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The Monday letters page is alarmed to find out Super Mario<\/a> 64 has a 30th anniversary going on this week, as another reader sticks up for Marvel\u2019s Wolverine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Games Inbox<\/a> is a collection of our readers\u2019 letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Two anniversaries, no games An only slightly less annoying subject is where the heck the next 3D Mario game is. It\u2019ll be nine years next months since Super Mario Odyssey<\/a> and we haven\u2019t had even the slightest hint about a new game, while the Switch 2<\/a> is getting on for two years old. We had more tie-ins with Star Fox coming out of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie than we have Mario and I don\u2019t think he was featured in any game for more than two seconds in any of this year\u2019s Nintendo Directs.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure we\u2019re all in favour of not overdoing any character but this is a very odd situation. I saw some speculation as to whether the next Mario would be open world and this does seem to me like a logical guess, although it\u2019ll be a bit odd that Kirby gets an open world game before Mario.<\/p>\n But after games like Zelda<\/a> and experiments Bowser\u2019s Fury,<\/a> and even bits of Odyssey, I think it can definitely be done well, without turning into a Ubisoft<\/a> game. The very fact that we can predict it probably means it\u2019s not true, but I\u2019d love to hear if anyone had any other ideas. \t\t\t\tExpert, exclusive gaming analysis\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter<\/a> for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n There\u2019s dozens of us! Personally, I would\u2019ve preferred if it had been a regular X-Men story, not because I didn\u2019t like the characters but there weren\u2019t actually that many of them and Walter\u2019s plot was handled very oddly, with a very sudden end, where I wasn\u2019t even 100% sure what was up with him.<\/p>\n But in terms of gameplay it was great. Not too shallow at all. I enjoyed it, didn\u2019t find it too easy, and never got bored of it. More or less anyway. They probably could\u2019ve shaved two or three hours off the running time and it would\u2019ve been better but then they couldn\u2019t charge \u00a370 for it and you know what publishers are really bothered about\u2026 Tales from the c-suite Hundreds of people being laid off and the only thing he can think to say is ,\u2019But ackshually! We have had had as many pre-orders as you\u2019d expect considering our percentage of the console business!\u2019 OK, so not very many at all then? I know all execs are off their trolley to some degree but Xbox ones always seem the most unhinged. Sony<\/a> are just as bad but they have one sensible role: don\u2019t talk unless you absolutely have to. Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The Legend of Ganon You only have to think about it for a few minutes and the idea falls apart. Are you going to be playing as Ganondorf doing evil things\u2026 in a Nintendo game? Or are you going to have him start out as nice and then slowly learn to be evil? Like at the start he\u2019s just a brat and then he learns the ways of being a genocidal manic as the story goes on?<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know what type of game it would\u2019ve been, but the whole premise makes no sense to me. And before anyone says Bowser\u2019s Inside Story and Super Mario RPG\u2026 Bowser is a buffoonish cartoon turtle that\u2019s never got anything right. Ganon has won multiple times before and slaughtered (presumably) millions of people, I\u2019m not sure how you either start with that or, even worse, lead up to it in a game that isn\u2019t The Last Of Us levels of serious. Wait and see I think in the next few months Sony will say discs are staying but won\u2019t apologise. So remember this message. If developers say they should keep the disc, I\u2019m saying Sony will U-turn on it and say discs will be staying and I will be emailing in when they do and say told you so. Tribute band At the very best, all you could hope for is a completely new team making something in the same style, but at this point Playtonic would be closer to an authentic Rare than actual Rare. And to be honest they\u2019ve been around for 12 years old now and they\u2019ve still not really made anything that great.<\/p>\n We talk a lot about video game series that outstay their welcome, after years and years of using the same name to sell something that\u2019s basically completely different than what it started as . Rare aren\u2019t Rare anymore, Infinity Ward aren\u2019t Infinity Ward anymore, I don\u2019t know if Valve even employs people that can make games nowadays and who can say what\u2019s happened at Blizzard, but you can just tell how much has changed since their next Starcraft game is going to be a first person shooter.<\/p>\n Some Japanese companies keep the same people for decades but that\u2019s not usually true for anywhere else, at least not except for execs and the odd one-off. You\u2019re literally only as good as your last game, in my opinion, simply because probably the same people weren\u2019t even involved. People leave, people join, developers change. Same as always As far as I can see FC 27 is pretty much the same as always: some improvements, some pointless changes, even more microtransactions. I know we should hold them up to higher standards but\u2026 this is how it\u2019s always going to be, isn\u2019t it? \t\t\t\tDon’t miss Gaming news! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal GameCentral reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for gaming stories. We have all the latest video games news, reviews, previews, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click the button below and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \nAdd us as a Preferred Source<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \t\t Forced error Well, I have to say it really is a great game, with almost 70 hours played it\u2019s been difficult to turn off at night and has led to a number of very difficult school runs. I also work for myself at home and have struggled to not just take a day off to continue playing where I left off the night before. It\u2019s also breathed some life back into my PlayStation Portal as it\u2019s a perfect fit for it, especially when my daughter claimed the front room TV or after I turned off my PlayStation 5 at night and then decided I wanted more once in bed.<\/p>\n One thing I was disappointed in though was its performance, even on my PS5 Pro with VRR enabled, and in performance mode, the third person sections were quite poor, with frequent stuttering, and during battles there was lots of freezing, a few crashes here and there forcing a reset and the camera often has a mind of its own.<\/p>\n I had heard about all these issues before hand but was hoping for a patch to fix them. However, there hasn\u2019t been any yet. I also found the third person sections to be a bit of a waste of time, where you are essentially just walking to a battle with nothing to do in-between.<\/p>\n In this area I think Mario + Rabbids handles it better. That being said, overall I think it\u2019s an amazing game and it won\u2019t be getting traded. I already feel like playing it for a third time but will wait until over Christmas for that probably.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not the biggest Star Wars fan, I enjoy the films (pre-Disney anyway) but I really enjoyed the story too. Took a little bit to get invested but by the end I genuinely liked all the characters and cared about what happened to them. Fingers crossed for a healthy slice of DLC in the not too distant future. GC: We didn\u2019t see it crash but it certainly has some technical issues. The problems at the end of development<\/a> are likely the reason for that, so if they do get further funding perhaps some of that can be improved on.<\/p>\n Inbox also-rans Does anyone actually call it EA Sports FC 27 or even just FC 27? Everyone I know just says FIFA. It\u2019s part being used to it and part it\u2019s just a really rubbish new name. Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The small print You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader\u2019s Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page<\/a>, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot.<\/p>\n You can also leave your comments below and don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow
I doubt Nintendo<\/a> will acknowledge it but it\u2019s the 30th anniversary of Super Mario 64<\/a> this week, in terms of its US release. It came out in June for Japan though and not till March the next year for Europe. Still, I\u2019m sure there\u2019s no one here that likes to be reminded that the game, and possibly they, are that old.<\/p>\n
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The reader at the weekend, talking about Marvel\u2019s Wolverine<\/a> has my axe. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call it my game of the year, considering GTA 6<\/a> is coming out in a couple of months, but I really liked it. It\u2019s not going to change the world or win a ton of awards (GC said this in their preview<\/a>, let alone their review, I remember) but it did what it set out to and I liked it.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve never heard this Xbox<\/a> exec\u2019s name before but I see he\u2019s following in the long history of dummies that just can\u2019t stop taking (or typing). He felt he had to defend the honour of Xbox but the only fact he could argue is the number of GTA 6 pre-orders<\/a> (which he didn\u2019t give a number for, we just have to take his word on).<\/p>\n
Danko<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t say I\u2019m particularly surprised that Nintendo decided not to make a game about Ganondorf<\/a>, the \u2018King of Evil\u2019. Although I\u2019m surprised that basing it on him was Nintendo\u2019s idea, not Ubisoft\u2019s, who seemed to be the sensible ones pushing for a new character.<\/p>\n
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If Sony is asking what developers think of the disc ending for games I\u2019m sorry, it means Sony is worried they have made the wrong decision. This is Sony. As you know, in Sony\u2019s eyes they don\u2019t do anything wrong, until now. Even though the factory that makes them has started making something else they are still making 10% of discs. Why else would they now, all of a sudden, ask developers? They\u2019re not sure if it\u2019s right.<\/p>\n
David<\/p>\n
At this point I would imagine that Rare as a company<\/a> are well past the point of ever returning to their former greatness. Gregg Mayles was the last of the old guard to leave and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anyone there now that has done anything anyone actually likes, other than Sea Of Thieves.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve started playing EA Sports FC 27<\/a> and I\u2019m a fine with it. I\u2019ll be brutally honest, I long ago stopped thinking about it as a normal video game that you give reviews and scores to. That is not a compliment to the game, because it\u2019s always had a lot of problems, but it\u2019s just party of the furniture now. If you don\u2019t get it what are you going to play? Even if it\u2019s eFootball it hasn\u2019t got all the proper teams and players, so you\u2019re losing half the appeal.<\/p>\n
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So I\u2019ve just completed my second playthrough of Star Wars Zero Company<\/a> and thought I\u2019d share my thoughts. With this not being my usual cup of tea, but after thoroughly enjoying the Mario + Rabbids game years ago, and recently it\u2019s sequel, I thought I\u2019d take a punt on Zero Company and swiftly trade it in afterwards.<\/p>\n
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So after reading your Rare article, I tried to think of what studios Microsoft bought and turned into world beaters\u2026 now I\u2019m getting on my memory is not as good, but I couldn\u2019t think of any.
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