I guess that's fair. My favorite part of this offer is that some Nes games have been kind of remixed. I hope to see that on Super Nes games too. That would be awesome.
And I hope to see some real Nes Remix on Switch one day or the other.
@StevenG Someone's freedom stops where the freedom of the others begins. It's not a matter of private freedom : if you create something, you deserve the recognition of it. Even if it just a tiny line in the credits roll. Even if you are such an awful person like Notch.
@neufel @oatmaster I just erased my comment. I didn't saw the line in the article saying he was still in the credits !
I got fooled by the article's title.
But if he had been erased from the credits, yep, that would have been a censorship problem, which is a very serious one and absolutly not a matter of black and white thinking. I don't like black and white thinking but I don't like that we don't call something by its name because we fear it might be black and white thinking.
But well, this doesn't matter anymore here now
I'm kinda curious about WatchDogs 3 (serious rumours say it's coming by the end of 2019).
The graphic style of WatchDogs 2 would have been technicly easy to downgrade for a Switch.
So... will Watchdogs 3 be on Switch ?
If so, that would be the sign we need to get more AAA open worlds on Switch from editors
@Jokerwolf I'm waiting for the same information. If this horrible music can be turned off, I will play it. If not, I will pass (there's so many games to play anyway)
I'm far more thrilled by the official remake who looks so lovely, than this.
For me, the graphic style of Zelda 3 doesn't age on Zelda 3 because it's part of its charm, as a whole. But on another game, with other musics, another story, it looks very wrong...
@RandomNerds As others say above, Radiant Silvergun, Nights into Dreams, Guardian Heroes, but also Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter 2 (on PS3/360) have been re-released.
It's a hard period to re-release today because :
1/ Sega Saturn was a very hard machine to develop on and you can't just take a game and re-release it as easy as you can with a PS1 game or an old PC game. You really have to re-write the code.
2/ It's a machine that didn't sell very well : only 9.5 millions units in the world, far less than the Wii U or the PS Vita ! So maybe the nostalgia is very high for people who owned it (you, me, ...) but we're not that much in the world :/
3/ The graphics from this period are very hard to watch today, as the PS1 games today. I guess 2D games like Saturn Bomberman are still ok, but 3D games nope. They have to do real remakes like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro or Nights into Dreams, ... and because of point number 2, it's not a very safe economic choice for developpers.
That's why we don't see many games from the Saturn era...
The best way to play Saturn games today is to replace the CD drive of the machine by an SD card reader : you can play any game without restriction, perfectly emulated because you play on a real Sega Saturn, without the noise of the Saturn drive, and without any regional restriction.
I don't like the result here : it all feels odd. The ship seems to be floating like a puppet, and seems to be in a different place that the background. Better resolution and better framerate alone are not always a good idea : sometimes art direction doesn't support it.
If you look at the original footage, none of that happen.
This footage prooves that Metroid Prime Trilogy needs a remake and not a simple remaster.
@PapaPedro I know it can sound like that but that was not my point From the day I started playing (around 5 years old) from 24-26 years old, I was very sensitiv to such things as input lag, a lot more that the average person. Then i went to depression and I didn't feel input lag anymore. I didn't care. Like I didn't care about nuances of black or gray (but it was part of my job) or I didn't care if I was around the good persons for me. Well, depression. At 35, 4 years ago, I started meditation. And all went back little by little, still today. I had to change my TV because I couldn't stand anymore a high input lag 😂 Since a few weeks, I'm starting to struggle with 30fps games... I need more. And so much has change for me in four years.
And when you rediscover your feelings day after day, when your attention and sensitivity grows ever day, you start to better understand other people. Exemple : "OK this one is very sensitiv to input lag but can stand to live in a dirty appartment. This one on the other side has an appartment so clean I could eat on the floor, but he doesn't see input lag." No judgment at all : people are what they are, with different takes on the world around them, different strenghts, different struggles or different easiness in life. There's one reality but there's millions ways to see it (or maybe should I say "feel" it). And input lag is a part of it !
(of course there was no input lag before I was 24 because we were playing on CRT. : but the idea is there, I was very sensitiv to details no one cared about - and I thought I was the problem)
I still prefer to play AAA games on a PS4 Pro ou X-Box X on the big screen of my living room, but the portability of the Switch plus its exclusiv games, makes it an excellent gaming device.
It's not crazy at all because since a few years, Microsoft totally shifted its approach of the business.
They make now a total distinction between hardware and software offers.
Hardware : the XBox is now a PC, powerful, with a low cost, easy to use and that you can put under the TV in the living room.
Software : propose as much software as you can to as much as places as you can. Exclusiv software is just to promote this offer (here the Game Pass)
That's why we had back compatibility and that's why we have Play Anywhere program.
And that's how it will more and more work the next years for everyone. Even Apple is going the same way in 2019, with iTunes or Airplay being soon available on non-Apple hardwares.
It's more Sony and Nintendo that are late on this approach of the business.
I think Sony is gonna go the same way soon or later (PS Now is already available on PC)
Nintendo... naaah. Their IP's are too strong and too related to "Nintendo" even in the mind of the largest audience.
They will continue their way as long as they can (and it might be very long).
No no no no no and f**k no. I love God of War and this artist has a huge amount of talent.
But a big part of the job of an artist is to get the mood whatever he's drawing should have.
And it's a total mistep (except maybe for Kirby).
Result is too scary and nightmares material.
Take that far from the kids !!
Seriously, good kast but kan't wait to see who will be the special DLS guests this time. Alien, Predator, Jason Vorhees and Leatherface were a blast in MKX.
I feel like the news of the day is that Retro Studio was available. So it means Retro finished (or has almost finished) the game they were working on since DK Tropical Freeze and that it will be announced very shortly.
You just have to read between lines : they just said Retro Studios was not available two years ago and now they are.
So no mediocre Metroid Prime 4 and a new Retro Studio game very soon : two great news in one day !
"This reptilian fighter started out life as a hidden opponent and has since been a regular member of the cast, ..."
Nope, he was not hidden. He was in the original roster from Mortal Kombat 2 (and he was inexistent in MK1). Noob Saibot and Smoke were hidden in MK2 and then playable in next entries.
@Hikingguy Sorry for the late answer Well, I think the price of a game shouldn't be a matter too (except for you wallet !). If you want to play a game, buy it now, it doesn't matter if it's old or new. I'm still stuck in the marketing process that makes me buy games as they are released. But I know it's dumb. And I think I will get off that process in 2019.
I've read today somewhere in a topic someone saying "I become fully digital in 2019 : when I'm building a collection, I'm distracted from gaming". Well I get the point. But when I see that the Wii eshop Channel will definitly close in 2 weeks, I see the danger of digital. But (again) when I see that you can illegaly download any Wii game today, I'm thinking that they will always be hackers and fans to prevent any game from getting lost in time. Look at what is done today with old consoles.
So... I still don't know how to act. If I had a BIG appartment with a room just for games and movies, maybe that won't be a problem. But that's not the case right now
I love Digital Foundry's idea that Nintendo could have add different art styles, like in Mario Maker : Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros 1 & 3. This would have been awesome !
I paid 39.99€ for the physical edition. And having played it on Wii U and knowing it's the best "New" ever, I think it's a fair price. I never finished it (got stucked at the last boss !) and I will play it a second time with pleasure.
@Hikingguy @JayJ Finally a good debate about this matter. Thanks !
I have another theory about all this : what if our relationship with games were far more wrong ? We buy more and more games that we don't play, just because of interesting offers or sales. What if we played a game and won't buy another until we're through the one we're playing right now. I don't mean we have to finish it 100%, or even finish it if we don't have the heart for it. I mean having a healthy relationship with games and the experience of playing them : one after another. In that case, playing a new game or an old one doesn't matter anymore and it shouldn't : a good game is still good after a few years. In that case, if we emphasize the "experience" side of gaming and not its other sides (collection, growing appetite for news), then... physical does matter only if you want absolutly to play a game no longer available digitally. And that's it.
That's where I am right now in my reflexion about this matter, as a 100% physical buyer who can't help seeing the good side of digital.
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Re: Random: Nintendo Reminds Us That Yes, Switch Will Eventually Stop Getting NES Games
I guess that's fair.
My favorite part of this offer is that some Nes games have been kind of remixed. I hope to see that on Super Nes games too.
That would be awesome.
And I hope to see some real Nes Remix on Switch one day or the other.
Re: Random: Halo's Twitter Account Wants Master Chief To Finish The Fight In Smash Bros. Ultimate
Add Master Chief and Kratos to Smash Bros and I will be very happy.
Re: Don't Expect A Saturn Mini Anytime Soon, Says Sega
Best way to emulate Saturn ? Buy one and replace the CD drive by an SD card reader (Rhea or Phoebe).
Re: Minecraft Update Removes References Of Its Creator From The Game
@StevenG Someone's freedom stops where the freedom of the others begins.
It's not a matter of private freedom : if you create something, you deserve the recognition of it. Even if it just a tiny line in the credits roll. Even if you are such an awful person like Notch.
Re: Minecraft Update Removes References Of Its Creator From The Game
@neufel Thanks ^^
Re: Minecraft Update Removes References Of Its Creator From The Game
@neufel @oatmaster I just erased my comment. I didn't saw the line in the article saying he was still in the credits !
I got fooled by the article's title.
But if he had been erased from the credits, yep, that would have been a censorship problem, which is a very serious one and absolutly not a matter of black and white thinking. I don't like black and white thinking but I don't like that we don't call something by its name because we fear it might be black and white thinking.
But well, this doesn't matter anymore here now
Thanks for the notification about my mystake !
Re: Ubisoft Will Host An E3 2019 Conference, Date And Time Confirmed
I'm kinda curious about WatchDogs 3 (serious rumours say it's coming by the end of 2019).
The graphic style of WatchDogs 2 would have been technicly easy to downgrade for a Switch.
So... will Watchdogs 3 be on Switch ?
If so, that would be the sign we need to get more AAA open worlds on Switch from editors
Re: Target Australia Seems To Think Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Coming To Switch
"so we'd be silly to even suggest we're not jealous of our PS4, Xbox One and PC-owning chums who all have the chance to explore the Wild West"
I hear millions of PC owners crying after reading this part !
Nintendolife you have no heart 😂
Re: Review: Yoshi's Crafted World - A Charming Construction Made From Familiar Materials
@Jokerwolf I'm waiting for the same information. If this horrible music can be turned off, I will play it. If not, I will pass (there's so many games to play anyway)
Re: Fans Are Remaking Zelda: Link's Awakening For The SNES
I'm far more thrilled by the official remake who looks so lovely, than this.
For me, the graphic style of Zelda 3 doesn't age on Zelda 3 because it's part of its charm, as a whole. But on another game, with other musics, another story, it looks very wrong...
Re: Nintendo Hosts Huge Indie Sale In Europe With Up To 50% Off
But no Crypt of the Necrodancer. Bummer.
Re: Kotal Kahn Gets Humiliated In His Mortal Kombat 11 Reveal Trailer
@electrogeist That would be brillant. Mortal Kombat Klassic Kollection ! I would love to play the 2nd and the 4th on the go.
Re: Sega Ages Virtua Racing Will Support Eight-Player Splitscreen And Online Races On Switch
@Ristar24 You're right for the arcade versions, my mystake !
Saturn is very loud when it access CDs.
Re: Sega Ages Virtua Racing Will Support Eight-Player Splitscreen And Online Races On Switch
@RandomNerds As others say above, Radiant Silvergun, Nights into Dreams, Guardian Heroes, but also Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter 2 (on PS3/360) have been re-released.
It's a hard period to re-release today because :
1/ Sega Saturn was a very hard machine to develop on and you can't just take a game and re-release it as easy as you can with a PS1 game or an old PC game. You really have to re-write the code.
2/ It's a machine that didn't sell very well : only 9.5 millions units in the world, far less than the Wii U or the PS Vita ! So maybe the nostalgia is very high for people who owned it (you, me, ...) but we're not that much in the world :/
3/ The graphics from this period are very hard to watch today, as the PS1 games today. I guess 2D games like Saturn Bomberman are still ok, but 3D games nope. They have to do real remakes like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro or Nights into Dreams, ... and because of point number 2, it's not a very safe economic choice for developpers.
That's why we don't see many games from the Saturn era...
The best way to play Saturn games today is to replace the CD drive of the machine by an SD card reader : you can play any game without restriction, perfectly emulated because you play on a real Sega Saturn, without the noise of the Saturn drive, and without any regional restriction.
Re: Sega Ages Virtua Racing Will Support Eight-Player Splitscreen And Online Races On Switch
Perfect. Now bring Saturn Bomberman and its 10 player madness.
Re: Hands On: Should You Buy Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker's Special Episode DLC?
It's already a nice surprise we get a DLC for this game. Hope they will release more !
Most of the time, Nintendo's DLC are real DLC. Meaning they have been developped after the game was released. We should support that.
Re: Video: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Looks Lovely Running At 60fps And In 4K
I don't like the result here : it all feels odd. The ship seems to be floating like a puppet, and seems to be in a different place that the background. Better resolution and better framerate alone are not always a good idea : sometimes art direction doesn't support it.
If you look at the original footage, none of that happen.
This footage prooves that Metroid Prime Trilogy needs a remake and not a simple remaster.
Re: Random: Fan Makes Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Montage To The Can-Can Music
@Shepdawg1 And the Super Mario Maker one too.
OK I found a new passion : watching can can videos based on videogames.
Re: Random: Fan Makes Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Montage To The Can-Can Music
@Omedru The Kirby one is insane indeed ! ^^
Thanks for the share.
Re: PDP Launches Luigi And Peach GameCube Controllers For Nintendo Switch
No Waluigi pad ? No buy.
Re: Random: Fan Makes Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Montage To The Can-Can Music
I want Parodius on Switch so bad now.
Re: Random: Fan Makes Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Montage To The Can-Can Music
Great montage ! I wonder if it is the Parodius can can version 🤔
Re: Video: A Sega Genesis Controller On The Nintendo Switch
@MJKatana @Rinari Until today, no 8bitDo controller is compatible with PS4 or XBox One (which is a total shame).
So It's not a surprise if the official list doesn't list M30 as PS4 compatible (which is AGAIN a tooooootal shame)
Re: Video: A Sega Genesis Controller On The Nintendo Switch
Sooo.... which one to buy : 8bitDo or Retrobit ?
Re: Get A Bunch Of Sega Classics For 25% Off Right Now On Nintendo Switch (Europe)
@PapaPedro I know it can sound like that but that was not my point From the day I started playing (around 5 years old) from 24-26 years old, I was very sensitiv to such things as input lag, a lot more that the average person.
Then i went to depression and I didn't feel input lag anymore. I didn't care. Like I didn't care about nuances of black or gray (but it was part of my job) or I didn't care if I was around the good persons for me.
Well, depression.
At 35, 4 years ago, I started meditation. And all went back little by little, still today.
I had to change my TV because I couldn't stand anymore a high input lag 😂 Since a few weeks, I'm starting to struggle with 30fps games... I need more. And so much has change for me in four years.
And when you rediscover your feelings day after day, when your attention and sensitivity grows ever day, you start to better understand other people. Exemple : "OK this one is very sensitiv to input lag but can stand to live in a dirty appartment. This one on the other side has an appartment so clean I could eat on the floor, but he doesn't see input lag."
No judgment at all : people are what they are, with different takes on the world around them, different strenghts, different struggles or different easiness in life.
There's one reality but there's millions ways to see it (or maybe should I say "feel" it). And input lag is a part of it !
(of course there was no input lag before I was 24 because we were playing on CRT. : but the idea is there, I was very sensitiv to details no one cared about - and I thought I was the problem)
Re: Get A Bunch Of Sega Classics For 25% Off Right Now On Nintendo Switch (Europe)
@PapaPedro We're not all equal in front of this problem.
People with a good sense of visual attention notice input lag immediatly and they just can't get used to it.
Others don't notice it, don't care, but it really affect the pleasure to play on an unconscious level. Even to them.
So if you don't notice input lag, just trust the people who notice it.
It's reaaaally important to ENJOY a game.
Even for you.
Re: Get A Bunch Of Sega Classics For 25% Off Right Now On Nintendo Switch (Europe)
Sega Ages = perfect emulation
Sega Mega Drive Classics = mediocre emulation
As simple as that.
Re: Anniversary: Nintendo Switch Launched Two Years Ago Today
Great console, great concept.
I still prefer to play AAA games on a PS4 Pro ou X-Box X on the big screen of my living room, but the portability of the Switch plus its exclusiv games, makes it an excellent gaming device.
Re: Video: Johnny Cage Revealed For Mortal Kombat 11, Here's A First Look
Game of the year incoming.
That fatality... huhuhu
I can't wait to discover all the other fatalitys...
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo And Microsoft Working Together Isn't As Crazy As You Think
It's not crazy at all because since a few years, Microsoft totally shifted its approach of the business.
They make now a total distinction between hardware and software offers.
Hardware : the XBox is now a PC, powerful, with a low cost, easy to use and that you can put under the TV in the living room.
Software : propose as much software as you can to as much as places as you can. Exclusiv software is just to promote this offer (here the Game Pass)
That's why we had back compatibility and that's why we have Play Anywhere program.
And that's how it will more and more work the next years for everyone. Even Apple is going the same way in 2019, with iTunes or Airplay being soon available on non-Apple hardwares.
It's more Sony and Nintendo that are late on this approach of the business.
I think Sony is gonna go the same way soon or later (PS Now is already available on PC)
Nintendo... naaah. Their IP's are too strong and too related to "Nintendo" even in the mind of the largest audience.
They will continue their way as long as they can (and it might be very long).
Re: God Of War's Art Director Is Still Posting Incredible Realistic Smash Ultimate Designs
No no no no no and f**k no. I love God of War and this artist has a huge amount of talent.
But a big part of the job of an artist is to get the mood whatever he's drawing should have.
And it's a total mistep (except maybe for Kirby).
Result is too scary and nightmares material.
Take that far from the kids !!
Re: A Trio Of Classic Resident Evil Games Is Coming To Switch This May
It's not every day that I want motion controls on a game BUT I WANT IT ON RE4 godamn'it !
Re: 1TB Micro SD Cards Are About To Hit Stores, Perfect For Your Switch Storage Woes
@blackbox64 If GamePass comes to Switch, it will only be via streaming.
So you won't need more than a few Mb on your Switch to play all games.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Has Plans To Revive A "Dead And Buried" Game
Super Waluigi World ! ^^
Re: Rumour: New Mortal Kombat 11 Characters Possibly Leaked Thanks To Steam Achievement List
Seriously, good kast but kan't wait to see who will be the special DLS guests this time. Alien, Predator, Jason Vorhees and Leatherface were a blast in MKX.
Re: Rumour: New Mortal Kombat 11 Characters Possibly Leaked Thanks To Steam Achievement List
So no Shaggy ? Awww
Re: Gallery: These Awesome Switch Mock-Ups Can Make Your Dreams Become Reality
Let me fix that for you :
https://i.imgur.com/lSE3CIh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2oZRMmS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QchEOqF.jpg
(can't find how to embed those pics. The BBCode link doesn't work)
Re: So Long Wii Shop Channel, And Thanks For All The Games
Tomorrow will be the first day hacking a Wii will be legitimate.
And downloading all those .wad.
Re: So Long Wii Shop Channel, And Thanks For All The Games
@BakaKnight You shouldn't have done that.
Wii emulation was better than Wii U :/
Re: The Latest Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Removes "Jack" And "Brave" Codenames
"Brave" might be for "Brave Fencer Musashi".
Musashi confirmed !!! 😂
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About The Metroid Prime 4 Delay?
I feel like the news of the day is that Retro Studio was available.
So it means Retro finished (or has almost finished) the game they were working on since DK Tropical Freeze and that it will be announced very shortly.
You just have to read between lines : they just said Retro Studios was not available two years ago and now they are.
So no mediocre Metroid Prime 4 and a new Retro Studio game very soon : two great news in one day !
Re: Nintendo Is Not Considering A Switch Successor Or Price Cut At This Time, Says President
Captain obvious alert : of course they're not, until the day they announce it.
Re: Deals: Snag Yoshi's Crafted World For Under £40 And Get This Cute Little Egg Cartridge Case
I got a case looking exactly the same a few years ago with Yoshi on Wii U I think.
It was... not that cute and absolutely not a convenient storage even for 3DS cartridges or coins or whatever.
Re: Mortal Kombat 11 Art Director Seemingly Reveals Reptile's Return
"This reptilian fighter started out life as a hidden opponent and has since been a regular member of the cast, ..."
Nope, he was not hidden. He was in the original roster from Mortal Kombat 2 (and he was inexistent in MK1).
Noob Saibot and Smoke were hidden in MK2 and then playable in next entries.
Re: Yoshi’s Crafted World Is Getting A Physical Release In Japan With Just A Download Code Inside
@Hikingguy Sorry for the late answer
Well, I think the price of a game shouldn't be a matter too (except for you wallet !). If you want to play a game, buy it now, it doesn't matter if it's old or new. I'm still stuck in the marketing process that makes me buy games as they are released. But I know it's dumb. And I think I will get off that process in 2019.
I've read today somewhere in a topic someone saying "I become fully digital in 2019 : when I'm building a collection, I'm distracted from gaming".
Well I get the point.
But when I see that the Wii eshop Channel will definitly close in 2 weeks, I see the danger of digital.
But (again) when I see that you can illegaly download any Wii game today, I'm thinking that they will always be hackers and fans to prevent any game from getting lost in time. Look at what is done today with old consoles.
So... I still don't know how to act.
If I had a BIG appartment with a room just for games and movies, maybe that won't be a problem. But that's not the case right now
Re: Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster And Final Fantasy XII Both Dated For Nintendo Switch
Hmmm... XBox One X version with 4K & (maybe) 60fps ?
Or Switch version ?
A hell of dilemna, again.
Re: Looks Like Retro-Bit Is Resurrecting Sega's Switch-Like Handheld, The Nomad
All I want for Christmas is y... SATURN GAMEPADS
For Switch. And PS4. And Raspberry Pi.
I still don't get why 8bitdo hasn't released some
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Takes A Look At Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe On Switch
I love Digital Foundry's idea that Nintendo could have add different art styles, like in Mario Maker : Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros 1 & 3. This would have been awesome !
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Takes A Look At Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe On Switch
I paid 39.99€ for the physical edition.
And having played it on Wii U and knowing it's the best "New" ever, I think it's a fair price. I never finished it (got stucked at the last boss !) and I will play it a second time with pleasure.
Re: Yoshi’s Crafted World Is Getting A Physical Release In Japan With Just A Download Code Inside
@Hikingguy @JayJ Finally a good debate about this matter. Thanks !
I have another theory about all this : what if our relationship with games were far more wrong ? We buy more and more games that we don't play, just because of interesting offers or sales. What if we played a game and won't buy another until we're through the one we're playing right now. I don't mean we have to finish it 100%, or even finish it if we don't have the heart for it. I mean having a healthy relationship with games and the experience of playing them : one after another.
In that case, playing a new game or an old one doesn't matter anymore and it shouldn't : a good game is still good after a few years.
In that case, if we emphasize the "experience" side of gaming and not its other sides (collection, growing appetite for news), then... physical does matter only if you want absolutly to play a game no longer available digitally. And that's it.
That's where I am right now in my reflexion about this matter, as a 100% physical buyer who can't help seeing the good side of digital.