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Patrick Klepek
patrickklepek
Senior reporter at Kotaku, streaming Mario deaths at youtube.com/patrickklepek

Hi all, Sony talked about the beast stuff prior to release, so I figured this was a pretty safe way to address it, but I’ve decided to pull back on the headline, since apparently the news was not as widespread as I figured. Apologies! Your feedback on this stuff is always appreciated. Read more

There’s probably a spreadsheet that figures out how everything scales in NG+, but I basically grinded from 80s to 110 or so and it seemed to balance. Read more

It’s cool that drops are happening more frequently, but I see no reason why they can’t just make them absurdly expensive in one of the shops, either. Read more

Linkle *is* someone else, but I’m with you that a brand-new character, with a brand-new name, that just so happens to be a new hero of time, is the way to go. Read more

I hate a notebook full of “I WANT TO SAY THIS” and then I give a dirty look at the embargo date. Read more

It’s not ‘Link,’ though—it’s a different character. They actually did what you wanted. Read more

It’s a different Link in every game. Link is merely a hero picked by the goddess to be the hero of time, right? Is there any reason the start of the game couldn’t just be the player/goddess picking someone else? Read more

Think of it this way: if they’re forced to take a legal challenge deep, it could possibly set precedent that benefits everyone. Read more

They’ll stop when the game starts being boring, which I hope is a long time from now. Read more

Somehow we’ll convince Nintendo to make it official!! Read more