@Tyranexx My 3DS has more or less been retired since Pokemon Home came out. While there are games for 3DS that I haven't played and would like to, I can't deny that I am so spoiled by the larger, brighter, crisper screen on Switch that it's become somewhat difficult to go back to the 3DS at this point. It's at the age where it doesn't feel retro or nostalgic for me yet, just obsolete. Give it another 5 years though, and I'll look back on it like I do my GBA and other, older systems.
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I don't know if it's me but I have noticed alot more trolls and just overall bad users coming around more of late. I usually expect this kind of thing around E3 time but it's been cancelled so I don't know what's up. Maybe it has to do with Animal Crossing coming out a few days ago but the rudeness and behavior of these new accounts as of late are just getting to me. At this point I am thinking of leaving for a bit till things cool down and these weird and rude users either leave or get banned.
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@Tasuki Well, school is closed in many places, as well as malls. What else are junior high kids supposed to do? 😜
Just try to let it roll off. People are stressed and silly folk are sillier.
#MudStrongs
Switch Friend Code: SW-7842-2075-5515 | My Nintendo: HobbitGamr | Nintendo Network ID: HobbitGamr
@HobbitGamer - Great, everything is about to close here, malls, movie theaters, laser tag, candy stores, vape shops. There’ll be junior high trolls galore!
@Tyranexx - Ha, I noticed an abundance of healthy options on shelves last time I was out, while everything else was wiped. I guess that’s another benefit to eating smart. I eat trash bread, but my kids eat the sprouted stuff. We’ve had no problem getting them their bread. We go through a ridiculous amount of produce every week, so it was concerning to see it picked down to the beaten and bruised bottom layer of just about everything.
@bimmy-lee Well, as a current owner of an Xbox 360 and an Xbox One S, I'm definitely eyeing the Series X, although if the rumored price point of $499,99 is true, it will more than likely not be a day one purchase.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Phew....
Finally i beat the second mission at Hidden City of Balkai from Ratchet & Clank Q Force PS3 just now.
It was really really hard Mission. 😵
Too hard maybe. 😖
@ThanosReXXX - Oof, that’s a mighty salty gateway to the real expense; software. Definitely more than I’d be willing to spend on a console. I’ve never been too much of a multi console gamer. There’s usually more than enough for me on one given platform, and I feel like I’m spreading myself too thin with several. The last time I had dueling consoles was about halfway through the 16 but gen when I got a SNES to sit alongside my Genesis. Since then, I’ve just picked a platform that suits me and gone all in, and usually it’s been Nintendo. I do admire the XBox Live service. The last Red Dead was really the only game from the last few years that I wish I could play.
@bimmy-lee You had a SNES AND a Genesis?
Well, in that case, you were either VERY popular in school, or you were hated by both camps. Battles were quite fierce back then, regardless of there not being any internet or social media...
As for the Xbox Series X: it may be that price at release, although some sources also say it's going to be 100 less, which is still 400 bucks, but in all fairness to that price, you can't have that kind of tech at a 150 - 250 dollar price point, and historically, both Microsoft's and Sony's consoles have always been at those kinds of price points, with some outliers here and there at release, such as the more expensive Xbox One this generation, and the wildly ridiculous $599 release price of the PS3 last gen.
But for fans, supporters and people possibly interested in the Xbox platform, the consideration will more than likely be how compatible/versatile the console will be. If it can truly do and master all things that are now claimed, then you're basically getting a "four generations in one" box, and that is most definitely worth the price, also considering the still vastly superior online services and game rental services that Microsoft offers.
So, ultimately, it'll probably sell very well, even if it's indeed going to be $499,99.
@ThanosReXXX - So it’s backwards compatible with the entire library of games on all the prior Microsoft systems? If so, that does make it much more than a pretty new box under the TV. I used to keep up on all the consoles and read about all the big games, but the hobby has shrunk down to a focus on Nintendo for me in the last five years or so. I don’t doubt it will sell though. Not at all. I personally can’t fork that over for a console, but lots of people will.
I kind of lucked into a SNES after I had been playing and loving my Genesis for several years. It was just the console, no games, and I had already been playing a lot of the games as my friends and I made a concerted effort to spread out and try to cover as much gaming possibilities as we could, and then play together and trade games and consoles for a time. I didn’t get that many games for my SNES because I liked the Genesis and its library quite a bit more.
Good evening. Here in Holland they are now giving people and stores fines for not walking 1.5 meters from eachother. When you don't keep yourself on it you can get a fine of 400 euro, stores can get one of 3000-4000. People still cross the lines here...
I hope everything is well with everyone. Just been drawing a bit and playing Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. Love it
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@bimmy-lee Well, not the ENTIRE catalog, but by now several thousands of titles. It will be fully backwards compatible with Xbox One titles, and all currently backwards original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, which combined makes up a pretty hefty part of those thousands of titles. And from what I've heard and read so far, they're going to move forward with adding even more backwards compatible titles, once the Xbox Series X ecosystem is up and running and in enough people's homes.
There's another reason why it's never going to be 100% compatible with ALL titles, though: licensing. There's hundreds of games that feature music or imagery that was licensed, so think music games, movie-based games, and then there's also the companies that don't exist anymore and/or have been taken over by other publishers that don't like to play nice, where extending licenses is concerned.
So, depending on all of that, I suspect that at most, a 60 to 70 percent of the total combined archive could be achievable. Probably closer to the lower side of that figure. But still, what with that comprising well over four thousand titles, that should give people more than enough to play for the next generation and beyond...
There are still some questions left unanswered, and especially concerning that backwards compatibility. Is it going to be the same as on Xbox One, so emulation on a single game basis, meaning that every game comes as a package, bundled with its own, specifically tailored emulator? Or are they going for full on emulation on a hardware basis, meaning that the Xbox Series X is natively running an all-purpose emulator that can run ALL games?
That currently used method goes as follows: you insert your original Xbox or Xbox 360 disc into the Xbox One, and if it's a compatible game, then a digital version of that game can be downloaded for free, which comes bundled with its own emulator. So, basically, each bundle acts as a "Mini" original Xbox or Xbox 360 inside your Xbox One. In my opinion it's cumbersome and takes more optimization than going for the all-purpose route, but on the other hand, I do trust the tech heads at team Xbox to know their craft, so if that wasn't possible on Xbox One, then so be it.
But... The Xbox Series X is 2 times more powerful than the Xbox One X, and almost 5 times more powerful than the Xbox One S, so native emulation should DEFINITELY be possible now, especially with original Xbox titles, considering the enormous gap in power and graphics, so it should, for all intent and purposes, be a cinch to pull off on the new system.
Although some part of me suspects that it also has to do with piracy. If native emulation was/is basically already possible, then they may have chosen to not do that because otherwise we could just stick in any old disc, even a borrowed one, to install games that we don't even own, so in that regard, it could also be a specifically chosen counter-measure to prevent that.
Another small downside is that with games that you own, you need to keep the disc in the drive, as a sort of "proof of purchase" key. The only other way is to simply buy the game again in completely digital form, from the Xbox Marketplace. I've done this for a small handful of original Xbox games, because they were all below $10, and I grew tired of having to dig up old discs every time I wanted to play them.
Personally, I'd think they could have also circumvented that by doing something such as letting players register their games and/or downloading a personal key for a couple of bucks, and then tie the game to the console or profile, but maybe that's a bit too short-sighted on my part, I don't know. Either way, I do know that I'll eventually cave for the new console, but I definitely won't be buying it on launch day.
I usually stick with two main consoles at any given time as I don't feel that I have the time for more. As Nintendo traditionally always has had both a TV console and handheld, I've usually stuck with them since their platforms have most of the franchises that I like. That will now be changing with the Switch; I may grab a PS5 or Xbox Series X at some point down the line. I'm way more swayed by system exclusives and quality games vs. system power and performance.
@Heavyarms55 Both the Switch and the 3DS are my two main platforms for now. I have just over a dozen games left in my 3/DS backlog, most of which are RPGs. A few are short, but some are medium length and one (DQ VII) is definitely in the "long" category. XD I have held off on picking up any new games on the system for the time being.
I totally get what you're saying about the screens. I play my Switch docked most of the time, but I've found that I like playing quite a few of the Nindies in handheld mode. As much as I enjoy the 3D effect, at the end of the day the screen doesn't look as good. This was brought home to me more last night when I remembered how crisper the resolution of 3DS games look on the smaller screens vs. the slightly blown up XL units.
Not that I dislike my N3DS XL. But I much rather would have had the normal sized N3DS since I felt like it was a happy medium between the OG and XL systems. NoA really dropped the ball there IMO.
@bimmy-lee I still eat "trash bread" on occasion, but usually in roll form or some other shape when at a restaurant. I don't think there's a problem with it as long as healthier options are fit in as well. Then there's "healthy" vs. actual healthy food. I don't pretend I'm a perfect eater, but I do engage in a lot of label reading.
They usually do a full produce restock at around the time I plan on going this week, so hopefully I'll be able to grab everything I need. The small cucumbers and most of the tomatoes were wiped last time I went. I was able to find almost everything else I needed.
@Tyranexx
Quick question about Region locking in 3DS.
Can i play PAL Europe 3DS games on PAL Australia 3DS or 2DS machines ?
I found there is a game shop in my country Indonesia have a White Orange New 2DS XL PAL Australia machine and i have two PAL Europe games as well. Just to make sure if it will work.
@NintendoByNature
Janus is a Roman god name.
He is god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and ending.
It's also the origin of January name.
@Anti-Matter Looks like you already had your question answered, but it should work.
@NintendoByNature That reminds me of the Hugh Jass prank call to Moe on The Simpsons!
I think the danger of putting your FC in your sig here vs. putting it out on a more popular site is lower but still existent. I know who almost everyone is on my friend list - it's mostly you guys or some IRL and online friends - but I'm still trying to figure out who Great83 is. That guy has been playing A LOT of Pokemon Sword.
Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)
@ThanosReXXX I honestly seriously doubt I will be getting either XboxX or PS5 on day 1. I really feel like both Sony and MS are putting way too much emphasis on raw specs and power and not nearly enough on actual games and features. Companies can go on and on about how much raw power their machine has and it just doesn't excite or impress me. I didn't care about the bits during the bit war when I was a kid and I don't care about teraflops or ray tracing now.
What I want to see is what that power can do for games and features. And if the only real improvement these machines have over earlier models are higher resolutions and framerates - I'm just so uninterested it's not even funny.
But I am leaning toward XboxX at this point because it sounds like they are really pushing to have "as much backwards compatibility as they can" This means my old Xbox and 360 games, which I can't even play right now since my 360 died, will likely be playable on the new machine, alongside any Xbone games I skipped and new releases.
There were a lot of rumors about PS5 a ways back, suggesting full backwards compatibility, all the way to PS1. While I tried to temper my hopes that those rumors were true - it seems I failed because upon hearing that that is likely not the case, I am very disappointed. But Sony could still easily win me back if PS5 at least supports PS3 and PS4 games. I know the PS3's weird programming or something is supposed to make that harder, but right now there are still a lot of PS3 games I want to play eventually, and if I could unplug both my PS3 and PS4 and replace them with a PS5, that'd really be amazing.
@Tyranexx@NintendoByNature I like having a lot of people on my friend's list. I've got a ton of randos. I don't abuse the date change exploit in Pokemon to shiny hunt, but I shameless (perhaps hypocritically) will join open raids hoping someone else found a shiny for me. XD. And it's worked rather well. Shiny Haxorus, Doublade, Brivary, Excadrill, Cramorant and... I feel like I'm forgetting something. Also it's just nice in general, having a big list for raids.
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