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I say don't buy the game; it sounds like the loot boxes in this one finally broke the progression good & proper.

If you still want it, however, I'd suggest waiting at least a year to pick it up. By that time, EA will probably quit paying attention to its sales figures.

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@poobumbutt: The game definitely steps it up a notch once you get to New Donk City.

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Apparently, I REALLY need to kick my habit of doing everything in a Kingdom before moving to the next if the game's ending and post-credits stuff is really this awesome.

I had been making Mario more frustrating than it needed to be because of my completionism. I should have known from the 965,456,153 or so moons the game has, but it took the recent Bombcast discussion and this post to snap me out of it - well, the Bombcast did that; this post just reiterated how kick-ass the finish/post-finish stuff is.

Seems like moving forward at a steady pace is the way to go. Luckily, I'm still pretty early on, so I can reverse my bad habit.

You should; completing the "main plot" doubles the number of Moons available in each Kingdom, so you'll have to revisit them regardless of how many you pick up the first time. Just grab the minimum number of Moons you need and move on.

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I keep turning it on before I go to bed for "a few minutes of gathering Moons".

Two hours later, I remember I'm supposed to be sleeping.

What sticks out to me about the style of the game is the sheer number of NPC species (nearly every kingdom has a unique one) and they all begin traveling to other kingdoms as you progress through the game. Not only does this feel more lived-in than most Mario games, but many of them are also traveling and having a blast. I'd liken it to the old childhood routine of mashing together a bunch of different toysets and making fun nonsense stories with them.

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Don't bother playing Skyrim again. There's nothing in the later parts of the game that's worth trudging through stuff you don't like.

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Having spent 20 hours finishing one galaxy (and starting a new one) I'd give it 4 out of 5. Past the 15-hr point I think I had most of it figured out, although there's 1-2 more things I figured out (and of course the occasional one that goes horribly wrong). It's still an excellent game to play while watching streams or when you just want a 15-minute break.

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I enjoyed it on Taco Tuesday yesterday with 3 (cheap) hardshell Taco John's tacos.

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I think they're mainly for self-contained challenges, with a slight possibility of getting the defector as a playable character later.

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#9  Edited By MikeLemmer

So if you kill another Kirby, do you get to suck up his powers?

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I imagine not having to render it in HD will be a huge benefit for framerate.

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Well this is surprising. Very curious to see the technical performance. They would have to handicap these ports quite severely to maintain 30fps, right? Or does the Switch have power to strike a good balance for these types of games?