WinterSnowblind

I don't pretend to be an expert, but going from 350 employees to, and I quote, "around 60" and losing the CEO within a year paints a pretty worrying picture.

I could definitely believe he's just leaving so he can work on other projects, but on top of that, the game has dismal Steam numbers, has had almost no new content over the past year, prevalent bugs that haven't been addressed and this year we're getting half the number of new heroes because they're "focusing on other areas". That would be fine if the other areas of the game were showing any signs of improvement, but they're not. Instead we just keep getting half baked features like the Danger Room that are poorly implemented before being abandoned, and more badly balanced raids that only appeal to a very select group of people playing the game.

Serbia have pretty much already won it with their "it's okay to be fat" song. The audience is going to eat that up.

I was under the impression that while it sold decently, it didn't come close to making back the development costs, which is why they pumped out the sequels as quickly as possible reusing the same assets. Cheap returns for little work.

Frankly, I dislike the direction the series has gone in over the past few years and I haven't been particularly impressed from what we've seen of XV. It seems to be making all the same mistakes, just with a half hearted attempt to return to some of the old mechanics people liked in the past. Although if they've stopped designing their entire games around big and flashy cutscenes, that'd be a start.

It's not even an antiquated idea, it's a complete misconception and was originally only used as a metaphor.

Photoshopping some text onto a picture isn't quite the same as what this guy has done (if it's fake), there are brand new character renders on here and even in game screenshots. I'm not saying we should all just believe it's authentic or anything, chances are it is just a really elaborate troll, but I think some people are writing it off a bit too quickly. Like others have said, this is exactly what happened with Brawl.

Mii Fighter isn't there because the customisation mode is off (he did show screenshots that show the customisation options for them). Dark Pitt was hinted at in a previous trailer and considering Lucina is a separate character, there's no reason to think he wouldn't be as well. Duck Hunt is exactly the type of "huh??" character they like throwing into these games and Bowser Jr was considerably more popular a couple of years ago when this game would have been being designed.

The only questionable thing I see is the positioning of the characters. Yoshi is considered to be part of his own franchise, so it doesn't make sense for him to be inbetween Rosalina and Bowser, especially with Bowser Jr sitting after him. And if they're throwing the clones on the bottom row, why aren't Ganondorf, Toon Link and Falco with them?

@irvandus: Guild Wars 2 has plenty of endgame content, just not in the traditional sense. If you're looking for number crunching and large scale raids, it doesn't have much to offer, but it more than makes up for that by having a leveling system that isn't just focused around getting to the top and grinding, plus the free bi-weekly content updates typically add a fair amount of new story content. It's not a game for everyone, but it's insanely good value for money and perfect if you're someone who can't afford to spend hours playing a single game every day.

This isn't a little known fact, it's something repeated in almost every Rare discussion that comes up. Now what people actually don't know, is that the same is true of every other major game developer these days too. People have lives, they get older and move on. The same people don't continue to work at companies for decades, you know?

I'd argue that Kameo, Nuts & Bolts and Viva Pinata were just as good as anything they ever put out on the SNES and N64. The only problem was there wasn't an audience for the games.

I've seen this said a few times and I'm not sure where the idea comes from. If the 3DS version was limited in some way or had a much smaller roster, I could maybe see the point, but it's exactly the same game, with all of the same modes, options and characters. The Wii version might have some kind of single player mode that the 3DS one is lacking, but that's going to have to be pretty special to get people who already own the game to run out and buy another copy of the same game and an expensive system to play it on.

@themasterds: You have no idea how much a certain group of fans are trying to spin the Ridley reveal into something that means he could still be playable. Didn't you notice how unnaturally he moved? almost as if.. HE WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY A PLAYER?!

Captain Falcon,Ness and Jiggly will almost definitely be back though, ai don't see them cutting the classic reps.

As an MMO, it has some pretty unique features and is generally a pretty solid experience. As an Elder Scrolls game, it doesn't come close to providing the type of gameplay or features you'd expect and feels like a shaky knock-off made by a second rate developer trying to emulate the series.