Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@FragRed Nintendo will need extra help once the Mario movie comes as they have to make sure it aligns with the games and that's a lot of new animations of Mario shouting banana every 5 secs!

@jump Oh no. Chris Pratt is going to be the official voice for all Mario games going forward

@FragRed On the plus side Mario is going to have so much to say now after for so long not talking like "I wish my autistic child was healthy!", "People still like Andy from Parks & Recs right?", "Why am I the least liked Chris in Hollywood?" "Maybe if I take the Kennedy or Schwarzenegger last name people will like me more?" .

@jump Kennedys rarely have a decent end to life. Andy is liked season 3 onwards. Season one he’s a total dick. Season two he’s a pervert and a bit less of a dick but more goofy/stupid but in a comic way. Season three is really where he becomes the Andy people associate with him. Or that’s how I look at it.

Dynamo Pictures has done motion capture for Monster Hunter World, Persona 5, Death Stranding and a number of other games. They've also worked with Nintendo in the past with the Pikmin short films, among other things.

I suspect this acquisition may be more to help them catch up to industry standards with animations and cutscenes.

@JaxonH I imagine it’ll be used for games in development for the next generation of hardware, whatever the Switch successor may be. But I do think they may use it for films too, considering they’re going to rename it Nintendo Pictures

@FragRed So was it Andy or Chris that didn't see a problem with anti-gay churches?

It's an odd turn of events that one of the most liked guys in Hollywood has gone on to be a PR nightmare for the last 5 years. lol

@FragRed
Ya, probably both. Films, cutscenes, motion capture, anything they need them for.

@jump Chris Pratt is incredibly vocal on his opinions so probably him.

@JaxonH Yep that’s what I assumed. Makes much more sense to use them for multiple purposes.

@FragRed he’s not actually that opinionated but just very clumsy when he does talk especially in the written word where his natural warmth can’t be transcribed.

At least making fun of Chris Pratt is nice change of making fun of the Minions guys.

The Nintendo news today is flooded with comments about where's Booster Course Pass wave 2.

People have no patience.

@Grumblevolcano
I feel like this is a new template for Nintendo news in general.

@Fizza Tell me about it. The backlog is vast and infinite. Even if I neglect it in favor of new games, I at least don't need to add to it unnecessarily!

A fighting game or Mega Man or something else kind of short and mindless after GAA2 is probably a good idea. Case 5 was so nuts and climactic that I didn't feel like playing much of anything for a while afterward. It was one of those games that left a hole in me once it was done. You only get that with really special experiences.

@kkslider5552000 If you haven't played Zero Time Dilemma yet, it's not too late to just sell it and pretend the series ended at VLR.

@Ralizah Is Zero Time Dilemma really that bad? It has a lot of positive feedback on steam

@Ralizah I haven't even beaten it yet (currently about to start Case 5) and I am already in state of disarray. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND.

@Solaine I mean... it's a functional video game. The gameplay cycle is still fun. And I like some of the ideas in it. As a singular product, it's... fine.

It's a horrendous sequel, though. It unquestionably makes the series-wide storyline far worse if you take everything in it as canon. It adds unnecessarily weird new layers to existing character relationships that could make previous games less enjoyable. Characterization in general is all over the place, and often conflicts with previous games. The twists just kind of come out of nowhere and don't add up to much of anything. Unlike VLR, which took the lore and worldbuilding in 999 and massively expanded the scope of it, ZTD makes everything into a confused mess.

While I can't say I hated my time with it, I will say I think it would have been better overall if VLR had just been left with its cliffhanger ending.

Also, the voice acting and character animation is some of the worst I've seen in a modern video game.

It's not quite a Corpse Party: Blood Drive-level disaster, but it's absolutely not the sequel fans of previous games deserved.

@Fizza Haha, I think part of the reason I put off playing the second game was because I knew it was going to suck having to leave these characters in the rear view mirror.

I will say, though, it does have the most satisfying resolution of any game in this series. Even including Trials and Tribulations.

Hmm, it's probably me being weird, @Ralizah .... But I certainly don't remember Zero Time Dilemma being bad Haven't got around to Blood Drive yet but I'm betting I won't think it's as bad as you found it
Any others you'd warn me against, in case I haven't played those yet?

I know its considered a disappointment, but its been long enough and I've lowered my expectations enough that it'll be fine.

also I found a used copy of the PS4 version (I did not know it was ported to PS4) so I don't have to choose between trying to find the apparently slightly worse 3DS version or buying the entire collection just to play the last game

It's rather surreal, a Sony game on both Nintendo and Xbox's subscription services but not their own. The next NSO game trial is MLB The Show 22.