Oh this is super-cool. :grin: Shame they had to go with Majora's Mask as an example, though (excellent game though it is!) - that's going to be like a red rag to a bull, as far as Nintendo is concerned! :shock:

... Now I'm wondering how well the excellent and criminally-overlooked Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! [External Link] (whose story-director was Naoki Yoshida/"Yoshi-P" [External Link], who's at Square-Enix these days) would fare...

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Quoting: mallogFor a Linux site, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this. The adverts will probably be delivered through a specific domain, which can be blocked in your firewall.

Knowing EA, they'll probably have locally-stored ads ready to go for offline use, too, hahaha! :tongue:

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Even though RPGs simply aren't my thing, and my favourite RPG Maker game (2004's Yume Nikki [External Link] ) is both not an RPG at all and is way too old for this project, this is really cool to see - it's always good to see a broadening of the Linux-gaming landscape. :grin:

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderShe doesnt play games that dont have bombs....... Even Stardew Valley has bombs....... I think thats why she likes it so much........ :wink:

You cheeky swine! That's not true at all! :tongue: :grin:

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Quoting: WoodlandorDoes it have bombs or something? 🤔

Yes, but that's entirely beside the point! And, y'know, there aren't any Bomberman games in this Fest. :tongue:

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Spelunky [External Link] (Proton) is in this Fest for £2.74. If you don't already have it, now's a really good time to pick it up for peanuts! :grin: (Honestly, this game is so endlessly replayable, I've never fully understood why it got a sequel...)

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Quoting: Augustus-OctavianAww I wish there was more official support from companies than from random distros that may or may not exist tomorrow.

Asus doesn't even properly support repairing the ROG Ally hardware [External Link].

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Quoting: dindonDragon Quest is about 88M units sold worldwide ($5B revenue) whereas Final Fantasy sits around 180M ($19B). Dragon Quest is popular in Japan but it's nowhere near the level of Final Fantasy in term of sales or revenue overall.

Though it's worth noting that Square-Enix will often fail to release Dragon Quest titles outside of Japan. It's a little bit odd, really, considering that Square had to merge with Enix to save themselves after the early-2000s Final Fantasy movie nearly bankrupted them! :shock: You'd think that they'd want to have a broader slate of titles globally in order to avoid putting all their eggs in that one basket again.

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Quoting: elmapulmonster hunter is another big hit...

It is, but it belongs to Capcom. :wink: I'll throw Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Romancing SaGa, The World Ends With You, and all their sequels into the list, plus once-famous one-offs like The Bouncer and Rad Racer, to replace that one.

You're totally right about Dragon Quest, by the way! :grin:

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Interesting that we have Square Enix just generally looking to expand across more platforms and slow down a little for quality, while EA just want to put adverts in your games.

And don't forget how Microsoft has closed a bunch of award-winning studios and now thinks that focussing on mobile telephones and bringing back Candy Crush Saga will save the Xbox brand. :tongue:

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