@gcunit That announcement is "We are removing Mario 35 today and it ain't coming back" followed by a whole week more of Nintendo Life articles on the subject
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Can't find anywhere else to post this, but apparently Balan Wonderworld's final boss causes seizures without warning (they do not show the scene in question in the video below, but they do show the white screen that flashes for a split second for about 5-10 seconds so this video should be safe for anyone that is susceptible):
As if this game couldn't be any more of a train wreck.
@Bolt_Strike Out of pure interest how’s the game a train wreck? I imagine it’s partly because of the overly obvious emphasis on the hero’s journey but anything more?
@TheJGG Where do I even begin? The graphics are poorly optimized for the Switch, the character moves as slow as molasses, they mapped the same action to every button (what, was this game designed for an NES controller or something?), the level design is bland and empty, there's little direction on some of the games' mechanics (What are Tims used for? Why do I feed them drops? What does constructing the Marble Run-esque structures on the Isle of Tims do for me?). And now on top of that you could die of a seizure playing the final boss? You don't have to be Nostradamus to know that this game is going to be a massive disaster, the signs are obvious that this game is going to get utterly blasted by reviewers and gamers. And now not only could it sell poorly (it was probably going to), but it could even result in a lawsuit that could cost Square Enix millions. This cannot end well.
@Bolt_Strike Good for me I never had an interest in it. I just saw a YouTube video that also said that the final boss could likely kill somebody, that's strangely funny that Naka's team never considered that. And having seen it, I can't see it ending well if they don't fix it. At least add a disclaimer to the game like Incredibles 2, which also had an intense strobing at one point. I'm not epileptic, I went to a laser tag match a few years ago and almost enjoyed the fast strobing lights, though it left me a bit dizzy. But poor optimisation and controls? God that can't be good.
Stuff like character speed and the strobing can be fixed with an easy patch, though altering the latter may break some of the game's puzzles. This'll likely damage Yuji Naka's reputation, since in honesty this is his first major game that isn't Sonic.
@TheJGG Oh yeah, Naka may be done as a developer after this. Most of his games haven't exactly had a sterling reputation (the fact that his best games are Sonic games says a lot), but this one is just the icing on the cake which could kill his career. It's kind of sad, this game could really use a win but it's looking like it'll be an epic disaster.
@Bolt_Strike Damn, that's a shame. I personally never regarded Naka as the Miyamoto or the Aonuma of Sega, he's like Miyamoto if he made Mario games for fifteen years, and only Mario games. The trailers and promo material made it look very good, and the final boss footage from PS5 looked alright, so graphics wise it's just another flop from Square when it runs on Switch. I never bought the game design angle, studying the Hero's Journey is basically a must when it comes to videogames with... stories... those things Naka didn't do in Sonic.
If it took this long for him to grasp one of the most fundamental aspects of storytelling his career's over.
There's a day one patch which fixes the seizure issues. Stuff like this never stopped Pokemon getting big so they need another excuse for Balan being pish.
How's this for a mad Switch upgrade rumour? ... https://videocardz.com/newz/next-gen-nintendo-switch-rumored-...
... Some leaker thinks the new Switch will use an update of the newest Nvidia Tegra SoC with graphics using the successor to Ampere (as used in RTX 3000 series cards)!
@Magician@FragRed Nintendo released ports, remasters and remakes... and Animal Crossing, Paper Mario and Age of Calamity. Ports and remasters generally get worse scores than their original counterpart because reviewers from the likes of IGN don't consider the fact that it is a re-doing. Xenoblade Chronicles: DE being the most blatant example last year. The remaster got a worse score than the original despite the review saying it was a massive improvement.
No, but any discussion of Ada Lovelace potentially being used in the Switch seems silly. Ada Lovelace is the eventual successor to Ampere. Ampere is used in the Orin SoC. Orin is the successor to the Xavier SoC. And nobody but me seems to believe that the Xavier SoC will be used in the Switch revision in lieu of Tegra X1 Mariko production ending soon. Allegedly.
Regardless, it's all nonsense until Nintendo themselves pipe up on what's coming.
@Magician Nope, you're not alone. I've long thought Xavier would be the basis of the next Switch revision. Though I've always had concerns about it compatibility issues (due to different GPU and instruction set version). I thought the rumour was mad, and if there is any link to Nintendo it's be for Switch 2, but I don't want to go down that rabbit hole!
I guess we'll just have to wait for Summer sometime for Nintendo to come clean ...
(PS thanks for the welcome )
When I hear Ada Lovelace, I think Cardano cryptocurrency known as ADA, which also has ten millionth units known as Lovelaces. Named after Ada Lovelace, of course.
Monster Hunter Rise is everything I had hoped for and more. I haven’t been this enamored with a game since... since... I can’t even remember. It’s good. Let’s just say that.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
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