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the real question: can it display gameboy games at integer scale?

@ioev

actually as much as I like the controller, I resonate with almost all of your issues to some degree. especially the bright white LED on the face, sometimes that really bothers me. 👍 and while the xbox style domed buttons are not my actual favorite, I do enjoy a bit of variety these days and try to be less stringent with my preferences. the ultimate 2 tends to be my "dual analog" controller, and I find that the tightly spaced, bumpy buttons are good for quickly finding and pressing a button that then getting back to the stick with my thumb. my pro 2 and pro 3 are for games where your thumbs "ride" on the dpad and/or buttons.

incidentally, the dpad on the 3 is one of the strangest ive ever used, and either works perfectly great or is borderline awful depending on the game.

@notreallyhere

I'm gonna do it!!

thanks for the encouragement! 🥳♥️

@ioev

im curious, what do you dislike about the "ultimate" shape?

ive been using an ultimate 2 for about 6 months, and while I initially was a bit skeptical of it's size (its a tad compact for my hands) after 120+ hrs of Cyberpunk 2077 it now feels like part of my body. ✌️

the 64 controller feels amazing too, imo.

@spiderman0616

could be, but you care a little more than most though, eh? 😘

ugh, those haunted mannequins just do NOT entice me to want to play. one thing I NEVER wanted from a GTA game was photorealism, yuck.

@Smithicus

i owned and played all three as they came out, and I did really enjoy 3, but 2 remains my favorite for its tighter scope, slightly grittier tone, and clearer graphics. I also prefer some of the character designs over 3's (though i thought some of the changes were neat at the time, for novelty's sake.)

I like a smaller, more balanced roster, which used to be a more common perspective it seems like. 👍

I've bought my last Nintendo retread, thanks.

(it was super Mario all stars on SNES if anyone's wondering.)

@RiasGremory

"thankfully you dont speak for everyone"

that would be rather boring, wouldn't it? 😊👍

fwiw i don't speak for ign either 😆

these are just so ugly and unfun looking. ive never felt as "no thanks" about a videogame controller as this.

OTOH I want one for Tetris 😂

It's not that I don't believe the reviewer enjoyed himself, but (in my opinion) 9 is extremely high for the same damn game with "a fresh coat of paint" as vg journalists like to say.

2p asymmetrical co op is an absolute insult extremely disappointing when the canonical 4 pilots are right there. This would be a system seller for me if they had just done 2-4p campaign co op and added some missions (say, another entire starfox 64's worth stuck right on the end.) I don't think that would be too much to ask.

(edited for bitchiness.)

@solarwolf07

I'm also not interested in Splatoon 🥳

"we just worry about plugging so many different things into one piece of kit all at the same time"

why is this a worry? care to elaborate?

exclusive to an app = it doesn't exist

@YANDMAN

its amazing to me that they dont seem to ever ask themselves "are existing fans of 2D Shinobi games going to like this?" during development.

if the game resembled Shinobi 3 I'd have bought it day 1. 😆

yeah, im a huge SEGA fan but neither of these titles are/were what I want.

also that chart that says stuff like "TV advertisement —> social media" is so embarrassing I can't believe they even let us see it.

@notreallyhere

this controller is SO much more iMac than n64, 100% right! especially with the translucent white back half. 😂

incidentally, they already make a "retro" colored n64 controller, that comes in classic grey and also some translucent colors and also works with switch so this is an odd move for sure.

EDIT - OMG I now want an old blue iMac and this controller to play games on 😆 ✌️I havent stopped thinking about this since reading your comment 😂

"8BitDo Celebrates N64 In Style With New Controller And Keyboard"

I got excited by the headline for a second, but these are just the same old controller and keyboard in new colors.

PS - without a pic of the dock, are we certain that this is the ultimate 2 controller, and not the cheaper 2C? I couldnt find any more info at the "source," which also had the MSRP at 39.00 which would indicate that it's the budget model.

@mandlecreed

if you by chance haven't played Witcher 3 yet, it's 3.99(!) right now on Steam. 👍👍

(in the US anyway, ymmv ✌️)

PS - for the record, the all time low for this game on Switch is 9.99, according to deku deals.

it's hard to imagine Nintendo being OK with the fugliness of going Full Aardman.

but yeah judging by the pic, I'd never have recognized this as their work. big fan. 👍

@kmtrain83

I'm so not aware of Minecraft, it's not even funny.

I'll bet you are right, though. plenty of industry execs probably saw the success of Minecraft and wondered why they'd wasted any time at all putting out artful games that challenge the player on an emotional level.

Incidentally I have seen beauty in what some players have created in Minecraft. ✌️

@mattitudemf

"This article says nothing about AI slop, it just mentions using AI to speed up the tedious aspects of software development and that’s a perfectly fine use for it."

We love when AI people hand wave away other people's jobs as "tedious aspects." 😂

@kmtrain83

"Elliot" is a fine name IRL, but it goes in a certain category of names along with Bob, Steve, and Kevin. Maybe to Japanese audiences it sounds more dashing and exotic?

I don't need every hero to be named Slash or Flik or Jak, but c'mon. Elliot should NOT have made it past localization (remember 'localization?' 😂 good times.)

@PeteyPiranha

sometimes i feel like the rest of humanity has flip flopped on the issue of objectivity, and even bringing it up is like shouting into the void at best.

thanks for the reply 😊 made me smile.

"Switch 2 is still leading the pack, though overall sales figures are understandably down at the moment."

"Understandably?"

Dark Scrolls? c'mon.

it's almost sad how much a bad name can put me off a game. no, it is sad.

"Yes, you can now team up with a friend during the titular Lylat Wars, one piloting the Arwing while the other takes aim with the lasers"

hang on: the lasers aim at whatever the arwing is pointed at. so, how does that work? do the lasers just go crazy all the time? is it harder to pilot without your trajectory being projected out in front of you by the crosshairs all the time?

I'm sorry, but in general, introducing Co-op but not letting p2 play as one of the THREE other pilots accompanying fox on every mission is just trash. I got excited about Co op for like one second before I read on. Especially for the missions where p1 would be in the Landmaster while the other player(s) could be piloting Arwings.

Ok, Im back to completely ignoring this insult of a game, carry on.

I will be replaying the N64 original irrespectively. With my wife. We can't wait 🥳

"Another downside is that the GameCube pad lacks 'Home' and 'Minus' buttons, so you can't use those buttons to invoke menus and the like. Therefore, you'll need to ensure you have a Joy-Con or Pro Controller handy for dropping back to the Switch 2's Home screen. There's not much Retro Fighters can do about this, but it can still be an annoyance."

Seems like they couldve put home and minus buttons on this thing somewhere just for this reason.

@Scarmucci

LOL the edit button is your friend! everyday, new people are going to read your comment and hit "reply" without ever seeing your followup comments 😂✌️

@Scarmucci

maybe P.S. your original post instead of posting new comments, as many people are probably replying before they ever see the followup ✌️

@GrailUK

my worst case scenario is they stuff it full of chatty voice acting and completely spoil the vibe. That's a red line for me, and seems really likely to happen imo.

@AussieMcBucket

"I'll bet we're getting both though."

in the fullness of time, this must be correct. I mean one would hope.

"And there's probably a decent chance that this is partly meant to hold us over until the next "new" one gets here."

You may be right, but announcing this when we haven't had a new Zelda game like Ocarina in like 15 years just isn't the move. I would be way more receptive of this game, say, four years into this cycle, after we've had plenty of original titles and sequels and this is in addition to that. ditto star fox.

or if they like, SUPER teased a new Zelda game, and then soon after announced this and even released this before the new Zelda, I think that'd even be better.

anyway if they want to "do Ocarina" again they could do something so much more interesting than a remake, a la Link Between Worlds. Or Majora, in a different way. my 2c.

I've been thinking of revisiting Ocarina again, either on my Xmas 1998 childhood copy and launch console, or on my Steamdeck because I obviously hate Nintendo and I want them to fail.

reading this article and comments made me really sad for this all time favorite, almost perfect game. in a lengthy era in which we have been begging and pleading for a new Zelda game with dungeons and logical narrative, they are working on messing with an established classic instead.

especially putting more "interesting" (i.e. boring/pointless) crap in the field. my god, are we trying to make prime 4 more like ocarina, or ocarina more like prime 4?

if im going to judge this game based on what theyve shown, it looks generic and awful. I wish theyd have shown more, honestly, because this is really bad.

@Wexter

"not defending the use of AI, but professional animators ***** that up all the time."

just go get the pedantics/semantics out of the way, animators get away with lots of errors that would not likely be tolerated in front facing illustrations such as this. (Liefeld notwithstanding 😂)

I'm aware of Liefeld 😂😂 but I'd counter for starters that if it was all that common in the world of professional art, Liefeld wouldnt be "Liefeld," would he?

I'd be extremely surprised if anyone reading this can provide an example this egregious, on professionally produced box art, from any time between say 2000-2020.

@jfp

very much agreed, I was just kind of allowing that my sample size is limited basically to this here website 😅👍

All I can tell from these comments is that right wing corporate propaganda is working, at least on Nintendo fans.

Nobody defending AI ever actually defends all angles or addresses all legitimate concerns. Ever.

@NerdyPaul

"Remember the whole AI thumb thing in a Nintendo trailer some months back? That turned out to be rubbish too"

different numbers of fingers on each hand is a mistake a five year old wouldn't make.

an astute five year old might even a
know how many fingers Donald Duck is supposed to have. 😂✌️

@AmplifyMJ

thanks for expanding on that. I actually think we can both be right on this one, or rather that two things can be true at the same time. ✌️

but, I do believe strongly that all gamers want to enjoy games! 👍 and we all have different ideas about what that even means, and what is enjoyable about games, and what might make a game un-enjoyable.

on the other hand, there are also people that are even on the internet, or following Nintendo per se for reasons other than just personal passion for the games (not us of course 😎) and I may be a bit slow to acknowledge that. so thanks for reminding me.

as far as being stung, I think tone is hard on the internet, and I can be kind of severe in my argumentation. My aim was to get a well reasoned retort and I got it! thanks my friend 😊

@AmplifyMJ

"Nobody wants to just enjoy anymore, we want to find a reason to ruin and boycott everything, and the media only amplifies the worst instead of celebrating and enjoying the best. Tiresome"

how dare you accuse other videogame fans of not wanting to enjoy games? it's so preposterous on its face that I don't believe you actually think that, frankly.

in truth, the corporations are ruining everything and we've simply had the gall to notice.

in my opinion, what's tiresome is the insistence that the only important thing is personal enjoyment when it comes to consuming media.

im convinced that if a company thought the only way to make a game was to dump 55 gallon drums of gasoline straight into local drinking water, people would be on here saying it's fine as long as the games are good.

@VeganH

"This is for 2 types of people. 1, the people who played the original and wanted a remake. And 2, the new generation of gamers who've never played the original. For the others, nintendo doesn't care about you."

yes, I am the "played ocarina many times and not interested in a remake" type, and I'm feeling the "doesn't care" hard from my canonical favorite company ever lately on many levels.

@Skunkfish

Thanks for asking! 😊

A new Zelda game that has dungeons and is not "open world" in the sense that it has a logical narrative and progression would be a good start.

But, if it has to be open world, "non linear," and for some reason dungeons are off the table, then something new that isn't another BOTW retread

Dreamworks presents Lemony of Snicket: A Chronology of Unfortunate Ocarinas

Thanks i hate it.

Nintendo remains stubborn over the issue, however, stating that it did not mislead customers and that paying the €35 million fine "does not constitute an admission of guilt and reflects only the amicable resolution of legal proceedings."

obv the important thing is that they've learned nothing.

"We've A Sneaky Feeling Nightdive's Latest Remaster Will Be Awesome"

is an opinion and has no business being a #NEWS headline.

That being said, I've always been interested in these games so maybe I'll get into this! 👍