I think the most interesting part of ultima is that while it’s not a no combat rpg it’s still very invested in making sure its set pieces aren’t primarily combat scenarios
Unrelated but while I already knew many people just discount games made pre famicom, the amount of people acting like super mario bros is the first game ever is kinda silly to me
Smb1 is a trend setter but I don’t really think viewing the game in context would actually change things significantly tbh, I think you guys need to play more pre famicom games
I think most 3d Zelda’s are too “simple” for lack of a better term you rarely have enemies that force you to think about your tools or movement intelligently and your tools aren’t that interesting either, I do think the botw games and echoes have potential to be really good tho
G-Self by Pokemon designer Yusuke Ohmura!
He's credited with being the creator of Piplup but also there's unconfirmed info about him being responsible for a lot of pokemon designs from Gens 4 - 8. I guess we'll know for sure when that new book comes out