he won't shut up about it. Plus the way he'll mow down any innocent bystander that causes some minor inconvenience to his quest for revenge doesn't do it for me.

I like Dad Kratos better. Whenever Atreus bungles something up and Kratos is like, "You dumb fu... sigh... OK, let's try that again", I have to laugh at him and myself. Been there man, fukin' kids. 😆

To be clear, I like the games, just not him.

@palasta: "Agreeing with Starmer? You want british troops fighting in Ukraine? Am not sure, but it's almost like you want WW3 to happen. I guess the motto is: It will happen anyway, why not getting it over with while the opporunity presents itself."

I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but here is how I personally see it. The scenario least likely to lead to WW3, is one where Russia is pushed back and gets none of Ukraine. It leaves Putin facing the fact he does not have a strong enough army to expand. Letting Russia keep the land they have taken, has a lot of parallels to Europe conceding part of Chzeckoslovakia to Germany in 1938. Much as I'd like to see the war end, I don't want another "Peace for our time" situation where it all falls apart soon after.

@ghostofgolden: Maybe I need to rewatch these movies (it's been a while), but I liked T2 quite a bit more than T1. My memories are a bit fuzzy so I may be off base here, but my general feelings were that T1 felt like a product of it's time in a way that T2 didn't. Like, if I were to make a list of movies that represent the 80' style, I would put T1 on there next to The Breakfsst Club and Romancing the Stone. T2 certainly takes place in the 90's, but it doesn't feel like a 90's movie the way stuff like 10 things I hate About You do or Scream do.

I can't really think of many specific examples to call out since it's been so long, but one thing that does come to mind is Kyle's "I fell in love with this picture of you" moment being really corny.

@uninspiredcup: The Italians are a beautiful people. 😁

@davillain: Zelensky was defending himself, and his country. The whole thing started with Trump and Vance saying they can't be tough with Putin because they have to negotiate, and acted like they were the first ones to even think of negotiating. Zelensky pointed out that Ukraine and Europe did sit down and negotiate a deal in with Russia 2019 in an effort to avoid further land grabs, and then Russia grabbed more land anyway. Vance was the one who started throwing a fit that he was being "ungreatful", and it all escalated from there.

I'm not going to say Zelensky handled this right, but all Trump and Vance did was show the world that there are no adults in the room this time.

@dracula_16: No judgment here. Golf games tend to be surprisingly fun. I don't know what it is about timing your button press when the bar lines up with the other bar, but it works. Even setting up your shot, factoring in wind and terrain, choosing the right club. It's basically Fire Emblem.

Speaking of, I'll probably play more Fire Emblem: Engage this weekend.