Topic: Donkey Kong Bananza

Just a heads-up: early copies have started to come out of the woodworks. Avoid spoilers to the best of your ability.

@N00BiSH I really appreciate the heads-up! Guess I’ll stick to my subscriptions on YouTube until release.

So hyped, I’m sure spoilers will start spreading like crazy, if they haven’t already.

It sorta baffles me that so many people are painting this game as bad now due to the devs going on record to say that the performance issues are due to a sacrifice that they made in service of the scope of the game's mechanics. I don't think many people realize how taxing a voxel-based terrain system is on hardware- let alone voxel-based terrain that's being used for the entirety of the game's maps.

@VoidofLight People really do seem outrage addicted … or they are just trolling. From everything that was shown of the game the performance dips will only be very minor. But it‘s such a ridiculous shift from the day the Banaza Direct got everyone truly excited. Strange times.

@jfp @VoidofLight I think it's just an extension of Switch 2 discourse in general - people just looking for any opportunity to scrutinize Nintendo for EVERY decision they make regardless of how much of an issue they really are. Not that people aren't wrong to criticize them - they've been making some less than ideal choices as of late - but now it just feels like people are going too far, as if liking anything Nintendo currently does is punishable by death or something.

lol guys, seriously. The internet is bent on twisting everything Switch 2-related into the absolute worst thing possible. Most of us have been seeing this ever since the trailer in April or whatever, heck probably since the first one in January.

Some of you are even guilty of feeding into the nonsense.

So here we are yet again: doom and gloom from people who haven't even played the game to see the slowdown.

@rallydefault "Some of you are even guilty of feeding into the nonsense."

Well, to you any form of valid criticism is seen as "nonsense," so I don't think you're really an authority to be talking. You lack nuance and leap at anyone who doesn't say 100% positive things about Nintendo games. Just like you did when I criticized Nintendo for selling the Tears of the Kingdom upgrade despite it having glaring visual flaws that make it not worth the money they were asking for.

The difference between us and the people who are saying things like how they hope Nintendo fails, or that the console is bad is that we have more nuanced takes! We're able to criticize things that deserve criticism without saying "I'll throw my switch 2 in the trash because this game isn't going to run at a solid FPS!" or "I didn't read the article, and only read the headline! Nintendo hates used games and wants people who buy them to get banned!" or "Nintendo is going to ban people for no reason, because they're authoritarian and hate fun!"

There's a difference between saying that "Hey, I think this thing isn't good," and reacting like a child who lacks any and all critical thinking. But hey, maybe that's too complex for you to understand.

@VoidofLight
Same tired line, blah blah blah. You got anything new?

I've criticized plenty about the Switch 2 and Nintendo. The battery life sucks, game key cards are the dumbest thing since unsliced bread, and Mario Kart World is full of untapped potential.

You've just been humiliated so many times that you can't stand me no matter what I say.

@rallydefault I haven't been humiliated. You have been dismissive about other people's claims under the idea that you're right and that your experiences are the only right ones.

Other people actually discuss things around here instead of just shutting people down as "haters" unless they're outright doing or saying things like "Nintendo is failing! I hope this console fails! I'm throwing my console away because I didn't read this article!"

Also I've never been embarrassed by you. I haven't been humiliated. You don't even really live rent free in my mind. I just point out the times when you dismiss what others are talking about because of your weird biases.

@VoidofLight
Suuuuure thing, bud. Whatever you say lol

I definitely agree that the Switch 2 has its fair share of faults, but I'm not a Switch 2 hater like a lot of the internet is. For example, while a lot of the internet is like this: "Waaaaah! Waaaah! Game Key Cards suck! Anyone who buys them is a corporate bootlicker!" I am like this: "Game Key Cards suck, and I hope that they don't sell well so less of them are made. I hope the situation gets better for fans of actual physical media like myself."

The internet when it's time for another Switch 2 rage session:

when can we expect nintendolifes review for DKB? i think its usually two days before right? im very excited to hear what they say!

the evolution of a species is now complete

I guess I never noticed. Why does SNES Dk look like he's wearing a furr jacket?

@FishyS my bad, n64. But it still looks like he's wearing a coat hah.

@NintendoByNature I was editing what I said and accidentally deleted it and then saw your post.

Anyways, just a weird combination of art style and limitations of old style polygon modeling I assume.

tbh, if I saw that whole thing fresh nowadays it would make me think of nightmare AI images.

Will we get 10/10s mostly across the board, and the obligatory 5/10 from IGN for rage bait and 4/10 from Eurogamer because they don’t like the genre?

@DaGoldenBoo Idk what you’re talking about to be honest, this could be a 7/10 game for all we know, I was just saying a theoretical scenario where the game is super critically acclaimed and then IGN goes for attention.

I’m happy to see a game I like be received well, but I don’t really care too much what reviewers say as I often disagree with most of them. After the cover up of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet’s quality from many gaming outlets, I lost the little trust I had in reviews.