Here's a thinking process:
1. **Analyze User Input:**
- **Role:** Frank, excited, passionate tech-savvy news curator on the Evil Source forums.
- **Task:** Rewrite the provided article as a full, in-depth forum post.
- **Critical Rules:**
- 1 to 3 PARAGRAPHS (each 4-8 sentences).
- Tell the ENTIRE story - include EVERY detail/fact/insight.
- EXCITING, casual, direct forum style.
- Add own commentary, opinions, reactions.
- Use line breaks between paragraphs.
- End with: 'Source: <original URL>'
- If additional sources, add: 'Also see: <url1>, <url2>'
- NEVER write less than one full paragraph.
- **Source Article Details:**
- Game: Orbitals
- Genre: Two-player puzzle adventure game, asymmetrical co-op, split-screen platforming
- Platform: Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive
- Release Date: September 3, 2026
- Developer: Shapefarm + Studio Massket (Tokyo)
- Art Style: 80s-90s anime, hand-painted backgrounds, lower frame rate characters vs 3D environments, guest director Toru Yoshida (original Gundam)
- Inspiration: Gundam, Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya, Ranma 1/2
- Audio: English dubs alongside Japanese audio
- Demo Experience (Mat Smith, Summer Game Fest 2026, July 7, 2026):
- Switch 2 exclusive, big showcase in Nintendo briefing area
- Demo area styled like '90s kids' bedroom with beanbags
- Protagonists: Maki and Omura (no major difference, unlike It Takes Two)
- Omura has glasses
- Tool swapping, ship piloting vs ship guns
- Asymmetrical co-op, vertical split screen
- Tools: lasers, grappling hooks
- Puzzles: deviously playful, rotating ship sections, quelling fires, replacing covers, reconnecting circuitry
- Mechanic: press buttons on screen, includes Uno Reverse card equivalent
- Space segment: shoot ship turrets, cosmic storm
- Hub: minigames/tasks in spaceship
- Side-scrolling parts: shared screen, nostalgic chaos
- Each area has unique approach
- Source URL: https://www.engadget.com/2206831/orbitals-is-a-nostalgic-hit-of-split-screen-platforming-puzzles-and-90s-anime/
2. **Check Constraints:**
- 1-3 paragraphs? Yes.
- Each paragraph 4-8 sentences? Need to carefully count.
- Include EVERY detail? I'll weave them in carefully.
- Exciting/passionate tone? Yes, Frank's voice.
- Add commentary/opinions? Yes.
- Include ALL key info (who, what, when, where, why, how, specs, prices, dates)? Yes.
- Line breaks between paragraphs? Yes.
- End with Source: <url>? Yes.
- NEVER < 1 full paragraph? Yes.
- I need to be meticulous about sentence count per paragraph. I'll aim for exactly 2 paragraphs, each carefully crafted to have 5-7 sentences, packing in the details without feeling like a list.
Let's draft carefully, counting sentences.
*Paragraph 1 Draft:*
You guys, I just played the game of my summer at Summer Game Fest 2026, and I am absolutely losing my mind over Orbitals! Nintendo handed me a Switch 2 exclusive that feels like I just stepped into a time machine, and the demo was set up in this perfect '90s kids' bedroom complete with beanbags while we paired up for co-op. Unlike games like It Takes Two where your roles are completely locked in, the twin protagonists Maki and Omura are totally interchangeable, so my partner and I just split the labor between piloting the ship and manning the guns. We jumped into a gorgeous vertical split-screen setup where we were immediately handed lasers and grappling hooks to tackle these deviously playful puzzles, like rotating ship sections to quell fires, swapping out broken covers, and reconnecting circuitry after pulling a unit loose. Honestly, the pacing is incredibly gentle but deeply satisfying, and when we hit a button-pressing sequence that threw an Uno Reverse card at us, I just knew this game was going to reward patience and experimentation over brute force.
*Sentence count check P1:* 5 sentences. Good. Covers: SGF 20
1. **Analyze User Input:**
- **Role:** Frank, excited, passionate tech-savvy news curator on the Evil Source forums.
- **Task:** Rewrite the provided article as a full, in-depth forum post.
- **Critical Rules:**
- 1 to 3 PARAGRAPHS (each 4-8 sentences).
- Tell the ENTIRE story - include EVERY detail/fact/insight.
- EXCITING, casual, direct forum style.
- Add own commentary, opinions, reactions.
- Use line breaks between paragraphs.
- End with: 'Source: <original URL>'
- If additional sources, add: 'Also see: <url1>, <url2>'
- NEVER write less than one full paragraph.
- **Source Article Details:**
- Game: Orbitals
- Genre: Two-player puzzle adventure game, asymmetrical co-op, split-screen platforming
- Platform: Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive
- Release Date: September 3, 2026
- Developer: Shapefarm + Studio Massket (Tokyo)
- Art Style: 80s-90s anime, hand-painted backgrounds, lower frame rate characters vs 3D environments, guest director Toru Yoshida (original Gundam)
- Inspiration: Gundam, Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya, Ranma 1/2
- Audio: English dubs alongside Japanese audio
- Demo Experience (Mat Smith, Summer Game Fest 2026, July 7, 2026):
- Switch 2 exclusive, big showcase in Nintendo briefing area
- Demo area styled like '90s kids' bedroom with beanbags
- Protagonists: Maki and Omura (no major difference, unlike It Takes Two)
- Omura has glasses
- Tool swapping, ship piloting vs ship guns
- Asymmetrical co-op, vertical split screen
- Tools: lasers, grappling hooks
- Puzzles: deviously playful, rotating ship sections, quelling fires, replacing covers, reconnecting circuitry
- Mechanic: press buttons on screen, includes Uno Reverse card equivalent
- Space segment: shoot ship turrets, cosmic storm
- Hub: minigames/tasks in spaceship
- Side-scrolling parts: shared screen, nostalgic chaos
- Each area has unique approach
- Source URL: https://www.engadget.com/2206831/orbitals-is-a-nostalgic-hit-of-split-screen-platforming-puzzles-and-90s-anime/
2. **Check Constraints:**
- 1-3 paragraphs? Yes.
- Each paragraph 4-8 sentences? Need to carefully count.
- Include EVERY detail? I'll weave them in carefully.
- Exciting/passionate tone? Yes, Frank's voice.
- Add commentary/opinions? Yes.
- Include ALL key info (who, what, when, where, why, how, specs, prices, dates)? Yes.
- Line breaks between paragraphs? Yes.
- End with Source: <url>? Yes.
- NEVER < 1 full paragraph? Yes.
- I need to be meticulous about sentence count per paragraph. I'll aim for exactly 2 paragraphs, each carefully crafted to have 5-7 sentences, packing in the details without feeling like a list.
Let's draft carefully, counting sentences.
*Paragraph 1 Draft:*
You guys, I just played the game of my summer at Summer Game Fest 2026, and I am absolutely losing my mind over Orbitals! Nintendo handed me a Switch 2 exclusive that feels like I just stepped into a time machine, and the demo was set up in this perfect '90s kids' bedroom complete with beanbags while we paired up for co-op. Unlike games like It Takes Two where your roles are completely locked in, the twin protagonists Maki and Omura are totally interchangeable, so my partner and I just split the labor between piloting the ship and manning the guns. We jumped into a gorgeous vertical split-screen setup where we were immediately handed lasers and grappling hooks to tackle these deviously playful puzzles, like rotating ship sections to quell fires, swapping out broken covers, and reconnecting circuitry after pulling a unit loose. Honestly, the pacing is incredibly gentle but deeply satisfying, and when we hit a button-pressing sequence that threw an Uno Reverse card at us, I just knew this game was going to reward patience and experimentation over brute force.
*Sentence count check P1:* 5 sentences. Good. Covers: SGF 20