Great review! I've been enjoying it a lot. It plays at a locked, buttery-smooth, 90 fps on my Deck. It's really gorgeous to behold. I bet if I connected it to my monitor it would play at 180fps (but maybe I'd have to connect my laptop to my monitor for that level of smoothness and motion clarity). Since Nintendo made it clear they support piracy and thievery I'm not buying anything from them again, so it's nice that this game is easily available from ethical outlets like Steam.
@SpaceboyScreams and, it seems the free, enthusiast developed version will always be better and more fun. It's fun to play videogames. Nintendo seems to just want control, power, and wealth. Why pay Nintendo to play a choppy, frame dropping version of f zero x (on NSO expansion pack) when it runs locked at 60 on Deck (and many other devices)? It also happens to run locked at 60fps on N64 and virtual console on Wii U, so I don't know what the hell Nintendo is doing...
@Shiesty I'm planning on not buying Super Switch at all. I say support freedom for the future of gaming, not Nintendo's authoritarian, dystopian nightmare where people don't own their consoles, don't own their purchased copy of software.
@GrailUK I'm a huge Nintendo fan, so I hope the wonderful artists, musicians, and programmers that currently work for Nintendo can find employment in a healthier, pro-gaming context as soon as possible!!
Nintendo is worse than Denuvo. It's like Nintendo is made out of DRM. An unethical and unlawful corporation like Nintendo deserves to have their corporate charter/license revoked and be put out of business. People have the freedom to jailbreak their devices. People have the freedom to modify copies of software. Nintendo used their immense power and wealth to abuse a corrupt judicial system and steal. No one should give any money to support Nintendo's dystopian vision for the future of videogames.
@Moistnado exactly, Nintendo creates this context where you have to emulate to enjoy gaming. Such a ridiculous and "unlawful" corporation (to use their lawyerly word from this sickening lawsuit).
If you can't own it, then it's not possible to pirate it. If I don't own the things I buy, then I'll quit buying them! Thanks for helping me see this clearly Nintendo!
The more I read and watch on YouTube about this the more angry I get, and the more I hate Nintendo. They win this, they establish legal precedent to shut down all emulators. Nintendo is absolutely evil, Jesus christ. I think I need to abandon my Nintendo account, hack my own Switch that I OWN, and play my favorite games outside of Nintendo's orbit. I DO NOT want to play 1 new Gameboy game every few months when Nintendo decides to drop it from their newly established absolute ownership of thousands of old games. F Nintendo!
I'm still totally into Tears of the Kingdom, building fast electric vehicles, railjets, boats, etc. Just exploring, doing side quests, and being amazed at how good the game is. It's amazing how fun fast vehicles are. I built this one from YouTube called Hank the Tank, but I'm not good at building yet, so I call mine Jank the Tank. It achieves star fragment streaming speed on the plains, can climb well, and can go in reverse. It's amazingly fun. I always drive it until the wheels despawn!
Also playing Advance Wars 1 + 2, Super Mario RPG, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Vampire Survivors, Mario Golf Super Rush, Mario Wonder, Ufouria the saga 2, and Terraflame. I also canceled auto renewal for my NSO subscription since I realized Nintendo uses my payments to fight to eliminate emulation that is freely available and doesn't require an online connection to them. That honestly makes me want to quit giving them any money...
I've also ordered another emulation handheld since Nintendo got me thinking about the subject so much!
And I've been enjoying the awesome Emulation Station on Steam Deck.
Also on OLED Deck I've been enjoying Star Wars Dark Forces at 90fps (and at 144 beautiful fps on my laptop), Ultrakill is also amazingly beautiful and fun at 90fps on Deck, Dirt Rally too!, and Cuccchi is pretty awesome on Deck, Penny's Big Breakaway is also super fun and smooth at 90fps, and I've also been playing Ballistic NG on Deck (which runs at 90, but has something going on that produces a slight stutter, still fun and smooth though!).
I also tried out Detroit Become Human on Deck, but will save it for playing on my laptop for higher fps. It looks super fun and interesting though.
Oh, and damn you Felix for that video about getting exact game playtime! I can't resist that kind of thing and now have over 270 games entered into it, and it says 1040 hours played on Switch. I factory reset my Switch last summer when Nintendo nerfed the elevator rail in one of the many unwanted TOTK patches. So now I know I've got 219 hours in TOTK and 107 in BOTW since last summer. And all the other hours and minutes in hundreds of other Switch games...
Edit: also got Balatro and love it. Even though it's not a racing game or 1st person shooter I still appreciate the 90fps it has on Deck.
@Chinesus that's a great read, thanks for posting it! Nintendo can really act like a creepy authoritarian when they feel like their position as wealthiest corporation in Japan might be slightly under threat from open source emulation developers.
I also don't think Yuzu getting patreon supporters is something that should contribute to them getting sued and getting computers and websites confiscated. This is a tough issue to deal with though.
@Shiesty I've bought 3 copies of Tears of the Kingdom (one as a gift, one I needed to play version 1.0 cuz Nintendo patched out easy building with the elevator railing). And I really want to play it at 120fps or higher. I wish Nintendo would release games on PC instead of attacking people like the Yuzu developers. But I also think this is a tough issue. I can see Nintendo's point of view too.
Arceus is my favorite Pokémon game by far, so I'm thrilled to see this announcement! I can only hope it runs at a PS5 Pro frame rate! But I'll play it even if it's only 60fps or a blurry unpleasant 30!
Yeah, I wish this was coming out Feb 28! Really love the graphics, music, gameplay, awesome movement control, and first few level designs. I think my favorite thing about the game so far though is the ability to slow the gameplay down to various degrees. It's so fun to replay levels slowed down. Makes the game relaxing instead of exciting, but both ways are fun.
This is a great video. I'm glad to know what's going on with the game before release. I'll get it on Steam so I can adjust my Deck's refresh rate to make the game play very smoothly, as mentioned in the video. 72fps, can't wait to see you.
I love playing this, it seems better than the original 3DS game to me. I do notice the frame drops in the bigger views of the race, bit it's still exciting and fun to play with fantastic music and writing. Had no idea how happy I'd be to play this on Switch!
I think of the elevator rail found in the Right Leg Depot and at the bottom of a chasm near or on the Great Plateau as the best DLC ever. Even though it seems to be an accident where a Nintendo programmer was just making a light elevator that 4 fans could lift with Link in it, crafty players figured out you could break the railing off the main elevator piece/unit. It's incredibly light, with high air resistance, and is just amazingly fun to build with and play with. It is the basis for "railjets" which are very fast and fun aircraft to fly around Hyrule. The next best DLC is quantum linking, which allows for very fast electric cars/vehicles in Tears of the Kingdom. Having fast big wheel vehicles is simply awesome due to all the hills, ramps (or things that can be used as ramps), and cliffs to drive off of in the game. So those are my favorite non-DLC DLCs! In terms of real DLCs, it would be a tie between Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Yoshi's Island track in Mario Kart, and the awesome Breath of the Wild DLC (oh, and windbombing is also sorta like another awesome user invented DLC!). I've spent so many hours windbombing in BOTW that I think that's my number 2 favorite "DLC".
Love the questions at the end! You might want to add my favorite question: When is wipEout 64 coming to Switch with it's much vaunted 120fps mode? Answer: Get a life you frame rate jerk!
I'm playing Tears of the Kingdom and having way more fun than I thought I'd be having. I've been addicted to TOTK recently because of the higher level builds I've been working on. Discovering the speed of "electric" cars that use quantum linked big wheels has been amazing. Oh, and I explored 2 awesome caves recently. This game is so gorgeous and fun to explore and create in and mess around with!
I've also been tremendously impressed by Pepper Grinder. Had so much fun playing through a few levels, then discovering you can slow the gameplay down. Then I slowed it all the way down and found that the game is relaxing and fun in a new way. Plus the slow gameplay really goes with the music! Can't wait to get the full game!
Also been enjoying Unicorn Overlord, Moon Lander (don't like how it's one of the rare Switch games that doesn't save my game or register which user profile I'm playing it with), Real Drift Racing (good 60fps drifting), Advance Wars 1+2, Mario Golf Super Rush, Golfinite, Pocket Card Jockey Ride On! (I liked th3 3DS game, but forgot how good it is, and this Switch edition is great!), Inkulinati, Dr Kawashimas Brain Training (got on Japanese eshop and bought this. Used to have the cartridge y3ars ago), Final Vendetta (love this game, and I don't love beat em ups much), Switch Sports, Fitness Boxing North Star, Snake bird, Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon, and the wonderful Mario vs Donkey Kong (I've gotten stumped by a couple levels! Love this remake though!).
On Steam Deck I've been amazed by how awesome Penny's Big Breakway is. It feels as good as it looks running at 90fps. Another one I've loved is the Lunar Lander Beyond remake/new game demo. It has amazing music, sound design, and gameplay. Halls of Torment is better than I expected. Had a hard time stopping playing it.
Oh, and back on Switch I've loved playing RC Pro AM, Battletoads, Snake Rattle and Roll, and Blast Corps! Oh, and Earthbound Beginnings, I've started it in earnest and like it a lot.
And I've enjoyed Rocket League on laptop at 144fps and on Switch at what feels like way less than half that!
Can't believe Minter Wonderland is coming out in just a week or two!
I've also been playing more of Mario RPG. It's so good, and makes me wish for a Pokémon game that runs and plays just as quickly! Would be amazing to play a Pokémon game where the movies, gameplay, battles, and traversal are all locked at 60fps. Sounds so fun!
After reading other's posts I remembered I've been playing Mario Maker 2, the most amazing and neverending game ever, I think! And also Side Order! I played a lot of Splatoon, and Splatoon 2, but haven't played much of 3. I'm liking side order, and playing more of the card battles, whatever they're called, putting shapes down to take territory.
@Warioware Yeah, I used to play Omega Collection on PS5 and PSVR 1. It was only 60fps, and I think it is still limited to that frame rate. They finally added a 120fps mode to Gran Tourismo, so it seems like they'd do it for Wipeout... Yes, there are tons of Amiga and Commodore 64 games that I'd love to see come to Switch. If Digital Eclipse does it, all the better!
I don't know what to expect, but I want Arceus 2 locked at 60fps, with very quick gameplay, quick battles, quick opening and shutting of menus and pokedex and everything. Just fast, fun, and addictive exploration, battles, and loading! I don't care how small the areas have to be to facilitate this level of speed. This kind of Pokémon game seriously sounds extremely fun to me!
Looks fun! Would love for it to have all kinds of pedals and effects to play with too. Include a My Bloody Valentine song, a Cure song, Smiths song, etc!
@Warioware Yeah, all sounds good. Cannon Fodder would be sweet to have on Switch. Wipeout 64 happened, so maybe old wipeout games could come to Switch. I still can't believe Sony hasn't released a 120fps wipeout on PS5, and Jumping Flash for PSVR.
@Warioware Psygnosis would be an incredible release along these lines. The team that originally made Worms, and all interactions and other games they made, would be awesome too. Oh, and I would LOVE for Digital Eclipse to get access to all the old obscure Compile games from the 1980s!
I've got to post again about this! I think this will be my favorite release of 2024. Simply can't wait to play, watch, and gush about this release. I'm already planning to get it for Switch and on Steam. Come here March!
@NeonPizza Yeah, I appreciate what you're saying. I am a huge fan of black frame insertion though. For me it's very worth the input lag. I play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom with Samsung's motion clarity and black frame insertion turned on and they look incredible. When I move steadily, or am paragliding or flying (pretty smooth movement), those games can almost look like 90fps or something. Recently I've built some crazy electric cars with lots of big wheels, weapons, and fast movement and it almost makes TOTK unplayable. But then I took this crazy vehicle to the Depths and the lighter load down there means more overhead for the Switch to maintain 30fps with perfect frame pacing, so my awesome fast car is fun to use again. Also, I'd love it if some company would release a new CRT for gaming. I'd buy it instantly since I know it would look way better than any LG C3 in terms of motion clarity. I'd be happy with a 20 inch CRT, especially if it could do 120hz! That would be sick!
I just saw a review of this (the Apple version) where they wished it had an option to run at 60 or 120fps. So what does this game run at on Apple?! And what does it run at on Switch? The original ran at 60fps, so I'd hope this doesn't reduce the frame rate...
Oh my God, March 14! Thought I'd have to wait more months than that. Can't wait to play this. I also wonder if it'll run at higher frame rates on systems that support 90, 120, and higher frames per second....
@JibberX From what I've seen on youtube only the cutscenes run at 60fps on Switch. The gameplay is only 30fps. I'm glad that doesn't bother some people, but as you could guess from my name I vastly prefer quadruple that frame rate. I'm excited to play this on PC or something.
I was totally expecting this to be 60fps on Switch! Bummer, I'll have to avoid it on Switch... Hopefully it'll be locked at 90fps on Deck and locked to infinity on PC!
This was the first thing I discovered after the Direct! I updated the N64 app to play Blast Corps, but also checked for updates on all the other NSO apps. Curiously the Japanese GBA app updated, but not the U.S. GBA app. So I opened the Japanese GBA app to see what they'd added. When the blank rectangle flipped over and said Mother 3 I said holy *****! I love the music in it, and really wish it was translated for a global audience!
I love Endless Ocean, and going way back, Aquanaut's Holiday, so I'm happy with the grand finale of the Direct. There's many great releases throughout the direct. First thing I did after the Direct was play the super fun Blast Corps! Nice surprise! When I was watching most of the video seemed to be 30fps, but hopefully the vast majority of these games end up being 60. I wouldn't have minded if Nintendo had slipped in a little info about the Super Switch targeting 120fps, or 90fps, for all releases (with a fallback 60fps mode for heavier and more graphically intensive titles)! I'm seriously excited to play many of these announced games, Penny's Big Breakaway especially.
I need to go to sleep so badly, but 1.5 hours is so close! If I stay up to watch this my Wednesday is going to be so long and difficult! I'll sleep, cuz this can be watched anytime. I wear myself out as a Nintendo fan.
I want them to release a Switch Pro to tide mega-Nintendo fans over until Super Switch. It makes no financial sense, so I'm thinking about getting an extra Switch and having it modded so I can play all these games that run at 60fps when the clocks are unleashed, like Breath of the Wild, Red Dead Redemption, and Crash Team Racing. I'm sure there are many others that get bumped up to 60fps, but those are the ones I know of off the top of my head. I wish hacked Switches could get Tears of the Kingdom up to 60, but it sounds like they just lock it at 30 (even with sages turned on and something like Ultrahand being used). I would like all the Wii U stuff to get ported over. The Dr. Luigi games on Wii U and 3DS seem like low hanging fruit. Pushmo, Pocket Card Jockey, the Grezzo 3DS Zelda remakes running at 60fps on Switch would be incredible, I'd also love it there could at least be a performance mode of some kind for Twilight and Wind Waker so those could be played smoothly, and I'd love DS added to NSO so we could get the 2 awesome Advance Wars games that came to DS. I also agree with the article about there being plenty of games, nothing to worry about. I want Super Switch very, very badly, but I've got many, many Switch games I haven't played much yet. Heck, I've got many 3DS, Wii U, and Steam games I've barely played. Oh, and my final comment is that I'd love for the remakes to focus on lower frame rate games, so they could be brought up to 60fps! Skyward Sword is my favorite example of this!
It's good! I love the jazz and orchestra soundtrack. The gameplay is better than I remember. Seems like the controls are improved, easier to get on ladders, for example.
Tears of the Kingdom! I built a single fan railjet and have been having tons of giddy fun piloting it around Hyrule. I love letting go of the control stick and coasting, then grabbing it again and regaining control and speed. This railjet turns TOTK into the best Pilotwings game I've ever played! This railjet was created by Efficient_Demand who I think posts on reddit and the Hyrule Engineering group, but Youtubers are posting great how to videos so even someone like me can make this thing. I have a hard time lifting off and getting going, but once I do it is so fun and fast. I love landing it in central Hyrule just for the challenge of it. I'm also just having fun exploring, climbing around, and talking to NPCs and doing some side quests.
I'm also having fun playing Breath of the Wild, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Psyvariar Delta, Advance Wars 1 + 2 reboot camp, Dordogne, Arzette the jewel of faramore (such a strange yet good platformer made by 2 guys from Digital Foundry!), Golfinite, Tomb Raider remastered, Pinball M, and Mario Golf Super Rush.
On Deck I'm enjoying Voidigo (still stuck at 60fps, but maybe I just haven't figured out how to unlock it to 90fps, or maybe a patch is coming soon), Ultros (sweet game that looks great except it only runs at 60fps), Flying Tank (absolutely gorgeous shoot em up that runs locked at 90fps), Pyre (I got Hades and Transistor too, but have only played Pyre so far)(looks very nice at 90!), Pixel Cup Soccer (amazingly cool looking running at a smooth 90 frames per second!), and Megabyte Punch (I know this is on Switch, but it looks much better at 90fps on Deck).
Lastly, I'm excited for the delay of Super Switch to 2025 if it means there's an increased chance Nintendo will source higher quality screens for it! With light games there's just too much left on the table with a maximum refresh rate of 60. Let games that can go up to 90 or 120 do their smooth, beautiful thing!
Oh, and I play Rocket League everyday too!
Also, I appreciated reading Lopes talking about Helldivers having denuvo crap and skipping the game. I was thinking about getting Persona 3 Reload and some Capcom game on Steam, but saw they have denuvo and or enigma low frame rate spy software included with the game, so I refrained from buying.
@Truegamer79 I think Super Switch will have thousands of games, in the way Steam Deck had thousands when it launched. But yeah, having an awesome variety of launch games just for Super Switch is a very good idea to kick off the next system right.
If they have to delay it to get better displays, then I support it! I'm sure I'll buy whatever it is since I'm a massive fan of Nintendo's software, but I really, really want support for VRR and high frame rates! Hopefully we'll find out what's going on soon...
I've just been playing TOTK and was blown away 3 or 4 different ways. Just can't believe how good it is. This week I successfully built a single fan railjet (Efficient Demand invented this awesome design, I guess they're on Reddit or Hyrule Engineers or something) (there's great how to videos on youtube). I have a hard time getting my slightly jank version of it to lift off, but once it gets going it is incredibly fast and fun to fly around Hyrule. More fun and exciting than any Pilotwings game, and I love all Pilotwings games. And I've also been completing Yunobos quest line, defeating a Lynel, getting an awesome paraglider fabric, climbing and exploring around, and about 6 other things. For me, TOTK is the most astonishingly good videogame I've ever played.
This looks fun, I'll have to pick it up. All these pinball tables are pretty addictive, and System Shock is an interesting crossover. Also, Tomb Raider remastered has been reminding me of Shadowman. I love how they both run smoothly and retain a lot of the old gameplay, but with a fair amount of newer quality of life stuff available if you want it. I just wish Nightdive and Aspyr and Saber had many more programmers to bring lots of other old games up to modern standards of 60fps and above (Turok 3 looks awesome at 90 on deck). So, in conclusion, pinball is awesome and System Shock pinball sounds great!
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Re: Review: New Star GP (Switch) - A Stylish, Moreish Homage To The Likes Of Virtua Racing
Great review! I've been enjoying it a lot. It plays at a locked, buttery-smooth, 90 fps on my Deck. It's really gorgeous to behold. I bet if I connected it to my monitor it would play at 180fps (but maybe I'd have to connect my laptop to my monitor for that level of smoothness and motion clarity).
Since Nintendo made it clear they support piracy and thievery I'm not buying anything from them again, so it's nice that this game is easily available from ethical outlets like Steam.
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
@SpaceboyScreams and, it seems the free, enthusiast developed version will always be better and more fun. It's fun to play videogames. Nintendo seems to just want control, power, and wealth. Why pay Nintendo to play a choppy, frame dropping version of f zero x (on NSO expansion pack) when it runs locked at 60 on Deck (and many other devices)? It also happens to run locked at 60fps on N64 and virtual console on Wii U, so I don't know what the hell Nintendo is doing...
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
@Tober sounds like an accurate description of the emperor, pretty close anyways
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
@GrailUK exactly
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
@Shiesty I'm planning on not buying Super Switch at all. I say support freedom for the future of gaming, not Nintendo's authoritarian, dystopian nightmare where people don't own their consoles, don't own their purchased copy of software.
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
@GrailUK I'm a huge Nintendo fan, so I hope the wonderful artists, musicians, and programmers that currently work for Nintendo can find employment in a healthier, pro-gaming context as soon as possible!!
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Switch Emulator Fallout Is Shocking Only Because It Took This Long
Nintendo is worse than Denuvo. It's like Nintendo is made out of DRM. An unethical and unlawful corporation like Nintendo deserves to have their corporate charter/license revoked and be put out of business. People have the freedom to jailbreak their devices. People have the freedom to modify copies of software. Nintendo used their immense power and wealth to abuse a corrupt judicial system and steal. No one should give any money to support Nintendo's dystopian vision for the future of videogames.
Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit
@Serpenterror thanks!
Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development
@Moistnado exactly, Nintendo creates this context where you have to emulate to enjoy gaming. Such a ridiculous and "unlawful" corporation (to use their lawyerly word from this sickening lawsuit).
Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development
If you can't own it, then it's not possible to pirate it. If I don't own the things I buy, then I'll quit buying them! Thanks for helping me see this clearly Nintendo!
Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit
The more I read and watch on YouTube about this the more angry I get, and the more I hate
Nintendo. They win this, they establish legal precedent to shut down all emulators. Nintendo is absolutely evil, Jesus christ.
I think I need to abandon my Nintendo account, hack my own Switch that I OWN, and play my favorite games outside of Nintendo's orbit. I DO NOT want to play 1 new Gameboy game every few months when Nintendo decides to drop it from their newly established absolute ownership of thousands of old games. F Nintendo!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 2nd)
I'm still totally into Tears of the Kingdom, building fast electric vehicles, railjets, boats, etc. Just exploring, doing side quests, and being amazed at how good the game is. It's amazing how fun fast vehicles are. I built this one from YouTube called Hank the Tank, but I'm not good at building yet, so I call mine Jank the Tank. It achieves star fragment streaming speed on the plains, can climb well, and can go in reverse. It's amazingly fun. I always drive it until the wheels despawn!
Also playing Advance Wars 1 + 2, Super Mario RPG, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Vampire Survivors, Mario Golf Super Rush, Mario Wonder, Ufouria the saga 2, and Terraflame. I also canceled auto renewal for my NSO subscription since I realized Nintendo uses my payments to fight to eliminate emulation that is freely available and doesn't require an online connection to them. That honestly makes me want to quit giving them any money...
I've also ordered another emulation handheld since Nintendo got me thinking about the subject so much!
And I've been enjoying the awesome Emulation Station on Steam Deck.
Also on OLED Deck I've been enjoying Star Wars Dark Forces at 90fps (and at 144 beautiful fps on my laptop), Ultrakill is also amazingly beautiful and fun at 90fps on Deck, Dirt Rally too!, and Cuccchi is pretty awesome on Deck, Penny's Big Breakaway is also super fun and smooth at 90fps, and I've also been playing Ballistic NG on Deck (which runs at 90, but has something going on that produces a slight stutter, still fun and smooth though!).
I also tried out Detroit Become Human on Deck, but will save it for playing on my laptop for higher fps. It looks super fun and interesting though.
Oh, and damn you Felix for that video about getting exact game playtime! I can't resist that kind of thing and now have over 270 games entered into it, and it says 1040 hours played on Switch. I factory reset my Switch last summer when Nintendo nerfed the elevator rail in one of the many unwanted TOTK patches. So now I know I've got 219 hours in TOTK and 107 in BOTW since last summer. And all the other hours and minutes in hundreds of other Switch games...
Edit: also got Balatro and love it. Even though it's not a racing game or 1st person shooter I still appreciate the 90fps it has on Deck.
Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit
@Chinesus that's a great read, thanks for posting it!
Nintendo can really act like a creepy authoritarian when they feel like their position as wealthiest corporation in Japan might be slightly under threat from open source emulation developers.
Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit
I also don't think Yuzu getting patreon supporters is something that should contribute to them getting sued and getting computers and websites confiscated.
This is a tough issue to deal with though.
Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit
@Shiesty I've bought 3 copies of Tears of the Kingdom (one as a gift, one I needed to play version 1.0 cuz Nintendo patched out easy building with the elevator railing). And I really want to play it at 120fps or higher. I wish Nintendo would release games on PC instead of attacking people like the Yuzu developers.
But I also think this is a tough issue. I can see Nintendo's point of view too.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Announced, Coming To Switch In 2025
Arceus is my favorite Pokémon game by far, so I'm thrilled to see this announcement! I can only hope it runs at a PS5 Pro frame rate! But I'll play it even if it's only 60fps or a blurry unpleasant 30!
Re: Random: Check Out This Cool SNES-Style Digital Game Manual For Pepper Grinder
Yeah, I wish this was coming out Feb 28! Really love the graphics, music, gameplay, awesome movement control, and first few level designs. I think my favorite thing about the game so far though is the ability to slow the gameplay down to various degrees. It's so fun to replay levels slowed down. Makes the game relaxing instead of exciting, but both ways are fun.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
This is a great video. I'm glad to know what's going on with the game before release. I'll get it on Steam so I can adjust my Deck's refresh rate to make the game play very smoothly, as mentioned in the video. 72fps, can't wait to see you.
Re: Review: Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! (Switch) - Game Freak's 3DS Gem Is Still A Prize Pony
I love playing this, it seems better than the original 3DS game to me. I do notice the frame drops in the bigger views of the race, bit it's still exciting and fun to play with fantastic music and writing. Had no idea how happy I'd be to play this on Switch!
Re: 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2024
@Spider-Kev Also, I'd like 1080 at 1080fps at 1080p!
Re: Best Nintendo Switch DLC & Expansions
I think of the elevator rail found in the Right Leg Depot and at the bottom of a chasm near or on the Great Plateau as the best DLC ever. Even though it seems to be an accident where a Nintendo programmer was just making a light elevator that 4 fans could lift with Link in it, crafty players figured out you could break the railing off the main elevator piece/unit. It's incredibly light, with high air resistance, and is just amazingly fun to build with and play with. It is the basis for "railjets" which are very fast and fun aircraft to fly around Hyrule.
The next best DLC is quantum linking, which allows for very fast electric cars/vehicles in Tears of the Kingdom. Having fast big wheel vehicles is simply awesome due to all the hills, ramps (or things that can be used as ramps), and cliffs to drive off of in the game. So those are my favorite non-DLC DLCs!
In terms of real DLCs, it would be a tie between Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Yoshi's Island track in Mario Kart, and the awesome Breath of the Wild DLC (oh, and windbombing is also sorta like another awesome user invented DLC!). I've spent so many hours windbombing in BOTW that I think that's my number 2 favorite "DLC".
Re: 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2024
@Spider-Kev 1080 is on NSO, and it's great, but it would be awesome at 60fps or higher. I think it's at 720p, maybe even 1080 in docked, I'm not sure
Re: 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2024
Love the questions at the end! You might want to add my favorite question: When is wipEout 64 coming to Switch with it's much vaunted 120fps mode? Answer: Get a life you frame rate jerk!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 24th)
I'm playing Tears of the Kingdom and having way more fun than I thought I'd be having. I've been addicted to TOTK recently because of the higher level builds I've been working on. Discovering the speed of "electric" cars that use quantum linked big wheels has been amazing. Oh, and I explored 2 awesome caves recently. This game is so gorgeous and fun to explore and create in and mess around with!
I've also been tremendously impressed by Pepper Grinder. Had so much fun playing through a few levels, then discovering you can slow the gameplay down. Then I slowed it all the way down and found that the game is relaxing and fun in a new way. Plus the slow gameplay really goes with the music! Can't wait to get the full game!
Also been enjoying Unicorn Overlord, Moon Lander (don't like how it's one of the rare Switch games that doesn't save my game or register which user profile I'm playing it with), Real Drift Racing (good 60fps drifting), Advance Wars 1+2, Mario Golf Super Rush, Golfinite, Pocket Card Jockey Ride On! (I liked th3 3DS game, but forgot how good it is, and this Switch edition is great!), Inkulinati, Dr Kawashimas Brain Training (got on Japanese eshop and bought this. Used to have the cartridge y3ars ago), Final Vendetta (love this game, and I don't love beat em ups much), Switch Sports, Fitness Boxing North Star, Snake bird, Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon, and the wonderful Mario vs Donkey Kong (I've gotten stumped by a couple levels! Love this remake though!).
On Steam Deck I've been amazed by how awesome Penny's Big Breakway is. It feels as good as it looks running at 90fps. Another one I've loved is the Lunar Lander Beyond remake/new game demo. It has amazing music, sound design, and gameplay. Halls of Torment is better than I expected. Had a hard time stopping playing it.
Oh, and back on Switch I've loved playing RC Pro AM, Battletoads, Snake Rattle and Roll, and Blast Corps! Oh, and Earthbound Beginnings, I've started it in earnest and like it a lot.
And I've enjoyed Rocket League on laptop at 144fps and on Switch at what feels like way less than half that!
Can't believe Minter Wonderland is coming out in just a week or two!
I've also been playing more of Mario RPG. It's so good, and makes me wish for a Pokémon game that runs and plays just as quickly! Would be amazing to play a Pokémon game where the movies, gameplay, battles, and traversal are all locked at 60fps. Sounds so fun!
After reading other's posts I remembered I've been playing Mario Maker 2, the most amazing and neverending game ever, I think! And also Side Order! I played a lot of Splatoon, and Splatoon 2, but haven't played much of 3. I'm liking side order, and playing more of the card battles, whatever they're called, putting shapes down to take territory.
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
@Warioware Yeah, I used to play Omega Collection on PS5 and PSVR 1. It was only 60fps, and I think it is still limited to that frame rate. They finally added a 120fps mode to Gran Tourismo, so it seems like they'd do it for Wipeout...
Yes, there are tons of Amiga and Commodore 64 games that I'd love to see come to Switch. If Digital Eclipse does it, all the better!
Re: Talking Point: Pokémon Presents Predictions - What Are You Expecting?
I don't know what to expect, but I want Arceus 2 locked at 60fps, with very quick gameplay, quick battles, quick opening and shutting of menus and pokedex and everything. Just fast, fun, and addictive exploration, battles, and loading! I don't care how small the areas have to be to facilitate this level of speed. This kind of Pokémon game seriously sounds extremely fun to me!
Re: Hori Unveils Guitar Controller And 'Guitar Life: Lesson 1' For Switch
@Krambo42 Yeah, Shoegaze Guitar Life would be a day one purchase for me, a pre-order as early as possible purchase actually.
Re: Hori Unveils Guitar Controller And 'Guitar Life: Lesson 1' For Switch
Looks fun! Would love for it to have all kinds of pedals and effects to play with too. Include a My Bloody Valentine song, a Cure song, Smiths song, etc!
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
@Warioware Yeah, all sounds good. Cannon Fodder would be sweet to have on Switch.
Wipeout 64 happened, so maybe old wipeout games could come to Switch. I still can't believe Sony hasn't released a 120fps wipeout on PS5, and Jumping Flash for PSVR.
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
I'm so glad this includes a couple of his light synthesizers. I got soooo much enjoyment out of the one for Jaguar CD!
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
@Warioware Psygnosis would be an incredible release along these lines. The team that originally made Worms, and all interactions and other games they made, would be awesome too. Oh, and I would LOVE for Digital Eclipse to get access to all the old obscure Compile games from the 1980s!
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
I've got to post again about this! I think this will be my favorite release of 2024. Simply can't wait to play, watch, and gush about this release. I'm already planning to get it for Switch and on Steam. Come here March!
Re: Surprise! Penny's Big Breakaway Is Available To Download Right Now
@NeonPizza Yeah, I appreciate what you're saying. I am a huge fan of black frame insertion though. For me it's very worth the input lag. I play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom with Samsung's motion clarity and black frame insertion turned on and they look incredible. When I move steadily, or am paragliding or flying (pretty smooth movement), those games can almost look like 90fps or something. Recently I've built some crazy electric cars with lots of big wheels, weapons, and fast movement and it almost makes TOTK unplayable. But then I took this crazy vehicle to the Depths and the lighter load down there means more overhead for the Switch to maintain 30fps with perfect frame pacing, so my awesome fast car is fun to use again.
Also, I'd love it if some company would release a new CRT for gaming. I'd buy it instantly since I know it would look way better than any LG C3 in terms of motion clarity. I'd be happy with a 20 inch CRT, especially if it could do 120hz! That would be sick!
Re: Pokémon Developer's Brilliant 'Pocket Card Jockey' Bolts To Switch Today
I just saw a review of this (the Apple version) where they wished it had an option to run at 60 or 120fps. So what does this game run at on Apple?! And what does it run at on Switch? The original ran at 60fps, so I'd hope this doesn't reduce the frame rate...
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Delivers Playable Industry History Next Month
Oh my God, March 14! Thought I'd have to wait more months than that. Can't wait to play this. I also wonder if it'll run at higher frame rates on systems that support 90, 120, and higher frames per second....
Re: Surprise! Penny's Big Breakaway Is Available To Download Right Now
@JibberX From what I've seen on youtube only the cutscenes run at 60fps on Switch. The gameplay is only 30fps. I'm glad that doesn't bother some people, but as you could guess from my name I vastly prefer quadruple that frame rate. I'm excited to play this on PC or something.
Re: Surprise! Penny's Big Breakaway Is Available To Download Right Now
I was totally expecting this to be 60fps on Switch! Bummer, I'll have to avoid it on Switch... Hopefully it'll be locked at 90fps on Deck and locked to infinity on PC!
Re: Mother 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online, But There's A Catch
This was the first thing I discovered after the Direct! I updated the N64 app to play Blast Corps, but also checked for updates on all the other NSO apps. Curiously the Japanese GBA app updated, but not the U.S. GBA app. So I opened the Japanese GBA app to see what they'd added. When the blank rectangle flipped over and said Mother 3 I said holy *****! I love the music in it, and really wish it was translated for a global audience!
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase?
I love Endless Ocean, and going way back, Aquanaut's Holiday, so I'm happy with the grand finale of the Direct. There's many great releases throughout the direct. First thing I did after the Direct was play the super fun Blast Corps! Nice surprise! When I was watching most of the video seemed to be 30fps, but hopefully the vast majority of these games end up being 60. I wouldn't have minded if Nintendo had slipped in a little info about the Super Switch targeting 120fps, or 90fps, for all releases (with a fallback 60fps mode for heavier and more graphically intensive titles)!
I'm seriously excited to play many of these announced games, Penny's Big Breakaway especially.
Re: Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase February 2024 - Time, Where To Watch, What To Expect
I need to go to sleep so badly, but 1.5 hours is so close! If I stay up to watch this my Wednesday is going to be so long and difficult! I'll sleep, cuz this can be watched anytime. I wear myself out as a Nintendo fan.
Re: Talking Point: If 'Switch 2' Isn't Coming Until 2025, What's Nintendo Got Up Its Sleeve This Year?
I want them to release a Switch Pro to tide mega-Nintendo fans over until Super Switch. It makes no financial sense, so I'm thinking about getting an extra Switch and having it modded so I can play all these games that run at 60fps when the clocks are unleashed, like Breath of the Wild, Red Dead Redemption, and Crash Team Racing. I'm sure there are many others that get bumped up to 60fps, but those are the ones I know of off the top of my head. I wish hacked Switches could get Tears of the Kingdom up to 60, but it sounds like they just lock it at 30 (even with sages turned on and something like Ultrahand being used).
I would like all the Wii U stuff to get ported over. The Dr. Luigi games on Wii U and 3DS seem like low hanging fruit. Pushmo, Pocket Card Jockey, the Grezzo 3DS Zelda remakes running at 60fps on Switch would be incredible, I'd also love it there could at least be a performance mode of some kind for Twilight and Wind Waker so those could be played smoothly, and I'd love DS added to NSO so we could get the 2 awesome Advance Wars games that came to DS.
I also agree with the article about there being plenty of games, nothing to worry about. I want Super Switch very, very badly, but I've got many, many Switch games I haven't played much yet. Heck, I've got many 3DS, Wii U, and Steam games I've barely played.
Oh, and my final comment is that I'd love for the remakes to focus on lower frame rate games, so they could be brought up to 60fps! Skyward Sword is my favorite example of this!
Re: Turok 3: Shadow Of Oblivion Remastered Receives A New Update
I'll have to start this up on Deck. So glad Nightdive is putting out old games that lock at 60 on Switch, 90 on Deck, and whatever you've got on PC!
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Mario vs. Donkey Kong For Switch?
It's good! I love the jazz and orchestra soundtrack. The gameplay is better than I remember. Seems like the controls are improved, easier to get on ladders, for example.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 17th)
Tears of the Kingdom! I built a single fan railjet and have been having tons of giddy fun piloting it around Hyrule. I love letting go of the control stick and coasting, then grabbing it again and regaining control and speed. This railjet turns TOTK into the best Pilotwings game I've ever played! This railjet was created by Efficient_Demand who I think posts on reddit and the Hyrule Engineering group, but Youtubers are posting great how to videos so even someone like me can make this thing. I have a hard time lifting off and getting going, but once I do it is so fun and fast. I love landing it in central Hyrule just for the challenge of it. I'm also just having fun exploring, climbing around, and talking to NPCs and doing some side quests.
I'm also having fun playing Breath of the Wild, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Psyvariar Delta, Advance Wars 1 + 2 reboot camp, Dordogne, Arzette the jewel of faramore (such a strange yet good platformer made by 2 guys from Digital Foundry!), Golfinite, Tomb Raider remastered, Pinball M, and Mario Golf Super Rush.
On Deck I'm enjoying Voidigo (still stuck at 60fps, but maybe I just haven't figured out how to unlock it to 90fps, or maybe a patch is coming soon), Ultros (sweet game that looks great except it only runs at 60fps), Flying Tank (absolutely gorgeous shoot em up that runs locked at 90fps), Pyre (I got Hades and Transistor too, but have only played Pyre so far)(looks very nice at 90!), Pixel Cup Soccer (amazingly cool looking running at a smooth 90 frames per second!), and Megabyte Punch (I know this is on Switch, but it looks much better at 90fps on Deck).
Lastly, I'm excited for the delay of Super Switch to 2025 if it means there's an increased chance Nintendo will source higher quality screens for it! With light games there's just too much left on the table with a maximum refresh rate of 60. Let games that can go up to 90 or 120 do their smooth, beautiful thing!
Oh, and I play Rocket League everyday too!
Also, I appreciated reading Lopes talking about Helldivers having denuvo crap and skipping the game. I was thinking about getting Persona 3 Reload and some Capcom game on Steam, but saw they have denuvo and or enigma low frame rate spy software included with the game, so I refrained from buying.
Re: Rumour: Switch Successor Might Not Be Launching Until 2025
@Ulysses agreed. Would be awesome to have frame generation and all kinds of stuff that boosts performance and graphics.
Re: Rumour: Switch Successor Might Not Be Launching Until 2025
@Truegamer79 I think Super Switch will have thousands of games, in the way Steam Deck had thousands when it launched. But yeah, having an awesome variety of launch games just for Super Switch is a very good idea to kick off the next system right.
Re: Rumour: Switch Successor Might Not Be Launching Until 2025
If they have to delay it to get better displays, then I support it! I'm sure I'll buy whatever it is since I'm a massive fan of Nintendo's software, but I really, really want support for VRR and high frame rates!
Hopefully we'll find out what's going on soon...
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins D.I.C.E. Awards 'Adventure Game Of The Year'
I've just been playing TOTK and was blown away 3 or 4 different ways. Just can't believe how good it is. This week I successfully built a single fan railjet (Efficient Demand invented this awesome design, I guess they're on Reddit or Hyrule Engineers or something) (there's great how to videos on youtube). I have a hard time getting my slightly jank version of it to lift off, but once it gets going it is incredibly fast and fun to fly around Hyrule. More fun and exciting than any Pilotwings game, and I love all Pilotwings games. And I've also been completing Yunobos quest line, defeating a Lynel, getting an awesome paraglider fabric, climbing and exploring around, and about 6 other things. For me, TOTK is the most astonishingly good videogame I've ever played.
Re: Surprise! System Shock Is The Latest Pinball M & FX DLC Table
This looks fun, I'll have to pick it up. All these pinball tables are pretty addictive, and System Shock is an interesting crossover.
Also, Tomb Raider remastered has been reminding me of Shadowman. I love how they both run smoothly and retain a lot of the old gameplay, but with a fair amount of newer quality of life stuff available if you want it.
I just wish Nightdive and Aspyr and Saber had many more programmers to bring lots of other old games up to modern standards of 60fps and above (Turok 3 looks awesome at 90 on deck).
So, in conclusion, pinball is awesome and System Shock pinball sounds great!
Re: Horror Game Doc 'TerrorBytes' To Include Interviews With 'Eternal Darkness' Director
Just want to say Eternal Darkness was one of the most thrilling experiences I had on GameCube. Such an amazing game!