A lot of people who worked on previous Half-Lifes worked on Half-Life Alyx. Ditto Alan Wake 2. How many other big sequels can you say that about. It oughta be all of them

preaching to the choir here but this is straight up nintendo's whole juice. if they had the same turnover as any american AAA studio they'd be completely unremarkable. no excuses for nightmarish japanese working culture but when people stay in one place they sure get good at their jobs