@Edu23XWiiU cool cool yeah whatever, but what do you think she should've looked like though? I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to improve her design. Let's hear em sport!
@SwitchForce No disrespect intended but if you think companies care about their customers, you don't get business. Companies only care about the money. Gamers are addicted and will buy digital if that's the only option. Most of my games are digital,. unless I really like the case or it's a collectors edition. It's why Best Buy pulled all their DVDs, physical media is a dying entity. It's easier to move a bunch of hard drives then thousands of DVDs. I speak from experience on that, having moved across country easier to dump everything to HD and dispose of the discs.
They know that, and as far as what someone said about the Wii games, by the time they've shut down servers completely people have either moved on to newer systems or modded them. Look at PS2 and PS3 and even PS4, all are fully hacked and all the games can be find with a simple search. Same thing will happen in 10 years with the switch. .
@nintendozach It is not my job to track down and defend a random wiiU hacker. If they want to defend themselves, they are more than welcome to. Your idea that they deserve a defense is not grounded in any logic, only feelings. The article stated that the clear was legitimate AFTER the Mario Maker experts stated it was not. Team Zero percent could not care less who defeated Trimming the Herbs if it was truly cleared. They would be happy for them. Their whole goal was for the community, not just themselves, to 100% clear Super Mario Maker. Why would they lie? Your assumption that they would be jealous if someone cleared the level and not happy doesn't make any sense. It was cleared using a hack. Also, assuming that I'm jealous is another ridiculous fallacy. I don't even own a WiiU. Who are you suggesting should send in their WiiUs? Anyone who ever got a first clear in MM1?
@JohnnyMind Looks like Dragon Quest X Online: The Door to the Future and the Sleeping Girl is just a code for the latest expansion and does not contain a physical cartridge, so the copies sold here are just the people who wanted to buy a code in a box. Also worth noting that DQ10 launched back in 2012 so these numbers aren't that bad.
I love Hotline Miami, but even Hotline Miami’s developers struggled to recapture the magic of Hotline Miami in Hotline Miami 2. Hotline Miami as a roguelike still sounds pretty cool even if it gets repetitive, so I’ll go into it knowing this Hotline Miami clone is not as good as Hotline Miami. Thank you for reviewing this!
@ThatOnePenguin You also did not identify the first gamer whom cleared Trimming the Herbs according to Nintendos servers. The clear community is literally accusing them of cheating. That person deserves a defense against the accusation of their achievement.
@nala310I think the future is digital regardless if people want digital or not.
Then you should be driving your ecar of the future? This is short slightness mindset that doesn't factor consumer choice or whom controls what media you buy or purchase. That's not the choices I want to have. Digital you have no ownership and you agreed to their EULA/TOS and they can pull or remove at will. Take into Sony removing subscribers paid content and Crunchyroll not moving user accounts over for what they paid for. That isn't the choice I want to have.
@ThatOnePenguin Those news aggregator sites were also reporting that Trimming the Herbs clear video was legit. According to your claim that it is not, those third parties are not credible. Maybe the clear team should submit their Wii Us to a third party to make sure they did not cheat themselves? Nintendo says Trimming the Herbs was cleared. Don't be jealous.
@Daze_of_RealityAnd to the people who "embrace the all digital future"... You don't own those games - even if you paid $60 for them. If your Switch were to break down years from now and you had to redownload your purchased games on a different Switch, you're depending on Nintendo keeping their Switch services and eShop open. Ask Wii owners if they can redownload any of their purchased games. They can't. And that's what the game industry wants... For us to not own games and have to repurchase them over and over again (or rent them via Switch Online/PS Plus subscriptions). Such is true of the reality of Digital Games here's a old truth that matches up to what your mentioning about.
Nope. Nope nope nope. Played the iOS version of Corpse Party many years back. It’s brilliant. Very dark, sometimes funny, superbly voiced and deeply deeply unsettling. Hated it in the best possible way. Wouldn’t recommend. 10/10.
@batmanbud2 It's crazy to me that this is the most liked comment, even with the bump from being first. Not because I disagree, but because I've been wondering where all the other Skyward Sword fans went for the last decade. The Zelda cycle is a very real and very weird phenomenon.
I have a feeling that Rovio helped soften the blow a bit. Without the Angry Birds money printer (Not as high as King or Hoyoverse, but still a money printer) I would figure Sega might of killed Relic and even Creative Assembly as well.
@Zeebor15 You're a bit mixed up. Relic made Company of War. (And Age of Empires 4). Creative Assembly is the one making Total War games.
Loved the demo for this, especially since you can adjust the game speed if necessary. Honestly, the price + the game length doesn't bother me at all; I'm up for a short palate cleanser soon anyway. I'll definitely pick the game up after I wrap up a couple others.
@Dm9982 2U is/was available on PS Vita and is compatible with PSTV. But, it was available only in Japan. But, in 2019, the game received Windows port and official English localization. I've bought it on GOG years ago. But, I would like to double dip on Switch! «This is a series that def needs more attention and love.» Yeah. «...but I prefer mental horror rather than action/jump scares.» The same thing with me. That's why I love Japanese horrors, and that's why Japanese horrors are the best!
The demo for this was decent enough, but definitely not the feel of a 9 especially when considering it's categorized as Action Adventure. A high 7 or low 8 at best. I feel like I can trust NintendoLife review scores less and less.
@Vyacheslav333 oh crap! Was going by what I knew was on my vita!
This is a series that def needs more attention and love. That first game was probably the best horror game I’ve played to date, but I prefer mental horror rather than action/jump scares. My mother raised me on Stephen King back in the 80s, I blame her. Lol
@Lizuka Fully-voiced dialogues and 10 ExChaps are not cosmetic differences. Also, there was some differences between BGMs, probably. Oh, and music – Blood Covered has only one song, ending. While Repeated Fear has 3 songs, at least. Also, Blood Covered still have some exclusive endings in Chapter 5. And exclusive name tags...
I really enjoyed the first two games. They really had their own atmosphere. I already bought the physical special edition. So excited to get the third game. It's crazy how popular Funghi, the mushroom sidekick, got in japan verses the game itself.
@Vyacheslav333 Probably just being broad because the meaningful differences between Blood Covered and Repeated Fear are basically entirely cosmetic anyway. While Repeated Fear is the superior version you're really getting the same gameplay and story no matter which one you go with so there's really no reason not to just lump them together.
OoT is my all-time favorite game, so I understand preferring a game for the sake of nostalgia. I can understand people liking BotW for being so unique and new. However, TotK is undoubtedly a better game. It's bigger, with much more to explore, much better and more varied enemies, so much more to do, better challenges, and a significantly better story. It's not perfect, but it's a far superior game.
Maybe there's a variety of reasons, but really, every big corporation does this for one reason in particular: If corporations train their monkey customers to see products as being made by corporations and not by people, they don't need to treat the people behind their games very well, do they?
Considering the huge number of layoffs over the last couple years combined with fans ignoring those layoffs in favor of whatever exciting new thing the corporations are doing, dehumanizing their workforce is a strategy that works depressingly well.
I guarantee that at least one person in this comment section is guilty of this. I've certainly seen enough people leaping to the defense of corporations, not so much individual creators.
@kkslider5552000 Corpse Party is a Japanese Skyrim. And, Makoto Kedôin is a Japanese Todd Howard, lol. @T317 I love Corpse Party. I'm a fan since 2020 or 2019. Ryôsuke is on my avatar picture, as you can see.
I loved the first Corpse Party cause of the retro style they went with for the art and music. For some reason they abandoned that in all of the sequels and I haven't had any real interest in any of em. Too bad this one is also going in that direction.
@Ralizah «I'm cautiously optimistic. The original (Blood Covered edition, at least) is one of my all-time favorite horror games...»
Seriously? Why not Repeated Fear (PSP, iOS) or 3DS or 2021 version? Blood Covered on PC looks and sounds ugly. Characters' design looks bad, no fully-voiced dialogues, no 10 ExChaps, no CGs...
Also, I think that the Blood Drive was overhated. And 2U is hellishly underrated.
Thankfully I’ve avoided spending more then $20 in last months steam sale, and won’t be picking anything up in that list. My backlog is atleast getting shorter for a change
As a former Gamestop employee this doesn't surprise me. Worked at GS for three years, and truthfully I loved the place. The employees were good, the customers were fun, was a good place to work, but they are very heavy on stats. Everything is about upselling, either warranties, accessories, etc. Over three years I saw the store slowly get deader and deader each month. Lots of complaints about the value of trade versus how much we'd sell for. People would pre-order items that would either not show up, or arrived broken. I think the future is digital regardless if people want digital or not.
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I know it's a straight up ripoff but I love Hotline Miami enough to check this out. Hopefully I don't just end up playing through HM 1 and 2 again...
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@JohnnyMind This is just the newest expansion to Dragon Quest X. By far most people will be buying it digitally as it's an MMO.
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@Edu23XWiiU cool cool yeah whatever, but what do you think she should've looked like though? I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to improve her design. Let's hear em sport!
Re: GameStop Hit By Layoffs As Analyst Predicts 'Unsustainable' Sales Decline
@SwitchForce No disrespect intended but if you think companies care about their customers, you don't get business. Companies only care about the money. Gamers are addicted and will buy digital if that's the only option. Most of my games are digital,. unless I really like the case or it's a collectors edition. It's why Best Buy pulled all their DVDs, physical media is a dying entity. It's easier to move a bunch of hard drives then thousands of DVDs. I speak from experience on that, having moved across country easier to dump everything to HD and dispose of the discs.
They know that, and as far as what someone said about the Wii games, by the time they've shut down servers completely people have either moved on to newer systems or modded them. Look at PS2 and PS3 and even PS4, all are fully hacked and all the games can be find with a simple search. Same thing will happen in 10 years with the switch. .
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Well this is a welcome surprise! Dead Patient was in development hell so long that I gave up on it.
Hope the Wrong Ends are as good as they were in Repeated Fear and Book of Shadows. Blood Drive was a huge disappointment.
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@nintendozach It is not my job to track down and defend a random wiiU hacker. If they want to defend themselves, they are more than welcome to. Your idea that they deserve a defense is not grounded in any logic, only feelings. The article stated that the clear was legitimate AFTER the Mario Maker experts stated it was not. Team Zero percent could not care less who defeated Trimming the Herbs if it was truly cleared. They would be happy for them. Their whole goal was for the community, not just themselves, to 100% clear Super Mario Maker. Why would they lie? Your assumption that they would be jealous if someone cleared the level and not happy doesn't make any sense. It was cleared using a hack. Also, assuming that I'm jealous is another ridiculous fallacy. I don't even own a WiiU. Who are you suggesting should send in their WiiUs? Anyone who ever got a first clear in MM1?
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Nice! Loved the first game on the DS.
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@Vyacheslav333 Ju-On/Grudge was the first time in a theater I was genuinely creeped out. Ringu/The Ring was also a good one for that.
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Felix is great but $25 for a NES rom is just greedy! I know it has the gameboy rom too but it’s the same game with less levels
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@JohnnyMind Looks like Dragon Quest X Online: The Door to the Future and the Sleeping Girl is just a code for the latest expansion and does not contain a physical cartridge, so the copies sold here are just the people who wanted to buy a code in a box. Also worth noting that DQ10 launched back in 2012 so these numbers aren't that bad.
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I love Hotline Miami, but even Hotline Miami’s developers struggled to recapture the magic of Hotline Miami in Hotline Miami 2. Hotline Miami as a roguelike still sounds pretty cool even if it gets repetitive, so I’ll go into it knowing this Hotline Miami clone is not as good as Hotline Miami. Thank you for reviewing this!
And once more, with passion: Hotline Miami.
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Eww, Nicalis is the Publisher though....
Re: Random: It's Done! Every Super Mario Maker Level Has Been Cleared Before Wii U's Online Shutdown
@ThatOnePenguin You also did not identify the first gamer whom cleared Trimming the Herbs according to Nintendos servers. The clear community is literally accusing them of cheating. That person deserves a defense against the accusation of their achievement.
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@nala310 I think the future is digital regardless if people want digital or not.
Then you should be driving your ecar of the future? This is short slightness mindset that doesn't factor consumer choice or whom controls what media you buy or purchase. That's not the choices I want to have. Digital you have no ownership and you agreed to their EULA/TOS and they can pull or remove at will. Take into Sony removing subscribers paid content and Crunchyroll not moving user accounts over for what they paid for. That isn't the choice I want to have.
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@ThatOnePenguin Those news aggregator sites were also reporting that Trimming the Herbs clear video was legit. According to your claim that it is not, those third parties are not credible. Maybe the clear team should submit their Wii Us to a third party to make sure they did not cheat themselves? Nintendo says Trimming the Herbs was cleared. Don't be jealous.
Re: GameStop Hit By Layoffs As Analyst Predicts 'Unsustainable' Sales Decline
@Daze_of_Reality And to the people who "embrace the all digital future"... You don't own those games - even if you paid $60 for them. If your Switch were to break down years from now and you had to redownload your purchased games on a different Switch, you're depending on Nintendo keeping their Switch services and eShop open. Ask Wii owners if they can redownload any of their purchased games. They can't. And that's what the game industry wants... For us to not own games and have to repurchase them over and over again (or rent them via Switch Online/PS Plus subscriptions).
Such is true of the reality of Digital Games here's a old truth that matches up to what your mentioning about.
Digital Distribution Vs Physical Media and True Ownership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdsWQGAlopk
This rings true and is becoming a Reality now....
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
Nope. Nope nope nope. Played the iOS version of Corpse Party many years back. It’s brilliant. Very dark, sometimes funny, superbly voiced and deeply deeply unsettling. Hated it in the best possible way. Wouldn’t recommend. 10/10.
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@batmanbud2 It's crazy to me that this is the most liked comment, even with the bump from being first. Not because I disagree, but because I've been wondering where all the other Skyward Sword fans went for the last decade. The Zelda cycle is a very real and very weird phenomenon.
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@NatiaAdamo Sorry. I don't play the grand strategies.
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@Arisen Super Mario Bros. Wonder is not a low quality game.
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I have a feeling that Rovio helped soften the blow a bit. Without the Angry Birds money printer (Not as high as King or Hoyoverse, but still a money printer) I would figure Sega might of killed Relic and even Creative Assembly as well.
@Zeebor15 You're a bit mixed up. Relic made Company of War. (And Age of Empires 4). Creative Assembly is the one making Total War games.
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Hopefully they sell away Atlus next. Atlus was better off without them too.
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Loved the demo for this, especially since you can adjust the game speed if necessary. Honestly, the price + the game length doesn't bother me at all; I'm up for a short palate cleanser soon anyway. I'll definitely pick the game up after I wrap up a couple others.
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@Dm9982 2U is/was available on PS Vita and is compatible with PSTV. But, it was available only in Japan. But, in 2019, the game received Windows port and official English localization. I've bought it on GOG years ago. But, I would like to double dip on Switch!
«This is a series that def needs more attention and love.»
Yeah.
«...but I prefer mental horror rather than action/jump scares.»
The same thing with me. That's why I love Japanese horrors, and that's why Japanese horrors are the best!
Re: Review: Pepper Grinder (Switch) - A Cracking Platformer That Drills Down & Strikes Gold
The demo for this was decent enough, but definitely not the feel of a 9 especially when considering it's categorized as Action Adventure. A high 7 or low 8 at best. I feel like I can trust NintendoLife review scores less and less.
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@Donutman I feel you. I think I only spent $25 on the Steam Sale. I mostly just pretended it wasn't happening to avoid FOMO. 😅
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@Vyacheslav333 oh crap! Was going by what I knew was on my vita!
This is a series that def needs more attention and love. That first game was probably the best horror game I’ve played to date, but I prefer mental horror rather than action/jump scares. My mother raised me on Stephen King back in the 80s, I blame her. Lol
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@Ryne-Gaia it has been an amazing ride hasn’t it?
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@Lizuka Fully-voiced dialogues and 10 ExChaps are not cosmetic differences. Also, there was some differences between BGMs, probably. Oh, and music – Blood Covered has only one song, ending. While Repeated Fear has 3 songs, at least. Also, Blood Covered still have some exclusive endings in Chapter 5. And exclusive name tags...
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Cooper Black!!
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I really enjoyed the first two games. They really had their own atmosphere. I already bought the physical special edition. So excited to get the third game. It's crazy how popular Funghi, the mushroom sidekick, got in japan verses the game itself.
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@Vyacheslav333 Probably just being broad because the meaningful differences between Blood Covered and Repeated Fear are basically entirely cosmetic anyway. While Repeated Fear is the superior version you're really getting the same gameplay and story no matter which one you go with so there's really no reason not to just lump them together.
Re: Nintendo Download: 28th March (North America)
I was curious about Felix, but $25 for a couple of un-remaked games that could be on eShop (for free)? Naaaah.
Re: Poll: So, Do You Prefer Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Or Tears Of The Kingdom?
OoT is my all-time favorite game, so I understand preferring a game for the sake of nostalgia. I can understand people liking BotW for being so unique and new. However, TotK is undoubtedly a better game. It's bigger, with much more to explore, much better and more varied enemies, so much more to do, better challenges, and a significantly better story. It's not perfect, but it's a far superior game.
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Maybe there's a variety of reasons, but really, every big corporation does this for one reason in particular: If corporations train their monkey customers to see products as being made by corporations and not by people, they don't need to treat the people behind their games very well, do they?
Considering the huge number of layoffs over the last couple years combined with fans ignoring those layoffs in favor of whatever exciting new thing the corporations are doing, dehumanizing their workforce is a strategy that works depressingly well.
I guarantee that at least one person in this comment section is guilty of this. I've certainly seen enough people leaping to the defense of corporations, not so much individual creators.
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@Dm9982 You missed Corpse Party 2U. It's not a trilogy, it's a tetralogy!
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@kkslider5552000 Corpse Party is a Japanese Skyrim. And, Makoto Kedôin is a Japanese Todd Howard, lol.
@T317 I love Corpse Party. I'm a fan since 2020 or 2019. Ryôsuke is on my avatar picture, as you can see.
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
I loved the first Corpse Party cause of the retro style they went with for the art and music. For some reason they abandoned that in all of the sequels and I haven't had any real interest in any of em. Too bad this one is also going in that direction.
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
@Ralizah «I'm cautiously optimistic. The original (Blood Covered edition, at least) is one of my all-time favorite horror games...»
Seriously? Why not Repeated Fear (PSP, iOS) or 3DS or 2021 version? Blood Covered on PC looks and sounds ugly. Characters' design looks bad, no fully-voiced dialogues, no 10 ExChaps, no CGs...
Also, I think that the Blood Drive was overhated. And 2U is hellishly underrated.
Re: A New Corpse Party Game Is Creeping Onto Switch This Autumn
YES! Finally! But, I still need to buy Blood Drive... Well... I'll buy it some time later, I guess.
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Thankfully I’ve avoided spending more then $20 in last months steam sale, and won’t be picking anything up in that list. My backlog is atleast getting shorter for a change
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@anoyonmus it’s up for preorder on Bestbuy’s website. Looks like there’s a slightly more expensive version with a couple of knick knacks too.
Re: GameStop Hit By Layoffs As Analyst Predicts 'Unsustainable' Sales Decline
As a former Gamestop employee this doesn't surprise me. Worked at GS for three years, and truthfully I loved the place. The employees were good, the customers were fun, was a good place to work, but they are very heavy on stats. Everything is about upselling, either warranties, accessories, etc. Over three years I saw the store slowly get deader and deader each month. Lots of complaints about the value of trade versus how much we'd sell for. People would pre-order items that would either not show up, or arrived broken. I think the future is digital regardless if people want digital or not.
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Nothing I want... thankfully
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It's interesting to see some PS5 software on the charts... and the sales declining.
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The collection we didn't know we needed but a welcome surprise! I've only dabbled a little with the first game, I'd like to see the rest of the series
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Good. I hope it sells well so we can get more Mario spin-off titles. I enjoy these chances for characters like Peach to shine.