@Harmonie That's just him not antagonizing third party developers. Nintendo themselves use them in their mobile titles anyways.
Hell, they were the first to do lootboxes technically - Super Mario Kart!
Yes, Nintendo is using them in their mobile titles. However, the fact that Reggie brought it up here is because they are considering putting it in their console/portable games.
I know you're joking, but item boxes are RNG without requiring any currency/money, so I don't find it funny. Nothing personal, I've just experienced mobile games that are like this and it is terrible.
Dear Reggie, there are some differences between a collectible card game (CCG) and loot boxes in games. If I get a duplicate in a CCG I can always resell it for real money, trade it with another person or burn them in a pile if I need warmth after I lost all my money buying cards. Burning a switch doesn't give the same warmth, and the fumes can be quite toxic.
I can also keep them around for as long as I want, whereas in the case of loot boxes, the devs can at any time remove the content from those boxes, change them or remove access to the game all together without my consent.
Loot boxes by themselves are not that bad. It is the practice they are used in. The backlash EA got was mostly due to the pay2win mechanic in a multiplayer game. Those games that have boxes and are just using them for cosmetics are better. And quite often unnecessary grind is added to compel you to buy them instead. Another problem is that they are not showing the chance to get a specific loot. How much money do I need to spend to have a reasonable chance to get a specific character in fire emblem heroes for example? 10? 100? 1000?
So I think the current lineup for Nintendo published games for the 2nd half of the year is going to be:
July - Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Octopath Traveler
August - Dark Souls Remastered
September - Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country (it's getting a cartridge release), unannounced Wii U port
October - Super Mario Party, unannounced Wii U port
November - Pokemon Let's Go
December - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
And while Smash Ultimate isn't a port, it still mostly (might be completely if more stages are announced) erases the need to load up Smash Wii U.
@Grumblevolcano I dunno, the fact there was no date announced for Dark Souls during the E3 presentation despite it being shown, has me a little worried about that game. If it were coming in August I would think they would have confirmed it at E3. Also I don't expect there to be anything else in terms of new releases, even if Wii U ports this year. What we know is what we will likely get and that's it, otherwise they would have said it all by now.
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@FragRed Doom was announced in September last year, arriving that year. Same with Snipperclips Plus, Mario Party: The Top 100, and New Style Boutique 3. While I doubt we'll see any more big games announced, there's still plenty of time for some more mid-size or ports to be announced for this year.
@FragRed Nintendo may have thought that Wii U port announcements are not E3 worthy. Like if you think about last year, the only Wii U port featured was Pokken DX which was a pre-E3 announcement. Similarly this year the only Wii U port featured was Captain Toad which was a pre-E3 announcement.
@FragRed Nintendo may have thought that Wii U port announcements are not E3 worthy. Like if you think about last year, the only Wii U port featured was Pokken DX which was a pre-E3 announcement. Similarly this year the only Wii U port featured was Captain Toad which was a pre-E3 announcement.
To be honest, they're right. Seeing Wii U ports announced at E3 would have thrown the internet into a frenzy.
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Seems like Valkyria Chronicles 4's Switch port had some technical issues. Hopefully they're resolved by the time the game releases. SEGA has done a good job of optimizing its Switch releases for handheld mode so far, though.
@Snaplocket Mostly. The shadows from the trees are really weird-looking, though.
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Well, all they basically said was there were a few minor details scaled back on the Switch version (to be expected, as with almost all Switch versions of PS4/X1 releases except less demanding games), and a few small noticeable frame rate drops, which for an unreleased title still in development and in the polishing/tuning phase, doesn't seem out of the ordinary.
I wouldn't look too much into it. Especially after seeing Shining Resonance. I'm sure it'll be fine. Even if it's not 100% perfect it should be close enough.
Btw, tweet at Nier account. They said they might bring the game to switch if people show interest on Twitter. We already got Dragonball Fighter Z by showing interest. So don't hesitate to let them know we will definitely take Nier too! Plus, I think Square needs to see the demand for their games on Switch. They need to see that bringing a game to switch can generate just as much profit as Xbox One, if not more. And regardless of how you feel about whether we should have to do it or not, the fact is we need to do it if we want more of their games, so just do it 😁
Y's VIII is looking spectacular btw. And it seems Panic Button is working on another major soon to be announced game. Which Reggie said they had more to announce this year so, they're not done yet.
Killer Queen Black looks crazy fun. You really have to watch some gameplay and get a good understanding of the rules before you see the appeal though. Once you get it, it's like holy crap this game is awesome!
Should read this article about Star Fox in Star Link. WELL worth a read. They interview the devs who explain how it ended up in the game, how people from Nintendo kept coming to demo the game and bringing back higher up executives until the president himself was playing it, and invited them to come see Miyamoto in Japan to pitch Star Fox.
They said you can even do a barrel roll and bullets bounce off. Only ship in the game that does that. Also said that regardless of what weapons you have equipped, you always have the laser no matter what. Also said Fox has been incorporated into the entire game just like every other character, and is in all the cinematics for his storyline throughout the entire game. Even said there was a movable part of the ship which was the only ship of the game that had that feature.
Starlink just sounds so amazing. Even more so after reading that article.
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